Chapter 81 There’s nothing you dare not take care of

Liu Bei originally thought that these people were here to kneel down to thank him, and he wanted to rush forward to let them get up, but he did not expect that these people were here to block the road and complain.

Zhou Xing looked at the common people and probably guessed what was going on. He thought that what was supposed to come would eventually come. The bandits in Donglai had been wiped out, but the powerful were still there, and they would still oppress the people because Liu Bei's sword had not yet fallen.

On their heads.

Liu Bei quickly dismounted and stepped forward to help an old man up, but the old man refused to get up. Instead, he held Liu Bei's hands and cried: "Mr. Liu Fu, you have to make the decision for us and help us clear the fields."

Come back!"

"Aweng, get up quickly, fellow villagers, get up and speak up if you have anything to say, I can make the decision for you in anything!" Liu Bei said, helping the old man up with all his strength.

Zhou Xing quickly winked at Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and the three of them stepped forward to help the others up one by one.

"Fellow folks, Mr. Liu is here. You can talk about anything. Mr. Liu will definitely make the decision for you!" Zhou Xing said loudly.

The old man still held Liu Bei's hands tightly and continued to cry: "Mr. Liu, now that the Yellow Turban bandits have been wiped out and driven away, no bandits dare to show up in our Donglai County. You have also reduced the land tax and waived the oral tax.

, We are all grateful to Mr. Fu for his great kindness! However, the Yan family in the village is a big clan. A few days ago, they suddenly said that the 500 acres of land owned by eight of our families belongs to them. My son went to argue with them and was injured by them.

, I’m still lying at home now.”

"Mr. Liu Fu, those five hundred acres of land have been cultivated by our ancestors for generations. Now they have taken the land away. How can we live? People say that Mr. Liu loves his people like his sons. We heard that Mr. Liu loves his people like his own children."

I am passing by here today, so I am waiting here. Fortunately, I met Mr. Fu, Mr. Liu. You want to make the decision for us and get the fields back! We, eight families of 50 or 60 people, are all counting on these fields to survive.

!"

Liu Bei probably understood what was going on. This was a typical case of relying on power to seize land from people.

"Aweng, folks, don't worry, I've taken care of this matter, and I will definitely give you an explanation."

The people wept with joy and knelt down to thank him.

Liu Bei, Zhou Xing and others helped them up again.

It's getting late now, and the sun is about to set.

In the distance, an old man was walking quickly. He was Huang Ren and Huang Zhongshan, the third elder in the village whom he had met before.

"Mingfu Jun, Mingfu Jun..."

The person shouted before he even got close.

He walked up to Liu Bei and saluted quickly: "Huang Ren, the third elder in the village, pays his respects to Mr. Mingfu!"

"Are these people from the same hometown?" Liu Bei asked Huang Ren with a stern face.

"He's from my hometown." Huang Ren replied.

"They said the fields were taken away by others. Do you know about this?"

"I know, I know, Mr. Mingfu, please allow me to elaborate on this matter." Huang Ren responded quickly, "Mr. Mingfu, I was about to report this matter to Wang Ling. I heard that the Chen family came to intercept Mr. Mingfu. I

I rushed here as soon as I heard about it."

Huang Ren continued: "Master Mingfu, the thing is like this. These eight families all have the surname Chen. Their grandfathers moved to this hometown. At that time, the head of the Yan family was kind-hearted and gave the Chen family 200 acres of land. Later,

Dingwang, a man named Chen, has a large number of people and has cultivated another 300 acres of land. Now he has 500 acres of land."

"And now the name of the head of the Yan family is Yan Song. Donglai suffered frequent disasters before, and then there was chaos again. Yan Song has no intention of returning to the fields. But now the Lord Mingfu has reduced the land tax and calculation of taxes, and exempted the oral taxes.

, you can still get land by clearing wasteland, so many renters have their own fields and no longer rent the Yan family’s fields.”

"With no one to cultivate it, the fields will be abandoned. However, the Ming government has an explicit order that the fields abandoned for three consecutive years will be taken back to the government. Therefore, Yan Song wanted to take the fields in the village as his own, so as to force the people to rent

Farming their own fields. Not only the eight families named Chen, but also dozens of other families, also lost their fields to them."

"The Yan family is a big family in Huang County. There are 800 clan members. There are many big clan members. No one dares to offend them. Even in the county government and the county court, there are many Yan family descendants as officials. The emperor of Ming Dynasty destroyed the yellow turban bandits.

, and repulsed the Liaodong soldiers, and I am busy with business. I wanted to report these small things to County Magistrate Wang..."

Liu Bei had been listening, and at this time interrupted the three elders: "It is not a trivial matter to seize someone's land, and there are so many fields!"

"Have you ever gone to see Magistrate Wang?" Zhou Xing asked the people.

"Never." The old man shook his head, looked back, and said, "They said that County Magistrate Wang did not dare to take care of the Yan family's affairs, and only Mr. Liu Fu dared to do so. We happened to know that Mr. Fu passed by here today, so we came here

I beg you to make the decision for us!"

Zhou Xing then said loudly: "Fellow villagers, from now on, if anyone dares to seize land and harm others, no matter which clan he is from, no matter who in his family is an official, or what kind of official he is, you can do it."

You can come to Liu Fujun, or you can go to County Magistrate Wang. As long as it is our Donglai matter and our Huang County matter, there is nothing that Liu Fujun and Magistrate Wang dare not take care of!"

"Yes, I tell you, even if Yuan Tan, the governor of Qingzhou, comes to seize your fields, my elder brother will dare to take him..."

"Third brother, don't talk nonsense!"

Guan Yu hurriedly stopped Zhang Fei, otherwise he didn't know what words would come out of his mouth.

"Second brother, I'm not talking nonsense. Big brother, do you think so?"

Liu Bei ignored him and said to the people: "Don't worry, as long as it's our Huang County matter, Magistrate Wang dares to take care of it. Now that I know about it today, I will take care of it to the end. It's getting late, you all go first

Go back and I will explain this matter to you tomorrow!"

The old man said: "Mr. Liu, what if Yan Song refuses to return the fields to us? We heard that Yan Song said that in Huang County, Mr. Liu's words were not as good as his words, and we were afraid that he would not.

Are you willing to listen to your orders?"

"Humph, then he will die!"

Guan Yu only said a few words, but the people felt the anger in his heart. Especially when they saw his face turned red with anger, they believed that it would be easy for Liu Fujun to kill Yan Song.

"We believe Mr. Liu, as long as he returns the fields to us, just return the fields to us!"

The old man repeated those words and turned around to leave with everyone.

Huang Ren, the third elder, glanced at Liu Bei and saw the anger on Mr. Liu's face. He couldn't help but feel happy in his heart. Yan Song, who relied on the power of his clan to bully others, seemed to be dealt with.

He said goodbye to Liu Bei and left with the people.

Liu Bei didn't say anything and silently mounted his horse. Zhou Xing, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei followed him, clapped their horses and hurried back to the city.

Early in the morning, Liu Bei asked the county officials to summon Yan Song to see him.

However, the county official came back soon and reported: "Jun Fu, Yan Song said he has a headache and it is inconvenient to come to see him."
Chapter completed!