Not all the former landowners in Ankang City mortgaged their fields.

For example, the father of the weaving and dyeing girl.

His land was not fully mortgaged, but part of it was left in case something went wrong and there was still a way out.

"Wait!"

Lu Bai didn't understand. Didn't Miss Zhi Dian give her Zhi Dian to Master Shi Qi to pay off her debt because her family had no income and was tricked by the City Lord's Mansion and Master Shi Qi?

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"Hey, this is hard to understand." Erha felt that Lu Bai was so rare.

You can have several daughters, and there will definitely be no shortage of daughters in Arita. You can just marry a few more wives and have them. But in Arita, you will lack everything. So after being cheated, Zhiran's father first merged the daughters.

The land was given to the Shi family, so there was no profit or compensation. Later, they couldn't repay it, so Zhi Ran's father gave Zhi Ran away. Firstly, the debt was forgiven and no capital was used. Secondly, he could marry Mr. Shi Qi.

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"That's what the weaving and dyeing girl told you at that time." Hong Tailang remembered it clearly.

Lu Bai was confused, "Really?"

He thought about it carefully and found out that Zhiran seemed to have given them to Master Shi Qi after giving up the annexed land.

"Mother Xipi." Lu Bai thought that Zhi Ran and Rou Chuai's family were in such a miserable state. They were tricked from the family of Zhong Ming Ding Shi into a prostitute. Their relationship hadn't reached that point yet, so they just imitated ordinary people's prostitution.

Female.

This is a good skill to learn.

"Let's not mention this anymore and continue talking." Lu Bai felt unlucky.

He actually used his poor compassion on these people.

Hong Tailang advised him, "Brother, don't be angry. Think about it, both Zhiran and Rouchuan are not going to end well now, will you be happy?"

It turns out that wealthy gentry families such as Zhi Dian and Rou Chuan still have some fields left in their homes. These days, most of them are mixed in among the fields gathered by the Shi family. This is something that Mr. Shi Qi does not want, so he proposed to exchange the fields for these families.

, that is, to exchange the dry fields in the south, which are short of water, for the paddy fields of this rich family and gentry.

Of course these people will not change.

"Shi Qi wants to replace not only their fields, but also some villages and towns." Hong Tailang said.

There were not many monsters in Ankang City originally. The people mostly lived in scattered places, each living on the edge of the fields to form towns or villages. These towns and villages were scattered in the fields.

Now Mr. Shi Qi got their land, but not their villages, but these villages undoubtedly made Mr. Shi Qi feel stuck in his throat. So he moved out several villages in his fields and went to live and live in the south of Ankang City.

It’s hard to leave your homeland.

The common people have given away their fields, and now they still want their houses. No one would bully others like this.

"Whether it is the transfer of land by wealthy households or the relocation of villages, the Shi family's plans have encountered obstacles." Hong Tailang said.

But as the person in power in Ankang City and a master in moving mountains, Master Shi Qi can't achieve his goal with words, but he can still use force.

"In the autumn, when the harvest was about to begin, he sent people on horseback to trample the rice fields, causing many rice fields to be destroyed." Hong Tailang heard all this from the rebellious mouths of the mountains and forests. "The gentry and tenant farmers organized teams at that time.

They resisted, but their crops were no match for these people. Not only did they suffer numerous casualties, but many wealthy gentry were also beaten to death as a warning to the monkeys."

Zhi Dian's father is one of them.

At that time, he relied on his fame, having won the imperial examination in his youth, and still had status in the countryside, so he gathered tenant farmers and farmers to prevent this group of people from entering the fields. As a result, a conflict broke out. During the fight between the common people and Master Shi Qi, the weaver and dyer

My father was hit on the back of the head with a sap and was killed directly.

Lu Bai nodded, and now the fatal wound on the back of the body's head became clear.

"What's the result?" Lu Bai asked.

He would like to know how Mr. Shi Qi handled this matter. It was no small matter for a person to die.

"The government arrested some of the bankers and farmers who were causing trouble among the villagers and farmers gathered by Zhiran's father, and falsely accused them of taking advantage of the chaos and beating Zhiran's father to death," Hong Tailang said.

These bankers and farmers have already been killed.

Zhiran's father was not the only landowner who was beaten to death. Seeing this, the other landowners either agreed to Master Shi Qi's suggestion of exchanging land, or fled to the mountains and became traitors.

"This is not the only thing that Mr. Shi Qi has framed."

In those towns and villages that gave Mr. Shi Qi a hard time, because many people refused to move, they were hit by fires or demons. "The people were killed and injured. There was even a Zhuangzi with hundreds of people, and not a single one of them was there."

The man survived, but Mr. Shi Qi changed his hands and put these charges on the heads of the forest monsters."

Hong Tailang said, admiring: "Brother, you guys are still good at playing. I wish I had met you earlier, you would have known so many conspiracies. Erha did not move to Yancheng alive in the first place, but was secretly killed by me."

