The people are like this, once they don't stir up public anger, they don't care what is right or wrong, and even give up thinking.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, you will find that it doesn't make sense, how long has it been since Liu Yanyuying really took over the position of the saint?

Half a month after returning to Qinggang Mansion, Lu Fan really couldn't face the two maids, the two maids had never looked at him with that kind of eyes before, but now he looked at himself every day with a look full of sadness, and with a faint resentment, Lu Fan, who was weak-hearted, had no choice but to go out to inspect again, and avoid this uncomfortable place for him once.

Lu Fan chose to dodge and handed all this over to time.

In the next few days after returning to the house, An Liya stuck to her side all day long, turning a blind eye to the hateful eyes of the two maids on the side, as for Liu Yan Yuying, she was unusual, just reading the books that Lu Fan brought from the imperial capital in the mansion every day, and never even said a word all day.

Fortunately, although his mansion is not very good, it is still big enough, and there is a little less friction among a few people, otherwise it is really a big one.

And the Fire Clan is said to have also elected a high priest and a new saintess, but they have nothing to do with the Liu Yan family.

However, this is not what Lu Fan cares about, the road to Fucheng that Lu Fan is concerned about has also been started, and two of the four inspectors volunteered to go to the Fire Clan, but Lu Fan did not agree, but took turns to garrison in the future.

Many government soldiers brought back many wives and concubines of the Fire Clan, and Huo Qi brought back Ji Ruyan, who was known as the first beauty of the Fire Clan, and the two were also married.

The two of them are undoubtedly the happiest couple, but there are also people who have wives and concubines in the original family, and when they go home this time, they will be in a miasma at home, and there will be chaos!

Several inspectors also couldn't stay at home, for the same reason as the mansion owner, so they all rushed to the Fire Clan to guard, and some volunteered to go out to inspect with Lu Fan.

Lu Fan left the two maids in the mansion, and told them to read more books, and also left the sticky Anriya, and only took the feathered wolf out to inspect together

went with three inspectors and more than a dozen government soldiers, while Huo Qi stayed in the mansion.

Lu Fan walked on the road and watched, there was smoke rising from every house, but there was no smell of food wafting in the house.

The decaying houses are shocking to see.

Before he arrived at the pavilion here, Lu Fan asked: "In such a desolate place, the garrison here has suffered!"

The inspector on one side said hesitantly: "Here... There are no garrison soldiers here", the more he said, the quieter his voice became.

"Is it because it's too bitter here, and no one wants to come?" Lu Fan asked

"Probably yes"

"Let's take a look" Lu Fan said with a heavy heart, not thinking about the meaning of the inspector's words.

In front of a dilapidated wooden house, he asked about the smell of blood, pushed the door in, and there was an old couple in the house, holding a child by the bedside, something was boiling in the pot, and a bloody snake skin was placed next to it. It turned out to be boiling snakes to eat.

"Uncle, how is life here?" Lu Fan asked as he bent over to the side

"Old man, this is our lord, you want to..." Before the soldiers finished speaking, Lu Fan turned his head and glared at him, and scolded: "Shut up!"

The couple didn't hear anything, just held the child and shook it gently, and after a cup of tea, the man slowly said: "What can I do, I am taxed every year, and there is no food left, and taxes are still levied." Even if you came in person, there was still nothing in that sentence. ”

Lu Fan wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, he still didn't say anything, and turned around to leave.

Before leaving, Lu Fan just said a word, "Three days later, in the town of Chaogang Town on the periphery of the swamp, a meeting will be held, fellow villagers, please come!"

Lu Fan went to many dilapidated wooden houses again, and they all said: "Three days later, Chaogang Town held a meeting"

Later, when he found that he couldn't be notified, he asked the government soldiers to notify them separately and let the villagers spread the word of mouth.

Lu Fan even met the village, so he was full of true qi and shouted loudly to inform, so almost everywhere he went, he heard a madman-like voice shouting: "Three days later, in the town..."

On the third day, Lu Fan was already in Chaogang Town, thinking back to the scenes he had seen in the past few days, Lu Fan's heart seemed to be sour and uncomfortable.

In the town, Lu Fan stood on a wooden pillar nearly ten meters high, one station was half a day, and when nearly a thousand people came, Lu Fan looked around and said: "I am the new lord of Qinggang Mansion, and I came here to relieve the people's feelings!"

