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Snowflakes fell from the sky, and the cold slowly penetrated into the room through the cracks in the door, so that Liu Er had to tighten his clothes, and at the same time moved closer to the fire pit, using the temperature of the residual fire to drive away the cold on his body. By Liu Er's side, the cousin who had another body was embroidering children's clothes stitch by stitch, and the six-year-old eldest son and four-year-old second daughter were frolicking around the fire, and it seemed that the family was happy.

Liu Er was originally an ordinary farmer in Xiangcheng, Chenzhou, although there were still three or four acres of thin fields at home, but the heavy taxes pressed him so much that he could only eat bran vegetables, if it were not for the strong body, no disease and no disaster, and could help the landlords of several surrounding villages when the farm was busy, he would not be able to survive anything.

However, after the wheat harvest, he only ate a few days of rare full food, and this chaotic and barely surviving life was interrupted by the sudden war. Liu Er, along with his family and thousands of fellow villagers who tried to escape the fighting but were searched out, were forced by the army that had disguised themselves as the former dynasty to take the family's only belongings with them all the way to a distance of hundreds of miles from their hometown.

Liu Er was also ready to resist, but the largest landowner in the village was reluctant to leave, and was beaten to death after a thunderbolt was shot from an iron pipe in the hands of the soldiers. Liu Er also thought about escaping halfway, but the famous Wuju people in the township were hanged alive from a roadside tree because they organized an escape. With these lessons from the past, Liu Er, like those timid villagers, can only take one step at a time, even if he dies in the future, at least the whole family can die together.

But what is surprising is that when they arrived at their destination, a small village by the river called Fushui, they who stayed behind and the families they knew and did not know received the title deed of thirty acres from the arrogant official. The people who had fallen into a dream still couldn't believe it, but the old man, who spoke with a strange accent that he couldn't hear clearly, led the heads of the households to see the land the next day. Looking at the wasteland overgrown with weeds, those tenants actually cried with joy, but as for Liu Erma, he didn't know why he panicked for a while.

The fields are in hand, but they can't hoe the grass and turn the soil immediately, this is because there are few houses in the village that are intact, and it is okay to live temporarily, as long as it is not windy and rainy, but it is about to enter winter, and if you don't build a good house for living, the old and young may not be able to survive the ice and snow.

However, in order to build a house, you must first have building materials, and then you must have craftsmen who build houses. Although there are a few plasterers in this regrouped village, and others can also work as laborers, there is no master worker on the beam, and there are no building materials. I was in a dilemma, and suddenly one day, several boats appeared on Fumimi. The official master, who had been missing for a few days, led the big guy to unload hundreds of thousands of red bricks and some wood from the ship, so that he had the materials to build the house. That's right, it was a brick house, which was a house that only rich and noble families could live in, and it surprised the villagers for a while.

Of course, it is said that because houses are being built in various places, each village is limited to two people, both of whom are carpenters, in addition to making door frames and window frames, they also point out how to put on the beams, and as for the plasterer's work, the villagers themselves have to do it. So according to the instructions of the official master, the women and children of each household went to burn the wasteland, plough the land and prepare for sowing winter wheat, and the men were responsible for carrying water, mud, bricks, and walls, because they were all doing things for their own families, and everyone was full of energy.

Because of the rush of construction, each household built a main house in the demarcated courtyard, and as for the wings on both sides, that was a matter of later. Moreover, this brick house, like the grain and farm tools in his hand, is not in vain, it is lent to everyone by this court, and it will be returned in three years. For this reason, many people also gossiped about it, hoping to replace the brick house with a mud house, but they soon changed their minds in the nagging of their respective mothers-in-law. Of course, what is more critical is that the official who appears from time to time, by the way, it is said that he is the official of the township chief, this eight-pin lord said that the emperor in the south, no, what prince gives preferential treatment to the people, the first three years do not collect the national tax on imperial grain, the fourth and fifth years are also halved, and the tax is not collected in full until the sixth year, which makes the villagers who are worried that they will never be able to pay back the money owed to the government breathe a sigh of relief.

But is it possible not to pay the national tax on imperial grain for three years? Thinking about the faces of those errand servants at the beginning, Liu Er obviously couldn't believe that the two imperial courts would be so different, but now that they are at this point, what else can he do, he has to get by.

"It would be nice if this day could be like it is forever." Looking at the beads of sweat on the faces of his son and girl, Liu Er thought faintly. "If only there could be another cow"

Liu Er couldn't think about it anymore, at this time, there was a faint movement outside the house, he hurriedly opened the door, and the person hadn't gone out yet, and he was already shivering from the cold: "Who, on such a cold day, who is outside." ”

"Liu Er, open the courtyard door." Liu Er was stunned, this was the voice of the township chief, how did he come on this snowy day, but thinking about it, Liu Er didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly rushed over and opened the crossbar that was used as the courtyard door. "Liu Er, this is Lord Wu of the county inspection, I was ordered by Tang Zun to come and take a look, there is no problem with your house."

