Chapter Five Hundred and Thirty Seventh Formal Fief
The man was very excited and immediately said: "I am here to talk on behalf of the boss of the ship."
Shuiling asked: "What are we talking about?" Let yourself lose money?
"Um...can we leave after we repair the ship?" Can you please stop fighting? He didn't dare to say it so bluntly.
Shui Ling replied calmly: "Just shut up that dog on your boat and just be quiet and don't make any noise to me."
"Yes, yes..." The crew member nodded sharply.
Then he looked at the villagers and asked, "Do you need our help?"
Shui Ling knew that he was just being polite, but since he asked, there was no need to be polite, "There's something wrong. The villagers here feel that the princess can't manage this place well, so they want to go to Pearl City. Please help take them when you leave.
Walk."
"No problem, no problem." The crew member was quite polite.
He did not leave, but stood aside and watched.
After waiting for a while, the village chief called everyone over. Some people who were clear-minded but had difficulty with their legs and feet were carried by their family members on chairs.
Shui Ling nodded with satisfaction, "This princess is the new city lord of Qionghai City. If you don't want to live here, just pack your things and leave by boat."
The villagers talked a lot, and some elderly people were unwilling to leave. After all, they were born and raised and did not want to leave their hometown.
But the young people are unwilling to stay. They feel that there is no way out, and they are bullied by the people in Pearl City.
After some discussion, the village chief said: "Princess, there are two hundred and thirty people who are willing to leave, and eighty-nine people are willing to stay."
"Based on the calculation of one hundred taels per person, you see..." There was a proud look on the village chief's face, which could not be concealed.
His thinking is very simple. If he can't get the money, he will take the people with him and he will have to listen to himself in everything from now on.
If you take out the money, we won't lose money, but will make a lot of money, and we can get away from this hellish place and kill two birds with one stone.
Shui Ling just smiled faintly, "Now that you have thought about it, go back and pack your luggage and gather at the boat on the beach."
The village chief immediately said: "Pack your things and leave."
Some old people who didn't want to leave and were abandoned cried out, but unfortunately it couldn't bring back their humanity.
Shui Ling looked at those who didn't want to leave. To his surprise, apart from the original residents, the remaining fifty or so were all very young. Their clothes looked like they were not the original villagers.
"Why don't you want to leave?"
A middle-aged uncle said: "We are prisoners. We will go to jail when we go out, but at least we are free here."
Shui Ling nodded, understanding, and asked curiously: "Why were you arrested?"
The middle-aged uncle was embarrassed, "I picked up a hairpin."
"Huh? If you don't return the things you pick up, you won't be exiled, right?" Shui Ling really didn't understand the thinking of those officials.
The middle-aged man's face turned red, "The owner of the hairpin said that I molested her, and then took away the owner of the hairpin."
"This..." Shui Ling was speechless.
At the same time, I also understand one thing: no matter how strong a country’s leader is, it cannot withstand the gnawing of moths.
When the people at the top of the pyramid are complacent, they don't think about what will happen if the bricks below break.
She was silent for a moment without saying anything. Some people can't stop them from seeking death.
The villagers were very active. They packed up their things and ran to the shore, and even ran onto the deck, as if they couldn't wait to leave this place.
Shui Ling asked the crew, "How long will it take to repair it?"
The crew member said: "The leak is difficult to repair, the mast has been fixed."
Shui Ling took out some glue and said, "Mix it with sawdust and fill the holes so they won't leak. There will be no need to repair them in the future."
The crew member immediately thanked him and went to repair the boat with glue, and it didn't take long for the boat to be repaired.
Shui Ling said to the village chief: "You can go."
The village chief was confused, "Where's the money?"
Shui Ling glanced sideways, "What money?"
"Isn't it two hundred taels per person?" the village chief asked.
Shui Ling sneered, "Has this princess agreed?"
"You..." The village chief threw the package angrily.
Shui Ling waved his hand and waved out gold and Wangcai. Gold was ferocious and scary, and Wangcai was tall and mighty. The villagers had never seen such beasts before and they all ran towards the boat in fear.
The village chief was trembling, but he still said firmly: "We won't leave until you pay us."
Shui Ling touched Jin Zi's head and said, "See this old man? Although it's not delicious, it can still fit between teeth."
Jinzi immediately opened his bloody mouth and walked towards the village chief. The village chief could not hold it back, so he opened his trembling legs, grabbed the package and ran to the boat.
Shui Ling chuckled lightly and said, "Don't come back. If you want to come back in the future, you will have to pay two hundred taels of housing fee each. This princess doesn't care whether you are from here or whether you have a house."
The officials on the ship were afraid of wild animals and kept urging the ship to sail.
Watching the people in this boat leave, Shui Ling said: "The remaining people will arrange the old people first, and then see if there are any who are seriously ill and unable to wake up."
The middle-aged uncle asked: "Can we live in the house?" Anyway, it is so empty now.
Shui Ling was stunned for a moment, "Don't you live in a house?"
The middle-aged uncle shook his head, "We live in a cave next to the forest."
Shui Ling nodded, "What's your name? You should have read books."
The middle-aged uncle said: "My name is Bai Rui. I once ran a private school in Pearl City."
Shui Ling's eyes lit up, "Just in time, you can be my assistant first and make statistics on how many people there are in the village, their housing situation, and their patients' conditions."
"By the way, you also need to tell me about your diet, food storage, etc." Now he has officially taken over the fiefdom.
She took out a stack of paper and charcoal to him, and Bai Rui took them and started taking notes.
Shui Ling went to the beach to check the situation. The beach was very clean. The place where the big ship docked was as deep as a sinkhole, so it could support the big ship to the shore.
In fact, this peninsula is not very big, and the villagers' houses are built on slopes at the foot of the mountain.
There are mangroves to the left and right of the houses, which are not suitable for housing sites. If you want to expand the residential area, you must develop up the mountain.
After waiting for a while, Bai Rui came over with statistical materials and said: "Princess, those people took away all the remaining food. Even if they have some, it won't be enough for one day."
Shui Ling nodded and took a look at the sky. There were still about three hours of darkness left and he needed to find some food.
She was silent for a moment, gave up the idea of taking out food from the space, and said, "I'll go to the beach to see if I can find food."
Bai Rui shook his head, "There are no fish here, only some shells and crabs."
The crabs were not full, and eating too much was not good, so Shuiling did not go to the mangroves. She went directly to the place where the boat was anchored.
This pit is huge, and I don’t know what is in the depths. The only thing that is certain is that there are not many products here, and there are no shells on the beach.
She went to the car, took a piece of compressed biscuit, crushed it and sprinkled it into the water to see if it could attract some fish.
Seeing the compressed biscuits being carried away by the waves after absorbing water, Shui Ling was speechless. How could she be so stupid?
Chapter completed!