"Boring! Boring! Boring! The crisp sound of gongs is still echoing in the sky above the Lin family's Shangcuo, a village composed of Fujian refugees, and several Li Mansion family members who rode by are still shouting, "Tomorrow night in front of the Mazu Temple, the garrison will hold a banquet, and the leaders of each village, each family, will come to drink!" ”

Lin Atu, who was in his forties, came out of his thatched hut and met a nephew of his own family.

"Atubo!"

"Shaofeng."

"The garrison doesn't know what to do, and the funeral at home has not been completed, so I have to invite everyone to drink in front of the Mazu Temple, I don't know what medicine he sells in this gourd!?"

"Is it because our rice is growing well this year, and they want to increase the rent?" Another Lin family disciple also came over.

"Anyway, if their family is going to hold a funeral this year, it must cost a lot of money, don't these expenses fall on our heads?!"

"Ah Gui is right, it may be about to increase the rent!"

"Not like! I have just come back from the garrison mansion, and the Li family has driven ten buffaloes there, all of them are picking fat, saying that they will be killed in a while, and they are ready for tomorrow's dinner. If you want to increase the rent, just send someone to say to Atubo, what do we dare to do? People are under the low eaves, how dare not bow their heads! Why bother so much work? ”

After a long time of gossiping, in the end, we will not know until Atubo returns tomorrow night.

Dozens of nearby villages made up of homeless people almost all have the same idea as the villagers in the Lin family's house.

In the evening, in front of the Mazu temple built with 108 huge rosewood pillars, branches, tops, bearings, and pulls, more than a dozen pots and stoves were erected, dozens of people were busy running around in front of the pots, and dozens of children looked at the beef, fat chicken, tender goose, and pork tumbling in the pot with eager eyes.

"Go, go! Don't make noise here, go home, when it's time to open the banquet, naturally you will eat, today the major general said, all eat! The cook at the head scolded the children loudly.

"Oh! Let's go home! Talk to A-Niang! ”

The child walked away with joy, and Zhang Cheng came over with a taste in his mouth.

This young master in the mansion is a little older, and we have to say that we grew up watching it. How could he never have known he would cook so many meals? At noon, according to the method he instructed, the cook in the house made what he said about ginger, onion crab, and pot-wrapped meat. Almost everyone's tongue was eaten, but the young master also said that the taste was a little worse, and if the ingredients were complete, the taste would be even better.

As the promoter of today's banquet, he knew that Li Shouhan attached great importance to this banquet, so he naturally did not dare to be careless.

After checking all the way, wine, meat, food, and fruits were all ready. Bananas, lychees, longans, citrus, lemons, mangoes, papayas, durians, mangosteens, maodanguo, grapefruits, etc., as far as the eye can see, Roshan wine and sea are similar, and the aroma can be smelled from miles away, no wonder those children are reluctant to leave.

As night falls, the lights come on.

After leading everyone to worship the statue of the Queen of Heaven carved and pasted with gold in sandalwood carved in the wood carving shrine, and the soft body of the Queen of Heaven from the Meizhou Mazu Temple in the hometown of the Queen of Heaven, Li Shouhan led everyone to sit down. Zhang Cheng loudly announced the start of the banquet.

Lin Atu and Huang Baimu, the leader of Guangdong immigrants, sat at a table, both of them were unpleasant, and they didn't know what kind of medicine the owner was selling in the gourd. Watching the nephews and brothers at the same table bury their heads in hard work, the two of them gritted their teeth and ate! Even if you want to drive everyone back to your hometown in a while, you have to eat enough of him!

The wine has passed three rounds, and the dishes have passed five flavors. (It's vulgar!) However, there seems to be no other word for a better description of a meal! Li Shouhan stood on the stage and spoke.

Decades later, when Lin Atu was in his twilight years, his great-grandson asked him, "Taigong, back then, in front of the Mazu Temple, when you heard the order to divide the fields, what were you like?" ”

Lin Atu laughed, for decades, countless people have asked him, and he has recalled the scene of that moment countless times, but, "I thought I drank too much and heard it wrong." Or, it's this kid from the Li family... Forehead... A disrespectful statement should be that he drank too much or simply had a fever! ”

"Lao Lin, I also think that this young master of the Li family has drunk too much, how many fields is that! How many generations of the Li family's family business was given to us like this? ”

In front of the entire Mazu Temple, the banquet of thousands of people was quiet, except for the sound of the wind blowing, which was the sound of the torch burning. Even the children who were still running around between the tables quietly hid behind Ah Niang, their eyes widened, looking at the scene in front of them.

