On the third day of the first month of June, Situ Yan and his entourage entered Henan County, which had been occupied by the Wu army at this time, and those of them who fled from the north were only checked and did not stop more.

This time, Situ Yan directly lived in the largest inn in Henan County, and hoped that Wu Jin could send someone to find her. First marked outside the inn, this is to ask for three inferior rooms, although the inferior rooms are more comfortable than the average inn.

After lunch, Situ Yan didn't detain Li Dalang and them, and let him go to the street to have a look. Although the county seat of Henan has experienced a siege battle, the city wall has not been destroyed, and the city is still there, except for the more patrol soldiers on the street, it is not clear that there has been a big war here.

When Situ Yan arrived on the street, she first went to the Weiyuan Dart Bureau to take a look, saw that the door was locked, and inquired with the neighbors on the left and right. Even if he couldn't find Mr. Cai and Uncle Feng, Situ Yan had to go to Yaxing to inquire about the villages in the south of Henan County, and write them down one by one, and then go to the field to investigate when he has time, so as to choose a place to live.

And inquired about the news of Luoyang, as early as late May, Emperor Wei had been escorted to Luoyang to surrender to Wu. Now Emperor Wu has issued an order to move the capital to Luoyang and change the name of the capital to Luoyang. He also promulgated an intention to continue to use the name of Wu Guo to set the year of Dingqian, and the age of Dingqian was 23 years. It's just that the Luoyang City Gate is still being banned, and no one is allowed to enter or leave the city gate without the emperor's edict.

So Situ Yan didn't hear any news about Wu Jin and Wu De, and she also wanted to sneak into the county government several times, trying to get some news from Wu Junbing, but she didn't find a chance. Seeing that it was getting late, I was afraid that Li Dalang and the others would be in a hurry, so I went back to the inn first.

Early the next morning, as soon as it was dawn, Situ Yan had already gotten up and had breakfast first, and then he drove the donkey cart out of the city with Li Dalang, Li Aniu, Li Si, and Liangzi, and walked three villages in a row, but they didn't choose a suitable one.

These three villages were populous, and the village was clearly disliking them as refugees, and there were many verbal disputes, and although the land was fertile, it was not suitable for them to settle down.

Li Dalang was a little worried, and people lost their spirits, and when they were having lunch, Situ Yan had time to comfort him, "Big brother, don't worry, there are more than ten villages here at the south gate of Henan County, these three are not good, let's find something else, we will always meet the right one." ”

"I'm just afraid that those villages are stirring up trouble, and even the patriarch of that village nodded just now, but that village is dying and won't let us live!" As soon as Li Dalang remembered the village just now, he was angry in his heart.

"Big brother, don't take this matter to heart, this forest is big, there are no birds, and that kind of person is angry, you can't do it. If the eldest brother is worried, we will find a village without a village to settle down, we have just fought here, and we will definitely find it! Situ Yan's words made Li Dalang feel more confident, and after resting for more than half an hour, a few people drove the donkey cart on the road.

I found two more villages, and finally found one that satisfied Situ Yan and the four brothers of the Li family. The village is not called Fuxiang Village, because the land is not very fertile, so there were only about 30 households, and after the war, there are now less than 20 households left, and there are only 5 families left with only some women and children. Lian Cun was arrested to defend the city and died on the city wall, leaving only an old patriarch in charge.

The village was originally mixed, but only the surname Yang was the majority, so the patriarch was also surnamed Yang. Situ Yan told the truth about the identity and origin of his group, and showed Patriarch Yang the household books of several people.

Patriarch Yang is nearly seventy years old, and when he was a child, he also read and read, and he was very easy-going, seeing that Situ Yan and the others talked extraordinarily and had a sincere attitude, and he also learned that if he agreed, there would be four more families in the village at once, nearly fifteen people, and he was very happy.

After getting the quasi-letter, Situ Yan went around the village again, and learned through inquiry that the village was directly north of Luoyang City, and it would take nearly 3 hours to get on the post road donkey cart. The villagers buy and sell things, all of which go to the county seat of Henan, and rarely go to the capital.

I took a look at the fields to be planted in the village, and all the fields were in the south of the village, there were no high-grade fields, nearly 500 acres of medium-sized fields were vacant, and the others were low-grade fields. There is a mountain in the west of the village, but compared to the great wilderness mountain of Lijia Village, the mountain of this Fuxiang Village can only be regarded as a dirt bag. After a four-hour hike over the hill to the west of the village, there is another village. There is a small river in the north of the village, the river surface is not wide, in Situ Yan's opinion, it can only be regarded as a small stream. Situ Yan inquired that this small river has no water except in winter, and the river is abundant in spring, summer and autumn, at least there is no need to worry about draft. The east of the village is a small road paved with mud and stones, and most of the two sides are wasteland and woods, which are connected to the post road leading to Henan County and Luoyang City.

