Looking at the happy expression of a person in the crowd, Liu Hong sighed infinitely in his heart, this world is difficult, and it is not easy for small people.

Although the first year of Emperor Xiaojing's edict of the Son of Heaven "except for the land and half rent", the field tax was officially reduced to only 30 taxes and 1, but the life of the people in Shengdou was not much better.

Because the Han family has always implemented the policy of light land rent and heavy burden on the people, in addition to the land endowment, the people also have to bear many burdens such as manuscripts, oral endowments, calculation endowments, and more endowments every year, not to mention the unpredictable forced labor.

In this dynasty, because Emperor Guangwu used a large number of powerful forces at the beginning of the founding of the country, his control over the place was not as good as that of the previous dynasty, and after Emperor He, with the chaos of the central government, the relatives were in power, and the family was even more powerful and quickly became bigger and infiltrated the place.

After the central government was unable to effectively control the localities, those local officials who relied on the prestige of their families to unscrupulously pull tiger skins and set up clever names for their own personal interests continued to breed, which made the situation of Li Huang in the world even worse, and if it were not for this, the "Yellow Turban Uprising" more than ten years later would not have caused such a big situation.

It is precisely because the people's livelihood is difficult, otherwise where would Liu Hong recruit so many tenant farmers in this country of relocation, of course, there is also the low rent promised by Liu Hong as a bait, but if life can really go on, who is willing to go to others to beg for a living.

When he arrived at the tent, Liu Hong saw that there was a pair of tables and chairs in the center, some long stone tablets piled up on the left, and a wooden box on the right.

Liu Hong stepped forward to open the box, and there were some bamboo slips neatly stacked inside, which were much wider and longer than the bamboo slips of general record books, and then Liu Hong came to the table again, looking at the brush placed on it and a plate of ink that had been mixed, and then nodded with satisfaction.

"My lord, are you alright?" An old man stepped forward and asked.

"Yes, all of them are good products, nothing serious." Liu Hong turned around and smiled, then walked out of the tent, and said loudly: "Learn right, learn right, learn right!" ”

After shouting a few times, a middle-aged man with a simple face squeezed out of the crowd and hurriedly ran towards Liu Hong, saying as he ran: "Sister-in-law, I'm here, I'm here." ”

This middle-aged man is Liu Hong's brother-in-law, his wife Wang's brother - Wang Wen, and Xuezheng is Wang Wen's character.

Wang Wen ran towards Liu Hong with his front foot, and a middle-aged healthy woman followed with his back foot, and said in his mouth: "Wang Wen, how can you call Lord County Cheng like that." ”

When the two arrived one after the other, Liu Hong smiled and said to the healthy woman: "Sister-in-law, I have said many times, we are a family, why be so polite, my brother-in-law calls me like this." ”

"That's it, I'll just say it's okay, just ...... you" Wang Wen won Liu Hong's appreciation, turned his head to the healthy woman, but only half of the words were said, and he was so frightened by the middle-aged healthy woman's eyes that he swallowed the remaining words.

After glaring at her husband, the healthy woman turned her head to look at Liu Hong with a humble look, "Hey, what are you talking about, my lord?" Even if it is a relative, it is also a good occasion, and in front of everyone, it is really detrimental to the majesty of the adult to call him like this. ”

Liu Hong looked at this woman, and didn't know what to say in his heart, this healthy woman was Wang Wen's wife Dong, in the early years, he was not an official, and sometimes he was trapped by his livelihood, so he had to borrow some food from his brother-in-law Wang Wen's family.

But although he sighed in his heart, Liu Hong did not have any intention of revenge, first, anyway, the Dong family at that time was just yin and yang on the side, and did not stop her husband's borrowing of grain, and second, a rural fool, what do you care about with her, wouldn't it be a bad reputation.

"Learn right."

"Sister-in-law, I'm here."

Liu Hong shook his head and said, "Xuezheng, didn't I tell you when I left a few days ago, let you organize these people?" ”

"Sister-in-law, I ......" Wang Wen opened his mouth and was about to explain, but before he could say a few words, he was quickly interrupted by his wife Dong: "Lord County, you don't know how bold this fool is, if you let him do things, he will say that this is not good, everyone doesn't recognize him, and he can't serve the public; After a while, I am afraid that others will say that he has a relationship with you. ”

Looking at Dong's vivid imitation, Liu Hong just wanted to laugh, but he still held back his smile and said to Wang Wen: "Xuezheng, your concerns are not unreasonable, but I am a little lacking in consideration." ”

Saying that, Liu Hong came to the tent and said "everyone" in a loud voice, and with Liu Hong's shout, the crowd spontaneously gathered in front of the tent.

Seeing that the crowd was standing, Liu Hong tilted his head and said to Wang Wen: "Xuezheng, you come up." ”

Wang Wen seemed to have a premonition of what his sister-in-law was going to do, and he seemed a little twisted, seeing Liu Hong shake his head in his heart, if he couldn't find a more reliable candidate, he would never choose his brother-in-law, this was simply a stupid decision.

