The sun was setting in the west, and it was getting late.

After looking at the topography of the river valley, and then taking a general look at the people living in the valley and their houses, with a preliminary understanding, Yang Congyi and the others turned around.

The farmer was tired, so naturally he would not let him go in vain, and Yang Congyi was happy in his heart, so he casually gave him the usual money as a reward and reward. The farmer took the money in his hand, and was overjoyed, and smiled from ear to ear, how could he have received so much cash, and thanked him again and again in excitement, and repeatedly said that if there was anything to do, just look for him.

Yang Congyi told him that there was a big thing to do in this estuary in the near future, which required a lot of manpower, and if he wanted to come to work, he would just come when the time came.

The farmer immediately wanted to determine the date for coming to work, but Yang Congyi naturally couldn't give time, only said three days later. After receiving the reply, the farmer thanked the old man in front of him again, and walked away happily.

"Is there too much money for him?" Qingchen couldn't help but ask after the man left.

Yang Congyi said with a smile: "It's not easy for a poor family without a field, the little land he rents is his lifeblood, he can put down the work in his hand and go so far with us, just rush to this point, you can give him more money, not to mention that he leads the way, and it also saves us a lot of time." ”

Qingchen didn't speak again, how much did the imperial court spend to build the election camp, when Yang Congyi was talking to Lu You and Shen Jin, she heard it next to her, and the money was really nothing compared to 1.5 million yuan.

Although the court gave a lot of money, she didn't approve of her husband's lavish spending, but she was a pro-soldier, not a member of the army, so it was not appropriate to say anything.

"Are you still moving?" Yang Congyi turned his head and asked, he hasn't been walking much recently, and his legs and feet are a little sore after an hour or two.

"I'm okay, I can still walk, I used to walk from morning to night a day, and when I walked for two days, it would be good to get used to it." Qingchen's footsteps are a little slow, and if he walks for a long time, he should be injured.

"I'll carry you for a ride, and then I'll take the carriage back later." Yang Congyi looked at her like that, the soles of her feet should have blisters, and she couldn't bear to continue walking.

"How can this work, how can you carry me!" Qingchen shook her head again and again and refused, such an unreasonable law, and it was still in front of the public, what kind of system it became, she couldn't accept it.

"I carry my wife, who said no!" Yang Congyi couldn't help but say, walked in front of Qingchen in one step, and with a twist of his body, he directly carried her behind him.

"Put me down! How bad it is for people to see! Qingchen patted Yang Congyi's shoulder, struggling violently on his back, wanting to jump off.

"Don't move, there's no one around, just let me carry you quietly for a ride." Yang Congyi put his hands behind his back, holding her steadily, no matter how she struggled, she couldn't break free.

Qingchen blushed, and after a moment accepted the reality.

Whose lady will be carried on her husband's back? Thinking of this, my heart suddenly warmed, and I quietly lay on his back, feeling the warmth given by the other party.

The two of them walked slowly in the field, the grass seedlings and weeds, the willows and the breeze, there seemed to be only him and her between heaven and earth, at this moment the two were close to each other, their hearts were connected, they could not be separated, they could not be separated!

The horses' hooves clattered, the wheels rolled, and before dark, Yang Congyi returned to the inn.

After a little freshening up and drinking a few cups of tea, I gathered everyone to find out how things were going.

Yang Congyi first told everyone the specific location of the selected camp, and then asked about the recruitment of civil forces and the procurement of building materials.

Lu You has already communicated with the county magistrate Yu Yu in response to this matter, and has also negotiated with some businessmen in the county, they can provide some materials needed for the construction of the camp, but the quantity will not be very large, in recent years, Yiwu County has not built a large number of buildings, and the businessmen do not have much material reserves.

But fortunately, the camp site is at the foot of the mountain, and the required timber or bamboo can be cut directly from the mountain and quickly transported to the bottom of the mountain. However, in this way, there are new problems, because the land is privately owned, and the trees in the mountains and forests are naturally privately owned, and they cannot be cut down if they want to be cut by the generals, and the people who own a large area of land in the mountains and forests are either gentry or big landlords, and these people have connections in the officialdom, so their things cannot be used for the court in vain, and they have to be bought with money.

To build a camp, first of all, someone must have materials and materials, people naturally have to be mainly Xuanwei Army, supplemented by locally recruited people, and they will soon be in place, and the materials must be collected first, and then they must be transported, which is time-consuming and laborious, and they have to walk in front of people, otherwise people are in place, materials are not coming, and thousands of people are not staring?

Materials and materials are urgent at noon, so Yang Congyi adjusted the deployment, and asked Lu You to pay close attention to the procurement of materials next, you can find businessmen, or you can find large households with mountains and forests around the camp, the price is easy to say, and the key materials must be in place as soon as possible.

As for Shen Jin and Li Hu, they continued to wait for news from the Xuanwei army in the direction of Dongyang, and once they came to Yiwu, they would immediately take them to the valley of the Dachen River.

That night, they rested for the night, and the next morning, everyone split up.

Yang Congyi went directly to the county government to find the county magistrate Yu Yu, explained the selected camp site to him, and asked him to go to the Dachenjiang River Valley with him.

Because the construction of the camp involves the relocation of the people and the expropriation of land, it is definitely not possible if the local parent official does not appear, and in the hearts of the people, the prestige of the parent official is naturally heavier than that of an official of the front division of the palace.

