Huanglong County is located in the hilly and gully area of the Loess Plateau, on the southeastern edge of Yan'an. It is bordered by Luochuan in the west, Baishui, Chengcheng and Heyang in the south, Hancheng in the east and Yichuan in the north. It is the place with the most rainfall in Shaanxi.

The county has few people, the rivers are longitudinal and horizontal, and the original life of the people is also rich, but in this last days, even if it is such a good place, it can not stand the scourge of the government officials, and it is precisely because of the rainfall here that almost all the fertile fields in the county have become Wang Tian, even if it is a mountain forest and ravine, it is almost all occupied by Wang Tian, but it has become the county with the most displaced people in the west of Shaanxi, and when the government checked the population for the last time, the whole county except for the civilians attached to the landlord Haoqiang, there were only a little more than 30,000, It's just less than half of the middle of the Ming Dynasty, and the rest have become homeless poles.

Huanglong Mountain is interrupted, a towering cottage, standing under the blue sky, a big flag hunting and flying in the south wind, a goshawk is drawn on it, under the big flag, several capable minions are on guard looking at the mountain pass in the distance, strictly guarding against the officers and soldiers and the villagers, and more are sneak attacks from the same way.

This Iron Eagle Village is different from other cottages, its leader is called Iron Eagle, the family has suffered a great change, unbearable to be exploited by the officials, and the people of several villages are thrown here for the Kou, saying that it is for the Kou, but they do not go out to loot and burn and kill, because just after this cottage, there is a special cave.

After the cottage, there is a fertile river valley, the Shagu River flows out in the Huanglong Mountain, gathers at the bottom of the valley, nourishes thousands of acres of good land, the people are the most industrious, how can such a good field be wasted? So, under the leadership of Tie Ying, the Shagu River was cut off, dammed and stored water, and then led the old and young villagers to reclaim the land along the river, build water conservancy day and night, shoulder the hand, and truly achieve the victory of man, let him take the villagers to create a paradise.

Eating and drinking without worry, the original villagers inevitably remembered the original relatives and friends, so they called friends one after another, and went out of the mountain to recruit those poor relatives who couldn't get by, and came to live in this Iron Eagle Village.

The Iron Eagle people are righteous, those who come do not refuse, all accept, this comes and goes, tens of thousands of people have gathered in the cottage, and they are not prosperous for a while.

Prosperity is a good thing, but it is also a big move, so it was worried by the government, and sent troops to suppress it several times, mainly to seize their assets, but they were all beaten by Tieying with the villagers and fled, and after a few times, they no longer dared to enter the attack.

In the past two years, from time to time, there have been colleagues or soft words begging each other, begging for help, or bullying the weak, and taking their men to attack.

For those who ask for softly, Tie Ying tries his best to help, and for those who bully the weak, he will resolutely crack down, so over the past few years, he has become famous in this Huanglong place, and the homeless people are flocking to vote, and even those small poles that can't get along have gathered under his banner with banners. So far, the population is the same as that of the county, close to 30,000.

There are advantages and difficulties in the growth of population, the original river valley can no longer be accommodated, and only a few more cottages can be opened, fortunately, there is no shortage of rivers in Huanglong County, there are more than 500 large and small rivers in the county, and such a location is not difficult to find, but this small village is divided, but it makes Tieying bother, for no other reason.

There are few soldiers, and they are destroyed by the township and the official army, and from time to time they are attacked and plundered by the same way, and the soldiers are more than they reduce the labor manpower, and often a small village is not only not self-sufficient, but it is necessary for the old camp to be helped by the cottage, and the old camp is originally a passable life, pulled down, and becomes a burden. For this, the villagers in the old camp complained, complaining that although Tieying has a tough name, he is an out-and-out rotten good person, and when he sees the pitiful, he will take him in, and see, there are homeless people who come to join the city in Baishui Weinan, and there are poles to make up their minds, and there are many poles to vote, and there are many factions in this village, which is troublesome, how can it be a head these days?

But Tie Ying was angry, but he couldn't bear to see the homeless people who came to defect wailing and crying outside the village, and they all let them in under pressure.

As a result, the old camp became more and more complaining, and the small village outside was even more frightened three times a day, which made him and his brother tired.

At this time, it seemed that he had fallen into a dead knot, and he couldn't break it no matter what, and Tie Ying was exhausted.

On this day, the second brother who originally went out to buy suddenly hurried back to the cottage in advance, pulled the eldest brother Tie Ying to a place where there was no one, and whispered to Tie Ying to report something he didn't expect, saying that he went to Luochuan to buy, but saw a earth-shaking change, Luochuan, has changed the sky, the government decree no longer goes out, the heroes and powers in various places are also in peace, the people of all villages are at ease to produce, no longer fleeing from the famine, the market is also thriving, they pass along the way, but they are subject to constant, what militia checks, But there is no place to donate food, and the whole Yichuan is already a different kind of field with infinite vitality.

As soon as this remark came out, Tie Ying was extremely interested, and he hurriedly asked his brother what was going on there, he definitely didn't believe that the imperial court had opened the grace of heaven and let the small people live in peace, something big must have happened.

When the second brother was asked, he was afraid of whispering in his thighs, and said excitedly: "Brother asked well, it was the big incident that caused this earth-shaking change, so the younger brother left the purchase and hurried back to report to the elder brother." ”

"Mother-in-law, mother-in-law, say it quickly."

