Afternoon.

There are constantly people from neighboring villages who come to Luo Feng's house, and everyone has heard that the eight people who were called to dig the river in Ji County last time came back, and they were lucky, saying that the two-month service period really expired and came back, and even more shit luck was that when they came back, they actually captured the blue-faced eighteen ghosts and saved the county order's daughter, which not everyone got a heavy reward.

Especially the little five of Luo's lame family, not only did he get an extra thirty yuan of white money from the county order's daughter, but he was also appreciated by the county order to make up for the county's quick catch, and he will be beautiful in the future.

Even the township and the lieutenant who are usually high in Benli rushed over, and greeted them warmly and warmly.

You must know that in the Sui Dynasty, there were 100 households and 1 mile, and 500 households and 1 township. The imperial power is not lower than the county, and in the townships outside the county seat, it is all maintained by those township chiefs, and the chiefs of each township are basically the patriarchs of the big clans or those who are rich and powerful.

These people are either rich and rich, or they are local big clans, or they have relatives who are officials in the imperial court, which is usually not high in the township, the real emperor of the soil.

Even ordinary litigation disputes, as long as they are not criminal cases, are generally heard by the head of the township and then reported to the county government, and they are also responsible for the registration of the township's household registration, the conscription and urging of military service, and the maintenance of public order.

Now they all took the initiative to come to the door.

Luo's mother was afraid that Luo Feng would offend these people proudly, so she pulled him aside and explained carefully, saying that these people in the township were more effective than the county magistrates in the county, and they could not be offended, and among the creditors of the Luo family, the township and the chief were the largest.

Luo Feng knows very well that the county officials are not as good as the county management, don't look at the township and the mayor seem to be in charge of so many hundred families, but the power is indeed not small. For example, when Luo Feng is 16 years old, he can be granted land according to the system, and according to the system, he can be granted half of the field, that is to say, he can get 50 acres of land, 10 acres of Yongye field in the middle of spring, and 40 acres of land in the mouth.

In fact, the local township chiefs are also responsible for reporting the actual situation of the division of land and land equalization, which means that the regulations are the same, but the actual amount of land in the township must be relied on to grant land. For example, there are more than 60 households in Nanshan Village, there must be about 200 adults, and there must be dozens of underage middle-aged men.

But in fact, the total land of Nanshan Village is less than 10,000 acres, including sloping and mountainous land. Of the 10,000 acres of land, nearly 30 percent of the land belongs to a few landlords, and only about 7,000 acres of land remain.

At present, there are nearly 300 men and men, and there are actually only about 7,000 acres of land to be divided, and the average is only about 20 acres of land.

A Ding man twenty acres seems to be a lot, but you must know that Nanshan Village is at the foot of Xiaotai Mountain, the land is mostly hillside dry land, such a land lacks fertilizer and little water, can only rotate and rest, plus the technology of planting land in this year is limited, and the yield is also low, 20 acres of land is divided into three batches of field rotation, in fact, only 13 acres are planted in a year, and the yield per mu is not even a stone.

Because of this, there are many people and little land, and the division of land has become a very troublesome matter in the village in recent years.

And the township chiefs hold this right, Luo Feng is sixteen years old this year, and he has been recruited by the government to start labor, but he has not yet divided a piece of land.

Not only him, in fact, as early as many years ago, all the middle-aged men were no longer old enough to divide the land, and generally only after reaching the age of 21 could they have the opportunity to divide the land equally, and the division was getting less and less.

Luo Feng's family has five adults and one middle-aged man, but his family has divided the land with his father and two eldest brothers, and the remaining three have never divided the field, because there is no land to divide, and there is no land to divide until the village has a Ding man who has reached the age of 60 and retired from the field.

The family lives on 60 acres of land, and so many people cultivate 60 acres of poor land, but the annual rent adjustment is according to Ding's oral payment, and the family has to pay 5 Ding's rent, and each Ding has to serve 20 days of labor for free.

The land is small, but the rent is mediocre, which makes the burden of the Luo family increase greatly, you must know that not all the sixty acres of land are planted with grain, and a lot of mulberry trees and hemp have to be used to raise silkworms and weave silk and cloth.

Xiangzheng's surname is Li, is the Li family of Nanshan Village, the same village, it is of course not ordinary to become a Xiangzheng, compared to the Luo family, Li Xiangzheng's family is very rich, his family is not much, not a big surname, but their family is rich and land, his family has a total of only about ten people, but he has more than 1,000 acres of land.

Originally, according to the system, each ding owned a maximum of 100 acres of land, but Li Xiangzheng had a way, he took the money to open up the joint, and obtained the lord, although the lord is not an official position and ignores the facts, but it is equivalent to a grade, and the corresponding lord can also get an additional share of the field, relying on this method, Li Xiangzheng can keep more than 1,000 acres of private land handed down by the family.

And ordinary people like Luo Feng and them, even if they have money, they can only buy a hundred acres of land at most, and if they buy a hundred acres of land, then the fields granted by the imperial court in the past must be returned, and ordinary people can only have a hundred acres of land, which is the limit and cannot be exceeded.

