Chapter 151: North City Dispute
"There's water. We finally have water to drink."

"The county magistrate has dug up water."

"Great!"

Everyone inside and outside the county government office became excited and rushed to the place where Lu Yuan dug the well. They gathered around the well and talked about it non-stop.

Lu Yuan had just arrived for one day and had only been digging for one day when he dug out water.

Naturally, this made everyone excited. You know, in the North City, there were other people who wanted to dig wells, but except for the Wang family and Liu Qun, no one dug out water.

But Lu Yuan was able to dig out water, how could they not be surprised and envious?

When Lu Yuan saw so many people coming to watch, his expression did not change, he just nodded at them.

"Thank you for coming to help." Lu Yuan said with a smile: "This time, it can be regarded as a blessing in disguise. Let's get some water first!"

"The county magistrate is really great!"

"That's right. The county magistrate must be someone favored by the Dragon God."

"Yes! The county magistrate is really amazing!"

Hearing their praise, Lu Yuan felt slightly happy.

He still remembered the scene yesterday when the Wang and Liu families mocked him coldly.

Without water, no matter how much food you have, it will be useless.

He can transport a lot of food, but he can't transport a lot of water.

But today there is water.

There will always be water in the future.

It's not just today that there will be water.

"After we get the water, we'll ask the people in the north city to come get some."

Lu Yuan said to the people in the county government office.

Everyone in the county government nodded in agreement.

At this time, another man came over with a group of people from the yamen.

"County Magistrate Wang." Seeing this person, Lu Yuan was unhappy in his heart, but he still greeted him politely.

"Mr. County Magistrate!" When others saw him, they also saluted.

Although Lu Yuan was sent to the north city to be the county magistrate, his position was higher than that of the county magistrate after all. Therefore, other people naturally respected Lu Yuan when they met him.

But County Magistrate Wang was not afraid of Lu Yuan, because the county magistrates and chief clerks were all from his Wang family.

Lu Yuan is just a new county magistrate. What qualifications does he have to fight him!

Every copper coin in this northern city belongs to a person named Wang.

Even Liu Qun is not worthy of fighting with their Wang family.

County Magistrate Wang was very clear about Lu Yuan's background. For someone like Lu Yuan, he would definitely knock him down from the very beginning.

Otherwise, if he stays until later and joins forces with Liu Qun, he might be able to change the situation in North City.

He snorted coldly and said to Lu Yuan: "Mr. County Magistrate, the water resources in our North City are limited. You are wasting it so wantonly. Aren't you afraid of offending the Dragon God? The water wells in our Wang family and the county military camp have all been approved by the Dragon God."

This attitude angered Lu Yuan.

Yesterday, Liu Qun came to mock him, saying that in the North City, it is impossible to dig water without the blessing of the Dragon God.

But today, there is water in the well.

The son does not talk strangely and forcefully.

It is understandable that Liu Qun, who has never received any education, believes in these things.

But County Magistrate Wang is a cultured man and has received education.

I actually think so.

It was obvious that County Magistrate Wang was deliberately using the name of the Dragon God to suppress him.

"Mr. County Magistrate, what do you mean by this?" Lu Yuan looked at him coldly.

"Isn't it? Look at the wells in our county government office. They have all dried up. If this continues, the water resources of the entire North City will be exhausted..."

"Enough," Lu Yuan interrupted County Magistrate Wang in a deep voice: "Has County Magistrate Wang never read a book? Have you forgotten the teacher's teachings? The emperor receives his mandate from heaven, and I was personally appointed by the emperor to come to this north city. Are you questioning the emperor's will? Or are you questioning the choice of heaven!" Seeing Lu Yuan like this, County Magistrate Wang was so angry that he laughed.

He knew he couldn't win the argument with Lu Yuan.

But he will let Lu Yuan know what this Beicheng surname is.

But the most important thing now is to find out why there is water in Lu Yuan’s well.

otherwise.

The people of North City will definitely be won over by Lu Yuan.

Compared with County Magistrate Wang’s anger, the people of North City were very happy.

Free water.

This is really free water.

You know, nowadays people only dare to buy a little drinking water every day.

Some families don’t even have money to buy drinking water.

The price of Wang family’s water will increase again.

The same goes for the water in Liu Qun’s military camp.

If you really have no money, you can only sell your children to buy water to drink.

How could a normal person be willing to be a slave and have no control over his life and death?

Only when they have no other options will they be willing to sell their children.

It is only ordinary people who lack water. The Wang family continues to waste water and has to take a bath every day.

Many people were scrambling for the Wang family's bath water and foot washing water.

At first, the fishermen did not take Xu Qiuyue's words seriously, but when they found that Lu Yuan's well really had water, they couldn't help but start to believe what Xu Qiuyue said.

I feel that Lu Yuan can really change everything in North City.

Just as Xu Qiuyue said, Lu Yuan started recruiting people to do the work.

But the first thing Lu Yuan did was not to build roads or ships, but to build a house for himself.

He chose a piece of cheap wasteland for himself and started building a mansion.

Lu Yuan’s mansion is not an ordinary courtyard, but a very, very large one.

It can accommodate thousands of people without any problem.

Anyone who comes here to work.

You can get a bucket of water and a bag of rice bran every day.

Rice bran is the yellow outer layer of rice that doesn’t taste very good. It is usually used to feed pigs. It will get a little choking in the throat and is not very comfortable to eat.

But in this northern city, it is a rare delicacy.

For poor people, anything that can fill their stomachs is a good thing.

And the most important thing is that you don’t always get paid.

Working here, although three meals are not provided as Xu Qiuyue said, two meals are provided, which is also very good.

Both meals include white rice, not rice bran.

More importantly, it’s not that you don’t get paid all the time. As long as you work for ten days, you will get paid after ten days.

Lu Yuan’s house is very big and it will take at least a month to complete the construction.

Moreover, Lu Yuan said that he will build roads and docks in the future, and the wages will not change.

For the people of North City, they are not afraid of Lu Yuan’s big house.

The bigger the house is, the more it proves that Lu Yuan will live here for a long time.

After all, if Lu Yuan did not stay in North City for a long time, even if they took refuge with Lu Yuan, Lu Yuan would not be able to protect them for too long. In the end, North City would still be the world of the Wang family and the Liu family.

When Xu Qiuyue woke up, it was already noon.

"Madam, you are finally awake. When the master came back for lunch at noon, you were still asleep. He specifically asked the maid not to wake you up and asked the cook to make you your favorite fried pork with peppers."

Qiuxiang said to Xu Qiuyue with some envy.