readx;? Chapter 3: Harvest (6)

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As long as you persevere in one direction, sooner or later there will be a day when sand will gather into a tower.

And it would be a power entirely his own, not from anyone's handout, and certainly not from anyone's handout.

Thinking so, the bitterness on the young man's face gradually dissipated, and in its place was a ray of warm sunshine.

"This son is definitely not a thing in the pool!" Seeing with his own eyes that the expression on Ning Ziming's face changed from bitterness to expectation, and his gaze changed from anxiety to calm, Zhang Yongde quietly praised in his heart. "I thought that Jungui's admiration for him belonged to building momentum for his friends, but now it seems that Jungui is probably still a little underestimated to him!"

Before coming to Li Jiazhai, he had imagined many times the other party's reaction after seeing the holy decree and the Di report, and the most calm of them was probably a little disappointed in the Guo family.

After all, with the current status and strength of his father-in-law Guo Wei, as long as he increased the intensity of his operation a little, he could ensure that the matter of Shi Chonggui's edict was included in the classified category that only a very small number of high-ranking officials were allowed to know, instead of appearing in the palace newspaper with such fanfare.

As long as the intensity of operation is slightly increased, the imperial court can issue an edict to find people, and determine Shi Yanbao's identity in a roundabout way, so that he does not have to continue to remain incognito.

However, Guo Wei was unexpectedly cautious this time, and always controlled his own influence under the premise of not harming the interests of the royal family. In this way, from the other party's point of view, it is impossible not to doubt whether he is willing to provide shelter to the young man. If Zhang Yongde and Ning Ziming get along easily, he is afraid that he will make a big fuss immediately, and then cut off relations with Chai Rong and the Guo family behind Chai Rong forever.

However, Ning Ziming, who was standing in front of him at this moment, was extremely calm and indifferent, as if he had already realized it, no matter how unbelievable the content of the holy decree and the palace newspaper was, it would not have too much impact on him.

"Hug a brother to Dingzhou this time, is there anything else besides passing on the decree?" Finding that Zhang Yongde had been secretly looking at himself, Ning Ziming smiled and quietly diverted the topic to other places, "If not, you might as well stay in the cottage for a while longer." Seeing that the snow is about to fall, the Taihang Mountain after the snow looks magnificent!"

"No, no, it's still not necessary!Brother Ziming doesn't need to be polite to me!" Suddenly being called the table, Zhang Yongde was a little uncomfortable, stunned, and waved his hand with a smile, "After passing on the holy decree, the foolish brother has to rush to Taiyuan to meet Liu Jiedu, so I won't delay here too much." Foolish brother will rest with you for the night today, and he will have to leave tomorrow morning!"

"Since the first brother has official duties, it is not easy for the younger brother to stay. Next time I come back with a brother, please be sure to pause for a while, so that I can do my landlord's friendship with my younger brother!" Ning Ziming smiled again and invited in a low voice.

"That's natural, if you have the chance, you will definitely come to disturb Brother Ziming!" Zhang Yongde grinned and nodded dryly.

Because of Chai Rong's relationship, he and Ning Ziming cannot be regarded as outsiders to each other. But when they are complimented by each other's expressions, they feel an indescribable awkwardness. Therefore, they were not very interested in each other, and after completing the necessary cutscenes, they left in a hurry early the next morning.

Lijiazhai, which had been lively all day because of the arrival of the Qin Cha, quickly regained its tranquility. Deliberations, training, repairing warehouses, sowing winter wheat, from top to bottom, everyone's life has become monotonous and dull again. On the surface, there is hardly any change in the stockade. The only difference from before is that the Juyi Hall, which originally handled the affairs of the Lianzhuang Society, was secretly replaced with a plaque, and in a blink of an eye, it became the official office of the Sanzhou Inspection Envoy.

As for the rest, the house is still the same size as before, and the guards at the door are still the same as the original stocky descendants. The plum blossoms planted randomly in the corner of the wall have grown bones unconsciously. When it comes next spring, it will bloom in full bloom.

They are the freest, they only care about the hot and cold weather, and they never have to care who sits in the golden chair in the lobby.

In the midst of the blandness, the first snow fell.

According to the custom of the Northland, at this time of year, all outdoor work must be completely stopped. Men and women, young and old, will be completely driven back to the house by the howling cold wind, put on thick cotton clothes, leather jackets, and guard the brazier to survive the winter with their families. This year, however, the situation is somewhat special, and all those who hold official positions in the newly established Sanzhou Inspection Yamen, no matter how high or low, have lost their qualifications to survive the winter.

It's just that the big guys can't complain about the unkindness of the inspectors behind their backs. For no other reason, the first batch of people from Taihang Mountain arrived, and the scale faintly exceeded 5,000. If the big guys patronize and survive the winter, but can't settle them down in time, I'm afraid that a small half of these 5,000 people will become a ** corpse in the winter storm and snowstorm.

Although the Lianzhuang Association has completely turned into a patrol yamen, the officials at all levels are still the original group of rural children. Although the simplicity and kindness in his bones have been suppressed, he has not been extinguished, and his heart has not had time to be blackened by officialdom. Suddenly, seeing so many ordinary people shivering in the cold wind like their parents and brothers, how could the big guys be indifferent? Almost without Ning Ziming making any mobilization, they all used all their resources to arrange for the people who had come from afar to go to the ownerless deserted village on the banks of the Huangshui River.

