Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 183

Ma Sanlang was released from prison, and the people rejoiced.

Looking at his wounded son, Ma Li in Yiheli was crying bitterly while holding his son, and the people surrounding them were also crying.

As the chief hero in rescuing Ma Sanlang, the simple people also expressed their gratitude to Zhang Duanyang.

It's just that Zhang Duanyang's muscles are really a bit off-limits to strangers, and everyone just surrounds him, not daring to lift Zhang Duanyang up like they were welcoming Ma Sanlang.

The people gathered at the gate of the governor's mansion to celebrate this hard-won victory. When Ma Sanlang returned to Yiheli, Li Daoyuan visited Ma Sanlang at night.

Seeing Zhang Duanyang, Ma Sanlang was about to kneel down and salute, but was dragged up by Zhang Duanyang.

Li Daoyuan said on the side: "This time Sanlang was able to be saved, the main reason is that Sanlang would rather die than submit. If you confess in the cell, everything will be over."

Ma Sanlang is a naive guy, he rubbed his head and said: "My elder brother died under the hands of the Tibetans, and I was never convinced when he said that I was collaborating with the Tibetans, that's what made me stand up. "

Seeing Ma Sanlang's body covered with bruises and bruises, Ma Lichang burst into tears again.

Li Daoyuan said: "But Sanlang, you are released from prison, how will the people in Yiheli live until the end of the year?"

Chief Mali sighed and said, "Each household has enough grain to last until autumn, and now less than half of the land has been designated as a horse farm. The remaining harvest will starve in winter."

Ma Sanlang pulled his father and asked, "Aye, how is Qingmiao?"

The head of the village cried and said: "The young crops have been trampled down by the officers and soldiers."

Ma Sanlang clenched his fists and said: "What kind of officers and soldiers are these! They are bandit soldiers! Bandit soldiers!"

Li Daoyuan saw that the relationship between the two father and son was almost brewing, so he said: "This is to change the horse into a mulberry. The government has arranged the land of the horse farm and planted mulberry seedlings, and then sold it to those wealthy and powerful families. In the end, it is their people who will make a fortune. "

After all, Chief Mali is also the chief of Yiheli, he naturally understands these key points, he nodded and said: "It is said that the land will be arranged and sold, but how can we small people have the money to buy land?"

Speaking of this, Ma Sanlang stood up staggeringly and said: "These dog officials! Anyway, they will starve to death in winter, so why not turn against the mother now!"

Chief Ma Li hurriedly grabbed his son and said, "Speak carefully! Speak carefully! You rebellious son has healed up and forgot the pain. If you hadn't been reckless and impulsive, your benefactor would not have suffered such punishment!"

Only then did Ma Sanlang stop cursing, he just sat on the ground and sulked.

Seeing his son's injuries, Chief Mali couldn't bear it. He said, "Listen to what benefactor has to say."

Ma Sanlang quickly said: "Grandfather, can you please help us and save more than 100 people in Yiheli? It's not just Yiheli. I heard in the cell that there are dozens of miles in Ganzhou. It was designated by the government to occupy the land of the racecourse."

Li Daoyuan said: "Sanlang is right. You can't survive the winter just by saving money on food and clothing."

The Ma family father and son looked at Li Daoyuan in surprise. They all knew that Li Daoyuan and his party were the messengers of King Jianning, and they were also from the government, but he said such words.

Regardless of the surprised eyes of the two father and son, Li Daoyuan continued: "People in Ganzhou want to save themselves. It is not enough to rely on other people's conscience to find out, and they have to rely on themselves."

"On their own?"

Li Daoyuan said: "To protect your own fields, of course you have to rely on everyone. Is it possible to expect those high-ranking officials to find out with their conscience?"

Ma Sanlang was young and impulsive, he immediately asked: "Grandfather, please give us a trick, we will definitely do as you say!"

Chief Mali was a little worried, but they saved his son's life, so they let him go.

Li Daoyuan then said: "This lawsuit has made Sanlang famous among the people of Ganzhou, so we want you to stand out and organize a mutual aid association."

Mutual aid?
Ma Sanlang looked at Li Daoyuan suspiciously, this was another new word he had never heard before.

Li Daoyuan said: "Mutual aid naturally means watching and helping each other. This time Sanlang got off the hook, and the common people know that you were arrested by the government for changing a horse into a mulberry. There must be people in every village who can't survive because of changing a horse into a mulberry." people."

Chief Ma Li frowned and said: "But changing the horse to a mulberry is an order from the imperial court, and the land of the Qingzhang Racecourse is an order from the governor's office. We just set up this mutual aid association. Can we stop the government?"

Wu Chudao, governor of Ganzhou, is a shrewd man. The area he designated for converting horses into mulberry land in each li is about [-]% to [-]% of the land in a li.

These people who have been occupied by the land will not be unable to live immediately. No matter how resentful they are, there are very few who dare to stand up like Ma Sanlang.

Looking at the simple and honest faces of the Ma family father and son, Li Daoyuan can only feel that these farmers are really the most honest people in the world.

As long as there is still a morsel of food to survive, they will not rebel. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Huang Chao raised his arms, and the people all over the world responded. How did the people of Tang Dynasty live at that time?
Li Daoyuan said with a smile: "It is an imperial court's order to change horses into mulberry trees, but your land in Yiheli is not a horse farm, and the government will take it forcibly, so let's just forget it?"

