After the incident of Qin Tie's family, the people in the village also knew how powerful Qin Shu was, and no one came to trouble Qin Shu anymore, even when Li Zheng saw the people in Qin Shu's family, they were all polite.

Li Zheng's own brother, originally in the county as a scribe, is very important, this is also one of the reasons why Li Zheng's family has a transcendent status in the village, and now his second brother was unfortunately injured when Wang Shunyi captured the county seat, although he barely saved a life, the whole person was also abolished, and the rest of his life had to be spent in bed, and the errand in the yamen was naturally gone.

Li Zheng also has to clamp his tail and be a man.

General Song also returned to Beijing on the same day, and he would not interfere too much in the affairs of Changping County, but the original chief secretary of Changping County, temporarily acting as the county commander.

That's the end of the matter for now.

As for Rich Liu's accusations against himself, there is no need for Qin Shu to avenge himself, because they have already reaped the consequences.

After Wang Shunyi occupied the county seat, he immediately emptied the granaries of several rich people, and Liu Caizhu was one of them. Because he has thousands of subordinates to support, and if he wants to expand the army to do a business, he must have food, and he will not rob the poor people, but he will not show mercy to these old rich men.

People like Wang Shunyi, who were born in poor families, are also very hateful to the rich, and the peasant army under his command is also from poor people, and they also hate the rich, not to mention that most of the rich people are unkind to the rich and die innocently.

Rich Liu's wife Qian is a dime a dime crooge, robbing her family's grain, just want her life, how could Qian obediently hand over the grain, as a result of the conflict with the rebel army, in the end, Liu Caizhu's family was killed, the family's land was also taken back by the county government, and later sold to another rich man.

In this way, Wang Shunyi was still kind to Qin Shu, but unfortunately, after he was arrested, he slandered Qin Shu for killing Zhou County's family, and this kindness was offset.

It's useless to bother with that now, after all, people are dead.

Qin Shu's days gradually returned to calm.

Time flowed quietly in the dull days, and soon, the spring passed, ushered in the scorching summer, and ushered in the wheat harvest, but this year's rain was slightly more than in previous years, and the people's harvest was affected a little, but it was not bad. Although there was not much food left after paying taxes and rent, it was barely enough to eat.

This was also a common occurrence in previous years, and it did not attract too many people's attention except for a few people who were somewhat worried.

There was more rain here than usual, but there was a drought in the north, and some people could not even eat, and it is said that there were riots in the north one after another, but each time they were quickly suppressed by the imperial court.

The news in the countryside is a little blocked, but since the last incident, Qin Shu has been a little more vigilant in her heart, every once in a while, she will always go to the county seat, or even the capital city, to inquire about the situation outside and the capital, and learned that Song Liangxiu is safe and sound, and the people in the capital have not come to look for trouble, Qin Shu finally let go.

Then, he began to speed up the purchase of food, and by the way, he bought daily necessities. However, she is also very careful when buying grain, the amount of grain she buys each time is not large, and she changes places at a time, and she also buys a lot of salt.

Qin Shu bought private salt after the makeover, and the private salt is much cheaper than the official salt, because of the drought in the north, the grain is much more expensive than in the past. Most of the silver in Qin Shu's hand has already gone, so he has to save some money.

Qin Shu did all this quietly, and never bought food around, and after buying it, he put it in the warehouse of the space, and in the granary of the family, only the food they were going to eat now was stored.

When Qin Shu still went to Fucheng, she sold two sets of glass tea sets at a very high price, as well as a few mirrors, and the silver in her purse was puffed up again.

These things are not worth much in modern times, but they are extremely valuable treasures at this time, not to mention, there are still a lot of them in Qin Shu's space, and they don't feel distressed if they are sold.

space, Qin Shu also made full use of it, although there are only three acres of land that can be used, but the land is extremely fertile, the maturity rate is fast, the yield is high, Qin Shu has convenient tools in hand, harvesting grain is much more convenient than at this time, but even so, she is very tired, and she needs to do it by herself to plant and harvest.

And you can't do it during the day, and you have to sneak in at night to farm.

Fortunately, there is no need to fertilize, and it is more convenient to water the ground, as long as you find the outside water source and put your hand into it, you can water the land of the space, which will be mixed with a bucket of well water.

Thanks to the fact that she bought some agricultural books, some farming experience, and surrounded by croppers, she was able to observe the stealing of teachers and farming with her own eyes, but nothing went wrong.

