Cannon fodder attack only wants to farm

He Zifeng knew about this.

Zhu Butou told him not to be discouraged, there is still more than a month before the tax collection, as long as part of it can be collected, it will be fine.

After Zhu Tutou left, Xie Rui also comforted He Zifeng and said: "It's a big deal that I won't be promoted this time, anyway, I will definitely have you next time." Even though He Zifeng came late, no one at the gate of the yamen has contributed more than him.

If the male and female evil spirits were allowed to cause disaster to the county at that time, there might be a lot of trouble.This is a scourge that even the provincial capital has not caught.Even the adults in the province heard that they sent letters specially, which is the achievement of the county magistrate and master.

Since Xie Rui came to the county government, no one has been with him, but He Zifeng doesn't care.Now he really regards He Zifeng as his big brother.

He also said: "I still have a little money. If it doesn't work, I'll put some money in. Anyway, no one knows." The influence of Xie's family in the county is equal to that of Gong's family.It's just that Xie Rui is a low-key person, besides Zhu Butou, probably only He Zifeng knows his life experience at the Yamen gate.To him, that little money was nothing, he sincerely wanted to make a friend like He Zifeng.

Naturally, He Zifeng would not let Xie Rui pay.As Xie Rui said, the big deal is that I won't be promoted this time.

But he has to figure something out!He went out, and Xie Rui hurriedly followed: "Brother He, where are you going?"

"I'm going to visit Lingshan Village." He wanted to see what was going on there.

Although Xie Rui is as timid as a mouse, he is still very curious, and he wants to follow when he hears that there is something exciting to join in.

He Zifeng took him along as soon as he heard it.

Sherry went out for a while after hearing this, and then got out a small flat-topped carriage.She also brought a groom with her, and Sherry said with a smile that it was borrowed.

But He Zifeng knew that this belonged to their family.

He Zifeng quickly got into the car without being pretentious.Sure enough, as soon as I entered, I found that the inside was very spacious, with soft cushions, and even a baffle in the middle, with some dried fruits and snacks on it.

Even the wood is patterned inside.

The carriage drove all the way to Lingshan Village, which was some distance away from their village. There was a woman in their village who married here, and there was no news for decades.

Just as He Zifeng was about to enter the village, he was stopped. An old man said, "Who are you looking for?"

He Zifeng said: "I'm looking for Aunt Hongju."

When the old man heard that he also had a local accent, he said, "Red Chrysanthemum is in the innermost earthen house."

They drove all the way, and He Zifeng realized that this place was really desolate.

On the dirt road, the horse-drawn carriage can fly dust two feet high, and there is no way to lift the curtain. Now the government office sells yellow mud, which is used to build roads.The repaired road slabs are upright, and a load of yellow mud costs only ten yuan, which is affordable for most villages.It is said that rich villages also use the glutinous rice juice used to build the city walls to water the ground in order to make the road smoother.

The carriage stopped after walking for a while, and it was really impossible to walk ahead.It was full of potholes, and the puddles were still muddy, and if the wheels of the carriage sunk in, they couldn't be pushed out.

They had to come down and go.

Xie Rui has never seen such a bad road since he was a child. Compared with his village, this village is really poor.Both sides are built with low thatched thatched houses. There are at least 60 families, only one or two brick houses, and they look old.

Those on the road are either bare-bottomed children or elderly people sitting outside in the sun.

As soon as He Zifeng and the others came in, no one spoke to them.

Soon He Zifeng went to find Aunt Hongju. She was about the same age as Fang's. She had four sons, the oldest of whom was 30 years old this year, and they were not married yet!

After He Zifeng reported his family name, Aunt Hongju said, "Are you this old?" Then she said a few more homely things.Aunt Hongju was deceived by a matchmaker back then, saying that the conditions were not bad, but she was dumbfounded when the marriage came, and there was nothing here.The distance is very far, and it's too late for her to regret it. She couldn't go out these years, and his man died the year before last.In addition, after so many years, life is still going on, and I am too embarrassed to go back, for fear of making people laugh.

He Zifeng then asked about their village: "I heard that your village doesn't pay taxes every year, and last year you beat the government officials to death."

The head of Lingshan Village had already ordered this matter to be kept quiet, but Hongju had only seen a young man from their village after so many years.Couldn't help but tell them.

"There is no food in our village, so every family has to weave coarse cloth for a living, but the family's rations have to be exchanged for coarse cloth. There is really no money to pay. If you pay taxes, the whole village will have to tie their necks. Last year, those government servants Talking disrespectfully and beating the old man, the whole village is really impatient.” After killing two of them, the whole village dared not sleep day and night, for fear that officers and soldiers from the county would pay them.

He Zifeng then went with them to the nearby mountains, and since he said it was called Lingshan Village, he didn't know where its spirit was?

