Chapter 3 Land Dispute

The summer noon sun in the northern hemisphere is extremely poisonous. There is no flow of air in the dry and hot desert oasis. Looking far into the distance, the eyes are full of golden sand grains. Under the high temperature, it seems a little illusory and unreal.

"What are you going to do?"

Yunyi asked with a desperate face and a little unwilling young woman. Seeing the look of gritting his teeth and insisting on not letting his tears flow down, Yunyi's heart was extremely heavy. It is not difficult to control the desert and improve the planet's environment in this era, and it costs much less than building a rail elevator. Only a few thousand agricultural mechas, coupled with specially developed drought-resistant plants, will take less than 100 million, and at most five years, the environment of the planet can be greatly improved. Although it cannot be said to be fertile soil, it is enough for ordinary people to survive.

However, in this dirty and decaying country, even this little money is unwilling to be invested, allowing a large amount of precious land to be gradually swallowed up by the desolate desert.

The young woman looked at all this desolately. For a long time, her eyes fell on the little girl who was playing with the sand curiously not far away and said in a low voice, "What else can I do? This is my last hope. No matter how hard and tired I am, I will stick to it for the sake of the baby."

Yunyi took out his land lease. Of the 200 mu of land marked on it, at least 150 mu were uncultivable next door and desert. Of the remaining 50 mu, 30 mu are far away from the oasis lake, and it is impossible to cultivate without building a water pipeline. That is to say, he only has 20 acres of land available. He has also seen the land lease of the young woman. Although it is marked with 300 mu of land, there are less than 10 mu that can be cultivated. In a year, I'm afraid there will be no money left besides supporting the two of them.

"Find a place to live first." Yunyi comforted, and the young woman nodded silently and called the little girl to walk to the town. Yunyi helped him carry some packages, and the young woman could make it much easier.

Fortunately, the rent in the town is extremely cheap. In the past, during the Zhao and Song Empire, many residential buildings were built in this town. Although it can't cover too high floors because of the soft geology, the number is very large. Later, under the economic recession and desert erosion, many people left here, and there were many empty houses. Yunyi rented an apartment of nearly 100 square meters with two bedrooms and one living room for 50 yuan a month. It seemed that Yunyi was more credible, or felt that he was a good man. The young woman rented a bedroom and a living room next to Yunyi. In this strange place, there were too few people who could believe, and the short communication along the way made the young woman temporarily recognize the man who looked very young.

Most of the small towns are poor people, but there are no villains who bully the market. The town is managed by a local baron who rarely comes, and only comes every year when taxes are collected. It seems that even the nobles have no interest in this desolate and remote town.

In this way, Yunyi lived here. Through some communication, Yunyi fell down and met his neighbor, Mrs. Sabrina and the little girl Shabei.

After helping Mrs. Sabrina clean up her room, Yunyi came to the street to buy her daily necessities. Mrs. Sabrina got a lot of help from Yunyi along the way, so she also volunteered to help him. I have to say that this lady's bargaining level is really good. The furniture of 200 yuan of gold was cut to 120 yuan by her. The stunned Yunyi was extremely impressed by the confident and persistent look of the other party's price-cutting. If he could cut 20 yuan, he would have felt very satisfied. With the help of this bargaining master, Yunyi quickly bought everything he needed.

In Sabrina's eyes, she was also curious about the young man. The other party did not care about the price of the goods and would buy them as long as there was a need. Although it was very remote, the materials were still complete. Some furniture and supplies alone cost no less than 3,000 yuan, which was not like a desperate bankruptcy like her. . However, the smart Sabrina didn't ask much about it. Everyone has their own secrets. Since the other party doesn't want to say it, why does she have to inquire so clearly?

On the way home, Yunyi went to the vegetable market again and bought a lot of local specialty vegetables. According to him, it made the lady even more surprised to entertain Mrs. Sabrina and Xiao Shabei. Can this young man cook?

Until dinner, when the other party came to ask them for dinner, looking at the seductive dishes on the table, she was almost stunned, and Xiao Shabei rushed up with a smile.

"Mom, the dishes cooked by strange uncles are delicious."

Sabrina knocked on the little girl's head and said angrily, "I told you, don't call me uncle." Then he apologized to Yunyi: "This child..."

"Ha ha, children, it's nothing." Yunyi smiled and said, "Come and try it. I haven't done it myself for a long time. I hope the level has not declined."

The aroma of the dish rushed into her nostrils, and the lady's throat moved. These days, whether on the train or arriving at Fenghuanxing, I haven't had a good hot meal. Looking at these, she seemed to feel a little lost in her dream.

It took a long time for her to put some vegetables into her mouth. She just chewed it, and her eyes suddenly lit up. A long time ago, when she just got married, she and her husband also went to many famous local restaurants, but they had never tasted such delicious food.

"I take the liberty to ask, is Mr. Yun's profession... a chef?"