"No, no." Liu Er hurriedly answered. "Two old men, it's such a cold day, hurry up and please come to the house."

"Nope." Master Wu waved his hand, and also spoke Nanjing official dialect with a strange accent that Liu Er couldn't hear clearly. "Since the house is fine, remember to clear the snow in time when the snow stops, and if the roof collapses, you won't have to live this winter." Liu Er was a little confused, when did the government care so much about the people, he couldn't figure it out, so he listened to Master Wu continue. "You come and get it." A two-pound piece of frozen pork and two oiled paper bags were stuffed into Liu Er's hands. "This is the New Year's goods that the king took pity on and left his hometown, and the paper bag was filled with sugar and salt."

Liu Er was shocked, knelt in the snow with a bang, and kowtowed to the two of them: "Thank you, Lord Qingtian." ”

"What nonsense!" Lord Wu's face sank. "This is the king's grace, and we are only on errands." Liu Er also knew what kind of prince was in charge of the Southern Dynasty these days, so he immediately changed his words, and when he said it, Master Wu said. "Get up, by the way, put a handprint on the paper, you got it." Liu Erwei reluctantly stretched out his finger and pressed the handprint where Master Wu pointed to. "Okay, let's go back quickly, save yourself from the cold."

Liu Er returned to the house with something sleepwalking, one foot low and one foot high, and the children immediately cheered when they saw the meat, clamoring to eat, and the cousin took the oiled paper bag from his hand and opened it, and a smile appeared on his face. Liu Er carefully poured the salt and sugar into the bowl and put them away, and when he came, he reached out and dipped a few grains of sugar into the mouths of his children, so that the children who had never eaten sugar called sweet and sweet.

"It's so strange, why did the south send so much to Daqing, it's really good for this king to treat us." Liu Er said puzzled. "But why did you have to bring us here from our hometown? It would be nice to stay in my hometown. ”

Liu Er was puzzled here, and after delivering things door-to-door, Lord Wu and his party returned to the car and were also talking: "Brother Cheng, these days have been fortunate, the reputation in the township is good, I think I will definitely be excellent in the exam this year, maybe I will be promoted next year." ”

For the compliment of Lord Wu, the township chief surnamed Cheng smiled bitterly: "It's just the right time, but this is not easy to take, I have been busy for more than three months, and I have to fight with the neighbors and towns for this and that, I really want to sleep as soon as I turn my head, I never thought that a township official would be so tired." ”

"That is, you and I are so desperate to be promoted from the small officials, I heard that a few people who came up from the township test were either reprimanded or resigned and did not do it. It's really ridiculous to say that these kinds of ruffians usually have decent moral articles, but once they do some practice, they will be revealed one by one. ”

"Doesn't it mean that those who come out of the township test can't go down to the township to work first? How? ”

"It's not that I didn't expect to implement the government in Huguang to go to the countryside, the king said a word, and the following ran and broke his intestines, and he made a mistake in his busyness." Lord Wu sighed. "That's fine, the mud and sand are all down, and the big waves are washing the sand."

"That's just as well." Cheng Baochang nodded. "But the fame of people's ten years of hard work is gone, shouldn't they scold, this rotten Confucianism has always relied on the strength of the crowd"

"They dare!" Master Wu interrupted with a blank face. "Although the king did not open the country, he was the founder of the country, and he was decisive in killing, how could he allow a few corrupt Confucians to disrupt the established national policy, those corrupt Confucians are really making trouble, and they are just killing themselves."

"The rotten Confucians don't dare to attack the king and the national policy, but they may not attack you and me."

"Attack, what to attack. Although you and I were both born as officials, there was no upward path before, and we could only engage in some means to enrich ourselves. But now that the king has given us a ladder to heaven, don't you and I want to glorify our ancestors? Master Wu said with a stern expression. Besides, when you get to Zhengbapin, you have to be an official in a different place, and you have no foundation, and it is difficult to make a profit in private. ”

"Hey, Brother Wu, you are a layman in Mongolia." Looking at Lord Wu's righteous and stern words, Cheng Baochang laughed. "You dare to say that the grace given by the king, you have not passed a single one, the meat is cut one less, the salt and sugar are a few dollars less, and even some losses are reported on the way, isn't this the money?"

"Maybe someone dares, but I don't." Master Wu shook his head. "First, this matter involves many yamen such as the Internal Affairs Department, the treasury, and the torture room, and if there is a difficulty during the period, everyone will be finished; Second, the county, the government, and even the Supervision Yuan are very close to this, and they dare not come nonsense; Thirdly, Wang Shangzhao is about to build a new dynasty, and everyone has something to do, and I don't want to lose a big one because of a small one at this time. ”

Cheng Baochang pondered for a moment: "This is also the case, is the new dynasty a new atmosphere?"

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