Such a ferocious behemoth, if you force Russell, you won't rush to deal with it! Just as he was about to get up and draw his gun, a whistle was heard in the distance! Hearing this whistle, the ferocious monster stopped! Pu Fan's big ears trembled! With a long nose, he opened his mouth and shouted, "Ang..."! Turn around and go back!

A teenager! Dressed in animal skins, he came out of the banana grove with a little monkey squatting on his shoulder! He also carried a bunch of small reddish bananas in his hand, and the monkey on his shoulder kept stuffing the bananas into his mouth, occasionally baring his teeth.

"Distant guests, where do you come from?" Datang official dialect is not very standard, but I can understand it.

Russell didn't expect that in such a remote place, there were still people who knew the official dialect of the Tang Dynasty! I was amazed.

"Amitabha! , the blood of the poor monk, wandering here., barren mountains and mountains, there is such an aura of young people, I don't know if there is an official mansion here? Or a monastery, or a stockade? Don't hide it from my little brother, I have been walking for several days in a row, and I haven't seen a single person or village!"

"To the south of the banana forest is Nie Village, my name is Nie Wa, my grandfather is the patriarch, I am the next patriarch, a monk from afar, please go to the village to rest! The elephant that scared you just now is called Xiaofei, very well-behaved and docile! The transportation of large items in the entire stockade depends on it, but it has strength! ”

Hearing this, Russell breathed a sigh of relief. After saying thank you, I followed the boy through the banana grove, and saw some thatched houses and bamboo buildings in the distance, lined up along a riverbank. It seems that the smoke is curling, oh, it's time for lunch!

The village is not big, there are dried bananas everywhere, and the clothes are almost semi-primitive, and most of the people wear animal skins! Many women, with half of their breasts exposed, carried baskets on their backs and entered the village from other directions.

The arrival of Russell and his entourage, firstly, Russell's handsome appearance, and secondly, the dress, although shabby, also made them envious. Stop and watch, whispering from time to time, but unfortunately, I can't understand what they say?

When Niewa saw one, she greeted them with a grunt, which made them laugh, it seems that they like Niewa very much! "In the whole village, only my grandfather and I can speak official language. I know official Chinese, and my grandfather taught me. Fifty years ago, my grandfather was injured in the war, his horse was frightened, he ran here, fell into a coma, and then was saved by his grandmother in this village! So I recuperated here, and grandpa didn't know how to like grandma, so he stayed! Never left since! ”

Along the way, Nie Wa seemed to like to speak official language very much, and it was a little uncomfortable at first, but gradually became proficient! It seems that he rarely speaks official language! As soon as I talk about it, I can't stop the car!

When I came to the patriarch's house, in a verdant bamboo forest, there were several bamboo houses, and an old man, with a waist-length beard, was sitting in front of the bamboo forest to pound medicine or something!

"Grandpa, a guest has arrived!" Niewa shouted from afar!

The old man put down his tools, stood up, and saw Russell and his party. Greet with a smile! "Welcome guests from afar! Baby, go make tea. ”

A few hand-tied bamboo stools, although the workmanship is rough, they are very strong and durable! Russell sat down, the official errand of the entourage did not dare to be casual, and the old man could not smile meaningfully and began to talk to Russell!

The old man is actually very talkative. Through the old man, Russell knew that the official mansion here was almost nothing! Take this village as an example, the village of hundreds of people still eats a big wrap of rice, and the food is collected uniformly! Divide it evenly according to the head! The people here haven't reached the point where they can have enough to eat! If it weren't for the banana forest behind, it is estimated that half of the people in this village would starve to death!

Most of the stewards of the government are people who have been demoted from Chang'an, they are not accustomed to the water and soil, the language is not comprehensible, plus this is Feng An's plate, and here is the patriarch and chief system, not to mention other places, just this Nie village and the surrounding thirty-six villages, there are more than 80 forces!

Even Feng Ang didn't get the approval of these patriarchs and chiefs! Every year, the government can't even collect half of the grain, not because it doesn't give it, it's that these villages are too scattered, and there is not much grain, and most of them are used as taxes! For example, Nie Zhai pays bananas as a tax every year.

