This is an ordinary family, the door and walls are mottled and old, there are two jujube trees planted in the small courtyard outside, and there are a few chickens, and the door is opened by an old woman who is feeding the chickens.

Because it is the busy season of farming, all the men in the family have gone to work in the fields, and even the daughter-in-law has gone to the fields to help, so in this family, there is only this old woman who has not very good eyes.

Although her eyes are not good and she can't see people clearly, after listening to Lizhong's solemn introduction, the old woman was still taken aback.

Their family was originally a homeless and precarious homeless people, but it was after Yan Xing pacified Baibo in Hedong that some of the displaced people were resettled in Linfen, so that they were able to settle down again and become the tunhu family of Mintun.

In the past, these ordinary people, even Huang Po, who guarded the Linfen order, had never seen it, but today there was a county government of Anyi who guarded their home, how could this old woman not be frightened!

The old woman immediately bowed down in front of Yan Xing's group of people, but fortunately, Yan Xing had expected it, and hurriedly said that old age was respected, and there was no need to be polite, so the officials quickly helped the old woman up.

Next, in Yan Xing's warm inquiry, he learned that the family's surname was Chen. And the old woman's heart gradually settled down, and she was able to answer some of Yan Xing's inquiries in a whisper, and she also specially brought a wooden coffin and offered warm water to Yan Xing.

Yan Xing didn't dislike this wooden coffin that looked a little old, he took a shallow sip of water, and then began to talk to the old woman again.

talked about some of her daily chores, and the old woman's speech gradually became smoother.

"There were traitors in the county last year, but I heard that it was far away, and there was no impact in the township pavilion. Later, the snow fell for a long time, there was a winter coat at home, the ugly child had to go out to collect salary, he had to wear it, and the others could only hide at home to avoid the cold, although they filled the couch with a layer of hay, but the clothes and quilts were thin, and the hemp and floc at home were not enough, and the days of heating by the fire were really difficult, and the roof was crushed by the heavy snow at the end of the year······"

Yan Xing did not dislike this old woman for speaking slowly, but gently and carefully asked her how the situation was in her family last year, and the old woman hesitated, the situation at home was indeed a little embarrassing, and it was not easy to talk to outsiders. But the one sitting in front of her was too guarded, and she didn't dare to delay and conceal it, so she could only slowly tell Yan Xing what happened at home one after another.

Yan Xing's face was kind, he listened to the old woman's words quietly, and occasionally asked one or two more about the daily details, and he didn't blame the old woman for the occasional vulgarity and rudeness in her words, but Huang Po, Li Zheng and the others who were sitting next to him were a little worried when they heard it.

Although after the Hedong War, the people's livelihood was difficult, which was the norm, but this time it was too guarded and spring, and he came to the place where he first built Tuntian, if all he heard was the difficult situation of this old woman's livelihood, it would undoubtedly expose the incompetence and neglect of their officials on either side on the side.

Huang Po is the old man under Yan Xing's account, he is not as trembling as Li Zheng, he was so frightened that he lowered his head, but he also had some drums in his heart, I don't know what Yan Xing, who was calm at the moment, was thinking in his heart, whether he was already brewing anger, he could only swallow a mouthful of saliva, moisten his somewhat dry throat, and then subconsciously wiped the cold sweat oozing from his forehead with his sleeve.

"Has the situation at home improved this year?"

Yan Xing finally asked a question that was most critical to the future of everyone present, and many people's hearts rose to their throats. Li Zheng even set his eyes on the old woman, in front of the Taishou, he didn't dare to behave, but there was no lack of begging the old woman to say something good and good in his eyes.

It's a pity that the old woman's eyes are not good, but she didn't notice him, and continued to answer Yan Xing's question and said:

"The days of spring are naturally better, Wang Lizheng also asked people in the house to help, and the roof of the house was repaired again. If this year's day is beautiful, there is a good harvest in the field, although we are going to share it with the official temple, but we can always have rations to live, and now the tunhu has less miscellaneous taxes, and then the old man and his daughter-in-law raise silkworms and weave some linen, and at the end of the year, add one or two winter clothes to the family, and this year's winter will be good to pass. ”

The old woman's chattering words behind her contained a vision for the future, and finally made Li Zheng breathe a sigh of relief in his heart, although he said some difficulties in people's livelihood, he finally said some things he did in front of Taishou, at least he was able to prove that he was not slacking off government and ignoring the people.

After Yan Xing finished chatting with the old woman, he thanked the old woman for the warm water, and asked people to leave two stone valleys and five bundles for the old woman's house as a thank you gift, and then in the old woman's grateful, he left the old woman's door and came to the alley.

At this time, because of the arrival of Yan Xing and others, many families in Li Zhong had been alarmed, and because Yan Xing did not let Li Zheng go to report, most of them hid behind the door of their homes curiously and fearfully, and secretly watched this group of officials who suddenly arrived through the crack in the door.

Yan Xing asked a few more people in the middle of the house, also about their family's livelihood, and finally a few children playing barefoot under the big tree.

Compared with the trembling adults, although these children were a little harmful, they were fearless, but they were not afraid of Yan Xing and the others, but they were just curious about why such a group of people appeared near their doorstep.

Yan Xing gently asked what game they were playing, but the answer he received made him laugh at first.

