Zhu Zhengze's skin was dark, and several calluses had been ground out on his rough palms.

Not like a scholar, but more like a peasant.

He stood there quietly at the moment, and did not speak.

Han Zhen looked the other party up and down a few times, and asked, "I have a job here, and I have a monthly salary of 500 yuan, are you willing to do it?" ”

Zhu Zhengze's reaction seemed to be half a beat slower, and after a few seconds, he shook his head: "If it is work, what should be done with the fields at home?" ”

Han Zhen was suddenly a little speechless.

The lieutenant chief on the side couldn't look at it, and scolded: "You rammer, since you have a salary, can't you rent the field to others for planting?" ”

Hearing this, Zhu Zhengze thought for a moment, and suddenly smiled: "Good! ”

It's really stupid to read.

There's no way, it's just one person in the village who reads, so let's make do with it.

Anyway, I don't expect him to do anything, as long as he can write.

"Since you should go down, you will be a village secretary in the future, follow me, and be responsible for recording documents."

After explaining a few more words to Fang Sansan, Han Zhen and the three of them took paper, pens and tools and went out to measure the fields.

In ancient times, the tool used to measure the field was called the foot bow, which resembled a longbow that was drawn open.

The distance between two bows is a bow.

During the Northern Song Dynasty, the official standard was five feet for one bow, and three hundred and sixty bows for one mile.

The foot bow was uniformly cast by the government and distributed to various counties and villages, and it was a felony to make a foot bow privately.

This is to prevent some large landlords from deliberately making their bows larger, so that they can measure more fields for their own families.

Xiaowang Village is in the middle of the mountain col, so the fields are very scattered, a few acres here, a few acres there, and some are even halfway up the mountain.

Han Zhen's plan is to take the big mansion as the center point and measure it from top to bottom.

When the group came to the halfway point of the mountain, Han Zhen pointed to a field in front of him and asked, "Whose field is this?" ”

Before the chief could answer, he saw a man and a woman walking towards the field with hoes on their shoulders.

Seeing that the three of them were holding the bows, the two looked puzzled, and the man stepped forward and asked cautiously, "Chief, what are you doing in my house?" ”

"Measure the fields."

Hearing the chief's words, the man's face changed, and his eyes were shocked.

Seeing this, Han Zhen smiled and comforted: "Don't be nervous, just measure the fields and ask some questions." ”

The man said worriedly: "What does Xiao Langjun want to ask?" ”

"What's your name?"

"Wang Xiao."

"How old?"

"Twenty-four...... No, it's twenty-five. ”

"How many people in the family, what are their names......

Between questions and answers, Wang Xiao carefully explained the situation at home.

He didn't dare to hide it or make it up, because the lieutenant chief was next to him, and they belonged to the same village, and they knew each other.

After asking, Han Zhen turned his head to look at Zhu Zhengze: "Can you write it down?" ”

Zhu Zhengze nodded.

Han Zhen was still a little uneasy, and glanced at the probe on the paper.

Not to mention, Zhu Zhengze's wooden is a wooden ne, but the handwriting is extremely beautiful, and according to the format he said before, all the information in Wang Xiao's family is recorded word for word.

Han Zhen nodded with satisfaction, took the bow and began to measure the field.

After measuring, the three of them hurried to the next field, leaving Wang Xiao and his wife looking at each other.

The woman wondered, "What are they doing here?" ”

"Who knows, we just have a lot of land anyway."

After Wang Xiao muttered, he held the hoe and began to work.

……

With the help of the lieutenant chief, the land survey and the household registration inventory were carried out at the same time, and the progress was extremely fast.

Even if it is a deserted field, the governor can tell exactly whose family it is, how many people it is, and when they fled into the mountains.

By noon, Han Zhen had measured one-third of the fields in the village.

Progress was faster than he expected, and he estimated that he would be able to measure it all by evening.

At this moment, the three of them were sitting in the shade of a tree resting.

"Second Brother Han, we're here to help you."

Ma Sangou's voice sounded.

The five men trotted to the shade of the tree, and the monkey immediately handed over a cloth bag and a jar of water.

opened the cloth bag and saw that it contained steamed buns, Han Zhen took out two and handed them to the lieutenant chief and Zhu Zhengze beside him.

"Thank you, Xiaolang...... Chief. ”

The lieutenant took the steamed bun and thanked him.

