The old village chief's fears were justified.

The basis of the government and military system implemented in the early Tang Dynasty was the equalization of land system, which was characterized by the state holding a large amount of land, distributing it to the peasants according to their military merits, and the peasants handed over taxes directly to the state. Only when the peasants' livelihood is solved can the state have the conditions to implement the government and military system that integrates soldiers and peasants.

Relying on the military system, the Sui Dynasty and the early Tang Dynasty won a series of brilliant victories in foreign wars.

However, with the development of social and economic development, land annexation has emerged and become more and more serious, and the soil for the survival of the government and military system has deteriorated greatly. A large number of peasants lost their land and were forced to depend on the landlords, and their lives became increasingly difficult, the public land controlled by the state gradually became private land controlled by large and small landlords, and the system of equalizing land on which the government and military system depended for its survival gradually collapsed, and the government and military system could no longer be sustained.

In the Kaiyuan period, there was a situation where some military offices had no soldiers to adjust, and the recruitment system came into being.

The conscription system means that the state recruits professional soldiers, provides military pay and equipment, and recruits soldiers are trained by specialized officers, serve in the military for a long time, and perform combat missions.

Government soldiers like Lin Geng are basically recruits.

But not everyone is willing to serve as a soldier and win an illusory future from birth to death, so forced conscription is inevitable.

Like the cottage in front of me, the villagers have lived in the mountains since they were children, climbing mountains and wading through rivers like walking on flat ground, and they are excellent sources of soldiers, so every time Zhichong Mansion recruits soldiers, they will come to draw Ding, resulting in fewer and fewer young people. Due to the continuous use of troops by the imperial court against Tibet and the Southern Barbarians in recent years, the damage was huge, although the imperial court would also give some compensation, but gradually formed a situation of many orphans and widows, and was full of fear of the government's continuous recruitment.

Lieutenant Hu came to Yang Yun's side and reminded in a low voice: "If Xiao Zhenren wants to find someone, just take it away, it's useless to reason with these rural villagers, you have to give them benefits, and wait until you find someone...... If it's inconvenient for a real person, let me come forward. ”

Yang Yun thought to himself: "It's impossible to rob people openly, so you have to compensate for it...... But everything can only wait until I see the girl who can open the portal. ”

Yang Yun bowed his head: "Everything will bother County Lieutenant Hu." ”

There is Hu County Lieutenant stepped forward to "communicate", and sure enough, things went a lot smoother, although Yang Yun brought not many people, but they were all government soldiers with real knives and guns and had undergone strict military training, and the gate of the village was destroyed by Yang Yun, and they were not even qualified to defend it, and the people in the village did not dare to go against the government at all.

The people of the village soon surrendered to the obscenity of the county lieutenant Hu and made promises.

When Yang Yun said the characteristics of the person he was looking for, the old man was embarrassed: "Official, it's not that the little old man refuses to hand over people, it's just that there are too many little girls in the village, plus there is a lack of food and clothing, so she rarely goes out on weekdays...... I really don't know who you're looking for. ”

Hu Xianwei said proudly: "Then bring all the girls who meet the characteristics, please take a look." ”

"Okay."

The old man immediately went to make arrangements.

After about half an hour, people were brought over, and more than a dozen pairs of eligible little sisters appeared in front of Yang Yun.

Yang Yun first observed these girls roughly, and then he had a number in his heart.

"Although these girls are also in tattered clothes, they basically have clothes to cover their bodies, although they have vegetables on their faces, but they are still in good spirits, and they have not reached the point where they can't eat a mouthful of food for a few days."

Immediately, he used his spiritual power to investigate, and sure enough, as expected, none of these girls had energy fluctuations that could resonate with his spiritual power, and then shook his head.

Lieutenant Hu scolded in annoyance: "Okay, you are a bad old man, even the government dares to tease?" Do you know that as long as I go back and deliver an official letter to the Mianzhu County Ya, your village will be razed to the ground? ”

The old man hurriedly argued: "The official can take anyone away, in fact, as long as they are rewarded with a mouthful of food, they can take them all away...... Where does the little old man dare to play with you? ”

Hu County Lieutenant said angrily: "You are here to pick a maid as an official? I don't want this girl from the backwoods to give it to me! If it weren't for the real person who wanted to find someone, and it was a matter of heaven, this official would never have come to this place in his life. ”

Only then did Yang Yun understand the intentions of the villagers.

"When they heard that the government was looking for girls, they thought that they were selecting slaves and maids for which officials, so they pondered the selection of girls with better looks and conditions, so as to satisfy the government and let these children have a brighter future, otherwise they would be covered in dust if they nested in this ravine."