She kept the grain she grew separately from the grain she bought from outside, and she was not going to take it out until she had to do so. And if you use the food grown in the space to grow food, the food you grow will be better.

Growing crops is indeed hard work, and every day is tiring, but as long as you rest in the space for two hours, you will soon recover.

Qin Shu has also been deliberately taking care of her hands, and because of the space, her hands are still white and tender, not even a calloon, and they don't look like a martial artist's hands at all, Qin Shu is very satisfied with this.

finally got a young and healthy skin, not as scarred as in her previous life, Qin Shu has always cherished it in her heart.

Because of the lack of family affairs, Zhao Li was a farmer who couldn't be idle, and after obtaining Qin Shu's consent, he opened two acres of land outside the yard, intending to farm.

As a result, in the second year, there was more rain than last year, and the harvest in the fields was even worse than last year, not to mention the barren fields opened by Zhao Li.

Zhao Li felt distressed when he thought about it.

That's all he has, let alone the people.

Nowadays, most people

Nowadays, most people's lives are already very difficult, and now there are more and more people who go to the mountains every day to find wild vegetables, but they can get by tightening their belts and staying up, at least they still have a stutter, which is much better than those in the north who don't even have the bark to eat.

As long as you survive the year, you will be fine. The people are pinning their hopes on the coming year to bring everyone a good harvest.

I don't know when the people believed in Maitreya, and every household worshiped Maitreya Buddha.

On the fifteenth day of the first month of each month, people gather to burn incense and pray, and preach Buddhism, and as the life of the common people becomes more and more difficult, more and more people join the religion.

Maitreya advocates vegetarian burial, a family has a problem, the people of the same religion work together, have money to contribute, and have the power to contribute, they believe that Maitreya Buddha will come to rescue them, rule the world, and build them a rich and stable, no disaster world.

Among the villagers of Xiaoqinzhuang, many people have joined the Maitreya Sect.

And Qin Shu saw that Zhao Sheng and Aunt Ou were in a panic, and from this year onwards, she asked the two of them to join the army of martial arts.

It's just a simple exercise, after all, they are not young, and it is impossible to practice anything famous, but it is still okay for them to protect themselves.

In addition, Qin Shu also instructed Zhao Li to make a few simple bows and arrows and taught them archery.

At first, they didn't want to learn, but after Qin Shu talked to them, they became active, and the tasks assigned by Qin Shu were completed very seriously, and they would get up every morning to practice, and after completing the tasks, they would do things.

In order not to delay their work, they got up more than half an hour earlier than usual.

After practicing for half a year, the spirit of Zhao Li and his wife has been very different, with their heads held high, their eyes firm and bright, and the whole person is a little more sharp than before. And they have become more respectful and obedient to Qin Shu.

And You'an also officially entered the school in the county town from this year, because he couldn't learn anything in the village school.

The school in the county can be accommodated, but You'an still insists on coming back every day, and Zhao Li will drive to and from school every day.

In the third year, under the expectation of the common people, God finally opened his eyes and spared the miserable peasants, and this year's harvest was finally slightly better than the previous two years, allowing the people to breathe.

Everyone thought that the disaster had passed and that good days were coming, but who knows, just after a little harvest, heavy taxes are coming again.

The little grain that had just been beaten down was almost all forcibly taken away by the imperial court.

The people still have nothing to eat, they can only eat some grass roots and bark to fill their stomachs, even Guanyin soil, more and more children are sold and their daughters are sold, and several riots have occurred in various parts of the country, and the government cannot suppress them at all.

Dayan has begun to appear chaotic.

Even the small village of Xiaoqinzhuang is a little unstable, hungry people, homeless people, and robbers can be seen everywhere, and it has long been quiet and peaceful as it was a few years ago.

The twelfth year of Yuanguang, summer.

This year's summer was exceptionally hot, and the sun scorched the earth like a fireball.

At the foot of Xiaonan Mountain, there are two large ice basins in the west room of the Qin family's main house, and Qin Shu and You'an are talking.

The ice in their house is made of saltpeter themselves. When Qin Shu went out last year, he found a saltpeter mine, and Qin Shu had a lot of them mined and then stored it, so there was no shortage of ice at home.

At this time, more than five years have passed since Wang Shunyi's uprising, and You'an is almost sixteen.

He was not too handsome, but he was tall, with a majestic look, and much calmer than a teenager of the same age, and he looked extremely powerful.

He doesn't go to the county school anymore, because it's too chaotic outside, and the county school can't go on, not to mention, he has been studying in the county for almost three years, and he has learned everything he should learn, so it's okay if he doesn't go.

