Chapter 279 I Won’t Take You With Me
Ever since he learned that Mocha was produced locally in the northwest, Sang Zhixia has been eyeing this kind of tea tree.
Although the flavor may change after being transplanted from the mountains, it is still Mo Cha!
How can you know what it will become if you don’t bring the tea tree home first?
However, although Mocha is produced in the northwest, the tea trees are extremely difficult to find.
First, the people sent out to look for them are likely to confuse pearls with fish eyes. More importantly, the tea trees that are easy to find have been occupied in advance.
It takes many years for others to complete a circle.
Sang Zhixia held up her chin and sighed, "Mocha's tea trees are naturally raised, growing between the cliffs. Normally, they should be ownerless, but those who know the value of the tea are quick to act, and we are slow to act."
Lin Yun and his friends had found a few trees in the mountains before, but before they could start digging, they heard dogs barking and people cursing in the nearby woods.
In the blink of an eye, a bunch of people rushed out, and almost took advantage of their numbers to break Lin Yun's other arm.
Xu Yu hadn't been very clear about this before, but after hearing the general idea, he couldn't help but frown: "So, all the tea trees on Mo Ding Mountain have been encircled?"
"Is it more than just being trapped?"
Sang Zhixia couldn't help sighing when she thought of what Xue Liu had said to her. She smiled bitterly and said, "Looking across the entire northwest, only the area around Mo Ding Mountain has black tea trees growing."
"People in Moding Mountain don't drink tea, but they know it's valuable and aren't afraid of the hard work of guarding the cliffs. There are people guarding the mountain year-round."
"Not to mention the size of the tea trees, even a piece of tea leaves blown to the ground by the wind is watched over by a dedicated person. They really don't want to make any mistakes."
It is not an exaggeration to say that whoever finds the tea tree that grows by themselves first owns it.
But the people over there are really too domineering.
Sang Zhixia said with a headache, "I originally wanted to say that our people should not touch the tea trees that have been circled by the villagers, and simply go into the mountains to look for undiscovered tea trees. Even the people over there are not allowed to do so."
Sang Zhixia slapped her thigh in anger: "They are not even allowed to get close to the foot of the mountain!"
But Moding Mountain is not the private property of that village.
Mo Ding Mountain was originally the private property of a high-ranking official of the previous dynasty. The official died with the previous dynasty, and most of the properties he left behind were scattered outside.
The valuables were divided up early on, and this barren mountain, which was located in a remote area and had little output, gradually became ownerless.
Sang Zhixia had someone inquire about it long ago. Although the villagers who guarded Mo Ding Mountain and did not allow anyone to approach were from Heiya Village near Mo Ding Mountain, they had nothing to do with the ownership of Mo Ding Mountain.
In other words, we are all people who come to the ownerless and desolate mountains to seek fate, so who is nobler than who?
The villagers of Heiya Village can make gold and silver from the tea trees on the barren mountains, so what's wrong with outsiders wanting to go into the mountains to seek an opportunity?
That place is originally unowned, and the things growing there are all ownerless. Why shouldn't others be allowed to look for it?
Sang Zhixia's face was not looking good. Song Liu, who was outside the car, heard this and added fuel to the fire, saying, "Boss, you don't know, the people in Heiya Village are very secretive!"
"The century-old tea tree that Lin Yun and his team found has already left Mo Ding Mountain. It's the kind that grows on a cliff. The terrain there is dangerous. People who don't have Qinggong skills can't get through there at all, and they won't be able to see that there is a tea tree hidden there."
"But the people from Heiya Village quietly followed them, and when they found the tea tree, they started making a fuss, insisting that the tea tree also belonged to Heiya Village!"
I'm afraid Song Liu can't change his habit of speaking half of his words.
But even when she heard him say this for the second time, Sang Zhixia still gritted her teeth in anger.
"Earlier, they said outsiders were not allowed to enter Mo Ding Mountain. Even though our people left Mo Ding Mountain to look for it, how come it's still all theirs?"
Song Liu was also very angry; "That's right."