Yunyi tilted his head and thought, what is his profession? Mecha warrior, mecha maintenance worker, mecha designer, warship designer, warship maintenance worker, optical brain engineer, programmer, group chairman, school principal... Many, but it seems that anyone has never said that he is a chef, right?

"Actually... I'm a mecha farmer, and in addition, I'm also a part-time programmer." Yun Yi said affirmatively. Compared with these two professions, the others are too terrible. I'm afraid that in such a place, even if you say it, no one will believe it. In today's Iseras Empire, because Zagu's focus is almost on the military, as long as the professions related to mecha and warships are very popular, no matter how bad it is, it will not fall here.

"It's unbelievable." Sabrina was surprised and said, "It's hard to imagine that you would have such a craft. Is it from a family?"

Yunyi grabbed his head: "At first, it was because of boredom, but later, in order to take care of the little sister, he has been studying hard. I didn't expect to be praised by my wife now. I'm really flattered.

"You are so modest."

Under the stimulation of delicious food, the two sides quickly became familiar with each other. After she was full, the little girl patted her slightly bulging stomach and laughed, "I haven't been so full for a long time. The food cooked by my uncle is really delicious, 100 times better than my mother's cooking... No, 10,000 times better!"

Sabrina blushed slightly and explained in a low voice, "We used to eat out, but later..."

"Come to my place for lunch and dinner in the future."

Since you can't take care of most people in this country, you should at least help a small number of people within your ability. Yunyi thought so in his heart. Until now, he has not forgotten that Her Majesty told him to be kind to the people of Zhao and Song before his death.

Sabrina naturally won't want to. Although her family is in the middle, she is still a face-to-face person. However, Yunyi took Xiao Shabei's body as the reason, but she was not allowed to refuse again.

......

20 mu of land looks very large, and it is not troublesome to cultivate.

There are leased agricultural mecha in the town, and it only takes a few hours to complete all the work of 20 mu of land. If you can't drive, you can also hire a local driver. Of course, the price is not low. In fact, in this era, when farmers are extremely relaxed, not to mention 20 mu, even 200 mu, 2,000 mu will not face the cultivation of the loess like in the earth era. Perhaps only on an extremely backward planet like Natasha's hometown will someone work hard to dig the ground with a hoe.

The next morning, Yunyi and Sabrina went to the town government to receive the land.

When Yunyi handed over his land lease to the government office staff, the other party's eyes cast a strange light. Yunyi can easily find it, which is an extreme disgust.

"Bang." After a bright red seal was stamped, the staff member casually threw it to him and shouted, "Next."

Whispers from around him came to his ears: "That land seems to be planting old Jim. These hateful foreigners are really willing to force them to die."

"Shh, lower your voice. They all hold the official land deeds issued by the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the Empire. Even if they go to court, old Jim will definitely lose.

Feeling the bad eyes around, Yunyi was a little puzzled. Is it that someone cultivates his land? When Sabrina also finished processing, the two walked out. A second-hand old suspension car, which Yunyi bought at the local flea market yesterday, only cost 1,000 yuan. Although the speed is not very fast, the performance is not bad. Xiao Shabei kept looking out of the car until she saw the two of them smiling happily.

The suspended car flew slowly and drove out of the town. After a while, I came to the place marked on the land deed. But to their surprise, the 30 mu of land is growing with tender oily wheat, which is growing happily and can be harvested in about two months. It can be seen that the people who grow this wheat are very careful about this land.

There were five or six people standing on the roadside, men and women. An old man with a straw hat squatted on the roadside, smoking dullly, and throwing a lot of cigarette butts at his feet.

"You are the owners of these lands."

When Yunyi and Sabrina got off the suspension car, the old man stood up in front of them, with thin muscles under their bronze skin. It can be seen that this is an old man who has been dealing with land all his life, and rarely uses high-tech things such as agricultural mecha. Sensing the misery in the eyes of one or two of the other party, Yun Yi stopped Xiao Shabei who wanted to get out of the car and locked the door.

"If the label on the land lease is correct, it should be here." Yunyi smiled warmly, as bright as the sun.

The old man seemed to hesitate, but he took a look at the ripe wheat and gritted his teeth and said, "I also know that those who can come here are people who can't live. We have been renting this land from the baron's mansion before. Although we have to pay a lot, it can keep our family alive and not to starve. Now that you have come with the land lease, we should return the land to you. But look at this wheat..."

He turned his head, looked at the green wheat field and took a deep breath, and said with satisfaction, "What a strong wheat fragrance. It can be predicted that this year will be a good harvest." He turned his head, looked sad and sighed, "Can you give the old man two months to recover the land after the wheat is ripe, and we will pay you a reasonable rent."

Yunyi didn't say anything. In fact, these lands are just a cover for him. But Sabrina behind him was a little anxious. The money she brought was not much after paying the rent, and she urgently needed this land to create economic value. Although the old man said that he would pay them the rent, everyone knows that the rent of ten acres of land is not much, which is about one-tenth of the value of land output.

