"We only need to eat in one bite, and we don't have to ask too much! Go to the field every day of the year, every day, never stop, in exchange for a sentence that this year's grain harvest is not enough, and there is no surplus grain for you. ”

Lu Zifei looked up to the sky and sighed, they really annihilated human nature, and the Gao family was just a drop in the ocean among those people in the Great Song Dynasty, how could people be like this, their status was noble, but their lives were equal.

"Uncle, this is where the tenants of my Zhuangzi live, it may be a little cramped, you settle down first, and then build a house for yourself when you have enough energy, as long as you are diligent in the Zhuangzi, it is not a problem to eat well."

A few older old people were in tears, and what happened to them in Luoyang City made them disheartened, feeling that the crows in the world were all generally black, even if they met Lu Zifei, they didn't believe that anyone would be so good to them for no reason.

I knew that a child was holding a bowl, put a big piece of fat meat on it to his mouth and said, "Grandpa, you eat, this is meat, Niuniu just ate a piece, it's so fragrant." The little girl resisted her desire to eat, she knew that her parents did not know whether they were alive or dead, and this old man who was not related by blood raised her, and the children of peasant families were sensible very early.

He believed it, believed that it was true, and more than thirty people instantly knelt on the ground, "Master Hou, you are a good person, we are penniless, we can't afford to pay it back!" That's all that's left for the old life. ”

Lu Zifei didn't think about it, hurriedly pulled everyone up, and said with a smile: "Don't kneel down at every turn, I don't like this, you owe it first if you don't have money, I'm not in a hurry." ”

Sure enough, someone's face changed, this young Hou Ye, like the Gao family, is the master who eats people and does not spit out bones, forget it, it is better to have a full meal than to starve to death, who let them be born without a noble family?

The yacha who followed Lu Zifei dealt with the people in the village all day long, and he knew what these people were thinking when he looked at their expressions, and he scolded: "You don't think that the Hou Ye asked you to sign the deed of sale!" Then you really think of yourself. ”

"Isn't it?"

Yacha said: "Lujia Zhuangzi is in Luoyang, you go and inquire casually, as long as Hou Ye shouts that Zhuangzi wants tenants, who doesn't want to come to Luoyang's farmers, if there is a chance, I would rather go to Lujia Zhuangzi to be a nursing home, and when you meet Hou Ye and say ugly words, it is your shit luck." ”

Lu Zifei said with a smile: "Uncle and everyone can live in peace of mind, you can move freely in this area, as long as you don't go to the back mountain on Zhuangzi, there is a military camp, and those people are not very reasonable." ”

After confirming that Lu Zifei had no ill will towards them, a group of people wanted to kneel down again, but Lu Zifei stopped them again, and the old man said: "We are all good at farming, the Hou Ye's family has land, and we will help you plant it." ”

Lu Zifei called a steward and asked: "There are more than 1,000 acres of land in Zhuangzi, Xu Da went to the capital, the old Xu Tou is old, it is better for you to stay." ”

Then he said to the steward, "Let each of them be given some land, according to the old custom, and then they will take charge of our crop." ”

The steward didn't think much about it, but said suspiciously: "Master, the crops in our field are all new, and they don't know if they can serve them." ”

The old man said: "Don't worry, this steward, as long as it is a crop, we can all plant it, and we have dealt with crops for a lifetime, but nothing else, we have confidence in planting crops." ”

The steward said: "It's good to have faith, but you still have to study first, after eating, I will take you to see the livestock, and in the future, you can also use the livestock on the village for your own land, but the feeding will be handed over to you." ”

The old man asked, "What do you mean by dividing the land?" ”

The steward said: "It means that Zhuangzi does not sign a contract with you, you and Zhuangzi belong to an employment relationship, Zhuangzi will give you a few acres of land per person, and the grain produced in the field also belongs to you, what you have to do is to plant the remaining land on Zhuangzi for the head of the family, understand?" ”

"Really fake"

"Sounds like it's true"

"I have my own land"

Lu Zifei explained: "More than a thousand acres of land sounds like a lot, but you don't have to be afraid, there are a lot of livestock on Zhuangzi, as for how many, I don't know, you go to see for yourself, if you want, you stay, think about it, look for this person." Lu Zifei stretched out his hand and pointed at the steward.

"Master Hou, I'll just confirm again, don't you want a single grain of grain from the owner's family in our own field?"

Lu Zifei said with a smile: "As long as it is in your land, all of it is yours, of course, if someone secretly stretches out his hand to you, you can go directly to Zhuangzi to denounce him, this kind of thing is specially managed by someone in the house." ”

After Lu Zifei left, the steward said: "It is your blessing to come to Lujia Zhuangzi, Hou Ye is a kind-hearted person, I can't see anyone suffering, I don't want to know what you used to do, but people with bad habits I hope you don't bring those bad problems to Zhuangzi." ”

"Don't worry, steward, I assure you, we are all good people, if you don't believe it, you can send someone to Xin'an County to inquire."