Yang Congyi's official rank is much higher than Yu Yu's, he doesn't dare to disagree, and there is no reason to refuse, the selection of generals is a major event of the imperial court, once it is done, maybe he can get a good job in the year-end assessment, and it is not impossible to be promoted in the future.

Yu Yu took the relevant officials and a group of officials, took a sedan chair, followed behind Yang Congyi, and it took more than two hours to arrive at the location of the predetermined camp site, the Dachenjiang River Valley.

In a small village, their lizheng had already been found by the officials who had arrived first, and they were greeted outside the village.

The carriage and sedan chair stopped, and Li, who was fifty or sixty years old, knelt down and kowtowed from a foot away.

Yu Yu got off the sedan chair and walked a few steps to the carriage, and smiled at Yang Congyi: "Lord Yang, please!" ”

Yang Congyi said: "Yu County Ling is a local parent official, you invite first." ”

Yu Yu saw that the other party was not polite, so he was no longer humble, and took a few steps forward and asked loudly: "Who are you, report your name?" ”

Li Zheng, who knelt on the ground and kowtowed, replied: "The villain Jiangkou Village is Xue Ping, knock to see the county master!" ”

Yu Yu raised his head slightly and said, "Xue Lizheng, get up." ”

"Thank you, county master!" Xue Li was kowtowing again, and then got up, and gently brushed the dirt and weeds off his body.

"Lord Yang from this county and the capital came here today to ask you something, you should reply well, don't bump into Lord Yang, do you understand?" Yu Yu finished a few words, his face was serious.

"Yes, the villain understands." Xue Lizheng immediately agreed when he heard this, and then raised his eyes and carefully glanced at the man in ordinary clothes not far behind the county master, but saw that the person's gaze was not here, but on the mountain.

"This county asks you, how many households and how many people are there in Jiangkou Village?" Under the scorching sun, Yu Yu stood in place and began to ask.

"If you go back to the county master, there are twenty-seven families in the village, more than one hundred and twenty people." Xue Lizheng didn't dare to think about delay, and hurriedly replied.

"How many acres of arable land are there? What is the output? Yu Yu asked again.

"The whole village has a total of 363 acres of cultivated land, almost all of which are on both sides of the river, the terrain is too high to irrigate, and many fields cannot grow rice with high yield, but can only grow wheat millet and beans, and the yield cannot be compared with rice, and the yield of one mu of land is less than 30% of the paddy field." Xue Lizheng didn't know what the county lord's intention was in asking, so he didn't dare to think about it, so he had to explain it truthfully.

After Yu Yu asked, he immediately turned around and approached Yang Congyi, and reported in a positive voice: "Lord Yang, there are less than 30 farming households in this Jiangkou Village, with a population of more than 120 people, and more than 360 acres of cultivated land, all of which are dry land, and it should not be difficult to relocate. ”

Yang Congyi said with a smile: "There is a Laoyu county order. Now that we're here, how about we go into the village and see? ”

As soon as he heard this, Yu Yu replied with some hesitation: "My lord, the chickens and dogs in the village are jumping, dirty, messy, and smelly, so don't enter the village." ”

Yang Congyi said: "This place is a place for dozens of families to settle down, let them move out from this place, how can we do it if we don't go into the village to see?" If they want to relocate willingly, you have to understand their demands, if there is a problem in the later stage, you and I can't afford it, what does Yu Xianling think? ”

Yu Yu's face changed slightly, and he hurriedly replied: "In that case, the lower official will accompany the adults into the village for a walk." ”

"Okay, that's the best, it's hard work."

After Yang Congyi finished speaking, he walked forward, walked in front of Xue Lizheng, and said with a smile: "Xue Lizheng, how about taking us to your house to see?" ”

Xue Lizheng was frightened, hurriedly saluted, and then waved his hand again and again: "The villain's house is very chaotic, the adults should not go, so as not to stain the eyes of the adults." ”

Yang Congyi smiled: "I am also from a poor background, so there is nothing to see." I came all the way to Jiangkou Village with Yu County Lingda to talk to you about something, Xue Lizheng just let us talk under the sun? ”

As soon as Xue Lizheng heard this, his face changed, and he didn't know how to reply for a while.

"Let's go, Yu Xianling doesn't mind, what are you afraid of." After Yang Congyi finished speaking, he walked towards the village first.

Seeing that Xue Lizheng was still startled, Yu Yu hurriedly took a few steps forward and said sharply: "What are you still standing for, do you want Lord Yang to show you the way?" ”

Xue Li was reminded by this, and only then did he come back to his senses, hurriedly answered, and ran forward quickly, catching up with Yang Congyi, and leading the way in front.

Yang Congyi and Yu Yu walked in front, followed by a group of officials and officials, and a group of dozens of people walked towards the village.

This kind of formation had already alarmed the villagers of Jiangkou Village not far away, and I saw that the villagers who were originally busy in the fields, as soon as they saw the people from the government on the road, they abandoned their farm work one after another, and hurriedly ran towards the village, without looking back, as if a great disaster was coming, and they quickly fled, and no one was seen again.

Yang Congyi saw all this in his eyes, and turned his head slightly to look at Yu Yu.

I saw that Yu Yu's face was pale, and his face was extremely ugly.