"It's really rude for the county commander to come from afar, and the sinner people can't meet him from afar, and I hope your forgiveness. ”

When they learned that Yuan Chang had come to inspect the wicked village, Zhang Laogen and the three of them led several other villagers to eagerly come to greet them. Seeing that Yuan Chang was only five people, he felt that Yuan Chang was sincere to the villain's village.

"Hehe, the county order is so late to disturb, just don't be surprised. Yuan Chang smiled lightly, "You should rest and continue to rest, don't care about the county order, let the old root follow us, the county order is here just to learn about the situation in your village, if you are willing to reform now, no longer loot in the future, there must always be a way to survive, this county order and staff will help you inspect and see, what can your village make a living in the future." ”

"Your Excellency's kindness, the sinners can't be repaid!"

"Your Excellency is really our reborn parents, and the sinners are our children and grandchildren, thank you again for your kindness!"

After the other villagers thanked Dai De and thanked Yuan Chang, they also looked back at Yuan Chang step by step. It was the first time they had seen such a people-friendly county order as Yuan Chang, and when they thought that Yuan Chang had worked tirelessly for their livelihood and came to their village to inspect so late, how could they not be grateful.

Yuan Chang sighed: "Actually, as long as the people can meet the needs of food and clothing, if they can survive, who wants to do evil, Lao Gen, don't you say?"

"Your Excellency's words really understand our thoughts. ”

Zhang Laogen wiped the sparkle in his eyes, and said with a bitter face: "Actually, our ancestors also wanted to be ordinary people, but our village really had no livelihood, and the government at that time didn't care about the life and death of the villagers in our village. ”

"Lao Gen, the land in your village is very large, why don't you grow grain or some flowers and fruits?"

Yuan Chang asked puzzledly, at a glance, the villain's village was surrounded by land, and if you grow some food, not only will there be a surplus, but it will also be enough to exchange it for some other property.

"The ancestors also tried to plant it, but..."

Zhang Laogen shook his head, looking a little helpless. As if he felt that the explanation was not clear, Zhang Laogen stretched out his hand and gestured to invite Yuan Chang and the five people to a wasteland.

"My lord, not only the ancestors, but also our juniors have tried, and nothing can be planted in this land, no matter what is planted, it will all die in a few days. Perhaps, as some ancestors said, our village of the wicked is cursed by God, so we will live by doing evil, and the curse will not end until the people of our village of the wicked are dead. ”

In ancient times, people believed in ghosts and gods, and the land of the wicked village was so weird, they couldn't help but believe it.

Yuan Chang did not refute Zhang Laogen's words, frowned and stepped forward, squatted down and grabbed a handful of soil, looked at it carefully, and found that there were some fine white particles in the soil, but he didn't know what they were. I sniffed it before I put it to my nose, and it seemed to have a fishy, salty taste.

"Bonghyo, what do you think?"

A light flashed in Yuan Chang's mind, but it flashed and he couldn't catch it. After thinking about it, he turned to Guo Jia and asked.

Guo Jia also made the same action as Yuan Chang, but after thinking for a while, he also shook his head in confusion, and didn't seem to know why the land here couldn't grow things.

"My lord, Yun feels that the situation here is similar to some of the places that the master once said. ”

Zhao Yun frowned and thought for a moment, and said with some uncertainty.

"Oh, where is it similar, Zilong come on. ”

Zhao Yun thought for a while, frowned and said in a deep voice: "When Yun followed the master to learn the arts, the master once told Yun that when he was young, he traveled outside the Saiwai, and some Saiwai also had similar situations. However, there is a patch of yellow sand outside the plug, unlike the land here, where some grass and trees can still grow. ”

"I see!"

Yuan Chang suddenly stood up and cheered loudly.

"My lord, what the hell is going on?"

Guo Jia and the four of them looked at Yuan Chang with an inquiring face, and Zhang Laogen also looked at Yuan Chang expectantly, the villagers of the wicked village are now reformed and are unwilling to make a living by looting, if they can solve the problems of this land, then they will have a livelihood. Future generations have a way to live, how can they still do illegal things.

"It's not an exaggeration to say that it's a mountain of gold, it's so deserted!"

Yuan Chang shook his head and sighed, if anyone knew the true situation of the land in the Wicked Village, I am afraid that it would have been accepted by the government a long time ago, and the ancestors of the Wicked Village would not need to loot it.

After sighing, Yuan Chang looked at Zhang Laogen and said, "Laogen, do you often have seawater rushing in here?"

"Yes, yes, your Excellency is right! Your Excellency is such a man of God that he even knows this. Zhang Laogen replied excitedly, looking at Yuan Chang's expression, he seemed to have understood what the problem of these lands was. As long as this problem is solved, the livelihood of the villagers of the Wicked Village can be solved.

Yuan Chang grabbed a handful of soil, picked out the fine white particles in the soil, handed it to a few people, and he took one himself and put it in his mouth. When the other people saw it, they also put the fine white particles in their mouths.

"Hey, isn't this salt?"

After several people tasted it, they all exclaimed. looked at Yuan Chang curiously, as if wondering what was going on.

