Datang started from being a salted fish

Chapter 56 Shangshui Village

Lantian County Government
Knowing that Wang Yin had arrived, the Lantian County Magistrate quickly made preparations and stood at the gate of the county government office and waited respectfully.

"Your Majesty Cao Wenxi has seen the county uncle." When Wang Yin approached, Cao Wenxi hurriedly bowed to salute.

Cao Wenxi is not that old, he looks like he is in his thirties. He has a hint of elegance in his body, his eyes are bright, and his face does not look like an evil person.

"What's your name?" Wang Yin was stunned for a moment and asked in doubt.

"Young officer Cao Wenxi..." Cao Wenxi was full of doubts. Is there something wrong with his name?
"Three thousand of your life?" Wang Yin laughed.

Cao Wenxi was stunned, what does uncle mean?Kill me?I don't seem to be doing anything wrong. . .

"It's okay, very good." Wang Yin smiled and patted him on the shoulder.

When Wang Yin was taken to the main hall, Cao Wenxi hurriedly ordered someone to bring tea and snacks.

"Uncle, I've come a long way. Why don't you have something to eat and rest first? I've already booked an inn..." Cao Wenxi asked cautiously.

I have been told above that you must serve this man well. If something goes wrong, you can just pack up and get out.

"Then there's no need." Wang Yin looked at the time, and it was only around two o'clock: "Take me around first, there will be some people coming later, so wait for them first."

Wang Yin was more or less excited at the moment, after all this would be his territory from now on.

Although I have no interest in being an official or anything like that, this is different!Wang Yin now feels a bit like he just captured a city in the game.

He turned his head and looked at Cao Wenxi next to him: Look, there is a farmer at the beginning~
A group of people left the government office and walked towards the nearby village.

"Uncle, this is the nearest village—Shangshui Village." Cao Wenxi panted.

This uncle didn't take a carriage, so he had no choice but to walk all the way. For a weak scholar born like him, it was naturally too much for him.

Wang Yin took a look and found that it was similar to Kaoshan Village, but it was still sparsely populated and dilapidated.

There were not many pedestrians coming and going, all of them were sallow and thin, wearing shabby clothes that had been washed and turned white.

Some villagers were carrying water from the river to the fields.

Seeing the magistrate's arrival, a few brats rushed to notify Li Zheng.

"Wenxi, your political achievements are not very good." Wang Yin patted Cao Wenxi on the shoulder: "You have been greedy all these years."

"Uncle Mingjian, my subordinates have been working hard these years, and have never been greedy for ink." Cao Wenxi broke out in a cold sweat, and quickly defended himself.

Although it is true that he has never been corrupt, who knows what kind of temper this uncle has, what if he finds out that he is corrupt. . .

Or is this signaling to me?Let me take filial piety?
"Don't be nervous, just kidding." Seeing Cao Wenxi's face covered in cold sweat, Wang Yin wondered: Could this guy really be a corrupt official?
When the villagers saw the official coming, they didn't know what happened, so they surrounded him curiously.

"Wang Erniu has seen County Magistrate Cao." At this moment, a man in his forties came over and saluted Cao Wenxi quickly.

Wang Yin thought about it: In the current situation, it seems that the relationship between the county magistrate and the villagers is not bad, not like a bad official.Otherwise, the villagers wouldn't dare to watch, for they would have hidden far away.

"This is the newly-promoted uncle of Lantian County, General Wang Yinwang," Cao Wenxi began to introduce to the two parties: "Uncle, this is the second king of the village."

"I've met my uncle." Everyone saluted quickly, but their expressions seemed a bit too enthusiastic.

Seeing Wang Yin's puzzled expression, Cao Wenxi smiled and said: "Uncle, I don't know. You are now a famous person in our area. Your Quyuli has benefited everyone a lot."

"Thanks to Uncle's Quyuanli, the farming speed in our village is much faster."

“Our family has opened a few more plots of land this year, and we can collect more next year.”

"Uncle is our great benefactor!"

The people also echoed.

So that's the case, Wang Yin smiled, and waved at the crowd pretendingly: "It's good that everyone likes it."

When they heard that a new uncle was coming, the people were worried that this uncle would exploit them or something, but now seeing that it was Wang Yin, and he seemed to be easy to talk to, they were relieved.

Next, under the leadership of Li Zheng, Wang Yin went to the people's homes again.

Wang Yin didn't recognize the grain in the vat, it was probably an ancient crop, and it had just covered the bottom of the vat.The furniture looks like it was made by hand, as long as it can be used, nothing else is considered at all.

Most of the houses are thatched huts made of adobe and wood, and it seems that they can barely withstand the wind and cold.

Several houses are even more dilapidated, with traces of rain washing on the walls.

"Wenxi, your political achievements are really not good. You can see that the living conditions of the villagers are also poor." Wang Yin looked at Cao Wenxi: "Are you really not greedy?"

"Uncle was wronged..." Just as Cao Wenxi was about to speak up to defend himself, the villagers next to him spoke directly.

"Uncle..." Wang Erniu said, "Magistrate Cao is a good official. He has always taken good care of us. Once after a snow disaster, the county magistrate personally brought someone to help us repair the house. In the end, he almost fainted from exhaustion. .”

"Yes, uncle, Magistrate Cao has always been very good to us. He has never bullied us and always made decisions for us. There are really not many such good officials nowadays." Seeing that his beloved magistrate was wrongly accused , even though the other party was uncle, the people still couldn't help but speak.

Wang Yin glanced around the crowd, seeing that their expressions didn't look like they were being forced, he almost believed it.

"Don't mind Wenxi." Wang Yin patted Cao Wenxi on the shoulder: "It seems that you did a good job and won the hearts of the people."

"Uncle, thank you..." Cao Wenxi wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and let out a sigh of relief.

"Uncle, in fact, our village is not bad. At least there is a river, and everyone can eat. In some places, it is difficult to irrigate, and there is basically no harvest in the dry season." Wang Erniu sighed: " In severe cases, people starve to death from time to time.”

"So serious?" Wang Yin wondered.

"Before years of wars, the Tang Dynasty was seriously injured, and the people hadn't recuperated. Now most of the people don't even have enough to eat." Cao Wenxi sighed.

Cheng Lingxue was also silent at the moment. It was the first time for him to really get in touch with the life of the people at the bottom. Before, he only heard that the people were living in hardship and did not have enough to eat, but he didn't have a clear concept in his mind.

Now that all this is presented in front of her eyes, the impact must be strong.

"Well..." Wang Yin pondered for a while. After he came to Datang, he seemed to have seen the villages in the real sense, such as Kaoshan Village and the current one. The status is indeed unclear.

It seems that the Tang Dynasty is worse than I thought. . .

"Brother Yin, we are coming!" Cheng Chumo's loud voice came from afar.

(End of this chapter)