Chapter 45: Growing Tobacco in Phoenix Village

"Village chief, they are from the opposing team. They came to our village to take a look."

Xinnan looked at the white-haired old man in front of him and said something with his head down.

"Troops?"

Xin Changcheng glanced across and his expression immediately turned cold the next second. He waved the cane in his hand and yelled at the person in front of him.

"Our village will not have any dealings with your troops. Get out of here, get out of here!"

After he shouted like this, all the men behind him came forward and stretched out their hands to push Bai Wei.

"The village chief has spoken, you go!"

Those people were very rough and were about to push Bai Wei down. Xiao Meng was startled and quickly protected Bai Wei.

"We are just here to take a look, why are you bothering us?"

Xin Changcheng slammed his crutch hard.

"Do you want to see how destitute and miserable our village is? We are living like this now, and it's all your fault!"

As soon as these words came out, all the men clenched their fists and roared.

"That's right! If it weren't for those people in your army who captured and tied up our people, we would be living a good life now!"

When Zhao Fengzhu heard what they said, he pulled Bai Weilian back several steps.

"Sister Bai Wei, did you hear me? These people have admitted that they are bandits! If they hadn't committed the crime first, how could our troops have arrested them? And since the bad guys filed the complaint first, there's no need for us to go through this. Let's go, let's go quickly."

Bai Wei was not in a hurry. She just looked at Xin Changcheng and asked softly.

"Do the people of Phoenix Village have to become bandits to live a good life? Why don't you ask Xin Nan, since they are young, do they want to become bandits?"

She turned her head and looked at Xinnan and the others with cold eyes.

None of the young men said anything, but Xin Changcheng shouted loudly.

"You don't need to meddle in our village's affairs! We live off the land and the sea. We have nothing. What's wrong with doing this for a living? You are just soldiers from your unit. Why are you meddling in other people's business?"

Those men all nodded vigorously. Looking at the arrogant attitude of the people from Fenghuang Village, Zhao Fengzhu's brows were furrowed into a mountain.

"Sister Bai Wei, listen to this. Is what they are saying human language?"

"Xinnan, do you think so too?"

Bai Wei ignored Xin Changcheng and looked at Xin Nan and asked.

Xinnan was silent for a long time, but finally spoke.

"Village chief, we want to live a good life, but we don't want to be bandits!"

Hearing Xin Nan's words, Xin Changcheng was stunned.

"People in our village live a hard life. We can't even find a wife and we don't have enough food to eat. Becoming a bandit is one option, but I don't want to go down that path, and I can't go down that path! Village chief, I don't want others to point at us and curse us when they mention our Phoenix Village. I also want... to be respected!"

Xinnan spoke these words quickly and urgently, but they expressed what was in his heart.

What they need is respect.

It was because of Bai Wei's respect for them that Xin Nan was willing to help Bai Wei guard the land.

Xin Changcheng was also stunned by Xin Nan's words, and he didn't respond for a long time.

Bai Wei just walked forward with tobacco leaves in his hand, "Village Chief, I came here this time to tell the villagers something. The leaves planted in the field opposite are all tobacco leaves planted by me, and they are not edible. In order to avoid people from eating them by mistake, I came here to inform you."

"Tobacco leaves?"

Xin Changcheng was stunned for a moment, then took the tobacco leaf from Bai Wei's hand and asked with some confusion.

"Did you grow this?"

As soon as he said this, all the men following him came forward and spoke in a low voice.

"Village chief, we know this thing. It's in the field opposite and it's growing very well! We were thinking of going there..."

Several people were whispering in Xin Changcheng's ear. Although Bai Wei couldn't hear clearly, she could roughly guess that it seemed that the people in Phoenix Village really had their eyes on Bai Wei's land. After all, the tobacco leaves there were growing too well.

"Nonsense! What's so good about this leaf?"

Xin Changcheng frowned and threw away the tobacco leaf in his hand, feeling angry and helpless.

But he had no choice. Given the current conditions in Phoenix Village, eighty to ninety percent of the villagers were hungry. No wonder they would think of ways to steal other people's vegetables.

Bai Wei took the tobacco leaf.

"These tobacco leaves are needed by the Hongta Tobacco Factory. Ordinary people naturally don't want them."

As soon as she finished speaking, Xin Changcheng immediately looked at her with disdain in his eyes.

"Hongta Tobacco Factory? They are a real big factory. Would they want your tobacco leaves?"

Xin Changcheng's eyes were full of doubt.

Zhao Fengzhu sneered and said, "Don't be so arrogant! Don't you see the quality of the tobacco leaves? They are very good! Sister Bai Wei has already contacted the people at Hongta Tobacco Factory. As soon as the leaves are harvested, they will take them away!"

"Village chief, is this a good thing? Isn't it said that people don't collect tobacco leaves very often nowadays?"

The man following Xin Changcheng asked doubtfully.

Xin Changcheng just frowned, but when he looked forward, he could vaguely see the tobacco leaves on the field opposite through the cypress forest. They were lush and green, and really eye-catching.

"Why do her leaves grow so well?"

Xin Changcheng muttered silently.

Bai Wei just happened to hear what he said, and she said with a smile.

"Village chief, the land we have is actually similar to the land in the village. If Fenghuang Village also grows tobacco leaves, I think Hongta Tobacco Factory would be willing to buy it."

When Zhao Fengzhu heard this, he immediately pulled Bai Wei's hand with a look of disapproval on his face.

"Sister Bai Wei, why are you helping them? How can people like them settle down and grow crops? It's impossible!"

But when Xin Changcheng heard Bai Wei's words, a glimmer of hope ignited in his eyes.

"You mean, we can also grow tobacco leaves on the land in Phoenix Village?"

"Of course you can. The land over there is not much different from the land in Fenghuang Village. I can grow tobacco there, so why can't you? If the villagers grow tobacco leaves, harvest them, and sell them to Hongta Tobacco Factory, won't the villagers have an income?"

Bai Wei looked at the land of Phoenix Village. There were too many vacant lands here.

If this entire piece of land is used to grow tobacco leaves, the harvest will be considerable just thinking about it. We can definitely reach a cooperation with the Hongta Tobacco Factory!

"this……"

Xin Changcheng frowned and thought deeply, he just felt that this method sounded good.

But those men stared at Bai Wei with questioning looks on their faces.

"Village chief, don't listen to this woman's nonsense! What tobacco leaves? I heard that those who grow them can't sell them. If we grow them, we will lose even more! We already have no money!"

"That's right. We need to buy seeds, plant the land, and then harvest. How can we afford this money?"

"What are you thinking, woman? Are you trying to kill us?"

Everyone was talking at once, but they didn't believe Bai Wei, and their eyes were full of vigilance.