"As Lao Gen said just now, there are often seawater rushing here. Legend has it that Emperor Yan once taught the people to 'boil the sea for salt', and the situation in the village of the wicked is like this. Because the sea water rushes here, the salinity of the land here is too high, so that food, flowers and fruits cannot survive, and these small shrubs that can grow are the 'yellow croakers' that grow with them. ”

Zhang Laogen grimaced and said helplessly: "My lord, in this way, unless the sea water is not allowed to rush here, nothing can be planted in this land?" ”

"Jia understands, the lord means to boil salt!"

Guo Jia's eyes lit up, but he already understood what Yuan Chang meant.

"Haha, it's still filial piety to know me!" Yuan Chang laughed, pointed to the endless land of the wicked village, and said excitedly: "This is a heaven-sent land, and it is an excellent place to boil salt." As long as it is used well, the salt cooked in the ground here can be several times better than the yield and quality of the previous state, and you have tasted it just now, but what impurities are there?"

"Indeed, the salt we tasted just now tasted better than the salt we usually eat. ”

Han Sui nodded, admiring that this was indeed the case.

"But my lord, the people in our village don't know how to boil salt, do they have to pick up one by one from this field?" Zhang Laogen still had a bitter face.

"Stupid, my lord said this, naturally there is a way to teach you. ”

Dian Wei patted Zhang Laogen hatefully, he already understood the things, but he still put on an expression of a dead father.

"Haha!" Yuan Chang smiled and said thoughtfully: "Hong Fei, you understand, how can Lao Gen not understand, he just wants to hear me admit it personally." That's right, this county order does have a way. ”

"Lao Gendai is a villager of the Wicked Village, thanks to the kindness of the adults, Lao Gen can only be repaid by being a cow and a horse. ”

Zhang Laogen listened to Yuan Chang's words, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he knelt down without hesitation and kowtowed again and again.

Yuan Chang nodded, and then said in a condensed voice: "This county order can tell you the method, but you must not say that this county order told you, only you know about this matter." You can say that you found it by accident from your ancestors, or for some other reason, in short, you can't expose this prefectural order. ”

"My lord's meaning, the ministry of sin. ”

Zhang Laogen's eyes revealed the eyes of a wise man, and he clearly analyzed: "When the criminals went to the county office, they had already inquired, and the people said that the county commander was an incompetent guy, and he was all a traitor to the staff. However, after the criminals met with the prefectural magistrate, they knew that those guys didn't know the prefectural magistrate at all. The talents of adults are comparable to the sun and the moon, but they are hidden but not revealed. The sinners are just a small people, I don't know why the adults are so clumsy, and they don't want to know. It is enough for the sinners to know that the adults can help the villagers of the Wicked Village, and that they are the reborn parents of the Wicked Village. The sinners also swear to heaven that they will never divulge the affairs of the adults to others, and if they violate this word, they will not die a good death. ”

Zhang Laogen is not stupid, he is also a person who can think, otherwise he would not lead the villagers of the wicked village to take the initiative to surrender to the county government.

Yuan Chang naturally believed Zhang Laogen's words, was able to explain his crimes, and handed over such an amazing wealth, if such a character was not worth believing, Yuan Chang didn't know who to believe. This is also why Yuan Chang uncharacteristically did not put on the appearance of an incompetent county order, and his intuition told him that Zhang Laogen and even the villagers of the Wicked Village could be trusted. However, the less people know about this matter, the better, so Yuan Chang asked Zhang Laogen to keep it a secret.

"Since you said so, Lao Gen, this county order will naturally trust you. Now we will go to your house, and the county order will write down the specific methods, and you will teach the people in the village one by one, and if the county order wants to eat refined salt in the future, it will depend on you, haha!"

Yuan Chang smiled and followed behind Zhang Laogen. He didn't have that much time and patience to teach the villagers of the Wicked Village, and after teaching Zhang Laogen, he would let Zhang Laogen teach the other villagers.

"Lord, since the villagers of the Wicked Village have all reformed themselves, it is a little inappropriate to call it the Wicked Village again, why don't you change the name?"

Guo Jia walked behind and suggested in a low voice.

"Good idea, since you will make a living by boiling salt in the future, why don't you call it Salt Village?"

"Ahem..."

Guo Jia and the others were all choked, and they were all frightened by the bad name of a certain guy.

In order not to suffer from Yuan Chang's poison, Guo Jia hurriedly said: "The sage has a saying, 'My day and three provinces are my body', so it is better to change the name to 'Provincial Village'." It means the reform of the village of the wicked, and it is also to warn future generations. ”

"Thank you, sir!"

Zhang Laogen also felt that Yuan Chang's "Salt Village" was very thunderous, and listening to Guo Jia's "Provincial Village" was like hearing a fairy sound. was afraid that Yuan Chang would insist on his own ideas, so he hurriedly thanked Guo Jia.

"Actually, I think 'Salt Village' is good, simple and practical. Forget it, since you agree with the meaning of Fengxiao, then use 'provincial village', what a group of tasteless guys..."

Although Yuan Chang agreed with Guo Jia's opinion, he had an unhappy look on his face.