When he walked over, Jiang Ning took the initiative to nod to him, and he nodded back immediately.
"The prince is here, everyone, look quickly."
At this time, someone saw Chu Xuanchen and his party walking over and said quickly.
The workers who were carrying hoes and preparing to dig a pond here also gathered around curiously.
"I'm going to see you, Your Majesty."
Jiang Ning and Yu Wenxian hurried over and saluted Chu Xuanchen.
"Excuse me, gentlemen, what is going on?"
Chu Xuanchen looked behind him and saw groups of dark people standing on those lands.
They were headed by Zhang Shifan, and there were several people in the middle who were gorgeously dressed as landlords and were following Zhang Shifan obediently.
Behind them are domestic slaves holding iron swords, iron rods and other weapons.
Jiang Ning stepped forward and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, according to your plan, we should dig a regulating and storage pond here.
However, digging a pond here will occupy the fertile land of Master Zhang and several other landowners, so your Excellency and others are unwilling."
Zhang Shifan snorted coldly, "King Li, you came just in time, it's not that I didn't want to.
But what you are occupying is the best farmland of my family.
My ancestral graves are also on this fertile land. How could you let you dig up my ancestral graves? Wouldn’t that make me an unfilial son?”
Other landowners also said, "Yes, Your Majesty, our land is the most fertile farmland, but you want to use it to dig a pond. That is too wasteful."
"We don't know what the purpose of digging this pond is. If King Li is just a child's play and it takes up the land we depend on for our livelihood, then please forgive us and we cannot agree!"
"Your Highness Prince Li, you should find another place. These farmlands are our wealth and life, and we will not let you occupy them."
After hearing this, Yu Wenxian hurriedly said: "Everyone, please listen to me. Above this farmland, there is the largest tributary of Jiajiang River flowing down. We can only dig a pond here.
This pond is related to everyone's life safety and cannot be changed to another location casually."
"But you can't just take over our farmland without our consent!"
There is a landowner road.
Chu Xuanchen glanced at everyone and suddenly said: "What is forceful occupation?
Didn’t I bid according to the market price?”
"A bid was made?
King Li, our land is the richest land in Jiangzhou.
You only paid 30 taels of silver and you want to buy an acre of our land. I think this is almost like usurping!"
Zhang Shifan snorted coldly.
"how?
For other land, I gave twenty-two acres according to the market price.
You guys gave me thirty taels here, but you still think it’s too little?”
Chu Xuanchen said coldly.
Zhang Shifan narrowed his eyes disdainfully, "It's not that I think it's too little, but the price you gave is too low.
The price of such good land is vastly different from that of bad land, and it cannot be bought with an extra ten taels of silver.
Do you want to give us this little money and treat us like beggars?"
"How about I double the amount and buy an acre of your land for sixty taels of silver?"
Chu Xuanchen said.
"Sixty taels?"
When the landowners nearby heard this, they all exclaimed in disbelief.
His Royal Highness, Prince Li, must be too embarrassed. This land is obviously worth thirty taels, but he actually wants to double it.
They really wanted to agree immediately, but when they saw Zhang Shifan's cold eyes, they lowered their heads in fear and did not dare to speak.
Zhang Shifan snorted coldly, "King Li, do you think I am someone who is short of money?
Do you think you can bribe me by doubling the price?"