Chapter 10 Man-made disasters
Chapter 10
With this successful example, his confidence in improving Wangcun's life increased greatly, and his motivation to start a business increased. Soon after, he tidied up a set of methods of using fish and oil to make local soap, and taught Wang Village Chief and Erdan how to operate.
This is a craft, so Village Chief Wang naturally did not have to be generous to share it with the villagers. However, when buying fish oil in the villagers, he subsidized some money to get in, which was a disguised help to them.
After all, fish oil is limited, and the soap produced is of very low quality and cannot be sold at a good price. But even so, selling the inventory in your hands bit by bit will be obvious to the improvement of the Wang family's life. At the same time, it also avoids attracting attention. In the late Qing Dynasty, society is turbulent, so it is better to cause less trouble.
The simplicity and kindness of the villagers gave Wang Jin a great favor, and the living standards were gradually increasing at a visible speed, which made him full of confidence in the future.
But two things that happened two months after he arrived in Wangcun completely overturned his idea of the future, and he wanted to collapse earlier this day.
At noon that day, he was taking a nap at Village Chief Wang's house when he suddenly heard a loud quarrel outside. After being awakened, he still felt strange. Haven't the relationship between the villagers always been in good condition? How could anyone quarrel and make such a big noise?
When he rushed out in a hurry, what he saw made his eyes burst into blood and his eyes were about to burst.
At the small pier at the entrance of the village, there were crowds of people. More than a dozen soldiers wearing numbers were busy shipping goods to the two express ships, including chickens, ducks, big bags of fish and eggs. Around them were begging villagers, and young people who were controlled with grief and angry faces. A leading official was proud to teach Village Chief Wang a lesson.
Wang San, who hasn't seen for a long time, is so arrogant and domineering that he is standing at the bow of the ship and pointing out something...
These are all the last little property and hope of the villagers. Listening to the desperate cry of women and children from the small pier, Wang Jin felt very uncomfortable. The anger in his chest was like a volcano erupting, and he rushed over with red eyes and roaring regardless of the roar!
"Officials, this is my last bit of life-saving food. Please ask the official to give it a tribute!"
"Go to your horse, you must be like you. What do you eat and drink the northwest wind?"
"Woooooo, please please leave some for us!"
"Dream, get out!"
"Official, our village is really out of money. Please ask the official to give up the grace..."
"You are so grateful to you. How long has your village been owed for not paying taxes? Today I have to take things to do whatever I say!"
"Hehe, Old Man Wang, aren't you quite capable? If you have the ability, just pay it to the villagers!"
"Wang San, you dog, you actually brought outsiders to bully the villagers. I will fight with you!"
"Oh, come, come, teach me a hard lesson!"
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Wang Jin was still one step late. When he rushed over, the express ship had already left the small dock.
When the villagers saw Mr. Wang rushing over like crazy, they were startled first, and then they opened their desperate eyes and cried bitterly. For a moment, the crying sounds of the small dock were like a spiritual field.
Wang Jin stared at the fast-sentence ship away, roaring in his heart: You are waiting for you, I will definitely not let you go, you can wait for me!
Wang Fanren did not care about his sadness and was hurried over to calm Wang Jin's emotions. In his eyes, Wang Jin's weight was much greater than the wealth and things he had lost just now!
After his emotions calmed down, Wang Jin learned that the one who snatched their property was the official who was in charge of this area, but because of the flood and the taxes arrears over the years were not paid.
"What a bunch of beasts!" Wang Jin roared angrily. He was sure that the village's tax donation this year would be exempted due to floods. The villagers of Wang Village had no knowledge, but he was different. How could he not know the trick? No matter how ruined the court today, there would be no problem to avoid such a little tax donation!
But this is the case, which is also an important reason why Wang San fought for the position of village chief. In recent years, disasters have been constant, and the court has exempted the factors. However, Wang San and his group of tax officials in the river have made a big deal. The exempted taxes are collected without any delay, and the money they get is naturally put into their private wallets. As for those regular taxes, they can be delayed if they can be dragged, and they cannot be dragged to collect them again. If a village chief is in his hands, it is much safer to do these things.
This time, Wang San was frightened and fled Jiang Xinzhou. He felt that he had no face and dared not come back. He simply tore his face apart. This is the main reason why the taxpayers* villagers' finances. Speaking of which, this is a direct relationship with Wang Jin...
But blessings are unparalleled, and Wangcun just experienced a disaster, but unexpectedly, another unlucky thing happened.
The day after being swept by the soldiers and gangsters, Wang Jin was sitting under the shade of a tree and telling stories to the children. While comforting the frightened little hearts of the children, he was also diverting his attention and not always getting stubbornly into yesterday's events.
At this time, a loud whistle suddenly sounded on the river surface, interrupting Wang Jin's meticulous and interesting narration and attracting their attention.
I saw a warship flying a rice-shaped flag moving forward in the distance, and the naval guns on the fore deck were even raised high and swaying left and right, majestic.
Wang Jin curled his lips repeatedly, sighing in his heart that this old antique could be so majestic? But when he saw the pale and fearful little faces of the children around him, he felt something was wrong.
"Dad, run, run, hurry up, foreign warships come and pull!" The children screamed at the parents who were fishing in the river.
Wang Jin's heart sank and realized that things were not good. Could it be that the warship dared to hit the fishing boat? However, the next scene told him: There is no worst situation, only worse!
The British warship was very fast and did not care about the fishing boat that was panicking in front of him. Instead, he accelerated his speed and rushed towards the fishing boat. The sailors on the boat laughed and pointed at the rifle.
Several fishing boats in the villages in Jiangxin responded in panic and screamed in surprise, rowing desperately to avoid the front of the warship before it hit the warship, and narrowly escaped the disaster, but this was not finished yet.
Chapter completed!