Zhou Wenwen looked at the houses and farmlands under his feet, as well as the people who were busy coming and going, and suddenly a feeling of indescribability came to his heart. He lowered his head www.biquge.info said softly, "Tomorrow at dawn, I will set off to meet the county magistrate." Liu Yi didn't say much, and led Zhou Wenwen to the guest room to sleep. In the guest room, Zhou Wenwen was thinking about how there was no servant in Liu Zhai, and he was attracted by the water in the bathroom, he kept pulling out the plug and plugging it, watching the water gurgling out, and for the first time he appreciated the beauty of the upper and lower water. Zhou Wenwen took off and walked into the water, standing still for a long time, suddenly, he covered his face with his hands and cried out of breath, and muttered in his mouth: "Mom, Mom, if you had this thing earlier, you wouldn't have fallen into the river and drowned......"

Early the next morning, as soon as the sky dawned, Zhou Wenwen had finished freshening up and walked out of the door, and saw a girl standing in front of him, bowed slightly and said, "Little girl Liu Man, my father Liu Yi asked me to invite Mr. Zhou to breakfast." "Say goodbye and raise your hand to please. Zhou Wenwen was stunned for a moment, hurriedly returned the salute, and walked behind.

A short walk from the room is a small restaurant. Because there is no glass in this space, each room has at least two walls that are not connected to the other rooms to allow for daylight. However, the layout of Liu's house is different, some rooms have windows on only one wall, and the other three walls are connected to other rooms. In this way, the distance between the rooms is much closer, and just a few steps away makes Zhou Wenwen feel a little overwhelmed. Of course, a patio is essential for lighting, ventilation and viewing. Across a small patio is a restaurant. Liu Yao was standing at the table and was distributing porridge, when he saw Zhou Wenwen coming in, he put down the tableware and arched his hand: "Is Mr. Zhou resting well?" Zhou Wenwen replied: "Thank you for your hospitality." This loading and unloading is really convenient and comfortable. "The diet at the table was simple, a pot of polenta, the corn kernels were all ground, and the entrance was smooth; A plate of roasted sweet potatoes, fragrant and sweet, these are taken at will, and on the plate in front of everyone, there are a few small pieces of fried meat, only salt and pepper are put in, but the taste is very good.

The Liu family had no servants, and the women and children also ate together. The youngest son, who looked to be three years old, was also lying on the table, with meat stuffed in his mouth and his eyes shining green to search around. It wasn't until Dad gave him a piece of meat that he sat down honestly, took a sweet potato and took a bite of it. Zhou Wenshu didn't say much, hurriedly finished eating his food, said goodbye and set off to meet Wang Xianling.

After going around the workshops and solving a few technical problems, Liu Yaodu and the Mei family waited for Wang County's order in the study in the morning, and it was not until noon that they saw two horses and a team of thirty or forty people appear in the field of vision. There is a fork in the road from the county, all the way to Meijia Village, all the way to Chahe Village. Freedom Mountain climbs high and looks into the distance, you can see this location, but the figure is blurred, the face is not recognizable, from there to Meijia Village, there is still almost an hour away. Prior to this, the people from Chahe Village and Wei Min had come to report the whereabouts of Yao Jiang and Wang Xianling, as well as the two officials sent by He Dian, who had already run back and forth between Meijia Village and Chahe Village.

The four of them stood on the top of Freedom Mountain and watched the slowly approaching procession, the two women estimated the number of people, and hurriedly arranged the meals for these people, and the two men talked about a topic that had not been touched on before: "Lao Mei, we have to get an intelligence system." Seeing Mei Xianzhuo's inquiring eyes, he hurriedly explained: "Intelligence, that is, collecting information, preventing meticulous work, spying, assassination, etc., we have to have a team, on the one hand, someone in Meijia Village wants to keep an eye on this matter, and now the county commander has taken the royal conquest in person, it is difficult to say that the eyeliner has been arranged in our village a long time ago." On the other hand, there must be people in the county, and there must be people in the Qiongzhou Mansion to ventilate and report at any time, and even do some things we want to do. ”

Mei Xianzhuo was stunned for a moment, thought about it, nodded affirmatively and said: "This matter has been regarded as something before, and this congratulatory official is basically our person." But it's definitely not enough, it's time to prepare. And that Yao Jiang, I'm afraid there must be someone too. Liu Yao looked at the two people on horseback who were getting clearer and clearer in the team, and said softly: "This congratulatory official, you have to get closer to us a little more." In addition, he is not close enough to Wang Xianling, and I am quite optimistic about that Zhou clerk. Mei Xianzhuo shook his head lightly and said, "This person is very scheming and difficult to grasp. ”

As he spoke, he saw a figure walking towards the comer, and then walked towards the Freedom Mountain with everyone. It was thought that Zhou Wenwen met the welcoming team, and at this time he should be reporting what he had seen and heard to Wang Xianling. The two horseback servants sent by the congratulatory officials in advance also greeted them and gathered together and walked slowly.

