Chapter 230: Nine Heavenly Thunder Helps Me

The people are afraid of officials, this is a great truth that has been passed down in the land of China since ancient times, and officials are all complacent about this. However, few of those officials remember that the officials forced the people to rebel, and the barefoot were not afraid to wear shoes. Although Shandong is the hometown of Confucius, it has always been a lot of fierce people, so there is a common saying - not afraid of the sky, not afraid of the earth, afraid of the barefoot man will rebel.

In terms of leisure, rebellion is a technical job, and the leaders who raise their arms and shout are nothing more than ambitious smart people, and most of the henchmen who follow left and right are trying to get ahead but not getting ahead, and most of them are also a little clever, and most of them are real barefoot men who are chaotic and brainless. However, it is not easy to gather a group of barefoot men to do great things.

It's like the crowd at the moment, although there is a commotion all of a sudden, but it is only loosely arranged in a large circle. After all, the authority of the government is deep-rooted, and the Qingzhou Mansion has a very good reputation among the people.

"Ladies and gentlemen, have you embezzled a piece of land and a mile from you, or have you abused the authority of the government to cut off people's lives?"

At this time, the evil fire in Zhang Yue's heart finally overshadowed the fear of almost losing his life, and the surprise in the face of unpredictable circumstances. He sneered and slowly paced forward, his eyes swept over the faces of the people in front: "This official is here to persuade you to mediate, but you don't have a good heart but you still throw out a sickle, who is ignoring this?" ”

The two elders were gray-haired old men in their early fifties, and they were so anxious that they jumped to their feet at this time. This good water canal suddenly surrounded the officials of the government, isn't this a fatal deed? Hearing Zhang Yue's words, their faces turned even redder, and one of them shouted angrily.

"What are you doing, scattering and scattering, what is a clean Buddha country. Do you want to cause trouble for your own family? Who just threw the sickle, hurry up and stand up, otherwise don't blame me for being polite! ”

Although the old man shouted loudly like thunder, no one in the crowd stood up, but they looked around and talked about each other, and after a while, the noise gradually increased. Zhang Yue on the side listened carefully, and his brows suddenly twisted into a big pimple - in front of everyone's eyes, the gang actually blamed each other. For a while, it was difficult to tell who was picking the ground.

Knowing that this matter was different, he took a deep breath, decided to put this business aside first, looked around and said: "Now that God has not opened his eyes, it has not rained for more than ten days, and you are fighting for a canal, originally to survive, you can understand." A manly man, for his wife and children to survive. It's not a big deal to pick up your fist and fight, but you have to think about it, this year there is water to keep the crops you worked so hard to grow, what about next year, and the year after? You're laying down your lives here. What about the family, huh? ”

"There is an old saying among the people, which is called not burning incense on weekdays, and temporarily cramming Buddha's feet. Since this is an aqueduct built twenty years ago. Then the past 20 years have passed, and now it is not a first-class drought, so you have to live and die like this? The official has just come all the way along the canal, and in the middle he saw countless silted places, you have the strength to fight here and bleed all over the ground, dredge this canal well, this water intake is more than half of it, isn't it barely able to survive this pass? Look at your canal. Am I wrong when I don't use it in a drought, but when it is a flood, it must be backfilled? ”

The two elders didn't expect Zhang Yue to say a word about the attack just now, but talked about the canal on the matter, and gradually there was a little shame on his face, but more of a deep pain. It is not the first year that the two villages have fought over this canal, and the drought in previous years was ten times better than it is now, for this canal. Xiaohezhuang and Gaoshantun fought and killed, and the ones who resisted their lives were forced to take seven lives. There are still a few men who are good at farming in prison. However, the previous fights had already made the two sides red-eyed. Who cares about the benefits of the canal itself and how many years it lasts?

At this time, there was a muttering from the surrounding crowd, but it was not the voices that fanned the flames just now: "There are too many servants in the government, and last year they also levied labor to repair the Tonghe River, how can they have time to take care of this canal?" ”

Zhang Yue knew that he couldn't be entangled in the issue of forced labor, and snorted heavily: "I was conscripted for labor last year, what about the year before last, and the year before last?" It's been 20 years! If you have the strength to fight, why don't you have the strength to repair the canal! Not only does dredging ditches save water, but the sludge is more effective than ordinary manure. If this canal is completely blocked in a few years, what will you do, will you leave all this land behind? ”

At last, there was silence all around. Xiaohezhuang and Gaoshantun were both moved from Shanxi, and now these lands have taken more than 20 years of painstaking efforts to become familiar land, who is willing to let these be wasted? Because of poverty, not to mention the scholars in the two villages, there are not even many literate people, even the elders don't know any big truths, how can they withstand Zhang Yue's words? Even a few young people who were standing at the forefront with hoes and farm tools were a little confused, and couldn't help but let go of what they were holding.