Yang Yun said: "The people I'm looking for are in a much worse situation than them, often without food for several days, and may even be unclothed...... Think about it, is there such a girl in the village...... Don't worry, maybe they have been forgotten by you somewhere, but they must exist. ”

The old man asked in surprise, "How is this possible?" ”

Yang Yun looked at the old man's reaction, and said in his heart: "The old guy is old and fine, and he calculated that I have never met the girl in this village, thinking that I have no exact goal, so I still want to find a way out for the girl with a relatively good family in the village." ”

"Why so much nonsense? The real mana is all over the sky, and he uses the immortal method to calculate that people are here with you, how can he make a mistake? Hu County Lieutenant was furious, and after a day and a night, he was already impatient, and said violently: "If you don't hand over people, this official will burn your village with a fire." ”

The old man was so frightened that his face turned pale, and at this time a teenage girl came over next to him, and whispered a few words to him, the old man patted his forehead, and said to Yang Yun: "The old man just remembered that there is a shack in the north of the village, and there seems to be someone living in it, but this family has no strong men, and I saw a girl come out to beg for food half a month ago, and then I didn't see anyone again, I thought I escaped from the village to make a living...... As a result, Chunni said that she saw smoke coming from there last night......"

County Lieutenant Hu grabbed the old man's collar and said, "Why didn't you say it earlier?" Can you know that this official has an errand of moderation? Where is there so much spare time here to chat with you? Lead the way! ”

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Although it was late at night, all the people in the village were alarmed, but except for the old man who led the way, the rest of the people did not dare to approach.

The government's deterrent effect on them was so strong that they were so afraid that these officers and soldiers were here to draw their soldiers, so that every family hid their men and even boys, and only the women went out to see the situation.

Under the light of the torches, the old man led the group to the thatched hut on the north side of the village with the back of the cliff.

It was said to be a thatched hut, but in fact it was only a thatched hut, half of which had collapsed, and before it was approached, a foul smell came from inside.

For Yang Yun, the smell was unusually pungent, but for the people in the village, it was not strange.

"Every family in the village is poorer than the other, and when they get sick, they can't get a doctor, and many people dragging it and dying, but the children in the family don't know, so they still live together."

The old man explained, "There are so many fields in this village, but it has to feed too many people, and it all depends on God's food, and if the year is bad, people will starve to death." In the past, you could live by going up to the mountains to hunt for money, but now almost all the people in the village are orphans and widows, and there is no way to organize hunting. If the government draws again, there will be no strong labor in the village, and the whole village may have to move to the side. ”

Yang Yun used his spiritual power to probe and found that there was a strange energy fluctuation in the room.

Yang Yun bowed: "This is it." ”

Lieutenant Hu shouted, "What are you waiting for? Go in and see if there's anyone alive. ”

Lin Geng was about to enter the door with a torch to take a look, when a girl's voice came from inside: "Someone." ”

It was the voice of the girl who Yang Yun was familiar with who would open the space door.

Yang Yun didn't care about the others, and entered the thatched house under the light of the torch, only to see a pair of sisters hugging each other, hiding in the corner of the room, covered with tattered cloth, and not far from them, there was a bulging thing covered by thatch, and Yang Yun didn't need to be probed to know that it was a rotting corpse.

Finally found someone, but Yang Yun didn't know what to say, and County Lieutenant Hu said impatiently: "It's them, bring them out quickly." ”

Lin Geng and the others were about to go up to get people, but Yang Yun shouted: "Don't be rude." ”

Immediately Yang Yun walked over in person, under the light of the torch, Yang Yun saw the girl's face for the first time, although the face was dark, but it could be seen that the facial features were very delicate, but the age was not very old, but with a maturity that did not match the age, the eyes were bright, and the inner tenacity and strength were contained.

As for the younger sister in her arms, she was six or seven years old, and she was so frightened to see so many strangers that she buried her head in her sister's arms.

"I said I wanted to find you, and the hard work paid off, and we finally met." Yang Yun stretched out his hand to show his friendliness.

The girl snorted, "I'...... I just wanted to find something to eat for my sister......"

At this, she lowered her head in shame, tears sliding down her face, rolling out a white mark.

Hu Countywei, Lin Geng and others were completely confused.

The old man who was traveling with him was even more surprised, and from Yang Yun's words, he could tell that Yang Yun seemed to know this girl.

Yang Yun said: "Trouble Hu County Lieutenant and Brother Lin to help, bury her deceased relatives, put them in the ground, and then ask them to leave here, go to a clean place to rest for a while, and simply clean up and we will go back to Shifang." ”