Chapter 48: Jintun
"What's your name?"
Willy asked the old man.
"Lord Tunchang, my name is Joel."
Old Joel replied respectfully.
Willy nodded and continued: "If it's convenient for you now, can you take us to our new residence? My family and I need to settle down first."
Old Joel was surprised when he heard the words. He never expected the young colonel to ask such a polite question. A young man who was appreciated by the baron should be full of arrogance and conceit, so approachable, let the old man Joel was full of surprises.
"Of course, it's my honor to serve and lead the way for Mr. Tunchang."
Old Joel walked to the carriage and said to Lake, "Lord Lake, let me drive the horse for you. You can rest in the carriage."
Lake was a little overwhelmed by this "Lord Lake" call. He hadn't been able to fully adapt to the identity of the father of the colony chief, so he looked a little embarrassed.
Seeing this, Willy was not hypocritical, and dragged Lake into the carriage behind. Old Joel took the whip and rode forward.
"Master Tunchang, do you want to say hello to the big guy?"
When passing by the villagers who were reclaiming the land, Old Joel asked Willy cautiously.
Willy nodded: "Stop, at least let everyone know who I am."
When Old Joel heard the words, he skillfully stopped the carriage.
He walked towards the villagers, threw the **** in his hand aside, clapped his hands vigorously, and shouted loudly, "Everyone, put down the tools in your hand, come forward together, and greet the village head!"
As soon as Old Joel's voice fell, the villagers all stopped their movements. Everyone looked at each other, and they were all a little cautious.
"Hurry up, don't waste the time of the Tunchang adults!"
Old Joel said sharply, looking very serious.
Under the command of Old Joel, a dozen people gathered together and lined up to walk to the carriage.
Willy glanced at the Tunmin who was approaching, and frowned slightly.
There are more than a dozen people who work in the fields, males and females, with very different ages. Some of them still look immature, while others have snow-white hair. All of them are very thin and their complexion is sallow. Appears to be malnourished. Everyone bowed their heads and dared not look directly at the Willy family on the carriage.
As the head of Pandou Village, seeing that the villagers under his command are in this state, Willy's heart is naturally a little uncomfortable. If the villagers have always been in this state, let alone building the Fandou Village into a prosperous state, even the Fandou tax standard required by Baron Kells will not be met.
"Raise your heads and let the Lord see your faces!"
Old Joel shouted loudly, then turned around and walked in front of Willy, hunched over: "Lord Tunchang, please say a few words."
Under the reprimands of Lao Yueer, a dozen or so villagers raised their heads slowly. When they found out that the villager who Lao Yueer spoke of was just a teenager, they all revealed their relationship with Lao Yue. He had the same surprised look as before.
"Everyone, my name is Willy. From today onwards, I will be your colony chief. I hope everyone will work hard and create a bright future for Pandou. Let's just do it for now. If you have the opportunity, you will get to know more about it."
Willy just opened his mouth and said some scenes. The weak bodies and weak spirits of the villagers really made Willy not excited.
Moreover, in the eyes of these settlers, in addition to fear, Willy also saw an indescribable emotion.
"What are you still doing?"
Old Joel sternly reprimanded: "Go back and continue to cultivate the land!"
After hearing Old Joel's rebuke, everyone hurriedly left and returned to the previous land.
Willy glanced at Old Joel. Although the old man seemed to be harsh on everyone, in fact, he was afraid that the villagers would behave badly and anger him.
"They haven't seen much of the world, so they're rather dull. Don't have the same knowledge as them."
A few people continued on their way, and while riding a horse, Old Joel said with a smile.
Willy shook his head and said he didn't mind. He asked, "Are these people all the people in our Pandou Village?"
If there are only a dozen people, then the scale of Fandoutun is smaller than Willy imagined.
Old Joel replied: "No, there are still some villagers who are building infrastructure in the villages."
Willy nodded: "How many families are there in Pandou Village now?"
As a village chief, at least you need to understand the population situation in the village.
Old Yoel is very familiar with the things in the village: "Our Pandou Village now has 12 families, a total of 53 people, of whom there is no ability to work, and there are seven children under the age of five."
In the eyes of old Joel, as long as he is more than five years old, even if he is a child, he can contribute to the labor force.
"How about fifty people..."
Willy is quite satisfied with this population size. In Diamond Town, the scale is very close to a medium-sized village Some small villages even have only a few households with less than 20 people.
The carriage had already entered the village, and Willy was sitting on the carriage. He saw the simple houses by the roadside and some infrastructure construction in the village. Some villagers who were not reclaiming the land were busy building the village.
When everyone saw the carriage, they unconsciously stopped their movements and looked at the Willy family on the carriage with fearful eyes. They can also guess that the family on the carriage is probably the future owner of Fandoutun.
"Look at what! Do your job well!"
Old Joel acted like a grumpy old man.
When the villagers heard the words, they hurriedly continued their work.
"You seem to be very prestigious among these settlers?"
Seeing this, Willy asked without a trace.
When Old Joel heard Willy say this, his arm trembled involuntarily. He didn't know whether Willy's words were an inquiry, or whether he was implying that he overshadowed the prestige of the colonel himself.
"Probably because I'm older, the people in the villages are..."
Before Old Joel's words were finished, a broken ball suddenly flew over from a distance.
The ball hit the horse's head all of a sudden, and the horse was suddenly startled and shook violently with the entire carriage.
With quick eyes and quick hands, Willy grabbed Veria, who almost fell.
"sorry……"
A few dusty children came running in the distance, each of them looked like three or four years old, the youngest seemed to be younger, a few children quickly apologized when they saw that they were in trouble. They didn't know the Willys in the carriage, but they all knew that Grandpa Joel was a stern old man.
"What are you doing!"
Old Joel was furious, his face was ashen, and a layer of cold sweat instantly appeared on his forehead.