"According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, you almost injured the officials of the imperial court, to say that it is to raid the family and exterminate the clan, and to say that prison and board are indispensable in a small way. Thinking that you are all confused for the sake of the fields and crops, and now it is the time when the farm is busy, and there should be no such thing today! But there is one way, this canal is dredged urgently! Comparing your heart to your heart, does your own family have a way to live, and it's very comfortable to watch people starve to death? There are gods three feet up, whether it rains is God's business, and whether you work hard is your own business! Do your duty, thunder and rain will naturally come together! ”

As soon as they heard Zhang Yue say that he would not pursue today's matter, the two elders were all relieved. They were about to echo the perfunctory experience of today, but just as Zhang Yue's words fell, a thunderbolt suddenly sounded in the void, followed by thunder rumbling and lightning continuously. Zhang Yue couldn't help but squint his eyes and raised his head, but he saw that at some point, the sky that had not seen clouds for several days was gloomy, as if a spring rain was brewing.

At this time, even if he was as calm as he had just now, there was really an inexplicable emotion tumbling in his heart - this was simply a providence in the dark, and it was an unexpected timely rain! This sound of spring thunder like heaven is more effective than any king's overlord's spirit, and it is not in vain that he even raised his head three feet and there are gods to move out.

No one expected such a rain. In the face of the power of heaven and earth, the two elders who had just been eager to tear each other apart from Mai Mang knelt down in the rain, and opened their hands to God and shouted at God I don't know what they were shouting. Seeing that the two respected old men knelt down, the middle-aged and young people around them also lay on the ground and kowtowed, not caring at all that the heavy rain soaked their clothes and wet their hair. Many people looked at Zhang Yue standing in the rain with their hands behind their backs, and they actually had a trace of awe.

As soon as this little Zhang said anything thunder and rain, it turned out to be really raining, it was really amazing!

Countless raindrops fell from the dark clouds. In a moment, there is a white line between heaven and earth. The spring rain in the north is not as silky and misty as the spring rain in the south, and it is just crisp and neat. After a quarter of an hour of rapid and fine rain, only sporadic spots remained, but the first burst had already soaked the man.

Zhang Yue, who didn't bring rain gear, was also soaked from head to toe, fortunately, it was not cold at this time, he was so good at work, and he didn't care about this inconvenience. Thinking of the fact that he was in charge of the same thing, there was originally a water conservancy. He asked the two elders how the ditch had been repaired.

"This was 20 years ago, when we had just moved from Shanxi, and it was easy to reclaim wasteland but it was either a flood or a drought. He led everyone to work hard for several months to repair the canal. Since then, this canal has been shared by the two villages, and it was okay a few years ago, but the water has become less and less over the years, alas! ”

Zhang Yue had just come along this canal. It was found that the canal was actually taken from the original low-lying Juyang Water to the two villages, and even a weir was built on the Juyang Water, but it was already dilapidated. As soon as he heard that this was not built by the government, but by the people, he couldn't help but ask where the foreigner was now.

Gao Shantun's eagle hook nose was not used to looking at the old man in Xiaohezhuang, and retorted bluntly: "Phew, you people in Xiaohezhuang still dare to say it!" I said that your village would take in people. Who knew that when someone went up the mountain and broke their leg, those families in your village simply took away their land and property at a low price and drove them out of the village! If it weren't for our Gaoshantun to take him in, Master Liu would have almost been forced to die! My lord, that Master Liu is now living at the foot of the rocky mountain in our high mountain tundi. ”

Seeing Zhang Yue's frowning and the old man's bitter face, the eagle's hooked nose was full of joy for a while, and he said earnestly: "My lord, your clothes are soaked. Someone is watching from here. I can't make a fuss now. You might as well go to Xiaomin's house to change into dry clothes, and Xiaomin will let the house dry for you. Then go to Master Liu to talk, okay? ”

Zhang Yue also felt uncomfortable with wet clothes on his body at this time, so he agreed with a smile. At that moment, the eagle hooked the nose of the boss was happy, glared at the old enemy like a demonstration, and led Zhang Yue in front of him arrogantly.

The old surname of this eagle hook nose in Gaoshantun is Zhang, and he has four sons and two daughters in the family, who can read a few words, plus he is older, so he was elected as an elder. At this time, standing in front of the tightly tied fence at the door of the house, he personally pushed open the courtyard door with a smile on his face, and shouted to a girl who was feeding chickens inside: "Xi'er, quickly call your grandmother to boil ginger soup, and the adults want to rest at our house!" Also, go and see if there are any people in the neighborhood, and ask them to help carry Master Liu over! ”

The girl was about fifteen or sixteen years old, wearing a floral cloth shirt, and when she heard the visitor, she immediately turned her head curiously, and saw that Zhang Yue and the others were all embarrassed like chickens in soup, she couldn't help but laugh, and entered the room with a promise, and then turned out again. walked over and saluted, and she boldly looked at Zhang Yue's face for a while, her eyes were naked and hot, and then she ran away.

Seeing the appearance of his little granddaughter, Zhang Lilao couldn't help but roll his eyes, and when he saw Zhang Yue looking around at this country house as if he didn't realize it, he quickly dispelled the unrealistic thoughts in his heart.