The county office returned to its usual quiet.

In the early morning, the crow stands on the ridge of the roof and leisurely looks at the scenery, and from time to time there is birdsong from the branches.

In the lieutenant office, Guo Jian put a few volumes of documents on Yin Liang's case.

"Yin Lu has seen it, these are the hidden field books of each family, they were all handled by Xiao Lao'er back then, and I dare to say that they are more familiar than themselves."

Yin Liang never mentioned that Guo Jian was called back by the Guo family at that time, for the sake of the women and children in the family, he could understand.

He picked it up and looked at it for a while, and asked casually: "The matter of dividing the fields and households, the households are excited about it, but many of the escapees would rather hide in the high gate than return to the households, what do you think should be done?" ”

Guo Jian pondered for a moment and responded: "In the twelfth year of Kaiyuan, after Yu Wenrong was appointed as the envoy of the territory, the imperial court issued the "Edict of Persuading the Agricultural Envoy", which exempted the displaced people after the household was exempted from regular taxes...... However, the imperial court did not explicitly abolish this policy, so the county lieutenant could be exempted from the taxes of the newly attached people. ”

"If so, how can the burden on existing households be reduced?"

"Even if the county office exempts the newly compiled people's tax, it can still receive more taxes, because after clearing the fields, the big households cannot hide the taxes. In fact, the tax of our dynasty is only two stones, and the problem lies in the fields and the ...... of the officials."

Guo Jian can not only help families skillfully obtain fields, but also has a very good understanding of the twists and turns in nature. While he was talking, his son Guo Jing hurriedly came and said that Mrs. Guo had called him back to the house.

"Call me again?"

"It's Bo Weng who is seriously ill."

Guo Jian rushed back to Guo Town, and as soon as he entered the gate, many people cast disdainful glances at him and muttered quietly.

Those voices were small and fragmented, scolding him for always wanting to hand over the Guo family's fields to show loyalty to Xue Bai, and Guo Taigong took them back, and once again fell short because of his betrayal.

even said that he was so angry that Guo Taigong fell ill.

When I entered the main room and bypassed the screen, I saw Mrs. Guo lying on the bed, her face darkened and dying.

But this old man who was about to die refused to swallow because he hadn't seen Guo Jian yet.

"Uncle."

"Come on...... Come ......" Guo Taigong beckoned weakly.

Guo Jian looked at his cousins, and when he saw them standing by the bed with wary eyes, he did not step forward.

He lost his father when he was young, although he was raised by Guo Taigong, he didn't plan to divide the family business, so he got a bad job in the county office for a lifetime, and now he is also an old man.

"Ahh Guo Taigong shouted again, "After I leave...... You will be the patriarch......"

"Grandpa! How so?! ”

Guo Jian was still surprised, his cousins had already shouted, and the main room was immediately noisy.

Guo Taigong still had a lot to say, but he was drowned out by the voices of his sons.

Before the revenge of the thirty-fifth Lang was avenged, Guo Jian took refuge in Xue Bai. Grandpa doesn't care about his grandson, does he only care about his nephew?! ”

"He harmed the Guo family like this......"

Guo Jian looked at it for a while, stepped forward, leaned down, and attached his ear to Guo Taigong's mouth.

"You see that people are more accurate than me, the county lieutenant is by no means idle, and he will make great achievements, but it's a pity that the old man has lost his eyes......"

Guo Taigong is very regretful, but in fact, even if he does it all over again, he may not be able to bet on Xue Bai, because many things in the world have to be experienced to understand.

It's a pity that he didn't have time anymore, so he had to hand over a piece of jade pendant to Guo Lian.

"Can you do it well?"

Guo Jian thought for a while and responded: "Don't dare to say anything else, with the ability of the county lieutenant and the connections in the court, I can take charge of a county in such a short period of time, if I am ten years younger, I may be able to follow him to pay homage to the prime minister." ”

When it comes to the feudal marquis, what is the dispute over the acres of land in a county?

"Good ......"

Mrs. Guo looked at his sons.

Guo Jian also turned his head and saw that they were still chattering, and when he turned around, Guo Taigong had already choked his breath.

The old man is dead, and for the Guo family, it is to break the old and create the new.

~~

The land occupied by the Guo family was redivided.

Back on the official road west of Guo Town, Cao Zhaoliu, a county clerk, led people to set up a table on the side of the road and returned the title deed to the farmers.

"Liu Cai."

"Here, the villain is, originally Grandpa wanted the villain to be called 'Liu Cai', who is illiterate."

