Beiling of Shuyang, this is a mountainous area in the north of Shuyang, facing each other across the mountains and the water from Jianyang.

Yang Xiong, the centurion of the Yulin Army, and the clansmen of the same village came back today, and several people brought back two large carts of grain, which seemed to have more than ten stones.

"Yang Xiong boy, you're back!"

As soon as he entered the entrance of the village, Orion Chang Bo stood on a small hill and asked, and then walked down, but found that Yang Xiong was followed by the clansmen who went to join the army with the same village.

Hearing the cordial local accent, Yang Xiong also raised his head and said with a smile: "Come back, come back, Uncle Chang, how are the old patriarch and my family okay?" ”

Chang Bo replied: "Okay, I often see Qi'er taking your mother out and walking around!" By the way, the second child of your family is also learning words with the old patriarch with the children in the village! ”

"That's good, that's good!" Yang Xiong said to himself.

Immediately, the fellow villagers who were pushing the carriage behind also followed, and said, "Chang Boli, Brother Yang has come back as a big official!" ”

Yang Xiong looked back at the fellow villager who spoke, and also said: "Didn't you think the car was not heavy, so you let the brothers take a break, and you pulled the car alone?!" ”

The man smiled stupidly and said, "I don't have the strength of your eldest brother to pull most of the mountain road without panting!" ”

When Uncle Chang saw this scene, he also smiled and said: "It's good to be a big official, and the clansmen send you out, isn't it just to let you have a good head!" ”

Hearing this, Yang Xiong said: "Uncle Chang, don't listen to their nonsense!" ”

Immediately, Yang Xiong looked at the several carts of grain behind him and said to Chang Bo: "Chang Bo, I'll go home first, you take the clansmen to transport the grain to the door of the old patriarch's house, and then invite every family to distribute the grain!" ”

"Good, good, good!" Chang Bo responded.

The soldiers of the same clan in the back also smiled and said: "Brother Yang, this is a daughter-in-law......

"Hahaha......" burst into laughter.

Yang Xiong was also too lazy to deal with these people, so with a wave of his hand, he copied the path and rushed back to his home.

The nostalgia is even more timid, and from afar, Yang Xiong saw his house hidden in the grass and trees, and he actually had a trace of cowardice in his heart.

Yang Xiong also felt ridiculous when he thought about it, in the face of the stubborn enemy on the battlefield, he didn't have the slightest timidity, but when he returned home at this time, he was born, it was really ......

Yang Xiong shook his head after thinking about it, sorted out his thoughts, and walked quickly to his home.

Although his house is dilapidated, it is still very clean, Yang Xiong glanced at the wall, there is not a single weed growing between the cracks in the stones, although he made up some holes when he left, but there is no such fine cleaning.

The bamboo door was next to it, but Yang Xiong couldn't reach out to push it open.

"Qi'er, it's really hard for you, not only do you have to take care of my old bones, but even the wild vegetables at home are for you to pick, Da Lang's little cub really has no conscience, I'll clean him up for you when I come back!"

Inside the courtyard wall, the old woman's voice came out, Yang Xiong knew that this was the voice of the old lady, and his heart was happy and astringent at the moment.

Qi'er, who was picking wild vegetables next to her, also replied with a smile: "Mother, Qi'er is not bitter, Da Lang is going out to do big things, and when he left, he told me that he must be filial to his mother when he comes back!" ”

Hearing this, the old lady also sighed: "I don't know when Da Lang will come back, whether my old bones can last until I see him......"

"Nengli...... My mother comes out to bask in the sun every day, and looks at the recent times, isn't her body getting better and better! ”

Hearing this, the old lady also smiled and said, "This ...... It's also a blessing to have you......"

Immediately, the old woman raised her head and looked in the direction of the bamboo gate and asked, "What happened in the village today, and now it's so noisy?!" ”

When Yang Xiong heard this, he was also all at home, and he didn't even hear the movement of his comrades who returned to his hometown together to enter the village, and he shook his head with a smile.

"Mother, maybe the hunters in the village have caught something amazing, and they are making trouble!"

The old lady nodded and said, "When I think Da Lang is here, it is so lively almost every day......

"Yes...... My grandfather also said that Dalang is the best hunter in the village, and he is not even afraid of big insects! Qi'er said, fished out the wild vegetables that were washed in the water, and said to the old woman: "Mother, I'll go out and have a look, you stay here for a while." ”

The old woman answered.

