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Chapter 135: Thinking of the People

Shi Yuanwai glared fiercely at the servants of the village who were standing outside the door, and together with several wealthy families, he followed County Magistrate Lou and entered the Yingtianwu Office. Today, the Yingtianwu must be taken back, otherwise, the farmers from each family will open their own land and will not even have a follower when they go out.

He Da hugged his arms, swayed under the big tree, and squatted to enjoy the cool air.

Everyone tied the horses and stopped the car. After a while, they all gathered under the big tree.

Pida said to He Dalang: "He Dalang, this time the land camp service recruits people to open the fields, borrow seeds and agricultural tools. Don't you go to shoot a few acres of land? With your own land and build a few more thatched houses, your wife might come back."

Everyone laughed: "Yes, yes! He Da, you have been at Shi Yuanwai's house for six years. The money and grain you borrowed had been paid off. If you have this opportunity, you can still live your good life before!"

He heard everyone talking and making jokes, He Da sighed and did not speak.

Most of the farmers were employed by the owner's house for generations, and they were already like family members. He Da was different. He once had his own land, a small self-cultivated farmer. A few years ago, he suffered heavy floods, and his family had no harvest, and even his house was flooded. Because it was not common to suffer disasters, the yamen not only did not provide disaster relief, but also did not even reduce money and grain. In order to survive, He Da had to go to Shi Yuanwai's house to be a farmer. The court had to pay the money and grain from Shi Yuanwai's house, so he had to borrow money and borrow it from Shi Yuanwai's house. From then on, he had to pay back his debts for six years. He was unable to cultivate his own land, so he had to give it to the soldiers for free. Only then did he transfer the money and grain to other people's names.

That year, He Da's wife couldn't stand the hardships and took her son who had just turned one year old to Xiangyang County dozens of miles away to live with a butcher. He Da still remembers that he ran dozens of miles to find his wife and asked her to come back with him. His wife said, can you make your mother and son have no worries about food and clothing? If so, go home. If so, don't go again.

The weather was very cold that day, and a layer of snow beans were falling on the ground, and the road was extremely slippery. He Dagao and his feet were lowered, and he fell many times. After he came back, he fell seriously ill and never mentioned this matter since then.

Not far from Xiangyang County, everyone around us soon learned about this. Many people have seen He Da’s wife and came back to tell him how his wife and son were doing there. Over the past six years, this incident has been a joke that others teased He Da.

He Dahe's wife did not divorce. After arriving in Xiangyang County, she did not marry the butcher family and lived together so unknownly. The lives of the lower-class people in the countryside are sometimes very chaotic, whether it is law or morality, they are actually very far away from them.

Magistrate Lou led several wealthy families in the county to the Yingtianwu Office and was taken to a flower hall to sit and wait.

The official took the tea and drank the tea. County Magistrate Lou said: "My officials, the judge of Yun is not as easy as me. You must be responsible at that time. If you annoy the judge of Yun, you will not have any benefits for you."

Everyone said yes.

Only Shi Yuanwai said angrily: "There are many idle land in our county. The imperial court wants to buy the fields. No one says anything. Even if we ask us to pay some money and food, it is also necessary. But what's going on now? Not allowed to point out large households, just one household at a time. What's the reason? In this way, the new fields have not been opened, and no one has planted the mature fields of us, and they are abandoned there. How can this be done in the world?"

When everyone heard this, they nodded, saying that what Shi Yuanwai said was. County Magistrate Lou sighed and had nothing to say.

After a short while, Du Zhongxiao came out. County Magistrate Lou hurriedly brought people to stand up and salute. After receiving the order, he sat down again.

Du Zhongxiao said: "I don't know what happened to the magistrate's county? I have brought so many people."

County Magistrate Lou handed over: "The fortune verdict, the land management business was announced a few days ago, and the county's households were required to invest in the replenishment and reclaim the land. When the outsider of the county met, he had some opinions. The officials felt that what they said made some sense, so they came to visit them today."

"Oh, okay, okay." Du Zhongxiao nodded repeatedly. "Because this matter is a recruiter from the field affairs, and it has nothing to do with the local government and has not recruited the elders to discuss it in advance. I was negligent. Now it seems that recruiting the field affairs affairs will have an impact on the local government? You might as well tell me and let's take a look at it."

County Magistrate Lou said to Shi Yuanwai: "Uncle Master, what do you want to tell the judge of Yun?"

Because of his son's affairs, Shi Yuanwai had an objection to Du Zhongxiao, so he stood up and bowed: "Officials, after reading the list of people who were recruiting land for the land a few days ago, the little people found it inappropriate. They discussed with the other members of the Yuanwai, and they all thought that if they did this, Zaoyang County would be in danger!"

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "Don't be excited, say it slowly. Zaoyang is in danger, why do you say this?"

Shi Yuanwai said: "There are two things that we are most difficult to accept when recruiting people in the field. One is that there are not many households who are pointing to the shooting—"

Du Zhongxiao waved his hand: "Slow down, why did there be such words in the list of articles that are not allowed to point at a big shot?"

Shi Yuanwai said: "Applications are not allowed to hire people to employed people, isn't it just that large families are not allowed to slap? In the past, the area of ​​Tangzhou also used to buy fields, and they specially recruited large families and hired people to open fields. Only by doing so can those traitors be prevented from escaping from escaping as soon as three years arrive, making the field successful and successful! "

Du Zhongxiao said: "So, is the land in Tangzhou ready to be built?"

"I heard that it has been agitated and failed and cannot support it. However, that is because the yamen has too heavy taxes, and it is difficult for the land buyers to support it, so they have to flee."

"Since the Yingtian in Tangzhou has not been done as you said, there is no need to say anything. What happened is better than you. You only talk about the matter in Zaoyang County. Let me say it again, there is no way that the field in the field is not allowed to be directed by the large households, but people are not allowed to be employed to farm."

After hearing this, Shi Yuanwai didn't breathe, and the words he had originally thought were a little confused. He took a breath, and then said, "Okay, the land stewards are not allowed to be employed to farm, but we are not allowed to slap them. We all can't plant the fields at home, and we have to raise many farmers at home. How could we go to the land stewards to apply for the land? This is the thought of the government, and we ordinary people don't understand it, so we don't say it. The next year, each household will apply for the recruitment, and the yamen lends seeds, farm tools, and oxen. The officials, if they do this, there is no guarantor, so what should those households who apply for the recruitment escape after collecting the grain?"

Hearing this, Du Zhongxiao was a little impatient: "That's the business of the yamen, it's not that you are an official, why are you worried about!"

Shi Yuanwai was stunned when he heard this. Seeing Du Zhongxiao's face became stern, he hurriedly said, "Xiaomin is also thinking about the yamen. Since the government was prepared for a long time, this matter was exposed and not mentioned. However, if the land business does this, we farmers in the country will definitely be greedy for cheapness and invest in the land business. Without these people's farming, what should we do? We have all gone to open up wastelands, but the land is abandoned. How can we do this?"

Du Zhongxiao frowned: "Your farmer left, and you will hire people. If you really can't hire people, you will sell the land. There is no way to not sell it there. As long as there is no shortage of money, grain, taxes, the yamen will not care about you."
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