Chapter 2944: Forced Separation (Update)
Bai Shan just smiled and said nothing. Sure enough, the villagers of Dajing Village had already started to make a commotion, saying, "We can ask for houses, but we can't ask for land."
"That's right. In the future, those lands will be divided among our children when they grow up. Why are we giving them to you now?"
Zhao's mother quietly pulled her son's hand. Zhao Dalang was shaking a little and opened his mouth several times but no sound came out.
Mother Zhao couldn't help herself any longer. She knelt down and said, "Sir, we want the house."
The Zhao Shan brothers glared at Zhao's mother with a very unhappy look.
Bai Shan smiled slightly and nodded, "Then it's settled. The Jia family will compensate you and your son with the house. In addition, Jia Wu and Jia Dalang, father and son, have already been sentenced and punished. From now on, your two families have settled their grudges and will have nothing to do with each other anymore."
The Zhao brothers were dissatisfied: "Sir..."
Bai Shan lightly raised his eyelids and looked at the two of them. The two middle-aged men, who were not young either, felt a chill in their hearts. They slightly avoided Bai Shan's gaze and dared not speak anymore.
Bai Shan was in a bad mood because he found that the atmosphere was not something that could be corrected in a short time. When he was unhappy, he wanted to make others unhappy too, especially those who made him unhappy.
So he sighed to Zhao's mother and Zhao Dalang, "It's not easy for you, an orphan and a widow. Although Zhaojiazhuang and Dajing Village are close, the land is scattered. You will live in Dajing Village in the future, but you will have to go to Zhaojiazhuang to farm. Alas, the county really can't bear to see you and your son travel so much..."
"How about this? Our county happens to have quite a bit of land in Dajing Village," Bai Shan said generously. "How about we exchange it? How much land do you and I have in our respective names?"
The Zhao brothers immediately said, "They don't have any land..."
The villagers of Dajing Village, who were originally somewhat reluctant, immediately stopped talking and looked at Bai Shan after hearing this.
Bai Shan glanced at the Zhao brothers, then looked at the clerk and Cui Yuan who were standing behind taking notes.
Cui Yuan reacted immediately and turned around to look for the booklet in a box nearby.
Because they planned to deal with the follow-up matters of compensation during this trip, they brought the asset books and attendance lists of several nearby villages.
Especially the number of households involved, the information provided is even more detailed.
He quickly found the roster of Zhaojiazhuang and presented it to Bai Shan.
Bai Shan took it and opened it.
This is the most precious thing in the county. The reason why County Magistrate Lu and other county magistrates do not want the medical office to be located in the county is because it involves the things in this booklet.
Household registration includes the names, gender, age, houses, land and all other assets of the people.
Bai Shan quickly found Zhao Dalang's family. Interestingly, Zhao Shan's death had been reported and the Zhao brothers had separated, but Zhao Dalang was not separated. His head of household was Zhao Shan's eldest brother Zhao Chun, who was also Zhao Dalang's uncle.
Bai Shan turned a page and finally saw the record. The record was very short. The Zhao family had split up twelve years ago. He calculated the time and it should be the time when Zhao Shan angered his parents to death.
Going back further, Zhao Shan was reported dead because he was missing. Zhao Dalang was only twelve years old at that time, so his name was transferred to Zhao Chun.
And they didn't separate for the next ten years.
However, although he is the head of the household, the amount of land under each person's name is still different.
Zhao Dalang owned eighteen acres of land, ten of which were inherited from Zhao Shan, and he received eight acres after he became an adult.
Bai Shan narrowed his eyes slightly.
Actually, this area is much flatter than Qili Village, and there are not many people there. People in Qili Village can get enough permanent farmland when they become adults, but this place cannot.
Either the fields have been encroached upon, or people are too lazy to cultivate the land, so naturally there are fewer fields to be divided.
Bai Shan raised his eyelids and glanced at the onlookers, then looked up at the vast fields outside, suspecting it was the latter.
Alas, there is nothing he can do if the person is lazy.
Bai Shan closed the booklet, his face darkening as he said, "Zhao Dalang, you're not young anymore, why are you still living with your uncle's family? Are you trying to avoid hard labor?"
Zhao Dalang was terrified when he heard this and quickly shook his head, saying, "No, no, I didn't run away..."
He wanted to say that he had been serving every year without missing a day, really...
But Zhao's mother had already pulled him back and kowtowed to Bai Shan, saying, "Please forgive us, sir. We are willing to open a new account and will serve on time every year from now on."
Zhao Dalang hesitated for a moment and felt that this was no different from before. He also had to serve in the army every year at his uncle's house, so it was nothing to serve in the army after living on his own.
The Zhao brothers' faces changed drastically, and they opened their mouths and said, "Sir, my brother is dead, it is our duty to take care of them..."
Bai Shan glanced at them unhappily. "Zhao Dalang is already 22 years old, a grown man. Since his grandparents are gone, it's natural for him to live separately. Otherwise, what's the difference between him and a draft dodger? Even if you want to take care of him, you can't undermine my county government."
County Captain Dong on the side twitched his lips, thinking that their county magistrate was really interesting. He clearly wanted to dig the Zhao mother and son out of the Zhao family's hell, but he acted as if he was so vicious.
Bai Shan was very domineering and said directly: "It's divided. Where is your village head?"
Sun Lizheng, who hadn't been rubbed yet, stepped forward silently and saluted, "I'm here to see you, sir."
Bai Shan narrowed his eyes at him, wanting to replace him as well, but reluctantly restrained himself. He couldn't replace too many people, otherwise it would easily arouse public anger, so he continued with the previous topic, "Give them a division."
Zhao Brothers: ...
They felt like this was a bolt from the blue. Zhao Shan's body was found, the murderer was found, but their family didn't get any benefit at all. Instead, they had to lose 18 acres of land and a strong laborer?
But for the Zhao family mother and son, this could be said to be their long-cherished wish for the past ten years. Zhao Dalang was stunned.
Bai Shan raised his eyelids and glanced at them, saying impatiently, "Hurry up and divide it. I have to go back to the county government office this afternoon. Hurry up and we will exchange the land after we divide it. Considering your pity, mother and son, we can move your things while we go to exchange the land."
Bai Shan had a good plan and said, "After the family is divided, after the autumn, you will serve in the county and build roads. It would be a loss for the county if you, such a big man, don't serve."
He looked like he wanted to be a conscript.
In the crowd, those who had two or more brothers in their families quietly stepped back, lowered their heads, and were a little panicked. Would the county magistrate also ask them to separate the family?
With Bai Shan around, the separation of the two families went particularly smoothly. All the eighteen acres of land under Zhao Dalang's name were transferred to Dajing Village with him. Bai Shan directly allocated eighteen acres of land to him in Dajing Village. These were all fields he had copied from Dajing Village in the past two days, and there were crops planted in them.
"These crops will also belong to you, and the crops on your eighteen acres of land in Zhaojiazhuang will also belong to the county government."
Bai Shan narrowed his eyes and looked at everyone, and said meaningfully: "This county is not afraid of thieves. After all, some people end up in jail for stealing, while others become rich by being robbed."
When everyone thought of the fields and the grain that Bai Shan had confiscated this time, they felt a chill down their spines and dared not have any bad thoughts.
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(End of this chapter)
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