Yang Guang looked at the direction of Zhuge Ying's finger, and saw that there were three huts in the peach forest at the entrance of Niuer Village, and a woman in fine cloth clothes was standing on the edge of the peach forest to greet his party.

"That's clumsy, I don't know if the prince is coming, there is rudeness, and I hope that the prince Haihan." Xu Deyan pointed to the woman and introduced it to Yang Guang.

Zhuge Ying dispersed the accompanying clansmen, and accompanied Yang Guang to the entrance of the village with Xu Deyan.

At this time, Guo Yan also arrived with a large group of people, and Yang Guang ordered that except for Liang Mo and Guo Yan to protect him, the other sergeants must wait outside the village, and no one is allowed to enter the village to search, and then walk to the entrance of the village to meet Chen Changle who was waiting there.

"Xiao Wang was entrusted by Mrs. Xuanhua, and he came a little late, please don't blame the princess." Out of respect for Chen Changle, Yang Guang first explained to her.

Chen Changle's experience and experience are much more bumpy than his sister Chen Weiyang, he knows that this is not what it used to be, and he is no longer a princess with a daughter's body, seeing that Yang Guang is so polite to him, he is busy prostrate on the ground, kowtows and salutes: "The women meet His Royal Highness the King of Jin, and they dare not accept such a courtesy from the prince." ”

Yang Guang hurriedly ordered the two maids of Cerse and Hongxuan to step forward to help Chen Changle, accompanied by Xu Deyan and Zhuge Ying, and walked into a hut in the middle of the peach forest, insisting that Chen Changle and Xu Deyan and his wife should be seated in the main seat, and he sat in the guest seat, and then ordered someone to take the list of items and the wooden box containing a pair of concentric knots, handed the list of items to Xu Deyan, and handed the wooden box to Chen Changle alone, and said to her: "Mrs. Xuanhua asked the little prince to come to greet the princess, and I hope that the princess and Xu Gongyong will be of the same heart." ”

Chen Changle hurriedly stood up and thanked him: "Meng Niangniang cares, there is Prince Lao." ”

Yang Guang saw that Chen Changle looked restrained and polite in front of him, so he deliberately alleviated the slightly embarrassing atmosphere in the room, and said to Chen Changle with a smile: "Mrs. Xuanhua is the concubine of my father, and you and I are naturally relatives, so the princess doesn't have to be too outside." Why don't you open this wooden box and take a look, the pair of concentric knots given by Mrs. Xuanhua are still satisfactory? ”

"The women dare not claim to be the emperor's relatives, since a year ago, the country of Mengyue was openly gracious, and she had to reunite with her husband and return to Jiangnan to live in seclusion. Today, the troublesome prince is in person, which makes the women honestly afraid. Other objects are also gone, only this pair of concentric knots, the women have the courage to ask the prince to give back to Mrs. Xuanhua, in order to express the blessings of the women and their husbands to the saint and Mrs. Xuanhua. Chen Changle held the wooden box in both hands, held it high above his head, and presented it back to Yang Guang.

This came to Yang Guang's surprise, and he was about to open his mouth to persuade Chen Changle to accept this pair of concentric knots, but when he saw Xu Deyan, he also got up and saluted and said: "As the people of the Great Sui, the husband and wife are willing to use this knot to congratulate the saint and the mother for thousands of years, and they will be united forever." ”

Yang Guang's heart moved, dispelled the idea of persuading Chen Changle to accept the pair of concentric knots, and invited her husband and wife to sit down, while laughing and said: "Mrs. Xuanhua gave this knot to the princess and Xu Gong, out of family affection and friendship, today the princess and Xu Gong entrusted Xiao Wang to give this knot back to Mrs. Xuanhua, one is to express loyalty to the court, and the other is also out of sincere blessings to the father and Mrs. Xuanhua. Anyway, Xiao Wang is better than obeying his fate, so he will accept this knot for the time being, and will return this knot to Mrs. Xuanhua in the future, and convey the blessings of the two to his father and Mrs. Xuanhua. ”

Chen Changle and Xu Deyan were relieved to see that Yang Guang had agreed to accept this pair of concentric knots. At that moment, Chen Changle was going to cook in person, and Yang Guang would return to the city after eating at home, and Yang Guang also intended to take the opportunity to understand the reaction of the people in Jiangnan to the Juntian system that the imperial court was about to implement in Jiangnan, so he agreed with a smile despite the strong dissuasion of Liang Mo and Guo Yan.

"Mr. Zhuge , I just heard Zhuge Xiang mention that he was forced to leave his hometown to make a living with the young people in his clan, why is this? I don't know what the Zhuge people in this Niuer Village rely on to support their families? After Chen Changle left, Yang Guang chatted with Zhuge Ying and Xu Deyan about family life.

This time, Xu Deyan replied on behalf of Zhuge Ying: "The prince doesn't know, this Niushou Mountain is within a radius of 100 miles, and it is the fief of Chen Shuling, the king of Shixing, in Nanchen, not only the Zhuge family of Niuer Village, that is, even the thousands of people within 100 miles of the vicinity, there are few households that are not tenants of the king of Shixing, and they eat the grain saved after paying rent every year. In recent years, many of the tenants have become young and able-bodied laborers, unable to endure the heavy rent work, and have gone out in groups to earn a living. ”

When Zhuge Ying heard this, she interjected: "Niuer Village promised public relations for more than two years, and pleaded with King Shixing on behalf of my people, and reduced a lot of rent, and life is better than other villages. Even so, young and middle-aged clansmen like Zhuge Xiang can only eat more than half of their food after working in the fields for a year, and I, as the patriarch, can neither afford to make the clansmen get food and clothing, but also can only turn a blind eye to them going out to make a living without authorization. ”

"As the two gentlemen said, the thousands of hectares of fields within a radius of 100 miles of Niushou Mountain are all the fiefdoms of Chen Shuling, so since the fall of Nan Chen, haven't these fields become borderless land, or have the imperial court taken back these fields, and you have paid rent to the imperial court instead?" Yang Guang asked thoughtfully.

Xu Deyan and Zhuge Ying glanced at each other, and they were silent.

Yang Guang saw that neither of them answered, so he knew that there must be another reason, so he explained to them: "The imperial court wants to implement the uniform field system in Jiangnan and grant land according to the number of people in each household. ”

After all, Xu Deyan was invited by Zhuge Ying, and he lived here, so he had a lot less worries, and took the lead in replying: "Don't hide it from the prince, it is good if the uniform field system is good, but whether it can be smoothly implemented and implemented in all parts of the south of the Yangtze River as the prince wishes, the key is not the people, but whether the imperial court is determined to remove all kinds of obstacles and truly grant the people land according to the number of people." ”

Yang Guangda was puzzled and asked: "I don't know what the various obstacles Xu Gong is talking about, I don't know what he is referring to?" ”

"Taking Niuer Village as an example, in the past, it was only necessary to pay rent and tax to Chen Shuling's mansion according to a fixed amount each year, and it was enough to serve hard labor, but now it is necessary to bear two kinds of taxes, both light and dark, and Mingli must pay no less than the original fixed amount of rent to the local government, and secretly must also pay rent and tax to various forces that are plotting against Sui Fuchen, so it seems that with the fall of Nan Chen in the past two years, the fief belonging to Chen Shuling no longer exists, but in fact, the rent borne by the tenants has not been reduced in any way, but has been increased."