The place where Cao Bin and the others got off the boat was a small village not far from Yongqiu County.

Although the dirt road here is not wide, it is flat and neat, and the willows on both sides divide the farmland into huge grids.

In the distance, you can see some women and children busy in the fields.

When Empress Dowager Pan and others saw this idyllic scenery, they couldn't help but be a little interested.

"Planting beans in the south of the mountain, the grass is full of beans and seedlings."

"No wonder everyone yearns for the countryside, if it weren't for the young emperor and the great responsibility of the palace, otherwise there would be a sense of seeking land and retreating."

Empress Dowager Pan looked at the pace while turning her head to Cao Bin and the others and sighed.

Li Gongliang hurriedly agreed:

When Niangniang said this, the minister also remembered the orchard in his hometown, and he still misses the time when he was a teenager when he studied and farmed.

"It's just that now I'm in the court, the political affairs are complicated, and I can't help myself, so it's rare to be idle......"

Seeing that he talked endlessly about the countryside and wanted to recite poems, Mrs. She couldn't help but roll her eyes and interrupted:

"Li Xianggong, your family has thousands of acres of orchards, and there are groups of servants and maids, where do you need to cultivate it with your own hands."

She didn't have to interrupt Li Gongliang, but when they were talking, they wanted to drill into the wooded wild paths, looking like they were looking for seclusion, which would greatly increase the difficulty of protecting Empress Dowager Pan.

She didn't care whether Li Gongliang was embarrassed or not, and directly persuaded Empress Dowager Pan:

"Niangniang, how can farming be easy?"

"There is endless farm work in the fields, and the harvest is also half up to the sky, as well as the imperial court and miscellaneous taxes."

"Before the new law was enacted, people starved to death every year, and some people were forced to rise up."

"Now that we can have such a peaceful pastoral life, we can already see the effectiveness of the new law."

"If you want to understand the details, let's quickly find a few farmers to ask, after all, Niangniang can't stay away from the court for too long......"

was interrupted by Mrs. She, Li Gongliang didn't dare to say anything, but Empress Dowager Pan was already unhappy, so it was easy to come out, although it was mainly a private visit, couldn't you squeeze some time for recreation?

She saw Cao Bin smiling and stretching out a thumbs up to She Taijun, and waved her hand a little whimsically:

"Okay, okay, this palace is not a person who doesn't eat minced meat, so let's go find a few farmers to investigate."

She understands why when the first emperor was there, the Yang family couldn't fight the Pan family, a military minister, chattering, which emperor likes to be educated all the time?

However, she knew that She Taijun was telling the truth, the new law had indeed worked well, and with Cao Bin's affection, she didn't care anymore, and the group walked towards the village.

In this era, the financial resources in the countryside were limited, and there were no high-walled and deep courtyards of Bianjing people's houses, and they were generally adobe houses with few brick walls and stone tiles.

A few people walked in the village, tiptoeing slightly, and they could see the situation in the courtyard through the low earthen wall.

"Hey, where are the guests from? What are you here for? ”

In addition to the official officials, the villages in the countryside are rarely patronized by outsiders, and Cao Bin's five people are extraordinary, so they are more attention-grabbing, and they were stopped by an old man after a while.

Li Gongliang saw that Empress Dowager Pan and Cao Bin looked like old men and wives, so he had to step forward in official words and say:

"My husband is polite."

"We are merchants from the south, and I heard that there is a new law in the capital, and I am uneasy, so I want to come to Guibaodi to inquire about the news first......

Seeing this, the old man grinned, waved his hand and said:

"It's strange and polite, but Grandpa Cao and Wang Xianggong are doing good laws, don't worry about it!"

Empress Dowager Pan couldn't help but perk up when she heard this, glanced at Cao Bin, and interjected and asked:

"Would you like to tell me more about it?"

Seeing that although the Empress Dowager Pan was dressed in cloth, she was still glamorous, the old man was cramped:

"This ...... The house is dirty, this lady ......"

Cao Bin saw that they were grinding and grinding, a little impatient, and threw out a piece of silver and said:

"What's polite, it's your old man's family, don't refuse, smear the faces of our Gyeonggi people!"

gave the old man a moral kidnapping, and Cao Bin walked towards the door behind him.