Qin Shu's family is no longer what it was a few years ago, three years ago, Qin Shu began to collect some homeless people in a planned way, give them food and shelter, and let them practice martial arts every day.

These people are relatively young, healthy, and their hearts are all passable, most of them have no family drag, and most of them have some specialties and abilities, or they have great potential, which makes Qin Shu look at it differently.

Yes, she intends to create an armed army of her own to guard her home and family.

Without manpower, just a few of them, it is far from possible to resist those hungry and crazy homeless.

You know, in the past two years, there were many homeless people who beat their family's idea, who made her family look less crowded and more wealthy, who didn't rob her?

When the number of people is small, Qin Shu is naturally not afraid, but there are too many people, Qin Shu can't cope with it, and there are many ants that bite and kill elephants.

Today, her family's bodyguard, to say the least, has 200 people. Including their families, there are about three hundred people.

This is already the limit, if there are too many people, she can't afford to raise them.

Xiao Nanshan has been requisitioned by Qin Shu for free, anyway, the government is too busy to take care of itself, and they don't have the heart to trouble her, they have to think twice about finding trouble now.

She used Xiaonanshan as her back garden and training ground, and even had some houses built on the mountain and terraced fields.

The soil quality of Xiaonan Mountain is not bad, and there is a water source, so it is still possible to cultivate some terraced fields on the sunny slope. These guards and their families take good care of these fields.

Some houses were also built around the Qin family for people to live in, and some traps were set up around them to protect the Qin family closely.

With this escort army, no one will trouble Qin Shu anymore.

At the beginning, it was Qin Shu who personally trained these people, and later, they were taken over by You'an. Although he is young, he is born with leadership skills and does better than Qin Shu, and those people are very convinced of him.

Now, Qin Shu was reading a letter.

The letter was written by Zhou Danian.

Zhou Danian is literate, though

years of literacy, although the writing is not good, but also looks very upright.

The content of this letter made Qin Shu a little worried.

In the past few years, Qin Shu has never broken contact with the Zhou family.

The Zhou family would come to the Qin family once a year as a guest, and Zhou Zhen'er's brothers and sisters even lived in the Qin family for a while, and Qin Shu also took You'an to their house. Gifts are also given to each other during the New Year's holidays, and occasionally there are letters to contact.

If it weren't for the fact that there had been a lot of peace in the past few years, they might have been more close.

However, since Qin Shu raised the escort team with wealth and added horses, the communication between the two families has become more and more diligent.

In the past few years, Zhou Danian and his wife have not mentioned the marriage of Zhou Zhen'er and You'an, and Zhen'er has also become older and shy, and she is not as sticky to You'an as she was before, so Qin Shu thought that they had forgotten about it, but she didn't expect that now, Zhou Danian brought it up again.

Now that Zhou Zhen'er is almost eighteen years old, she really can't delay, and Zhen'er is not You'an and doesn't marry, so Zhou Danian asked Qin Shu what he planned to do?

This is already forced marriage in disguise.

After Qin Shu saw it, she suddenly had a headache, so she hurriedly asked You'an to come over and discuss it and ask him what he meant.

Although she felt that You'an was still young and not in a hurry, Zhou Zhen'er was indeed a big girl, and she couldn't delay others in vain, and she had to make it clear whether she married or not.

Qin Shu handed the letter to You'an, and when he finished reading it, he asked, "You'an, what do you ......mean?"

After reading it, You'an put the letter on the kang table, looked at Qin Shu calmly, and said seriously: "I listen to my mother, my mother asked me to marry, and I will marry." ”

Qin Shu knew that he would say this, she sighed and said, "How can this be done?" This is your own happiness, and I want you to marry a woman with whom you are in love. ”

You'an doesn't care, anyway, for him, marrying anyone is the same.

For Zhou Zhen'er, he doesn't hate it.

Because she is good-looking, she will make this and send that to him, but she is a little too clingy, which makes him a little less like.

Moreover, she is too simple and stupid, she can't even cook well, if he marries her, can she take care of her mother? Will she be able to take care of a home?

He hopes that his future partner will be a smart, calm woman who can reassure him.

Obviously, Zhou Zhener can't do a little.

Thinking of this, You'an said: "Mother, I don't think Miss Zhou is suitable for me, you still help me push this family business!" ”

When Qin Shu heard this, she felt a little regretful and pity in her heart, but she was also slightly relieved.

