readx;?readx; Chapter 419 The fragrance of rice flowers says that there is a good year

The north is the end of the flowers, and the branches of the south bear fruit. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In addition to the difference in accents, the most significant difference between the north and the south is the climate. The wheat in the north has not yet ripened, and the rice fields in the south have turned into golden fields, and bunches of ripe and full ears are bowing their heads. The occasional blowing south wind made the golden that could not be seen sway slightly, and anyone who saw it had to say something...... A sea of bountiful harvest.

The dark-skinned old farmers, with their arms open and barefoot, sat happily in the fields, looking at their children and grandchildren working in the fields, and at the same time looking forward to a better future.

"Brother Zou, how much harvest can your family have this year?" It was a wrinkled old man who spoke, and he fanned his straw hat while saying in a rough voice: "I see that you have 180 acres of land, and there are always 100 stones of rice to be made." "One stone is ten buckets, one bucket is ten liters, and one liter is four catties.

That Brother Zou is an old man who is simply shirtless, he nodded, grinned: "I have forty acres of good land, thirty acres of medium land, and the rest are bad land. ”

There was also an old man with a thin and yellow face on the side, who laughed sharply when he heard this: "It's all your family, don't forget, you have to pay rent this year, and I think it's good to have eighty or so stones left." ”

The wrinkled old man pointed to the dry and yellow old man and said, "I said Ding Shupi, you are too dissatisfied, our owner also suffered a military disaster last year, but you still gave us a whole year of rent exemption." Isn't there a rent collection this year? Are you going to let the owner and the northwest wind go? ”

The shirtless old man also helped: "That is, not to mention that the owner only collects half of the rent, even if it is full, we can also feed the whole family for more than a dozen people, don't forget, this year is still tax-free." ”

The old man with a dry yellow face, when he saw the two of them talking about himself together, he couldn't help but smile embarrassedly: "Brother Zou, don't be angry, don't you know that I am a stinky mouth?" Talking about knocking the mud on the big wheels, he laughed and said: "I know what you said, as long as our prince is here, we will have a way to live this day!" ”

"That's right, old Ding." A slightly joking voice sounded, and the three old men looked back, oh my mother, the county master is actually standing behind him. The three old men hurriedly got up and bowed, and said, "The eldest master is here." The old Zou wanted to kowtow, but he was pulled by the county master, revealing eight white teeth, and laughed loudly: "Come on, you don't look at what I'm dressed up today, so you don't have to be formal." ”

The three old men dared to raise their heads and looked at the county commander Ma Daren with green cloth shoes on his feet and a half-worn robe. I saw that the cloth shoes and cloth robe were covered with mud, and it was obvious that they had been wandering around the field for a long time.

Zou Laohan hurriedly wiped the wheels with his sleeves, and said with a simple smile: "The old man sits here," and said that he also felt that this place was a little narrow, and said embarrassedly: "Look for a circle, just this bright place." ”

He is a local dialect, a year ago, Ma Xianling could not understand this. But a year has passed, and he has already become an authentic Xiangyang person, so he naturally understands what the old man said: 'After looking around, this is a clean land.' Hearing this, he smiled and said, "Cheng, it's good to sit here, I can't collapse my ass." "It's also a local vernacular, which means, 'You won't get your ass wet with sweat.'" The old men laughed innocently, they were willing to listen to the old man talk like this, it didn't sound like an outsider.

Ma Xian Ling looked at the rice field and scolded with a smile: "You three old goods, aren't you very proud?" ”

The three old men smiled, looking really proud. The strange thing Ding Shupi couldn't help it anymore, and muttered in a low voice, "It would be nice if it kept going like this." ”

Ma Xian Ling patted him on the arm vigorously and said with a smile: "Don't worry, as long as the prince is here, you will always have a good life." Seeing that the county magistrate was coming, more and more people came over, surrounded him in the center, and listened to him quietly.

Although he was surrounded by airtight, Manan was very happy in his heart, and raised his voice and said, "Do you know? In order to allow our farmers to live a good life for a long time, the prince gave three decrees to our two southern provinces, one is that the government will exempt the agricultural tax for another three years, and then the large households will continue to reduce rent and interest, and the third is to cancel the free people. ”

As soon as this remark came out, it immediately attracted a cheer, although the grain is not expensive, but it is the croppers who water it with sweat beads one by one, and it is fortunate to be able to leave one more grain, not to mention that most of it will be left?

Seeing that the eldest man was sweating profusely, Zou Laohan hurriedly scooped a scoop of water over with a water scoop. took the water scoop that Zou Laohan held, raised his head and poured it, and said, "It's really happy, where are you?" ”

"In the future, the people are not allowed to give money! Is this true, my lord? Why do I think I'm dreaming? Zou Laohan held the empty water scoop and grinned.

