"Blacksmith Zhao, you will be mistaken, I mean that when making tools, if you need anything, tell me, I will buy it."

"That's the case, I know, my lord, don't worry."

"Very good, I'll go first, you're busy."

"Well, all right."

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Ma Yongjun stood on the edge of the field, looked at the boundless wheat waves in his field, and said to his mother with a smile: "Mother, God still can't get along with us this year, if it weren't for Lord Liu's help, how could we grow such good wheat." ”

"My son is right, you have escaped from the famine for so many years, and now you finally have a good life. Thanks to Wenshan's salary in the barracks, Lord Liu has distributed a good field to them, and the grain produced in our field will be cut off to be handed over to Lord Liu, and there will be thousands of catties of grain left, and if you save for a few years like this, you can give you a daughter-in-law. I can hold my grandson. When Aunt Ma thought of the bright prospects of life, she smiled proudly.

"Hmph, it's naturally good for Lord Liu to speak seriously, but I'm afraid that he will be greedy for our good year and collect more rent." Ma Qingshan said disapprovingly.

"Qingshan, without Lord Liu, how can you have today, you are not allowed to break your mouth again." Aunt Ma saw that Ma Qingshan said bad things about Lord Liu again, and scolded.

Ma Qingshan: "............" ”

The people of the Ma family were talking to themselves, and suddenly they saw a group of people coming from the dirt road on the edge of the field, and one of them was dressed as a scribe and saw a few people from the Ma family, so he came over to ask questions.

"How are you getting old?" The scribe asked.

"Lord Liu's blessings, you have a good year." Aunt Ma replied briskly.

"What is your yield per acre?" The scribe asked again.

"Our fields are better, about 150 catties per mu, and about 100 catties in thin fields."

"Oh, oh, you see, very good, very good." The scribe stroked his beard and smiled, and then led his entourage in the direction of the north fort of the town.

"Who are they?" Ma Yongjun was puzzled.

"Who knows? It has nothing to do with them. Ma Qingshan said abruptly.

Ma Yongjun thought about it, but he didn't know the point, so he didn't think about it anymore.

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However, it is said that in northern Shaanxi, since May, the rain has not fallen, and there is a great drought, and in July, there is a strong wind, flying sand and rocks.

If it is in other places in northern Shaanxi, this is called God blind, and it is not called Nirvana. However, in Zhenbei Fort, this is nothing, because the government is well organized, and these small things are not worth mentioning.

There are wells dug in the fields of the residents of Zhenbeibao, and the wells can take water, in addition to the wells, there are also ditches dug to divert water, and the people of Zhenbeibao are not afraid at all.

As for the gale, Liu Renyu is a person from later generations, he according to the impression of later generations, he also thought that the northern Shaanxi of the Ming Dynasty was also a high slope of loess, in fact, when he crossed him, he knew that the vegetation coverage rate of northern Shaanxi in the Ming Dynasty was acceptable, although it was not as green as the south of the Yangtze River, but the situation of the high slope of loess had never existed.

But even so, he still called on the people to plant trees, and he told the people to plant trees all over the edge of the fields, one can be used to prevent wind, the second can be used for woodcutting, the third can be used to divide the field boundary, and the fourth can be used for greening.

In addition to planting trees, the people also made wooden hedges to protect them from the wind.

In this way, the people of Beibao Town, such as the great drought and wind disaster, are not afraid at all. Man-made disasters, Zhenbei Fort is located at the junction of Ming and Mongolia, on the edge of the prairie, where the Mongols often come to wander, is to the acres of land are barren, the original landlord has long fled without a trace.

When Liu Renyu divided the field in Zhenbei Fort, there were no gentry and wealthy families, or the original owner of the field took the land deed to pull the skin, so it was really cool to choose to develop in northern Shaanxi, and there was no trouble for the time being.

As for the bandits and thieves, all those who came to loot were beaten to the ground by Liu Renyu's troops, and over time, the bandits and thieves near Zhenbei Fort did not dare to set foot on the boundary of Zhenbei Fort again.

In this way, by the end of July, the spring wheat was ripe, and God was going to rain again, so Liu Renyu called the army to help the people harvest the wheat. By the beginning of August, when the wheat harvest was complete, the people were again preparing their fields for winter wheat planting.

At the end of July and the beginning of August, during this time, the faces of the people of Zhenbeibao were filled with happy smiles. The reason why everyone is happy is naturally that although God does not open his eyes, but under the care of Lord Liu, everyone's fields are generally harvested, and the yield is also very good, the yield per mu of good fields is about 180 catties, and the yield of thin fields is about 100 catties. At this time, the north fort of Zhenbei is vast and sparsely populated, and each family has about 40,50 acres of land, which means that each family can get at least 4,000 catties of grain, in addition to the more than 1,000 catties of grain taxes paid, the family collection is very considerable.

At this time, Liu Renyu also smiled, because the industry of Zhenbeibao has finally generated income at this time, and the grain in the treasury has accumulated 100,000 catties, at least the grain is enough to eat. In addition to the grain, when he thought of the silver, Liu Renyu had the urge to cry, he was now about to die of poverty, and there were less than 1,000 taels of silver left in his pocket, if there was no more income, he would be in trouble.

