"The villain meets the master!" As soon as the farmer arrived six feet away in front of Yang Congyi, he quickly bowed down and made a big salute.

"This big brother doesn't need to be polite." Yang Congyi stepped forward, helped the other party up, and then asked with a smile: "How is this year's harvest?" ”

The farmer hurriedly replied, "This year's wind and rain are good, and the harvest in the fields is okay." ”

"The fields are okay, but what about your family?" Yang Congyi asked casually.

The farmer replied, "Barely making ends meet." The villain's family has no land, and he has always rented other people's fields, and if the harvest in the field is good, he must pay more grain, and if the harvest is not good, he must pay more grain, and it is good not to starve to death this year. ”

He didn't know where the old man in front of him came from, but it was right to complain, in case the other party gave him some benefits with kindness!

Yang Congyi did not speak after listening, in this era, the field is private, and the land annexation is very serious, most of the people do not have a few pieces of land in their hands, they have to go to the landlord to rent if they want to farm, how much grain is handed over to an acre of land every year, generally agreed in advance, but the landlord is not a good person, the grain ratio has always been determined according to the harvest year, and then it will be slightly adjusted according to the actual harvest, but the farmers who rent the land will never get the benefits, planting a year's field, it is good to be able to paste down, and it is delusional to accumulate wealth.

The problem of the field is not something he can change, nor is it something he can ask, because he does not want to talk about it more.

So he smiled: "Yes, it's not easy these years, it's good to be able to make a living and live, the eldest brother is so hardworking, the days will definitely be more prosperous!" ”

"Thank you, sir, for your good words." The farmer replied respectfully.

"I called you here because I asked you something." Yang Congyi turned to ask, "There is a river flowing out of the mountains nearby, do you know where that river is?" ”

"Is the river that the master said is the Dachen River?" The farmer asked, looking in the direction and, after a moment's thought.

"Yes, it's Da Chenjiang, where is it? How far is it from here? Yang Congyi was happy, judging from the map, the mountain range in the east is not small, and there is a reservoir on the mountain.

"Master is going to Da Chenjiang? Walk along this road all the way, walk one mile and turn right, then walk two or three miles and turn left, come across a pavilion and then go right, walk for a while and turn left, and then continue to walk forward to reach the river. The farmer pointed to the north, left and right, but could not tell how far it was.

Yang Congyi was a little dizzy when he heard this, but he immediately smiled and said, "Big brother, it seems that you are very familiar with Da Chen Jiang." ”

The farmer replied with some embarrassment: "The villain has been begging for a living on the edge of the Dachen River since he was a child, fishing in the river, digging mountain goods in the mountains, and even the water in this field is brought from the Dachen River." ”

Yang Congyi's heart moved, and he immediately asked: "Do you think this will work, the road in the past seems to be quite far, I want you to show us the way, of course, it will not let you delay the time to run in vain, what do you think?" ”

As soon as the farmer heard this, he immediately hesitated, this old man looked good-looking, and spoke gently, it must be good for him to show the way, but then he looked back at the paddy field, the grass in the field had to be hoeed, and the water had to be released, and it was afraid that it would take a lot of time to go out.

If the grass in the field is not hoeed today, it will be hoeed tomorrow, and it is not impossible, but the water in the field must be released today, and if the paddy field is not released, it will be dry, and it will be a little late to release the water tomorrow.

"Okay, big brother said something, I won't treat you badly, and it won't take you too much time, half a day shouldn't affect the growth of the crops in the field, right?" Yang Congyi said with a smile.

Finding someone who is familiar with the local situation will save a lot of time, and if it goes well, you will be able to settle on the camp site quickly.

"Okay, the villain will follow the master and go with the master." After some inner struggle, the farmer finally made up his mind that it was better to get some benefits from this lord first, and as for the water in the field, it was the same to put it in the evening to discredit.

"Then let's go."

Yang Congyi smiled, and walked forward along the path first, Qingchen followed.

The farmer hurried to follow, one step behind.

Bypassing the fields and passing through the village, Yang Congyi and the others came to a river more than three zhang wide after half an hour.

The farmer said, this is Da Chenjiang.

Looking at the river in front of him, Yang Congyi looked across the river, and all he saw were fields, which was very different from what he imagined. If he wanted to build a camp here, he would have to take up so much fertile land and destroy so much crop that the people would fear that they would rebel against.

"Big brother, are there paddy fields everywhere on both sides of this big Chen River? Are there any barren mountains and wilderness? Yang Congyi turned around and asked with a smile.

The farmer hurriedly replied: "The terrain around here is low, and the fields are good for water diversion, so the surrounding areas are paddy fields. As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and pointed to the east.

Yang Congyi looked to the east, there was still farmland nearby, and at the end of the field of vision was the mountain. It is definitely not possible to choose a general to build it in the mountains, so many people are inconvenient to train and travel.

"Big brother, since we have all come here, please take us to the foot of the mountain to have a look, this is the place where the Great Chen River came out of the mountain."

