Shule in August is the busiest time of the year. In the villages and towns outside the city, the Han people were busy returning the fruits of months of labor.

Nearly two years have passed since the Hermes-Epitek recovered from the crushing defeat at the Battle of Talas. The west of the sky is high and the road is far away, and it is difficult to transport, so the food of the military cantonments in various places must not only be used by themselves, but also ensure the military needs of the Han army in the four towns. The soldiers who ate the grain were all their own children, and the price at which the Metropolitan Protectorate bought surplus grain for more than a year was extremely fair, and the Han people were willing to sell the surplus grain to the Metropolitan Protectorate.

Pang Gezhuang is located in the west of Shule City, there are more than 100 households, all of them are Han people, every household in Zhuangzi has children in the Anxi army, many are father and son successively, the father leaves the army when he is older, and the son takes the place of the father.

Zhuangzi was established for only a few decades, and the Zhuang households are all from the three states of the western part of the country, not the same clan and clan, nor are they all surnamed Pang, the reason why it is called Panggezhuang is because the first old army to settle here is surnamed Pang.

Pang Laohan is a well-known Han people in this area, he was a teenager who followed Wang Xiaojie to Anxi, fought in the army for many years, and left the army at the age of forty, opening up wasteland and settling down in this place. Among the Hanmin in the four towns of Anxi, this can basically be regarded as the first wave.

Not only is he old enough, Pang Laohan was also a well-known role in the army back then, the veterans are all full of military merits, but there are not many who can be promoted to Shangzhu Country by virtue of military merits, and there are only a few around Shule Town.

Because of this title of honor, Pang Laohan is extremely famous in this area, and even the town guard knows him. In the battle of Talas, Pang Laohan's only son was killed, and later General Ma Lan went to Shule City to issue a bereavement pension to the soldiers who died in the war, Pang Lao Han was arranged in the first place by the town guard, in addition to getting everyone's share of one hundred and fifty yuan, General Ma Lan also gave Pang Laohan an additional bag of gold coins, and the town guard also sent Pang Laohan fifty yuan, which can be said to be extremely glorious.

On the grain field, more than a dozen men were helping the Pang family with their work, and two healthy horses galloped from the village road. The two men with big shoulders and round waists rushed up and grabbed the reins of the horse, and yelled at the knight on the horse: "Whose descendant is this, so unruly!" ”

The knight was startled, and at first glance he knew that he was a senior in the army, so he quickly jumped down from his horse and confessed his hand, and asked, "This is Pang Gezhuang, right?" Dare to ask who is the huge person of Shangzhu Kingdom? ”

An old man in the middle of the grain field glanced at the two of them and said, "The old man is, what are the two little brothers looking for the old man?" ”

A knight hurriedly walked over and said respectfully, "Meet Lord Shangzhuguo." We are the personal soldiers of the Metropolitan Protector, and the Metropolitan Protector has issued a new order, and the righteous people are sent to tell everywhere. Lord Tsugo specially copied a copy by himself, so let's give it to Lord Shangzhu for a look. ”

Hearing that it was Lord Duhu's personal soldiers, Pang Laohan hurriedly threw away farm tools and walked over, and said in a loud voice: "It turned out that Lord Duhu was personally with him, and it was the little old man who was negligent." Lord Du Hu is as kind to the old man as a mountain, I don't know what military orders are especially for the old man? If you need to send troops to release the horses, although the two grandsons of the old man are not yet young, they have a lot of strength and can go with the two little brothers at any time. Even if you need the old man's old bones, the old man will never frown! ”

"It's not to send troops and horses, and you don't have to work to drive the Lord of the Pillar Country when you send troops and horses. This military order from the general is a good thing. The knight smiled and took out the military order that Ma Lan had personally transcribed from his arms, and respectfully handed it to Pang Laohan.

After taking it and taking a look, Pang Laohan praised repeatedly: "Good words!" - Two little brothers, what is written on this, the old man doesn't know it! ”

At this time, the villagers had already gathered around, and a man with rough writing and ink read it and said repeatedly: "Uncle, great joy, great joy!" Thirty acres of fertile land is a great thing. ”

"What thirty hectares of fertile land? Wang San, tell the old man what's going on. Pang Laohan hurriedly asked.

"Uncle, you are in the Shangzhu Kingdom, and you should have thirty hectares of Xuntian. The military order said that now my Datang has occupied the land in the river, where the land is so fertile that no one cultivates it. You can go to the river and claim your thirty hectares of Xuntian. If you don't go to farm, you can sell it to the Metropolitan Protectorate for 50 yuan per mu. The man named Wang San was eloquent, and explained the content of the military order in a few words.

"Thirty acres of Xuntian!" After hearing this, Pang Laohan was so happy that his beard floated up, "That's a full 3,000 acres." The old man is about to enter the ground, but I didn't expect Xuntian to have a day of cashing in! ”

"Wang San, I also have hundreds of acres of Xuntian, in the military order of Lord Duhu, did you say that I can apply for this?" A sturdy man asked from the side.

"Yes. It is clearly written in this military order of Lord Metropolitan Protection, on the contrary, all officers can go to the river to apply for Xuntian, and they are all applied for in full, without any discount. I also have hundreds of acres of Xuntian myself, and I can make a fortune this time. Wang Sanmei said with a smile.

The villagers surrounded them with a bang, and every household had old soldiers, and those who could survive to retire did not have military merits, and there were many Xuntian according to Tang Law. Now that I heard such a good thing, I was naturally extremely happy.

A sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy said beside him: "Grandpa, what Uncle Wang just said is to go to the river to get Xuntian. It's so far away in the river, how can we cultivate the fields when we have them? Didn't you say that one acre of Xuntian could be exchanged for fifty yuan? I calculated the 3,000 acres of Xuntian in our family, and I can exchange it for 150 yuan! It's better that we don't want this Xuntian, and change it to one hundred and fifty Kaiyuan Tongbao, and it will take a long time......"

Before the young man finished speaking, he had already received a heavy slap on the head, and he was too frightened to speak. Pang Laohan scolded angrily: "Loser thing! How long can I spend 150 yuan? 3,000 acres of fertile land is enough to pass on the family! Say that again, watch out for your doglegs! ”

The knight smiled and said, "Lord Shangzhu is right, three thousand acres of fertile land, and it is also a big household in Guanzhong." Before I came, Lord Du Hu specially explained that although the land in the river is extremely fertile, it is also slightly different, and if the Lord of Shangzhu is willing to farm, he can naturally give priority to the plot. Going to the river, there are our army escorts along the way, all of them are our own children, and it is the safest. It's already August now, and now you can farm in the spring of next year, and if the snow falls on the green mountains in two months, the old people will have to wait for next year if they want to go there. If you have military merits, you can consider it, and if you want to go, you can go to the Yamen of Shule Town Guard to report your name, and those who want to exchange money can also go to the Yamen of the Town Guard to collect it now. If you want to think about it, it's okay, as long as you don't change money, you can go next year. ”

Pang Laohan said with a smile: "Lord Du Hu is thoughtful, but the old man has nothing to think about, you go back to report to Lord Du Hu, just say that Old Man I am the first to go!" The teenage man and General Wang Xiaojie came to Anxi, and they have worked hard all their lives, and their family has no property. All protect the adults and sympathize with the old man, how can the old man not know what to do? I just happened to have some money in my hand, so I brought it with me this time, and if I didn't have enough people, I would use some Hu people, 3,000 acres of fertile land, which was enough for several generations. In the future, my Pang family will spread out in the river, since it is the land of our Tang Dynasty, where to live is different! ”

"Lord Shangzhu is right, the land of the Tang Dynasty, where you live, is the same. Lord Du Hu said that he would use the sword of the Tang Dynasty to open up land for the plough of the Tang Dynasty, and it was the errand of the children of the army to expand the territory, and without the father and elder stationing, no matter how much land there was, it would be slowly snatched back by the Hu people. If we Han people are like Lord Shangzhu, the general said, he dares to lead Anxi Jian'er to the edge of the sky! The knight laughed and said aloud.

"The sword of the Tang Dynasty opens up the land for the plough of the Tang Dynasty, this is good, this is good!" Wang San said repeatedly, "My hundreds of acres of Xuntian are also going to be claimed, leave a kid here to watch the family, and the rest will go to the river with Lao Tzu!" If you conquer the territory, we will defend it firmly! ”

Most of the villagers are veterans in the army, and they all have a surge of enthusiasm when they hear it, and they are all going to the river to cultivate their own fields.

Seeing that it was almost over, the two soldiers smiled and left. Pang Laohan asked people to glue the military order to the trunk of the tree at the edge of the valley, and paced around the big tree with a smile, looking extremely happy.

has been poor all his life, and he has lived a little better for more than a year, but that little money is all exchanged for his son's life, and it is not happy to spend it. Now that he is well, he will soon be a rich man with thirty hectares of fertile land, and the future generations will not have to suffer from poverty, and the Pang family will soon prosper.

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The military order was transmitted from Pishan Town to the military tuns in various places at the fastest speed, which immediately caused great repercussions.

In the land of a hundred battles in Anxi, there are many old soldiers, and the imperial court does not spare military merits, and it is full of honors among the old soldiers. It's just that due to the collapse of the Junda system, Xuntian is already in name only, and he hasn't fulfilled it for many years.

The border army was poor, and the life of the old soldiers was also extremely difficult, and it was better than this year, that is, most of the grain collected by the Duhufu was less, and most of the grain needed was purchased together, and the price was higher than that given by the Hu merchants. However, after all, it is shaved in the soil, and the income is extremely limited.

Now that the Metropolitan Protectorate has issued this military order, it is great news for everyone. As long as you pass the green mountain, you can easily get hundreds or thousands of acres of Xuntian, and your identity is immediately very different.

The river is a treasure land, and Anxi is very different, I have long heard the Hu merchants say that the sassy grass built is rich, and now the whole river has become the world of the Tang people. There is a large army escort on the road, and when you get there, you will also give farm tools and seeds, this is really an eye-opener, that is, General Ma Luan, everyone else is looking at it, who will do such a good thing for the old soldiers!

There are also people who think that the green mountains are far away, and they are ready to wait and see for a while, and some people have the attitude of trying it out, and go to the military offices in various places to exchange money and silk for the Xuntian on their bodies, and they can easily exchange it. This made everyone completely relieved, and they all looked down on the losers who exchanged an acre of fertile land for a mere fifty yuan.

More people went directly to register, waiting for the unified arrangement of the Metropolitan Protectorate, and were ready to go to the river at any time.

Outside Qiuzi City, in the Ma family Zhuangzi, he was also busy all day long for this matter. In just half a month, Gao Qianqian lost a lot of weight, and it seemed that she could float away as soon as the wind blew. (To be continued.) )