Chapter 130 Don’t want us to make money?

"Miss, no, there is no need to tell the old lady?" Luo Kui asked worriedly as she helped Xiao Jiuyue get on the carriage. It would take a whole day to go back and forth to the neighboring Wan'an County.

"I have asked Lianxin to tell my grandmother." Xiao Jiuyue got on the carriage and took Jin Wu and Yu Ge out with him today.

Luo Kui had just gotten on the carriage when she noticed it had already started moving. She paused and said, "Miss, are we not going to wait for Lian Xin?"

"Lianxin's legs are just right." Xiao Jiuyue leaned against the carriage and picked up Shi Lizheng halfway. Shi Lizheng didn't dare to follow Xiao Jiuyue in a carriage, so Xiao Jiuyue moved a carriage, and Shi Lizheng and Shi Youmin followed behind Xiao Jiuyue's carriage.

Arriving at Wan'an Village, Shi Lizheng's old bones were about to fall apart. He touched his waist and heard Shi Youmin say "We're here". Shi Lizheng opened the curtain and said: "We're here already?"

Normally, it would take him two hours to walk up the mountain road. But this time, it must have taken at most an hour, right?

"Dad, the carriage is going fast." Shi Youmin helped Shi Lizheng get off the carriage and said, "Dad, are we bringing too few people?"

Shi Lizheng glanced at him and said, "We are not here to fight."

Shi Lizheng walked quickly towards Xiao Jiuyue and said, "Miss Xiao, Wang Lizheng's door is locked. I guess he is in the sugarcane field."

"Lead the way." Xiao Jiuyue looked around and found that Wan'an Village was different from their Fu'an Village. In Wan'an Village, apart from the fertile fields, the rest of the land was planted with sugarcane seedlings.

Now it is the end of April and the beginning of May, and the sugarcane seedlings have grown out. It can be seen that Wan'an Village is very experienced in growing sugarcane. Looking at the thriving sugarcane seedlings, it seems that one can imagine that by August and September, this sugarcane forest will be particularly lush!

"Master Wang, we already had dozens of acres of sugarcane fields, and now we've added another seven or eight acres. Each acre can produce two to three thousand kilograms of sugarcane. When these forty acres of sugarcane forest are planted, what will we do if Miss Xiao doesn't want them?"

"We can't let everyone waste their energy and just watch the sugarcane rot in the field, right?"

The leading man held a shovel and said angrily, "Master Wang, the land is our life. Let's plant banana trees while we can still grow it."

"Fellow villagers, I've returned from Shaocheng with mango branches. We've never had this fruit here before. If we grow it, we'll sell it for ten coins per pound!" The man's face flushed with excitement as he mentioned the price. "A tree of mango branches can yield at least forty or fifty mangoes. If we take good care of them, we can get seventy or eighty, which means three or four hundred pounds!"

"Yishu, that's three or four thousand coins!" The people of Wan'an Village heard this and asked excitedly, "Ma Laoliu, you didn't lie to us, did you?"

Hearing the questioning, Ma Laoliu immediately said with a stern face: "I have seen the mango branches in Shaocheng with my own eyes. Not only are they delicious, but they are also expensive!"

"Then, can it be grown?" a villager asked.

Ma Laoliu patted his chest and said, "My brother-in-law said that this thing is easy to raise, but if you don't take good care of it, it will not produce many fruits."

"Ma Laoliu, if you want to plant, just plant. Why are you digging up the sugarcane seedlings?" Wang Lizheng stood in front of Ma Laoliu, listening to him with a stern face. He said, "The fruit is really as good as you say. Let's plant it this year. If it's good, we can plant more next year."

"Master Wang, wouldn't that be a waste this year?" Ma Laoliu, believing he had just been to Shaocheng, said to Wang Lizheng without fear, "Master Wang, we plant the same amount of sugarcane every year. So what if I plant a few acres of mango branches?"

"Or, Lord Wang, are you afraid that if I lead everyone to grow mango branches to make money, no one will listen to you, Lord Wang?" Ma Laoliu kept calling him 'Lord Wang', and the sarcasm in his words was very obvious.