Hearing the familiar footsteps from far and near, Yang Xiong was suddenly at a loss, and always felt that it was not to lift it up, nor to put it down.

"Squeak......

The bamboo door was opened.

Qi'er didn't expect a figure standing outside the door, and was suddenly startled, and when she saw the appearance of the person who came clearly, tears had inadvertently flowed out.

"Qi'er, I'm back......" Yang Xiong saw Qi'er shed tears, and he also wanted to raise his hand to wipe it off, but he felt that after a day's journey, his hands were already very dirty, and he didn't raise his hand.

It seemed that she was aware of the movement of the bamboo gate, and the old lady also asked later: "Qi'er, who is here?" ”

Qi'er wiped her tears with her sleeve, picked up Yangxiong's sleeve, and replied to the old woman: "Mother, it's Da Lang, Da Lang is back!" ”

"Da Lang?!" The old woman was puzzled.

Yang Xiong was already pulled into the bamboo gate by Qi'er, and when he saw his mother, he immediately said: "Mother, my son is back!" ”

……

In the evening, a fire was already lit under the roots of the big tree in front of the old patriarch's house, and almost all the old and young in the village had come.

The old patriarch walked to the fire pit with a wooden cane, and said in a vicissitudes of life: "Clansmen, the children who went out to serve in the army have returned, and they have also brought back two large carts of grain, and tomorrow each family will send individuals out to receive food!" ”

"Good, good! Good ......"

Hearing the old patriarch say this, many clansmen immediately applauded.

The old patriarch also waved his hand, and when everyone saw it, they slowly quieted down, and the old patriarch continued: "Clansmen, the children have also brought back a good news, they have been granted thousands of acres of land in Jianyang!" ”

As soon as the word is uttered, everyone is shocked!

Thousands of acres of land?

Even now, the Beiling people add up to a fraction!

"Old patriarch, how big is this thousands of acres of land, is it bigger than our village?!"

"Where is this, there is only one person in our village who has a big slap!"

Hearing the clansmen discussing, the old patriarch continued: "This matter, I am already old, Yang Dalang is now in the army with more than a hundred little soldiers, let Da Lang talk about it......"

Seeing that the old patriarch walked back to the root of the old tree with a wooden staff and sat down, everyone's eyes fell on Yang Xiong beside him again.

"Let's just say that Yang Xiong, a junior who has looked extraordinary since he was a child, if that's the case, he went out to break through, but he brought more than a hundred soldiers, maybe he can really go to the step of our ancestors!"

"I don't think it's much of a problem!"

"Yang Jialang, you just say it well!"

Yang Xiong didn't sit in the front of the place, because it was Qi'er who was sitting next to him, but today he couldn't explain this matter clearly.

"Let's go......" Qi'er also said softly to Yangxiong.

"What's the matter, the eldest man of the Yang family is still so afraid of his daughter-in-law, and he is still fighting on the battlefield! Haha......" someone laughed.

Hearing this, Qi'er also lowered her head with a crimson face.

Yang Xiong also held her hand, and then said, "I'll come back when I make it clear." ”

"Hmm......" Qi'er's voice was too low to hear.

Yang Xiong stood up and walked to the fire pit in the middle, and said loudly: "Now that the imperial court has set up an official mansion called Shanglin Yuan in Jianyang, many civilians and homeless people from all over the country are rushing over, because now that they have settled in Shanglin Yuan, they can get a field of ten seedlings per person!" ”

"Yang Jialang, it's a free gift?!" A clansman asked.

"Hmm!" Yang Xiong nodded and continued: "Without any redemption, everyone can get ten acres of land, if they can be selected into the Yulin Army, even if they are a soldier of the Tunken, they can also get at least thirty acres of land per person, and if they are selected into the main army, it is at least one hundred acres of land!" ”

"Such a good thing?! Then my family of more than 20 people of three generations and grandchildren, wouldn't they be able to obtain 200 acres of land? ! A clansman asked.

Yang Xiong looked over, the person who spoke, Liu Zhong, was a big family in the village, three brothers, each with a family, and his father and mother were still alive, and it was indeed more than 20 people

"Second uncle, that's not how it is counted." Yang Xiong smiled, and then patiently explained: "Shanglin Yuan implements a new household system, and anyone who gets married must have an independent household registration, second uncle, so your family is divided into four households, I remember that there are seven people on your side, yes, there are seventy acres of land, and your family's San Lang and Wu Lang are also eligible for the Wuyang Army, so you might as well give it a try!" ”

"Dare to love to split up!" Liu Zhong also understood what Yang Xiong meant.

