"Anyway, just let us patrol, and we'll just patrol."
He said this to his teammates.
"What if the Qinghe bandits... oh no, the government troops come and attack?"
Another team member asked timidly.
He took a look at the boy with a little hair just emerging from his mouth and knew that although the boy was young, he was a good worker. If he could have a piece of land of his own, he would probably be able to get married in the future.
"Who's more powerful, the county magistrate or Master Songpa?"
He asked seemingly nonchalantly.
"Um..."
The boy fell into deep thought. Generally speaking, the county magistrate is the most powerful. However, in Beilan County, there were more than one county magistrates who were killed or taken away by the Songpa family, so this question was naturally difficult to answer.
"Okay, let me ask you, who's bigger, the Khmer King or the Sompak family?"
The captain knew that he had not asked hello just now, so he quickly asked again.
"Of course it's the Khmer King."
The boy smiled, as if figuring out such a simple question was a very gratifying thing for him.
"Chinghabaek killed the Khmer king, so is Chinghabaek more senior or the Sompha family more senior?"
It’s simple if you think of it this way.
Seeing the boy's thoughtful look, the captain understood that the boy was actually not thinking about anything. He was just stupid, so once there was something to think about, he would look like he was lost in thought, but in fact there was nothing in his head.
"So we should listen to Qinghebo. The Songpa family can't defeat Qinghebo. If we anger the Qinghe soldiers, I'm afraid no one will be left alive in this village."
The captain whispered, his voice very low, just loud enough for the ten of them to hear clearly.
"And I know there's a reward out there. If the gate is opened, or if anyone helps capture someone from the Songpa family, there'll be a reward of fertile land. Anyone who goes will get a share!"
The captain did not tell everyone about Qinghe distributing land to them right away. To be honest, if he had not seen it with his own eyes, he would not have believed that land was distributed to these poor people who had been poor for generations. If he told the truth now, it was very likely that no one would believe him. It would be more believable to say that it was a reward given by the other side for entering the farm.
No one spoke, but the captain could clearly hear everyone's breathing becoming heavier.
The captain didn't press them. After all, he had been to the county town in his time and had seen the world, and he was terrified by the Qinghe people's actions. He felt that these people who had never left Songpa Village since they were born would find it even more difficult to make a decision.
But he was not in a hurry, as he was well aware of the attraction that land held for them. The thirst for land had been gnawing at their souls for generations, tormenting them day and night. They longed for land, as if their ancestors had told them that only when they had their own land would they rest in peace.
"Really...really give it?"
Someone asked in a voice that was barely audible, as if worried that if the voice was a little louder, it would wake them up from the sweet dream that was about to begin.
"Really. I saw it when I went to another village. Someone helped capture the village manager. The people of Qinghe rewarded 50 acres of land. Everyone who went received the reward."
In order to increase the credibility of his words, the captain looked at the person asking the question and said:
"You still remember Wang Quezi from the next village, right?"
"Of course I remember. His leg was broken by the master, and I was the one who carried him back."
"The people of Qinghe rewarded him with fifty acres of land. If you don't get the reward, you will have to call him Master Wang and become his tenant."
The captain said so.
No one spoke.
The man who knew Wang Quezi was shocked and said in a trembling voice, "Impossible! Wang Quezi can't even finish cultivating all that land. Wouldn't it be a waste if I gave it to him?"
The captain rolled his eyes at him and said:
"You deserve to be a tenant farmer your whole life. If they can't farm the land themselves, can't they marry a wife and have a few more children to farm the land? Can't they hire you to do the farming?
You should know that the Qinghe people gave Wang Quezi the land deed, and that land is his. He doesn't have to pay rent, only 20% of the imperial grain. In the future, he will have plenty of food, can get a wife, and hire people! "
"Captain, you don't just want to tell us the story of the village next door?"
Finally someone reacted.
The captain touched his hunting knife, which was still on his waist. He was confident that as the best hunter, even if someone here wanted to inform on him, he could chop off his head the moment he revealed his thoughts.
"Of course not. I want the land too. Why, you don't want it?"
"Pah, pah, pah, who doesn't want it? Just ask the people here, who doesn't want land? I dream that I have a piece of land, and it's full of food. I can eat it from winter to spring, and there is no way I can finish it all."
Everyone smiled as if to say "that's right" when they heard this. Someone said, "You can dream about the earth? You weren't dreaming about getting married, were you?"
"How is that possible!" The man who spoke jumped up as if insulted, saying, "How can a wife be as good as land? How can a wife be as fragrant as land? Besides, if you don't have land, how can you afford to support your wife? In the end, won't you just end up sending her to Songpa's farm?"
Everyone fell silent.
The captain quickly said, "That's the truth. If we really get the land, we can't leave the Songpa family behind, otherwise we will lose the land sooner or later."
"If I get the land, I will fight anyone who dares to take it away!"
"Captain, how can we get the reward? Should we go open the gate now?"
The boy who just spoke asked.
"You're going crazy wanting it, right? The Qinghe people haven't arrived yet. You went to open the door. Are you determined to feed that big dog?"
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