When Wang Wen came to him with a twist, Liu Hong came to the crowd again, saluted an old man from Lou Sangting and an old man from a border county, and said, "Two elders, can you come forward with Hong." ”

Although the two old men hesitated slightly, they still followed behind Liu Hong, and stood beside Wang Wen on the left and right.

"Fathers and elders, I still have one more thing to do before dividing the field today."

"Learn right!"

Wang Wen hurriedly responded: "Sister-in-law, I'm here." ”

Liu Hong glanced at Wang Wen majestically, and said loudly: "The Han family system, ten households are one mile, so now I have set up a town in Jiazili here, with my brother-in-law Wang Wen as the chief. ”

After that, Liu Hong asked the old man from the border county again, "I don't know the name of the elder?" ”

People are old and fine, this old man saw Liu Hong ask like this, and contacted Liu Hong just now to call them up, where would he not know Liu Hong's intentions, and replied with a smile: "Lord County, the small people are called Jiao Da." ”

"Okay, the other Liu and Jiao Erlao will be the left and right deputies of the lieutenant Wang Wen."

As soon as Liu Hong's order was given, Liu Lin (Lou Sangting's, Liu Hong naturally recognized) and Jiao Da were overjoyed and said: "Obey the orders of adults, and the villain will definitely live up to the trust of adults." ”

Liu Hong bowed slightly, and said to the three people who took office as new officials: "Okay, you wait and go down first to regulate the people, so that they are arranged as a team, remember, Lou Sangting's army, the border county's army, and then start to make a deed." ”

"Whoa." The three of them replied in unison.

Then, under the command of Liu Lin and Jiao Da, under the shock of Wang Wen's watching, the crowd quickly became simple and arranged into two teams, of which there were ten people in the Lou Sangting team, and there were twelve people in the border county, including Wang Wen's wife Dong.

Then, the two soldiers went to the table in an orderly manner to report the names of themselves and their family members to Liu Hong, and Liu Hong copied these important information on the bamboo slips in his hand one by one, and then handed the copied bamboo slips to the head of the household.

After the bamboo slips were copied, it was already half an hour later, Liu Hong got up and said in a loud voice: "Xuezheng." ”

Wang Wen listened to Liu Hong's call and hurriedly ran over, "Sister-in-law, what's the matter with me." ”

Liu Hong glanced at Wang Wen and said, "Xuezheng, you and Liu and Jiao Erlao go to find some young people to come over, take these stone tablets, and we will wait to set up the monuments to demarcate the boundary." ”

"Okay." Wang Wen responded happily.

After a while, Liu Hong walked in front, followed by the young man who carried the stele, and at the end was a huge group of women and children and the elderly. ”

With Liu Hong's order, some young people unloaded the stele, some of them carried tools in the place Liu Hong pointed out to dig the pit, after the pit was dug, the stele was put straight into the pit, and then began to fill the soil and solidify the foundation, until the stele was as unshakable as a rooted old tree, and the stele was erected.

Liu Hong stepped forward, gently brushed the dust off the stele with his hand, and silently stared at the big character of Hanli on the stele, which was a simple "one" character.

But for Liu Hong, the word "one" does not only mean that this is his first tenant land, but also means the hope of the rise of the Liu family.

This time, Liu Hong recruited a total of 22 peasant households, and wanted to divide 950 mu of land, 50 mu of land for each household, about 100 mu of small mu, and these fields were at least medium fields with a yield of four stones per mu, and the most important thing was that the field tax was only 20 and 1.

"The world is bustling, all for profit; The world is crowded, all for profit. "Liu Hong is not a good man with a lot of money and nowhere to burn, nor does he have the noble sentiment of sacrificing himself, even if he has, it will not be at this time, and the reason why Liu Hong is like this is that what he is asking for is not a small profit such as money, food and silk, but a great wish to make a marquis for military merits and revitalize his family.

In order to achieve such a goal, it is necessary to have an elite soldier who can be relied on, and to train such a team, the simplest and most efficient way is to use one's own tenant farmers or neighbors as the backbone, whether it is the famous Xiliu Battalion of the previous dynasty or the team of the current dynasty.

However, no one in this world is a fool, even the small people of Qianshou know that there is only one life, so Liu Hong can only win people's hearts with the huge profits of renting Guangtian, so that when they come to the battlefield in the future, these people will die with all their hearts.

"Your Excellency."

Jiao Da gently nudged Liu Hong and woke him up.

"Oh, let's go, go to the next field." Liu Hong said lightly, and then the crowd hugged Liu Hong and walked forward.

After just walking a few steps, Liu Hong suddenly turned his head with a feeling, and saw that there were two men and women holding the stone tablet crying at this time where he was originally stationed, and the old man next to him was also bowing his head and sobbing, only the two children who were still ignorant were at a loss, not knowing what happened to their parents and grandfather.

Liu Hong turned his head and smiled knowingly.