The two of them had praised Suqian Zhixian just now, but they didn't expect to encounter this scene when they turned their heads.

However, Xu Cun and Liu Mianzhi are not very people, and they will not easily jump to conclusions until they find out what happened.

The supplement was about to turn around and go in, when he saw two more people in Confucian robes coming, he immediately said coldly: "You don't leave quickly, otherwise it will be too late to regret when Miki adds up." ”

Xu Cun arched his hand and said: "I am Xu Cun, I was invited by Xie Ding to serve here." ”

"Mr. Yiping?"

The supplement officer had obviously received the news from Siyang, and immediately changed his attitude and said with a smile: "Two gentlemen, please come in, the magistrate has been waiting for a long time." ”

After reporting their identities, the two followed the supplement official all the way to the county government hall.

"I've finally been looking forward to two gentlemen."

As soon as he entered the hall, the magistrate greeted him with a smile.

He was originally the county magistrate, and because of his meritorious service in killing officials and opening the city, he temporarily took the post of county magistrate.

Therefore, he is not a scholar, and the reason why he is so enthusiastic is not because of the names of Xu Cun and the others, but because Xu Cun is very likely to become his own official.

"I've seen the magistrate."

Xu Cun and Liu Mianzhi bowed their hands.

Li Lei beckoned, "Two gentlemen, please take a seat." ”

After a few words of greeting between the two sides, Xu Cun couldn't help but ask: "I saw that in front of the county yamen, there were many gentry and big families, and it seemed that the crowd was angry, but what grievances were there?" ”

"Grievance?"

Li Lei sneered: "The county magistrate implements the national policy of apportioning the land into the mu, and the interests of these gentry and big families are damaged, so they are naturally unwilling. ”

"What is a share of the acre?"

Liu Mianzhi said curiously.

Li Lei explained: "The so-called apportionment into the mu is a tax reform, the original ding money has been abolished, and it is uniformly divided into the field endowment, and those who have more land pay more, those who have less land pay less, and those who have no land do not pay. ”

Hearing this, Xu Cun and Liu Mianzhi suddenly looked surprised.

According to the previous tax system, the land tax was charged on a per capita basis, and there were several adult males in the family, and they would pay as much as they wanted.

The gentry have a lot of land, often tens of thousands of acres, but the maximum number of adult males in the family is three or five, according to a person's three hundred and twenty Wending money, their annual field endowment only needs to pay one or two, which is no different from ordinary people.

In addition, the same is true for conscription.

But now after the restructuring, it is not counted according to the capitation, but according to the amount of land under the name.

These gentry have a lot of land in their names, and the annual land tax they pay is dozens or hundreds of times that of the previous one, so they are naturally unwilling.

Xu Cun's eyes lit up: "Spread the ding into the mu, a good one into the mu, it is really a policy to strengthen the country!" ”

In the past, people did not dare to have more children, on the one hand, because their families were poor and could not afford to raise so many children.

On the other hand, it is Ding Qian.

Once the boy becomes an adult, the family needs to pay an extra amount of money every year, 320 wen does not seem like much, but for the poor people, it is very likely to be the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

After the implementation of the apportionment into the mu, the burden on the people has been sharply reduced, and it is foreseeable that in a few years, the population of Shandong will usher in explosive growth.

Li Lei said: "Spreading the land into the mu is a policy for the benefit of the country and the people, but I hate those gentry and big families, who embezzle the people's land and property on weekdays, put money in prints, and make a lot of money, but now they are unwilling to pay more taxes, and they make trouble in the county government all day long. The official couldn't bear it anymore, so he ordered the soap class to beat him away. ”

"Well played!"

After figuring out this layer, Liu Mianzhi's case applauded.

Previously, he was somewhat sympathetic to the gentry who were beaten, but now after learning the inside story, he only felt extremely relieved.

