Every house in the village is closed, and there are no villagers in sight, only the sound of chickens and dogs barking.

Pigsty chicken coop can be seen everywhere, under the scorching sun, bursts of foul smell, wafting everywhere.

Everyone covered their noses, Xue Li looked embarrassed, and he was careful to apologize, very embarrassed.

After entering the village, except for Xue Lizheng, almost no one spoke, just followed step by step, until he entered a small courtyard surrounded by a bamboo fence.

"Adult, lord, this is the villain's home." After Xue Lizheng finished speaking, he took a few steps forward and pushed the door of the main house open.

"Yu Xianling, come into the house and sit down." Yang Congyi saw that Yu Yu covered his nose with his hand, and didn't seem to have any intention of entering the house, so he reminded with a smile.

"My lord, why don't we talk about it here, I'm afraid there are so many people in Lizheng's house." Yu Yu looked at the main house that opened the door a zhang away, and he didn't know what messy things were piled up inside, and the place was cramped.

"What the county lord said is that the villain's house is too chaotic, and the place is small." Xue Li was conflicted, wanting them to go in to see the current situation at home, but he was afraid of leaving a bad impression on them.

"I have a big deal to discuss in Jiangkou Village today, how can I say it clearly in this courtyard? Just pack up a little bit, and just sit down a few of us. ”

In Yang Congyi's impression, how can there be an official who enters the people's courtyard and does not enter the house, no matter how poor and broken the people's homes are, there are always a few chairs and stools, even if they sit for a while, it is much better than not entering the house.

"Yes, sir!" Xue Li bowed and saluted, and then shouted when he entered the house: "Son, hurry up and pack up, the county lord and the adults in the capital have come to our house!" ”

After a while, there was a noise in the house, and several figures appeared one after another, some of them were busy in the main room, and some passed through the main room and went to the other room.

After a while, Xue Li was coming out, nodded and smiled: "My lord, my lord, the humble house is simple, if you have dirty eyes, please bear with me, don't blame the villain." ”

"What does it matter to be humble and luxurious? If you can shelter from the wind, frost, snow and rain, it is a place to settle down! It's a treasure land. Yang Congyi said with a smile, then stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "Yu County Order, please." ”

"Lord Yang, please!" Yu Yu hurriedly stretched out his hand to let it.

Yang Congyi was no longer polite, raised his feet forward, walked into the main house, cleaned the dust within a foot, and accompanied him.

Yu Yu turned around and said to the officials and officials: "They are all waiting here." Then he went into the house.

"Please."

There are six yellowed and blackened bamboo chairs on the left and right sides of the room, and the two of them give way to each other, one on the left and one on the right.

"Xue Lizheng, you also sit." Yang Congyi saw that he was at a loss when he was standing aside, so he asked him to sit down and talk, besides, what he was going to talk about today was a big matter, not a sentence or two could be finished, maybe some errands had to be done by him.

"The villain doesn't dare, the adult and the master are on top, and the villain just stands." Xue Li was hurriedly waving his hand.

"You are the master's house, let you sit and you will sit, and you will have something to say when you sit down." Yang Congyi's tone changed slightly, and when others heard it, he suddenly had some majesty.

Xue Lizheng looked at Yang Congyi in a panic, and then at Yu Yu, and saw that they didn't say anything more, so he slowly sat down on the bamboo chair at the end.

After sitting down, Yang Congyi asked with a smile: "Xue Lizheng, how long has your family lived in this Jiangkou Village?" ”

Xue Lizheng hurriedly replied: "Back to my lord, the ancestors of the villain have lived here for seven generations, and it must be one or two hundred years. ”

"The rest of the village is like that?" Yang Congyi asked with a smile.

"Yes, there are four families who moved here more than 20 years ago, and everyone else has lived here for many years, and their ancestors have lived here." Xue Li was cautiously replying.

"If you can live for so long, it seems that Eguchi Village is still your blessed land." Yang Congyi said with a smile.

"The adults laughed, what kind of blessed land can this be, other land can grow rice, two crops a year, Jiangkou Village can only plant other things, one season a year, but the field tax is collected according to the summer and autumn seasons, there are few surplus grains after the tax is paid, fortunately it is close to the mountain, and it can also be shoeed in the mountains to eat." When Xue Li said this, he also shut up and stopped talking.

"Since this place is not good, why don't you move to another place?" Yang Congyi did not take over the stubble of land tax collection, this matter should not be his concern, and he did not know much about the regulations on the collection of land tax in each place.

"Where can you move it? The good places must be occupied by others, where is the turn of the villain? Guarding Jiangkou Village, there are still a few acres of land, which is the year of natural disasters, helping each other, and they can also survive, once they move out, they can't even find a place to stay, and they will starve to death on the road in a few days. Xue Lizheng really wanted to take care of his mouth, he could start talking, he couldn't stop him if he wanted to, and he poured it out directly.

After a brief chat, Yang Congyi immediately smiled and said: "If you are given a chance to earn money, you can use the money you earn to buy a lot more grain than farming, and then build a house for you, are you willing to leave this place?" ”

"What do you mean, sir? The villain is fine, why do you want to leave here? As soon as he heard this, Xue Li was asking with a puzzled face.