When some people hear this, they ponder the pros and cons.

Yang Xiong looked at it and said: "In the past few days, my fellow people who joined the army are going to pack up our things and rush back to Shanglin Yuan, if you want to go together, the villagers will follow me, and strive to get the house well for the winter before the winter, it doesn't matter if you don't get it right, I will live in my house this winter, even if the whole village goes, it is enough!" ”

"Yang Jialang, aren't you joking, such a big house?!"

Yang Xiong didn't speak, but the clansmen who joined the army with the same townsman stood up and replied: "Second uncle, Brother Yang's house is big!" Dozens of acres of land, I went in to see it, even the old patriarch's house is not as big as the pigsty of Brother Yang's house! ”

"You little cub, how can you talk like this, see if I don't beat you up on your father's behalf!"

This farce, everyone didn't have the heart to watch it, but looked at Yang Xiong.

A house covering an area of dozens of acres?!

Everyone was surprised, looked at whether this village covered an area of dozens of acres, and looked at it, afraid that it was not.

"Yang Dalang, you're out of breath!"

"Yes, the old patriarch is also a good blessing, with you as a grandson-in-law!"

"Qi'er looks like a blessed person, and it is really the blessing of the Yang family!"

Hearing this, Yang Xiong also shook his head and said, "No, no, no...... It is my blessing to take Qi'er! ”

When the old patriarch heard this, he also coughed twice, then looked at his granddaughter, and said slowly: "Qi'er, you are indeed a blessed person......

Qi'er raised her head and said, "Grandpa, you can move away with us, otherwise your parents, uncles and aunts will leave with us, and no one will take care of you and grandma." ”

Hearing Qi'er say this, everyone also looked at the old patriarch, after all, the old patriarch, as the spiritual leader of the clansmen in the village, naturally had few people to follow his words and deeds.

Especially the matter of the migration of the clan, it is even less difficult for the old patriarch to make a decision.

After Qi'er's father, aunt and uncle heard about Yangxiong's big mansion and acres in Shanglinyuan, they were also moved and wanted to enjoy the blessings with Qi'er's blessings.

But the old patriarch hesitated, which had the influence of Shanglinyuan's "household separation", as a patriarch who was full of words among the neighbors, he understood what it meant to divide the household.

However, even if he doesn't leave, most of the people in the village will move away with Yangxiong, and the acres of land that Bi Zhang Yangxiong said are really moving.

Especially when the people left behind in the village can't hunt much prey.

Seeing this, Yang Xiong also looked back at the old patriarch and said: "Old patriarch, didn't you send us out that day, just to bring a head start to the clansmen one day, and now you can go out, but you hesitated!" ”

Hearing this, the old patriarch raised his head and swept around, there were more than two hundred people in the village, young and old, and now most of them were gathered here, looking forward to the old patriarch's answer.

Yang Xiong said again: "Old patriarch, there are not many literate people in the village. I'm afraid that the young ones are often outside, and we plan to recommend you as the head of the new village, and give good advice! ”

Hearing this, the old patriarch said: "That's it, after all, there will be a day when the mountains and rivers will run out of water in this mountain!" ”

Qi'er smiled and asked, "Grandpa, is this a promise?" ”

The old patriarch stretched out his hand and touched his granddaughter's head kindly, and replied with a smile: "Grandpa promised you, and let your grandma pack up her things when you go back!" ”

Hearing this, Yang Xiong also smiled, and the old patriarch agreed, and the matter of the relocation of the clansmen was naturally solved.

After a while, the old patriarch stood up and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, go home and pack up your things, these days, we will move the clan!" ”

"Good, good! Good ......"

The clansmen of Beiling packed up their things very quickly, after all, most of them were poor people in the mountains, and they didn't have those valuable belongings, so they were all thinking about how to go to Linyuan with the descendants of the Yang family, Dalang, and these military clansmen.

As a result, more than 200 people of the tribe migrated only on the fourth day after Yangxiong and others returned to their hometowns.

The mountain road is rugged and the road is bumpy, but the interest of the tribesmen is very high, and some people simply sing mountain songs.