Li Lei said again: "This official is merciful enough, Xuzhou and Yizhou are killing on a large scale, dare to obstruct it, and exterminate the family!" ”

Hearing the raid on the family, Xu Cun couldn't help frowning: "Why be so impatient, you can use the means of spring breeze and rain to advance slowly." In just a few years, under the general trend of Huanghuang, those gentry and big families finally had to accept it. ”

Li Lei shook his head and said with a smile: "Mr. Yiping thinks those gentry are too kind, just a few days ago, the gentry in Xiapi County secretly colluded, incited the people, and led the family to attack the county government. Fortunately, the Qingzhou Army suppressed it in time and did not cause a catastrophe. ”

“……”

Xu Cun was silent for a while.

At this moment, a supplementary official hurriedly walked into the lobby and reported: "Zhixian County, several landlords in Yugou Town jointly made trouble and resisted the supplementary official to measure the fields. ”

Hearing this, Li Lei got up and said: "This official still has official business to deal with, the two gentlemen are temporarily living in the pavilion, and tomorrow the Japanese official will arrange manpower to escort the two gentlemen to Yidu." ”

"We take our leave."

Seeing that the other party was on official business, Xu Cun and the two got up to say goodbye.

On the second day, escorted by a group of Qingzhou soldiers, Xu Cun and Liu Mianzhi went north to Qingzhou and headed towards Yidu.

……

……

In the Song Dynasty, it paid attention to thick maintenance and thin burial.

After death, there is only a thin coffin, and the burial items are extremely simple, even if it is a high-ranking official in the court, it is just a few more stone people.

Compared with the extravagance of the previous dynasty, the Song tomb is much simpler.

This is not bad, Han Zhen feels that it can be vigorously admired.

The Han family does not have an ancestral grave, or where the ancestral grave is, he doesn't know.

According to the memories in his mind, his father vaguely said that their Han family migrated from elsewhere.

Whether it's Hebei or Shanxi, I can't remember clearly, and he doesn't have the leisure to trace the source.

There is no genealogy, so look for it?

If he openly searches for his ancestors, it is estimated that a large group of 'clansmen' will immediately jump out of Shandong.

Knowing that he was coming back to worship his ancestors, Liu Yong was ready to do a big deal, but was vetoed by Han Zhen.

only brought Zhao Fujin and a few personal guards, and simply worshipped.

Worship the ancestors, just when the heart arrives.

The graves of my parents and eldest brother are halfway up the hill on the west side of Xiaodong Village, and the three graves are covered with lush green grass.

The paper man and the paper money were thrown into the fire by Han Zhen, and the fire was raging, which made his eyes sour.

"Dad, mother, big brother, I'm back to see you."

Looking at the fire, Han Zhen said slowly.

When he traveled through time, his parents in this time and space had long since passed away, and there was no intersection, if it weren't for the memories of the two old men in his mind, he didn't even know what his parents looked like, so naturally he didn't have much emotion.

At this time, he was talking more about his parents in later generations.

"I'm married now, and I'm doing pretty well."

Han Zhen turned his head and said, "Fujin, I've come to see my father." ”

Zhao Fujin took a step forward, made a blessing to the grave, and said softly: "My daughter-in-law has seen Weng Weng and her mother-in-law. ”

Han Zhen muttered to himself: "The child is not filial, and he has not been able to provide for you." I wish you all a good life in another world. ”

Zhao Fujin didn't hear the meaning of his words, he only regarded it as another world, which referred to Jiuquan.

The paper man and the paper money burned quickly, and the fire was still raging, and in the blink of an eye, there was a pile of embers.

Covering the embers with dirt to prevent a wildfire, Han Zhen ordered, "Let's go." ”

For more than half a year, the changes in Xiaodong Village made Han Zhen feel a little unfamiliar, and the population and fields in the village surged.

Since he encouraged the people to reclaim the wasteland, the people under his rule have worked hard, but wherever they can farm, all the land has been reclaimed into fields.

