Three Kingdoms: My father-in-law is Lu Bu

Chapter 176 Private Interview with Cheng Yu
Ten miles away from Shouchun City, in an unknown village.

Cheng Yu walked slowly into the village with his entourage, without exception, he still watched these villagers hurrying on their way, and the fields were full of laboring figures.

From the ancient and rare old people to the young and young, they all participated in the labor.

Cheng Yu finally found an old man resting in the shade of a tree, and quickly asked his followers to take out the water bag and walk over.

"Old man, are you resting? The weather is really hot."

The old man was a local peasant. Seeing Cheng Yu's extraordinary temperament, he took the water bag and thanked him very much.

"That's right, it's very hot. Are you passing through this village, sir?"

Instead of drinking from the water bag, the old man picked up the earthenware bowl beside him and poured some water.

"My father-in-law has really good eyesight. I came from Xudu. I passed by here and wanted to ask my father-in-law for some advice."

The old man took a sip from the bowl in trepidation and wiped the sweat from his face.

"Sir, you can just ask. The old man doesn't know much. He only picks up food in the field."

Cheng Yu chuckled, took out a piece of bread and forced it to the other party.

"Don't be too polite, old man. What I'm asking is about the fields. I've seen all the villages and towns working so hard to farm the land along the way. Have you forgotten Ye Xiaojun's hatred for occupying your homeland?"

After hearing this, the old man burst out laughing.

"Sir, you are a foreigner. I don't blame you for not knowing that General Zhengdong is kind to us. How can we hate him?"

Cheng Yu saw that the old man's words did not seem to be fake, and his feelings were all revealed naturally.

Seeing that Cheng Yu didn't believe it, the old man continued to explain: "General Zhengdong defeated Yuan Bandit in Shouchun, then Yuan Bandit was bad, my family's last son was also dragged to fight, but fortunately General Zhengdong released him. Otherwise, our family will not be saved."

Cheng Yu suddenly realized, but at the same time he was a little dumbfounded.

"Old man, even if General Zhengdong releases your son, you don't have to work so hard to farm for him?"

The old man continued to shake his head and pointed to the land under his feet.

"Sir, you don't know something. We planted the fields for ourselves, not for General Zhengdong."

Cheng Yu was startled, the field he planted for himself?
"You mean, the ground under your feet belongs to you?"

The old man's face was flushed, and he looked at Cheng Yu with a kind of brilliance called hope in his eyes.

"Yes, General Zhengdong is a saint. Shouchun City has tens of millions of acres of fertile land. He didn't want any of it himself, but he gave it all to us."

Cheng Yu really didn't believe it this time, all the land in Shouchun City was divided, what a prodigal act.

"How is it possible? Ye Xiao must have gone crazy." Cheng Yu exclaimed, he really couldn't figure out what Ye Xiao's purpose was for this operation.

Hearing Cheng Yu calling Ye Xiao's name directly, the old man uttered wild words again, his face turned cold.

"Sir, I don't know where you came from or where you are going. This is Shouchun City, and I am the neighbor here. If you say that General Zhengdong is not good, I will find someone to arrest you. "

Cheng Yu hurriedly laughed along with him, but was surprised again, Neighbor?

"My father-in-law, I was the one who said what I said. I will definitely apologize to General Zhengdong when I have a chance later."

Seeing Cheng Yu admitting his mistake, the old man softened his attitude a little, but he still couldn't help but hum.

"As long as you still want to see our general, let me tell you, the general is a saint sent by the world, and you can't see him anywhere!"

"Yes yes yes!" Cheng Yu said with a smile in order to obtain more information: "My father-in-law, please tell me how this land was distributed to you, and what does it mean that you are the neighbor here? "

Back to the topic, the old man's face regained its brilliance.

"Dividing the land? This means that the adults in the city came to us to measure the land, and distributed us open fields and mulberry fields according to the registered population of each of our households."

The old man paused for a while, and seeing Cheng Yu's concentration, he couldn't help showing off, "I don't know what Lutian and Sangtian are, do you? Now, the land where Mister is standing, from here to there, belongs to my family."

"General Zhengdong issued a government order. As long as my family is not dead, no one can take this land away. I can plant a few mulberry trees and elm trees. By then, life will be beautiful."

As the old man spoke, the light in his eyes became brighter and brighter.

Shocked, Cheng Yu hurriedly asked, "What about Lutian?"

The old man picked up the earthenware bowl, as if he was a rich landlord.

"Lu Tian, ​​my family has a total of five people. I, my son, and my daughter-in-law have a total of twenty acres of Lu Tian. They are tax-free for the first year, and then taxed [-]/[-] every year. When I die of old age, this will be Seven acres of the land will be returned to General Zhengdong."

Cheng Yu thought to himself, it was really just this kind of deceiving trick, and couldn't help laughing: "Old man, then you have been deceived, and you have worked so hard all your life to agree that the land you got is still taken back."

The old man couldn't help but look at Cheng Yu with contempt, and said angrily: "My grandson will grow up after I die! According to the age of an adult, General Zhengdong's government will allocate seven acres of land to him, maybe it's me Qimu, if you don’t understand anything, you will speak ill of our general, you are not welcome here, go away quickly.”

Cheng Yu was choked speechless, seeing the other party rushing away, he had to stand up, and finally asked cheekily.

"May I ask if the neighbor chief is like the pavilion chief?"

The old man explained impatiently: "What is the chief of the pavilion? We don't have one here. These five families regard me as the chief of the neighborhood, and the five nearby neighbors are the chiefs of the township. It is our responsibility to collect taxes and catch thieves. Are you a spy?" "

The old man suddenly realized why Cheng Yu had so many questions, and looked suspiciously at him.

Cheng Yu straightened up quickly, he had never been looked down upon so much.

"My father-in-law, I'm not a spy, don't talk nonsense."

Suddenly a few figures came quickly from a distance, the old man stood up and looked hard, and found that the leader was the village head here, with a few heavily armed Ye Xiaojun.

"Who is in the front? If you break into my Sangli Township, don't even report it. Let's verify your identity."

Hearing the mayor's words, the old man's eyes changed, he stood up and pointed at Cheng Yu, and shouted, "My lord, I don't know who he is! He came to ask me a lot of questions!"

The soldier beside the township head fixed his eyes, drew out his saber and pointed at him.

"Catch him and take him to the city."

Cheng Yu was not willing to be captured, and took out the document Cao Cao gave him and his own seal from his arms.

"I am Cheng Yu, under Duke Cao's command. I came to Shouchun to negotiate with General Ye about the return of the jade seal in Shouchun according to my lord's order. This is my identity seal and the document that my lord gave to General Ye. You can check it."

The soldier saw that Cheng Yu spoke decently, took a look at the stamped letter, took the volume of documents, and saw the wax seal on it, hesitating a little.

Those who can use candles are all princes and nobles, and this person would not pay such a heavy price just to deceive people.

"Okay, you have to go back to the city with us to verify your identity, and you are not allowed to leave without authorization." The soldier finally returned the document to Cheng Yu and said seriously.

Cheng Yu breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "It's just right, I'm going to see General Ye too, so as not to keep the general waiting."

Cheng Yu put away the documents, and walked to the entrance of the village with his entourage surrounded by soldiers.

"By the way, my father-in-law, your General Zhengdong has just been crowned a champion by the emperor. That's an achievement that surpasses the entire army, haha."

Cheng Yu turned his head and left a sentence, which made the old man dumbfounded, watching them slowly disappear at the end of the road.

(End of this chapter)