From then on, everyone knew that digging a well was not an easy task.
It is precisely because of this that until now, everyone in the county mainly relies on the well in Yang Mansion.
For the Yang family, the water output from their well is very sufficient, and they can sell it to others in the county after using it themselves.
There is no shortage of water or food.
He also has a bunch of thugs who can fight.
The Yang family can naturally be their local emperor in this county.
Shen Jun stared at this group of people for a while, observed them, and then prepared to leave.
If this group of people goes well, the lives of the big guys in Zhiling County may be much easier in the future.
Just when she was about to turn around and leave, the young man who was letting off steam suddenly ran back like crazy.
"Hurry up."
The young man said anxiously, "The dogs raised by the Yang family have returned."
The dogs raised by the Yang family refer to the thugs specially recruited by the Yang family. These people don't need to do anything on weekdays, they just wander around the county every day.
These people were the minions released by the Yang family, and people in the county felt disgusted when they saw them.
After hearing what the young man said, those who had just been focusing on digging the well immediately climbed up along the rope.
I didn't know where I got a pile of hay, plus a scaffold made of thin bamboo strips that I had prepared.
They hurriedly brought these things to the well they had dug halfway.
Even the tools used to dig the soil were hidden.
This group of people may have been doing this kind of thing all the time, but in a short time they covered up the entire trace very cleanly.
They just covered it all up, and just when they were about to slip away, the group of patrols had already arrived.
"What are you doing here?!"
Several people holding a large thick wooden stick in their hands asked with malicious and malicious expressions on their faces.
The wooden stick fell on the shoulder of one of them, not lightly but not heavily.
With a little bit of strength, he hit the opponent painfully.
The man was holding his painful shoulder, and the expression on his face was a little distorted, but he didn't dare to fight back directly.
"What are you guys talking about?"
One of them supported the man while smiling slightly, "We are just sitting here chatting, what else can we do?"
"Chatting?" The man who hit someone on the shoulder with a wooden stick sneered meaningfully, "It's quite interesting for a few grown men to gather here and chat."
The men digging the well smiled and did not dare to speak.
But this man still had a bit of a sneer on his face, "It's okay to chat, but it's just digging a well in private."
"Dig a well?"
The smile on the face of the person who answered almost froze. He felt that his heartbeat was beating extremely fast at this moment, but he still had to bite the bullet and said, "What are you digging a well? Why do I hear this?" don't know?"
"Haha. You don't understand, do you?"
The young man holding the big wooden stick glanced at the people behind him.
Those few people immediately stepped forward with understanding and lifted up all the haystacks that had been covered with difficulty.
"What are you doing!"
"Who told you to open it! You..."
But their actions to stop it are definitely not as fast as those who lift the haystack.
Until the half-dug wellhead was exposed, as well as the tools placed beside it.
The faces of the farmers digging the wells changed.
The young man holding the wooden stick smiled grimly and said, "You are really brave. You dare to dig a well in private. Haha, it seems that I have taught you a lesson."
"Brother, it seems that we are quite lucky today."
Others following the young man smiled and said, "We can have a good meal tonight."
The order Master Yang gave them was to patrol the county town.
This task is indeed a pretty easy one.
As long as you wander around the county town every day, you can have food and drink, and you don't have to worry about not being able to survive.
And once you catch these people who dare to do small tricks in private, you can also get a big meal.
Most of the people in the county town have been peaceful recently.
The brothers have not thought about the taste of extra meals for a long time.
Now I finally heard the news from other people that someone dared to dig a well in private.
Naturally, these brothers will not be merciful.
Mr. Yang has a very good saying. As for this person, if he wants to survive in this environment, he must understand one truth - "If you don't take care of yourself, you will be punished by heaven and earth."
Their brothers' ability to eat and drink well depends entirely on these people.
Mr. Yang made it very clear that the money and food for hiring these thugs came from other people in the county.
So they are still looking forward to it. If other people in the county go to Yang Mansion to buy more water, then they can live a more nourishing life.
The farmers who were digging the wells watched helplessly as the group of people began to push back the soil they had finally dug out.
As their movements became faster and faster, the well that had been dug for more than ten meters was slowly filled again.
The dark-skinned peasants looked at this with their eyes wide open, clenching and unclenching their fists.
This well was filled in again.
It will be even more difficult for them to drink water in the future.
The remaining food left in their home is only enough to feed their family.
Their family's land is not particularly small. In addition to the taxes paid for farming in previous years, there was still a lot left over for their family to eat.
It was precisely because of the remaining rice that they were able to sustain themselves.
But some of the neighbors around here are working as tenant farmers for wealthy people, and these people rent the fields from their employers.
In the past, when things went smoothly, I was able to accumulate quite a bit of surplus food.
However, due to lack of water in the past few years, the harvest in the fields has been reduced by more than half.
Most of the remaining ones were taken away by the landlords, and what they finally got was just enough for them to make ends meet.
There are also some unlucky ones who have been busy all year long and in the end don’t even have enough food to feed themselves.
If you don’t have anything, what can you use to buy water?
In the past, drinking water was directly from the well or carried from the river, and it didn't cost half a penny. Now drinking water is more valuable than anything else.
Who can have so much food or gold and silver?
The soil gradually flooded the cave entrance.
They thought of the expectant family members of their children who had chapped lips and could barely salivate from their mouths.
I thought of the dirty and dark clothes at home, but I didn’t dare to wash them because of the lack of water.
Then I saw a few people in front of me who had cleaned up and had no idea what they had eaten. Their faces were shiny.
envious.
envy.
Hatred.
At this moment, anger was intertwined in their hearts, almost dominating all their rationality.
Not surprisingly, the two groups started fighting.