"You're not here to collect taxes?" someone in the crowd asked

Lu Fan found that most of the people who came here were young people, and the older ones came very rarely, and the number of people was much smaller than expected.

After all, in this place where there are swamps on all sides, the elderly really don't have the physical strength to toss around.

So much so that many people are worried about the elderly or children at home. After all, brute beasts are rampant here, and if there is no young man at home, the very capable family will be demolished by the beast.

When Lu Fan first became a magistrate, many places lacked consideration, such as this meeting held in the town.

"No, just to see if there is anything that can help you," Lu Fan said loudly

"We just want to be fed and clothed, and nothing else," said a villager in the local town.

Lu Fan thought for a while and said: "You guys here, the soldiers don't want to come here to garrison, mainly because it is difficult to adapt to the humidity and pests here. Therefore, it is the intention of the government to select a hundred strong men from the local militia. Every year, each person in the city is paid two buckets of rice, and both men and women can join the militia as long as they have the ability. ”

"Isn't that a woman turning the world upside down?"

"That is, how can a woman be a militia!"

"yes"

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"Why can't we women!"

"That's it, you're a loser, you can't even support your family, and you still have the face to oppose it"

"If you don't agree, let's practice"

The men and women below quarreled, Lu Fan felt sour in his heart but forced a smile on his face: "Don't quarrel yet, wait until I finish speaking!"

The soldiers below shouted loudly: "Everyone be quiet, let the mansion master continue to speak"

It's a pity that there are too many people and little effect, Lu Fan can only drink heavily with enough true yuan, and the sound is like thunder rolling in the sky, which shocked the people and quieted down for a while.

"The militia is divided into two teams, men and women, each with a captain, and ten team members are recorded as regular government soldiers, and Yu Lu adds half a bucket of rice to the original government soldiers, and I will personally preside over the selection, just five days later!" Lu Fan tried his best to let everyone hear, so he said loudly.

Then he said: "Although the swamp is muddy, it can also be used, and the fields that can be opened up can be planted by whoever develops them, and the grain harvest belongs to the villagers." And the newly opened Narita tax rent is only half of the original tax in Narita!"

The people were overjoyed when they heard the words of the lord of the mansion, but after listening to the words of the lord, their hearts sank again, isn't this a tax in disguise? What a thing!

The newly opened Narita is a swamp that the villagers have slowly cultivated in order to survive. Originally, they were all hidden from the top, quietly planted, and those harvests were not taxed, but now they have to pay half of the tax, which is unacceptable to these villagers with meager incomes.

Without waiting for everyone to quarrel again, Lu Fan said loudly again: "The tax remains the same, but the tax used to be levied twice a year, but it was only levied once, so it can be regarded as half of the tax."

This time, the people all talked about it, cheered, and were excited.

"Now that this matter is said and said a little off-topic, when I checked, I found that many households had domesticated wild beasts in their homes, but some of the farmers who did not eat them were killed and eaten," Lu Fan said in a deep voice

"We don't want to, we still want it to take care of the family, but we can't starve to death, we have to do it."

"We don't watch children starve to death"

"Therefore, from now on, if you have nothing to eat, you can go to Fucheng to exchange the taming beasts for food, and the number of flying tamers for 30 buckets of food, and the number of giant flying beasts for grain can be discussed again; the domesticated beasts can be exchanged for 15 buckets of food, and the large beasts can also be discussed again; ordinary beasts can be exchanged for 8 buckets of rice; and the young beasts can also be discussed again. In the future, if you don't have any food, you can exchange these for this," Lu Fan said to everyone again

Exchanging beasts for food is too cumbersome for the barbarians in this far place, and the road is dangerous, and most of them choose to slaughter and eat meat directly.

After all, in this wild land, hunting is one of their survival skills.

As for taming animals, if they were not forced to do so, no one would slaughter them and eat meat.

After all, taming animals can not only take care of the home and the yard, but also assist in hunting, which is related to the protection of their lives.

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Listening to the discussion below, Lu Fan asked loudly: "In such a humid place as a swamp, why build a wooden house, isn't it easy to rot?"

"Back to the house, because the swamp ground is soft, only more wood is light and more, so the house is built with wood, it is not easy to sink, and it is relatively simple and convenient to do. The next person said respectfully to the mansion master

"Who are you, who are you quite good at housing architecture?" Lu Fan hurriedly asked.