Liu Yao suddenly had a flash of thought, and said to his daughter: "You go and tell your mother, you are not busy cooking lunch, you can prepare it first for washing and cutting, but wait for the news to start the fire." Looking at Mei Xianzhuo and his daughter's strange looks, Liu Yao smiled faintly and said, "It's not certain whether people eat this meal or not." ”

When Wang Xianling arrived, it was almost one o'clock. Liu Yao muttered: "I have to make the bell." He Mei Xianzhuo took Zhao Shilu, Sun Zhenggang and others to wait at the entrance of the village. The management cadres of Meijia Village greeted them, kneeling when they should kneel, bowing down when they should be bowing, and saluting one by one. Wang Xian Ling raised his hand on the horse and said goodbye, and did not dismount, and let everyone lead the way into the village.

Everyone brought Wang County Commander to Mei Xianzhuo's house, sat down in the hall, and asked people to serve tea, Mei Xianzhuo greeted: "Lord County Commander has worked hard all the way. Can we arrange a meal and talk while eating? ”

Wang Ruoxi waved his hand and said, "I have already eaten dry food on the road in this county. It's free of charge. Mei Xianzhuo was stunned for a moment and glanced at Liu Yao. Liu Yao smiled, took over the conversation and said, "Xiaomin Liu Yao, greetings to the county commander who is well." The county magistrate is really exhausted for official business, and he sleeps in the open air, and the people admire it tightly. ”

The county magistrate looked at Liu Yao and said nothing. Liu Yao also stood upright, smiling and looking back. After a long time, Wang Ruoxi opened his mouth and said, "You are Liu Yao." You're famous, and the whole county is talking about you. ”

Liu Yao arched his hand and responded: "Don't dare." In the lower part of the county is nothing more than to do some things to grow grain, iron and wine, the county does not know how many people do these things, and except for a few acres of thin fields owned by me, the rest of the workshop business is in cooperation with others, not owned by me alone. So when it comes to fame, it's also incomprehensible. This time the adults came to Meijia Village, why not go back and forth inside and out, and listen to the audio, Du rumors. Xiaomin is grateful. ”

"Okay, report all your inheritance." Wang Ruoxi picked up the teacup and sat more comfortably in the chair. Liu Yao had done a lot of work in the time and space when he came, had been in the agency, and had also served as the director of the office, so he was no stranger to this kind of procedure. He asked people to take the easel, pointed to a list and said: "Meijia Village has 35 acres of salt fields, and the monthly salt output is about 250 quintals. Some of them are for their own use, and some are sent to the county seat and Qiongzhou Mansion for sale, and they are all taxed according to the number. Some of them are picked and bought by foreign merchants, and the merchants pay taxes by themselves according to the rules, and the road cards along the way should be recorded. ”

Wang Ruoxi nodded and said, "This is your credit." It turned out that the amount of tax reported by Mei Xianzhuo was much smaller than the current figure. Liu Yao smiled and said: "Since I came, I opened up the salt pans and also adopted the sun drying method, and the production of sea salt has increased greatly." The second major industry in Meijia Village is to make steel from iron ore sent by the Li people, which has just been opened this month, and the steel is only enough for its own use, and has not yet been sold to the outside world, so there is no tax. If it is for personal use, it is also necessary to pay taxes, as long as the county commander commands, we will make up for it. ”

Wang Ruoxi didn't answer with a calm face, pointed to the list and said, "You said the third item." "The tax payment in the Ming Dynasty was often based on Luka numbers. The logic is basically that buying and selling is going to be shipped out, and the number of outgoing is the number of transactions. It is indeed difficult to claim tax on such self-used output. When Liu Yao said this, he naturally hoped that he would say that he didn't have to pay taxes, which was a small general.

Liu Yao introduced the blacksmith shop, sauce garden, carpentry workshop and other industries one by one, the figures were clear, and the taxes paid were also clear. Of course, the matter of making weapons will definitely not be mentioned, and the production of gunpowder and the reserves of saltpeter and sulfur will naturally not be mentioned. After Wang Xianling heard this, he looked at the figures such as ten jars of tofu and fifty cans of tofu per month, and knew that the idea of making something on this trip was in vain. He waved his hand and planned to introduce, and asked, "Then Liu Yao, have you organized a group exercise in violation of regulations?" ”

Mei Xianzhuo took a step forward and replied: "Back to my lord, the matter of group training is handled by the small people. Meijia Village has long wanted to hold a group exercise to prevent pirates and protect the place. However, the population of my village is sparse, and most of the new homeless people are frail and sickly, so they can barely gather dozens of children and do some exercises on weekdays. I didn't dare to go to the county to apply for this group exercise, because there were really few people and weak strength, and it couldn't be compared with other villages, so I didn't dare to report it to the adults. ”;

Sun Zhenggang shouted loudly on the side: "Don't dare, I'm embarrassed!" It caused a burst of laughter from everyone. Wang Xian Ling also smiled softly and said, "I've been sitting here for a long time, so I'll go and see your soldiers." With that, he got up and walked outside the door.

