Carrying Bastet, Ling Ping'an headed north and left the village.
He came to a field near the river outside the village.
This place had been transformed into vegetable fields and orchards.
They were rented by three different companies.
Ling Ping'an relied on his memory to find the front of his ancestral field.
This field was very big!
It was two to three hundred acres in size, stretching all the way to the canal beside the river.
These lands belonged to the Ling family and were also the ancestral property registered under Ling Ping'an's name.
There were laws in the Federal Empire.
Peasants were entitled to a certain amount of permanent farmland.
These lands were not allowed to be sold or resold. They would forever belong to the farmers and their descendants.
Exempt from all income!
This was the law of the Taizu era.
The source of the Yongye field was divided into two major parts.
The first part was distributed to the peasants according to the number of people at the beginning of the founding of the country.
At that time, because of the decades of war, the population had decreased greatly.
Especially Guangnan, Jingchu and Shu.
Almost all of them were crippled!
It was truly the case of no rooster crowing for a thousand miles, white bones exposed in the wild!
Therefore, there was a large amount of surplus land, enough for Taizu to meet the basic needs of almost all farmers.
The second part was the land that was allocated for meritorious service.
The War of Unification, the War of Suppression, the Hundred Year War …
What these heroes wanted the most was land.
And Ling Ping'an's second generation ancestor was a hero in the hundred-year war!
His ancestor, Ling Baoguo, had achieved special merit and was an A-class war hero!
In the later stages of the Hundred-Year War, in order to liberate Nanzhou, the Federal Empire, Butania, and other countries carried out the cruel and bloody New Qinling Battle in the New Qinling Mountains in the middle of Nanzhou.
The Battle of the New Qinling Mountains also had another name: the Battle of Sad Ridge.
The two warring parties had invested hundreds of thousands of troops in the front of the New Qinling Mountains, which was 300 kilometers wide from east to west and 700 kilometers long from north to south.
The corpses of the dead from both sides filled the canyon and blocked the river.
The artillery shells fired by both sides flattened the mountain by several meters.
Therefore, it was called the Heart-Wrenching Ridge.
It was the same for both sides.
After this battle, the hundred-year war finally came to an end.
The colonists of the Land of Qin, who had been completely crippled, had no choice but to lower their proud heads and sign the surrender document.
From then on, they had no choice but to abandon all their colonies.
They also promised to give all the nations they oppressed and exploited around the world the right to decide their own destiny.
And Ling Ping'an's second ancestor was an A-class battle hero in the New Qinling Mountains Battle.
He led a company and guarded a mountain in the east of the new Qinling Mountains for a full 18 days!
They repelled the enemy's repeated attacks.
In the end, there were only three people left standing.
In front of the camp, there were countless corpses.
This battle even gave rise to some folklore.
It was said that during the battle, the enemy had organized an assault team of over a hundred werewolves and vampires.
Then, they were all annihilated in front of the formation.
The corpses of the werewolves and vampires were burned clean by the sun after daybreak.
Of course, this was folklore.
However, it also reflected the bloody battle of the New Qinling Mountains!
Ling Ping'an's ancestor was seriously injured in that battle and died less than two years after returning to the country.
But he left behind enough wealth for his descendants.
In addition to the treatment that A Class War Hero should enjoy.
A large piece of land was also given to the Ling Family. The Empire paid for the Ling Family to buy more than 200 acres of the best paddy fields at that time!
They even built a special canal to divert water for irrigation.
Even the tractors and pumps, which were absolutely high-tech products at that time, were also equipped.
In short, in the past, the Ling Family was one of the top landlords in the surrounding villages!
But the problem was that the development speed of the Federal Empire and the progress of science and technology were too fast!
In less than 20 years, the local agriculture was completely transformed.
In the wilderness of Beizhou and Nanzhou, tractors and harvesters emitting thick smoke crushed the old small-scale farming economy.
The local territory also abandoned agriculture and completely transformed into industry.
Without the threat of hunger, the Imperial Cabinet began to vigorously promote urbanization and industrialization.
One heavy industrial city after another began to stand.
The population of the city quickly broke through 10 million.
The countryside began to wither and go bankrupt.
It was not until recent decades that it slowly recovered and became a place for retirement, vacation, and leisure.
At the same time, because of the rise in the price of vegetables and fruits, it attracted some young people.