Zhao Fujin looked curiously at the grass and trees in the village below: "My husband grew up here when he was a child?" ”

"yes!"

Han Zhen smiled and nodded.

At the foot of the mountain, Fu Qingyi's three daughters were picking wild vegetables with bamboo baskets.

As concubines, they are not qualified to worship their ancestors.

And Han Zhang's big belly was not good for the fetus, so he stayed in Yidu, and An Niang accompanied her at home.

Seeing them coming down from the mountain, the three little girls immediately stepped forward and chattered to show off their results.

Jiang Suyi raised her pretty face and said with a smile: "Husband, husband, I have picked a lot of mushrooms, these mushrooms are bright in color, and they must taste very delicious when you think about it." ”

Glancing at the colorful mushrooms in the bamboo basket, the corner of Han Zhen's eyes twitched.

Lao Jiu turned his head, his shoulders staggering.

Fu Qingyi on the side said helplessly: "The slave said that it was poisonous, but Suyi didn't believe it." ”

Jiang Suyi retorted: "You are a southerner, how can you recognize the mushrooms in the north? ”

“……”

Fu Qingyi couldn't help but be speechless for a while.

Han Zhen looked strange and said, "Suyi, have you ever thought that these mushrooms are at the foot of the mountain outside the village, why are no villagers picking them?" ”

"Okay."

Jiang Suyi reluctantly poured out the mushrooms in the bamboo basket.

In contrast, the wild vegetables picked by Fu Qingyi are much more reliable.

When the group came to the village, Liu Yong, who had been waiting for a long time, led a group of supplementary officials to come up.

Liu Yong proposed: "County magistrate, do you need to fence off this hill to prevent the people in the village from disturbing the ancestors?" ”

Han Zhen waved his hand: "No, this mountain is a place for chopping firewood and digging wild vegetables in Xiaodong Village, if it is fenced, the people in the village need to make a detour several miles away if they want to cut firewood, which is quite inconvenient." Just mark a ten-foot area around the grave. ”

Liu Yong slapped a sycophant: "The county magistrate loves the people like a son, and Weichen admires it." ”

"."

Han Zhen kicked him in the ass.

"Hey, hey."

took a kick, but Liu Yong smiled very happily, which shows that Han Zhen still treats him as a brother and has not become angry.

On the way back to the county seat, Liu Yong seemed to think of something, and said: "By the way, a few days ago, someone from Xiaowang Town came, called Shi Lu Jiu, saying that the lime kiln had made some progress, and I thought that you would definitely come back to worship your ancestors during the Cold Food Festival, so I didn't play." ”

"Lime kiln?"

Han Zhen's eyes lit up, and he ordered: "Send someone to Xiaowang Town and bring Lu Jiu to see me!" ”

"Okay."

Seeing this, Liu Yong did not dare to delay, and immediately ordered his subordinates to supplement the officials and quickly go to Xiaowang Village.

Back in Linzi County, Han Zhen and his entourage went straight to the original mansion.

Although he moved to Yidu, Jiang Siniang and Fang Sansan still lived here.

And in order to ensure that the secret recipe of gunpowder is not leaked, there are three shifts of supplementary officers around the mansion day and night, and once a suspicious person is found, it can be taken down without any reason.

Not long after, Lu Jiu was brought.

"I've seen the county magistrate."

Walking into the study, Lu Jiu bowed.

Seeing that he was carrying a package in his arms, Han Zhen said expectantly: "But there is progress in cement?" ”

Hearing this, Lu Jiu nodded and said, "County magistrate, there has indeed been progress. Last year, the county magistrate said to me that after adding iron powder to the raw material, I have been experimenting with the ratio of iron powder, and finally found a suitable ratio a while ago, and the burned cement is as solid as a rock after solidification, especially after being doped with gravel, it can resist dozens of hammer strikes. ”

(End of chapter)