The old patriarch sat on the cart, and there were mostly the futons of the villagers below, and the big car behind was sitting on Yangxiong's mother, and the old patriarch also said: "Yangxiong's mother, you are a blessed person, I know that Yangxiong must not be looking for food in the mountains!" ”

Hearing this, Yang Xiong Niang naturally smiled out of a chrysanthemum with wrinkles on her face, and in recent days, because of Yang Xiong's return, I don't know if it was a blessing at home, or after eating the herbs brought back by Da Lang, Yang Xiong Niang's complexion looked much better.

"It's Qi'er's good fortune, she is prosperous in our family!" Yang Xiongniang replied.

The old patriarch also looked at his granddaughter, yes, it is enough to have a grandson-in-law!

A group of people walked through the rugged mountain road, that is, down the plain, usually the people in the Beiling Mountains go down the mountain to the direction of Shuyang City, but today it is a fold, to Jianyang...... No, now it's time to call Lin Yuan.

On the water, a pontoon bridge several zhang wide has been built, although in autumn, the water is not strong, but the old people who were originally sitting in the car have come down.

As soon as he entered the north shore, Yang Xiong originally asked the old patriarch to sit in the cart, but the old patriarch waved his hand and wanted to walk by himself with a cane.

"What a crop!"

As soon as they went to the north bank, the clansmen were all around, and the fields on the north bank of the river were originally mostly the fields of the Hao clan in Shuyang, but after the bandits in Jianyang, it fell into the hands of His Royal Highness the Sixth Son, and it was also one of the earliest divided lands.

"Old patriarch, you see, the crops here are all good at farming!" Uncle Liu, a clansman, put down his burden and walked to the field.

When the old patriarch heard this, he walked to the field with a cane, squatted down, and then touched the ground with his hand.

Yang Xiong walked over and asked, "What's going on?!" ”

The old patriarch replied: "It's a good way to farm the land, and if you dig the ground so deep, the fertility in the soil will come up, and there will be a good harvest next year!" ”

Yang Xiong smiled and replied: "Old patriarch, this is not a mile dug by a plow, it is a cow ploughing, there are a lot of ploughing cattle in Shanglin Garden, they help plow the flat and rake behind them, a cow can plough hundreds of acres of land a day, much faster than people digging!" ”

"Cattle ploughing?!"

The clansmen were surprised, and they raised their heads and looked at the fields, the fields under these four places were like this, and the old patriarch could not imagine that this was something that people could dig out.

After thinking about it, the old patriarch became very interested in this cattle farming.

Liu Du, a fellow villager in the back, also said with a smile: "The big guy is in a hurry, our land is no worse than this, and the eldest brother can choose a good place to settle down for the clan!" ”

Hearing the urging, everyone also took up the basket again and pulled up the cart.

Yang Xiong also said: "Our township is still thirty or forty miles away from here, and the sky is about to darken, so let's hurry up and go at night!" ”

The fellow villager replied: "Brother Yang, you don't need to rush to the night, the village of the Chuluan guy from the Shuyang clan is not far ahead!" ”

Chu Luan?

Hearing this name, Yang Xiong also smiled, and then responded: "Okay, I won't be in a hurry tonight, eat and sleep well tomorrow morning before I go on the road!" ”

Chuluan's Zhuangzi is indeed not three or four miles ahead, this guy is Yang Xiong's comrade, and he was also awarded the title of "elite", and Yang Xiong is a sworn brother.

In the distance, Chu Luan heard that his fellow Yangxiong's clansmen were coming, so he ordered the hundred-man team under his command and rushed over on horseback.

The old patriarch was awakened by this movement, and his eyes were fixed on a general who was riding a tall horse leading the soldiers, and he was about to get out of the cart and salute.

Liu Du asked: "Old patriarch, what are you nervous about, that person is the sworn brother of our eldest brother, who came to pick us up!" Speaking of which, in the army, our big brother Yang wants to suppress him! ”

Hearing this, the expressions of the people softened slightly.

After Yang Xiong introduced Chu Luan to the old patriarch, Chu Luan was the junior salute and let the soldiers under him take over the bags of the Yangxiong people.