15 acres per ding, 10 acres per woman, if there is no buffalo, you can rent it from the Li family, and this year's rent will be counted, but the buffalo must pay rent.

Condition? Naturally, there is, after all, there is no free lunch in this world, let alone such a feast, how many people, in Fujian and Guangdong for several generations, have not necessarily been able to have 15 acres of paddy fields.

All the people widened their eyes and stared at the contract enshrined in front of the statue of Mazu, and someone who could read and read it out in a whisper. "The order of division of land and the contract with the people.

First, all households should recognize Li Shouhan's dominance and accept his rule.

Article 2: Li Shouhan has the responsibility to protect their property and personal safety.

Article 3 Civilian households are organized into a system of armor protection and have the obligation to perform military service. Li Shouhan had the right to recruit soldiers from among the households, but he was not allowed to seize the property, land, and freedom of the households by force.

Article 4 is that the households have the obligation to pay grain to Li Shouhan, and Li Shouhan has the right to levy a reasonable tax, but it shall not exceed one-twentieth of the harvest, and the excess part shall be purchased by Li Shouhan at a price not lower than the market price.

Fifth, it is the duty of every citizen to protect their land and property. ”

"My lord, this, isn't this looking for us bitter haha to be happy?! If we sign this contract, we can get fifteen acres of land? ”

"If you want to be happy, why put on such a big battle? Spending so much money? Not only can you get the field after signing this contract, but also burn incense in front of the Mazu statue and swear to abide by the contract, otherwise, heaven and earth will discuss it! Man and God punish it together! Li Shouhan sank his face.

"This is natural!"

"This is natural!"

"Lord Li is so benevolent! If we are not loyal to Lord Li and do not obey Lord Li's laws, are we still human?! ”

"Incense was burned in front of the Mazu icon, and the displaced people and military households swore allegiance to Li Shouhan, and Li Shouhan ensured that the interests of the displaced people and military households would not be harmed. Also, put a fingerprint bucket on the contract. Of course, all the people under his rule must obey Lee's leadership. This most primitive means of taking an oath has the best effect in this era. - Vladimir. Ilyich. Ulyanov, "On the Eastern Empire".

Lin Atu's mind was still dizzy, and only when he looked at the ink on his finger did he dare to confirm that it was true. Turning his head and looking at the gate of the temple, a figure was unusually tall against the backdrop of the lights.

Behind him is the statue of Mazu, flanked by brilliant lights, this moment, deeply engraved in the minds of Lin Atu and Huang Baimu and others, "From that moment on, I felt that General Li was the incarnation of Mazu Niangniang!" ”

Li Shouhan was erected by Xu Dahu and Zuo Xiaopeng, stood on the shoulders of the two people, waved his arms, and announced the order to divide the fields to everyone present, this scene was painted into a work by the painter many years later, and became a work with the same name as several paintings such as "Freedom to Guide the People". After many years, it was jointly appraised by the auction industry, and it was more than 20,000 taels of silver. Evaluation significance: The composition is reasonable, presenting a perfect triangular composition, and the light and color matching is a must. Most importantly, the image of a great man at a great moment is depicted.

A few days later, when Zuo Xiaopeng was ordered to go to Zushan to check on Li Shouhan's father's auspicious cave (that is, the tomb), a drunken man lay on the ridge of the paddy field beside the road, holding a wooden stake stuck in the ground with both hands.

"Uncle, uncle, are you okay?!"

He rushed forward in a few lunges, shaking the man's arms with his hands.

"Master Jun, pinch me and let me see if this is a dream." The drunkard looked confused, but said very firmly to Zuo Xiaopeng, who was carrying a waist knife.

"Ahh A cry of pain.

"Master Jun, I asked you to pinch it, but I didn't let you want my life! Hurry, hurry! Help me see if the boundary stakes on the ground are still there? ”

"Uncle, it's still there." Zuo Xiaopeng stared at the boundary pillar with a few lines of inked characters for a long time, but he didn't see why.

"It's still there, it's still there! That's good, that's good! The farmer muttered to himself. My family's forty-five acres of paddy fields are still there. As he spoke, he staggered towards his home. I knew that according to the number of people, I should have brought their mothers and mothers with me when I went to sea! Dozens of acres of land are missing! ”

While staggering forward, his mouth was still muttering, "General Gong Hou Wandai!" ”