Liu Jiping smiled bitterly and said, "Brother, I don't want to hand over the land, but what can I do if I don't hand over the land? People are under the low eaves, how dare I not be at the bottom? Who can still control overseas Chinese now? Even if the court knows it, I'm afraid I can only turn a blind eye and pretend not to know, otherwise what can I do to overseas Chinese?"

Liu Jisheng said: "Dad, second brother, Wan Yufu from Beigoukou Village came to me last night and said we can't just surrender, so that overseas Chinese think we are easy to bully, otherwise, if we are pursuing the fields now, what else will we seek in the future? It is best for everyone to join forces to deal with overseas Chinese. There are many people and great power. Wan Yufu said that he had convinced more than a dozen households to agree to join forces, and also contacted several green forest heroes to fight with overseas Chinese so that overseas Chinese knows how powerful we are, and they will not remember our land. Tianlai Novels"

When Liu Zongze heard this, he frowned slightly. Wan Yufu was a gentry in Gaomi County. His family had more than 2 acres of land, which was not far from his home, but he had no friendship with him. It turned out that compared with a family like the Liu family, which was about to become a family of officials, the Wan family was basically a local tyrant. Although the head of their family worked in Gaomi County, he was just an ordinary official and was not considered a formal official position. It seemed that a son joined the army in Jinan.

Liu Zongze and the Wan family had no friendship, and it was not that they looked down on his family's origin, but because the Wan family had a poor reputation in this area. They were very domineering in the village on weekdays, and they were extremely harsh in exploiting tenants, and were also quite vicious to other villagers. They forced several lives to death almost every year. They could basically be regarded as a bully landlord. It is also said that their family had contacts with several local robbers and bandits. Therefore, Liu Zongze was too lazy to interact with their family. However, the Wan family made some deliberate friendship with the Liu family. After all, an official family like the Liu family was the right way.

Liu Zongze had not spoken yet, and Liu Jiping said, "Brother, don't you know who the Wan family is? Are you a bunch of robbers? Are you not asking for trouble with them? Besides, overseas Chinese are not ordinary forces, and even foreigners are not their opponents, let alone a group of robbers. How many bandits and robbers have been destroyed in this area? Heifenghu is not fierce in this area? The government has arrested him for more than ten years but failed to catch him. As a result, it was still called to destroy overseas Chinese. Isn't it because he is relying on them to deal with overseas Chinese? Isn't it a way out for death?"

Liu Jisheng was quite dissatisfied and said, "According to what you said, I will give all the fields to overseas Chinese. Will our family drink the northwest wind?"

Liu Jiping said: "You can't say that. Our family has never lived on land rent. The rent collected every year only has a lot of money. It is the right way to run a good business and a good workshop. Now they are engaged in industry, open factories, and use big machines to make big money. Unless they squeeze the tenants to death, they will not make much money. If overseas Chinese can really help our workshops get big machines, it will be good, and they can also reduce taxes. If this calculation is made, it will not be a loss."

Liu Jisheng said: "Our family does not rely on land to live on rent, but don't forget that land is our foundation. When trading, when you only make money but not lose money, if you encounter a bad year, you still have to rely on these acres of land to support it."

At this time, Liu Zongze said: "You don't need to say anything. Jisheng, you will go back tomorrow morning. Don't interact with the Wan family, and don't tell others. Also, clear the land at home and prepare to wait for me to come back."

Liu Jisheng said: "Dad, you really plan to hand over all the land."

Liu Zongze waved his hand and said, "No need to say more, just do as I told you."

After hearing this, Liu Jisheng did not dare to talk anymore, so he had to agree. Liu Zongze turned to Liu Jiping and said, "You go to Qingdao again and ask overseas Chinese to send someone who can lead the family to come to your home. I want to talk to them in person."

After hearing this, Liu Jiping immediately said, "Yes, I will leave in the afternoon. It is best to discuss all these things with overseas Chinese before their work team comes to our village."

Liu Zongze nodded and said, "Okay."

In the afternoon, Liu Jiping hurriedly left Jiaozhou and rushed to Qingdao. While Liu Zongze was thinking about how to bargain with overseas Chinese, he reported from others that there was a guest visiting him.

Liu Zongze was also a little surprised. At this time, who came to visit him and asked the people to invite them into the house. It turned out that it was the last time that they visited Zhou Wenhuai. These people did not have residences in Jiaozhou city like Liu Zongze, so after they came out of the county government, they all went home to wait for the results of Zhou Zhixian's negotiations with overseas Chinese. Before he could sit at home, he received a notice from the traveler and wanted to send a working group to various villages. At this moment, the gentry suddenly became nervous again, so they rushed to Jiaozhou again without stopping. Of course, they were not convenient to go directly to Zhou Zhixian, so they came to Liu Zongze first and asked if the negotiations between the magistrate and overseas Chinese had any results.

