Collect crowd into immortals

"Lord County Magistrate, can you please take care of it? Our family can't even eat now!"

"Yes, all the cooks in our family left, not a single one was left! As a result, I still ate undercooked rice porridge in the morning.

Lord County Magistrate, I am already in my seventies. If this happens a few more times, I will have no choice but to step into the coffin! "

"Yes, sir, you can at least leave a few people for us so that we can have a good meal. We can't eat right now, and no one is opening the restaurants or stalls outside, not even the vegetable sellers. Sir, You are the official parent, you can’t ignore us!”

This morning.

Heads of families of all sizes in Rouyun County gathered together and came to the county government office to complain to Chen Chuanguang.

With such tearful expressions, those who didn't know better thought they were refugees fleeing for their lives.

But you know, they are all the richest people in the city.

"Everyone, this is really not what Chen wants to do to embarrass you. This is an order from the Imperial City, saying that all places must implement it. Even if Chen wants to stop it, he doesn't have the ability!

Besides, when these two laws were announced, you didn't have any objections. Why are you here now, almost two months after they have been implemented?

Now, even if I want to make changes, others must agree, right? "

"This, this... Sir, then you can designate a few cooks and ask a few cooks to come back and cook for us. We can offer high wages and high benefits!"

"Then you go on your own! We have always been free to recruit workers in our city!"

"Here……"

All the family heads just want to scold their mothers.

The welfare there is so good, free food, free schooling, free clothes and shoes, and even the whole family coming together to fight, how can we possibly compete with each other?

It's said to be free to recruit workers, but if you take away all the people and we don't have a single one here, then we still have a lot of freedom.

In fact, until now, they still don't know that all this is a conspiracy of the Chen family.

The other party is coming for them.

Otherwise, we would not be in the current situation.

It's a pity that it's useless to understand this. The opponent is too strong and they can't defeat it.

In fact, he is not even qualified to fight the other party to the death.

Because the only force they had, all the guys at home were gone.

Under such circumstances, if they really conflict with each other, it will be their own people who directly go into battle.

How many of their own people are there?How could he defeat the people in the city and the heavily armed soldiers?

So this matter can only be done softly.

But it was obvious that the county magistrate did not accept this idea at all.

At this time, someone suggested: "Sir, can I also go to the cafeteria to eat?"

After hearing this, hope rose in the hearts of all the family heads.

Yes, it would be great if they could also eat in the cafeteria.

Although the dishes in the canteen may not be as good as what they have eaten in the past, there is no chicken, no fish, no lobster, abalone, and no bird's nest and shark's fin.

But it's cheap!
It’s free, but it’s not cheap!
More importantly, it saves trouble here!

They just need to lift their legs and wipe their mouths after eating. They don't have to worry about anything. How wonderful this is!
Unexpectedly, Chen Chuanguang sternly refused.

"That's not okay! That canteen is a collective, and you have to work to eat! I also work every day, so I can go there and have two meals!"

"This this……"

The family heads were simply speechless.

This canteen is run by you, you hold hands with it, and it is the white rice, noodles, and vegetables and fruits provided by your Chen family. It is not your business to give it to whom to eat.

However, again, Chen Chuanguang refused to give in, and there was nothing they could do.

At this time, Chen Chuanguang clapped his hands and said, "Well, today I will pay for it out of my own pocket and give you a meal, but in the future, everyone will still solve it by themselves as before!"

Upon hearing this, the family heads had no choice but to compromise.

As for the food here, of course they have to eat it. After all, they didn't have enough to eat in the morning.

The food at home is either burnt, undercooked, salty or sour...

In short, they didn't even eat a few mouthfuls, and they were all hungry.

As for integrity and face, these are not as important as filling the stomach.

They are not poor scholars who are obsessed with face.

……

After half an hour.

Zhao House.

The moment Mr. Zhao returned, he was surrounded by his wives, concubines, children, and others.

"Master, what's the matter?"