The farmer hesitated for a moment, but nodded and said, "Okay, the master is here with the villain." With that, he led the way ahead and walked on a path that was only for pedestrians.

"You just wait here, don't come along."

"Yes, sir."

Yang Congyi looked at Miao Jiu, gave an order, and then followed the farmer's footsteps with Qingchen.

Along the riverside path, the three walked back and forth, all the way to the east.

"Big brother, how many people are in your family?" The three of them were speechless, the road was a little dull, and Yang Congyi couldn't help but ask.

"There are six people in the villain's family, including an old mother, a wife, and three underage children." The farmer didn't think of anything, and replied casually.

After speaking, he asked rhetorically: "Listen to the accent, the master is not from Yiwu, right?" ”

Yang Congyi smiled: "You're right, I'm a foreigner, and I have something to do here." ”

"As soon as I saw the master just now, the villain knew that the master was a person who did great things." The farmer said in a loud voice, and then asked, "What is the master doing in the barren mountains and wilderness?" Is it to build a house? ”

"Someone is building a house in the barren mountains and wilderness over here?" Yang Congyi was surprised in his heart and couldn't help asking.

The farmer replied, "In recent years, there have not been many houses built in the mountains, and there have been many in the past every year, and the more remote the place, the more people live, as long as the feng shui is good." However, in recent years, there are few, many people have moved out, the houses built in the mountains have been abandoned a lot, it is very bad, and then some people have changed some houses into temples and Taoist temples, and the incense is still quite prosperous during the New Year's holidays. ”

"I see." Yang Congyi's heart settled down a little, and the lack of people in the mountains is a good thing for the election camp, but at the same time, new problems have arisen, and those buildings that have been transformed into temples and Taoist temples are bound to have some adverse effects on the election camp.

"Do you know that there are many people living in the mouth of the Great Chen River? Are there any big families? "The location of the camp, Yang Congyi prefers the place on the north bank of the Dachen River against the mountain, after all, it is sitting in the north and facing south, from the topography, the east and north are close to the mountain, near the mountain and the river, it is an excellent place to build a camp.

The farmer thought for a while and replied: "There are a lot of families over there, it is estimated that there are dozens of families, all of whom live by the river, and the water in the river cannot be brought ashore, there is not much good land, not much grain can be grown, and after the field tax is paid, there is not much left, so it is better to rent good land to plant." The mountain pass is often flooded, rushing crops every year, not raising people, and there are no big households. ”

As soon as he heard this, Yang Congyi's heart calmed down a little, so the land acquisition issue involved was much simpler, as long as he gave enough money and food, he believed that they would give up the land.

After knowing the bottom of his heart, the speed under his feet couldn't help but speed up a little, and he was eager to go to the area around the Dachen River Pass.

After another half an hour, Yang Congyi and Qingchen finally came to the foot of the mountain under the leadership of the farmer.

I saw that half a mile away from the left bank of the river is a high mountain that suddenly rises, spreading to the north I don't know how far, the high mountain rises one mile away from the right bank of the river, extends to the south to the end of the field of vision, looks east along the direction of the river, and the high mountain three or four miles away blocks the sight of the east.

This is the estuary area, between the north and south mountains less than one mile wide and less than four miles long, a very narrow place.

This place does not match Yang Congyi's imagination, because the mouth of the river is too narrow, and it is not enough to accommodate 24,500 people to build a camp here, let alone open a school field.

Yang Congyi was a little disappointed at this time, and it seemed that he had to go to Jiangbei to find a suitable place to camp before entering the estuary.

Without waiting for him to speak, he only heard the farmer turn around, stretched out his hand and pointed forward: "Master, there is the Dachen River mountain pass ahead, you can see it here, do you want to go forward?" ”

Yang Congyi was a little uncertain, whether to go to the mountain pass to have a look, or to turn directly to Jiangbei?

In order to keep tens of thousands of people clean and safe, it is best to control the water from the exit of the Dachen River to the water intake of the general camp from the mountain pass of the Dachen River to the water intake place of the election general camp, so the people in this river valley must definitely move out, and the river valley must be controlled by the election general camp.

After thinking about the importance of the small river valley to the general camp, Yang Congyi's disappointed mood improved slightly.

"Let's go further and see, we've come so far, we don't care how many miles we walk." Yang Congyi said with a smile.

The farmer was a little anxious, he wanted to finish early and go back to the paddy field to release water!

But since this old man has spoken, why doesn't he agree?

After a few people walked more than a mile along the valley less than a mile wide, the view on the left bank of the valley suddenly widened, and a depression one or two miles wide appeared on the left bank.

Seeing this kind of terrain, Yang Congyi was immediately overjoyed, and a smile couldn't help but appear on his face.

Although this place is not enough to accommodate more than 20,000 people, the marshal camp and granary are the most suitable to be built here.

When I thought of this, I was relieved.