Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 18 Write-off
afternoon.

Neighboring villagers kept coming to Luo Feng's house. Everyone had heard that the eight people who were summoned to dig the river in Ji County had returned. They were lucky, and they said that they would come back when the two-month service period really expired. What's more, what's even more lucky is that when they came back, they actually captured the eighteen blue-faced ghosts and saved the county magistrate's daughter. Not everyone got a big reward.

Especially Xiao Wu of Luo Laizi's family, not only received an extra [-] pennies of white money from the county magistrate's daughter, but also was appreciated by the county magistrate to make up for the county's arrest job, and he will be prosperous in the future.

Even the village head and the head of the village, who were usually high above the others, rushed over and greeted them warmly and enthusiastically when they met.

You know, in the Sui Dynasty, one hundred households was one mile, and five hundred households was one township.The imperial power does not come down to the county, and in the townships outside the county seat, it is all maintained by the chiefs of the townships, and the chiefs of each township are basically selected by the patriarchs of the big clan or those powerful and wealthy.

These people are either from the wealthy family, or from the local wealthy families, or have relatives who are officials in the court. Which one is not usually high in the countryside, the real emperor of the land.

Even ordinary litigation disputes, as long as they are not criminal cases, are usually heard by the head of the township and then reported to the county government. Usually they are also responsible for the household registration and population registration of the township, the recruitment of school labor, and the maintenance of public order.

Now they all rushed to the door on their own initiative.

Luo's mother was afraid that Luo Feng's youth would offend these people, so she took him aside and explained carefully, saying that these people in the township are more effective than the county magistrate in the county, and they must not offend them. The length is exactly the largest of the few.

Luo Feng knew very well that the magistrate was not as good as the county magistrate, although it seemed that the village chief and the chief of the village seemed to be in charge of hundreds of people, but the power was indeed not small.For example, when Luo Feng is sixteen years old, according to the system, the land can be granted on an equal basis. As a rule, half of the land can be granted, that is to say, he can get fifty acres of land, ten acres of permanent land in spring, and forty acres of sub-fields. .

But in fact, the local township chiefs are responsible for reporting the actual situation in the distribution of land and land.For example, there are about sixty families in Nanshan Village, there must be about [-] adults, and dozens of underage middle-aged men. If real people are granted land according to the imperial court regulations, then Nanshan Village must have at least [-] households. Acres of land are enough.

But in fact, the total land in Nanshan Village is less than [-] mu, including slopes and mountains.Among the [-] mu of land, nearly [-]% belonged to a few landlords, leaving only about [-] mu of land.

But now there are nearly [-] men among men, and there are actually only about [-] mu of land to divide, and an average of only about [-] mu of land per ding.

Twenty acres for a young man sounds like a lot, but you have to know that Nanshan Village is at the foot of Mount Xiaotai, and most of the land is hillside dry land. This kind of land lacks fertilizer and water, so it can only be rotated to rest, and the farming technology is limited these days. , the yield is also low, the [-] mu of land is divided into three batches of field rotation, and only [-] mu of land is actually planted a year, and the yield per mu is less than one stone.

Because of this, with more people and less land, the division of land and granting land has become a very troublesome thing in the village in recent years.

And the township chiefs hold this right. Luo Feng is sixteen this year, and has already been recruited by the government to undertake hard labor, but he hasn't allocated any land yet.

Not only him, in fact, as early as many years ago, all middle-aged men no longer had the opportunity to share land when they reached the age of 21. Generally, only after they reached the age of [-] and became adults, they had the opportunity to share land evenly, and the distribution is getting more and more few.

Luo Feng's family has five adults and one middle-aged man, but his father and two eldest brothers have shared the land, and the remaining three have not yet shared a share of the land, because there is no land to share, and they have to wait in the village. There are Ding men who have reached the age of [-] and only have land to share.

A family lives on 20 mu of land, and so many people cultivate [-] mu of poor land, but the annual rent is paid in per cent, and the family has to pay five cents of rent, and each cent has to be served free of charge. [-] days of hard labor, now that Luo Feng has become a middle-aged man, he also has to pay half the rent and transfer, and serve half the mediocrity.

The land is scarce, but the rent and adjustment are mediocre, which greatly increases the burden on the Luo family. You must know that not all of the [-] mu of land is used to grow food, but a lot of it has to be used to grow mulberry trees and hemp, which are used to raise silkworms and weave silk. Cloth, in the imperial court's rent adjustment tax, not only grain, but also silk cloth must be paid.

Xiangzheng's surname is Li, they belong to the Li family in Nanshan Village, and they belong to the same village. It is of course unusual to be able to become Xiangzheng. Compared with Luo's family, Li Xiangzheng's family is very rich. Their family has money and land. There are only a dozen people in his family, but they own more than 1000 mu of land.

Originally, according to the system, each Ding could own up to 1000 mu of land, but Li Xiang had a way. He used money to get through the joints and obtained a lord. With this method, Li Xiangzheng was able to retain more than [-] acres of private land passed down by his family.

And ordinary people like Luo Feng and the others, even if they have money, can only buy a hundred acres of land at most, and if they buy a hundred acres of land, then the land granted by the imperial court before has to be returned, and ordinary people can only buy one hundred acres of land. It is a limit to own one hundred acres of land and cannot exceed it.

