The Shen family has been rooted in Shangyong for nearly forty years.

When the Shen family moved from Nanyang to Shangyong, they were basically poor and poor. There are still records of suffering in the family, saying that at that time, the seven brothers and sisters did not even have a decent house to shelter from the wind and rain, and could only stay in a thatched hut.

But now, the power of the Shen family is spread all over the entire Shangyong, with 2,714 families belonging to the Shen family, with a total of 242 cattle and horses. As for other assets, such as shops and warehouses, there are countless.

Regarding how so much property came about, the Shen brothers of course said that they earned it with hard work, or they had accumulated it by their fathers and ancestors...

But if Shen is asked to show how hard it is and how diligent it is, it is best to be rich first to drive the rich later, Shen will basically turn against each other immediately and call out to kill these guys who are blind and dare to ask such questions.

Therefore, the general's lord field system almost cost them their lives!

Unlike some of the gentry children who can rely on politics or trade transformation in Chang'an, because the Shen family is not in the political circle and relatively remote, they naturally have to work hard to get land-type resources in Shangyong area, and these land-type resources have become the biggest pain for the Shen family at present.

Is Shen's stupid?

Not stupid.

If it was really stupid, the Shen family would not have accumulated so many industries in Shangyong.

But in some aspects, the Shen family is indeed not smart.

This kind of thing that involves his own small money is naturally not something that can be given up casually. The Shen brothers have a very good intention. They know that the vicious Zhang Liao was transferred away by Fei, and then a Shandong general named Li Dian came. In addition, they heard that Li Dian had been training recruits in Yinshan before, so they were slightly more courageous.

If we compare the generals of the field army and the generals of the recruit battalion, of course, we will think that the generals of the field are more fierce, and the temper of the recruit battalion will be better.

Mainly, they trained cavalry, but when they arrived at Shangyong, they were mountainous and thought they could not perform, so they were mostly demoted by the cavalry?

Shen Yi suddenly said with some meaning: "Brother, this new General Li is a banquet for the Di people everywhere. He has been eating and drinking from noon until midnight. It is said that there is still a fun play after the banquet..."

Shen Dan'an sat in his seat, nodded slowly, understanding what Shen Yi meant, but asked: "I know what he said at the banquet?"

Shen Yi replied: "General Li has come here and has not brought many servants. He is all using the hot-headed chef Ding in Nanzheng... Anyway, he has used outsiders, and there will be news soon after he talks about what he has discussed during the banquet... But since he has used outsiders at the banquet, there will probably be no secret discussions."

The defeat of the Di people, Yang Qianwan and Wang Gui, was equivalent to defeating the Di people's backbone. Now, at least for a short period of time, the Di people could not gather together to form a major alliance. Perhaps it was precisely because of this that Fei Qian sent Li Dian to replace Zhang Liao.

Because Zhang Liao was famous among the Di people, with Zhang Liao, the Di people naturally did not dare to act rashly, but the Di people would not have any intention of doing business with the Han people. Even if Zhang Liao said he would not kill the Di people at will, the Di people would not dare to go.

Hanzhong is also a small basin. Although there are many Han people in the Nanzheng area, in the face of the sudden increase in various commercial demands, some people are somewhat insufficient in manpower. The Di people are undoubtedly the cheapest labor force.

So Zhang Liao left, Li Dian came, and as soon as he arrived in Hanzhong, he began to win over these Di people.

The Shen brothers claimed to be able to see clearly, so they had more thoughts about making some fuss about it. After all, before the Di people were in trouble, the Shen brothers did not dare to contact the Di people too closely, for fear of being implicated by the Di people. Now Li Dian clearly wanted to ease the relationship, so the Shen brothers could of course follow the situation and express their response to Li Dian's call and follow Li Dian's steps.

Rebuilding a network of relationships and expanding the communication is only the first step.

『Meeting, but never say anything important...』 Shen Dan thought for a long time before saying, 『The Di people are no longer brave now, so they may turn around and sell us to the Li surnamed... Even if they are looking for them, they will only talk about trade, salt and tea, etc., and they cannot say anything else...』

Shen Yi was silent for a while and nodded.

With the first step, of course there is the second step.

Looking at the clouds rolling in the sky, Shen Yi seemed to think of something again. He tilted slightly towards Shen Dan's position and whispered: "Brother, those... old soldiers..."

"Be careful..." Shen Dan glanced at Shen Yi, and then said in a low voice, "Zhang Wenyuan's military law is very strict, and the soldiers of Nanzheng were very afraid... Therefore, they did not dare to show too much... But if the new General Li likes to have fun, they can contact him again... However, now is not the time, so we should still be cautious...

