Farming in Pirate World

The land reclamation site is just outside the town. Even with Li Ming's walking distance, it only takes ten minutes to get there.

Under the leadership of Dalton, Li Ming saw from a distance that almost everyone in the town was gathered here.

very messy.

"This treasure was dug out by us, and it should belong to us."

Among the crowd, three young men, no more than fifteen or sixteen years old, holding hoes, dared to confront a group of people.

Beside the small pit behind him, a crack opened in the rotten wooden treasure chest, reflecting the light of the gem.

One look and you can tell that these treasures are worth a lot of money.

The former mayor of the town, Old Man Hall, was confronting these young people with a worried look on his face.

"Uncle Hall, you led others to settle on this desert island. We all respect you from the bottom of our hearts."

"My dad also said that I always have to listen to you."

"But the treasure was dug out by a few of us, and it should be ours. Even you have no reason to rob it."

Old man Hall was choked and speechless.

The town is not big, these people are all neighbors, and the treasure was indeed dug out by these three young people. This matter is a bit difficult to handle.

"What's the fuss about?"

"This land belongs to the town, and anything dug out of the ground belongs to the town. Is there anything to argue about?"

"Have you finished your work today? Has the wasteland been opened? What are you all doing here?"

Outside the crowd, Li Ming's impatient voice spread into the crowd, allowing everyone here to hear it clearly.

After discovering Li Ming, the crowd subconsciously made way for Li Ming and Dalton to walk into the crowd.

Although Li Ming had only become the mayor a few days ago, great changes had indeed taken place in the town.

In normal times, there would be no merchant ships docked on the island, and the people in the town would have basically nothing to do after they went out to fish, and the whole town would be lifeless.

But after Li Ming became the mayor, although he was a little tired and his living conditions did not improve significantly, the people who had lived here for a long time, headed by the elderly from each family, could feel obvious changes.

hope.

Or, the direction of development.

Like a flock of aimless sheep, a leader finally appears.

In addition, Li Ming helped kill the pirate leader and got such a big boat for the village.

Of course, there was something they didn't notice. Li Ming's terrifying aura was also one of the reasons why they believed in Li Ming.

Prestige is accumulated in such an invisible way.

"Uncle Dalton, take the people to collect the treasure. The value will be converted into pennies. All will be recorded in the town's account. How to spend it will be decided by the town."

Old man Hall was concerned about the friendship between his neighbors and made the situation awkward, but Li Ming would not do that.

When he came into the crowd, just one sentence immediately sealed the incident.

When Dalton heard Li Ming's words, he was stunned for a moment and looked at him in disbelief.

"Is this how you deal with problems?"

Dalton didn't say this in public, but the way he looked at Li Ming clearly had this meaning.

Li Ming frowned and felt a little bad:

"Is there anything wrong with me doing this?"

Li Ming understood the hidden meaning in Dalton's hesitant eyes, but he didn't shy away and asked directly.

Dalton hesitated, not knowing how to explain to Li Ming.

"Of course there is a problem. This is the treasure we found. Of course it is ours that belongs to you."

Dalton hesitated, but the young men guarding the treasure were not willing.

The man in front of me is not much older than me, but he wants to snatch his treasure with just a few words.

"This is our treasure. We need to take it out to sea to hunt for treasure and become a great pirate."

"We will use these treasures to buy the biggest ship, go to sea to find all the treasures in the world, and become the Pirate King."

Three half-grown children, no more than sixteen or seventeen years old, screamed out their ambitions in just one sentence.

"Be a pirate"

A black line appeared on Li Ming's forehead, and he finally began to look squarely at the little brats in front of him.

"You are Will from the south side of town, and the two brothers Locke and Vic."

The three Will brothers from the south are also considered celebrities in the town.

Although the town is not big, Li Ming usually only goes out and in-depth. He only knows some of the people in the town and has only exchanged a few words with each other, which is not to say that he is familiar with them.

As for this kind of brainless brat, Li Ming had heard of it before, but he definitely stayed away from it.

Speaking of which, Uncle Dalton once said that if Li Ming wanted to expand his farming area, he would recruit several people from Will in the south of the town to be helpers, which would save them from doing nothing all day long.

It seems that the three of them are the ones we are talking about.

"Do you want to be a pirate?"

Li Ming frowned, wondering if these people had lost their minds.

"The town has just been plundered by pirates. Four militiamen died trying to protect you, but the town has not been able to provide you with a decent pension so far."

"As a result, the three of you will take the treasures belonging to the town and go out to sea to become pirates today?"

"Even if it's childish, it's really too arrogant."

Originally, Li Ming was suffering from neurasthenia due to being suddenly woken up. He was depressed and had no place to vent his anger.

What these three people said just ignited his anger.

"I...we won't be like those idiots, we will be treasure-hunting pirates."

"As long as we find the treasure, there is no need to rob others."

"This is the first treasure we have found and we will never give it to you."

Li Ming became angry and quickly took a deep breath:

"Whoever finds it belongs to you. What kind of absurdity is this? Then next time I will gather the whole town to hunt for treasures at your house."

"But...since we are going to be pirates, there is no need to be polite at all. We will arrest the three of them and let the town decide how to deal with them."

Li Ming rubbed his forehead and felt a little headache.

Even if the three of them were arrested, it would be nothing more than criticism and education, but would criticism and education have any substantive use?

It's impossible to reason with this kind of person. Without ideological education from childhood, no matter how you explain it to him, it will be difficult for him to understand your thoughts.

In this matter, it is difficult to tell who is right and who is wrong. Li Ming can only judge through interests.

In other words, people in this world have their own set of values.

This is something Li Ming quickly realized after traveling through time, and it is also the reason why he only interacts with a few people in the town.

If these three children dug up treasures on other desert islands, he might be jealous, which is human nature, but he would never take back the town. That would be called robbery.

But this is something that was dug up within the town's territory and should be taken back by the town. It must not be privately owned, otherwise everything will be messed up.

"If conditions permit in the future, we must keep up with the education of children."

"But for now, I'd better take the time to come to two lectures and explain some rules of conduct."

Right now, he didn't have much time to think about this. He just wanted to go back and take a nap.

"Uncle Dalton, please take care of this matter quickly. The treasure must be counted in front of the townspeople and recorded directly in the town's accounts."

"You and Uncle Maud can handle the rest by yourself."

To be honest, Li Ming still can't decide whether it's right or wrong in this kind of thing.

Even in previous lives with developed civilization and sound legal systems, it would be difficult to tell who was right and who was wrong when encountering such a thing.

An old man dug up a national treasure in the land. Should he hand it over to the country?

Li Ming is an agricultural student, not a law major, so it’s clear.

If there is an opportunity in the future, he can summon some highly respected people to formulate relevant systems, but now, Li Ming thinks that his decision is right, so let's do it first.

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ps: To be honest, when I coded this chapter, I knew that some people would say that this chapter is very poisonous.

But there is no way, this chapter is necessary to advance the plot.

Those who don’t like the plots these days may think they’re ridiculous, but this book I’m writing is a Taneda novel, which can at least be called a Taneda-oriented pirate fanfic, and this part of the plot is also necessary.

I promise that by the day after tomorrow at the latest, the novel will be separated from the purely original part, and then I will make two updates.