Walking to the strawberry fields covered with film, Ling Ping'an began to search the greenhouses one by one.
He was looking for the big and red strawberries that grew.
As he walked forward, he bumped into a staff member.
The other party looked at him strangely.
"Sir..."
"This is the strawberry garden of Green Source Company. Outsiders are prohibited from picking..." he reminded Ling Ping'an.
Ling Ping'an raised his head and asked in confusion, "Is that so? When did it become a rule? Why didn't I know! "
The other party immediately laughed, "Do we need to inform you when our company makes a decision?"
"Of course!" Ling Ping'an nodded very seriously, "Because these lands are all mine!"
The other party immediately opened his mouth wide.
Ling Ping'an smiled kindly at him, "However, since your company has rules..."
"Then I won't pick them..."
As a person, one had to understand each other.
This was what Ling Ping'an's education told him.
The ancient gentlemen were all like this.
Thinking from another's perspective, there was almost no conflict between gentlemen.
Even if there was, it could be resolved with a debate or a competition.
But...
Just as Ling Ping'an was about to turn around and leave, he saw a group of people walking out of the strawberry shed in front of him.
It was a group of women. They were wearing high-end leather clothes and carrying plastic baskets full of strawberries. They were chatting and laughing as they walked to the next strawberry shed.
Ling Ping'an immediately looked at that person.
"Sir..." he said very politely, "That's not right of you..."
If others can pick them, why can't I?
Ling Ping'an looked at him.
His face immediately turned red in embarrassment, "Sir... they are our company's distinguished guests..."
Ling Ping'an said, "Then I'm also..."
Thus, he hugged his cat and continued to walk forward.
He, who valued equality very much, would defend his power.
"Sir..." the staff member chased after him, "Please don't make things difficult for me!"
"Difficult?" Ling Ping'an's head was full of question marks.
What was difficult?
Thus, he turned around and said to the young man seriously, "You, go and get someone with authority from your company to talk to me..."
Wasn't it the same to rent this land to anyone?
If he was really angered, he would just pack up and leave next year.
Of course, Ling Ping'an also understood that this person was just a staff member.
It was very hard to get a salary.
Therefore, he still had a very easy-going attitude.
Of course, the other party also understood, so he said gratefully, "Please wait a moment..."
He picked up his phone and carefully dialed a number. After the call was connected, he asked, "Director Zhang... Director Zhang... a guest has come to the strawberry field... he said that he is the owner of this land... he wants to go in and pick strawberries..."
"Look..."
As he listened to the words on the phone... his expression slowly turned ugly.
It seemed that he had been scolded?
After a while, he put down his phone and said to Ling Ping'an, "Sir, our Director Zhang said..."
"You can pick it if you want..."
"100 yuan a catty, you can't eat it..."
Ling Ping'an immediately laughed.
100 yuan a catty, and you can't eat it?
Are your strawberries made of gold?
Of course, he was also very reasonable.
Thus, he walked towards the rich ladies who were picking strawberries in a strawberry shed and asked, "Everyone, may I ask how much it costs to pick strawberries here?"
When they heard this, they immediately giggled as if they had heard a big joke.
"As for us, we don't need money!" A woman wearing a man's casual clothes with short hair said.
The others also laughed and began to talk.
"Do we need money to pick strawberries?"
"Does Zhang Daoming dare to ask for our money?"
Ling Ping'an also laughed. He turned to the staff member and said, "Sir, please call your boss again..."
"Tell him that the contract will not be renewed here next year..."
"This is the final decision!"
As he said that, he picked up the phone and dialed a number in his communication bar.
After a beep, an old man's voice appeared on the phone.
"Young master, what's the matter?" It was the voice of Uncle Zhang, the village chief of Qilipu Village.
"Uncle Zhang..." Ling Ping'an laughed, "I want to tell you something..."
"It's like this..."
"My 200 acres of land won't be rented to the Green Source Company next year..."
"It's nothing..."
"It's business. I'm not happy, so I don't want to do business anymore!"
He hung up the phone, looked at the stunned staff member, and smiled.
The other party also smiled at him, then swallowed his saliva and whispered to Ling Ping'an, "Sir..."
"You should think about it again..."
"Our boss has connections..."
Ling Ping'an laughed. Connections?
This was really a funny word!
Go out and find out who the owners of these lands were, right?
