Qinjiazhuang ancestral hall.

A house with stone as a wall, wood as a pillar, and grass and wood as tiles, is indeed the best building in Qinjiazhuang, which is paved with withered grass, lying on it, or sitting on it, a doctor is checking, several women are boiling medicine next to them, everyone saw Qin Huaidao and others coming, and they got up and saluted.

"No courtesy, sit down." Qin Huaidao hurriedly said, his eyes falling on the doctor.

The doctor is in his fifties, knows Qin Huaidao, and willingly stepped forward to carry his luggage: "Xiao Guogong, everyone is a little seriously injured, and they have been punished with a cane, so they need to recuperate for at least more than a month." ”

"There's Lao Lao." Qin Huaidao said politely.

"It's a matter of duty." After the doctor finished speaking, he continued to check on the others.

At this time, the other people in the village rushed to hear the news, surrounded the outside of the ancestral hall, and looked at Qin Huaidao with complicated eyes, some doubted, some worried, some confused, and some panicked, Qin Huaidao knew what to say, asked someone to move a square table, jumped up and shouted: "Everyone, I am Qin Huaidao." ”

"I've seen the young master." Everyone shouted in unison, they were all from the army, and they were very disciplined.

Qin Huaidao is also a soldier, knowing everyone's habits, he said straight to the point: "Now, I announce three things, first, from today onwards, the rent in the village will be free. ”

"What?"

Everyone couldn't believe what they had heard, looked at each other, and whispered.

Jia Youcai thought that there was no rent to fill the expenses of the house, and he panicked in his heart, and almost objected, but when he thought of Qin Huaidao's recent performance and identity, he couldn't help it.

"Quiet, what a system!" Elder Huang shouted.

The scene instantly fell silent, and everyone's eyes looked eagerly at Qin Huaidao.

Qin Huaidao said solemnly: "You heard it right, what I said is that from now on, the rent will be free." "I don't think so, what can I do with that little rent? Gathering people's hearts is more important than anything else, and talent is the greatest wealth.

"Thank you, young master!"

"Young master is noble!"

Everyone shouted, their voices were a little choked, they were all too bitter, and if they could have less, they could feed one or two more people.

Qin Huaidao pressed his hand, and the audience was silent again, in the end, he was born in the army, and he did not forget the ban, Qin Huaidao continued: "The second thing, I want to go out in ten days, there is a risk of life and death, as little as three months, more than half a year, twenty escorts are needed, and those who are willing to sign up are looking for Uncle Jia, once selected, ten taels of silver, and ten taels after returning, once I die in battle, add another twenty taels, no matter how minor or serious the injury is ten taels." ”

Twenty people is just right, and when the time comes, the government will choose another ten people, and there will be enough for thirty people, and there will be problems with customs clearance, and Datang is very strict with population flow control.

The scene suddenly exploded,

It's twenty taels when you come and go, you can't make so much money in your life, if you die, there are still twenty taels, the family has no worries for a lifetime, and you don't die on the battlefield It's already earned, rather than continuing to live, it's better to fight, and someone immediately shouted: "Young master, I, I'm willing to go with me." ”

"And me!"

"Count me in!"

The scene suddenly became excited, and many people raised their hands and shouted, for fear of missing it.

Qin Huaidao was not familiar with everyone, and looked at Jia Youcai.

Jia Youcai nodded knowingly, and immediately gathered the people who signed up together, selected twenty people from them, issued a deposit of five taels on the spot, and agreed to set off in ten days.

Those who didn't choose were very envious, and they all looked at Qin Huaidao, their eyes full of eagerness.

Qin Huaidao understood everyone's thoughts, and after signaling the scene to be quiet, he continued: "Everyone, this conflict with the Wang family has suffered heavy losses, I don't blame everyone, men should be bloody, but impulsiveness and recklessness can't solve the problem, and next time, I hope everyone will refrain and report to me first, and I will solve it?" ”

"Whoa!" Everyone said solemnly.

Huang Lao said apologetically: "Young master, this time everyone is impulsive, and has caused a lot of trouble to the young master, I really can't help it, the young master is benevolent and has given a lot of compensation, the old man is grateful on behalf of everyone in the village, please rest assured, there will be a next time, the old man will come to see you." ”

"Huang Laoyan is serious, I don't blame everyone, but to pay attention to methods, countermeasures, can't be brutal, let's announce the third thing, a total of nine dead and thirty-five injured before and after this conflict, all of them are fighting to protect the interests of the village, where they died, the medical expenses are calculated separately, the dead are twenty taels of silver, no matter how serious the injured, ten taels of silver, those that have been issued are exempted, and those that have not been issued are made up, do you have any objections?"

Twenty taels is 20,000 copper coins, you can buy more than 5,000 buckets of brown rice, that is, more than 50,000 catties, with wild vegetables enough for a family of four to eat for many years, for everyone, twenty taels is a huge amount of money.

Qin Huaidao could have given more, anyway, it was all ill-gotten gains from Wang Hu, but Shengmien, Doumiqiu, people's hearts are the most unpredictable!

"Thank you, Young Master, for your grace!"

Everyone said sincerely, it was originally everyone's business, Qin Huaidao didn't care about anything and couldn't say anything, this kindness moved everyone.

People's hearts are quietly attached!

Qin Huaidao's prestige was established with the distribution of silver.

After everyone got the silver, Qin Huaidao became a little arrogant, and said loudly: "Everyone, I am not a person who is afraid of things, the Wang family's account can't be just settled, everyone come with me." ”

"Whoa!"

Everyone suddenly received the order, without the foreshadowing of the previous three things, everyone may hesitate, doubt, question, and even resist, but after the three things, everyone saw Qin Huaidao's benevolence, enthusiasm and sincerity, as if they saw Qin Qiong when he was young, one by one, suddenly like a dream, and his enthusiasm was high.

The group left the ancestral hall and walked along the mountain road.

The road is too difficult to walk, Qin Huaidao thought about finding a way to repair the road when he came back from Ganzhou, and unconsciously came to the river, the terrain was clear at a glance, the wide river channel had dried up, and only a small stream of water flowed down, Huang Lao explained: "Young master, the upstream dam has been built and the water source has been cut off, and the water still seeps in, otherwise it will be difficult to wash clothes." ”

"How to solve the draft on the village?"

"There is a well, but there is no worries, but if there is a wall upstream, irrigation can only carry water."

Qin Huaidao looked at the dry river, and then looked at the farmland, the terrain was about five meters higher than the river, and the upstream was blocked, and irrigation could not be done at all, and then looked at the upstream direction, the overall terrain of the Wang family's farmland was lower than his own fiefdom, and he suddenly thought about it, and a flash of light flashed in his eyes.

"Huang Lao, what are you planting in the field?"

"Wheat, wheat seedlings have dried up, last night's rainstorm improved a lot, but according to past experience, the future will be sunny for a period of time, drought, no water."

"How much is the annual harvest of paddy fields equivalent to silver taels per household?"

"Less than two taels of silver."

Qin Huaidao observed the surroundings and secretly estimated that there were two thousand fiefdoms, half of which were low mountains and mountains, houses were built, other crops were planted, and the paddy fields were less than 1,000 acres, and his own method was feasible, so he said: "Huang Lao, uncles, let's also build a dam and stop growing grain." ”

"What?"

Everyone's faces changed.