Late at night, everything is quiet.
Zhang Mingtu lay on the bed, silently calculating the gains and losses in his mind.
The negotiations between my father Zhang Jishi and the family went too smoothly.
Under the witness of many family elders, Zhang Jishi paid with the secret recipe, and in return he received one-third of the future dividends of Yuhuchun.
Well, the distilled rice wine is no longer simply nameless, but is named Yuhuchun by the family.
The name is high-end, classy and also for the convenience of sales.
Although Weiyuan Escort Agency is famous for its military prowess in Jianyi, it actually has many cultured people in its family.
My family doesn't just know how to use force, they also know how to take things slow and steady.
Training the young people in the family every year and letting them practice martial arts to strengthen their bodies is a suggestion made by a far-sighted person in the family.
Once there are talented people among the younger generation, they will receive special training from the family, and at least there will be no shortage of elixirs and food needed for martial arts training.
This is quite impressive for an ancient feudal family. At least Zhang Mingtu was secretly amazed by it.
Zhang Mingtu had to admire the fact that the family did not forcibly seize his family's secret recipe, but chose to cooperate for mutual benefit and give 30% of the profits to Zhang Mingtu's family.
"This family is so good. No one is targeting them, and even heroes have no place to show their talents."
"Why haven't we encountered situations where the main branches of the family are suppressed, the slaves are discriminated against, and there is a lack of food and clothing?"
Zhang Mingtu sighed inwardly. If this was really the case at home, he would have fewer concerns when doing things. At least causing trouble for the county magistrate's son would have been put on the agenda instead of being caught up in hesitation and entanglement.
"Alas, each has its own merits and wonders."
Staring at the ancient book in his mind, Zhang Mingtu's mind was clear.
During the day, he calmed down and after realizing his own state of mind, he stopped worrying about it. As a result, the words recorded in the Book of Life and Death in his mind disappeared at a much faster speed.
At this time, the many words displayed above the "Wedding Dress Magic" were almost disappearing.
The Book of Life and Death seemed to change according to his wishes.
The more resolute his mind was and the less doubts he had in his heart, the faster the words on the Book of Life and Death disappeared, and the more they could show the scene after his change of mind.
If Zhang Mingtu hesitates or has no definite idea in his mind, the words on the Book of Life and Death will disappear very slowly, and it will take a long time to show what changes his choice will cause in the future.
When the moon is at its zenith, the silvery-white moonlight spreads across the sky and earth.
All the words on the Book of Life and Death disappeared, and the ancient book shook, revealing a completely new picture.
Black and white intertwine and blend with each other, forming a peculiar balance.
The gray and white parts formed a strange gray tone, which was strange and weird.
The gray tone separates the title of the book, revealing the title - "Balance"
On the left is the character "平" (Ping), and on the right is the character "恒" (Heng).
Zhang Mingtu was shocked and became more certain.
As long as he has a firm idea in his mind and is determined to do something.
Then the Book of Life and Death will quickly give relevant answers or experiences, which are related to his original heart and nature.
With the answer in mind, Zhang Mingtu looked down intently.
There is indeed a problem with the dam. Repairing it every year and raising it every year are just empty words.
But when I went to see it, I found that the dam had been in disrepair for a long time. Every time someone repaired it, it was mostly just for show.
Despite the suggestions for many years, no major floods have occurred. Apart from the villagers living around the dam who are worried and reinforce the dam on their own every year, no one else cares much.
I asked the villagers around the dam, and they said that since the new county magistrate took office two years ago, he ordered the dam to be reinforced.
Additional laborers are recruited from the village every year, but the sandbags, stones, and money and grain needed to reinforce the embankment are often scarce.
The village has suffered from floods for many years, and the elders in the village all know how terrible floods are. Therefore, every time the county magistrate issued an order, both the wealthy families in the village and the ordinary villagers would take the initiative to contribute money and manpower.
Every year, thousands of taels of silver were collected from the maintenance of the dam, but the results were minimal.
The construction of the dams was done perfunctorily, but the thousands of taels of money and grain were spent cleanly every time.
On the contrary, the rich families in the village built more dams and more land, while the county magistrate was far away and disappeared.
When Zhang Mingtu saw this, he was shocked.
I suddenly thought of the famous line in Let the Bullets Fly: The people's money will be divided into 30% and 70%, and the money of the rich will be returned in full.
As for the dam collapse and disaster, who cares?
The county magistrate lives in the county government office. The mountains are high and the emperor is far away, so no matter how big the flood is, it cannot harm him.
As for the wealthy families in the village, the rest of their houses were built on extremely high ground.
The silt brought by the flood not only did not damage his house, but made the fields more fertile.
Zhang Mingtu was shocked. These words were not his idea, but were said by an old man from a poor family in the village.
It is no secret to many villagers that the dam is in danger.
It is suggested that although there have been no major floods in recent years, there has been a lot of rain, and the embankment has had breaches in several places when the water level rose.
The villagers living around the embankment desperately blocked the water with sandbags and other items, causing no major damage, but it did flood dozens or hundreds of acres of farmland.
And this kind of thing doesn't just happen at one dam.
As for some people who reported the matter to the police, they all came back empty-handed. The one who made the most violent fuss was the old man's son, who died in the county government office.
"this……"
The more Zhang Mingtu looked at it, the more shocked he became.
He knew that there were probably problems with the granary and dams based on what he had seen of the future in his uncertainty about life and death.
Many villagers living around the dam had already known this fact, but they were powerless to resist. They watched helplessly as the dam collapsed bit by bit and death gradually approached.
After taking several deep breaths, Zhang Mingtu finally calmed down.
Continue reading.
The wealthy or smart people in the village had already moved away, but many people's farmland, children, and families were still here.
All their life's wealth and accumulation are on the edge of the embankment. Even though they know that staying here may bring death, no one can move away.
If they move away, those who only know how to farm have no special skills, and if they take their children to another place, they will just starve to death. Between dying now and dying in the future, most people choose the future.
And staying doesn't necessarily mean death. What if the county magistrate is kind enough to repair the dam in the future?
Zhang Mingtu knew clearly that there would not be many changes in the future. In fact, many villagers in the village also knew that there would not be many changes in the future.
But they have no choice but to gamble on other people's conscience.
They had no chips and didn't want to gamble, but they were forced to the gambling table.
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