"It's not a dream, this has been issued to all yamen as a rule, if there are officials who collect land taxes in vain, or large households whose land rent exceeds the harvest by 11, you can report to the revival yamen, and they will uphold justice for you." After drinking the water, Ma Xian Ling continued to speak loudly.

Although he knew that the prince had issued three other edicts in order to avoid the backlash of the gentry, there was no need to tell these ordinary people about those things.

Hearing this great news, the people talked a lot, and a big Han urn said angrily: "My father said that since the time of the Three Emperors and the Five Emperors, there has been no court that does not collect agricultural taxes, but why does our prince really not collect it?" ”

"Stupid, this shows that the prince is more merciful than the three emperors and five emperors!" Nading bark didn't say anything strange this time, which caused all the villagers to echo him, which made him very proud, and Chaoma County Ling smiled: "I don't know if we can see the prince in this life, kowtow to his old man, and then invite him to eat a bowl of the best braised pork, I will be satisfied." ”

At first, everyone nodded frequently, but as soon as it was mentioned as 'braised pork', someone immediately jumped out to object, and an old man with a goatee shook his head and said: "Nonsense, what is the identity of the prince?" That's a heavenly expensive stomach, I must be tired of eating braised pork for a long time, and this is not rare at all. "Manan originally listened with a smile, but when he arrived at the 'Tianhuang Expensive Stomach', he got stuck, and said strangely in his heart: 'Why haven't you heard this word?' It seems that I still have less schooling. ’

He came back to his senses and asked with a smile: "A pinch of hair, you should tell me, what is the rarity of the prince?" ”

Listening to the eldest lord ask himself, the goatee shook his head and said: "Back to the words of the eldest lord, I pondered about our prince, who is the richest one in the world." He also provoked the thumb brother and said: "So what he eats is rare must be the best thing in the world." ”

"Braised pork is the best!" Ding Shupi on the side said unwillingly: "I ate it once last time I saw the owner, it was red and shiny," and said that the saliva came down, and he proudly showed off: "Later, I ......"

"Later, when the owner saw your gluttony, he rewarded you with a small bowl, and the one you ate was beautiful...... "Everyone laughed and laughed: "Don't show off your braised pork anymore, at least a thousand times from eight years ago, right?" ”

"I've eaten it, you haven't eaten it! So you're jealous! Ding Shupi said angrily.

Everyone was just about to ridicule each other, but Ma Xianling hurriedly came out to play a round and said with a smile: "Don't quarrel, Ding Shupi has just eaten braised pork, so it doesn't matter if you talk about it." But I don't know where the braised pork went, so don't say it often, just say it once a month. Persuading the crowd, he said to the 'pinch of hair': "You continue to ......."

'A pinch of hair' glared at 'Ding Bark' fiercely, obviously blaming him for being too talkative, and when Ding Bark shrunk his neck, he continued proudly: "I wonder if the prince is such a rich person, and the things he eats must be something that ordinary people can't eat." ”

"A pinch of hair, you're too grinding, let's talk about the point, what does the prince like to eat?" Ma Xianling's curiosity about this answer was almost fixed, although he was once the chief of the prince's guard and was in charge of the prince's daily life.

"Oil!" A pinch of hair finally stopped being verbose, and said very seriously: "You think, the prince is such a rich person, he definitely doesn't care how much oil he uses, he must fry everything in oil, what fried water chestnut, fried water chestnut, fried lotus seed, fried twist, fried eggplant, fried camellia, fried spinach, fried elm money, fried grasshopper, fried pumpkin slices, ......"

This is just like a few family treasures, so he listened to a Qingyue laugh outside: "Can't you fry something good to eat with the prince?" How is it that in addition to the leaves of the vegetables, it is a leafy vegetable? ”

Hearing this voice, a pinch of hair boss was reluctant to say: "Then what are you talking about?" ”

He was still arguing here, but Ma Xianling, who was sitting on the wheel, jumped up all of a sudden, as if he had been stung by a bee, and his head seemed to be looking around, and he shouted: "Instructor! Instructor! Although he was excited, he still didn't forget that he couldn't reveal the identity of the prince.

Sure enough, I saw His Highness standing outside the crowd after a long absence, looking at him with a smile.

Ma Xianling excitedly pulled away the crowd in front of him and rushed to Qin Lei in a few steps. A few men in strong suits were about to step forward to stop them, but they were stopped by Qin Lei with a smile: "He is my chief guard." ”

As soon as he heard this, Ma Xian Ling could no longer suppress his excitement, tears fell down, he fell on his knees, and said respectfully: "Weichen Manan, see ...... Instructor. Speaking of this, he remembered that the prince came in civilian clothes, and quickly changed his words.

Fortunately, the farmers kneeling around didn't know that their county lord was paying homage to His Royal Highness, and they didn't know which class the self-proclaimed 'Weichen' was aimed at. It's just that they watched the old man kneel, and they knelt down with him, and they didn't know the true identity of the young man opposite.