Although those deserted villages were wiped out because of the military disaster last year. However, most of the houses and courtyards are largely intact and can be re-inhabited if they are carefully tidied up. And the people who came down from Taihang Mountain didn't pick the fat and the thin. When they saw that there were ready-made old houses to live in and that there were large tracts of land that could be watered at any time to be cultivated, they could not help but be overjoyed! In addition to being happy, they cooperated with every order given by the inspection yamen, and even if some orders were quite incomprehensible, they were carried out to the letter.

As a result, although all the officials and officials who inspected the yamen were too busy to touch the ground, their achievements were quite remarkable. Almost in just half a month, along the banks of the Hushui River, there are more than 20 villages with a new look. The wild wolves and wild dogs that were entrenched in and around the village were cut down and killed. The waist-deep dead grass was also cut off, and bundles were thrown onto the roof, and the roof, which originally looked a little dilapidated, was dressed up in golden light and looked new.

While picking up their new homes, the people were also organized by the inspection yamen to repair the country roads connected to the main roads in these villages, so that each village had a road leading to the neighboring villages and county seats, rather than being isolated from the outside.

As Hu Yancong expected, the county commander Sun Shan saw that there were suddenly more than 20 villages and thousands of people under his rule, and instead of being annoyed that the inspection yamen had exceeded his authority, he was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. Without waiting for Ning Ziming to write a letter to explain the cause and effect of this matter, he personally brought gifts and came to the door to thank him. He also promised that in the next three years, the county government would not collect a grain of rice or a penny from the displaced people. Not only that, but all the land reclaimed by the displaced people, as long as the original presiding over the title deed has not come to ask for it within three years, it will be temporarily owned by the reclaimer, and there is no limit to how much it is. After three years, each displaced household can keep a maximum of 15 acres of grain land and pay taxes according to the law. If a family has reclaimed more than 15 acres of land, the excess must be returned to the government. However, the family has the right to rent from the government first, and the share of the land rent goes with the market.

In addition, the county yamen will also allocate special funds to build a school in every five neighboring villages. The teachers in it are hired by the village elders of these five villages, but the bride money and the monthly rice and grain of the teachers are paid by the county government. After the completion of the school, the people of each village can send their children and nephews to study, and there is no class of education!

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If so, the benefits are visible to the naked eye, and an ancient brain has given fourteen or five. But from the time they arrived to the time they left, they didn't ask the slightest question about the origin of these homeless people!

"This surnamed Sun is really born to be an official!" Seeing the figure of the county commander Sun Shan riding a blue and white mule, surrounded by the officials, Li Shun'er, the owner of Lijiazhai, pouted and commented. "Just moving his tongue took away most of the gratitude of the homeless. Looking back, the court can invite another good merit!"

On the night when Ning Ziming and others rescued Tao Sanchun, he was scared half to death. But later, it was also a blessing in disguise, and was jointly recommended by Chai Rong, Zhao Kuangyin and Ning Ziming, three brothers, to serve as the owner of Lijiazhai. Every day, under the name of the three brothers, they swagger through the market, and no matter where they go, there are people who take the initiative to greet them.

However, Li Shun'er's appetite is no longer satisfied by a mere village owner. These days, following the three brothers, he has seen more and more of the world, and deep down in his heart, his expectations for his future are getting higher and higher. When he couldn't sleep alone at night, he secretly swore that he would hold the thighs of the three brothers and never let go!

"Isn't it, what do ordinary people care about the most? First, land. The second is the future of children and grandchildren. He also made the decision to divide the land among the people, and also paid for running schools, and sold all the "good" children that were easiest to sell! He left all the difficult things and things that offended people to the inspection yamen! Guo Xin deeply agreed with Li Shun'er's viewpoint.

This time, he was ordered to escort Zhang Yongde to Lijiazhai to announce the decree, but after the errand was over, he was no longer responsible for protecting the latter's return to Bianliang. Instead, as the Guo family's expatriate liaison, he stayed by Ning Ziming's side. It just so happened that Ning Ziming didn't have too many talents at hand, so he simply let him be the head of his own soldiers, provide protection for himself at any time, and give advice.

"This dog official, not only wants to show his merit to the imperial court, but also looks at the benefits of reclamation!" The third person to stand up and express his dissatisfaction with the county commander Sun Shan was Tao Zheng's eldest son, Tao Dachun. As a local Junjie who has read books and often goes out to broaden his horizons, he analyzes Sun Shan's mind most thoroughly. "Why should the wasteland that others have worked so hard to open up be returned to the government after three years? Why has the original presiding officer not come to ask for the title deed within three years? Where does the basis of the title deed exist? It is not in his county office! And even if the original owner of the land and his immediate family members are dead, as long as he goes out to find it, how can he not even find a relative who is turning a corner? At that time, if he forges a land deed according to the deposit in the yamen and comes to the door to ask for it from the reclaimer, how should the case be judged, and it is not his mouth? ”

"This ......" The words of Li Shun'er and Zhou Xin before, Ning Ziming can still laugh at it as sowing discord. But Tao Dachun's analysis made his face change instantly. With no experience in local officialdom, he never expected that behind Sun Shan's initiative to show goodwill, there were such sinister intentions.

And according to the division of responsibilities between the two sides, even if he sees the trap, he can't stop it. Because those traps were not directed at him, but against a group of displaced people of unknown origin. He is an official, and he is in the same group as Sun Shan. His best choice at the moment is to sit down, ignore it, and then get a piece of the pie from Sun Shan and the others.

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