The steward said seriously: "In the house not far from the side lives the old Xu Tou family, I tell you the truth, they farm for Zhuangzi, make furniture, and their annual income is at least 10,000 yuan, and it is only a lot more." ”

This group of people was petrified, what is the concept of 10,000 yuan, the money in their hands has never exceeded the usual, the old man asked in a rough manner: "Don't lie to us honest people, don't give us hope and let us fall into the abyss." ”

The steward sneered and said: "What's the point of lying to you, of course, Lao Xu Tou can be a carpenter, in the words of the head of the family, he belongs to a craftsman, and he dies of just planting a thousand times a year, or because the Zhuangzi is planted with new crops." ”

"Then there are those of us who know how to make carpenters, weavers, and papermakers."

The steward said: "Then I congratulate you, those who have skills are very popular in Zhuangzi, you should eat first!" After eating, you changed your clothes, burned all the clothes you took off, and everyone had to take a bath and wash all the lice and bugs off your body. ”

Lu Zifei returned to Zhuangzi in silence, he now feels that it is really difficult, a small thing makes him realize more deeply that it is not easy for those at the bottom to live.

"I forgot to ask you, what's your name." Lu Zifei looked at the yacha and asked. Because he felt that this person was very discerning, and although he was a small person, his thinking was very clear.

Yacha Cheng got up in fear and said, "The villain's name is Zhang Wu, and he eats in the yamen." ”

Lu Zifei said with a smile: "Don't be so nervous, sit down and talk, you have worked hard today, drink some tea, and suppress the shock." ”

Zhang Wu knew that the biggest opportunity in his life was coming, this person who was unattainable in the sky in the eyes of his little yacha, if it entered his eyes today, it would be really worth it.

"Master Hou, tell the truth, what you can help is only a small number of people, there are not a few people like Luoyang, there are more in other places, I know that Lord Hou is kind, but Lord Hou can't help people like this."

Oh, yes! No matter how great the wisdom of oneself is, it is impossible to accomplish it, and what is it that corrodes people's hearts and makes people's hearts become like stones, without feelings.

Thinking of the guests, Lu Zifei said: "Lord Zeng is also a rare good official, Luoyang is a thriving scene under his governance, and an outdated Gao family should not be much of a threat to him." ”

Zhang Wu said: "Three generations of the small family have been working as officials in the county government, and some things know a little bit of the inside story, although Queen Zhang Mu was abolished, but Queen Zhang Mu is not dead, does Lord Hou know?" It is rumored that Emperor Fukang was born to Empress Zhang Mu. ”

That's right, just say? The Gao family is powerful in Xin'an County, how could they let them go with Zeng Gongliang's temperament, Queen Gao is not dead, and no one dares to touch the Gao family.

Lu Zifei said: "In the unscrupulous fish and meat township of the Gao family, no one stands up to say a fair word by forcible seizure? ”

Zhang Wu smiled bitterly: "Master Hou, you don't know how much money the Gao family sends to those people in the Luoyang County Yali in a year, I can receive a few times a year for a Yacha, how much do you say others have received." ”

"Naked bribery, does Lord Zeng know?"

"Why don't you know, I don't know if the left-behind adults confiscated it, I just know the main book, and those people in Liucao have all received it, at least 10,000 yuan per person, this is just the Gao family, and the Gao family is quite low-key."

Lu Zifei looked at him and said, "How do you know so clearly, you shouldn't be exposed to such a secret thing!" Is there still someone in your family who serves in the yamen? ”

Zhang Wu said: "My brother is the Cao official of Hucao, and he told me these things. ”

Lu Zifei said: "I see, what I heard from you just now is more excessive than the Gao family." ”

Zhang Wu said mysteriously: "There was once a family surnamed Xue who came here from Shuzhong, does the Hou Ye know?" ”

Lu Zifei can't think of the family surnamed Xue who is more powerful than the Gao family, how did he come up today, these are things that he has never heard of, it seems that he knows too little about those people in the Great Song Dynasty who are hiding in the dark.

Zhang Wu got out of the chair, walked to a meter in front of Lu Zifei and said, "Empress Dowager Liu married someone before she married Emperor Zhenzong, this person is always known by the Hou Ye!" The Xue family is the home of Empress Dowager Liu's ex-husband. ”

Lu Zifei said in his mouth, "I'm damn, ruthless, I actually involved Emperor Zhenzong."

"What did you say, Master Hou?"

"Oh, it's nothing, you little yacha knows it, I don't think there are many people in Luoyang who don't know!"

Zhang Wu said: "I know everything I need to know."

Lu Zifei said: "Okay, thank you very much today, the pastries in the house are still good, bring a little taste to the children at home when I go back later, and I will mention you when I go to visit Master Zeng tomorrow." ”

Zhang Wu bowed down in thanks, and shouted 'successful' in his heart

Lu Zifei's heart has long drifted to the issue of land annexation, and he wants to change his previous thinking and fight in a different way.