Li Xiangzheng owns a lot of land and a lot of land, with more than 1000 mu of land. There are also shops and restaurants in the county town. In addition, he has a wife and brother who joined the army in the county. With these, he became the township leader of Changbai Township.

The village chief's surname is Wang, but he is not from Nanshan Village, but from Wangzhuang next door.Wang Lichang's family is a big clan in Wangzhuang, with dozens of males, relying on this, he became Lizheng in Nanshan, managing about a hundred households in three villages including Nanshan Village and Wangzhuang.

"I just came back from the county. I heard that Brother Wulang has shown his prestige this time. The county magistrate greatly appreciated it. He made an exception and promoted you to be a fast catcher. Congratulations."

The township chief and the head of the village are low-level officials in the township, called county officials. They usually take turns to work in the county government and are responsible for assisting the subordinate officials in the county to manage local affairs. It's not small, and it saved the county magistrate's daughter, and won the county magistrate's favorite. It is said that even the new county magistrate admires Luo Feng very much.

"Actually, it was just a coincidence. It was my cousin who made the real contribution. Let me introduce to Li Xiangzheng and Wang Lizheng. This is Licheng Qinqiong and Qin Shubao who captured and killed the blue-faced eighteen ghost bandit leader. He is my uncle's cousin. He is now on the left. The Yiwei mansion is the guard, and the general came to protect the son and take the personal guard."

Xiangzheng and the head of the village came from the county seat, so they naturally found out how powerful this Qin Shubao was, and knew that he was from the Qin family in Licheng, so they bowed their hands very politely.

"The township chief and the head of the village came just in time. My Luo family owed a lot of foreign debts before, and now I have received some rewards from the county for catching thieves. I plan to use the rewards to pay off the debt first, and ask the two to do it for me. a testimony."

Li Xiangzheng and Wang Lichang were polite, and finally saw Luo Feng took out strings of Yangzhou white money, so they nodded in agreement.

The repayment of the money went smoothly. There were two township chiefs as witnesses and chairmen. They invited all the creditors, and then took out the IOUs, settled the principal and interest, repaid the money with one hand, tore up the IOUs with the other hand, and wrote it off.

Strings of copper coins were taken out, IOUs were brought back one by one, and then they were torn up and burned into ashes in the furnace. All this was carried out under the witness of the two township chiefs and many neighboring villagers.

After all the debts of nearly [-] years were paid off, Luo Mu couldn't help but let out a long sigh, feeling a burst of relief in her heart.

Li Xiang, who was in his early fifties, was looking at the ten strings of copper coins recovered under his feet, and his face became more and more smiling. Let me tell you, you are now sixteen years old, and your household registration has been corrected to be a middle-aged man. Before that, you went to Ji County to dig Liangyue River to serve as a slave, and now you are going to the county government to be a catcher. Wang Lichang and I After discussing it, I will give you [-] mu of land."

This is an unexpected good thing. As the saying goes, people carry people in flowery sedan chairs, and sending charcoal in the snow is rare. There are indeed more things that are icing on the cake.

"Is there any land to divide now?" Luo Feng asked with a smile.

"This year, there are a few young men who have turned [-], and they have returned their rations according to the regulations. But you also know that Nanshan, Changbai Township, has always been crowded with people and land is scarce. In order to make up for the [-] acres of land, Wang Lichang and I have spent a lot of money." Brainstorming."

"Xiao Wu understands, thank you both."

The middle-aged men in Nanshan Village haven’t been allocated land for many years. Even Cheng Ding was only allocated ten acres of land at the beginning. If he has a good relationship with the head of the village and shows filial piety, it will be possible to make up another ten acres in a few years. But [-] acres will be the top.

Now that Luo Feng is only 16 years old, he was allocated [-] mu of land in no time.

Xiao Liu suddenly asked, "My fifth brother has divided the land, so do my third and fourth brothers have any land?"

Li Xiangzheng and Wang Lichang who asked this question could only laugh.

"You two, my sixth brother has always been a bit confused, so don't worry about it."

The two nodded and gave Luo Feng the land. That was special care. Knowing that he had just saved the county magistrate's daughter, and was appreciated by the county magistrate and the county magistrate, he was about to become a regular arrester of the county government's fast squad. He also got in touch with the Qin family in Licheng again, which gave Luo Feng some face, and specially collected [-] mu of land for him.

If they were to share the land with Luo Lao San and Luo Lao Si, they would be in trouble, not to say that they would not be able to get the land at all, but such a thing would break the old rules, which is always bad.

"It's okay, Wulang, we are from the same village and in the same place, and we will all work in the county government in the future, so we should take care of each other more." Li Xiangzheng said with a smile while supporting Xu.

"That's that, I'm a junior, even if I work as an errand in the county government, I'm still a backward person, and I'll have to count on the two helpers in the future."

"Definitely." The two of them were very satisfied when they saw Luo Feng being so upbeat.

"You don't have to worry about the division of land between your third and fourth brothers. Wang Li and I are discussing it later, and we will always find ways to get some land for them to distribute to them first."

"Then Xiao Wu is here to thank the two of you in advance!"

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