Fast Travel: Being a Cannon Fodder Heroine Was Spoiled

Chapter 10
Luan Hu was very fast, and he brought back a lot of people not long after he went back. A group of people rushed out to move things.

The bandits on the other side were tied together, and most of them had already come to their senses. Seeing this scene, they yelled and cursed wildly, but unfortunately, no one responded to them.

The bandits had already been caught, so Zhao Yanhuan left someone to guard them, and went straight back to Qipai Village. Counting the time, the corvee workers should be back.

Sure enough, when Zhao Yanhuan returned to Qipai Village, he saw his mother Li Qing waiting at the fence.

Seeing Zhao Yanhuan, Li Qing heaved a sigh of relief, and said to Zhao Yanhuan: "The corvee workers have escaped back, and they are in the No. [-] village."

Zhao Yanhuan nodded, and said, "It's good that the person is back, and the next step is to deal with the county magistrate. This is easy."

Although Zhao Yanhuan has a lot of land in his hands, there are too many refugees who come to seek refuge, and the land on Zhao Yanhuan's face alone is not enough to arrange.

So Zhao Yanhuan found a few valleys in the mountains that could be farmed, built seven cottages from No. [-] to No. [-], and arranged for refugees.

As for the escape from corvee, there is also a reason for it. Originally, Qipai Village has always spent money to redeem corvee.

But this year, the emperor was in a hurry to cultivate the palace, so he conscripted three waves of corvee in one year.

For the first two times, people were allowed to redeem corvees, but for the third time, people were not allowed to spend money to redeem corvees. The emperor was rich and powerful, and he looked down on this little money.

Moreover, in order for those who served the corvee to arrive in time, several severe criminal laws were added to punish the people who did not serve the corvee, which were basically capital offenses.

Even the officials in charge of issuing corvee will be punished for failing to do so, and this punishment is very severe.

The imperial court issued corvee, and they took care of their own travel expenses and food. Just traveling was enough for many people to go bankrupt.

When they went to the local corvee, ten people went and five returned, and the dead piled up to fill the sea.

But to the emperor, these dead people were not even as good as ants.

Sometimes Zhao Yanhuan has to admire, the people's endurance is really too strong, so they don't rebel like this, really spoiling the emperor.

The people who escaped from the corvee came back, Zhao Yanhuan didn't even take a break, so he rushed to Village No. [-] to appease these people.

Although before departure, Zhao Yanhuan had already made all kinds of preparations, brought food and clothes, and told them how to escape corvee.

The petty officials who escorted the corvee were all from Zhao Yanhuan's family, and his family made arrangements early to escape back with the corvée.

Everything is in order, but it is inevitable to be nervous along the way. She went, which will help these people stabilize their minds.

Go up from the mountain at the foot of Qipai Village, and after crossing two mountains, you will find an open valley, which is No. [-] Village.

It was snowing heavily in winter, and it was not easy to climb over these two mountains, so Zhao Yanhuan only brought Luan Hu along.

Thousands of people lived in Village No. [-]. In order to ensure food rations, the mountains on both sides were reclaimed into terraced fields by Zhao Yanhuan.

When Zhao Yanhuan and Luan Hu arrived at the place, they saw the people who had escaped from the corvée waiting for a fire together at the entrance of the valley.

Seeing Zhao Yanhuan, these people cheered and came over.

"It's the village chief, the village chief is here to see us!"

"The village chief is indeed here, village chief, we are back!"

"Village Chief, Village Chief!"

The big guys happily surrounded Zhao Yanhuan and pushed Luan Hu aside.

A group of people chatted in a hurry, but there were too many people talking, Zhao Yanhuan couldn't hear anything clearly, and was dizzy from the noise.

Zhao Yanhuan hastily stretched out her hand to press her. The villagers got used to her gesture and immediately stopped talking.

After finally calming down, Zhao Yanhuan asked, "It's so cold, why are you all here?"

One of the villagers immediately said: "Yan Dianshi asked us to come. He said that if you knew we were coming back, you would definitely come to see us immediately."

Another villager patted his head foolishly, and said, "Actually, we were in a panic. We wanted to see the village chief, but we were always restless. That's why Yan Dianshi told us to come here to wait for you."

Yan Dianshi's real name is Yan Hua, he is the history of the county government, and he is also a talent who has been missed by Zhao Yanhuan for several years.

Yan Hua has been the county government official history for seven years. The previous county magistrate was a waste, so he handles the entire county government affairs.

At that time, Niumo County was very stable, and the people's life was easy.

However, when the county magistrate came to serve, Gai Xiong, a county magistrate from an aristocratic family, came, and Yan Hua, who used to have an overview of the power of the county government, became a thorn in Gai Xiong's side and was marginalized.

Otherwise, a dignified history, how could it not be his turn to escort the corvee people.

When Gai Xiong marginalized Yan Hua, Zhao Yanhuan kept showing favor to Yan Hua and throwing olive branches. Yan Hua also became Zhao Yanhuan's person a year ago.

The corvee service this time was also because of Yan Hua in Zhao Yanhuan's presence so he dared to let everyone escape so boldly.

Yan Hua lived up to expectations and completed the task very well. He first used his contacts to become the person in charge of managing Qipai Village to serve the villagers.

Afterwards, he led the villagers to escape, avoided the officers and soldiers from all walks of life, returned safely to Qipai Village, and entered No. [-] Village to hide. Everything went very smoothly.

Although these corvée escaped back, they were very tense, mainly because they were worried that the government would cause trouble after they returned.

You must know that for evading corvee, not only you will be punished, but your whole family will be punished as a crime, which is equivalent to years of corvee service.

At this moment, they urgently need to see Zhao Yanhuan, the village head.

Zhao Yanhuan also knew what they were worried about, and directly comforted him: "You can stay here at ease, I have already thought of a countermeasure for the government's affairs."

"Don't worry too much. If you are worried, just wait until the matter is settled and let your family come to see you. Just tell you."

With just a few simple words, these anxious people were calmed down.

Zhao Yanhuan was their backbone, and they were used to nothing that couldn't be solved as long as Zhao Yanhuan was around.

When Zhao Yanhuan told them that everything was fine, they believed it and felt at ease.

After appeasing these people, Zhao Yanhuan went to see Yan Hua.

Yan Hua didn't wait at the entrance of the valley, but was inside the house. He looked a bit frail.

Yan Hua's stature is not tall, and his face and temperament are very peaceful. When he looks at him, he feels reliable.

In fact, Yan Hua is indeed very reliable. Seeing Zhao Yanhuan, Yan Hua got up and said with a smile, "Yan Hua has met the lord, this time I am lucky to live up to my fate."

Yan Hua is a smart person, and the only one who discovered Zhao Yanhuan's intentions.

So he hesitated for a long time before, but after deciding to follow Zhao Yanhuan, he immediately corrected his mentality, gave Zhao Yanhuan a lot of ideas, and helped Zhao Yanhuan deal with many things that other people could not handle.

Zhao Yanhuan hastily stretched out his hand to support Yan Hua who was about to salute, and said, "Mr. Yan has worked so hard this time, is there a place where your body can't take it?"

Yan Hua laughed: "Thanks to the care of the lord, but the subordinate is fine, the wife has already seen the doctor for the subordinate before."

(End of this chapter)