The old and infirm women and children dispersed early, leaving only the adult men to continue their discussions there.

Not long after returning home, Liu Jun heard a rapid gong alarm again, but it stopped abruptly, Li Youwei ran out to inquire about the situation, and said very excitedly when he came back: "Sister, it is Liu Zhuang's cousin young master, more than a dozen people, dozens of horses, fully armed, they chased the bandits, and I don't know if they can chase our tiles back." ”

Liu Jun's heart flashed the figure of the white-clothed knight, and he said in surprise: "Really? How dare a dozen people catch up? Aren't you afraid that the thief will answer? ”

"Sister, you didn't see it, dozens of horses are fully armed, just rushing towards you will scare people into weak legs, even if those thieves are twice as manpowered, they can't stand it, it's too majestic, if I can learn to ride a horse, it would be great." Li Youwei said with envy on his face.

Liu Jun thought of the other side, and said: "It is true that you have to learn to ride a horse, and everyone has to learn to ride a horse." ”

The impact of today's events on Liu Jun is too great, he thought that this era was too backward and difficult to survive, but he didn't expect that more difficult and cruel was still to come.

He didn't quite understand why the ancient imperial power did not go to the countryside, and the clan power was so stubborn, but now he knows that without the clan, ordinary people can't survive at all.

When he first crossed over, he thought it was very beautiful, but it was a big deal to run to the mountains to be a wild man, and if he dared to run to the mountains, he couldn't be a wild man, so he could only be the wife of the village.

Such a world is too dangerous, you must learn to ride a horse, at least you can run faster when you encounter danger in the future.

As Li Youwei said, dozens of horses rushing over can scare people into weak legs, Ziqingshu's cavalry did not even meet resistance, as soon as the thieves heard the sound of horses' hooves, they scattered in a hurry, threw down the looted goods and fled on both sides of the road.

In addition to shooting the two slow-running bandits, Ziqingshu didn't have much to gain, but needed to assign people to take care of the seizure, and he couldn't continue the pursuit, and finally had to ask someone to go to Lijia Village to call someone before he drove the seizure back.

Li Youwei was called out again, and when he came back, he said excitedly: "Sister, the tiles were snatched back by Young Master Liu Zhuang's people, and those thieves didn't even dare to resist, so they just ran away." ”

"Oh, that's great." This is really good news for Liu Jun, she is already thinking about opening the kiln again to make up for it.

Because it is a kiln that is burned and a kiln is sent, it is only 500 tiles from the last kiln that were robbed by the thieves, and it is too late to open another kiln, but it is also a good thing to be able to recover it, and there is no need to work hard.

……

The tiles were sent to Liu Zhuang, and Ma Ping simply settled all the items, because this matter had already attracted the attention of the young master of the cousin, and he didn't dare to do anything if he gave him ten more dares.

It was a full eleven taels of silver, which made Li Qiye, who got the money, tremble a little.

An ordinary peasant family, under normal circumstances, has an annual income of about one tael of silver, and if it is lost, it will not be able to afford to lose Li Qiye if he sells it.

Liu Jun was also very happy to get the money, but he took out five taels of silver and asked Li Qiye to purchase iron materials.

"Buying iron? Why do you buy iron? With so much money, you should buy a few acres of land, now the land price is not high, and the good paddy field is only two taels of silver per acre, Li Youwei is almost an adult, if there is a few acres of land, you can take care of it. Li Qiye didn't understand Liu Jun's decision and persuaded him.

"Buying land?" Liu Jun was stunned, he really didn't have any ideas about this, and he didn't know how to plow the land, but when Li Qiye mentioned it like this, he remembered another place.

"Seventh Master, is there a master on the stone slope behind the kiln? I want to buy it there. Liu Jun asked.

At the back of the pottery kiln there is a stone slope, as if a whole stone has been flattened, and it is bare, except for some small grass that grows tenaciously in the cracks of the stone.

The stone slope is four or five meters higher than the pottery kiln, and there is no road, so you can only climb it with your hands and feet. The rocky slope is so hard that it is impossible to pile up a house, and there is no soil to plant, so there is not a single family on it, only energetic children will climb on it to play.

Liu Jun likes this kind of terrain very much, especially after experiencing the raids of the bandits, the more he likes that place, as long as the side close to the pottery kiln, the stone slope four or five meters above the ground becomes an easy-to-defend and difficult to attack city wall, and put a dozen people on it, then even if there are hundreds of bandits, they may not be able to attack the slope.

"What are you buying there for? Lose your marbles? Bare crops don't grow. Li Qiye said that for a farmer like him, the land that does not grow crops is garbage.

Liu Jun didn't bother to explain, and said directly: "Don't worry about it, I just want to buy it, you can help ask." ”

Li Qiye said angrily: "What is there to ask, there is no master above, you just go and occupy it." ”

"Isn't that right? Nobody cares? Liu Jun hesitated, the property law in the previous life was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, how dare he occupy land casually.

"What's so bad? If you have the strength to open up wasteland, not only will the land belong to you, but the village will also give you a reward. Li Qiye said as a matter of course.

Liu Jun immediately understood that this was not the overcrowded era in the previous life, in this era, there were few people and many lands, barren mountains and wilderness everywhere, in a state of undeveloped, and naturally there was no concept of property rights.

The more people and the more fields, the more taxes they can receive, so the government vigorously encourages the reclamation of wasteland, and whoever clears the wasteland belongs to whomever it is. Of course, this refers to the scope of a village, and if you dare to go to other people's villages to open up wasteland, it will be strange if you are not beaten out.

But more land is not always better, there is too much land but there are not enough people to cultivate it, and the cultivated land has no output but still has to pay taxes, and in the end it can only be sold or bankrupt.

"Understood, then I will occupy the stone slope, and I am going to build a house on it." Liu Jun said.

Li Qiye shook his head wordlessly: "Silly boy, you can't even hit a pile on it, and you still want to build a house?" Beware of a gust of wind blowing you away. Also, you want to buy iron materials to find Li Sihu. ”

Liu Jun smiled proudly: "I have a way to build a house on stone." ”