The geographical location is acceptable, 500 acres of medium land, take good care of it, it is 500 acres of high-grade land, they only have four families, and Situ Yan can buy another 100 acres for cultivation. When the inferior fields are waiting for the village to enter again, they can be nourished with more fertilizer, and they will become medium fields in a few years. As for the wasteland and woods outside the village, they happen to be natural barriers, and it was she who accidentally found the forest path hidden on the side of the post road, which found this village, and even Yaxing didn't know that there was such a small village here.

On the way back, Situ Yan had been thinking about the things that needed to be prepared to settle down, and it was much quieter than when she came.

Da Lang and the others are also thinking about their hearts, but Li Aniu and Li Si are chatting happily, compared to Situ Yan, who has crossed over, these two people are the real uprooters, and now they finally have a place to settle down, for them, it is more cherishing and joyful.

When I returned to the inn, I told the three brothers and a few aunts what I had heard, and the whole room was in tears of joy.

"Girl, this journey has made you worry a lot, now that there is a place to live, there is something in the future, you just have to speak!" Aunt Niu wiped her tears while pulling Situ Yan to read.

"That's right, Xiao Wu, since I met you and Da Lang, we haven't eaten enough and slept soundly all the way this day. Thank you, auntie! The fourth aunt also cried sadly, holding Situ Yan's hand and talking non-stop.

"Aunts, don't cry, don't let the people outside think that something is going on in our house! Along the way, the aunts helped me wash and cook and clean up the house, and I followed the aunts to enjoy happiness! Now that I can get this place to settle down, I can rest assured, and I finally live up to the trust of my uncles and aunts. ”

"You girl, it's always like this, it's clear that you're helping us, but you say it as if you owe us!" Aunt Niu was told by Situ Yan not to cry at this time, wiped the tears on her cheeks and joked.

"Although I have found a place now, there are still a lot of things to Zhang Luo, Ming'er Uncle Niu took Brother Shanwazi, Fourth Uncle took Brother Dogzi, and Brother Liangzi Let's go to the county government to settle the household."

"Little five, we are not in a hurry, we have to spend money to settle down, and it is not too late to do it when we save money."

"That's what happened! If you don't have a household book, you can't buy land and build a house, and when you go to Fuxiang Village, the uncles and aunts can't sleep in the wasteland? ”

"Isn't there a house in the village where no one lives, let's clean it up and settle it?"

"Since you plan to live for a long time, you can't settle down, Uncle Niu and Fourth Uncle don't have to worry about the silver, I will come out with the money to settle down and buy land!"

"That's not right, this pass through the city to live in the hotel didn't cost you less money, now that you have a place to live in peace, you can't spend your money anymore!"

"Let's talk about this when we go to the yamen tomorrow! I still don't know what this Wu State decree is, so that we don't let these outsiders settle down? ”

Li Aniu thought about it for a while, and also felt that it was this reason, so he stopped arguing.

Before going to bed at night, Situ Yan found Da Lang and Erlang, "The eldest brother and the second brother have already performed the crown ceremony and are already adults, I don't know if the brothers are going to fall on the same household book, or separate?" ”

"Little Five, we will never be separated for the rest of our lives!" Da Lang and Erlang spoke in unison, which made Situ Yan feel very comforted, and finally several people along the way did not centrifuge, but became closer.

"Well, I'm still an orphan and a child, and my brothers are on the same household book. At that time, I will still be remembered in the name of the eldest brother, raised by the eldest brother, and our family will have a yard and live together! ”

"Good!" Da Lang and Erlang listened to Xiao Mei's words, and they were very happy.

At the beginning of the next day, Situ Yan and his entourage went to Henan County, and there were Wu soldiers guarding the door. This Wu soldier got the benefit, so he was naturally a little polite, and asked Situ Yan and the others to wait at the door for a while, and he ran into the yamen to report.

Soon the new county magistrate recruited Situ Yan and his entourage, because they fled from Youzhou to here, and they were good registrations, which made things go very smoothly, each household paid 100 documents, directly registered as a "registration account", and gave five families a new household book, all of which fell in Fuxiang Village.

Li Aniu and the others still wanted to persuade them, but when they entered the yamen, where did they dare to raise their heads and say something, naturally Situ Yan said something, and they all just nodded. After receiving the new household register, except for Situ Yan, everyone else wiped their tears on the side.

