Datang romantic little landlord

Li Wangyou decided to move back to Dingzhou Village. He had already asked someone to tell the villager that he would move back today, but he didn't expect that the villager would greet him in person at the entrance of the village.

He hurriedly jumped out of the bullock cart and bowed to Cunzheng: "Qian Cunzheng, I'm sorry."

"The young man of the Li family is very polite. The old man has been waiting for a long time, so hurry up and enter the village." The villager smiled and pulled Li Wangyou towards the village with a very enthusiastic attitude.

Li Wangyou was a little confused for a while, and went back to live in the old house in the village. Why is the village so polite?Not only greeted him at the entrance of the village, but also pulled himself to ask about his health, so enthusiastic.

Many children beside the road in the village also played and laughed when they saw the ox carts entering the village, but they made Li Wangyou feel very comfortable watching them, temporarily forgetting the troubles caused by the threat of locust plague.

He grew up in the countryside since he was a child, so he was naturally very familiar with the scene in front of him, and waved to those urchins in a good mood.Some urchins made faces at him, but Lao Cunzheng stared at him and scared him away.

Chickens and dogs are barking in the village, which is very lively.

However, Li Wangyou also saw that life in Dingzhou Village was miserable. Most of the houses in the village were mud-walled thatched huts, which were drafty and dilapidated.

After a short walk, the group came to an old house.

Although it is an old house, it is a rare blue brick and tile house in the village. Li Wangyou remembers that it was refurbished by Li Zhou after his fortune.

The village is smiling and said: "Xiaolang of the Li family, yesterday I heard that you are going back to live in the village, and I have asked someone to clean up your house for you. If you still need anything, just tell me, and I will send someone to bring it to you."

It can be seen that the old house has been cleaned recently, at least the weeds in the courtyard have been removed, and the doors and windows have been repaired.

Seeing Cunzheng being so polite, Li Wangyou was even more puzzled, and simply asked, "Qian Cunzheng, do you need my help?"

"It's okay, it's okay." Lao Cunzheng smiled and waved his hands.

It's nothing to hell with, Li Wangyou complained in his heart.

After all the Li families in Hu County moved out of Dingzhou Village, the two parties should have had nothing to do with each other long ago.

And his ghost father, Li Zhou, has been dead for a year, and he was buried in the Li family's ancestral grave in Dingzhou Village.

Is this old village so enthusiastic?Isn't this unreasonable?

Li Wangyou was wondering, but he saw many villagers suddenly pouring out of the village, with a lot of voices, rushing towards his old house with all kinds of things.

What is this for?Li Wangyou was completely dumbfounded.

033 Damn Locust Plague

When the crowd approached, Li Wangyou was shocked to find that these villagers were holding various things in their hands.

There were eggs, live chickens, mountain products, and some people helped Li Heng and Pei Lan start moving things down from the ox cart without any explanation.

"Hehe, Xiao Lang, don't be alarmed. These are all villagers from our Dingzhou Village. Everyone is here to welcome you."

Greet yourself?

Li Wangyou was even more astonished, what could he do?

Just a young man moved from Huxian County to the old house in Dingzhou Village in embarrassment, why did he attract so many people to greet him?

It made him even more uneasy to see that most of these villagers were dressed in shabby clothes, but they still brought him so many things.

Moreover, Li Wangyou was surprised to find that among the villagers of Dingzhou Village, many middle-aged men had physical disabilities, and quite a few were missing arms or legs or were blind.

Before he had time to think about the reason, Li Wangyou cupped his hands in the surroundings repeatedly: "Wangyou dare not disturb everyone, I am sorry for your inconvenience, please take these things back."

"Xiao Lang, this is all a wish from the villagers of Dingzhou Village. I hope Xiao Lang will not refuse." Regarding Li Wangyou's words, the villagers just smiled honestly, but did not answer. Only the old village answered with a smile. .

"How does this work."

"It's okay, it's okay, I'll be my family from now on, why not."

Su Changqing was also stunned by the enthusiasm of the villagers in Dingzhou Village, but she couldn't figure out the situation, so she could only help carry the utensils into the old house.

It was easier to do things with more people, and all the few things on the bullock cart were moved into the old house in a short while, and the things sent by the villagers were also piled up in the main room.

After finishing all this work, the villagers smiled honestly and nodded to Li Wangyou, and then dispersed one after another, leaving only Lao Cunzheng alone.

Li Wangyou hurriedly invited Lao Cunzheng into the main room, and then ordered Peilan to boil water, before he bowed his hands to Lao Cunzheng: "Qian Cunzheng, please explain why."

"When Mr. Li was alive, he took good care of my villagers in Dingzhou. This is everyone's kindness. Xiao Lang, don't refuse again. Hey, it's a pity that Mr. Li left early, and we can't repay it."

Li Wangyou was taken aback by Lao Cunzhengdao's words, but he couldn't stop smiling wryly.

It turns out that when Li Zhou was alive, although the Li family moved away from Dingzhou Village, Li Zhou took good care of the village.Because the land in Dingzhou Village is poor, he also tried to ask the county government to reduce the rent in the village, which made the villagers remember his kindness.

It's a pity that Li Zhou has no way to change the barren situation of Dingzhou Village. Although it can help for a while, it can't help forever. This Dingzhou Village is still barren.

Dingzhou Village, 120 seven households, 560 three people.

The village is backed by Shouyang Mountain in the Qinling Mountains and bordered by the Ganhe River in the north.

Due to the barren land, especially the land near the river beach is saline-alkali land, it is impossible to grow anything.

The average yield per mu in Dingzhou Village is less than one stone, which is ten buckets of grain.In Datang, the average yield per mu was around [-] shi, which equaled [-] buckets of grain.

However, Dingzhou Village is located at the foot of Shouyang Mountain, and there is even less arable land, with an average of about [-] mu per farmer.

Twenty mu of land and another five or six mu are mulberry fields, which are used to plant mulberry trees, elm trees, and jujube trees.

That is to say, the income of the villagers of Dingzhou Village is only fourteen or five shi of grain per year from hard work.

But the fourteen or five shi grains still need to be paid in rent, two shi for grain, two feet for silk, and three taels for cotton.

The remaining food is just enough for a farmer's rations. If there is a slight natural or man-made disaster, it will be impossible to live this day.

Li Wangyou began to understand why he saw that the children in the village were all dressed in tatters, and there were even many middle-aged and middle-aged children running around with their buttocks naked.

One word, poor!

It took a long time for Ai Ai in the old village to open his mouth, and he actually wanted to ask Li Wangyouju if he could ask the county to reduce or exempt some rent-adjusted taxes.

From Lao Cunzheng's point of view, the Li family is a big family after all.

Li Zhou has been supervising Hu County for many years, and he has many contacts. Although Li Zhou has passed away, Li Wangyou may be able to ask the Ming government to reduce or exempt some taxes for the village.

Looking at the expectant face of Lao Cunzheng, Li Wangyou's lips trembled a few times, but he didn't say a word.

What can he say?

Tell Lao Muramasa that he has nothing to do?Tell Lao Cunzheng that he still owes 160 gongs?Such a huge debt might scare the old man to death.

Not to mention the imminent plague of locusts, that would be the ultimate disaster!

Li Wangyou shook his head sadly...