He Zifeng and his village also have mountains, and mountain climbing is commonplace for him. Their mountain should not be called Lingshan Village, but Stone Mountain.Except for some dry trees on this side of the mountain, there is nothing else.

What's more, most of the land here is barren, and you can tell that the fields are not good at a glance.Even the weeds are sparse and withered and yellow.

He Zifeng then drove back with Xie Rui and the others.

Back in the county, Xie Rui couldn't take it anymore and hurried back to change his clothes and shoes. His soles were now covered with yellow mud.

He Zifeng looked through the files, and found that two government servants were killed or injured in the fight last year.Twenty young people from Lingshan Village were arrested and sent to mines for mining.When He Zifeng went to ask Zhu Butou, Zhu Butou said, "Those people, I'll take you there."

Then I went with He Zifeng. It was the iron mines in their county that had to be handed over every year.This is not what their yamen servants say, there are special managers.

But these people are Zhu Tutou's wine and meat friends.I heard that their purpose of coming was to find those people from Lingshan Village.The fat officer immediately patted his chest and said, "I'll find you a good one, one named Sanshun, the youngest son of their village chief." Afterwards, someone called Sanshun over.

He had no clothes on his upper body, his skin was tanned, his body was muscular, and there were scars on his hands and legs.Wearing a pair of sandals on the feet.If there were no accidents, he would have no chance to go out unless he died in the mine in his life.

Zhu Butou went to talk and drink with the fat chief.

He Zifeng said: "You are the son of the head of Lingshan Village."

San Shun nodded.

He Zifeng said: "Has there been no grass growing in your village?"

Sanshun said: "It hasn't grown very much, but the village next to it is very lush." ​​He is also very envious, and once hoped that the land would grow food.That way they don't have to starve to death.Their village is the most miserable around.

Originally, life was difficult, and life depended on spinning cloth, but the cloth they spun was only the cheapest homespun cloth.They can't buy it for a little money. Once natural disasters and man-made disasters happen, food prices soar, and several people in their village will starve to death.

The young people in their village wanted to go out, and many of them never came back, or sold themselves as slaves. Life in the village was too hard.But there are also people like him, whose ancestors have lived here for generations, and he can go out, but he doesn't want to live the life of throwing away his family and business just for a living.

Unfortunately, it's too late to say anything now.

He Zifeng said: "Your village is also unlucky, living next to a treasured land of geomantic omen."

Sanshun saw that Zhenhe Zifeng was kind and kind, he didn't yell like other yamen servants.Seeing him like this, Sanshun felt relieved, and started to talk to him seriously, saying: "The old people in the village also said the same, but I really didn't see any treasures of geomantic omen. Can people starve to death?"

He Zifeng said: "Lingshan should mean Lingshan. Maybe a great person is buried underneath." That mountain might be a mountain made of excavated rocks and soil, or it might be hollowed out.

So the crops did not grow well.

But even if they knew about it, the villagers would not know how to dig it.The first is that people are superstitious, and the second is that people in the Ming Dynasty feel that it is unlucky, and it is not rare at all.

When Sanshun heard He Zifeng's words, he suddenly realized, and murmured: "So it is like this?" It actually solved his doubts for many years.

He Zifeng said: "You have to find a way, when this goes on, when will you be a head." Everyone was sallow and emaciated.Long-term lack of food, the short life expectancy of their local people, and conflicts with officials, if it happens again, their village may be wiped out.

Sanshun fell to his knees on the ground with a thud: "Please, teach me." Without this accident, he should have been the heir of the village chief.He Zifeng can tell him so much that he is a good person.Ordinary people, who would meddle in their own business?

He Zifeng said: "It's useless to say, you can't get out here."

Sanshun said: "The mine can redeem people, five taels of silver per person." After speaking, he became depressed. Although there is this policy, no one will give him five taels of silver to redeem him.

He Zifeng said: "Since you are guarding Lingshan Village, why don't you make some paper bundles. Rich people pay attention to death as much as they live. You can make paper bundles more exquisite and complicated, which is worse than blind spinning."

Sanshun kowtowed to him a few times, and with tears in his eyes when he got up, he said: "I can't get out, please tell my father about this method. In the next life, I will be a big bastard and carry you .”

Before He Zifeng could speak, Zhu Tutou came back and said, "Why, you fell in love with this person?"

He Zifeng nodded.

Zhu Butou said: "It's simple, I'll go and tell their boss." Then he went to find Mr. Fatty.

Sanshun said: "You are my benefactor, if you can go out, I will do whatever you ask me to do."

He Zifeng said: "After you go out, there is really something for you to do. No matter what method you use to help the village make money, this year's tax will be paid as scheduled."

Sanshun and the others had a deep hostility with the people in the county government, but they listened to He Zifeng very much.