Qin Lei smiled slightly, and said softly: "Get up, thank you for your hard work." ”

Manan wiped his tears and said embarrassedly: "It's the first time I've cried when I've grown so big." ”

Qin Lei nodded with a smile, and said to the people on the ground with a pleasant face: "Folks, get up, I am also from the palace, just passing by." I thought of your county magistrate, and I was brought here, but I disturbed you. "He is

Maybe Qin Lei looks too young, although they all know that the prince is not yet, but without explaining his identity, no one will associate the smiling handsome offspring in front of him with the dignified king of the south.

Yes, the king of the South, the king of the South for real. Now in the two southern provinces, no one pays attention to the holy decree or the writing of the ministry. There is only one thing that the southern rulers recognize, and that is the decree of His Royal Highness the King of Longwei County. Only this thing can pass up and down in the south unhindered, and the order is forbidden, compared with it, the rest is waste paper.

Although he didn't know his true identity, the identity of the 'person from the palace' made the people feel extremely close, and they surrounded him one after another, and asked in a gossiping voice: "This official, is the prince in good health?" Have a good appetite? Feeling good? "Questions like this are strange, but they are inseparable from the theme of 'asking the prince hello'.

With a subtle wave of his hand, he stopped the guards from coming forward, allowing the enthusiastic people to surround him. On the southern ground, he still has this self-confidence.

Laughing and answering the farmers' questions one by one, asking and asking, or turning to the issues they were most concerned about.

Ding Shupi asked cautiously: "This official, just now our eldest lord said that the prince has made three wills, to exempt our Tianding tax, to reduce rent and interest, and even the people have money. Is this true? "The old farmer is a little cautious, but on the whole he is simple, otherwise he would not ask this question in front of the county master.

Fortunately, Manan had long been accustomed to their carelessness, so he just smiled bitterly, but he didn't take it to heart.

Qin Lei nodded and smiled: "You Lord Ma are naturally responsible for what you say, this matter is indeed true, and as long as the situation in our Jiangbei is getting better and better, it is very likely that there will be no more Tianding taxes in the future." After thinking about it, he added: "As long as the prince is still there." ”

Everyone couldn't understand the meaning of these words, and said happily when they heard this: "The prince is such a good person, he must live a long life, so there are at least eighty years......"

Qin Lei and Ma Nan sweated when they heard this, and Ma Nan hurriedly explained in a low voice: "Don't be angry. The people of us here are ...... Simple, simple. ”

Qin Lei smiled and nodded, "I also think that the prince will live for a hundred years." After speaking, he turned his gaze to the golden rice field, and said in a clear voice: "Folks, after harvesting this season, there will be no more starvation to death, right?" Perhaps the memory of his past life was too deep-rooted, and he always didn't believe the reports he received, so he had to see and hear them with his own eyes...... Not necessarily yet.

Unexpectedly, his words caused a burst of good-natured laughter, and Ding Shupi said with a smile: "The little officials don't know, this year is a big year, we have a lot of fields, and the grain laid in one season is enough for our family to eat openly for two years." "Because of the war last year, Xiangyang, as the hardest-hit area, has produced a lot of ownerless land, so the per capita land in Xiangyang may be the most in Daqin.

The villagers also laughed and said: "That is, no one starved to death in Xiangyang last year, and this year it will not be." ”

Qin Lei smiled: "It seems that your bus prefect is doing a good job." "Yes, our bus master is very capable." The villagers said with honor: "He is a native of Xiangyang." ”

Qin Lei said with a smile on his face when he heard this: "But how did I hear that you almost drove him off the stage at the beginning?" ”

People laughed embarrassedly, and Zou Laohan said with shame: "It's all because we ordinary people are short-sighted and can't understand the good intentions of the prefect." Everyone nodded in unison and said, "All the fourteen counties in our province have sent representatives to kowtow to his old man." ”

What they are talking about is that last year, in the face of a large number of ownerless fertile land, Xiangyang Mansion from top to bottom, hoped that the prefect could redistribute it and let everyone be evenly wet. Unexpectedly, the bus dealer rejected the people's demands for land, and only allowed large families to bid for land.

The final result was that Xiangyang Mansion sold half of the 10,000 hectares of fertile land to local large households at a very low price. The people were naturally extremely angry, and even stormed the prefect's yamen, almost catching the bus merchant and playing to death.

But the subsequent development surprised the people...... Those wealthy families actually leased the land they got to the people intact, and the rent was less than 20% of the original rent...... Lease term or ...... Twenty years.

Twenty years is a very delicate number, although the big ones feel that it is long, but it is still within the acceptable range; For farmers who rent land, 20 years is not too long, but it is already good. It's just okay for everyone...... Both for the large households who have received land for nothing, and for the farmers who have been able to rent large tracts of land at very low rents.

Only then did they know that the prefect was to blame. Although his old man's parents are a little crooked, his heart and eyes are not crooked.