Mei Jiaju led Zhao Fei and Sun Zhuang, and stood outside the door with a group of children, ranging in height and length, thin and strong. Wang Ruoxi walked past the front of the queue and said to the officials: "Old He, your subordinates were defeated by these people?" ”

He was a little embarrassed and whispered, "At that time, it was five against five at the beginning. Pick out five of them, it's still tough. How much more the spears they use, and the knives of my men. Is an inch long a point strong? Later, it was fifteen against fifteen, and my people were gone. Besides, they are all children of good people, and they are not too ruthless. ”

Wang Ruoxi smiled and said to Mei Xianzhuo, "I heard that you have a name called the guard team in this regimental training?" Mei Xianzhuo hurriedly responded: "It is taken to defend the Haikou and protect the village." ”

"Your son led the team?"

"It's a little dog, and when you have free time, you can practice and practice."

"Not bad, not bad. In this way, the official will be allowed here, and you will report it on the same day, and Meijia Village will hold a group exercise, which will be called a guard group exercise. You are the captain, and your son is the vice-captain. ”

Mei Xianzhuo was stunned for a moment, and was overjoyed, bowing down to thank him. Liu Yao smiled happily on the side, and said in his heart: "Your strategy of mixing sand to make a split is not good in Meijia Village. ”

Wang Ruoxi watched the group practice and understood that he could already explain to the prefect. also knows that if there is any misdeeds, Meijia Village will not let himself see it at all. In fact, last night, Liu Yao had the new gun head sink into the Shilu River overnight, of course, it is an easy place to pick up, once something happens, you have to rely on these weapons to protect yourself. Mei Jiaju and his three squad leaders did it personally, and no one told them.

Liu Yao saw that Wang Ruoxi's face softened slightly, so he stepped forward and said, "Lord County Commander, this is a tiring saddle horse all the way, or take a rest?" ”

"No need. This official is not here to rest. I wonder if there's anything else you want me to see? ”

"The little people dared to ask the county magistrate to move up the mountain, and along the way happened to observe the workshops and the dwellings of the displaced people." Without waiting for Wang Ruoxi to object, Sun Zhuang and Mei Jiaju next to him had already stood up carrying a recliner transformed into a sliding rod. The chaise longue itself is relatively comfortable, and an awning is added to the roof, and two thick bamboo poles are tied to the sides, which can be carried forward by two people.

Wang Ruoxi was overjoyed when she saw this, and praised: "Meijia Village is thoughtful. Then I'll go up the hill and see what you've done. ”

Liu Yao thought to himself: "In the place where I came, there are still many tricks to serve people, and you haven't invented them in this time and space." But I hope I never have to use it. ”

The final ending was naturally a grand dinner, and the county magistrate praised the intensity of the distilled liquor, and he was drunk, so naturally it was inconvenient to rush overnight, so he slept in the guest room where Zhou Wenwen stayed yesterday. After Liu Yao and the others learned the news that Yao General withdrew his troops and returned to the camp at dusk, they finally accompanied them to have a drink.

When he got up the next day, Liu Yao only remembered that he had said to Wei Min: "You have to follow Yao's general team back to the barracks." "Hurriedly called someone to find Wei Min. It didn't take long for Wei Min to come to Liu's house, only to see that his eyes were swollen like peaches, there were many scratches on his body, and he was still limping when he walked. Liu Yao hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with you?" Wei Min smiled bitterly and said, "It's still not good to walk this night." I hung far behind Yao's general team, and I didn't dare to use the lights, so I had to walk in the dark and fall a lot. Fortunately, he was not found and followed all the way to the barracks. Liu Yao held his hand and said hard. Wei Min only said: "If you want to say that this military camp is really a good place. Near Shiroku Harbor, there are mountain peaks to overlook, bays to park ships, and flat land to garrison, we should go and occupy it. ”

Liu Yao scolded with a smile: "You are a thief!" This Wang Ruoxi hasn't left yet, he is here to catch the thief, and you are here to ponder and occupy the barracks of the officers and soldiers. However, we can consider doing this to ......"