This meeting was different from previous ones and was chaired by Lin Tongxi.
Logically speaking, the village chief Chen Yunxuan should play this role, but Lin Tongxi took into account the feelings of Zhao Deshan and Zhou Tiezhu and decided to speak himself.
I didn't compete with them for the position of village chief, and I have helped Qingshi Village a lot, so what I said shouldn't offend them.
"Everyone knows about the recent problems. A lot of trees have been cut down on the Li family's side. Brother Wenyuan, don't you agree?"
Faced with Lin Tongxi's sudden question, Li Wenyuan nodded and answered in the affirmative.
"Chief Zhao, a lot of iron ore has been mined at the Zhao family's end. Am I right?"
"Well, it's enough for you to know." Zhao Deshan also nodded.
"Brother Tiezhu, do you usually need wood, iron ore, or something like that?"
Zhou Tiezhu frowned, feeling that Lin Tongxi's question was meaningless: "Nonsense, of course I want it, otherwise why would I have to cause trouble with the Li family? Forget me, who in this village doesn't want it? Don't you, Lin Tongxi, want it?"
Lin Tongxi originally wanted to take a step-by-step approach, but Zhou Tiezhu's subsequent words were exactly what he wanted, so he didn't have to bother guiding others to speak out.
"That's right! Let me ask you, who in this village doesn't use wood and iron ore?"
"So, using wood and iron ore is a normal thing."
"That's the point! If you do it too much, it becomes a problem."
"It can't just be said that this is a matter for the Li and Zhao families. It should be said that this is a matter for the entire village."
"I, Lin Tongxi, want to cut down all the trees in the village today, and the Li family has given their permission. What about the Zhao family and others?"
"Let's say the Zhao family allows me to go and mine iron ore, but I mine it all and no one else has any use for it, what should I do then?"
Zhao Deshan seemed impatient at Lin Tongxi's remarks and immediately said, "Don't even think about it, kid. Even if our Zhao family runs out of minerals, we won't give them to you."
After hearing these words, the atmosphere on the field became subtle.
Shi Kaishan had long been dissatisfied with the Zhao family's monopoly on the iron ore. Every time he went to mine ore, he had to look at the Zhao family's faces, and if he mined too much, he would be scolded.
When he heard Zhao Deshan say this, he slammed the table and stood up: "Zhao Deshan, do you really think the iron mine belongs to your Zhao family?"
"Didn't I say I won't let you pick it?" Zhao Deshan also slammed the table and stood up.
"Zhao Deshan! Shi Kaishan! This is in front of our ancestors, how can you behave like this!" Li Changhe scolded the two.
Zhao Deshan glanced at the tablet, suppressed his anger, and sat down.
Seeing this scene, Lin Tongxi knew that he had made the right choice in choosing this location. At least no one dared to quarrel too fiercely.
"Everyone, please stop arguing. I haven't finished yet."
"Chief Zhao, let me assume a situation. If all your Zhao family members have harvested the fruits, what will happen to your descendants?"
Faced with this question, Zhao Deshan was also troubled, and then forcefully refuted: "What a joke, there is so much iron ore over there, I'm afraid it would take the entire Guangyang County to mine it all."
"Let me change the situation... What if all the trees on the Li family's side were picked by your Zhao family?"
"Just let in the light, who told them not to protect it well? Besides, does the tree have the surname Li written on it?" Zhao Deshan continued to argue.
Hearing Zhao Deshan's irrational remarks, Shi Kaishan also refuted him: "According to what you said, then the iron mine should be marked with your surname Zhao, right?"
"Haha, this iron mine has always been mined by my Zhao family. It's just that our ancestors allowed you to enter out of kindness." Zhao Deshan continued to refute.
Li Wenyuan couldn't stand Zhao Deshan's double standards and continued, "According to what you said, these trees have always been cut down by members of the Li family. So, do they belong to members of the Li family?"
"Boy, how can this be compared! My ancestors of the Zhao family had a share in the planting of the trees! This mineral was given to my Zhao family by God. Do you dare to say that you planted these minerals?" Zhao Deshan continued to stubbornly confront everyone.
"Dad... please stop talking." Zhao Shouzhong touched Zhao Deshan's clothes, trying to make him calm down.
"I'm your father! What? Are you trying to rebel?" Zhao Deshan slapped Zhao Shouzhong's hand away.
Zhou Tiezhu, who had been silent, could no longer bear to listen and joined the others in talking about Zhao Deshan: "Chief Zhao, although you usually allow me to go mining, what you said is indeed a bit excessive. This iron ore has always been mined by everyone in the village."
"I have eaten more salt than you have eaten rice. This has been the rule for hundreds of years! If you want to come in, you must get the approval of my Zhao family!" Zhao Deshan sat there without making any concessions.
Hearing Zhao Deshan trigger a certain keyword, Lin Tongxi no longer waited and took out an ancient book.
"Clan leader Zhao, have you ever read this ancient book?" Lin Tongxi raised the corner of his mouth, then turned to one of the pages and handed it to Zhao Deshan to read.
Zhao Deshan took it and looked at it, his face darkened, and he put the ancient book on the table.
Lin Tongxi took it back and passed it to everyone to see.
"Everyone, this is the Qingshi Village Chronicle!"
"It's clearly written on it that it's owned by all the villagers of Temunai Qingshi Village, regardless of surname!"
The legal persons attending the meeting circulated the document and only then noticed this piece of history.
Five hundred years ago, the ancestors of Qingshi Village came here and settled down. At that time, Li and Zhao were not considered big surnames.
For convenience, the village chief Zhou at that time let the Li family, a family of carpenters, live in the west where there were many trees, and the Zhao family, who were good at smelting, live in the east where there were abundant iron mines.
Even so, the two families must hand over the things they make to the village, and the village will exchange them for food.
Moreover, Village Chief Zhou also stipulated that these things belong to the village and cannot be monopolized by two families.
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