Chapter 532: Impressions of the Countryside

The exploitation of the landlords has always been very powerful, and it is not just today, but when Lu Li rode his horse and walked in the fields, he remembered his impression of the past, where there were always people shouting and shouting, and there were children running around there, looking full of vitality.

But the ridges on both sides are much neater than before, the cotton field has already been harvested, but the people in the field are busy cleaning up the land there, Lu Li called a person who led the way to ask, only to know that the cotton field has finished picking cotton peaches, the field can not be idle, but also to plant wheat down, in the past, this is already the time of farming, there will be so many people in the field, the farmers working in the field are all very indifferent expressions, mechanical repetition of actions.

If it is vitality, on this great plain, it is still a vigorous people, on one side is Lu Li and his party walking on the official road, and on the other side is the family members who patrol back and forth on the field road, this plain is definitely not an exaggeration to describe it as unbounded.

In this place where there is no edge in sight, there are all peasants working in the fields and patrolling households, such a vast place, the peasants on the edge are silently working there, inadvertently it is extremely depressing, or there is some fear between heaven and earth.

Lu Li felt very uncomfortable, he found a thing, in the past, when the officials traveled, in the city, after those civilians saw it, they were very respectful to make way for him, Lu Li could even see the fear in the eyes of those timid civilians, which made his heart very happy.

However, in this place, the busy people on both sides of the road were as indifferent as machines, just mechanically repeating their labor, ignoring these officials and soldiers, and a few brocade guards who followed Lu Li also noticed this scene, and scolded in a low voice behind Lu Li's back:

"This bastard place, poor mountains and bad waters, all of them are Diao people, look at their virtue, the people in the Jingshi, that is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, seeing that we are not the same soft, when it falls into our hands, I will definitely give you a cruel lesson."

When these people said cruel words, Lu Li heard it, and he didn't feel bold at all, but he was even more uncomfortable, and deliberately slowed down the speed of the horses and walked to the middle of the soldiers. If the indifference of the peasants is okay, the eyes of the families who are patrolling around look at this team is very uncomfortable, and the fear of the officials and soldiers of the government is not seen in the slightest in these people, they all look at the middle team with that kind of very unruly eyes, or rebellious, or more precisely, it can even be said to be provocative.

Moreover, these family members are wearing civilian clothes, but the weapons in their hands are all standard weapons, and they all look thick and fierce, and the soldiers of those brocade guards can still be majestic at the beginning, but then they are also quiet.

Among Lu Li's group, on the contrary, there was still a smile on Master Qiu's face, Lu Li thought that Master Qiu was very courageous, but when he looked closely, there were also sweat stains on his faint forehead, which seemed to be terrifying. The soldiers who followed them were all listless, and they seemed to be used to it, and they were not afraid, nor did they care, so they bent down and carried their spears forward.

The family in the field never looked at those soldiers, but looked at these strangers, the more Lu Li walked, the more confident he became, and the more frightened he became, after walking a few steps, he couldn't help but stop the guide riding a donkey in front of him, and asked in a low voice:

"Why are the fields of these squires planted together?"

The guide on the donkey was much higher than Lu Li on the horse, and he could only talk with his head up, his expression was very stunned, and he said in a voice for a long time:

"What are the houses, this is the land of Master Chu's house, it takes a day and a half to walk from our mansion to his Zhuangzi!"

There was still a fuss here, and Lu Li over there had already sunk his face, and turned his head and shouted to Master Qiu in a low voice:

"Bastard things, it's not about looking for a smaller family, how can it be such a big family."

Lu Li's voice was not loud, but it was clearly heard by the guide, this person was a small family, there were no rules, and he said with a smile:

"My lord, don't you know, this Chu family is in our Cangzhou Mansion, and it is really the smallest family, and the rest of the families are as big as this Chu family?"

After hearing this, the whole team was silent, just walked forward in such a sullen manner, everyone of the size of the Chu family, so many officers and soldiers came over, they had already inquired about what the purpose was, of course, maybe it was the ventilation message inside the prefect's yamen.

The tax supervisor has no grade, but he has the power to raid the house and destroy the door, the prefecture and county are very important, the officials are polite, of course, the local cotton gentry also have a little respect, this earth-shaking change is only two or three years, the cotton gentry are angry that is, recently, the people are afraid of the official is the accumulation of thousands of years, Lu Li and his group are still very majestic in the hearts of these people.