"That won't work. We have a land lease. If you don't return the land to us, we can meet in court."

Sabrina's voice is full of a strong attitude. This land is her only hope to live, and she doesn't have much time to wait.

"You..."

Someone behind the old man couldn't help it. A burly man came forward, raised his fist fiercely and shouted, "If I hadn't seen that you were a woman, I would have beaten you."

"Are you still unreasonable? See it clearly. I have the land deed." Sabrina held up the land deed in her hand without flinching. Although she was afraid, she knew that she could not retreat.

The big man reached out to grab the land deed, but Sabrina hurriedly put it away. The big man smiled and said, "This is in the wilderness. No one knows if you kill him."

Sabrina couldn't help shivering, stepped back a few steps, and looked carefully at these people.

"Daxiong!" The old man shouted, "Anyway, we are unreasonable." Then, he said apologetically, "This is my son-in-law. I'm a little grumpy. Although he looks fierce, he is actually a good man."

The strong man named Daxiong smiled honestly when he heard this sentence.

"No matter what you say, whether it's threat or coercion, I won't give you the land!" Sabrina bit her lip, and after a moment, she whispered, "I have no choice. If I can still live, I don't want to force you."

"Alas..." The old man sighed heavily and said, "Our family of seven or eight lives on these dozens of acres of land. The baron's rent is so high that at least half of the grain produced every year has to be handed over to them. Last year's harvest was not good. If there is no harvest this year, I'm afraid... our family can only sell themselves to the baron's mansion as slaves.

"You don't want to be slaves, don't I want to?" Sabrina's hands were tightly pinched together, and because of too much force, her hands became bloodless.

"Even if I give it to you, we will shovel off these wheat!" The big bear roared loudly.

Sabrina shouted unwillingly, "What can I do even if I shovel it? As long as I grow some vegetables with short cycles, at least I can support our mother and daughter!"

"Are you going to watch these maturing wheat be destroyed?" The old man stared at her with wide eyes, and the young woman also stared at him without flinching.

"I take the liberty to ask."

Yun Yi walked between the two people and asked with a smile, "Do you all use these tools to cultivate these dozens of acres of land?" He pointed to the farm tools placed aside, and his eyes were very curious.

"We can't afford to rent those big guys and won't use them." The big bear looked at him strangely and muttered, "You look smart, but I didn't expect you to be more stupid than me."

Yunyi thought for a moment and asked the old man, "Do you dare to ask the old gentleman your last name?"

"I dare not." The old man quickly waved his hand and said, "Little old man, don't ask for your surname. Generally, people call me Chen Lao Er."

Yun Yi smiled and said, "Mr. Chen, can you tell me how long you have lived here?"

Chen Laoer showed sadness between his eyebrows and said with a sad face, "I have lived here all my life."

Yun Yi was shocked and said, "Are you Uncle Chen the first pioneers of Zhao Song?"

"No, I should be the third batch." Speaking of this, the old man's face full of gullies showed a smile: "In those years, I spent half my life working hard, and there were thousands of mu of fertile land rewarded by the empire." However, soon, his expression became sad: "No one expected that the powerful Zhao Song would disappear overnight, and my land was also given to those nobles by His Majesty..." He looked at Yunyi cautiously and shook his head and said, "Oh, it's all over, don't mention it."

Seeing that the old man had some concerns, Yun Yi did not ask much, but said to this land, "So, Uncle Chen is very familiar with this place?"

After the old man nodded confidently, Yun Yi took out his land lease, pointed to the 30 mu of land above that could barely be cultivated and asked, "If I want to cultivate here, what can I do to teach me?"

"Here..." Chen Laoer frowned and thought carefully: "This is close to the Gobi border, with drought and little rain. If you want to cultivate here, the first step is to plant grass nearby to prevent further erosion of the desert. The second part is to install a water pipeline to divert water from the sunset lake. There are also many people here who do this. Although they invest more in the early stage, they can have a lot more land. And the land owned by this little brother is full of ownerless land. As long as you draw a water pipe, it can water at least hundreds of mu, which can be regarded as yours.

"I don't know how much money is needed?" Yunyi seemed to be interested and continued to ask.

The old man's eyes lit up and he saw that Yunyi was not just asking. If the other party is really willing to do this, the environmental improvement in this area is very beneficial. For an old man who has lived here all his life, this is very attractive to him.

"The lowest investment..." The old man calculated in his mind and gave him a number.

"80,000?" Yunyi clapped his hands and smiled and said, "That's settled. I will contribute to the transformation of this land. Mrs. Sabrina, our land can almost be connected. It's better to give me all your land to cultivate. I will give you 40% of my income as rent. In addition to the first time, I want to hire everyone, and the salary will definitely satisfy everyone. Um... Mrs. Sabrina, you are in charge of your old job and do accounting. What do you think?"

Whether it is Sabrina or Chen Laoer, or the big bear and the people around him, they all stared at the young man. Can this kind of pie falling from the sky really fall on the heads of these poor people?