374 Disputes


    Just that morning, when the residents of Qinghe Vige had used the pump to draw water from the river, they found that the river runoff had be very small, and it was almost cut off.


    When someone walked along the river and investigated the cause along the way, they found out that the people of Houtu Vige had secretly changed the river course. The river that was supposed to flow to Qinghe Vige had actually flowed to another ce…


    “Su Hua, don’t go too far!” More than a dozen people had gathered at Qinghe Vige’s side. At this time, a red-faced person spoke to the residents of Houtu vige.


    “What about me? Xia Liang, only you people of Qinghe Vige can strike it rich? Do we, the people of Houtu vige, deserve to be poor for life? That doesn’t make sense, does it?” the person addressed as Su Hua replied calmly.


    “You’re cutting off our source of ie. An animal like you deserves to be poor!” Xia Liang’s face was still flushed as he shouted angrily.


    “Xia Liang, calm down!” Wen An pushed up his sses and hurriedly walked over while speaking loudly.


    “Chief, the people of the Houtu vige have gone too far!”


    “They’re just jealous that we make more money than them!”


    “Chief, the people of the Houtu vige are too much. Without the river water, it’s a big problem to irrigate the crops every day. They did it on purpose!”


    …


    “Alright, everyone, quieten down.” Wen An looked at the emotional residents of Qinghe Vige and felt a headacheing on.


    “Mr. Su Hua, what’s going on?” After silence fell, Wen An looked at Su Hua and asked with a smile.


    “Vige Chief Wen, I admire you very much for leading the Qinghe vigers towards a path of prosperity in such a short period of time. However, our Houtu vige also wants to develop and changing the river course is also out of necessity. After all, our Houtu Vige is not small and there are many unused wastnds. We need to develop it now and it’s the peak period for water usage. I hope Vige Chief Wen can understand where we’reing from.”


    A young man from the Houtu Vige group slowly walked to the front of the crowd and said with a smile.


    “After all, thew does not state that the viges upstream must give way to the viges downstream. Although it has been a tacit agreement since ancient times for everyone to share the river, there is no clear rule. It is just like how Qinghe Vige does not have to bring us along on the road to prosperity,” the young man spread his hands and continued.


    It was reasonable and irrefutable.


    Although it was immoral, it was not illegal.


    For a moment, the people from Qinghe Vige looked at each other, not knowing what to say.


    Wen An looked at the young man from the Houtu Vige and could not help but push up his sses.


    Wen An’s intuition told him that he had encountered a difficult opponent.


    “Indeed, this friend from the Houtu Vige is right.” Wen An nodded in agreement.


    “But as you said just now, since ancient times, the area that the river flows through has been used by the nearby viges. By doing this, doesn’t it mean that the viges upstream of the river can also treat you the same way?” Wen An asked.


    “This isn’t something that Vige Chief Wen needs to worry about; we’ve already reached a consensus,” the young man said indifferently.


    “What!” Wen An’s heart skipped a beat when he heard this reply. The other party’s words contained a lot of information.


    This was enough to show that it was not only Houtu Vige that was dissatisfied with Qinghe Vige.


    This was not good news.


    What made Wen An even more puzzled was why these viges suddenly came together overnight and wanted to put pressure on Qinghe Vige at the same time.


    “May I ask who was the one who initiated this?” Wen An asked this question without thinking.


    “Of course it’s Zhou…” When the people of Houtu Vige heard Wen An’s words, a smug expression immediately appeared on their faces. They were about to say the name of their leader, but they immediately realized that something was wrong and did not continue.


    “As expected,” Wen An had already made a rough judgment in his heart.


    The Houtu Vige Chief was called Zhao Gang, but the leader’s surname was Zhou.


    “How about this? Can you guys make an exception and open up a river channel first? I’ll go and discuss it with your vige chief, okay?” Wen An said after some thought.


    “The chief is sick. He’s not here.”


    “Oh? That’s not what your vigers said earlier. They were very unyielding and said that they would use poles to smack us to death. You’ve changed your attitude so quickly?”


    “You have money, what are you afraid of? Why not use tap water? Toy modern irrigation facilities? If you really can’t, you can hire people to work for you. You have money anyway!”


    “You people from Qinghe vige are not the same as us. With your ie level, you should live in the city instead of the countryside.”