At the end of December, heavy snow fell all over Dengzhou, and the weather dropped suddenly in just a few days, as if it had entered the extreme cold overnight.

At this time, Li Congyan had already recruited many displaced people from all over Dengzhou and surrounding prefectures and counties, and after registering and registering, he obtained more than 16,000 households. At the same time, the Assassin's Mansion sorted out the poor people in one city and four counties in Dengzhou, and more than 23,000 households were registered. After the eradication of the families in Dengzhou, the Dengzhou Thorn Mansion liberated more than 30,000 hidden households.

In just a few days, Dengzhou under Li Congyan's rule has increased by more than 70,000 households and more than 200,000 people, and its strength has increased greatly!

However, there was a huge pressure on the followers, Li Congyan saw that the cold winter was coming, and immediately ordered the treasury of all parts of Dengzhou to be emptied, all the food and warm clothes were distributed on the spot, and ordered the local government to set up relief offices, and the county orders were the first responsible persons.

In the north of Muping County, the county commander Chen Shuo set up a relief office here, and dozens of officials and archers patrolling the city worked hard to maintain order and distributed food and warm clothes to nearly 1,000 people.

At this time, the wind and snow were a little lighter, but it was still cold, and the people waiting for relief were shivering from the cold, and some frail women and children were even more pale, and their bodies were so weak that they were shaking.

The county commander Chen Shuo was startled when he was inspecting, and hurriedly ordered people to gather these frail women and children together and send them to the city to settle down first, for fear that if they dragged on any longer, they would cause trouble.

This time, Li Congyan distributed these more than 70,000 households to one city and four counties in Dengzhou to settle down, and Muping County distributed more than 11,000 households, which suddenly increased the population of Muping County by seventy percent, and so many new populations suddenly brought great pressure to all the officials of the county commander Chen Shuo.

In addition, Li Congyan issued a death order, and set a "death index" for each county, once the number of people who died within the specified time exceeded the standard, then the county ordered Chen Shuo and everyone to be dismissed, if there were more dead people, maybe someone would lose their heads, so the county order Chen Shuo and other officials played a twelve-point spirit, and did not dare to have the slightest neglect.

The county commander Chen Shuo devoted all the money owned by the government to build houses in the city and around the city gates, and also built houses in villages all over Muping County to accommodate the new people as much as possible, and also called on the businessmen of Muping County to donate money and materials, or contribute to help the government tide over the difficulties.

With the previous experiences of families from all over the world, this time the businessmen actively cooperated and assisted the county government to build a large number of houses to solve the urgent need.

For this reason, the county commander Chen Shuo also recorded all the righteous businessmen one by one, and then reported to the Assassin Mansion, Li Congyan was very happy after learning about it, and directly reimbursed all the expenses of these righteous businessmen, winning praise both inside and outside.

At this time, there were three fathers and sons in the crowd in the queue, and they were Tang Yi's father and son who met Li Congyan and his party at the beginning.

Since Li Congyan let Tang Yi and the three leave, at Tang Yi's insistence, the father and son went south to beg for a living, but the three of them had no personal skills, they would only farm honestly, and over time they couldn't live anymore, and they had to be attached to a small family in Muping County as a hermit.

But within a few months of this dark life, Li Congyan wiped out almost all the families in Dengzhou in one fell swoop, and then began to distribute land in Dengzhou, which made Tang Yi and his son see the hope of a new life.

"Grandpa, there aren't many people in front, it's almost us!"

Tang Yi's younger brother is named Tang Ming, and he said very excitedly at this time, he hadn't eaten for two days, and looking at the relief office in front of him, he could even smell the aroma of baked cakes.

The old father of the Tang family nodded, thinking of the experience of the past few months, and then looked at the relief office in front of him, and couldn't help but burst into tears: "God has finally opened his eyes, with Li Tingshi, I will wait for Xiaomin to finally have a way to live!" ”

Many people around echoed it, and even a few old men immediately knelt down and kept kowtowing in the direction of Dengzhou City, and some women also sobbed in a low voice, not knowing whether they remembered something bitter, or cried with joy for the food and clothing they were about to get.

Tang Yi listened and watched, and admired Li Congyan in his heart, thinking that in today's world, there are such good officials who are dedicated to the people, it is incredible!

But how would Tang Yi know that the person he "angrily reprimanded" at the beginning was the good official he admires in his heart now.

"Grandpa, how much land do you think Li Tingshi will give to our family?"

"This ......"

Tang Yi looked at his younger brother with a longing face, and said with a smile: "I heard that Li Tingshi divides the land according to the head, and the family has a large population, so the land will be divided. There are only three of us in our family, so it shouldn't be too many, but this is already very good, at least our father and son can eat enough, so that they will no longer be recluses and homeless people! ”

While talking, Tang Yi and his son came to the relief office, and the county gave each father and son two Hu cakes, a bowl of hot soup, and a thick cloth coat to keep out the cold.

After Tang Yi's father and son took it, while walking towards the city under the guidance of the officials, they ate the Hu cake in their hands and drank the hot soup like a storm, and instantly felt as if they were alive again, and there was an indescribable joy all over their bodies.

Then the father and son draped their thick cloth clothes over their bodies, felt a trace of warmth, and as the crowd entered the city, they began to register at the land distribution office at the city gate.