It was done silently."

"Your uncle!" Erha rolled over and snatched away the quilt, leaving Hong Tailang exposed to the air.

Hong Tailang was furious, kicked Erha away, and snatched the quilt away.

Lu Bai asked them to make trouble later, "Who buried Zhiran's father? How did Mr. Shi Qi's people know that his tomb was in the forest?"

"It was Rouchuan's father who buried him," Hong Tailang said.

Rou Chuan's father is now in the mountains. His family suffered the same fate as Zhi Ran's family. The difference is that Rou Chuan's father did not stand out and fled directly to the mountains and forests.

As for how Mr. Shi Qi knew where Zhiran's father was buried, the people and monsters on the mountain didn't know.

None of them knew that Zhiran's father's tomb had been robbed.

Erha thought it might have been tipped off by some people who had taken refuge in Mr. Shi Qi.

Lu Bai nodded and did not ask further, but asked: "Have those people on the mountain found out why Mr. Shi Qi insists on acquiring so many fields?"

Hong Tailang shook his head and Erha nodded. He actually asked this irrelevant question.

I heard that Mr. Shi Qi is going to build a large manor, a manor dominated by monsters. The fields in the manor will be plowed by the monsters or mounts of Jianzhai.

These monsters and mounts are powerful, and their farming efficiency is very high. They also have sowing technology. The yield of the cultivated fields is three or four times that of ordinary people, and the quality is guaranteed.

"The key point is to save a lot of tenant farmers and farmers," Erha said.

The people who used to take refuge with Mr. Shi Qi were almost at their limit. Now if they want to take refuge with the Shi family, they are not qualified to be their tenant farmers.

The only disadvantage is that if the fields are scattered, it will be inconvenient, time-consuming and laborious to command the monsters. Therefore, Mr. Shi Qi wants to collect all the rice fields in the north of Ankang City into the hands of the Shi family, and then use monsters to plow the fields.

Lu Bai was speechless.

Good guy, this is the beginning of capitalism. The only difference is that the machine is replaced by a monster.

Sometimes, if you want to change, you have to pay a price.

If monsters are used to farm and increase productivity, it will be a historical necessity that farmers and tenants will be eliminated.

But being so bloody is a bit much.

The key thing Lu Bai wants is merit, no matter whether he is productive or not, not to mention that this world realm is the truth, and everything else is illusory.

Lu Bai pondered and thought about it.

After Hong Tailang and Erha's investigation, there are now four cases in total, the murder case of Zhiran's father, the case of destroying the land, the case of exterminating the village, and the case of officials forcing the people to rebel. These cases are not small cases.

Lu Bai could predict the merit points and rewards they would bring to him.

But what should the Shi family do when faced with a tree with big roots and deep roots?

He's only here for a short time, so he can't take it easy. If he wants to take action, he must be quick, accurate and ruthless.

Lu Bai thought about it and decided on Jin Yiwei Qianhu and Bai Qianhu.

He also used Bai Qianhu's public weapons for personal use, and used Jin Yiwei to help Master Shi Qi catch people. He gave Bai Qianhu a thunderous blow, and then dragged Master Shi Qi into the water and cut off the mess with a sharp knife.

Lu Bai made up his mind and took action immediately.

Qianhusuo is very large, but the vermilion gates are in a straight line.

At this moment, all the doors were opened. Lu Bai was wearing the Feiyu suit of Jinyiwei and a black cloak. Surrounded by Yancheng's Jinyiwei, he walked in the heavy snow and passed through one door after another.

A car stopped in front of Qianhushuo.

Bai Qianhu got off the carriage tremblingly, looking like he had exhausted himself due to excessive exertion. He stood in the wind and snow, and it looked like his body could not withstand the wind and snow. Even so, there was still a trace of blood on his face.

It’s an unforgettable smile that’s still full of meaning.

A guard in royal robes respectfully ran over with an umbrella to shield him from the wind and snow.

Bai Qianhu shook his cloak, shook off the snowflakes, walked towards Qianhu's house, and then saw Lu Bai leading the people out.

He frowned slightly, thinking that the governor was wearing such a solemn dress, so what was going on?

Bai Qianhu was full of heart, but he had to keep his spirits up. He waited for Lu Bai to come over and bowed, "I have met you, sir."

Lu Bai nodded.

Just as Bai Qianhu was about to straighten up, the Jinyi guards beside Lu Bai suddenly became angry and surrounded him with several knives.

Bai Qianhu responded quickly.

He moved back instantly, his face turned pale, "You, what are you doing!"

"Bai Qianhu, you deceived me and used a corpse that had been dead for a long time and died in a fight to fool me, so don't blame me for being rude." Lu Bai stretched out his hand to catch a snowflake and said, "Catch him."
To be continued...