Although it can be eaten, it is difficult to send these bananas to the capital Chang'an, right?

What's even more strange is that some villages, not to mention paying taxes, can't eat enough, how much can your government collect? It's already good to not let the government open a warehouse to release grain! In this poor mountain and bad water, if you are in a hurry, I will give you a life, maybe it will be easy to cause a civil uprising!

Russell knew that the first thing he wanted was to stop starving in the village. Before leaving, Liu Ao told himself that if he wanted help, he must win the trust of the people! Perhaps, as smart as him, should see that he was degraded, and it was just a double reed sung with Li Shimin!

Russell just didn't understand, why did he choose himself, remembering that before he left, the tearful eyes behind the crowd, maybe for her? It's a headache to think about! Can you say that you have only met her a few times, and you don't even know her, so you stick to yourself? It's incredible to think about! He refused to leave the patriarch to eat by himself, and then Neneva took him to the official mansion.

This place is not close to the official mansion, and after walking for more than two hours, I saw a small town, saying that it is a town, which is equivalent to the villages near Chang'an, not even the villages around Chang'an.

The yamen is already dilapidated, and I don't know how long no one has been working, and I hate desolation, and I don't even have a yacha on duty! Seeing this, Russell was furious, the government did not act, how to stabilize the people's hearts?

Let his subordinates send Nie Wa back, and by the way, he took out a few strings of copper coins from his arms and put them in Nie Wa's hands. Said I'll see him later. No, Nie Wa doesn't want copper money: "You are an official from Chang'an, I don't want your copper money, I know that this can be bought, but it's useless here, it's better to give some food.

I know that you have just arrived, and you must have no food in your hands, so send me some books, and also say, if you want to learn skills, you still have to read more books, but don't talk about books here, even if there are few literate people, the words I know are still taught by my grandfather, and my grandfather himself does not read many books! ”

Russell agreed to this request, and said that he would send it to him for a while. But the copper coin is still held for him, Russell likes this child more! There is spirituality.

There was no one at the yamen, so several people waited at the yamen until the evening, and there was only one person, with a yellow face and a few boats coming back from outside, dressed in burlap, carrying a basket on his back, and stopping three times at a time. Seeing a few people at the yamen, he consciously straightened up!

When he saw a few officials around Russell, he became excited, "You are from Chang'an?" ”

After Russell took out his scale, and then showed his official seal, the man suddenly wept in pain, a man in his fifties, crying like a baby in a confinement child.

It turned out that this was the county order, or the Wupin court official in the Li Yuan period, but because he received a hundred taels of silver, he was reported, and as a result, he was demoted to this place, and he was pardoned!

There is a good fortune! It stands to reason that it won't be mixed up like this, but in order to be able to return to the court, he asked for relationships and gifts everywhere, and as a result, just his little money and the family wealth he saved before? Still, the wall is falling down and everyone is pushing it!

What is Lingnan? In the court, it is no less than the crime of killing the head, plus the water and soil are not adapted, and almost die here! This poor yamen, if he doesn't go out to find food, he won't even have anything to eat! It will take some time for the money to be distributed, and as a result, the yacha, including the county commander himself, have to run around to make ends meet!

Russell who listened to him wanted to stab him in a few holes with a bright silver gun! A county order of the Tang Dynasty, but he can't eat enough? Li Shimin knew that he would stomp on his feet! It's a shame for the government!

But, in reality, it just happened! Not only did it happen, but it happened in front of Russell alive!

"Okay, don't cry, let's find a place to rest first, and we'll discuss the future."

The place is ready-made, it is a broken point, and you can live in it after cleaning it up! Russell settled down, and then began to discuss the next things with this Chang Shi, and took out copper coins and asked the Yacha to buy some wine and food, and talked with Chang Shi while eating, and often cried at every turn, which made Russell cry that he couldn't stand it!

At this time, Liu Ao already knew that the current Jade Girl Gate was not only forgetful, but also Wu Cao! So I went to Tianji Cave.... (To be continued.) )