Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 130 Zhao Zhi
The first day of September is the day when the army is scheduled to go out.Before that, Shao Shude still had a few days to spend with his family.

In April, when the grasslands were marched north, it took more than a month to go there.A while ago, I went out to Suizhou to inspect the farmland, met with Li Xiaochang, and then met with Yeli, Zhemashan and other Dangxiang tribe leaders, and I went out for another half a month.The next step is to attack Youzhou. I don't know how long it will take. I really spend less time with my family.

But there is also a good thing recently, that is, more and more people come to seek refuge, such as the Tianshui Zhao family.

Zhao Zhi just bought a house in the city today, with five or six houses, a well, and several jujube trees.Because of the location, the homeowner set a price of 35 yuan, which was beyond his expectation, it was so expensive!
The owner of the house also told him the truth. Now many people have moved into the city and are buying houses everywhere.For example, the Song family of Xihe, more than 200 people came here at once, and bought more than ten large houses.Another example is the Qiu Clan of the Supervising Army, who is close to the King of Lingwu County. A few young people came from Guanzhong a few days ago and were looking for houses in the city.As soon as the news spread, the price of the house rose sharply overnight, everyone is not a fool!
Zhao Zhi could only smile wryly at this.I wanted to buy a cheap house outside the city, but considering that I had already obtained a job as a field magistrate in the shogunate, it was not suitable.However, Zhao Yu, the younger sister of her family, took good care of her relatives, and sent someone to send fifty coins, saying that this was her salary for writing official letters for the King of Lingwu County, so she could take it at ease.

Zhao Zhi was astonished by this, and after inquiring again, it turned out that the king of Lingwu County seldom wrote official letters, and they were all written by his two concubines.One is the daughter of the Feng family in Hezhong, and the other is the younger sister of the own family, which is known to almost everyone in the shogunate.Some old people who have been Liao Zuo all their lives admired Feng and Zhao's handwriting, and made fun of their king's dog-like handwriting without any trace.

Drafting official letters, this is the job of the Secretary Jiedu.There are so few people available in the hands of the King of Lingwu County?Zhao Zhi thought about it, maybe it's time to write a letter to the family, and let more people from the clan come to Xiazhou.

The Feng family in Hezhong is comparable to their Zhao family in Tianshui, and has produced many talents since the dynasty.Now the shogunate of King Lingwu seems to have very few talents and many vacancies. If you come first, you will be able to occupy the position first.As the saying goes, step by step, step by step, this matter can't be careless.

Today was his first day in office. After he arrived at Cao Si, his colleagues knew his background and were very polite. Even Wu Lian, his immediate boss, the shogunate marching commander, came to talk to him.

Zhao Zhi was born in a big family, so of course he is able to handle it with ease.The whole morning was spent between exchanging greetings and walking around, and in the afternoon, the Kongmu officer below brought over a stack of official letters and handed them over to him for review.

The judge of the camp field is responsible for all the farm affairs in the town.In Xiazhou, he may have to manage the ranch. He is one of Wu Lian's three judges and holds real power.

Considering the separatism of the feudal towns at this time, the power of the shogunate often overrides the state capital, and the shogunate officials occupy a large number of officials in the state. Therefore, the affairs of the people in the town are actually managed by him, and the states and counties often dare not specialize.

Zhao Zhi's official is Youzhou Recorder to join the army, which is meaningless, it's just a basis for him to be paid.

Zhao Zhi sat in the yamen all afternoon, and didn't finish printing a lot of land deeds until the sun was setting.

Title deeds were issued to the sergeants.Because the commander-in-chief allocated land to the sergeants in Suizhou in the early years, and now he has moved to Xiazhou, the Tielin Army and Wuwei Army were also incorporated into the Yamen Army, rather than existing as the Outer Town Army.Therefore, many sergeants applied to exchange [-] acres of land in Suizhou to Xiazhou, and their families moved to Xiazhou to live.

The commander-in-chief naturally followed suit.It just so happens that Xiazhou has also opened up some land now, either the pastures that were previously occupied by the imperial court, or the farmland that has resumed farming after clearing the silted irrigation canals.As long as the sergeants don't rush forward and ask for a replacement, it's still too late to do it slowly.

Seeing that Judge Zhao had finished his work, several driving officers in Cao Sili stepped forward with a wink, put these land deeds into a wooden box, locked them up, and distributed them to the soldiers in the future.

When they walked out of the Yamen of the Jiedushi, there was almost only a glimmer of light left in the sky.

The city was in a mess, and many soldiers lived in it.He saw Sicang judge Chen Yishen leading a group of officers and envoys walking around the barracks, talking to the generals, probably asking them what they needed.

"This is the Wuwei Army?" Zhao Zhi looked up at the banner and confirmed that it was General Lu's men.

"I'm going to beat Tuoba Sigong..." Zhao Zhi shook his head, thinking that his sister-in-law's desire for power is really scary.Nowadays, in all the feudal towns in the world, which one is not a small army head under the head of the army?It is estimated that it is better in Hedong and other places. It is more standardized. The foreign town army cannot interfere in local civil affairs.
After walking slowly home, my wife has already prepared dinner, and my two sons have just finished reading.Zhao Zhi nodded, and was about to say something, but he heard a burst of footsteps outside the street, as well as officers shouting and cursing.

