was praised by a burst of words that seemed to be trusted wholeheartedly, Gong Qi couldn't get off the stage, so he had to scold the official with a stiff face in front of Lord Wang: "Get out, this official trusted you to give you this important task, I didn't expect you to do such a thing!" ”

The official did not dare to refute, and immediately walked away. Another official next to him came up and didn't dare to do anything more.

Mu Xiwen retracted his gaze and continued to say to Lord Wang: "My lord, our Lord Gong has pity on the people, and I believe that you are the same. This double tax is indeed too heavy, if other counties can also half new rice and half old rice, I believe that the people of the world will be grateful to you. This is a supreme feat, and you will surely become a famous minister praised by everyone! ”

Lord Wang finally looked at Mu Xiwen with straight eyes, and he touched his beard, and his mind moved.

Gong Qi was so anxious that he was about to get angry in the back, but when he saw Mu Xiwen's threatening eyes and meaningful words, he could only stay behind and listen to her nonsense.

"This is indeed a special situation, so it is more difficult for people to come up with double the new rice. What is your name? This suggestion is good, and this official will consider it and report it to the imperial court. ”

"Mu Xiwen, the grass people, here thousands of people thank the adults for their benevolence and righteousness. Adults have worked hard today, why don't you move to a leisurely place to rest, and how about the grass people arrange a table for adults to receive a banquet? ”

Lord Wang nodded with satisfaction, "Let's go." ”

Gong Qi could only follow the man with a bitter mouth.

Giving Mu Fuyang and Zhou Changhe a look and letting them stay here, Mu Xiwen and Wei Ziyin took Lord Wang to Leisurely Residence.

This meal was naturally a pleasure for the guests, and Lord Wang was full of praise for the leisurely living environment and food, and even the initial arrogance dissipated a little.

After entertaining Lord Wang, Mu Xiwen was always uneasy when he thought of the refugees gathered outside the city.

Xiao Qiu is an orphan, so he also lives in the backyard with Steward Luo's family. She walked outside the forge and decided to buy another machete for Xiao Qiu to defend herself.

But as soon as she reached the outside of the forge shop, she saw a familiar tall figure hovering around the shop.

"Tu ...... Blacksmith? She called out hesitantly.

The figure turned her head, and it turned out to be the blacksmith who had made the crossbow for her a few days ago.

She was surprised and asked, "Blacksmith, what are you doing here?" ”

The blacksmith was a little embarrassed, he stood in place and hesitated for a while, and asked sullenly: "Little boy, you said you wanted to hire me before, do you still count now?" ”

Mu Xiwen's eyes were full of smiles, "Count, of course." But what are you? ”

The blacksmith licked his lips and buried his head lower. "In the past few days, too many refugees have come to Anyang County, and many wealthy families in the county are worried, so they have come to the store to build weapons. The owner wanted me to tell me how to make the crossbow, but I refused, so he kicked me out. ”

Mu Xiwen pursed his lips tightly, for fear that he would accidentally laugh.

She said in a deep tone with a wooden face: "It's okay, losing you is a loss to Liu Dong's family." As long as you want to come, I have a place for you at any time. ”

This is true, the blacksmith's forging technology is absolutely first-class, and his character is also reliable. Liu Dongjia took the initiative to dismiss him for a little profit, didn't he give himself a chance to pick up the leaks.

"My name is Tu Miao, just call me Lao Tu."

"Well, Lao Tu, you can go to Leisurely House with me first. There are too many refugees during this time, and it is inconvenient for me to go into the city every day, so you can stay in the leisurely house first, and you can also help me guard the shop, okay? ”

Lao Tu nodded, "It's good to have a place to sleep, I don't pay attention to it." ”

Bringing Lao Tu to the backyard, Mu Xiwen saw Luo Suyi who was practicing Wanjun's crossbow.

As soon as he saw the strange man, Luo Suyi was startled, and he calmed down after seeing Mu Xiwen.

"The owner!" She said in a somewhat happy and affectionate tone, "I can already use this crossbow, even if there is an accident, I will definitely be able to protect the store." ”

Mu Xiwen nodded with satisfaction, and then introduced Lao Tu: "This is Lao Tu, my newly recruited employee is a blacksmith, and I am currently arranging for him to live in the backyard together, is it convenient for you here?" ”

The backyard is a three-in, three-out yard, and Luo Suyi has not married for many years, and he has long lost the shyness of his children. Although it is not convenient to have an extra stranger, this is originally the owner's land, so she said very sensibly: "It won't be inconvenient, he will live in a room with Xiao Qiu first." ”

After speaking, he looked at Tu Miao generously.

He is about 1.9 meters tall, his face is dark, the muscles on his arms are tangled, and he is as strong as a bear. It looks quite deterrent, and anyone who dares to come and make trouble with him has to weigh a few points.

Luo Suyi retracted her gaze with little interest, but in the next second, her evaluation of Tu Miao made a 180-degree turn.

Because she heard Mu Xiwen say with excitement in her tone: "It just so happens that during this time, more and more refugees are gathering, and I am always worried that something will happen." There are only a few of you left in the store, I am worried about your safety, now that Lao Tu is here, the security level of our store has risen again, and I can rest assured to stay at home. ”

Russell Cloud: ...... Well, it doesn't look good, it turns out to be a fox who can bewitch the owner!

She glared at Tu Miao fiercely, staring at Tu Miao inexplicably.

"Don't worry, even if it's just me, I will keep a leisurely home, the store is here!"

Mu Xiwen saw Luo Suyi's unconvinced expression, secretly made a mistake, and remedied: "Well, of course I believe in you. Usually, Lao Luo has the final say in this shop, but after it closes, it will be up to you to decide, even Lao Luo has to listen to you. ”

"Hmm!" Luo Suyi raised his chin and glanced at Tu Miao with some smugness.

After settling the matter of leisurely living, the villagers' food payment was over, and everyone returned to their hometown together, but then an unexpected thing happened.

Dozens of refugees followed the food caravan from close distance, following them all the time.

As soon as the food team threatened, the refugees stopped, but once the food team began to move, they gritted their teeth and got up and followed all the way, no matter how tired or hungry they were.

Mu Hai touched his goosebumps in a cold sweat, "Awen, what are these refugees going to do, what are they doing with us?" ”

This incident also surprised Mu Xiwen's expectations, she frowned and said: "I'm afraid it's because I saw that several of our villages received so much grain today, and I think that our village must be very rich, so I want to go to the village to settle down." Even if you can't settle down, it's good to beg, it's better than waiting for a bucket of porridge with thousands of people outside Anyang County. ”

"How's that going to work?" Mu Hai was taken aback, "It's already very difficult for us to double taxes this year, who has more food for them?" ”

That being said, the road is there, and they can't be so domineering as not allowing others to take this path.