Take a look at the stamps on the land ownership certificate that was issued.
The special seal of the Federal Empire's royal family.
The special seal of the Federal Empire's Council of Ministers and Meritorious Subjects Committee.
The special seal of the Empire's Ministry of Land, the special seal of Yongye Field for meritorious subjects.
And the halo of an A-class meritorious orphan on his head.
Come on!
Hurt each other!
What kind of relationship could it be even harder than the halos on Ling Ping'an?
With a phone call, any relationship would not be useful!
"Thank you for your kindness!" Ling Ping'an nodded at the staff member, "As for me, you don't have to worry..."
He knew that the other party was kind.
After all, many agricultural companies were local tyrants!
Why were vegetables and fruits so expensive?
It was these people who monopolized the market and raised the price.
Of course, it was also due to their control and noisy public opinion.
What pure natural and pollution-free.
What green and healthy...
Then, the middle class rushed to it.
All of this was business!
Just like a piece of news that Ling Ping'an had seen not long ago, the new rich in the imperial capital who relied on information technology to raise chickens in their own yards. The reason was that they could eat natural and pollution-free eggs.
Therefore, they spent a lot of money to renovate their own yards.
They built a chicken coop that was completely natural and non-oppressive. Even the chicken rights of every hen were guaranteed.
Guess how much a chicken coop cost?
200,000 yuan!
When he saw the news, Ling Ping'an almost spat out the rice in his mouth.
200,000 yuan for a chicken coop?
The leeks in this world were really fat!
However, after he checked the news and information, he found out that this deal was not because of those new rich idiots.
It was because they were too smart.
Think about it, in the center of the city, where every inch of land was worth gold, they built a chicken coop that cost a lot of money.
What was this?
This was a circle.
If they went to your house, did your house have a chicken coop?
No?
That would be out of date, really out of date.
I won't play with you next time. It's boring!
Therefore, the chicken coop was not the key. The key was whether there was one or not and whether they were in the same circle.
And the company that brought up this rhythm naturally made a lot of money.
Similarly, it was popular to eat pollution-free pure natural vegetables and fruits. Even selling only these expensive vegetables and fruits on the market was also a business.
By intimidating the middle class, they achieved the goal of harvesting the wallets of the middle class.
Of course, what they said made sense.
But the crux of the problem was that people wanted to eat cheap vegetables and fruits. It was also reasonable.
Cabbages were more expensive than meat, and fruits were more expensive than cabbages.
What was this?
Could it be that the cost of growing cabbages was more expensive than the meat that was farmed and processed from Beizhou and Nanzhou to the mainland?
There was no justice in this world!
Ling Ping'an had long had a problem with these guys who monopolized vegetables and fruits.
Now, he had even provoked him.
Then let's teach him a lesson!
The venue and facilities here had to be demolished.
Most importantly, this land was not for him to grow.
I'll teach him to remember!
Don't think that just because you have some stinky money and some connections, you can be arrogant and domineering!
The staff member looked at Ling Ping'an in a daze.
He was extremely conflicted.
On the one hand, his conscience was a little uneasy.
On the other hand, he didn't dare to remind him again. Otherwise, he might lose his job.
Just as he was hesitating, the young man had already walked out with his cat in his arms.
He hummed a tune and slowly walked towards the village.
That little tune drifted over leisurely.
"Blue sky, in the milky way..."
"There's a little white boat..."
"There's a hanging flower tree on the boat, and a white rabbit is playing..."
It was a very simple, catchy children's song.
But...
For some reason, the staff member felt his hair stand on end.
At this moment, he suddenly realized that he seemed to have forgotten the appearance of the young man who claimed to be the owner of this field.
His figure had just left.
But he only remembered that he was wearing a pair of cheap glasses and holding a kitten.
What scared him even more was...
He finally remembered.
This land belonged to the Ling family.
The Ling family of Qilipu...
One legend after another appeared in his heart.
"The Ling family knows magic..."
"The Ling family is all monsters..."
"The ancestors of the Ling family are very fierce!"
The things that the adults whispered to each other when he was young surfaced in his heart.
He picked up the phone with trembling hands and dialed.
"Director Zhang..."
"Our land belongs to the Ling family?"
"I advise you..." he said tremblingly, "Don't provoke them..."
"You can't provoke them!"
"There are monsters in the Ling family!"
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