When he came to Chuluan Village, Yang Xiong also asked: "You also took the villagers over!" ”

Chu Luan replied with a smile: "The countryside is a tenant in Shuyang, it is better to bring Shanglin Yuan, and everyone is allocated ten acres of land, at least they can eat enough!" ”

After walking for more than ten zhang, Yang Xiong also looked at it: "Hey, I said Chu Luan, you are really not slow, I have only been gone for a few days, and you have transported this cement back and built more than a dozen big houses?!" ”

Chu Luan smiled and said: "Brother, I didn't use my power for personal gain, the villagers also wanted to have a house for themselves, so they went to Zhongyang Mountain to pull it back, at most I borrowed some big cars!" ”

Qi'er in the back supported Yang Xiongniang, and in front was his grandfather, the old patriarch looked around and said curiously: "It will actually be a stone-walled house!" ”

The villagers also crossed the water, all the way to be surprised, what is this on the forest garden looks really fresh, the ground is so beautiful, the house is also so good-looking!

Yang Xiong and Chu Luan were in front, and the task of this explanation fell on the soldiers of the same clan, Liu Bo knocked on the head of his son Liu Du and said, "You talk to the big guys!" ”

Liu Du explained indignantly: "This is called cement, and it is also a special product of Shanglin Yuan, and our house will also be built with this, which is much stronger than the earthen wall of my hometown!" ”

"Don't want food for it?!" Uncle Liu asked.

Liu Du found self-confidence, usually his own Lao Tzu drank and drank by himself, this time when he went home, he felt that his status in the family had risen significantly, and in the past, Lao Tzu decided to ask his opinion, for example, this move, Liu Du was in charge.

Thinking of this, Liu Du stiffened his back and said: "Dad, how can you spend your old man's food, this cement is the military salary of several of us, and ordinary people can't exchange it for food!" ”

"You're really good!" Uncle Liu said the same.

"That's it! Later, Dad, take a look at the house of Chu Luan, your son's house doesn't have to be worse than him, it is all the house of [elite soldiers]! ”

"Say you're fat and you're still panting, you have someone who has a big house?! They didn't say anything! Uncle Liu also scolded his son.

Hearing this, Liu Du stalked his neck and didn't say anything, indeed, compared to Yang Xiong, he is indeed nothing.

The houses under the four are all houses, the land in the village is flat, and outside the village is the fertile field, bamboo forest and river pool, everyone is either building houses or plowing the land in the fields and irrigating.

Chu Luan's house is in the middle of the township, and there is a cement road one zhang wide from the entrance of the village to the main entrance of his house.

When I arrived at Chuluan's house, many villagers opened their eyes, the village was full of stone walls, and the ground in the courtyard was paved with cement surface.

Liu Du's son, Uncle Liu, stepped on the ground and felt the hardness of the ground, so he grabbed Liu Du, who was carrying the burden behind him, and asked, "Son, your house is like this?!" ”

Liu Du naturally felt the surprise in Lao Tzu's words, and replied angrily at the moment: "You can see it tomorrow, can you still have a fake?!" ”

Liu Du put down the burden, and then grabbed his father's sleeve and said: "There is a lot of food in here, although you can eat it with confidence!" ”

"You little cub, there are more than 200 people in our clan, and we won't eat the brother of your poor brother!"

"How could it! It's okay, there is food, I definitely won't mind, Brother Yang arranged the clansmen in front, I'll go and help him, Daddy, stay here! ”

After speaking, Liu Du walked towards the direction where Yang Xiong was.

……

After a while, Chu Luan just asked people to bring up the table and prepare the meal, there was fish and meat, and the rice was enough.

Originally, the old patriarch wanted to leave some food as compensation, but he was pushed down by Yang Xiong, saying that his brother didn't have to be polite.

The old patriarch didn't eat well, but seeing that Chu Luan and Yang Xiong were very happy with each other, the old patriarch also slowly put his mind at ease.

In the evening, the Beiling people arranged to rest in the courtyard of Chuluan Zhuangzi, Yangxiong and Chuluan met and talked for a long time, and only came back late at night.

"It's back......"

As soon as Yang Xiong entered the door of the courtyard, he heard someone asking, and when he looked up, it was the old patriarch sitting at the stone table.

"Old patriarch, why don't you sleep yet?!" Yang Xiong asked.

"Wait for you, Qi'er and your second brother have already slept, Dalang...... The countryside you want to take your people to is the same?! The old patriarch asked.

"Hmm!" Yang Xiong nodded.

Hearing this answer, the old patriarch slowly stood up, walked back to the house where he lived, and also turned around and said: "When you leave here tomorrow, leave some food for the master's family, this year, no one is rich, friendship is friendship, and it should be counted ......."

