The girl's toes shrunk and wanted to hide in her pants, but her pants were cut up, and her entire ankles were exposed, so she couldn't hide them, so she could only lie in front of Zhao Hanzhang with a red face: "Wear, wear ......"

Zhao Hanzhang also nodded and said, "She wore it." ”

Only then did the old man relax.

Soon, some villagers brought firewood from their own firewood stacks and lit a fire in the open space, and some people brought wheat straw and straw and spread them on the ground for Zhao Hanzhang to sit on.

Zhao Hanzhang knows that although she has been promoting Hu stools and Hu tables for several years, the people are still used to sitting on the ground, and the most important thing is that now the country is in ruins, and many families can't even afford to add beds, let alone tables and chairs.

She didn't dislike it, she just grabbed a handful of straw and turned it into a circle and sat down on the ground.

When the villagers saw her sitting in the same posture as them, they immediately let go of a lot, and they also sat down around the fire.

Zhao Hanzhang also beckoned Zhao Zheng and Zhao Rong to sit down together, and then asked Zeng Yue and them to peel the deer skin and cut the venison, she said: "Leave two deer, the others are skinned and boneless, the deer legs are roasted for a while, and the others are chopped and stewed." ”

Zeng Yue responded and took the guards to the river to peel the skin.

Wei Xian also quickly brought someone to bring a few kettles and crockpots, yes, Wei Xian's family conditions are good, and he can't afford to buy pots at present, so the family still uses kettles and crockpots.

Zhao Hanzhang looked at the kettle and clay pot erected, and calculated in her heart that if she could let every household have an iron pot within two years and let them build a brick and stone house within five years, it would be a great success.

Wei Xian led the villagers to move, and soon built three more fires nearby, set up the kettle and clay pot, then poured water into it, and named several villagers, asking them to go home and get some cabbage.

The villagers happily ran home to get it.

Zhao Hanzhang retracted his gaze and continued to ask the villagers, when did they move over, where did they come from, do they feel cold, and what do they use to keep their homes warm?

Then he asked, "How many times have you been in the mountains this year, can you get prey from the mountains?" ”

The villagers replied enthusiastically, and they all said that the situation was better, and told Zhao Hanzhang that they were doing well, much better than the year before.

These people settled here last summer, and they were lucky enough to plant a season of grain, and the imperial court exempted the people tax, and there were no chaotic soldiers at the time of harvest, and there was no war, so the family had some food, but it was a pity that the military tax was levied twice before the winter, so there was not much grain in stock, only enough to eat until the beginning of spring.

Someone cautiously asked Zhao Hanzhang, "I wonder if there will be a levy tax this year?" ”

Zhao Hanzhang said: "The Xiongnu rebellion has been settled, and now there is no war in the north of the Central Plains, and there will be no more military taxes. ”

Zhao Hanzhang looked past them and looked at their houses, and said with a smile: "When you have stored grain, you will start a family and have more children for the country, and I can't say that the yamen will reward you for your house." ”

Everyone thinks that Zhao Hanzhang is joking, and they also follow the silly music.

At this time, they only remembered that Zhao Hanzhang said that there would be no military tax this year.

Zeng Yue and their movements were also very fast, Wei Xian and they just peeled off the skin of the deer as soon as the fire was burned, he cut off two legs and brought them over directly, one leg was hung on Zhao Hanzhang's fire, and the other leg was given to the guards.

Wei Xian immediately took the two small cloth bags of grain and asked, "General, how to eat this noodles and wheat?" ”

Zhao Hanzhang thought for a while and said: "Clean the wheat and put it in the pot and stew it with the meat and bones, stew it for a long time, it will be delicious when it blooms." ”

"Let's make a batter with broth, let everyone go home and get a bowl, and we'll have a hot one today."

Wei Xian responded happily, and immediately beckoned the villagers to go home and get dishes and chopsticks, and bring more things, they can't all let the general eat, they also have to give out something, so that they can be happy and hearty when eating.

So some brought wheat from their homes, some took rice, and some took cabbage, pickles, and so on.

Zhao Hanzhang looked at Zhao Zheng.

Zhao Zheng immediately brought a personal guard over, brought the vegetables, he considered and accepted it, if the food was to be eaten, he would only grab a handful, and the rest would be retreated.

The villagers all dispersed back, and only a few Zhao Rong were left by the fire, so Zhao Hanzhang asked them, "Do you have an answer to the question asked in the mountains now?" ”

Zhao Rong retracted his gaze, his face turned red, and Zhao Rong snorted: "They all love the third sister, is the third sister trying not to disappoint them?" ”

Zhao Hanzhang sighed when he heard this: "You, you are too shrewd in reading, but you don't understand the meaning, Uncle Cheng is right, you have to study in Taixue for a few more years." ”

"But it's not enough to just study, I don't think the courses of you college students are not very important, and then when the school starts, you will take three days out of every ten years to come to the county government to help, and go to the people more," Zhao Hanzhang said: "The suffering of the people, you must not only see with your eyes, but also look at it with your heart." ”

"Although Zhao Zheng is young, he is more attentive than any of you." That's when she gave the answer to that question, "Look at their feet, their faces." ”

Zhao Rong went to see a few people, looked at the feet, only felt cold, except for a dozen or so people in the villagers who had cloth shoes to wear, most of the rest of the people were cloth strips and straw shoes, and many people were directly barefoot.

Walking barefoot on the snow, or in the cold wind, just thinking about them is unbearable.

In this way, is it really not going to freeze to death?

But when I looked at their faces again, I felt very enthusiastic, and the smiles on their faces never disappeared from the moment they arrived in this village.

Just now, someone happily said to Zhao Hanzhang, "There is a village over there, which was built in the late autumn of the year before last, and it was more than half a year earlier than us, and it planted a season of grain, and many families have saved two baskets of grain during the New Year. ”

Zhao Rong also often helps the county government to do some statistical work, knowing that the two baskets of grain are shelled, and the sum is only about 200 catties, how can it be worth them so happy?

"On such a day, in such a situation, people will starve to death and freeze to death," Zhao Hanzhang said: "The mountains may be the only place where they can get life, so if you forbid people to enter the mountains to prevent people from falling into traps and being killed, what is the difference between choking and wasting food?" ”

Of course, she knew that no matter how she ruled, there would still be people who would die because of an accident in a trap, but she couldn't cut off so many people's lives because of an accident that might happen.

"You all heard it just now, Lu Si and they are five neighbors, and every time they enter the mountain, the prey they get has to be distributed to the five neighbors, and the five neighbors have twenty households, even if they can only get a piece of thumb-sized meat at a time, they can survive with this."

"Life is already slim, why should we cut off the path of life?"

Zhao Rong's face turned red and he couldn't speak.

See you tomorrow

(End of chapter)