The villagers of Wan'an Village all have their own little thoughts. The profit from sugarcane has been decreasing year by year in recent years. This time, Wang Lizheng found a buyer named Miss Xiao. Although he gave her a few hundred coins as a deposit, who knows whether she will still want the sugarcane after it is grown?

Ma Laoliu was talking about mango branches, and kept praising how delicious the fruit was, how easy it was to grow, and how valuable it was. The villagers were tempted!

Ma Laoliu picked up the shovel and called out to everyone, "Everyone, this is your own land, shovel it."

Lizheng Wang stood directly in front of Ma Laoliu's shovel and said solemnly, "No, I have already promised Miss Xiao to plant the sugarcane. No one can shovel without Miss Xiao's consent."

"No, if we don't remove them now, the mango branches will not survive!" Ma Laoliu looked at Wang Lizheng who was blocking his way and said in a deep voice: "I have decided to remove these sugarcane seedlings today. If you don't let me, don't blame me for being rude."

"You dare!" Wang Lizheng stepped forward, not afraid of Ma Laoliu at all.

"Don't think I'm afraid of you just because you're the head of the village. You're blocking us from making money. Let alone the head of the village, even if you're the village head, there's no reason to stop us from making money, right, fellow villagers?" Ma Laoliu was very good at inciting people. He raised his shovel and said, "Get out of the way, or I won't recognize anyone with this shovel!"

Cutting off someone's source of income is like killing his parents.

The villagers who had been hesitant at first were now very excited and shouted, "We want to plant mango branches and make money!"

The villagers grabbed their weapons and saw the situation was about to get out of control.

"No, I won't give way." Not only did Wang Lizheng refuse to give way, he took a step forward.

Ma Laoliu shoveled the sugarcane seedlings in the field. Wang Lizheng grabbed the shovel with his hand. Blood dripped from his hand into the field. Wang Lizheng gritted his teeth and said, "Unless I die, no one can shovel."

The situation was deadlocked for a moment. Ma Laoliu did not expect that Wang Lizheng was not afraid of death.

"Snap, snap, snap."

Xiao Jiuyue clapped his hands as he walked over and said, "Wang Lizheng, this is such a lively scene."

Her voice is as clear as a silver bell, she is wearing a lilac dress, without any makeup, but still beautiful... She is totally out of place in this sugarcane field.

The villagers of Wan'an Village were stunned. When Wang Lizheng saw Xiao Jiuyue, he rushed over excitedly as if he had seen a savior. "Miss Xiao, you've come just in time! We need to clear these seven or eight acres of sugarcane forest!"

Miss Xiao?

The villagers of Wan'an Village almost pricked up their ears. Everyone looked at Xiao Jiuyue quietly, not daring to look at her for too long. Why did this noble daughter come to their small village?

"Really?" Xiao Jiuyue's eyes flickered slightly as he swept his gaze over the villagers of Wan'an Village, finally landing on Ma Laoliu. He asked, "Li Zheng Wang, I signed an agreement with your Wan'an Village."

"Miss Xiao, we grow sugarcane, and we're afraid that there will be too much, and Miss Xiao won't harvest it." Ma Laoliu looked at Xiao Jiuyue's cold eyes, subconsciously put down the shovel in his hand, and his momentum weakened a little.

"Luo Kui, take out the agreement and show it to everyone." Xiao Jiuyue's cold voice sounded. She just stood there with a cold gaze. Everyone looked at Xiao Jiuyue with... awe in their eyes.

"Okay, Miss." Luo Kui called out "Miss" particularly loudly. She took out the agreement and read it aloud. She was not very literate, but Xiao Jiuyue had taught her on the way here. Luo Kui was afraid of losing Xiao Jiuyue's face, so she remembered it clearly.

"...Wan'an Village must deliver a minimum of 80,000 kilograms of sugarcane this year. If there is a breach of contract, it will pay three times the penalty." Luo Kui said this in a crackling manner. As soon as he finished speaking, the entire Wan'an Village exploded!