activa-t Chapter 397 Something happened in Tianjiazhuang
Chapter 397 Something happened in Tianjiazhuang
The people being controlled were obviously panicked.
They were afraid that what Gu Yiyi really gave them was poison, and their faces instantly turned pale.
Not sure if it was a psychological effect, but they soon felt gastrointestinal discomfort, as if something was churning in their stomachs.
One of the people's face turned red, and finally he couldn't bear it anymore and vomited it all out with a loud sound!
When others saw this, their faces turned pale with fear.
Now they really believed that Gu Yiyi might not have given them anything good to eat.
The leader also panicked.
He forced down the discomfort in his heart and spoke quickly with a hint of pleading.
"Madam, madam, if you have anything to say, we...we are just trying to make ends meet, and we only steal food from others as a last resort!!
We know we are wrong, we know we are wrong! Your Excellency has a lot, don't argue with us villains, give us the antidote quickly, we don't want to die yet! "
The people next to me also cried: "I'm sorry, madam, it's all a small mistake. We were blind and bumped into you. Please, don't poison us!"
There were old people and young children on top of us, and they were waiting for us to bring food back! Otherwise we will starve to death. "
Hearing this, Gu Yiyi noticed something was wrong and suddenly frowned and looked over.
"What does it mean to have old people at the top and young at the bottom? This is no reason for you to steal other people's food! The people in this village have no enmity with you. You robbed their food. What will you do if you let them?"
Although people have their own difficulties, this is not a reason for them to hurt others.
What Gu Yiyi hates the most is that they did this.
He keeps saying that he is only for himself, but he has no regard for the life and death of others.
However, Gu Yiyi felt that this matter was not that simple, so she asked them seriously.
"Then tell me now what's going on? Where are you from? How did you manage to come to this village to rob?"
"If you tell the truth, I might be able to spare your lives!"
Gu Yiyi deliberately glared fiercely, which really scared those people.
None of them dared to resist any longer. The leader's voice was choked and he spoke with a sad look on his face.
"Madam, we are originally from Tianjiazhuang, a hundred kilometers away, and have made a living by farming for generations. In the past, no matter what, we could survive by growing food, and we would not even have anything to eat.
But later, the farmsteads were taken away one after another, and for some unknown reason, every household gave birth to some unsatisfactory sons. Many families in the village were in debt, and after the farms were sold out one after another, they lost their jobs.
The owner of the farm took over and asked us to grow grain on his behalf. He promised to pay us initially, but at the end of the year we were left with little money, and we could not get even a single cent of the farm's grain harvest.
We all have nothing to eat! The whole family is still waiting for us to support them, and their life is worse than that of a lowly serf. The serfs can at least get a bite to eat! We survive by stealing wild food every day.
How could we not know that stealing and robbing is not a good thing, but if we don’t do this, our whole family will starve to death. "
Hearing these words, Gu Yiyi was surprised.
"Are you from Tianjiazhuang? It's not that far from the imperial city. According to what you said, are your local officials turning a blind eye?"
Others complained with tears and runny noses.
"It's useless to report to the official! We even asked people to come to the imperial city to play drums! But those people never came back, who would dare to do this?
We were really forced to have no choice, so we fled with our family and sneaked all the way to the vicinity of the Imperial City.
We came to this village accidentally and saw that every family was living a happy life and had no shortage of food. We just...were jealous, and there was nothing we could do for a bite of food. "
The more the man talked, the more guilty he became, but in the end, when he thought of their suffering, he couldn't help but burst into tears.
"Madam, we see that you are not ordinary people, otherwise you would not have brought so many guards. All we ask is that you give us a way out, and we promise you that we will never do such a thing again in the future."
"Let's leave here and find a place to live well. I..."
"That's putting it lightly."
Gu Yiyi interrupted him and put the real problem in front of him: "Since you escaped, the owner of the village will definitely not let you make things worse.
The few people who were sent to play the drums went to the imperial city and never returned. Do you still want to be spared?
Maybe they don't know where you are staying yet, but once they know, you may be in trouble.
You won't be able to live here, and you won't be able to live a good life if you drag your family and family to other places. "
When she said this, the man's face instantly became sad, and he felt that the future was dark: "Then...then what should we do! Do we really have to wait to die?
Under the world, everything is clear, don't we, the peaceful people, even have a way to survive? "
He burst into tears suddenly. Gu Yiyi frowned and calmed down for a moment before continuing to ask.
"Isn't it possible that your farm has been taken away by the owner of the farm? Why do all of your families give birth to such unsatisfactory sons? By coincidence, all the family property is lost?"
The leader was sobbing and defending: "At the beginning, we also felt that we were not blessed because we had grudges with people in our previous lives, and that was the retribution we got.
But later on, more and more people had accidents, and we felt it was abnormal. After questioning, I learned that the children who were in debt were all deceived by a man named He Tian!
He was idle all day long. It is said that he came from the imperial city. He opened a casino outside Zhuangzi and lured people there. Some children lost all their family property overnight. Later we went to look for this He Tian, but he disappeared. "
After hearing such words, Gu Yiyi was surprised.
Isn't this a typical set of coupons? Relying on that mouth to lead people to gamble, who knows what kind of traps are set in the casino to force those people to go into debt.
If there is no money to repay, the farm will be used to pay off the debt. The farm owners who moved out were taken away by their owners. The owner could not manage so many farms by himself, so he pretended to be kind and gave the original owners of these farms some work to do.
The good name is to prevent them from starving to death, let them help farm and then pay them.
In fact, he gave them nothing and treated them harshly. He relied on the debt-paying contract in his hand to suppress them to death.
Typical serfism, but the serfs would be given some food and drink anyway, but it was better for them, they had nothing, and even the channels for redressing grievances and asking for help were cut off.
They are still only Zhuangzi, a hundred kilometers away from the imperial city. If they were any further away, they would probably be suppressed by local snakes for the rest of their lives.
Hearing this, Gu Yiyi immediately remembered what she had heard when she accompanied Xiao Yan to buy land.
In fact, many farms around the imperial city are in the hands of Xie Anze. Moreover, many estates have been privatized and distributed centrally to the powerful.
Even when growing grain, it was done by serfs, otherwise it would become wasteland.
The farmers who really need these lands have no land. They have a meager amount of money, have trouble eating and drinking, and have to bear increasing taxes every year.
Just thinking about this matter, if the vicious cycle continues, something will happen to this court sooner or later.