Zhao Zhi turned around and saw a bearded man with his head up and looking in. Seeing his master looking at him, he smiled and retracted his head again.

Zhao Zhi was courageous, so he went out to find this man and chatted with him.

There were several people beside the man, all sitting cross-legged on the ground, with quilt bags, beard cakes, and water bags beside him, and someone even leaned a shoulder pole against the wall of his house.

"We are private households in Yinzhou, and we were conscripted by the commander to be teachers. Tuoba Sigong is about to be recruited. We are short of manpower, and we have fought wars again. The governor of Song conscripted thousands of people at one go, and sent them all over. It's gone." The man said while biting the mustache.

"Ever fought?" Zhao Zhi thought quickly, and he figured it out all at once: "Are you Chaozhong?"

"It's all old and old." The man chewed the dry and hard beard cakes, and said vaguely: "I followed the Yellow King across the north and south, ah no, it was the Yellow Thieves! Later, I was defeated by Commander Shao in Sanyuan in a battle. He became a prisoner. The commander-in-chief, benevolent, did not kill us. After opening irrigation canals in Suizhou for two years, he was sent to Yinzhou. These brothers and I are both from Kaiguang County, and now they live on rented farm land. Almost two years."

Zhao Zhi also read a lot of documents on military farms today, so he suddenly became interested and asked, "How much land did you rent?"

"Thirty acres." The man took a sip of water and swallowed the mustache in his throat, and then said: "My wife, plus one and a half adults, rent farm cattle issued by the county, barely Fool it."

"Half child?"

Several fellow villagers around burst into laughter.The man's face was also a little red, and he said angrily, "Hu Erlang, dare to laugh at you to death again! Li Yaolang, forget who saved your life when you attacked Jiangling? Smile, laugh!"

Zhao Zhi also understood at this time, and said with a smile: "But those prairie girls brought back by the commander?"

"Isn't it!" Speaking of this matter, the man also had some resentment: "The appearance is quite upright, the buttocks are big, and he can give birth. He just doesn't know how to farm! Before I took the knife to kill people, I was also in Yunzhou After planting for seven or eight years, no matter how you teach this stupid woman, it’s not easy to learn! But it’s okay to take care of the livestock, that’s all, I’m a little tired, it’s nothing.”

"Are those cows usable?"

"It's not easy to use. I have a bad temper. It takes a lot of work to cultivate the land. My family is not bad. Some people's cattle can't plow the land at all. The government reduced the rent to [-] yuan, but it is still a loss. This cow, you need it Playing a little practice. The cattle brought back from the grassland are used to being wild, so they don't obey!"

"How's the harvest this year?"

"I collected less than forty dendrobium and wheat, and handed over [-]% to the public, and the rest is my own. Last year, I didn't pay taxes, but this year I registered a household, so I have to pay taxes."

"Can you survive?"

"It should be possible." The man smiled and said, "I used a knife to kill people, but it's just that I can't live on?"

"Did you plant anything else after the autumn harvest?"

"I planted some beans, and I can reap fifty or sixty catties per mu." Speaking of this, the man's face faintly showed worry.I don't know how long this battle will last. If they have no time to rush home to collect the beans, it's probably too late.However, there are rumors in the army that the commander-in-chief promised to reward his masters with four sheep each. If this is true, it is not a loss.After all, the family is not empty, and the mother-in-law and children can help harvest the beans.

Zhao Zhi could see that the former Chao soldier had a tangle in his heart.Although he has been scolding his wife for being stupid and not knowing how to farm, it can be seen that he is still willing to pay for the family.The commander-in-chief marched north to the grasslands, and took in more than [-] women and children, all of which were distributed to the nest. Now it seems that it has indeed played a calming effect.

Maybe this Chaozhong is still a little nostalgic for his hometown Yunzhou, but after his child was born, he grew up in Yinzhou, so Yinzhou is his hometown.Isn't that the so-called rooting on the ground, spreading branches and leaves?
Just as he was feeling emotional, a group of rangers passed by on the street, they should be state soldiers under Wang Yu's command.

They looked at the wives lying all over the ground with vigilant eyes, and the leading officer also said: "It's good if you don't let you live outside the city, don't make trouble!"

"Bah!" After the state soldiers walked away, the man spat and said, "Wang Yu is also a descendant, but the generals under him are so fierce, they don't care about the kindness of the past."

"They are all handsome people, so why should they be separated from each other." Zhao Zhi said with a smile: "Do you need to get some felt blankets for you? These things are very cheap, and I bought several in one breath."

"No need." The man waved his hand and said, "There is a quilt bag issued by the official, which smells like stocks, but let's make do with it. It's not a cold winter, so we can get through it."

Zhao Zhi nodded with a smile, and then went back to the house.He could tell that the commander had a high prestige in the town and could restrain his subordinates.Changed to other feudal towns, even if the husband and the people are strong, they often disturb the people.These hives seem to have been cleaned up almost, and the hearts of the people are on the commander's side.In the battle against Tuoba Sigong, the chances of winning are very high!

　Typhoon today, add a new chapter.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)