Because Zhao Liu had no official authority and a little smile on his face, Liu Cai finally dared to say a few more words,

"This one." Zhao Liu handed over the title deed, looked up, and said, "I've seen you, Guan Amai's case?" ”

"Yes, Amai and the villain are in the same village......"

The two sighed for a while, and then Liu returned to the farmhouse.

Now the deed of sale he signed to the Guo family has been invalidated, and his wife and children have also been picked up from the weaving mill, which is nothing more than plowing and farming day after day.

Carefully hiding the title deed, he picked up a load of fertilizer and went to water the ground. Walking barefoot in the field, splashing fertilizer water spoonful by spoonful.

Finally, he sat on the edge of the field, wondering whether to get Guan Amai's body out and order a coffin for burial.

was indeed a little worried that his mother-in-law would not agree to him to pay this money, and then he gritted his teeth and made up his mind.

But when he walked to the place where Guan Amai was buried, he wanted to speak, and when he looked at it, he was stunned.

And behold, a few wheat seedlings grew in the field.

But he clearly didn't sow seeds here, it could only be that the seeds were hidden in the soil where the corpses were dug up and buried, and they had tenacious vitality.

Liu Cai couldn't help but think of Guan Amai's grandfather when he named him, and he muttered, "The wheat should grow well, grow well."

Thinking of the situation when he was a child playing in the village, he wordlessly raised his head and looked at the blue sky.

The breeze caressed, and the wheat seedlings on the ground stretched their waists, looking very free......

~~

As soon as Guo Taigong died, Xue Bai also went to mourn.

Several children of the Guo family were originally ready to put a few cruel words to make Xue Bai unable to get off the stage, thinking that the county lieutenant was nothing, and they would inevitably have to ask for an explanation for Guo Sanwulang's death.

However, from the moment Xue Bai stepped into the Guo family, as soon as the official authority was suppressed, they fell silent.

As for Jiang Hai, who was following behind Xue Bai, he was the murderer of Guo Sanwulang, but no one dared to look at this killing god more.

Putting aside this trivial matter, the county lieutenant condoled and gave Guo Jian enough face.

It must be known that Song Zhiyi served as the general of the right feather Lin Wei, so that Hu Tao did not dare to play his crime, and when the case was decided, it was only said that Song Mian privately minted copper coins and bought thieves, but Xue Bai did not go to Song Zhiyi to mourn.

It seems like a small thing, but the impact on Yanshi County is very far-reaching.

"Shaofu." Guo Jian wore linen and filial piety, but he did not delay his official business because of his uncle's funeral, and said in a low voice: "Cui Hui, Zheng Wei and others are also there." ”

"Let's talk about it."

"Shaofu is now in power, to let the big families abide by the rules, use authority to suppress, and then add it to outwit it, Cui Hui's third son wants to seek Jinshi, but the literature is mediocre, Cui Hui is unwilling to do something for him, Shaofu can buy it......"

The Song family died and the Guo family was attached, and it would be much easier to deal with the next family, not to mention that there were local old people like Guo Lian.

Xue Bai let them take the first step back, of course, in order to make them take a second step back.

"There is also the Lu County Order." Guo Jian said again, "He is weak and sleek, and Xiao Lao'er has persuaded him not to think about taking back a city, and it is advisable to wait for the relocation of officials elsewhere, and he listened." ”

"Hmm."

Talking about Lu Linghao, Xue Bai only responded to this one word, and after talking about it for a while, he came out.

Today, the Du family sisters planned to go to Luhun Villa, so they came with him, the roads in the countryside are not suitable for horse-drawn carriages, they walked side by side, believing in the horses, and talking while walking.

"It's impossible to control Luoyang, and now we can control the estuary below Luoyang. Leaning on the Biling Mountains in the north, a small number of henchmen can be raised in Shouyang Mountain, making iron, minting coins, and collecting grain; It is adjacent to the Luohe River in the south, and uses the river to buy Jianghuai materials, build newspapers, and run flying money...... In time, the strength should not be less than a high-ranking family. ”

Xue Bai is responsible for sorting out this idea, and it will be clearer for the Du family sisters to arrange people to do things in this direction.