To be honest, Zhou Zhen'er is good, and she likes her simple temperament, but she is really not compatible with You'an.

If You'an likes her, she can also accept her as her daughter-in-law. If You'an didn't like her, she wouldn't force him to marry Zhou Zhen'er.

What's more, although You'an looks mature, he is actually less than sixteen, and she really hopes that he will delay marrying for another two years. And Zhou Zhener can't afford to wait.

"I can help you push this family business. Have you figured it out, though? Won't you regret it? Qin Shu asked again.

You'an nodded without the slightest hesitation and said, "Mother, I think about it, and I won't regret it." ”

"Alright then!" After Qin Shu finished speaking, she immediately wrote a reply letter with a pen, and rejected this family business very euphemistically.

After finishing writing, Qin Shu shouted outside the door: "Sun Tianlai, come in!" ”

Then, as soon as the curtain was lifted, a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy with a thin figure and a clever eye walked in.

After he came in, he first glanced at You'an, and then respectfully clasped his fists and saluted Qin Shu: "Madam, are you looking for me?" ”

Sun Tianlai's name was Sun Erle, but later Qin Shu didn't sound good, so he changed his name to his current name.

He is very clever and capable, and his kung fu is also good, and he is also the first group of people to follow Qin Shu, and Qin Shu also trusts and respects him.

He also has a fifteen-year-old sister named Sun Xiaohong, and now, he is following Aunt Ou.

If Madame was the only one there, he would definitely not be so presumptuous, but who let the young master be here, in front of him, he would not dare to be presumptuous. If he is too close to his wife, he will be hated by the young master.

"Send this letter to the Zhou family in Xiniu Village, and you will deliver it in person." Qin Shu commanded.

"Yes." Sun Tianlai stepped forward and took the envelope with both hands, then turned around and went out.

You'an saw that he was so interested, and he was very satisfied, and when he went out, he sat on the kang next to Qin Shu, grabbed her shoulders and shook it gently, as if coquettishly said: "Mother, the pair of shoes you made for me before are worn out, can you help me make another pair?" ”

Qin Shu looked at him in surprise and said, "Didn't Aunt Ou just make a pair for you?" ”

You'an said without blinking: "Aunt Ou is not as good as what her mother does, and her mother's shoes are the most comfortable to wear." ”

Immediately, he said with a little grievance: "My mother hasn't made shoes for me for a long time." ”

Although she knew that You'an might be coaxing herself to be happy, Qin Shu was still very happy, and besides, You'an was telling the truth, she also felt a little guilty in her heart, and hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, it's okay for the next two days anyway, I'll make you a pair." ”

"Mother, you are so good to me, thank you, mother!" Youan said happily.

"Thank you, I'm not good to you, I'm good to anyone." Qin Shu said.

You'an suddenly smirked.

At this time, You'an suddenly heard two rings on the door panel outside, and he knew that it was Zhao Sheng calling him.

Qin Shu also knew their small movements, and said with a smile: "Okay, I'm fine here, you can go!" ”

"Mother, then I'll go first." You'an knew that Zhao Sheng would not disturb his mother for no reason, so he said a word, and got up and walked out quickly.

After Qin Shu saw him go out, she took it out and put it aside

I took out the ledger that was placed aside and looked at it.

In the past few years, even if it is difficult, the food stored in the space, she has not moved, and used the food that was bought later, fortunately, God has been able to do it in the past two years, although it is not said that the wind and rain are smooth, but it is not too bad, and there is still a harvest in the field.

It's just that the taxes of the imperial court are too heavy, and they are simply intensified, exploiting layer after layer, and almost giving people no way to live, which can really be regarded as the government forcing the people to rebel.

In fact, it can also be seen from here that the finances of the imperial court are already stretched. What's more, she also heard that the queen mother in the palace is still building a palace annex, which has been several years and has not been completed.

And I heard that the Empress Dowager Zhou has always been extravagant and extravagant, which can be called a spendthrift, and her daughter Lanyang Eldest Princess is also doing the same.

Up and down, the people below are also extravagant, compare with each other, build a garden today, build a garden tomorrow, see who is better.

However, in the past few years, the harvest was not good, and the taxes could not be collected, but now that the harvest has just been obtained, of course, the imperial court has tried its best to loot the people's fat and ointment.

Now that the little emperor is seventeen years old, when it is time to marry a wife, it is said that the Empress Dowager Zhou is planning to choose a concubine for the little emperor! Maybe it will be a waste of money and labor.