"It's okay, let's drink it cold!"

"Langzai? What's going on with Lianzai?"

"Cold salad means that from now on we will cook our own meals. We will have enough food and clothing by ourselves!"

"Cook it yourself? I and the others don't know how to cook!"

"If you don't know how to cook, just learn! It's just a meal, how can we still be in the Zhao family?"

Hearing this, the wives and concubines looked at their slender fingers that had never been touched by spring water, and they didn't know what to do for a while.

They really don’t know how to cook!
Moreover, the menial work of cooking is not done by ladies like them.

They usually look down on the servants who do menial work, but if they are asked to do it themselves, they will not do it.

"If you don't do it, you'll be hungry!"

After saying these words, Mr. Zhao simply tossed his sleeves and returned to the back hall.

Seeing him like this, the wives and concubines immediately burst into tears and became a mess.

At this time, Mr. Zhao's youngest daughter suddenly ran back and followed her father.

"Dad, did the county magistrate say that we are not allowed to go there?"

"I didn't say anything! What's wrong? Do you want to go there? You have to think clearly. They do some menial work there. You, with your tender arms and legs, can't last a few days."

"Dad, didn't you know? There is a new women's college over there, and they want to recruit female wives. My daughter wants to try it!"

"Madam, then you go and have a look! Anyway, our family has no hope. It doesn't matter if you go over there, you won't be hungry!"

"Then my daughter will bring some for you when the time comes!"

"Don't do it! The management over there is very strict. It would be bad if it causes you to lose your job!"

"So, what about your side, dad?"

"Dad, just eat whatever you want, you won't be hungry!"

"OK then!"

……

Seeing his daughter jumping away, Mr. Zhao shook his head and sighed. "A women's college, this goes against the ancestral rule!"

Obviously, Mr. Zhao has strong opinions on the women's college, but there is nothing he can do about it. He is not the one who makes the decision on this matter. There is nothing he can do if he disagrees.

……

As for him going to work too, Mr. Zhao shook his head.

What can he do with his old arms and legs?I'm afraid I can only stand and shout.

But they obviously don't want an old man who only knows how to shout.

Besides, what if he goes to his family?
There's no way he can let his pampered wives and concubines serve other people, right?
He can't afford to lose that person!
……

Time passed quickly, and it was another half month.

Without the help of servants, the lives of the major families in the city were very difficult.

No one cooks, no one sweeps the floor, no one cleans the table, no one chops firewood...

All in all, you have to do everything yourself.

For a time, the courtyards of the major families were filled with complaints.

But they had no choice but to endure the pain in order to eat and drink.

Of course, some people are used to this if they do well.

But the good times did not last long. On this day, another decree came from the imperial city, breaking their tranquility.

"Land management law? All wasteland, all fields that are wasted without regular cultivation, and all fields that are destroyed at will, the government has the right to confiscate them, put them under the name of the collective, and be jointly owned by existing collective organizations!"

"What the hell is this? Why is this decree suddenly coming?"

In this regard, Chen Chuanguang's explanation is: "Everyone, this is a consistent instruction issued by the above in order to prevent the waste of land. It only urges everyone not to waste land and not destroy land at will!"

Are you so kind?
Although the county magistrate spoke upright and awe-inspiring, all the family heads present felt an inexplicable chill.

They know that this law is probably aimed at them.

But from which aspect, they still haven't figured it out.

……

Zhao House.

Mr. Zhao had just stepped into the house, and before he had time to go in, he secretly said something.

"Damn it! They are actually coming towards my field!"

At this moment, he had already figured out that the other party's words to prevent the land from being wasted and destroyed were all high-sounding excuses. The other party's true thoughts were about their land and their family property.

Think about it, now they can't even find servants to look after their homes, nurse their homes, or even cook the fires. When it's harvest time and farming time, what will they do with their hundreds or thousands of acres of land?
They can't grow it at all!

Even just sowing a few seeds and using them as land is not enough.