Du Yan said: "There are still a few small things, the Song family has not been killed yet, and some of the children who are officials outside will come back soon." ”

"You can't kill it anymore." Du Cheng was worried that they would make some crazy moves, so she hurriedly reminded: "The case of the Song family, the court may not be suspicious, and you should be cautious at this time." ”

Xue Bai said: "Wouldn't it be good for someone to come back?" We can rightfully control Luhun Villa. ”

"Yes, I've arranged for someone to investigate." Du Yan teased: "Rectify the matter of Luhun Villa earlier, so that you can take the two little ladies Li over to go over?" ”

"Do you want to go green? This year, I'm afraid that the weather will be a little dry. Xue Bai naturally changed the topic, "I organized the people to repair the canal earlier." ”

As he spoke, he walked east for a while, and when he was about to reach the foot of Shouyang Mountain, he happened to meet a group of people who were walking in the green.

~~

This area is neither Biling nor Luoshui, the scenery is not good, Li Shiniang quickly got tired of it, and was arranging for the servants to prepare to play polo first, and complained that Li Tengkong and Li Jilan were sent to Wangwu Mountain earlier.

"I didn't live in Luoyang for two days, but I lived in Yanshi for three days, when others don't know your thoughts? The reputation of the Jade True Temple will be ruined by you......"

Li Tengkong and Li Jilan didn't listen to Li Shiniang's rambling at all, they saw Xue Bai and his party coming over from a distance, and walked a while to look at the scenery.

It was windy in the wild, Li Jilan tidied up the hair that was blown up, raised her eyes, and said, "Hey, it's Xue Lang?" ”

"Huh?"

Li Tengkong turned his head, puzzled that he had met Xue Bai so coincidentally.

"He has a very close relationship with the Du sisters." Li Jilan said.

"Friends of life and death." Li Tengkong commented, "The Du family saved him, and he also saved the Du family." ”

The two looked at each other and saw that Du Yan was very sassy, and pulled the reins and wanted to come this way, but was stopped by Xue Bai, and they didn't know what to say, so Du Yan waved his hand to them, and led the people to the north with Du Yan.

When Xue Bai came over, Li Jilan couldn't help asking, "Erniang is coming to talk to us, how did Xue Lang stop him?" ”

"They're busy, I said just go, you won't mind."

"Well, of course I wouldn't mind." Li Jilan nodded vigorously, pinched her skirt, and asked, "Xue Lang can read the poem I wrote?" How? ”

"You usually seem to be happy, but the poems you write are sad, which is strange."

Li Jilan's poem is so good, she didn't get any incisive guidance, she only heard this casual answer, but she was not disappointed at all, and immediately responded: "Because I saw Xue Lang." ”

Fortunately, Li Tengkong understood her, did not misunderstand because of this sentence, and helped to make up for it.

"Of course I'm happy to reunite old friends."

Xue Bai is actually happy, the world is slow, and it is very rare to reunite after a long absence.

The three of them all smiled, as if they had returned to Chang'an, and the suburbs north of Yanshi County, which were not very beautiful, seemed to suddenly become interesting.

After chatting for a while, because Yang Qixuan and his wife were staring at him, and Xue Bai was busy with official business, he agreed to take them to Shouyang Mountain to play in a few days, and then left.

Li Jilan watched his figure walk away, and said: "In the past, I only felt that Xue Lang was talented, but now I know that he still has compassion for the people and can govern one side." ”

"Are you going to use all the words you can boast about?"

Li Tengkong responded, and saw a group of peasants passing by on the side of the road, several of whom were sick-looking, and hurriedly called for someone to summon them and give them medicine for medical treatment.

One of the little girls was only six or seven years old, and Huang Jian was already quite serious, so he asked her address again, and planned to practice medicine more often.

Li Shiniang was quite disgusted with these dirty peasants, and muttered in her heart that Li Tengkong wanted to stay in Yanshi for a few more days, and there was no need to use such a method.

Li Tengkong didn't think about it so much, reached out to wipe the stains on the little girl's face, and smiled softly: "When you get better, it's a beautiful ......."

~~

Xue Bai hadn't gone far yet, and glanced back inexplicably.

In sight, on the side of the potholed official road, Li Tengkong, who was wearing a lotus crown and a brocade blue feather skirt, was squatting in front of a dirty little lady.

The dust and smoke on the ground were blown by the wind several times, and her crown was also stained dirty, and she lost her noble temperament in the past.

But Xue Bai suddenly discovered that she was actually very beautiful......

"Brother? Brother? ”

Looking back, Xue Bai found that Xue Xian had come to him at some point.

"What?"

"Lao Liang has found a noble trace......"

It's going to be released in two chapters today, but the second chapter is going to be late, so let's watch it tomorrow morning~~

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