Chapter 112 [I Am Threatening You]
Out of courtesy, the 40-year-old man could call him uncle. After arranging the very unsociable and arrogant Haier Qiaoxi, the nobles from other villages came one after another, one by one with their servants to Lagar Village.
They were all well taken care of. The last one was the Kshatriya high-caste master who had fought with other villages for decades. He came with his old butler. This was not because he was afraid of being ambushed by the Vaishya caste on the road. But his village was the farthest and the last big village to be notified, so it was understandable for him to act with Jamal butler.
The whole morning was spent welcoming these local rich men who were as arrogant as 2.58 million. At noon, the living room of the entire Singh Castle family was covered with gorgeous carpets. Then everyone sat in a circle on the carpet, eating, drinking and chatting. Whether it was true or false, or just a show, everyone was very happy to chat. The food and drink were also very satisfying, and they all gave a thumbs up to the Singh family who did a good job in reception.
After eating and drinking, the servants of these masters were arranged to rest in the servants' room, and then everyone knew that the main part of the show was coming. The maids brought black tea, fruit cakes and then all withdrew. The people sitting in the middle were all men. The only one who attended this meeting was the servant Jamal, the old butler.
The father and son of the Shah family also sat beside him, giving him great support, which made Bel Singh very excited. He had great confidence in the joint construction of the stone road for the five appearances this time. As the protagonist and the initiator of this five-village meeting, Bel Singh spoke first and saw that everyone was focusing on him, and then he smiled and said.
"My old butler, Mr. Jamal, you should be aware of the content of the meeting in Lagar Village. That's right, we want to unite the five major villages and those small villages to build a road out of the mountain and all the way to Sinjar Town."
"This road doesn't need to be built so luxuriously. Cement and asphalt roads are not suitable. They just built a stone road. As for the bridges across the two rivers, they must be built with cement and steel bars, so that they can be strong and durable."
It's a good thing to say that it is a joint meeting of five villages. In fact, it means that those who have money can contribute money and those who have strength can contribute strength. This is related to their own interests. No one will speak first. If you want to hide, you can hide. Your Singh family is rich and powerful and has opened a cement factory in the town. It depends on what your Singh family does as the initiator of this meeting.
So no one said anything. Bel Singh also knew that these people were watching and were also very stingy. But as the initiator, you should take the initiative to bear the most difficult responsibilities. Who makes you the initiator? Who makes you the village closest to Sinjar for a while? There are advantages and disadvantages, he continued.
"In the past, our Singh family organized several village joint meetings to build this road out of the mountain, but none of them succeeded. In the past, road construction was a very time-consuming, labor-intensive and costly job. Even with a large amount of funds, it would definitely not be able to support it, but it is different now."
"Everyone knows that the mountains that hinder our travel are all stone mountains. I run a cement factory and have a blasting team. These stone mountains can be blown flat. First, it can reduce the altitude, and the stones blasted out are also good raw materials for building stone roads. Kill two birds with one stone."
"So the initial estimate of the cost of this road construction is 100 million rupees, but it requires more manpower. Everyone is the leader of a large village, and each village has thousands of people. It is still possible for each village to organize a thousand laborers to carry stones with crowbars and shoulder poles to build roads. So the cost of road construction is not even half of the previous times. Are you interested, haha?"
Bel Singh's mouth was dry. Building a stone road only requires 100 million rupees, which is equivalent to more than 8 million yuan. Although it was a huge sum of money in the eyes of these bumpkins, everyone donated generously, and the villagers would bear part of the cost. In addition, the Bel Singh family and the richest Shah family could still afford it.
But these people just turned a deaf ear to it, sitting there with their heads down, drinking tea and eating fruit as if they didn't hear it. It's none of their business, don't you Singh family and Shah family have money? Then you can bear it, then what are we doing here? We don't have money, otherwise we wouldn't be silent. If you don't pay us, we won't send people. It's still like the previous times, you want money but not people, and you don't have people.
So no one said anything, which made Singh feel very angry. Building the road is not only for me, but also for you. Besides, our Lagar village is the closest to Sinjar Town. Your villages are all in the mountains. Even if the road is built to Lagar village, it will extend into the mountains.
It will extend all the way to your respective villages, so that everyone can travel conveniently, with such a good stone road connected to the outside world. You can revitalize the village economy and make villagers prosperous. If you want to be rich, you should build roads first. This makes sense. Without roads, even if you produce more food, you can't transport it out and turn it into money. It's useless.
But these people are short-sighted. Asking them to pay is more painful than killing them. Asking them to organize people to build roads is too hard for them. This is not okay, and that is not okay. What do you want? Do you want to pick up something ready-made?
I am not your father, nor your grandfather. Why should I spend a huge amount of money to build roads for you for free? Who are you? Is it too much? So Belsinger saw these local rich people kept silent and said with a sneer.
"What's wrong? Why don't you say anything? Building roads is not just a matter for our village. It is good for everyone. The benefits are for the present and for the future. I have taken most of the responsibility for building roads. Is it so difficult for you to pay for it?"
"Don't you know? The distance between each of your villages is much farther than that between Lagar Village and Sinjar Town? Can't you take advantage?"
Of course everyone knows that they are taking advantage, but the advantage is not enough. Compared with the effort, the advantage is not proportional. Who would do it without benefits? You want benefits, but I, Belsinger, am not a philanthropist, and I am not a good-tempered person.
Aren't you silent? Just want to take advantage? Don't you want the Singh family to be in the front? Okay, then I'll help you, so Singh smiled and picked up the teacup while blowing hot steam while smiling. "Since everyone is so silent and disagrees to build the road, I have nothing to say. Our Singh family and the Shah family built the road ourselves. I can tell you that the stone road we built is only allowed for people from our two villages to walk on it."
"You can cross it, but you have to pay a huge toll of 100 rupees per person. Each car is divided into different sizes, the cheapest is 200, and the most expensive is 1,000 rupees. If you don't pay, I won't let you cross."
At this time, the Brahmin landlord who was not in a good mood and had never been bullied by others was not happy. Haier Qiaoxi was not happy, and put down his hand and pointed at Per Singh's nose and scolded.
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"How can you be like this, little guy? You are too domineering. Are you robbing people on the road? Are you bullying people? Are you threatening us?"
"I am threatening you, so what? I built the road and I paid for it. I won't let you pass. What can you do? If you have the ability, you can build a stone road to Sinjar Town by yourself, so that you don't have to pay the toll."