The late Ming Dynasty in the living room

Chapter 144 Fang Yu comes to Hongjiacun

He handed the chopsticks to others and hurriedly ordered: "Call the second master (county magistrate) and the master, and we will go to meet Mr. Fang together."

Before leaving, he glanced at the villagers and found that a few villagers were wearing particularly ragged clothes, and the clothes they had been given to them had been secretly changed out of them at some point. In arms.

Min Wen Gong became angry, pointed at those people and said angrily: "Hurry up and ask some people to change their clothes, and then collect all their rags. You are not allowed to return them before the time comes!"

Fang Yu left a few people to accompany Axiu to ride horses. He, his second year of high school students, and accompanying Luo Shangwen had already set foot on the Rainbow Bridge.

The bridge that Teacher Pan cut out with a mobile phone case is very spacious. According to the proportions of later generations, it is already comparable to the width of a two-way two-lane. Even if there will be more and more people here in the future, it will become more and more prosperous - this is for sure , the big families in the city are not blind. They will soon come here to build shops, restaurants, and hotels. The riverside + new city + county seat will be connected to form a large urban area, and the scale of the city will exceed Fucheng Qingyuan - whether this bridge is for carriages or for crossing It can handle both sedans and sedans, and there is no need to consider repair and maintenance issues like other bridges in ancient times.

In fact, there are two bridges here now. The semicircle that Teacher Pan drew was so deep and wide that there was no way to backfill it in a short time, so Teacher Pan conveniently built another bridge there this morning.

Fang Yu crossed the first bridge and immediately smelled a strong smell of blood. He knew that the bandits were hacked to death here. He heard that Luo Shangwen hacked to death seven or eight people alone, and another The bandit leader named Han Sanjie was chopped more than a hundred times by him. When the county officials finally came to deal with it, Han Sanjie couldn't put it together anymore.

This Luo Shangwen was holding Axiu's horse with a smile just now. He seemed to be a gentle and good uncle. Who knew that he turned out to be a murderer? Fang Yu couldn't help but take a few more glances at Luo Shangwen and found that his face was calm, but from time to time he would raise his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead. It was obvious that he was actually very nervous in his heart.

Because it's actually quite cool by the river, and the sun isn't too bright today.

Fang Yu walked across the second bridge and saw a group of people approaching in a hurry. The leader was the county magistrate Min Wen Gong.

Fang Yu's impression of Min Wen Gong was that he was a handsome middle-aged man who acted with dignity and was particularly particular about his appearance.

But what's going on now? Min Wen Gong's face was full of worry, his green official uniform was dirty, and his beautiful beard was not well taken care of. There were some knots on it, and there were a lot of pyrotechnic ashes on it.

"Min Wen Gong has met Young Master Fang!"

When he arrived in front of Fang Yu, Min Wen Gong bowed without saying a word.

"Min Wen Gong was incompetent in controlling his subordinates and was incompetent in governing the situation, which led to the evil bandit Huo Huo causing trouble in the village and poisoning the villagers. For this reason, he also disturbed Mr. Fang, who is his parents (the chief official, referring to himself) and the subordinate officials of Laishui County Government. It is a crime that Mr. Fang actually came to Hongjia Village in person. Min Wen and Gong were extremely ashamed and... really frightened. "

Min Wenggong raised his sleeves and covered his eyes to show that he had no face to see others. He recited the words of apology... um, no, it was "said" at the end, and his tone became choked.

Fang Yu was actually not as unhappy as they thought.

In troubled times, there are many bandits, and it is impossible to eradicate them all. In later generations, with the executive power of the people's government and the fighting power of the people's army, it would take decades for the suppression to be completed. Therefore, it is normal for these scumbags in the Ming Dynasty to be unable to guard against the bandits.

Fang Yu stretched out his hand to help Min Wen Gong up, gave him a few words of sincere persuasion, and then walked hand in hand to the wheat field in the village. The subordinate officials who followed saw the county minister frequently wiping his eyes, and there happened to be a big patch on the sleeve he was wiping his eyes with. Only then did they fully understand that the county minister had behaved like this today. I've calculated that Young Master Fang is coming. (If you don’t have a bright mind, no wonder you can only be a clerk but not an official)
Min Wen and Gong talked all the way, and Fang Yu listened and looked. Compared with the villages of later generations, this Hongjia Village was really small, with less than a hundred households and a total population of more than 300 people.

This time the bandits entered the village. Because Teacher Pan took action in time, not many of them died (one family was killed because they were reluctant to leave their broken pieces behind), but most of the houses in the village were destroyed by fire (the mud houses were Afraid of being roasted by fire (they will crack and collapse when exposed to heat), and the crops in the fields were just turning yellow, and the fire combined with the night wind almost completely burned the crops.

If there is no long-term assistance from the government or others, they will definitely not survive.

The villagers looked at a young man being surrounded and walked over, their eyes blank.

They saw the county official holding the young man's arm, but his body was deliberately lowered and he never dared to take a step forward. They saw the fierce-looking General Luo following closely behind him, just like a boy from a wealthy family.

Behind him were the second master of the Yamen and many official officials. There were many tall soldiers (Governor's pacesetters) wearing Mingguang armor who looked very capable. There was also a team of people wearing big-brimmed hats, red armbands, and blue clothes who lined up neatly... These people were all walking behind, just like the servants of a wealthy family!
The villagers were sitting or squatting on the ground, but now they all stood up hesitantly.

There were also children at home who were making noise, and the adults covered their mouths with their hands.

They don't have much knowledge, but they know that this young man's status is very noble! What is such a noble person doing here? They couldn't understand, and because of this, they felt very uneasy.

They didn't dare to look up at anyone, only Hong Qi stared at the young man.

After a while, he finally announced categorically (in a low voice) to the villagers: "That is Fang Dong's family in the new city!"

ah? There was a sudden commotion among the quiet crowd.

Hong Laoqi had actually met Fang Dong's family. He said that the young man was from Fang Dong's family, so he was definitely not wrong. The villagers immediately stopped hiding and were no longer afraid. They suddenly became noisy, and they all stretched their necks to get a closer look at Fang Dong's house.

That was Fang Dong's family in Xincheng, so how could they be afraid?

In their hearts, Fang Dong's family is the same as Lady Pan in heaven, they are very compassionate and come specifically to rescue poor people like them.

Fang Yu also noticed the noise of the villagers, but he did not want to "say a few words" when he saw the crowd like some leaders.

In fact, he was still a little nervous about speaking in public just like he was in school... Therefore, he did not move closer to comfort the villagers, he just smiled at them, and then looked at the big pots .

(End of this chapter)