"The imperial court is going to do a big thing here, Jiangkou Village has been requisitioned, everyone in your village has to move out, and no family can stay!" Yu Yu has long been a little impatient, on this hot day, he wants to get things done quickly, since the imperial court has an order, directly ordered these small people to relocate, can they still dare to resist?

Yang Congyi frowned slightly, but he could only continue: "Yu County's order is right, the imperial court wants to do something big in Yiwu, and it has taken a fancy to the place of Cunkou Village, so the villagers of the entire village have to move out of the river valley. Of course, the government will pay for your houses and land, and it will never owe you any money, whether it is by household or population. Take cultivated land as an example, whether it is good or bad, you will be given 20 yuan for one mu of cultivated land, and starting next year, if the government continues to expropriate, you will be given another 10 yuan per mu of cultivated land every year. ”

Having said this, Xue Lizheng's excited emotions calmed down a little.

"When it comes to houses, your government will pay for them, and then they will rebuild them for you outside the valley to ensure that every family has a house to live in. What do you think? Yang Congyi tried his best to explain and appease, after all, it would be difficult for anyone to accept that they should move away from the place where they had lived for one or two hundred years.

Xue Li was sweating like rain, and he didn't say anything for a long time, not knowing what was going on in his heart.

"You can say whatever you want, don't worry." Yang Congyi smiled.

Xue Lizheng sat there, still silent, bowing his head and struggling.

"Your Adult asked you to speak, and you didn't hear me?" Yu Yu was very angry, Diao Min didn't know etiquette, it was a loss of education, if Lord Yang was careful, and casually said those two words to the above, it would be greatly detrimental to his career.

"Yu County's order is in a hurry, let him think clearly before it's too late." Yang Congyi spoke out to stop it, relocation is a big deal, and if it is not done well, it will be chaotic, and it will affect the construction of the general camp when the time comes, but it will be too cost-effective.

"Think it through!" Yu Yu was very anxious and wanted to leave here immediately, but the matter was not done, and he could only raise his hand to warn Xue Lizheng.

After a moment of silence in the house, I heard Xue Lizheng say: "My lord, the government gives a lot of money, but what if the villain leaves the place where he has lived for decades and goes outside to eat and drink?" The court has an order, and the villain should listen to the order, but the villain can't be the master of the whole village. ”

Hearing this, Yang Congyi didn't explain more to the other party, and suddenly said: "Gather all the people in the village, and find a spacious place to talk together." ”

Sitting in the house was uncomfortable, Yu Yu hurriedly got up, went out and ordered the officials to gather all the village names immediately, Lord Yang had something to say to everyone.

Dozens of officials, led by the team leader, immediately took action, rushed out of the courtyard, and ran around the village.

Two quarters of an hour later, the head of the team came to report that all the villagers, except for those who could not move, gathered in the dojo where the village collected and dried grain.

Yang Congyi immediately took Xue Lizheng to the dojo not far away with Yu Yu.

As soon as I entered the dojo, I saw that hundreds of villagers had been gathered, surrounded by dozens of officials, all bowing their heads, trembling, and silent in the field.

"What to do around the folks! Stand down! Yang Congyi's face was displeased, and he directly ordered the officials.

But although those officials knew that Yang Congyi was a high-ranking official from the capital, he would leave after all, and he couldn't control them, so he turned his head to look at Yu Yu and asked him for instructions on whether to carry out the order.

"Are you all deaf? Can't hear what Lord Yang said? Seeing this, Yu Yu was furious, if it weren't for Yang Congyi here, he would immediately have to scold, what a bunch of eyeless things!

The officials were instructed to retreat in a hurry, away from the villagers.

Yang Congyi walked up to the villagers and said in a loud voice: "My surname is Yang, from the former division of the Lin'an Palace, the imperial court sent me here to do a big thing, to build a military camp here, since it is to build a military camp, land is indispensable, so I want to borrow the land of the villagers." But the villagers' land is not used in vain, every mu of cultivated land borrowed, in addition to this year's one-time money of 20 yuan, starting from next year, if the court continues to borrow in the future, every mu of cultivated land will be given to the villagers 10 yuan. In addition to borrowing farmland to give money, the court will also pay for the houses of the villagers, and at the same time will build new houses for you outside the river valley, so as not to be too far from here. ”

"In order for the military camp of the imperial court to be built smoothly, the villagers have to move out of this village, as for the problem of eating and drinking after moving out, the court has also thought of a solution for everyone, the construction of the military camp is very large, and it requires a lot of labor, as long as you can work, you can stay in the military camp to work, and the court will also pay the villagers according to the work. Therefore, in addition to borrowing the cultivated land of the villagers, the imperial court will give a large amount of cash, but also provide everyone with the opportunity to work, so that everyone can work and earn money when there is no land to plant, with the money to lend the cultivated land and the money for work, enough for the villagers to buy food and live, food and clothing without worry! ”