She Taijun was a little speechless when he saw this, this son-in-law is good anywhere, but he doesn't play cards according to the routine, so directly it is not good for silver and reputation.

The old man didn't care so much, when he saw the silver, his face suddenly bloomed, and he looked at the Empress Dowager Pan with a little pity, and warmly greeted everyone into the courtyard.

At this time, he didn't suspect that several people were villains, after all, among the five people, there were four old and weak women, but he had already labeled Cao Bin as a loser's son in his heart.

After entering the hospital, he beckoned his family to move out of the house a broken wooden table, added a few bowls of coarse tea, and said with a smile:

"The latter is too polite, in fact, there is no need to give silver, and the old man has nothing to say."

"If you want to talk about this new law, just one word, good!"

As he spoke, he gave a thumbs up:

"In previous years, the officials in the county never went to the countryside except for collecting taxes and sending labor, and as soon as the grain was collected, most of it was asked by the imperial court."

"Coupled with dozens of names such as Ding tax and salt money, I have lived for so many years, and I can't tell how many there are."

"Especially in the two years of war with the Western Xia and Khitans, what kind of branches, changes, and foot expenses, almost didn't force people to death, our people are suffering!"

"But since Grandpa Cao and Xianggong Wang were in power, life has been better, they are all good officials, and almost every family in our village has set up immortal tablets for them......"

Hearing the old man's statement, Empress Dowager Pan's face changed, and she looked at Cao Bin's side face with a little doubt.

She hadn't noticed it when she was outside the hospital before, but now she understood.

He took the risk to support the change, and his reputation was all taken by Cao Bin and Wang Anshi, but Wang Anshi just returned it, his foundation was shallow, and he did not involve military power, so Cao Bin was different......

Li Gongliang saw Cao Bin looking at him, and hurriedly opened his mouth to explain:

"It's all literary...... Mr. Wen's idea is to separate Gonggong, Gongzi and Mrs. Pan. ”

The old man didn't know why, but Cao Bin laughed, he knew that Wen Yanbo had bad intentions in letting Empress Dowager Pan pay a private visit.

The change was presided over by Wang Anshi, and his support was only known to the officials in the imperial court, and even many local officials knew nothing, how could the people in the countryside know his role and put him and Wang Anshi alongside?

At this time, seeing that Empress Dowager Pan was pondering, Cao Bin didn't care too much, and only asked with a smile:

"The old man is deceiving, my son has heard of it a long time ago, and Cao Bin is not a good person."

When the old man heard this, he immediately became excited, and lowered his voice and said:

"I didn't say that Grandpa Cao is a good person, but a good official, he is also very capable, and Gongzi is a foreigner who knows better than me, a Gyeonggi person?"

"He was really a bastard in his early years, and I heard that he was almost beaten by the Kaifeng Mansion for bullying men and women."

Speaking of this, he became more and more excited:

"I heard that he was beaten naked, and the people of Bianjing saw it, that white, that big, but unfortunately my old man didn't have eyes......"

Seeing She Taijun squirting tea, Mu Guiying also looked at him with a smile, Cao Bin hurriedly coughed and scolded:

"The old man Hugh is talking nonsense, this son gave you silver, so that you can say something useful, who told you that Cao Bin also presided over the change?"

Hearing the old man's words, although Empress Dowager Pan was no longer worried about her idea of breaking her oath, she was so embarrassed, she didn't expect this matter to spread so widely.

It's been several years, and there are still people bragging about it......

Seeing that Cao was not willing to listen to this, the old man was suddenly a little depressed, as uncomfortable as if he was suddenly interrupted in the climax, and said directly:

"Lord Chen, who presided over the new policy in the county, said that without the support of Grandpa Cao, Wang Xianggong actually couldn't be tough."

After speaking, he couldn't help but say with some regret:

"Thanks to Lord Bao's mercy, I left Grandpa Cao, otherwise our Great Song Dynasty will suffer a big loss, and he and the Yang family have defeated Western Xia and retreated to Northern Liao over the years."

"People with real skills, what's wrong with being a loser?"

"That Wang Laotie next door, just because he went to Bianjing and caught up with Grandpa Cao to be beaten, he was taken by his handsome wife and ruined ......"