Li Xiangzheng has a lot of land, has more than 1,000 acres of land, and there are shops and restaurants in the county, and he also has a wife and brother who joined the army in the county.

The eldest surnamed is Wang, but he is not from Nanshan Village, but from Wangzhuang next door. Wang Lichang's family is a big clan in Wangzhuang, with dozens of men, relying on this he became Lizheng in Nanshan, managing more than 100 households in Nanshan Village and Wangzhuang and other three villages.

"I just came back from the county, and I heard that Brother Gorou is showing his majesty this time, and the county order is greatly appreciated, and he made an exception to promote you to be a catcher, which is gratifying."

As the grassroots officials in the township, the township is called the county officials, and they usually take turns to work in the county office, responsible for assisting the county officials in managing local affairs, they are very well-informed, and they have inquired about Luo Feng's meritorious service this time, and he also saved the county order's daughter, and he is deeply liked by the county order, it is said that even the new county official is very appreciative of Luo Feng.

"Actually, it's just a coincidence, the real meritorious one is my cousin, introduce to Li Xiangzheng and Wang Lizheng, this is the Licheng Qin Qiong Qin Shubao who captured and killed the blue-faced eighteen ghost bandit leaders, is my uncle's cousin, and now he is a guard in Zuo Yiwei's Mansion, and he is the general who came to protect his children's tent."

Xiang Zheng and Li Chang came from the county seat, so they naturally heard about the power of this Qin Shubao, and knew that he was a member of the Qin family in Licheng, so they were very polite at the moment.

"Xiangzheng and Li Chang came just in time, before my Luo family owed a lot of foreign debts, and now I have received some rewards from the county for catching thieves, I plan to use this reward to pay off the debts first, and ask the two of you to be a witness for me."

Li Xiangzheng and Wang Lichang also had a polite exchange, and finally saw that Luo Feng took out all the strings of Yangzhou white money, so he also nodded in agreement.

The repayment of the money was very smooth, and there were two township mayors as witnesses and hosts, invited the creditors, and then took out the IOU, calculated the principal and interest, repaid the money with one hand, tore up the arrears with the other hand, and wrote off a hook.

Strings of copper coins were taken out, IOUs were brought back, and then torn up and burned into ashes in the furnace, all in the presence of the two village chiefs and many neighboring villagers.

After paying off all the debts of nearly twenty times, Luo Mu couldn't help but sigh, feeling a sense of relief in her heart.

Li Xiangzheng, who was in his early fifties, looked at the ten strings of copper coins recovered at his feet, and the smile on his face grew, "Wulang is really amazing, and the future will definitely be immeasurable." By the way, I originally came to the chief today, and I still have something to tell you, you are now over 16 years old, and your household registration has been corrected to a middle-aged man, and you have also dug the river for two months in Ji County to do service, and now you are about to go to the county government to do a quick catch, I discussed with Wang Lichang, and gave you 20 acres of land. ”

This is an unexpected good thing, as the so-called flower sedan chair people carry people, and it is rare to see charcoal in the snow, which is indeed more icing on the cake.

"Is there any land to divide now?" Luo Feng asked with a smile.

"This year, a few Ding men have reached the age of 60 and returned the land according to the regulations, but you also know that there have always been many people and little land in the Nanshan Mountains of Changbai Township, and I have really spent a lot of brains with Wang Li Chang in order to make up these 20 acres of land."

"Xiao Wu understands, thank you two."

The middle-aged man in Nanshan Village has not divided the land for many years, even if he is a Ding, he is only divided into ten acres of land at the beginning, if he has a good relationship with the head of the township and filial piety is in place, it will be possible to make up another ten acres in a few years, but twenty acres will be at the top.

Now Luo Feng is only sixteen years old, and as a result, he was divided into twenty acres of land at once.

Xiao Liu suddenly asked on the side, "My fifth brother has divided the land, so do my third brother and fourth brother have any land?" ”

Li Xiangzheng and Wang Lichang, who asked this, could only laugh.

"Two, my sixth brother has always been a little confused, don't care."

The two of them nodded, and gave the land to Luo Feng, which was a special care, knowing that he had just saved the daughter of the county order, and was appreciated by the county and the county order, and was about to become a regular arrester of the county government express class, and also had contacts with the Qin family in Licheng, which gave Luo Feng some face, and specially made up twenty acres of land for him.

If they let them divide the land together with Luo Laosan and Luo Laosi, they will also be troublesome, not that they can't get the land at all, but this kind of thing is a break of the old rules, and it is always bad.

"It's okay, Goro, we are in the same township, and we will all be on an errand in the county government office in the future, so we can take care of each other." Li Xiangzheng said with a smile.

"That's that, I'm a junior, even if I am an errand in the county government, I am still a backward, and I have to count on the two assistants in the future."

"Definitely, definitely." The two of them were very satisfied when they saw Luo Feng so good.

"You don't have to worry about your third brother and fourth brother dividing the land, I will discuss it with Wang Li again when I go back, and I will always think of making up some more fields for them to distribute to them first."

"Then Xiao Wu is here, thank you two first!"