Since the common people are too hungry to eat, where does the food come from?

Naturally, they have to "borrow" grain from large households.

Nowadays, the land annexation is strict, and the vast majority of the land is in the hands of those nobles or squires and landlords, and the family property is at least tens of thousands of hectares, most of them do not pay taxes, they are the privileged class, they are so rich that they do not borrow from them, where do they borrow grain.

In addition to Qin Shu buying grain at the beginning, after having manpower, Qin Shu went to lead people to "borrow" grain, and when it was hot, he needed to disguise himself, such as disguised as a robber and bandit.

Now they have terraced rice fields on the hills, which can temporarily alleviate the food crisis.

As for taxes, who cares about him?

After Qin Youan came out, he looked at Zhao Sheng.

Zhao Sheng was slightly shorter than Qin You'an, but he looked stronger, and his force value was even higher than Qin You'an's.

He is a martial arts idiot, when he sees a person with strong martial arts, he likes to communicate with others, and after the competition, his martial arts will always improve a little, and now his martial arts can almost be regarded as the top among everyone.

But what he values the most is Qin Youan, and even his parents have to be a little behind.

Seeing that the young master looked at him with some displeasure, Zhao Sheng hurriedly said: "Young master, the matter has been found out, what happened that day is not a coincidence, but there is really a force investigating a person named 'Gou Yu'." ”

"Oh?" You'an instantly narrowed his eyes, and a murderous aura flashed in his eyes, "What are they doing with the 'dog leftovers'?" Who are they? ”

Zhao Sheng said with a solemn expression: "They seem to attach great importance to the 'dog leftovers', and they have been checking for more than a year and have not given up, and they are checking in the surrounding counties, focusing on our Changping County, and they are also specifically checking in the homeless people, and the fifteen or sixteen-year-old teenagers are their key observation objects." They don't know who they are, but what is certain is that they don't seem to be well manned and powerful. ”

Otherwise, they would not be looking for someone in a veiled way, but in a big way.

Youan nodded expressionlessly.

Last time, when he took people to the county seat, he met a group of people who were investigating a person named "Dog Leftover", and You'an suddenly got interested and sent someone to investigate the matter secretly.

Hearing these news, I don't know why, Youan suddenly had a strong feeling that he felt that the other party might be investigating him.

After pondering for a while, You'an commanded in a deep voice: "Catch them, interrogate them properly, I want to know who is looking for the 'dog leftovers'." ”

"Yes!" Zhao Sheng responded.

Zhao Sheng is one of You'an's most relied on and trusted people, and he has more than 20 people under him, who are not only responsible for his safety, but also responsible for criminal law, investigation, and interrogation.

Don't look at his honest appearance, he is not soft at all when he starts, and he will never show favoritism, and resolutely carry out You'an's orders. Therefore, among those guards, Zhao Sheng has always been known as the "black-faced Yama", which makes people retreat.

……

Sun Tianlai took Qin Shu's handwritten letter and hurriedly went to Xiniu Village.

Because when they set off, it was almost noon, and before dark, they rushed to Zhou's house.

At this time, the Zhou family was about to eat, and when they saw Sun Tianlai coming, they were a little surprised at first, and then they knew it and warmly invited him in to eat.

They had been to Qin's house a few times and knew that Sun Tianlai was very highly regarded by Qin Shu.

"Don't be busy, Uncle Zhou, I'm here to deliver a letter for my wife." Sun Tianlai said with a smile as he took out the letter from his chest, handed it to Zhou Danian with both hands, and handed the gift that Qin Shu asked him to bring to Wen.

Zhou Danian took it with some excitement, asked people to light an oil lamp, unfolded the letter, and read it.

After reading it, Zhou Danian's expression changed a little, and after a long time, he sighed deeply.

"What's wrong?" Seeing this, Wen hurriedly asked.

"It's nothing, it's just a simple greeting, let's eat!" Zhou Danian hid the letter in his arms and said lightly.

Although Wen felt that something was wrong, Sun Tianlai was still there, and a pair of children and Zhou Ming's daughter-in-law Song were also staring, and she suddenly thought of that incident in her heart, so she stopped asking.

Zhou Zhen'er was also very curious, but she didn't speak when she rolled her eyes. Because Sun Tianlai came, he added another pair of bowls and chopsticks.

Zhou Da's chronology is very normal, and he keeps greeting Sun Tianlai at the dinner table, and after eating, he leaves Sun Tianlai in the guest room for one night.

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