On June 15 of the third year of Chongzhen, on this day, the peach blossom castle was full of joy, and the dignified and dignified thousands of official halls were full of people. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Most of them were waiting here with big bags or baskets, and they were talking about something with smiles on their faces, it turned out that today was the day when the new defense officer of the Thousand Households was paid.

Originally, Xiao Yi's series of measures when he came back from his patrol made the fort a chicken, a dog, and many old or empty paid military households were forcibly dismissed by Dong Yinghua.

For this reason, Dong Yinghua has also offended many people, there are not a hundred but dozens of people who have come to Xiao Yi in the past few days, and being dismissed means that they can no longer eat empty salaries and drink the blood of soldiers, and they can no longer be powerful, and many people are deeply dissatisfied with this.

But some time ago, it was rumored that there was a salary!

As soon as this news came out, it caused a sensation in a radius of several miles, and almost every military household, large and small, had their salaries withheld and in arrears.

They all thought that the payment of salaries was just a distant dream, and in addition, many of the military households that had been laid off were resentful, and some of them were even planning to make a salary!

But he didn't expect that the new defense officer would be paid, so that the people's eyes were attracted by the salary, and many people with ill intentions had no way to start, and they no longer had anyone to support them, and every household praised Xiao Yi's good name.

I saw a row of tables and chairs neatly placed in front of the door of the Qianhu official hall, on which sat more than a dozen small officials, and behind the small officials was a soldier of the Yong'an Army who was calm and relaxed in armor.

The officials Zheng Zhong, the deputy Qianhu Chen Hao, the Zhenfu Dong Yinghua, and a group of small officials and generals stood in front of the Qianhu official hall, and Xiao Yi stood at the front.

I saw Xiao Yi wave his hand, and all the eyes of the people gathered.

He said loudly: "This official is the self-appointed defense officer, and after checking the account books, he learned that he has not been paid for many years, and he is deeply afraid that he will treat everyone unfairly. ”

There was a burst of cheers below.

He continued: "Everyone line up one by one, don't be crowded, whether it is cut or not, everyone has a share, first come here to get the rice card, someone will take you to the treasury to get the rice noodles, you can also exchange it for silver taels." ”

"Defend your lordship!"

"Lord Qingtian!"

"Thank you so much!"

The people knelt down in pieces, and kept bowing to Xiao Yi, and Xiao Yi didn't let anyone stop them, just looked at these people with a smile.

He also said loudly: "Those who have re-entered the household registration can go to collect their own land for recultivation, every three families can share a ploughing ox, a family of five can get 50 acres of arable land, a family of three can get 30 acres of arable land, a husband and wife can get 20 acres, seeds, rakes, hoes and other things can go to the treasury to get it!" ”

The people were even more sensational, crying and shouting, they had long heard that Yong'an Fort and Changning Town were all farmland, and every household could use cattle, and now they could finally live such a life, and they could not be excited or grateful.

Seeing this, Shi Lu shouted with a smile on it: "Who let you receive the salary?" ”

"It's Lord Xiao!" The people answered.

"Who gave your family land to plow and food to eat?"

"Lord Xiao! Lord Xiao! ”

Shi Lu suddenly asked sharply: "If someone doesn't want you to live this kind of life, and wants to be detrimental to the defense lord, what will you do?" ”

An old man shouted, "Kill him!" ”

The others yelled,

"Kill him!"

"What is bad for the defense is not good for us!"

Shi Lu nodded with satisfaction, Huang Yang patted Shi Lu and smiled with satisfaction.

Xiao Yi's sonorous words continued to echo throughout the street, and he announced the method of tax grain in Yong'an Fort again, which was exempt from tax in the first year.

As soon as the words fell, the entire street was full of people who kept kneeling and worshipping, and the cries for Xiao Yi were endless, and they were crying for the old and the young.

Zheng Zhong's eyes were full of shock, this, this...

It was the first time he had seen such a defensive officer who was supported by the people, and when he looked at Xiao Yi with a confident face, he wondered, where did Xiao Yi get so much money, grain, cattle and other things?

The first year is tax-free, so what will Xiao also take to pay this year's summer tax?

looked at the soldiers on Xiao Yi's side who were still upright and motionless, and these people, how did Xiao Yi train?

And He Dapeng and Liu Wenchang's faces are very ugly, the two are not afraid of Xiao Yi, but they are afraid that the angry people will tear the two of them to pieces, there has been a precedent in the past, and the mob can do anything.

Xiao Yi smiled with satisfaction, waved his hand, and the salary began!

The people got up from the ground and lined up to the end of the street, dragging their families to receive rice.

The little official sitting at the table was responsible for recording the names and origins of the people, and the Yong'an Army soldier behind each small official took out a wooden rice card and handed it to an old man at the front with a smile.

The old man had just taken the rice card and was clasping his hands together and thanking him, only to hear the Yongan soldier say: "Don't forget that this is the kindness of the defense lord, and it is the defense lord who let you get food." ”

When the old man heard this, he squinted his eyes and kept bending down to worship, and said with a smile: "Yes, the whole family of the little old man is grateful for the kindness of the defense adult!" ”

The old woman behind him, a man, a woman, and a child, all smiled and nodded their heads again and again.

I only heard the soldier of the Yong'an Army smile at the old man and said: "A family of five, you can get 50 acres of land, and if you get rice and noodles, go and get it!" ”

The old man had never seen such a close officer and soldier, and he did not have the slightest arrogance when he spoke, but his face was full of kind smiles, and he immediately nodded again and again and followed a soldier to the storehouse.

The rest of the tables and chairs are like this, when the people receive rice and noodles, the soldiers are responsible for giving rice cards, and when they receive rice noodles, the soldiers are responsible for repeating the previous words.

This is also what Xiao Yi ordered Shi Lu, Huang Yang and others to teach the sergeants to do this last night, in order to let the people know in their hearts who gave them a good life, Xiao Yi is not the kind of selfless person, he has his own ambitions.

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At night, Xiao Yi walked on the street, smelling the faint stench, and looking at the piles of garbage on both sides.

His brows furrowed, he was busy inspecting and dividing the fields and other things these days, and he actually forgot the most basic things, so he immediately walked back to the official hall.

As soon as I entered the main hall, I heard him say loudly: "The fort is infested with mosquitoes, it is filthy and smelly, and the garbage is all over the place, and we need to start cleaning it up immediately!" ”

He frowned and said, "Call Lord Chen!" ”

Chen Haoda was drinking tea in the mansion at night, and as soon as he heard Xiao Yi's call, he hurriedly put on a set of civilian clothes and rushed to the lobby.

As soon as he stepped into the lobby with his front feet, he heard Xiao Yi say in a deep voice: "Lord Chen, the internal organs of the castle are messy and smelly, how can people live in this way, and the living environment of the people is so poor!" Tomorrow will be left to you, arrange for people to clean up the castle thoroughly, and then tidying up is the first priority! ”

Chen Hao looked at Xiao Yi's frowning brows, but he didn't know that Xiao Yi suddenly decided to sweep up, so he just made a gesture at the moment, and said loudly: "The subordinate has received the order, and the castle will be cleaned up clean, and it will be extremely tidy!" ”

Xiao Yi nodded and waved his hand to signal Chen Hao to go down, and continued to frown and pick up the account books, Chen Hao glanced at Xiao Yi carefully before he slowly retreated. (To be continued.) )