Hearing this, Yang Xiong nodded, he understood the thoughts of this old patriarch, this is an old patriarch with principles in his heart.

The next morning, Yang Xiong rushed to his new place of residence with his people.

Early in the morning, Yang Xiong asked Liu Du to rush back to the village to report that he had returned safely.

Not far away, Yang Xiong saw Feng Ci, the chief secretary of Shangshu Mansion, rushing over, this is the official sent by Shangshu Mansion to divide the land in various places, and before Yang Xiong returned to Beiling to pick up the people, he handed this place over to Feng Ci to take care of.

"Central ...... Yang Baili. ”

Yang Xiong knew that Feng Ci had a stutter, so he also accosted himself: "Master Feng, I have come back, and there are more than 200 clansmen, and there is Lao Feng's master book to be properly settled." ”

The old patriarch in the back finally saw an official, and he also asked Qi'er to hold a broken bamboo slip, and stepped forward to Feng Ci and said, "Old Liu Xuan, I have seen the official." ”

Seeing this, Feng Ci waved his hand and said, "The Liu family...... Patriarch, no...... Need not...... So. ”

Liu Xuan raised his head, only to realize that this official actually had a stutter.

Yang Xiong took Qi'er's bamboo slips, and also said to Feng Ci: "Master Feng, here is the household registration of more than 200 of my clansmen, which has been divided according to the new household system of Xinxin, a total of more than 40 households, please accept the main book." ”

Feng Ci nodded, because it was a stutter, he didn't say anything, and arched his hand to Yang Xiong and the old patriarch Liu Xu, inviting them back to the village.

After a short time, the old patriarch was the first to step into the village on crutches, Qi'er held him, and next to him was Yang Xiong.

Yang Xiong nodded, and thanked Feng Ci beside him: "It's better than what I said, thank you Feng Master Book!" ”

"No...... Use. Feng Ci waved his hand.

After a while, Feng Ci's assistant came over, Feng Ci nodded to him, and handed the book in his hand that recorded the Beiling people to the assistant.

After a glance, the official said to Yang Xiong: "Yang Baifu, the manpower is limited, but the soldiers of the Yulin Army built a big house. ”

Yang Xiong nodded, he also knew about this matter, although he now had some reputation in the Yulin Army, but he had not yet reached the step of special precepts.

"It doesn't matter, the house is enough to live in, and the rest is built by our villagers!"

When the official heard this, he also nodded.

Later, Liu Du also took the lead, and said to his father: "Dad, you take your mother, little sister and eldest brother's family to see my house, which is a stone wall and a yard!" ”

Seeing this, Yang Xiong also explained to Feng Ci: "Master Feng, because the house has not yet been built, now it can only be squeezed into the house of a few of our Wuyang military clansmen, you can rest assured, the household registration has been divided, and the clansmen are also sealed, and when the new house is built, we will definitely divide the house according to the new household system!" ”

Feng Ci heard this, nodded, or the assistant official next to him replied for him: "Yang Baifu, don't get in the way, is it a special period, I took a look at the household registration you wrote before you left, it is almost the same as the one in this book, the land has been divided, your land is three hundred acres, and there is another wife in the family, which is set at three hundred and ten acres, as for the reward in the military merit book, it will definitely be divided before the New Year." ”

"What about my mother and younger brother?!" Yang Xiong also asked.

"Lingtang and his younger brother have a separate household, a total of twenty acres, and their fields and centurion you rely on."

"Hmm...... Thank you to the bookkeeper and the assistant. Yang Xiong nodded, the new household system is like this, he has no choice, Yang Xiong has already decided to leave the courtyard of his house alone, leaving his mother and younger brother to live, which is also convenient to take care of.

Yangxiong is the place where the clansmen are arranged.

At that moment, Liu Du's father, Uncle Liu, and other family heads who had joined the army also came to the old patriarch's side and asked, "Old patriarch, ...... of us"

Seeing that they wanted to speak and stopped, the old patriarch still didn't understand anything, so he waved his hand and said: "The nephew in the family is promising, it's okay for you to go and take a look, but let's have a meal at Yang Dalang's house in the evening......"

"Good ......" everyone also responded, and then went to see their own house with the children and nephews who joined the army.

Yang Xiong turned his head and just saw a gloom in the old patriarch's eyes, and said at the moment: "Old patriarch, go, go and see, you have to arrange for others to settle down!" ”

The old patriarch nodded, and walked away with Yang Xiong.