"The village chief of Heiya Village said that the tea trees on Moding Mountain were all planted by their village. Every tea tree is tied with their village's red silk, which means they have owners. But when they find some outside Moding Mountain, they say they are still from their village. Isn't this just a lie?"
Sang Zhixia frowned and asked, "Is there the red silk they mentioned on the tea tree that Lin Yun and the others found?"
Song Liu answered decisively: "No!"
"Our brothers who are good at Qinggong have gone down and checked again and again, and there is absolutely no trace of red silk!"
"The people of Heiya Village can't even get down from the cliff. They don't even know there are tea trees there!"
There was no agreed mark, and it wasn't even within the area of Mo Ding Mountain. They waited until Lin Yun and the others found it first before they jumped out and claimed it was theirs...
All these things put together made Sang Zhixia so angry that her face turned black.
Xu Yu frowned and said in a deep voice, "Did the villagers find this place by following Lin Yun and the others?"
Song Liu: "Yes, they..."
"For someone from the Scout Guard Battalion to be able to be followed and have their fruit taken away by a group of villagers who couldn't even get down from the cliff, it really makes me proud."
Xu Yu's face rarely darkened. Song Liu, who was originally full of anger, heard the coldness in his words and suddenly felt guilty.
No matter what, they suffered a setback at the hands of a group of villagers who only knew how to wield hoes and sickles, and it would be a loss for them if this matter were made public.
If it were in the past...
Song Liu, who had been muttering all the way, suddenly shrank his neck and kept silent.
Xu Yu held Sang Zhixia's hand and whispered, "Zhizhi."
Sang Zhixia raised her eyelids and looked at him with a gloomy expression.
Xu Yu was a little amused and said in a softer tone, "Don't be upset yet."
"If it's something we found, no one can take it away. We're already on our way there. Wait..."
"I have met Lord Zhao, the city guard of North City."
Sang Zhixia suddenly said, "Lord Zhao also said he owed me a favor."
When the famine hit the northwest, because Luobei Village was under the jurisdiction of Beicheng, Sang Zhixia opened a shop in the county town and arranged for Chen Nianhe to provide porridge for disaster relief for a period of time. She had met all the city guards and county magistrates in the northwest, and was relatively more familiar with Lord Zhao, the city guard of Beicheng.
Moding Mountain also belongs to the jurisdiction of Beicheng.
The people of Heiya Village are naturally those that Lord Zhao can control.
only……
Sang Zhixia's eyes swept over Xu Yu, and a small wrinkle appeared between her brows. "Is it possible that Lord Zhao would recognize you?"
Xu Yu was stunned for a moment, then said in surprise, "I have no impression of this Lord Zhao you are talking about."
"But he goes to the capital once every five years to review his position. Could he have seen you somewhere in Kyoto?"
Xu Yu really couldn't respond to this.
The Xu family's eldest son had met countless officials, both big and small, but he couldn't remember a single one without real power.
He was just a city defender, so it is very likely that he had seen him but had long forgotten him.
"no."
Sang Zhixia grabbed Xu Yu without warning and said seriously, "I won't take you with me."
Xu Yu: “…”
"Zhizhi, but..."
"No buts."
Sang Zhixia said decisively, "It's impossible to talk to the villagers if they start making a fuss. Fighting violence with violence is also unacceptable. This matter still needs to start with the ownership of Mo Ding Mountain. It must go through the government."
Ordinary people have a natural fear of the government.
On such an issue with unclear boundaries, which may be difficult to resolve even after countless arguments and even spitting out all the saliva, the government can easily solve it with a piece of paper.
Don't waste the favors that are already there.
Sang Zhixia quickly came up with an idea. She immediately opened the car window and said to Xue Liu, who was riding a horse outside, "Come in and ride with me. I'll give the horse to your young master."
Xue Liu didn't know what was going on. He paused and asked in surprise, "Give the horse to the young master?"
Sang Zhixia nodded: "Yes, and besides..."
"Did you bring any dry food?"
"Give your young master some dry food to eat, so that he won't be hungry on the way home."
After saying this, Sang Zhixia patted Xu Yu's hand and said with a smile, "I won't take you with me anymore. Go home."
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