The two brothers looked at each other and fell silent again.

Be careful, be cautious, be cautious.

This kind of depressing life has made the Shen brothers feel breathless.

"Be careful, be careful, this is nothing wrong..." After a while, Shen Yi said, "But this is not the case, that's not the case. Do you really watch the Juetian system chop off our heads little by little?"

Shen Dan was silent for a long time, and said slowly: "You have seen the fate of Zhang before... Now the cavalry is powerful and the army is strong, and even Cao Mengde dares to act easily, let alone you and my brothers? So do I think, if you and I try to make trouble in this current situation, then you and I will definitely follow the footsteps of Zhang... We must follow the right path, and we can't make a mistake..."

"What should I do?" Shen Yi asked.

Shen Dan looked up at the sky and suddenly said, "This weather... do you think... it seems that it hasn't rained for a long time?"

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Outside Xi County, there is an abandoned pier.

This place was originally a military land, but I don’t know when or what changes caused the Dunburg to be abandoned here. Later, during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, some refugees arrived here and saw that Dunburg was somewhat more beautiful. They reclaimed wasteland around this area and stayed there. Several years have passed in a blink of an eye.

It was getting bright, and before the sunlight shone on the castle, a few roosters had already jumped up to the high place, pulling their necks and starting to sing.

The fields around were covered with thin mist, and if they were farther away, they could only see some outlines.

Amid the squeaking sound, a woman pushed open the dilapidated door that seemed to collapse on her own in the next moment.

A dog outside the door quickly shook his tail like a windmill, and leaned against the woman with a shy face.

"Go and go!" The woman kicked Liegouxu and banged out.

The dog whined loudly, and then squatted under a few wooden boards outside the door, guarding the half-pulled crock pot in front of it.

Chinese local dogs are not that delicate, and it seems normal to be hungry and full. These guys can even find some food by themselves. They are also very good at observing words and expressions. They are neither picky about food nor need to take care of me like I am serving me. Well, some people are not even concerned about serving me...

Refugees, local dogs.

Broken ground house.

But at least it is a stable place to live, which has already satisfied these people.

Men have to do heavy labor. If you can rest for a while, you will take a rest for a while. Therefore, most of these chores are done by women.

The woman rubbed her hazy eyes and was about to start cooking and eating.

This meal is to fight for one day, and then I can only have a second meal when I come back from work in the evening. Of course, after the second meal, I have to go to bed immediately. On the one hand, it is because it is dark and it is impossible to pay for the lamp oil. On the other hand, it is exhausted, both men and women after working for a day.

Especially since it has not rained these days, the seedlings have to be watered. Although men are labor-intensive, women also have to carry water and irrigate them one by one. If County Magistrate Zhang had someone to build some canals, they would have to exhaust people every day!

The surrounding portals were also opened one after another, and older or younger women walked out, some yawned, some scratched their heads, and greeted each other, and they all started to get busy.

There are about thirty households living in the Dune Castle.

"Wang family's servant," an old woman came over and said while busy working, "You're not surprised... Is this a few days ago, those soldiers were chatting and shouting clamors outside to death... But now those soldiers are not here, but they are really not used to it... as if something is missing..."

The woman shook the water in her hand and nodded and said, "No, it's really different to those who are in the army. She is both energetic and obedient, and she walks with great enthusiasm. She looks much better than the Heluo North Army back then..."

The older woman said, "Who said no, their military camp is here, so don't worry, we live there... I heard that they are doing some marching training in the past two days, and everyone has left... Now there are only some people who are originally counties, and those county soldiers are not good at it. They like to steal chickens and dogs, but your family is going to be kept in sight... I heard that they stole several dogs in front of them and ate them."

"That's right, I said to the Qin family, you have to keep a dog at home, it doesn't cost much, just a bite of food, otherwise, let alone those thieves, even the yellow skin in the wilderness wouldn't be touched... It would be much better if there was a dog, and there was something going on and there was something going on...

The woman raised the fire, then stretched her waist, looked up at the fields outside the Dunburg.

That's their hope.

The wheat seeds and beans are planted, and they are waiting to be watered and sprouted.

Thinking of this, the woman couldn't help but turn her head to look at the small water wheel by the river. In her eyes, those extremely simple water wheels were so cute...

Of course, it would be even cuter if it could turn quickly.

The water truck and canal were built here by the magistrate Zhang County, who sent craftsmen to the place.

