"Dangdangdang......"

The white-haired old man stood on top of the ridge and sounded a broken gong. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Perhaps because of the long-term use, the sound of gongs sounded on the ridges in the distance.

After the gong sounded, the old man came to Ling Yun, bowed to Ling Yun and said, "The owner, the villagers have been summoned, please ask the owner and the villain to return to the village, it is estimated that it will not be long before they will all go back." ”

Ling Yun nodded slightly, turned his head to look at Ma Chunfeng and said, "Uncle Ma, how about we go to the village and have a look?" ”

Ma Chunfeng hugged his fist at Ling Yun and said, "Everything is up to the child's arrangement!" ”

As the sun set, beside the ridge of the ancient road, on the dirt road, Ling Yun and Ma Chunfeng each held the reins of the horses in their hands, followed the old man, and headed towards the village.

After about a quarter of an hour, Ling Yun followed the old man to the village where the tenants lived.

As far as the eye can see, I can see thatched houses, horizontal and vertical, chaotic construction, the thatch on the roof has rotted and blackened, most of the adobe walls have cracks, and some can even be seen from the outside of the wall, and the wall, because of the long-term smoke and fire, has long been pitch black.

The streets are cluttered, garbage is everywhere, and many corners are filled with human grains. The village smells stinky, flies fly back and forth in the air, and a vigorous "buzzing" scream, which makes people feel upset.

Walking through the village path, the old man did not take Lingyun into any thatched huts. Instead, he took Ling Yun to an empty threshing floor.

Ling Yun looked up slightly, and saw that the diameter of the threshing floor was about 100 meters, except for a small door that could make the ox cart walk widely, and there were three or four feet high horse blocking walls piled up with earth all around, and several stone mills were placed in the corners of the horse blocking wall.

Ling Yun glanced around, there were no less than a dozen threshing floors like this.

After entering the threshing floor, the old man helped Ling Yun and Ma Chunfeng tie the horses to a horse tether stake, then pointed to the stone mill in the corner of the wall and said, "The owner, the villagers may have to wait a while to arrive, so why don't the owners rest here for a while." ”

Ling Yun nodded, then talked about his robe, and sat down on the stone mill steadily.

There was not much time, and one by one, the tenants, each with their own farming tools, walked into the threshing floor in twos and threes.

But everyone's faces were full of curiosity, questions, puzzlement, and some worries, and many people turned their eyes to Ling Yun.

After everyone had almost arrived, the white-bearded old man raised his hand and pressed it, stopping the chaos on the field and saying, "Folks, be quiet, be quiet!" Let's listen to the old decay ......"

When everyone present gradually quieted down and looked at the old man, the old man said to everyone: "Hurriedly summoned everyone to come, that is now the 50,000 acres of Huangzhuang has changed owners." ”

When the old man said this, Ling Yun stood up and nodded slightly to the people present and said, "Yes, His Royal Highness King Xin has already given me 50,000 acres of fertile land and the contracts of 500 tenants, saying that it is 50,000 acres of fertile land, but when I see it today, how can this so-called fertile land seem to have the feeling of scattering seeds in the ground without germination!" ”

At this time, a middle-aged man walked out of the crowd, stepped forward with his bare arms and hugged his fist at Ling Yun and said: "The owner doesn't know, now because of the long-term drought and no rain, the upstream irrigation has used almost the river water, resulting in no water irrigation downstream, if it doesn't rain again, the seeds will not necessarily sprout after planting!" ”

After listening to this, Ling Yun said in his heart: "Even if the weather is dry now, there are rivers flowing around, which shows that the water content in the underground aquifer is still quite sufficient, why not dig a well!" Can well water still irrigate the field? ”

Thinking of this, Ling Yun asked with some confusion, "Why don't you dig a well?" ”

The man who spoke before said with a bitter face: "Have you dug a lot of wells?" But I couldn't dig the well water, so I had no choice but to go to the distant river to pick up water to irrigate the fields, but jumping on a load of water would not play a role in such a large area of land. ”

When Ling Yun heard this, he looked puzzled and said, "It shouldn't be!" Even if the weather is dry and the water level of the river drops, it is impossible not to dig water, is it not that the well you dug is a little too shallow? ”

The old man who brought Ling Yun to the threshing floor before shook his head and sighed, "Alas! Speaking of the wells dug, they have basically been dug more than three zhang deep, which is much deeper than ordinary wells, that is, the soil is a little damp. ”

When Ling Yun heard this, he nodded with a clear expression and said, "There is still one thing that is unknown, why don't you plow the land with oxen?" Wouldn't that be faster? ”

This time, the old man was even more speechless, and looked at Ling Yun with an incredible expression: "Although everyone grows a lot of land, and they have to hand over sixty percent of the harvest to the owner every day, and they also have to pay all kinds of forced labor taxes, the remaining grain, even if they use bran to the wild vegetables, is considered a good life for everyone, so everyone has no money to buy farming cattle." ”

After the old man said this, Ling Yun also understood that he had a new view on the future direction of Huangzhuang's 50,000 acres of fertile land.

After sorting everything out, Ling Yun pointed to Ma Chunfeng and said to everyone: "In the future, he will be responsible for everything in Huangzhuang, so let me talk about the tax issues in the future." ”

When it comes to taxation, everyone up their ears, after all, how much tax the owner collects determines whether they can survive?

