Lin Shucheng said to Lu Guangyao: "Brother Lu, could you please take me to Shawan County, or other counties? We need to buy a boat. The villagers said that we can only cut trees in our own mountains and forests on the other side of the river. Otherwise, it will cost one tael of silver to cut a tree."
Lu Guangyao was stunned. "Isn't this just extortion? I didn't expect Chen Dawei to become more arrogant day by day."
Lu Guangyao was originally from Shawan County, and he knew a lot about this place, so he told Lin Shucheng all the gossip he knew. It turned out that Chen Dawei's granddaughter caught the eye of the nobleman and was taken as a concubine by the nobleman, so Chen Dawei became domineering in this area.
Lin Jinyue also came over to gossip: "Uncle, is the nobleman you mentioned General Gu's subordinate?"
Lu Guangyao nodded, "Isn't it? Chen Dawei said every day that his daughter was favored by a general, and it was General Ningyuan, who was a fifth-rank general. Anyway, no one knows how General Ningyuan treats his granddaughter, so everyone avoids them."
Lu Guangyao also told Lin Shucheng: "Although Chen Dawei's granddaughter is only a concubine, Brother Lin, don't be stubborn. I'll tell you secretly that I heard that General Ningyuan is petty and not easy to offend."
Lin Shucheng understood what he meant. He was saying that the person was shameless and invincible. If you offended him someday, there was no telling what sinister means he would use.
In order not to trouble them, Lu Guang went to the county town to buy a boat and gave them two of the rescue boats on their boat. He also asked the brothers on the boat to take a few young men to cut trees on the other side of the river to avoid them having to build a thatched hut on the first day.
The people of Linjia Village moved things out, sacks of food and bedding piled up in the cabin. For a moment they didn't know where to put them, and the ground was a little damp.
But they didn't bother anyone. They took all their clothes, pots and pans off the cart and put food and bedding on it.
All the pickled meats were hung on wooden racks.
Fortunately it is pickled meat, otherwise it would have gone bad in a few days in this weather.
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The people in Yunhe Village looked at a person peeking out from afar, and some even stood on tiptoe to watch.
They all started talking at once:
"I think those people are not simple. Didn't they come from the north? The road is long and difficult, and they still have so much silver left."
"Yes, I went to Shawan Town to sell fish a few days ago, and I saw a few refugees from the north. They were all starving and looked like they were about to die at the city gate."
"Oh, look what they captured. There are more than a dozen horses and ten carts! Aren't those bags full of food?"
"Village chief, why don't we go too far to avoid offending others."
"That group of people should be familiar with the county magistrate. We can't offend the county magistrate."
Chen Dawei listened to the villagers talking at once and sneered, "Isn't it just that we know the current master? What's there to be proud of? Even though they have a lot of food and meat now, if we wait a few more days, they will definitely beg us for it."
"It's nothing to know the county magistrate. The county magistrate is just a seventh-rank official. My grandson-in-law is a fifth-rank military commander. His name is General Ning... Ning Yuan. Am I afraid of them?"
After hearing this, the villagers no longer went over to watch the fun, but they were worried in their hearts.
What do you mean your grandson-in-law is the fifth-rank General Ningyuan?
Your granddaughter is a concubine. Do you know what a concubine is? Her status is not much different from that of a maid, and is not even higher than those of illegitimate sons and daughters. She is just a toy for others to play with.
Do you dare to call him your grandson-in-law in front of the general?
Everyone sees through it but doesn't say anything. After all, this narrow-minded person cannot be offended, lest he trip you up behind your back.
Lin Shucheng and his team quickly got back on track.
Without waiting for the villagers to curse and get indignant, Lin Shucheng arranged everything for them.
While Lu Guangyao and the others were able to help, there were still many axes on the boat, and anyone who could use their strength went to the other side to cut bamboo and trees.
Don't worry about whether it will be useful or not, just cut them down first. I'm afraid the bridge will not be built in a short time, and a small boat that can only seat two people will be of no use.
The women and children are not idle either. They can’t let Lu Yaoguang and his team work in vain.
Jiang Yun organized the women to set up the tents first, set up the pots, and then wash the clothes and bedding.
Then she looked at her son Lin Xueqing.
Originally, Lin Xueqing was supposed to go to the mountain with everyone to chop firewood, but Lin Jinyue felt that he had high fighting ability and could beat ten people alone, so she asked him to stay. This was to prevent the people from Yunhe Village from being blind and leaving them without fighting ability when a fight broke out.
It was just right that Jiang Yun assigned him a task, asking him to take the children to the beach to pick up some seafood and watch out for the children so that they wouldn't fall into the sea.
Jiang Yun whispered to Lin Jinyue again, "I think there's not enough salt. Can you guys boil some salt later?"
Lin Xueqing nodded and took Lin Jinyue to the beach.
The Yunhe village chief was too stingy to give them the better places, so he specifically picked out the wasteland by the sea. However, this also had one advantage: when the tide receded, they could pick up seafood on the beach.
Lin Jinyue and Lin Xueqing both lived inland in their previous lives and seldom had access to fresh seafood. Now that they have moved to the seaside, they can now eat seafood to their heart's content.
However, ideals are beautiful, but reality is cruel. The beach is nothing like the modern videos of people going to the beach to catch seafood.
Going to the beach to catch seafood depends not only on the time but also on the location. Lin Jinyue doesn't know whether she can pick up any good things on this coast, but there are none at the moment as the tide has not come yet.
A few children only picked up some shells.
Lin Xueqing led them forward and they were almost at the territory that Chen Da had marked out for them.
Twenty-five acres of land were enclosed by a wire rope. When Chen Dawei was doing so, he threatened that if anyone dared to cross the boundary, don't blame the people in his village for being rude.
The children in the village didn't care about all this and wanted to rush over, but were stopped by Lin Xueqing.
Lin Jinyue walked to the hemp rope, feeling unhappy: "You won't let us pass? Wait until we are settled, and then you will see how I deal with them!"
Lin Xueqing: "That village chief is not a good guy. From now on, if my father and I don't have a fight, you should stay away from him."
Lin Jinyue nodded, but they had just arrived and had not yet settled in, so they definitely could not confront the other party head-on.
After fleeing famine for such a long time, Lin Jinyue’s idea is very simple. It would be great to have a stable home instead of having to sleep in the open air all the time.
Blowing the salty sea breeze, Lin Jinyue felt comfortable all over.
She didn't care who was targeting their family, nor did she care about the troubles in Yunhe Village. Anyway, now that they had settled down, she just wanted to take a comfortable bath and have a good sleep at night.
As for the rest, I’ll make plans later.
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