It has not rained since spring, so the water flow in the river is relatively small. When the water truck was repaired, it was repaired according to the water level in previous years, so it was slightly higher, making the river water flow under the blades of the water truck, and it did not drive the water truck at all, so naturally no water flowed into the canal in the fields below the pier.

This made the people in Dunbao very troubled. They sent people to Xi County to find the magistrate Zhang County, hoping to adjust the water truck to a lower level, but the craftsmen also had many things, and it was impossible to say that they were on call.

"I mean? Qin Jiapo, am I dazzled? The water truck seemed to be moving!" The woman raised her voice, obviously very excited.

When the woman on the other side heard this, she quickly looked at the water wheel that was indeed turning slowly. The two of them ran down happily and walked towards the canal beside the field. They saw that the canal was still dry...

The two women were stunned. After looking at each other, they walked towards the small water truck by the river. They didn't walk far away, and suddenly started shouting, "Someone! Someone over there!"

The fog was hazy, and the woman became nervous when she saw someone shaking under the waterwheel. After running a few more steps, she saw more and more clearly. She turned out to be from the people in Guixi Village downstream of Dunbao!

The water level of the river seemed to be a little higher, so it could barely push the water truck. However, it was obvious that the downstream Yixi Village was also short of water, so several people were blocking the inlet of the canal so that the river water would continue to flow downwards instead of being diverted to the canal of Dunbao.

"Someone steals water!"

"Come here!"

"The people from Zhixi Village blocked our canal!"

The woman's scream was particularly harsh in the early morning, as if she had stabbed the hornet's nest in the broken Dunbao. A lot of people rushed out with a buzzing sound. The two women were not waiting for the people behind the Dunbao to come out, but they had already rushed forward to fight, grab, bite and beaten, but how much strength the two women could have was soon beaten back by the people from Zhixi Village.

But after a moment, the man in the castle arrived with a hoe, wooden shovel, and the two sides fought in one place without saying a word...

…━((*′д｀)博(′д｀*))━!!!…

Zhang Zhanggang received the written review in the county government office.

"Not good!" A yamen runner rushed up, sweating all over his head. "Report to Lingzun, the people in Dunbao and Guixi Village fought for water, and five or six died!"

Zhang Zhang was stunned and immediately threw the text in his hand on the table, "Where is the inspection? Are you back?" Xi County originally had no county magistrate or a county magistrate, but later after Zhang Liao and Wei Yan and others recovered Hanzhong, the county magistrate was arrested for being involved in Zhang Ze's affairs. Zhang Zhang was transferred here and added one inspector and five inspectors.

"County Master, the inspector has not come back yet." The yamen runner said, "Do you want me to ask someone to come back to the inspector?"

Zhang Zhang thought for a moment, shook his head, stood up and walked out and said, "Forget it, there are troops stationed at the Duncastle, so the same is true for calling them!"

Two days ago, the inspection reported that there were bandits who were murdering people outside the city, so they took their men to investigate the matter and have not come back yet.

Zhang Zhang, who was a bachelor of agriculture, understood the importance of agriculture to a region, so he attached great importance to the surrounding agricultural water conservancy, but he did not expect that it would cause bigger problems.

Dunbao is a refugee, while the people in Guixi Village are local residents. Originally, one was in the upper reaches and the other was in the lower reaches. When the refugee first arrived here, it also had some impact on the people in Guixi Village. However, the problem was not very big, and it was just a little personal grudge. However, unexpectedly, an armed fight broke out this time due to water competition.

When Zhang Zhang built a water truck for the upstream Dunburg, he actually considered the water distribution problem of upstream and downstream, so he asked the craftsmen to slightly increase the position of the water truck, so that when the water flow reaches a certain level, there will be water upstream and downstream, rather than most of the water being taken away by the upstream, resulting in a reduction in production of mature fields in the downstream of Guixi Village.

This is a helpless balance. After all, the fields in the lower reaches of the Hexi Village are mature fields, and the yield per mu is higher. It is indeed necessary to meet the water used for irrigation first. The Dunbao in the upper reaches is a newly opened wasteland, and other conditions are not very good. If the water is given too much, it will be a waste.

But unexpectedly, there was little water this year. There was no rain in Hanzhong during this period, and all the places had to irrigate the fields. Looking at the wilted seedlings in the fields, even the farmer was anxious. Finally, he saw that the water level was higher. However, the people in Guixi Village were worried that their irrigation water would be taken away by the people in Dunbao, so they blocked the Dunbao canal first.
To be continued...