It's really hard to just farm peacefully.

Chapter 324

"What a sin..." County Magistrate Huang sat to the side, sighing at the brothers Fu Jian and Fu An. "It was my fault that those fools mortgaged all the farmland to outsiders."

Fu An put the cup down gently and said, "Tell me, how much money did you take from them this time to let them turn a blind eye and let it go?"

County Magistrate Huang said with a smile, "My dear nephew, you are joking. Where can I get the money to give to you now?"

"Three days ago, two people took advantage of the cover of night and quietly carried a wooden box into the back door of the county government office. A quarter of an hour later, they left the office and went straight to the Yang family."

The Yang family was originally a wealthy family in Heyin County, Heding Prefecture. Because of a disaster, the whole family fled to Xiakou County. After the drought eased last autumn, they moved to Rongcheng County.

At that time, even the grain reserves in Furong Village were far from enough to provide relief to the victims in various places. Fu Jian tacitly allowed many wealthy families, including the Yang family, to buy grain on credit in exchange for farmland.

However, in order to prevent these people from taking advantage of the situation and dividing up all the land in the homes of the disaster victims, they specifically requested that each household not claim more than half of the arable land. Unexpectedly...

"My dear nephew, you must have seen it wrong." County Magistrate Huang was about to laugh, but when he looked up, he saw the dangerous eyes of the two brothers Fu Jian and Fu An looking at him.

County Magistrate Huang was speechless, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead guiltily. "Hey, you two gentlemen, I was blinded by money for a moment. I don't want this filial gift. I don't want it. I will order someone to bring it over here immediately."

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This time, Jiang Yan discovered something strange before even entering the city.

She used her peripheral vision to observe the two or three people behind her who were hurrying on their way. After thinking for a while, she quietly pulled Jiang Hu, who was traveling with her this time, into another path ahead.

Jiang Hu didn't understand what was going on, but he waited until Jiang Yan stopped and confirmed that no one was relaxing around before asking, "What's wrong with those people? Are they still going to the county today?"

Jiang Yan frowned and said uncertainly, "I can't put my finger on what's wrong, but it just feels weird. How about we go back in a couple of days?"

This time I went into the city to deliver some newly harvested millet and wheat to Aunt Yu and Jiang Ying, not to deliver mountain products to Manager Hao San. It won't be a problem if I go a few days later.

Jiang Hu trusted Jiang Yan's intuition and immediately responded, "Okay, let's go back first."

After learning the reason why Jiang Yan and Jiang Hu returned halfway, the people of Dongshan Village were quietly nervous for two days. They even sent people to Hezhou Village to remind Jiang Lu to pay attention and to inquire about the news.

Jiang Ying and his companions in the county were staying in Fu Mansion for food and lodging, and with so many guards guarding the mansion, they thought nothing would happen, so no one was too worried.

So much so that on the third day, the people of Dongshan Village were shocked when they heard that the county government and Fu Mansion were surrounded by a group of people.

"Those people are risking their lives to surround that place?" Li Hao held Jiang Yan's arm tightly and asked Jiang Wang in disbelief.

Then he asked Jiang Hu and Jiang Yan, who had returned from inquiring about the situation, "What's the situation now? Is there any danger? Yingzi and the others are all in there."

Jiang Yan soothed her, "Grandma, don't worry too much. No one has died yet, and the people surrounding the Fu Mansion have dispersed. Tomorrow, I and..."

Jiang Yan glanced at the people present and met Jiang Hu's gaze. "Tomorrow, Uncle Huzi and I will go into the city to check out the situation."

Jiang Wang also looked around at the villagers, glanced at Jiang Fu, who was hesitant to speak, and agreed: "Okay, you two should be careful on the way. Fuzi won't accompany you this time, and someone must stay in the village to guard it."