After walking for a long time, there was dust in front of the official road, Lu Li thought that there was some danger ahead, and he was frightened enough by the eyes on the side of the road that he almost turned his head and fled, but fortunately, it was the brocade guards around him who gave him courage, and these veterans knew it in their hearts, and they could see that the dust in front of him was not raised by the soldiers and horses at all.

Anxiously waited for a while, but heard the sound of gongs and drums in the dust, it was a festive music to welcome the distinguished guests, more than a dozen horses rushed over, and the officers beside Lu Li stopped his soldiers, but they didn't say anything about the formation guard, they were lazily taking it there.

Although the Jinyi guard beside Lu Li couldn't see any malice on the other side, he still pulled out his weapon, held the reins of the horse in his hand, and immediately started fighting as long as there was something wrong.

Fortunately, when the dozen or so horsemen who came over were dozens of steps away from Lu Li, they stopped their horses, jumped off their horses, bent down and walked over, shouting as they walked:

"The Chu family has a hundred families, welcome the tax supervisor Lord Lu and all the adults!"

At this time, the drummers and people with flags in the back all walked over, and the people around them all looked here, and the scene was very lively for a while. Although Lu Li didn't know what the other party's rules were, he could also feel that this was a treatment that only VIPs could enjoy, and sure enough, the guide sitting on the donkey next to him said:

"It's amazing, this posture and pomp are not down!"

Hearing this discussion, Lu Li's heart was even more happy, the attitude of the person who came to greet the Chu family was extremely respectful, and after saying a few words of eulogy, he said that Chu Yuanwai, the owner of the Chu family, had been waiting for Lord Lu for a long time, and he had prepared a little wine to entertain Shangguan.

Generally speaking, the so-called "thin wine" must be a great feast, Lu Li felt that he was also relieved, and began to feel that those hostile eyes looking at him just now, maybe they came to a strange place, strangers will be treated, Eunuch Lu and the children of the Chu family who greeted him said a few polite words, and they were in a good mood and moved towards Chu Jiazhuang.

Those Jinyi guards are lagging behind, and these children of the Chu family seem to be inquiring clearly, knowing who is the main owner and who is the guard, and even the guard officer with three hundred soldiers has a stronger attitude than Jinyi Wei, after all, this officer is a native of his hometown. However, the attention of the few brocade guards who were left behind was not on this at all, and a few people stared at the dozen or so Chu family disciples who were talking in a whisper.

"Damn it, I'm afraid that the big battalion horse team of the Imperial Horse Supervisor was like this."

"The arms and walking posture of these people are all like how many years they have been on a horse, and I think these people were all born with swords and horses in the past."

"It is said that in such boundaries, the same surname in a Zhuangzi is almost the same in appearance and spirit, and these so-called children of the Chu family are too different, and everyone has their own place of origin."

The Jinyi guards who followed the eunuchs out of the Beijing Division, all of them are experienced veterans, and they have been in contact with a lot of things, and those of the Chu family who came to greet them, although they are all dressed the same, and their movements are also very uniform, but in the eyes of these Jinyi guards, the martial arts temperament on their bodies is too strong, and it can even be said that they are not polite, and the bloody atmosphere on these peasant children should not appear.

Even if it is a big family in the countryside, they are all based on farming food hygiene, and the young and middle-aged children in the family are important laborers, and they can't wait to let them stay in the fields every day to work, to learn martial arts, this kind of thing is purely the behavior of a loser, occasionally there are people who like to dance knives and guns, and a large family is just that, but looking at this place, there are so many children learning martial arts, not to mention those surrounding families, what does this landlord want to do, what I see and hear today, It is equivalent to the so-called least powerful Chu family, which can also mobilize a private soldier with a lot of strength at any time.

However, looking at Lu Li and Qiu Baolai's elated appearance, these brocade guards didn't say anything, maybe it was because Cangzhou was still martial arts, and the other party's family was more special, seeing that the people in front of them were so happy, they didn't bother to provoke this moldy head.

"Master Lu, there is Chujiazhuang in front."

After walking for some time, the donkey guide spoke respectfully.