Ma Sanlang said with righteous indignation: "Of course I can't let that dog official get his wish!"

Li Daoyuan said: "My patriarch Shang Jianning was ordered to be in charge of Longyou. There is a problem with changing the horse to Sang. Naturally, His Highness can take care of it."

Hearing the words King Jianning, the eyes of the Ma family father and son lit up.

They knelt down again and said to Li Daoyuan: "Please benefactor, please help us and tell His Highness, save our people in Ganzhou!"

Li Daoyuan and Zhang Duanyang supported the two of them and said: "Your Highness is far away in Guazhou, and this distance cannot quench your thirst. When His Highness asks about this matter, your land has already been sold, and His Highness will have nothing to do by then."

The head of Mali and Ma Saburo were all at a loss.

Zhou Shi said: "The people who bought the land were rich and powerful families with backgrounds. They spent money to buy the land from the Governor's Mansion. Even His Highness would have a hard time getting them to spit out the land they bought."

Chief Mali immediately understood the key points. If the land was sold, it would be regarded as the emperor's intervention, and it would be extremely difficult to get the people who really paid for the land to spit it out.

If you want to mess up this matter, you must stop them before the land is sold.

Li Daoyuan said: "I only have one way, and that is to procrastinate!"

"Drag until His Highness is able to reach out and ask about Ganzhou's affairs. At that time, you can bring your genealogy to His Highness to file a lawsuit and get back your land."

"If it is not delayed until this time, the land has already been sold by the Governor's Mansion, and it will not be easy to get it back!"

Ma Sanlang immediately said: "I understand, this mutual aid association is here to prevent these dog officials from selling land!"

Li Daoyuan nodded and said: "That's right, our Mutual Aid Association is not going to kill officials and rebel, or let you delay and change horses into mulberry, so as to make time for His Highness."

Li Daoyuan looked directly into Ma Sanlang's eyes and said: "Sanlang, this road is not easy to walk, are you sure you want to go?"

Ma Sanlang immediately said: "Engong, my life was saved by Engong, at worst, I will risk my life!"

Li Daoyuan said: "To establish this mutual aid association, you must have your reputation. Tomorrow, we will go to the next few miles to explain the establishment of the mutual aid association to everyone, and get the mutual aid association up as soon as possible!"

In the next few days, Li Daoyuan and his party took Ma Sanlang to several miles near Yiheli.

Sure enough, with the name of Ma Sanlang, the affairs of the Mutual Aid Association went smoothly. In a few days, more than 20 lis near the Shandan Racecourse joined the Mutual Aid Association.

Zhangye City, Ganzhou Governor's Mansion.

Zhang Hun hurried into the study of Wu Chudao, governor of Ganzhou.

"Brother-in-law! This bandit has attacked the scribe who went out of the city to measure the land again!"

Wu Chudao stood up and said angrily: "Didn't you let the cavalry from the barracks outside the city follow this time? Why did something happen again!"

Zhang Hun said with a sad face: "I followed, but the cavalry walked fast, and the scribes walked slowly. When the cavalry went to replenish water by the river, the scribes were attacked. They were all stripped of their clothes and hung in the water." Several people on the tree were frightened and refused to go out of the city!"

Zhang Hun wants to cry but has no tears. Whether it is changing horses into mulberry or occupying the land of the people, it must be beautiful on the books.

Those lands need to be sold, and how these lands are divided into several pieces to sell, all of which need to be cleared by the scribes.

All the scribes of Cao, a householder in the governor's office, were dispatched, and Zhang Hun borrowed a few stewards who could write and count from the big families in the city.

Originally, these things were going well, but bandits suddenly broke out outside Zhangye City.

This group of masked gangsters who claimed to be Ma Bandits came and went without a trace, and every time they took advantage of the scribes leaving the city, they would be attacked by Ma Bandits immediately.

But these bandits didn't kill people, they robbed the scribes of their belongings, and they would strip them naked and put them back.

After doing it a few times, Hucao's scribes gradually refused to leave the city.

Zhang Hun could only report to Wu Chudao, Wu Chudao became angry and sent cavalry from outside the city to guard the scribes out of the city.

But I didn't expect to be robbed by these gangsters after leaving the city for half a day.

Zhang Hun said with a bitter face: "Brother-in-law, even the land of the racecourse has not been cleared, let alone the land behind, you have to make up your mind, the big families in Zhangye City have urged me several times!"

Wu Chudao calmed down and said, "The law and order in Ganzhou is good. Besides, how can there be gangsters who would specifically rob the government's team? Someone must be deliberately blocking the transformation of the horse into a mulberry!"

Zhang Hun also nodded and said: "Brother-in-law, I heard that Ma Sanlang organized some kind of mutual aid association with the common people! I already said that guy is a traitor, so I shouldn't have let him go!"

Wu Chudao said: "Capture the thief first and capture the king first. Pass on my order to send out the whole battalion of cavalry outside the city to sweep Yiheli! As long as you find evidence that Ma Sanlang attacked the officers and soldiers, this time it is King Jianning who is here." , I want to kill Ma Sanlang's family too!"

(End of this chapter)