The car creaked down the dirt road.

It is said that it is driving, it is better to say that the old ox ploughs the field, the more east it goes, the steeper the terrain becomes, one will go up and downhill, one will be a small quagmire, the speed of the car is slow to death, Xu Yang is also bumped to death in the carriage.

Steward Liu and the four bodyguards seem to be very accustomed to the carriage of the Tang Dynasty, and they do not feel the slightest discomfort, but Xu Yang, whose face is a little ugly, has never been motion sick in the car for more than 20 years in later generations, and now in the Tang Dynasty, he actually got motion sickness when he sat in a carriage.

"How long will it take?" Xu Yang's tone was a little unhappy, and he wasted his day in the car today.

"If you go back to the lord, you have now arrived in Shenzhuang Village, and there are still a few miles to reach Maozhuang." The long-bearded butler looked outside, then turned back to Xu Yang and said with a happy face.

"It's finally almost here." Xu Yang sighed, this bone was about to be scattered.

Xu Yang looked at his watch, it was already half past five, fortunately it was still summer, the days were long and the nights were short, and it was not dark yet.

After walking for another twenty minutes, the bearded housekeeper Liu looked out and hurriedly said to Xu Yang: "Sir, the fief has arrived, and this is your Mao family Zhuangzi." ”

Xu Yang was also very curious to look outside, fantasizing about what his fiefdom looked like.

The result was a big disappointment for him.

There are dozens of adobe houses, the muddy walls are all pits washed by the rain, the thatch on the roof looks like it has been blown away by the wind, and there are a few pieces of animal feces on the dirt road, which are dirty and messy, which is worse than the poor counties of later generations.

Xu Yang looked incredulous, and asked at the long beard, "This is my fucking fief?" ”

Steward Liu thought that Xu Yang was surprised, and said excitedly: "Yes, sir, this is your fiefdom, a whole three hundred families, and all the taxes they pay in the future will belong to you, sir, and there are five hectares of land on the east side of the sea, which is used to build your mansion." ”

Xu Yang looked outside again and shook his head in disappointment.

Where the hell is this fiefdom, it's simply a hard-hit area, and they still pay taxes, and they don't give them money to spend, and they can't get over their conscience.

"Lead the way." Xu Yang had a weak voice.

"No." The bearded man got out of the carriage with an excited face.

Xu Yang also got out of the carriage.

The arrival of the three carriages did not break the tranquility of the village, but a few children watched the three carriages tremblingly from a distance.

Xu Yang saw them, and saw that they were about seven or eight years old, all dark, with bare upper bodies, ribs visible, typical malnourished, wearing a pair of linen pants with a few holes on them, and then standing there barefoot, which was sad to watch.

"Little boy, come here!" Steward Liu shouted to the children in the distance with a proud face.

The children were frightened when they saw these brightly dressed figures, and they didn't dare to move.

Xu Yang's sympathy was suddenly overflowing, and he said to the big man behind him: "Give them a few pounds of jerky." ”

"No." The big man hurriedly took out a large bag of dried meat wrapped in lotus leaves from the carriage and walked over and handed it to the children.

After the eldest of the children took the lotus leaf, he opened it and saw that it was a lot of diced beef, and hurriedly asked several children to taste it together, happily pinching one and putting it in his mouth, chewing it with relish.

"You guys come here." Xu Yang beckoned to them, and several children hurriedly ran over.

"Sue me, where is this?"

The oldest boy hurriedly replied: "This is the Mao family Zhuangzi, and the village next to it is the Shen family Zhuangzi." ”

"Well, very good, do you know that your Zhuangzi is a fief?" Xu Yang asked curiously.

"I know, my father and the village chief both said that our Mao family Zhuangzi is now the fief of the Youzhou man." The oldest boy had sparkling eyes and was very cute.

"Youzhou County male?"

"Yes, drip, that's what my dad said." The other children also nodded vigorously.

Xu Yang smiled helplessly.

"Steward Liu."

"The subordinates are here."

"What's next?"

"The next thing is for the subordinates to summon the whole village to announce the decree."

"Okay, you can do it." Xu Yang gave the order, and chatted with the poor children weakly.

Steward Liu's actions were really vigorous, he walked to the big banyan tree at the head of the village, and struck vigorously on the hanging gong, which sounded throughout the village.

Soon, the big banyan tree at the head of the village was full of people.

Xu Yang had the illusion of a devil entering the village at this time, in the film and television works of later generations, the method of the devil to summon the villagers was like this, but I didn't expect that the farmers of 1,400 years ago were also like this, it looked earthy and very down-to-earth.

A person quickly came out of the crowd, a man who looked to be in his forties, with a white beard that looked very old, he was dressed in a Tang Dynasty shirt, bowed and hugged his fists and said: "Dare to ask if the noble person is a man from Youzhou County, Baron Xu Yang?" ”

"Exactly." Xu Yang also hugged his fists and saluted, there were very few scholars in ancient times, and judging from the other party's dress, he was also a scholar, and he couldn't help but respect a little in his heart.

"Greetings to the Baron, Blessed Lord!" When the old man heard this, he immediately knelt down and saluted, and the whole village knelt down as soon as they saw the owner of the village kneeling.

Xu Yang just wanted them to stand up, but was interrupted by Steward Liu.

Steward Liu gave Xu Yang a look, he hurriedly walked to Xu Yang, spread out the golden holy decree, and read: "His Majesty the Son of Heaven is called, there is a good man Xu Yang in Youzhou, who is headed by great goodness, not for his own selfish interests. ”

Everyone kowtowed, chanting to thank Lord Longen.

While these people kowtowed and bowed, Xu Yang looked at them carefully, and when he saw the farmers in these villages, Xu Yang really felt that he had come to the Tang Dynasty.

The shabby linen clothes, the messy hair, and the occasional small bugs can be seen burrowing in them, because of the dark skin that has been working in the sun all year round, the chapped lips, the real yellow muscles, the skinny bones, the hollow numbness in the eyes, and the slightest care who rules them.

They are diametrically opposed to the people Xu Yang saw in Youzhou City, and they are simply people living in two worlds.

Poor, backward, dirty, dark, thin, this is the true portrayal of the people of the Tang Dynasty.

It's not like the white and tender boys and brothers that Xu Yang saw in the city at all, the people here only have suffering and struggle, struggling on the death line of food and clothing, looking forward to the coming year's wind and rain, and the family can eat a few more mouthfuls of food, they can't afford to buy any of the products made by Xu Yang at all, those are unimaginable luxuries for them, nine-run glasses, the price is simply astronomical for them.

After Steward Liu finished announcing the decree, he carefully put away the holy decree.

Everyone stood up for a while, the sky was already a little dark, the moon quietly hung on the branches, because the mansion had not yet been built, Xu Yang was arranged to live in the owner's house, the owner's attitude towards Xu Yang was very respectful, Xu Yang didn't like to chat with people who were too respectful, so he didn't talk to the owner more, Xu Yang lay on the bed, recalling the bad adobe house, shabby linen clothes, yellow face and thin villagers, guilty, vowed to let them live a good life, all night without a word.

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