Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

Chapter 231 Her and His Choice
No matter how many people Yang Zheng can attract, she must make preparations first.

Otherwise, people will suffer a lot of inconvenience when they come here, which will also damage her image in the hearts of the people.

There are some advantages to not having Bafang around. Xi Bei and the others only follow the guards and generally don't say anything unless there is something special. Meng Changqing can calm down and think.

After wandering around the vast ground for a long time, I still followed the original idea.

After dismounting, Meng Changqing found two wooden sticks to mark them and inserted them into the ground respectively.

With this stick as the center, the land within a radius of two miles is divided into a village.

A quick calculation shows that the village covers an area of ​​nearly 5,000 acres.

She designated two such centers to house people who moved from other counties.

Qianzeng Village under Liangzhou Prefecture.

If anyone remembers what Meng Changqing said when the city wall was being repaired last year, it is only Meizi.

That day Zeng Dashu was returning from running errands when he saw Mei Zi packing her clothes.

Zeng Dashu closed the door, walked to her side and asked in a low voice: "Are you still determined to give up?"

Mei Zi stopped what she was doing, raised her head and asked Zeng Dashu, "Why do you have to give up?"

"I know you believe him." Zeng Dashu patted his butt and sat down next to the bed. "You always said that he saved your life and was a rare good official. But no matter how rare it is, his official position cannot be greater. Mr. Fu Yamen.

I followed Li Zheng and learned a lot. The sudden decrease in the number of people in the official territory would affect their future. No official would be willing to let us go.

What's more, we are on the territory of the government office, and the officials from Beishan County dare not come to rob the government office's people. "

Mei Zi said: "We only have a low life. When will the officials above care about our life and death? If it can really affect their future, will there be officials who will harm the people?"

Zeng Dashu explained patiently, "It doesn't matter if there are a few less. The key is that if we leave, others may follow us. When the time comes, we will leave a large area, which will affect them."

"I can't control my future as an official." Mei Zi said, "I only care about my own life and death."

"Meizi." Zeng Dashu took her arm, "Our family's life now is much better than before. If it's not to the point where we can't survive, why would we go to Beishan County and endure the hardships again?"

"Everyone has different ideas. You think it's about enduring hardship, but I don't think so.

When I get there, the government will allocate land to me. I can have my own house and farmland, and I will no longer have nothing. "

"Why do you have nothing?" Zeng Dashu sighed, "Our family has land and food, and half of the money I earn is in your hands."

Hearing this, Meizi walked to a new wooden box and unlocked it with a key. After opening it, she opened several layers of cotton-padded clothes and quilts and took out a money bag from the bottom.

"This is the money you gave me. It's useless. I'll keep it all for you." Meizi put the money bag in Zeng Dashu's hand.

Zeng Dashu quickly retracted his hand as if he had been burned by hot coals, "You keep the money I gave you."

Meizi put the money directly on the edge of the bed.

Zeng Dashu saw her attitude, but he couldn't help but said: "There is no good future in Beishan County."

"Common people have no future, and they only have a living. Here, I have to rely on you to get this food, but in Beishan County, I may be able to have a full meal on my own."

"I can't move you."

Zeng Dashu watched her pack the packages. In fact, she packed them back and forth, but there were only two packages, one large and one small. The things she planned to take away were very few, and she didn't even bring a quilt.

She is very sensible, but also very stubborn, "I will leave in two days."

Zeng Dashu was helpless. Faced with people who really couldn't be persuaded, he had no choice at all. As the eldest brother in the family, he was the only one whose younger brothers could confide their worries to him, and he always kept his worries to himself.

Zeng Dashu was very upset and couldn't stay at home, so he simply went out and went to find Li Zheng again.

He didn't know why he wanted to find Li Zheng, and he realized halfway through that he had nowhere to go.

But it was a coincidence that when he arrived at Li Zheng's house, he happened to see Li Zheng seeing off a poor man.

Li Zheng turned his head and saw Zeng Dashu outside the yard, waving to him.

After entering the house, Zeng Dashu very discerningly offered Li Zheng some hot tea.

Li Zheng took out a piece of paper from his arms, waved it in front of him, and asked Zeng Dashu, "Do you know what this is?"

"I don't know." Although Zeng Dashu learned some more words from Li Zheng, it was still a bit difficult to understand the content on the paper.

"What a change." Li Zheng sighed, "In all the years I have lived, I have never seen a superior official give merit to a subordinate official."

Seeing that Zeng Dashu didn't understand, Li Zheng continued: "You asked me before about moving your family to Beishan County. Do you still remember what I said at that time?"

Zeng Dashu nodded, "You said the official wouldn't let him go so easily."

"According to common sense, it is impossible to let people go." Li Zheng put the paper in his hand on the table, pointed at it and said: "Now it is not following common sense.

The Yamen issued a notice that no one from various places could stop anyone who wanted to move to Beishan County, and local authorities were required to issue road signs in a timely manner. "

Zeng Dashu's eyes widened.

"You also think the orders given by the superiors are strange." Li Zheng picked up the tea bowl, "The official of Beishan County is really not an ordinary person."

"Master." Zeng Dashu went to the front and knelt down, "Please open a way for me and my woman."

"You want to go to Beishan County?" Li Zheng found it difficult to understand. "The money I gave you is not enough to support your family. You want to go to Beishan County to make a living?"

"After I started working with you, I saved some money in my hand, and my family's life is much better than before. You are kind to me."

"Then why are you doing this?"

"The official in Beishan County was also kind to me. I went to Beishan County to repay my kindness."

"Repay the favor?" Li Zheng was even more puzzled, "You are an ordinary citizen and he is an official. How can you repay the favor?"

"As you said before, people will not go to Beishan County unless their life is really difficult." Zeng Dashu said, "In this case, then I will go with my wife."

Li Zheng kicked him, "You are stupid!"

After Zeng Dashu was kicked, he adjusted his posture and knelt down again.

Li Zheng said angrily: "Do you know that as soon as I open the road here, the land under your name will be taken back by the government."

"I know."

"You know you still insist on going to Beishan County?"

"Yes."

Li Zheng thought for a moment and then said: "Okay, for the sake of your dedication in doing things for me, if you ask me for directions, I will definitely give them to you."

He walked to the desk and sat down. Before he picked up the pen and put down the words, he said to Zeng Dashu: "You have to think carefully. It is easy for you to go out now, but it will be difficult to come back."