Of course, there was no result for Liu Zongze. In fact, this was expected by everyone. If there was a result, Zhou Zhixian would naturally notify everyone. Their main purpose was to let Liu Zongze lead the leader and visit Zhou Zhixian again. Because Liu Zongze has a high status and he has come forward to lead, Zhou Zhixian dared not act like a county magistrate.

Although Liu Zongze had already expected the results of Zhou Zhixian’s negotiations with overseas Chinese, he did not refuse everyone’s request, because he was the leader of the last time, so he naturally could not escape this time. In addition, the matter that Liu Zongze wanted to interview overseas Chinese cannot be made public yet. What if it was not agreed? Maybe these gentry can still be used. Therefore, Liu Zongze did not say anything, but made an agreement with everyone that he would go to the county government office early the next morning to visit Zhou Zhixian.

Sure enough, the next morning, after everyone saw Zhou Wenhuai, they only saw Zhou Wenhuai's face being embarrassed, so everyone guessed the difference in their hearts.

Zhou Wenhuai said: "Dear elders, I believe you have received the news. I will not hide it from you. This negotiation with overseas Chinese may not be enough for you. Overseas Chinese require you to deal with land issues according to their [Outline of Land Reform System] without accepting any other methods. I also asked my official to send a message to you, hoping that you will hand over the land as it is true and not have other fantasies. I hope you can do it yourself."

After hearing Zhou Wenhuai's words, everyone suddenly discussed, and their disappointment also benefited Yan Biao. Zhou Wenhuai said again: "This time I have really disgraced my mission and have disappointed you."

The others were depressed, and only Liu Zongze was mentally prepared, but he turned into a normal state of mind, saying, "The Lord has done his best. God is so willing, how can we force others to do this!"

At this time, Ma Benchu ​​couldn't help but say, "Dang Zun, is there really no other way to do it when it is difficult?"

Zhou Wenhuai spread his hands, sighed, and said, "Dear elders, it's not that I am not helping me when I see you, I really can't help you. You should think of other ways."

Ma Benchu ​​wanted to say something else, and Liu Zongze had already stood up and said, "We have been asking the Lord of the Hall for a long time. Since that's the case, we will say goodbye."

Zhou Wenhuai also hurriedly stood up and said, "My elder is too polite. As a county parent, I cannot help you all the troubles and worries. I am really ashamed. If you have anything else to do if you need the help of your official, you can speak as long as you want. I will do your best."

Although the others were unwilling to accept it, Liu Zongze had already stood up and said goodbye, and he could only stand up one after another, bid farewell to Zhou Wenhuai, and left the county government.

After leaving the door, Ma Benchu ​​grabbed Liu Zongze and said, "Sir, what should we do next?"

Liu Zongze smiled bitterly and said, "Now my innocence is in chaos, and I don't know what to do next!"

Ma Benchu ​​said: "So where is the old man planning to go now?"

Liu Zongze said: "Of course I will go back to the village, so I can only leave it to fate in the future."

At this time, another person said: "The old man is still my Jiaozhou gentry. If we wait for the Jiaozhou gentry in crisis and are about to stand up and preside over the situation, how can the old man leave?"

The person who spoke was Chen Chi. He was only 34 years old this year. He was very young among the gentry. He was considered a junior. He took over the family business last year. He had more than 2 acres of land. He was a major landlord in Jiaozhou. When Liu Zongze heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little displeased and said, "I am not as good as me. Now I am just an official who has retired from office. I have no power or power. Even if my family has little wealth, I may not be as good as you. Seeing that I am a few years older, I will deal with the disasters of floods and droughts and soldiers and bandits, I may be able to deal with it. But now I am an overseas Chinese. I am not close to them, and I do not have the talent of Zhang Yi and Su Qin. I can tell that overseas Chinese will change their minds. What can I do now?"

Chen Chi hurriedly said: "My lord, this is not what I mean. It's just that the move of overseas Chinese is related to our personal interests. I just want to ask Mr. Don't be busy going home, but find a place and everyone sits down to discuss it. Maybe they can negotiate a result."

Ma Benchu ​​is helpless now, and as long as he has any hope, he treats it as a life-saving straw. Therefore, after hearing Chen Chi's words, he hurriedly smoothed out: "Sir, Mr. Chen Chi's words make sense. It's okay for everyone to find a place and discuss it. Today I will make an appointment, invite everyone to have lunch, and discuss it while eating, and also ask the elder to give him a favor, don't postpone it."

The others had no good ideas at this time, but they always felt that everyone was together and had a psychological test. After all, Liu Zongze had a lot of prestige in this area, and it seemed that he would rely on him to hold him back, so they all spoke up to try to keep Liu Zongze.
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