The sky was gray and drizzling.

Walking in the middle of the Qianmo, Lu Bu was wearing a black robe, purple and gold boots under his feet step by step, on the muddy path, the shoes were covered with mud, Lu Bu looked into the distance, only to see that the wheat fields were about to ripen, and when I saw it, these wheat grains fluttering in the wind seemed to be dancing happily.

Since ancient times, food has been the top priority, and these grains can save lives! With this food, you will not be starved to death, and with this food, it is the hope of living in troubled times.......

When he arrived in Hanoi from Chang'an, Lü Bu had seen too many tragic situations. In the troubled times, the soldiers are in chaos, as Cao Cao said in Artemisia, the white bones are exposed in the wild, and there is no rooster crow for thousands of miles! I don't know how many barren fields are uncultivated! If it weren't for the war, how would it be like this? If those barren fields are cultivated, I don't know how many people will not starve to death on the roadside......

All this is to blame for the war!

Compared with those places, the annexed states under Zhang Yang's rule are not too peaceful and stable, rich and peaceful. But at least there is no such scourge as the war and chaos, there are people who plant the fields, and there are people who harvest the wheat fields! will not fall into a human tragedy like cannibalism. Thinking of this, Lu Bu sighed leisurely and said to Zhang Yang, who was following behind him, "This is all my brother's work!" ”

Under Zhang Yang's rule, these people avoided war, and there were few thieves and gangsters. These are all the credit of Zhang Yang, if there is no Zhang Yang, these places are trampled on by the Hu people, or plundered by thieves, it is really unknown.

"What a merit!"

In the face of Lu Bu's praise, Zhang Yang was not happy.

Lu Bu continued to walk forward, he knew the reason why Zhang Yang was not happy. Zhang Yang once said to him that the state was barren, and they all felt that the land was barren and not suitable for farming! But in a big state, if all the fields are really used, where can it not feed hundreds of thousands of people! One of the main reasons why the state is barren is because of the invasion of foreign races, which makes the state in the midst of war. The second is because of these big families. There are too many lands annexed by the big families, but very little land is actually in the hands of the common people. This is a "common problem" that almost all places in Dahan have. ”

And the state, there will be no more barrenness!

Looking at the green and yellow wheat field, Lu Bu secretly made up his mind! What's the point of fighting if it's not about making people's lives better? If under his rule, the lives of the common people are not as good as those under Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, why don't he just bow down? With the general trend he knew, it was not clear how to end this troubled time of strife? Coming all the way to the battle, what Lu Bu was carrying was no longer a family's hope. He wants to take those soldiers who follow him to build a truly peaceful and prosperous world! Splendid mountains and rivers.

Under the drizzle, there was very little movement in the wheat fields.

But Lu Bu still saw an old man, and when the old man saw Lu Bu and his party, he knew that they were not ordinary people, so he quickly knelt down, and his cloudy eyes suddenly saw Zhang Yang, and shouted, "The old man greets Lord Zhoumu!" ”

"Uncle, you are wrong. I'm not the state pastor of Merge State now, the one next to me is...... This is today's state pastor of Bingzhou, the Marquis of the Han Dynasty. ”

Zhang Yang saw the old man kneeling and hurriedly said.

"Aren't you Zhang Zhoumu? Why, why did I become a gentleman and a state pastor? ”

The old man was surprised.

Seeing this, Zhang Yang was even more helpless, and explained: "A few days ago, I had already ceded this merge state pastor to Wen Hou, and the current merge state pastor was the Han Wen Hou who killed Dong thief in Chang'an!" ”

Hearing Zhang Yang's explanation, the old man hurriedly bowed to Lu Bu again: "Old and ignorant, meet ....... Wenhou"

"Uncle doesn't need to be polite."

Lu Bu helped the old man up.

In the Han Dynasty, people of the elderly were "privileged". For example, the official does not worship. In the Han Dynasty, filial piety ruled the world, and the appointment of officials was also a recommendation system, and each state and county promoted filial piety. In the Han Dynasty, if you want to be a big official, you must be "filial piety." "And filial piety is filial piety to the elders, honest and upright. Therefore, in the Han Dynasty, it was extremely respectful of the elderly. Of course, it is the late Han Dynasty, and the times are in turmoil. The system of respecting the elderly is naturally not as good as it was in the Taiping era. More often than not, the old and weak women and children have become a drag.

"Uncle, it's raining this day, why don't you go home to avoid the rain?"

Lu Bu personally held a Luo umbrella and covered the old man's body. Seeing Lu Bu like this, the old man was quite frightened, but seeing that Lu Bu's tone was extremely gentle, he was not so afraid of Lu Bu for a while, so he answered Lu Bu's question.

In the conversation with the old man, Lu Bu gradually understood that the people living in this state are not so good as they seem. Most of this large area of farmland is the land of the family. And most of them were just sharecroppers. Because of the war, the old man had three sons, but now he has only one son left, and he also cultivates the fields for the Zhang family in Jinyang to get rations. Now the autumn harvest season is approaching, but the old man's family has run out of rations. The old man's son went to Zhang's house to ask for an excuse to get through the crisis first, and the old man watched from the edge of the field every day these days, hoping that the wheat could ripen as soon as possible. Then his son doesn't have to ask the Zhang family for food.

"I don't know how many people in the old uncle's family get every year?"

Lu Bu asked.

"In the old family, even the four people with dogs, the annual ration is only about 60 stones!"

The old man sighed.

Lu Bu was stunned for a moment.

Zhang Yang also frowned slightly: "How can it be so little?" More than 60 stones a year, where is enough for a family of four to eat? ”

Lu Bu's face turned gloomy.

He knew that in his army, a soldier would consume about 1.8 stone of grain in a month, and about 22 stone of grain in a year! And for a family of four, the ration that can be fed should also be eighty-eight stones! But now this family of four only has 60 stone a year! Even if the food of ordinary people is less than that in the army, these sixty stones are far from enough. It is no wonder that before the autumn harvest, there is no ration in the old man's house.

"This is because after Zhang Zhoumu took office, the government did not levy taxes on the old and the decrepit......"

The old man continued.

Lu Bu frowned slightly, "You are tenant farmers, why do you have to pay taxes?" ”

Lu Bu's words made the old man sigh. Zhang Yang's face was pale, and Li Ru, Jia Xudianwei and others behind Lu Bu also had different complexions.

In everyone's expressions, Lu Bu seemed to have known the result.

I don't know when the anger in my heart arises! More than 60 stone rations every year are not enough for a family of four. If there is a slight disaster, I am afraid that I will not survive. But for these poor people, those officials who are vegetarian still can't bear to exploit them.