"Tang Yi, a family of three, according to the decree of the Assassin Shifu, was given 100 acres of medium cultivated land, a number of farm tools, and a ploughing cow with the other nine neighbors!"

"One hundred acres!"

Hearing this number, Tang Yi's father and son were stunned on the spot, as if they were in a fantasy world, and they couldn't believe their ears.

"Grandpa! Brother! Our family has 100 acres of land, 100 acres! ”

The old father of the Tang family suddenly cried bitterly, sighing in his heart, if Li Tingshi had arrived in Dengzhou earlier, why would his wife and a daughter be starved to death!

Tang Yi excitedly controlled his trembling hands, and under the instructions of the servant, he pressed his handprint heavily, and carefully put away the title deed belonging to his own family, for fear of being damaged.

The official on the side waved his hand when he saw the excitement of the father and son, and said, "You are excited to be like this when you only get a hundred acres of land?" Go to the recruiting office over there, I'm sure you're going crazy! ”

Tang Yi asked, "Is it better to be a soldier in the Assassin's Mansion than to be a soldier?" ”

"That's nature!"

The official said: "Li Tingshi not only divided the land for you poor people this time, but also vigorously promoted the new military system. Anyone who is willing to register as a soldier of the government will be given great benefits by the Assassin's Mansion, each person will be given 100 acres of land, and the military salary will be 200 yuan per month, and the family will also receive special care from the Assassin's Mansion. In the event of a war, if you are killed or disabled in battle, the Assassin's Mansion will issue a pension, and it will also give monthly offerings to your family! Isn't that better than just dividing the land, you say? ”

Tang Yi was immediately moved when he heard this, he and his younger brother were both in their twenties, but they were not married, and there was only one old house in the family that had already collapsed halfway. Even if they are now allocated a hundred acres of land, the father and son can't save much food every year, and the two brothers can't marry a wife and have children until the Year of the Monkey?

Thinking of this, Tang Yi immediately said to his father: "Grandpa, can you hear what this Langjun said? The child is going to join the army, and Grandpa and his younger brother are farming at home, so that in just a few years, our family will be able to live a good life! ”

The old father of the Tang family and Tang Ming were a little hesitant, after all, if there is turmoil today, although the army is better paid, who can guarantee that there will be no war in Dengzhou in the future?

"Er Yi, our family has already been allocated 100 acres of fertile land, so don't worry about the 100 acres of being a soldier. As long as our father and son work hard for a few years, we can live a good life. ”

"But how much can you save in a year? If there is a disaster year, or there is something at home, most of them will be broken down at that time, does Grandpa still want to pawn the land? Today, Li Tingshi has expressly forbidden the sale of land, who dares to buy it! ”

Tang Yi's words seemed to evoke the painful memories of the old father of the Tang family, and at this time, he just shook his head and sighed, and his tears couldn't stop flowing down.

Tang Yi persuaded a few more words, and despite his father's opposition, he directly signed up for the government soldiers.

A few days later, the two hundred acres of land allocated by the Tang family father and son were not far away, and they were very happy when they returned home.

And after Tang Yi registered, like many young people who participated, he was reported to Xue Mingtuan, who was a soldier of the Assassin's Mansion, as a reserve for the new army.

At this time, Li Congyan was planning to build standard equipment for the new army in an all-round way, and because of the large-scale division of land, the Assassin Mansion spent a lot of money to distribute a large number of farm tools and purchased a large number of ploughing cattle, so it cost a lot for a while.

It is precisely for this reason that even if there is a huge amount of money and grain in the treasury, Li Congyan does not dare to spread the stall too big, for fear that he will not be careful and will have no stamina. Therefore, the implementation of the new government military system did not intend to directly expand the army, but first reserve the reserve force, and when the army was expanded in the future, these horses and horses were directly added to the new army.

Of course, the land allocated to these reservists still has to be divided first, and the Assassin's Mansion also paid a month's military salary, and the subsequent military salary will not be available until after the reorganization.

In addition, the land seized by the Assassin's Mansion must be insufficient, so Li Congyan organized the people to reclaim wasteland to supplement the land gap, and the required expenses were borne by the Assassin's Mansion, and the newly reclaimed land would be exempted from taxes for two years, and Li Congyan also gave a "monetization plan", if someone chooses to ask for money, the Assassin's Mansion can use 100 acres of land as a price and pay it off at one time.

Tang Yi chose the former, Muping County directly on the gentle slope north of the Tang family to draw a piece of land, a full 100 acres of wasteland, the county ordered Chen Shuo to post a notice, saying that the Nuo County Government will organize people in the spring of next year to help Tang Yi and other reservists reclaim wasteland.

Tang Yi's father and son spent a few days repairing the dilapidated house, although it was still dilapidated, but it was able to keep out the wind and cold.

This night, it snowed again outside, Tang Yi and his son bought some inferior local wine for the first time, and bought some food, and the father and son sat around the brazier to eat and drink, listening to the wind and snow outside, the three of them were satisfied and happy, and they were full of longing for the future days.

In the middle of the night, Tang Ming and his father had already fallen asleep, Tang Yi was so excited that he couldn't sleep, listening to the wind outside, and said secretly: "I don't know what kind of hero Li Tingshi is, so he is the reborn parents of my and other small people, this time in the army, he will definitely make a name for himself, one is for the wealth of the family, and the other is also for the reinvention of Li Tingshi!" ”