Ling Yun didn't pay attention to everyone, but raised his voice and said: "First, you handed over four or six cancellations with the owner before, and in the future, you can take sixty percent, and the owner can take four achievements, and all the conscription is exempted, if the imperial court allows you to serve the conscription, I will help you solve it, but there is one point, if you have leftover grain to sell, you can only sell it to the owner." ”

The people present couldn't believe their ears, some rubbed their ears vigorously, and there were countless people who whispered to each other.

"I said third brother, I heard you right!"

"I thought I heard it wrong! Since you and I both hear the same, that's right. ”

Immediately after, Ling Yun continued: "Within three days, I will buy five hundred ploughing cattle, and distribute one ploughing ox to each household, and the ploughing oxen will be fed by you, even if I lend it to you, I will not charge you any interest, and when you have enough money, it is okay to pay according to the original price, if there is an accidental death, as long as it is not man-made, I will not blame you." ”

At this time, all the people present opened their eyes wide, looking at Ling Yun with a stunned expression, and there were more than 1,000 people around the entire threshing floor, but there was no trace of noise, only Ling Yun's voice continued to echo on the threshing floor.

Next, Ling Yun said again: "After going down today, heaven and earth will be disrupted and redivided, and the labor force of each family will be distributed fairly, and each family will dig deep wells in their own land, and during the digging of wells, I will give food to anyone who participates in digging wells for them to eat." ”

Hearing this, the old man before hugged his fist at Ling Yun and said, "The owner, digging a well is useless, not only can't dig up water, but also wastes the owner's food ...... in vain."

Before the words fell, Ling Yun interrupted the old man's words and said: "The water content of the underground aquifer is quite sufficient, the reason why you haven't dug out the water is because you haven't dug deep enough, if you can't dig the water, then continue to dig down the water, if the water is not out, continue to dig down until the water is dug out." ”

When he said this, Ling Yunxin said: "Three zhang is about nine meters, if I dig nine meters down, or even nineteen meters, it is impossible not to dig water at all!" ”

And then the old man continued; "Owner, such a well, I'm afraid it will take half a year to dig it, and even if you dig out the water, you can't get it to the ground, this ...... Moreover, the forest is big, and there are all kinds of birds, so it is inevitable that some of them will not dig wells and grind foreign workers well in order to mix the owner's rations. ”

After listening to the old man's words, Ling Yun's opinion of the old man rose a lot, and he secretly said to himself: "This old man is really a good manager, and he actually thought of everything in advance. ”

Thinking of this, Ling Yun smiled slightly and said to the old man: "Dare to ask the old man's surname?" ”

The old man hugged his fists with some trepidation and said: "I don't dare to call you expensive in front of the owner, the villain's surname is Xu, and there are more than one word in a single name!" ”

"Many ......" Ling Yun said to himself: "Many, this name is interesting, and I don't know what it is?" ”

With just a slight thought, Ling Yun said to many: "In the future, you will assist Uncle Ma in managing the Huangzhuang, it is up to you to plant the land or not, as long as you do your best, I will give you one or two hard-earned money every month." ”

When many people heard it, they couldn't believe their ears, and they couldn't imagine that they would have such a day, which was like a huge pie falling from the sky and hitting his head.

Without any hesitation, many hurriedly knelt down on the ground and said: "The villain thanks the owner for his great kindness, and he will do his best to serve the owner in the future." ”

Ling Yun hurriedly helped the old man up; "Uncle Xu, hurry up......"

After helping the old man, Ling Yun looked at the people present again: "There is one last thing to announce, today I will set a reward, but whoever digs water from a well will be rewarded with ten taels of silver, if the first person to dig out the water will be rewarded with twenty taels of silver, as long as he sees the water coming out of the well, he will offer a silver reward on the spot, but there is one point, you must not delay the spring ploughing in order to dig the well, as for the problem of ploughing cattle, it will be sent to Huangzhuang within three days, if you think there is anything wrong with all this I have set?" I can bring it up now, and I'll make changes as long as it makes sense. ”

But in the scene, there was no one who Ling Yun imagined coming out to say anything? Instead, they all knelt on the ground with a "hula", and kowtowed to Lingyun with joy and thanked: "The owner is merciful, we have no objection......

"The owner is very kind, and the villain is unforgettable......

……

After everyone stood up after thanking them and thanking them, Ling Yun slowly raised his hand and pressed it: "I have some official business to go out tomorrow, if you need anything?" You can go directly to Uncle Xu and Uncle Ma. ”

"The words of the owner, the villain takes it to heart......"

Looking at the expressions of the people present, Ling Yun nodded and smiled slightly: "Okay, it's not early, let's go back and rest early!" ”

After everyone thanked Ling Yun for their kindness, they slowly left the threshing floor.

Looking at the slowly departing crowd, Ling Yun felt that he was in a much more relaxed mood, and when he looked at the sky again, the sky was already gradually darkening.

Many saw that it was getting late, so they stepped forward and said: "Boss, it's getting late, it's better to stay at the villain's house for a while, and it's not too late to enter the city early tomorrow morning." ”

Ling Yun smiled and waved his hand, "Uncle Xu should also go back and prepare earlier!" I still have something to do when I get back to the city, so I won't stay here today! ”

……

Out of the Huangzhuang, when Lingyun and Ma Chunfeng galloped onto the official road, it was already nightfall, and on the entire official road, only the sound of two people's horses' hooves floated back and forth, and the horse's hooves rolled up the dust in the sky.

Just when Lingyun and Ma Chunfeng galloped.

"Whoosh"

I only heard the sound of the bowstring, the sound of arrows cutting through the air came, and an arrow went straight to the door of Lingyunmian.