It turned out that these children were rehearsing the military formation, imitating the story of the ghost captain breaking the white wave.

Yan Xing pacified Baibo, experienced dozens of battles, and like some of them crossed the Fen to defeat the enemy, with less defeat and more stories spread in Linfen, when the children were young, they always envied those who could command thousands of generals, heroes, like the ghost captain of the story of breaking Baibo naturally got their preference.

Yan Xing then inquired about the children's schooling, and learned that the children would also go to the township school to learn how to read and write, and the township school would routinely provide one meal for the children who entered the school every day, but the township school was not always available, and would only be opened during the agricultural slack season.

Speaking of the matter of entering school, these children who were playing also argued over who knew more words, and finally each of them held a branch on the ground and gestured, looking at those crooked, lame and ugly fonts, Yan Xing also showed a knowing smile at this time.

After giving each child a small piece of caramel candy, Yan Xing led people out of this place.

Everyone thought that after Taishou inspected the people's situation, he would definitely order the car to drive into the city. However, Yan Xing still did not rush into the city, but asked people to level the land by the bamboo forest on the side of the road, spread a pu mat, and meet the officials of the county temple, the elders surnamed the elders in the city, the wanderers of the township pavilion, the husband, the pavilion chief and others here.

Yan Xing sat on the mat, his body as straight as the bamboo behind him, he looked at Huang Po who bowed and bowed to the officials of the county temple, and sighed and said:

"Although I know that the people's livelihood is difficult in the land east of the river, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I didn't expect that the people's livelihood would be so difficult."

Hearing Yan Xing's emotion, the officials of the Linfen County Temple, whether they were new officials or old officials, were worried in their hearts, and they didn't dare to justify, so they could only kowtow to Yan Xing and ask for guilt.

"We have no way to govern, resulting in the withering of the people's livelihood, and I also ask the king of the Ming Mansion to surrender!"

Huang Po kowtowed and asked for guilt, trembling, he was forcibly conscripted into the camp by Yan Xing from Yangcheng, and was a small official in the army as a scribe, and later assisted Yan Shi in the northeast of the river to settle the displaced people.

With Yan Xing leading his troops to return to Hedong, he fully controlled the entire territory of Hedong. Although Huang Po is still only trying to defend, he believes that as long as he does a good job of Linfen's Tuntian and Anmin affairs, the county government will give him a positive turn in the future, and he will immediately become a local official with a thousand stones.

This kind of prominent identity, a few years ago, Huang Po didn't even dare to think about it, he just wanted to have a place in the army, to be able to lead the Lu to live, and not to be treated like earth and stones, just throw it away to fill the ravine.

But now that his dream is about to come true, he is trembling and struggling, but because of such a thing as being too conservative and spring, he may be held accountable and lose his official position, which suddenly makes Huang Po sad.

Fortunately, Yan Xing's sigh was not for the purpose of pursuing responsibility and punishment.

"That's it, you wait to get up first, the people in Hedong are difficult, and many of them have been wars for many years, but it is not your sin. Besides, along the way, the tuntian farming has never been wasted, and the people have lived and worked in peace and contentment, which shows that there is also the credit of you! ”

Yan Xing's words made Huang Po and the others seem to have returned to the current spring season from the cold winter of Layue for a while, they all humbly stated their merits, thanked Yan Xing, and then got up and returned to their seats, bowing slightly and waiting for Yan Xing's fatwa.

"Now that Hedong has been pacified, the chaotic party has been appointed, and there is no more war. Since you are a person in any county, township, or pavilion, you should know that 'a husband does not plow, or he will be hungry; A woman does not weave, or suffer from the cold's truth, persuade farmers to pay attention to their own business, is the first thing, but also need to be vigilant from time to time, this year's agricultural affairs can not be slack! ”

Huang Po and others immediately bowed down and agreed. Yan Xing nodded, and continued:

"The poem says, 'Rats, rats, rats, no food for me!' The livelihood of the people in Hedong is difficult, and Linfen has already collected money and calculated from the people last year, and according to the decree of the county government this year, it can no longer be levied. The county temple and township pavilion should not be set up in a name, and then go to overcharge and overcollect the rent of the households, you and so on, remember to be the official who loves the people, not the rat of the remnants of the people, otherwise, the county government also has a system, the name of the penalty, and the oath will go to you! ”

This time, Yan Xing's tone of preaching was much heavier, and Huang Po and the others hurriedly bowed down again and respectfully accepted the order.

After conveying the fatwa to the county government to the county temple officials, Yan Xing summoned the long-awaited elder surnamed Litian Xiaoyi.

"You or for the family of the big surname, or for the father and the elder of the field, in the township is famous, you need to know that 'the foundation of all ploughing lies in the fun time and soil, the manure, early hoeing and early harvest', when this spring ploughing, you need to set an example, lead the people to goodness, teach the clan relatives, work diligently in agriculture, do not be a traitor, wander and mislead the farmer, and violate the decree of the county government!"

Yan Xing sat majestically and solemnly, and the elders surnamed Litian Xiaoyi who were summoned bowed respectfully and agreed.

In this way, Yan Xing met with the rest of the officials in batches, and then ordered Taishou's car to drive into the city, but before leaving, he deliberately asked Huang Po to sit in the same car with him, which immediately made Huang Po flattered and trembling.