But it was not the purpose of Situ Yan's trip to just make a household register, "Lord County Order, now that Fuxiang Village doesn't even have a village head, we don't know who to find if we want to buy land and build a house?" There is also the matter of renting official land, and I don't know who to discuss with? ”

This Henan county order was only admitted to the Jinshi when Wu Guoqiu was in the autumn last year, and he only took office yesterday, and he didn't know anything about the situation in the surrounding villages. According to the new decree, the garden homestead is 1 tael of silver per acre, and each of your households can get a hundred acres of land, and the orphaned and young households will be halved, and they will be returned if they die. No Buying or Selling. You can also open up wasteland for farming, as long as the cultivated wasteland is registered and registered, it will be exempted from taxation within three years, and after three years, pay taxes according to the mouth of the land, if you want to buy and sell, according to the medium field 5 taels of silver per mu. ”

"It's just that this matter of measuring the land is really difficult to do? Now that there is a shortage of manpower in the county office, I am afraid that you will have to wait a little longer! ”

"Lord County Commander, it is really a blessing for the people that you have asked for your life for the people like this, and you have done your best." The county commander who praised a few words waved his hand happily and shook his head.

Situ Yan saw that he could almost explain his intentions, "Now that the war has been calmed down, there is a lot to be done, not to mention the matter of a village, even in the county of the adult, it must be very busy, and the only literate person in Fuxiang Village is the patriarch Yang who is over seventy years old. My brother was enlightened when he was ten years old, and even books like "Liweng Rhyme" have been memorized by heart. ”

"Oh?" The county magistrate couldn't help but glance at Li Dalang, Situ Yan was able to speak like this in front of the county magistrate today, all because she was wearing a silk brocade suit, which also made the county magistrate unable to guess her origin for a while. Therefore, I didn't have too much curiosity about Situ Yan and his entourage being told by a little girl, after all, it was known from the clothes that these people were mainly this little girl.

In fact, at the beginning, the county magistrate thought that Li Dalang and these people were just the slaves of this girl, after all, these people had never spoken since they entered the door, and later realized that they were just villagers from the same village as this little girl. And this little girl is still an orphan and young family raised by this Li Zhi.

Now after looking at Li Zhi a few times, he asked a few simple exam questions, and saw that his speech was clear and organized, and he could even quote scriptures. It doesn't mean that it's just enlightenment as this girl said, I'm afraid that I have even read a few books and five classics.

In fact, I don't know this county order, if you want to talk about the Four Books and Five Classics, Li Dalang really hasn't read much, but Situ Yan gave them an example on the way to escape, but it is more memorable than reading dead books.

"Yes, yes! It's a rarity! It's just that the position of this village leader can't be drawn up just by a few words of examination from the official! Although the county magistrate admires Li Dalang, he can't let Situ Yan grant him a position with a few words.

"You are a parent official, and you are in charge of this matter." Situ Yan didn't understand, and while replying, she took out a silver dollar of ten taels from her cuff and handed it to the county order, and discussed with the county order in a suppressed voice, "We fled all the way from Liaodong County to here, and there are only these filial piety left on our bodies. ”

This county order has just taken office, and his appetite is not very large, and a silver ingot of ten taels has been more than he expected, of course, he is happy to do it, "This official will give Li Zhi a 'registration account', and then report it to the ministry level by level when the 'small case is compared'." Later, the master will tell you about the responsibilities of the village. ”

"Thank you, Master Chengful!" Situ Yan pulled Li Dalang and saluted the county magistrate with him.

Out of the study room of the county office, the master took him to the hall on the west side, and Situ Yan knew that there were really a lot of things that a village was in charge of. The only advantage is that the fertile land under his household is exempt from taxation, and he does not have to serve. It's just that this village is not always responsible, and he will resign after the age of fifty. And if the village is less than ten households, it will be subordinated to the big village, and no other village will be placed. Only villages with 10 households and less than 100 households will be placed in the village. If there are more than 100 households in the village, one person will be added to the village. ”

For these decrees, Situ Yan is most happy to be exempted from military service, although there is no silver, but their family has 100 acres of fertile land without paying taxes, although there is no silver, it is much better than the life of the village in the Wei State, and she no longer has to worry about Li Dalang going to serve.

And as long as Erlang takes the money to "pass the change" here, there should be nothing to do, and when San Lang and Shiro become Ding, she will take the test again, and she will no longer have any worries about the four brothers of the Li family.