The second brother was not in a hurry, seeing that there was no one left and right, he took out a yellowed and tattered piece of paper in his arms, and handed it to his brother like a baby, "Big brother, you are literate, you look at this and talk about it." ”

Tie Ying also worked as a scholar for the children of the landlord's family for a while, although he suffered countless beatings and abuse, but during the period of accompanying the study, he was more attentive than the young master, and his knowledge was much higher than that of the young master, and in the end, even the schoolwork was written by him instead of the young master, if it weren't for the great changes in the family, maybe he could still participate in the township test or something.

I took the torn paper and unfolded it, but it looked like a notice, but the text on the notice was not the kind of awkward thing of the government, it was very straightforward, and the people could understand it as long as they were a little literate.

The content of the notice is divided into three meanings, one is to urge the landlords to be strong, asking them to reduce the rent and interest of the tenants, and pay protection fees.

Tie Ying shook his head, looked down noncommittally, and said to the people below, Li Yuanwai changed the farming method, and distributed the land in his hands to the tenants free of charge, regardless of whether it was a man or a woman, four acres per person, until the person died, and only paid 100 catties of wheat per year per mu in the field, and only 10 catties in the field, without any forced labor.

This made Tie Ying raise his head and look at his brother in surprise, thinking that he was dazzled, "Could it be that this landlord has lost his mind?" ”

"Brother, don't worry, please look down."

Tie Ying was full of doubts, patient, looking down, this look, even more confused, the proclamation announced, Luochuan canceled all taxes along the way, merchants only charged a transaction tax once, take four percent, and at the same time issued loans to the people to buy living necessities, and at the same time to build windmills and other agricultural tools conducive to agricultural production.

After reading this, Tie Ying fell into deep thought, thinking about the novel and unprecedented content on it over and over again, if this is really the case, it is completely inconsistent with the imperial court policy, but why can he publish it all over the street? At the same time, these novel methods are the best way to solve his current difficulties, but how can he ensure that the people will harvest and not be robbed by the wolf-like officials? And why did these government officials and landlords not resist the suppression?

Everything should be answered in the payment of this notice, but when I looked left and right, I didn't find the signature of the sign.

"What's going on?"

When the second brother saw his brother's expression, he smiled lightly and said, "Brother, this is the mystery." ”

"Don't sell it, say it quickly, are you going to kill my brother in a hurry?"

Seeing that the eldest brother had a lot of gray hair, the second brother didn't dare to sell Guan Zi anymore, so he hurriedly told what he knew: "Big brother, have you heard of King Chuang's pole?" ”

"Of course I know, it was a group of iron-clad men, with a group of old and weak, breaking through the encirclement and suppression of tens of thousands of border troops, the first to shout out the rebellion, that King Chuang is even more righteous and benevolent, for a little girl who fell into battle, he was alone, in the million army eight in and out, and finally cut down the governor Daxu, the chasing Yang He lost his robe and abandoned his armor, only to escape a life, and more brothers let Xian, rather run away alone, such a big hero, really heroic, that don't stretch out your hand to praise one? My brother has long wanted to meet this Qianqiu character for a while. "Speaking of which, my eyes are full of yearning." But what does this have to do with Luochuan? ”

"It's a big deal." The second brother whispered excitedly at the time: "This Luochuan is now under the control of King Chuang, then Landlord Li is actually the subordinate of King Chuang who took Cao Jiaji, these policies are all done by King Chuang, do you say it matters?" ”

Tie Ying opened his mouth wide, and he couldn't close it for a long time, and after a long time, he asked in surprise: "Are you serious?" Is this Luochuan really under the rule of King Chuang? ”

"My good brother, where is this fake? Not only Luochuan, but also Fuxian and Ganquan, in addition to the county seat, are already the world of the king, and these policies have been implemented. ”

Tie Ying couldn't help but take a deep breath of cold air, Sanxian, just so silently under the name of King Chuang? They have also implemented the most popular and most suitable policies at this time, and the most important thing is that they have begun to stop looting, a pole that does not loot, is it still a pole?

"Didn't the landlord resist Haoqiang?"

"This is the beauty of the king, if you don't kill the officials and don't occupy the county, you give those officials an excuse to cover up the truth, everyone is safe, and those landlords are strong, they just adjust the interest on the rent, and the loss is almost no different from the tenants escaping and the land abandonment, and paying the protection fee is much more cost-effective than feeding the villagers and dealing with the homeless people."

Tie Ying was a smart man, and he knew everything he knew during this period, and he was amazed and convinced by what the king had done.

"Even if the Cao family, the Zhao family, and the Sun family are stubborn, and the army is resolutely exterminated, it also plays a role in killing a hundred people, so the brother of the Cao family knows."

"Of course I know, it's a big family comparable to the county, if you really want to beat him, there are not tens of thousands of horses, there are not ten days and a half months, don't even think about it."

"Tens of thousands of horses? Ten days and a half months? Pull it down, brother, the people broke into the army, just dispatched a team, and brought the people from the four townships, but they wiped out the entire Cao family in just one morning, and removed the scourge of hundreds of years for the surrounding people. ”

Shock, there is no other feeling than shock.

Iron Eagle suddenly woke up from his shock, turned and ran.

"Brother, what are you going to do?"

"No, I'll have to see for myself how that intruder goes."