It is conceivable that by then, the county magistrate who was still smiling before would definitely reveal his bloody mouth and take away all their land.

Thinking of this, Mr. Zhao quickly found several other families of the same level to discuss the matter.

After a while, the heads of the three major families in Rouyun County gathered at the Lu family of the three major families.

"So, they really want our land?"

"What if? Otherwise, do you think they are really so kind?
Lao Lu, think about their previous actions, setting up canteens, academies, workshops, and collective farming. Aren't they all aimed at us?
Let’s just talk about our Wang family. Our restaurant has not been open for more than two months. All the chefs and jobs have been gone, and only the shopkeeper is still there.

Isn't he just here for us?
Like your Lu family, you are in the cloth business, but once their printed cloth comes out, is there still a market for you here?
Nowadays, they occupy almost all industries except brothels.

Lao Lu, if we don't think of a way, we will be doomed! "

When Mr. Lu heard this, he also spread his hands, "Then what can I do? There's nothing I can do! You can't let me crash to death in front of the county government office, right?"

"That...that..."

After a long time, the head of the Wang family sighed and stopped.

Yes, others are so powerful and their reasons are so right, there is nothing they can do about it!
Now, it can be said that the whole city is struggling for a living under the other party's hands. Together, their families only have about a hundred people, what can they do?
Can't do anything!
In fact, even if other big and small families were added, it would still be less than a thousand.

There are not as many soldiers as there are in other people's yamen, so there is no chance of winning.

So after discussing it for a long time, they didn't come up with a solution.

In the end, the old man of the Zhao family said wisely: "You think, if we leak the news to the common people, will they boycott the Land Management Law like us?"

"possible!"

"How about giving it a try!"

“You should definitely try it!”

They believe that as long as the people in the city are mobilized and everyone boycotts the Land Management Law, the other party's conspiracy will be defeated directly.

At that time, even the collective or the canteen will have to step down.

At that time, it will be time for big families like them to dominate.

However, instigating the people is easy to say but quite difficult to do, not to mention that they don't even have many capable subordinates.

They had no choice but to go into battle themselves.

So it was only the next day that in every corner and street of Rouyun County, there were some girls with extraordinary behavior but wearing coarse clothes whispering.

The voice was very loud, as if people didn't know it.

As for the content of the whispers, it was nothing more than the same thing, saying that the government wanted everyone's land and asked everyone to keep it carefully.

For a time, the three people became a tiger, and everyone spoke of it, and this matter really spread.

At this time, Chen Chuanguang of the county government stood up and said that he did not want everyone's land, but to pool everyone's land and conduct unified management.

If everyone wants to go back then, that's okay, but the land allocated then can only be planned according to the population at that time.

"Unified management? Lord County Magistrate, I wonder what this unified management refers to?"

"We have been living in this collective for more than two months. How do you feel about collective life?"

"Very good! I don't have to worry about food and clothing. I'm so happy!"

"That's right, it's very good. I don't have to think about tomorrow's food every day or how to eat the next meal. It's simply the best life I've ever had!"

"Yes, yes, the best days!"

Seeing this, Chen Chuanguang smiled with satisfaction.

"So have you ever thought about a question, where do so many of us eat all the time? Where does the food come from?
The food now is ripened by the immortal cultivators of my Chen family, but what about in the future? Where will the food come from in the future? "

When everyone heard the words, they looked at each other in dismay.

Yes, where will the food come from in the future?You can't bother the immortal cultivators of the Chen family, right?

This is not realistic.

They recognize their own fate very clearly, and they are not worthy of the immortal cultivators at all.

Therefore, this food problem must be solved.

At this time, Chen Chuanguang said: "So, everyone's land is needed now! We put the fields together and give them to specialized people for planting, while others are responsible for weaving, cooking, building houses, and teach...

In this way, not only can everyone have a hot and full meal, but they can also wear nice new clothes, new shoes, and even live in a beautiful new house. "

"This……"