The workers nearby widened their eyes in disbelief.
As for those landowners, they really wanted to kneel down in front of King Li and agree to him.
Ninety-two acres of land was really a sky-high price, and they made a lot of money.
But Zhang Shifan remained unmoved. He glanced at Chu Xuanchen with disdain and said, "King Li, it seems that you really regard me as a man who loves money.
I tell you the truth, my family’s ancestral graves are buried on this ground, and no matter how much money you give me, I won’t sell them.
This officer advises you to give up on this idea and move to another place to acquire the land."
"So you are playing tricks on me?"
Chu Xuanchen said coldly and sarcastically, "Change the place to expropriate land?
I’m afraid it’s not easy to acquire land in other places without your consent, Master Zhang, right?”
If Zhang Shifan can make trouble here, he can naturally make trouble elsewhere.
These landowners and gentry are all his people, even if they change places.
Zhang Shifan sneered, "That's Prince Li's business and has nothing to do with me.
In short, you cannot touch this land that belongs to me, and anyone who dares to touch it will be in trouble with me!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Shixun and the others were so frightened that they shivered.
Everyone lowered their heads in fear, not daring to go against Zhang Shifan.
Chu Xuanchen suddenly said: "Mr. Zhang, are you sure that this piece of land belongs to your family?"
Zhang Shifan was stunned, "What do you mean?
If it’s not from my family, who else could it be?”
"How did I hear that you took advantage of your official position to occupy this land? For example, this land to the east clearly belongs to the Tian San family, but you have forcibly occupied it.
There are also these other lands, all of which belong to ordinary people, and they were all occupied by you. In the end, they all became your land. How do you explain it?"
Chu Xuanchen said sharply.
Zhang Shifan's face froze and he looked at him in disbelief, "You are talking nonsense! These are my Zhang family's land, and it has nothing to do with anyone else. This is the land passed down from generation to generation by my Zhang family, and it was not occupied by me at all!"
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"Whether you took it by force or not, we will find out later when we hear the testimonies of the victims.
Moli, bring over the original owners of these lands!"
Chu Xuanchen said sharply.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
After Moli finished answering, he waved coldly in the distance, and a dozen Xuance soldiers came over with a dozen ragged villagers.
As soon as the villagers came over, they looked at Zhang Shifan with trepidation. No one dared to approach him and only dared to stand behind Chu Xuanchen.
When Zhang Shifan saw these people, his face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot. "King Li, I don't know these people at all. Don't think you can slander me by just picking a few people."
"Whether it is slander or not, Mr. Zhang knows very well.
Tian San, you guys can stand up and tell us how Master Zhang took your land!"
Chu Xuanchen said.
As soon as he finished speaking, a middle-aged man with a limp came limping over.
As soon as he saw Zhang Shifan, his eyes were scarlet and he glared at him angrily, "Your Majesty, this dog official sent his housekeeper to take over my farmland.
He left us with no land to plant crops and no roots to rely on, and made our whole family become refugees.
When the little one went to Zhang's house to argue with him, he sent someone to beat him severely and broke one of his legs, so he became a lame!"