Before entering the house, Yang Xiong asked the old patriarch's opinion: "Old patriarch, take a look, this village is just around the digging of a circular canal, our village is built around this canal, when the house of each family is surrounded by a large courtyard, surrounded by a deep canal, the courtyard wall of each family is formed a high wall, no matter what kind of bandits, or wild things, we don't open the village gate, but also don't want to come in!" ”

The old patriarch nodded, and then said, "Well, that's good. ”

The clansmen stay in the Beiling Mountain, and often encounter bandits or wild things entering the village, the adults are not afraid, but the children and the elderly are more worried.

Entering the courtyard, the old patriarch looked around, originally thought that the Chu Luan Mansion he saw yesterday was already okay, but he didn't expect that this Yangxiong's house was better than Chu Luan's house!

This courtyard is still bigger than Chu Luan's house, there is a row of side rooms on the east and west sides, and a side door is opened in the middle of the east and west walls, which seems to be another courtyard.

The hall in the middle is open to the south, and the hall door is still more than ten zhang away from the main gate of the house.

"Uncle Liu's son said that Yang Dalang's house is bigger than our village, I still don't believe it...... I saw it today and realized that it was true, this one front yard alone occupies most of the village! ”

This is what a woman of the tribe says.

A team of soldiers dressed in leather armor walked out of the courtyard and walked towards Yangxiong, and the chief at the front said, "Centurion, you are back." ”

Yang Xiong nodded, and said, "You arrange for my clan to live in this front yard, and things must be arranged." ”

"Whoa!" Shi Chang answered.

When the old patriarch saw this scene, he smiled a little.

Qi'er swept the house and asked Yang Xiong, "Da Lang, is this our house?!" ”

Yang Xiong smiled: "It's all moved in, so can it be fake?!" ”

Qi'er's face was happy, so she walked to herself and asked Yang Xiongniang and her grandfather: "Grandpa, mother, you have been on the road for so long, do you want to rest." ”

"Good ......" Yang Xiongniang responded directly, and it was indeed a hundred miles away, which was indeed a little unbearable for her.

The old patriarch waved his hand, looked at Yang Xiong and said, "I'm not tired, Da Lang, you accompany me to the field to have a look!" ”

Yang Xiong replied: "Okay, the clansmen's fields are all together!" ”

……

The old patriarch was on crutches, and Qi'er and his father followed after speaking, but he was rejected by the old patriarch, saying that Yang Xiong is here, what else do you have to worry about.

Therefore, it was Yang Xiong who followed the old patriarch to the field.

In the field, the old patriarch saw the soldiers who used oxen to plough, and looked at the deep soil, and the old patriarch seemed to smell the aroma of the soil.

Yang Xiong remembered that when the old patriarch was young, he also had a field property with his clansmen, and he must have been excited when he saw this Lian Qianmo's field.

"I'm afraid there are more than 3,000 acres of land here, right?!" The old patriarch asked.

"Well, it's about 3,200 acres, but there are still soldiers in the village, and the government can help reclaim a lot of wasteland for farming after the New Year."

"Well...... the old patriarch nodded, and said: "I have calculated, there are forty or fifty juniors in the village who are eligible to serve in the army, and you also said that if you can't be a regular army, you can also be a reclamation army, which is much better than staying at home!" ”

Hearing this, Yang Xiong also said: "Now Shanglin Yuan is a tithe field tax, but if there is a soldier in the family, it is tithe, twenty taxes one, and thirty taxes one, so it is a lot more cost-effective." ”

"Oh, the field tax is actually only tithes, I remember that at that time, the tenants helped others to farm and there was no harvest of one percent, and the field tax in Shuyang was still tithes, right?"

"Hmmm."

"I just looked, this place is not far from the water, just enough to dig a canal in winter, and wait for next spring to grow food, I'm afraid that the tribesmen will no longer have to starve or exchange their lives for food in the coming year." The old patriarch raised his head and looked at the sky, and slowly said to Yang Xiong: "I always feel that this is about to change the sky......

"yes......"

Yang Xiong nodded, he chose this land as the village, because he took a fancy to this piece of land approaching the water, and the Shangshu Mansion had already released the news, which would lead the water to dig a ditch that would be inserted into the forest garden to connect to the Tang River, and at that time, the land would be irrigated without worry for hundreds of miles in a radius of the forest garden.