Just when Liu Renyu was happy about his own harvest, suddenly Ma Tianjun's messenger came to report, saying that there were several people with great backgrounds who were making trouble in the Zhenbeibao government, and Ma Tianjun couldn't support it, so he specially invited Liu Renyu to go and suppress it.

"Great origins!? What is the number of roads? Liu Renyu, who was full of question marks, followed the errand and hurriedly rushed to Ma Tianjun.

When he arrived at Ma Tianjun, Liu Renyu saw a group of warriors in strong suits surrounded by a person dressed as a scribe in Tsing Yi, who was the person who asked the Ma family in Tiantou that day, and at this time he was standing proudly with his long beard in his hand.

"What's going on?" Liu Renyu saw that this Tsing Yi scribe was arrogant, and he expected that he must have something to rely on, but he still had to ask what these people wanted to do.

Ma Tianjun was about to reply, but the green-shirted scribe said to Liu Renyu: "Are you the chief Liu Renyu here?" ”

"Exactly, who are you, since you see this official, why don't you worship?" Liu Renyu saw that he couldn't put on a score, so he gave a dismount first.

The Qingshan literati smiled faintly and said slowly: "I have a meritorious reputation, even if I meet my parents in this county, I can also be exempted, not to mention you." ”

"You're so daring." Liu Renyu didn't have any special reaction, Zhang Tieniu was not happy at first, he pressed his hand on the hilt of the knife and shouted angrily.

"Iron Bull, stay." Liu Renyu knew that this scribe was not a good person, he first signaled Zhang Tieniu not to be impulsive, and then asked the green-shirted scribe with a cold face: "How did you give birth to a path, what do you want to do, and said bluntly, Lao Tzu is very busy." ”

"I am Zhang Huairen, the second housekeeper of Zhangjiabao of the Ansai clan, but there is a lawsuit with you here today."

"What, what lawsuit?"

"The fields you have planted here have not been asked if there is an owner, and you have privately divided them with the peasants to cultivate, do you know that these fields belong to our master Zhangjiabao Fort?" Zhang Huairen said unhurriedly.

"What, joke, you have a good mouth, this field has been barren for almost ten years, what you say is yours is yours. What are the credentials? "Li Jiye has never seen such a shameless person, he has something to say.

"Hehe, there are strange things every year, there are a lot of damn things this year, when you level the wasteland here, why don't you say that the field belongs to your family, and now your crops have been harvested, you say that the field belongs to your Zhang family, and there is no such reason in the world." This is Zhang Tieniu counting Zhang Huairen.

"Beat this unreasonable thief bird, do you think that the north fort of the town is easy to bully!"

For a while, there were shouts and scoldings in the hall, and the sounds of threats were endless, but Liu Renyu had no intention of stopping it.

Zhang Huairen was not afraid of seeing such a scene, he took out a large stack of papers from his arms, and said indifferently: "I can't believe you, I have a title deed here, which can prove that these lands belong to our Zhangjiabao Master Zhang." ”

As soon as these words came out, the hall suddenly heard a pin drop.

"Yes, show me the title deed." Liu Renyu said to Zhang Huairen.

"You don't want to tear up the title deed, we still have a record in the county office, and I advise you not to make trouble."

"I won't, I'll ask you, how long ago did this land belong to your master's family, I heard that these lands have been barren for almost 20 years."

"Naturally, it was our Zhangjiabao twenty years ago, if you ask what this is for, I only ask you if you recognize the title deed."

"Hmph, the title deed more than 20 years ago, why is the paper so new? Well. ”

"This!?" Zhang Huairen was speechless for a while, and he was sparse, he only thought about grabbing the grain before, and he thought of a bad move, and the land deed was not old.

Everyone saw that Liu Renyu was looking for a flaw, and immediately fried the pot.

"Thief bird, dare to trick us."

"Break your legs."

"Kill you liars."

There was a lot of voice, and there was everything to say.

Zhang Huairen saw that the trick was discovered, and simply offered his trump card, he said hatefully: "You wait for Hugh to care whether my paper is old or new, I only ask you, whether you recognize the big seal of Ansai County's parents, my lord is a township official, and in the same year, he was quite powerful in the court, and his protégés were all over the world, that is, he went to Beijing, and our title deed was also recognized, what do you want?" Still want to rebel or not? ”

"This ........," Zhang Huairen mentioned this stubble, and no one dared to respond.

Seeing this, Liu Renyu knew that the matter was irreparable, the township officials were extremely powerful in the local area, and even the county magistrates did not dare to disobey them.

"What are you talking about, we are the Ming officials, how dare you rebel, I recognize these land deeds." Liu Renyu said softly.

"Hmph, forgive you and don't dare, okay, I won't say much, the output of your fields, I roughly asked, the book said that our Zhangjiabao land, told you to reclaim 5,000 acres, I will calculate it according to 100 catties per mu, harvest forty percent, I calculated, you have to pay 200,000 catties of rent."