Zhu Zhengze looked at the steamed bun in his hand, got up and ran.

This sudden scene made everyone stunned and looked at each other.

Soon, Zhu Zhengze came back and sat down breathlessly.

Han Zhen couldn't help but ask, "What are you running?" ”

Zhu Zhengze was stunned for a few seconds as usual, and then replied with a pant: "The village chief forgives me, just because the old mother at home is not hungry, I can't bear the old mother to starve, so I am anxious." ”

is a pure filial person.

"Eat."

Handing him another steamed bun, Han Zhen turned his head and asked, "Have you taken it all?" ”

"Took it."

The monkey and the bug nodded.

"Is there any news from the county?"

Hearing Han Zhen ask, the lieutenant on the side couldn't help but prick up his ears.

Ma Sangou smiled proudly: "The gang of thieves and birds in the county government were frightened, and I heard from the people in Xiaoworm Village that the city gate will be closed after we leave." On the way back, I went to take a look, but it hasn't been opened yet. ”

Han Zhen couldn't help but nodded, it seemed that it was not much different from what he expected.

The reason for this is that the county garrison is empty.

The Northern Song Dynasty was a typical strong cadre and weak branch, the county town did not garrison troops, and the only defensive force was a few officials and archers recruited from the countryside.

What's the use of just a dozen or so archers?

The combat power is not as good as the nursing home of the wealthy gentry.

It is no wonder that Song Jiang was able to crisscross ten counties in three states with only thirty-six thieves under his command.

If it weren't for Uncle Zhang's hard stubble, maybe he would be able to get away with it for a while.

Moreover, in the next period of time, the county town will not be peaceful, I am afraid that there will be a battle between the open and the dark, and no one will have the energy to pay attention to this remote village.

"Second Brother Han, let's rest, let's help you measure the field."

Gu Xiang said that he was about to get the step bow on the ground, but was stopped by Han Zhen: "No, I have another task for you." ”

"What's the task?"

The eyes of several people suddenly lit up.

Han Zhen beckoned to them, and said, "You wait to go to the mountain, carefully explore the terrain in the mountain, and come back and inform me." ”

This is just in case, if the officers and soldiers call, Xiaowang Village will not be able to hold it, and they will not be blinded when they retreat into the mountains.

"Good!"

Seeing his serious expression, Ma Sangou and the others did not dare to slack off, and nodded their heads one after another.

Han Zhen advised again: "Be careful, don't be reckless when you encounter wild beasts." If you meet a fugitive, you can inform them of the situation in Xiaowang Village, as long as the fugitive is willing to go down the mountain, he will promise to plant two acres of dry land and return five buckets of rice grain. ”

Two acres of barren land and five buckets of rice grain, this is Han Zhen's means of attracting escapees.

There are a number of barren fields in the village, and there will always be a day when the division will be finished, but when the time comes, these means are no longer needed, and the escapees in the mountains will spontaneously go down the mountain to flee.

"Second Brother Han, let's go."

The five of them took the Pu knife and went straight to the mountain.

The chief chewed on the steamed bun and said thoughtfully: "The village chief wants to collect the fugitives in the mountains? ”

"That's right!"

Han Zhen said with a smile: "The chief can tell the villagers that if you can bring in a family to escape, you can find me to receive the usual reward." If the fugist is a blacksmith or a scholar, the reward will be doubled! ”

Relying on Ma Sangou alone, they can't pull in a few escapees, so they still have to mobilize the power of the masses.

And they are outsiders, let Ma Sangou and their words fall wildly, and the fugitives probably don't believe it, they just want to trick them into going down the mountain and arresting them to the government to receive the reward.

But if the villagers of Xiaowang Village persuade them, the effect is completely different.

"Really?"

The captain stood up with a sigh of relief.

A runaway has always made money, and the blacksmith and the scholar have doubled, and this money is equivalent to giving it away for nothing.

Who doesn't know a few mountain escapees?

You know, it's not easy for the fugitives to live in the mountains, and many necessities are not available in the mountains.

You always need to eat salt, right?

Cultivating wasteland also requires farm tools, right?

There are none of these mountains, so you can only find familiar villagers to exchange.

Han Zhen nodded and said, "Really! ”

After receiving a positive reply, the lieutenant chief's hands were shaking excitedly, if it weren't for the fact that he still needed to measure the fields, it was estimated that he would have gone to the mountains at this time.