Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

Chapter 250 Everyone has problems
"All those who came just now are from the same place. There is no need to invite the head of the village for the time being." Zuo Datou brought a small stool over and said, "Sit down for a while."

Yang Zheng sat down, put his feet straight, and sighed comfortably, "I didn't expect to be so busy."

"It's just the beginning." Zuo Datou said, "Maybe it will be better in two days."

Seeing Yang Zheng looking at him, Zuo Datou quickly added: "What I mean is that everything will be organized in a few days."

Yang Zheng frowned and wondered what the difficulty was in accepting outsiders. He turned around and looked at his brothers who were working, each of them shouting at the top of their lungs to the people opposite them.

He reached out and patted the one who was closest to him, "Keep your voice down, he didn't understand, it's not that he didn't hear."

The bailiff cleared his throat and said, "Captain, I really didn't mean to shout, but I just couldn't understand after I said it several times. I couldn't help it."

"Hold on even if you can't help it." Yang Zheng said, "Don't scare people away after they finally come here."

The bailiff lowered his head and said, "Okay, okay."

Zuo Datou took out a piece of cake from the bamboo basket and handed it to Yang Zheng, "Have something to eat."

Yang Zheng took the soldier in his hand, turned it over, and found that it was already filled with sauce. "Have you eaten it?"

"It's already this late. Except for the people who came with you to catch the head of the village, all the other brothers have already eaten." Zuo Datou half-knelt beside Yang Zheng and lowered his voice slightly, "There's something I can't figure out."

Yang Zheng ate half a pancake in one mouthful, and then asked, "What's the matter?"

"Among the people who came here today, there are many women."

Yang Zheng stared at Zuo Datou defensively, "What do you want to say?"

Zuo Datou was so angry that he stood up and said, "Is this the first day you met me? Who do you think I am?"

Yang Zhengdao: "I didn't say anything."

"Is there any need to say more about your expression?" Zuo Datou complained a few words, then squatted down and continued the previous topic, "Don't you find it strange? These women all came alone. Judging from their ages, they should have been married, and most of them look like they have given birth. Where are their families?"

Zuo Datou focused on this question: "Why did you come here alone?"

Before he asked these questions, Yang Zheng really didn't realize this problem. He had been running around with different people to capture different village heads that day, so naturally he had no energy to observe other things.

"Have those people gone to the county?" Yang Zheng asked.

"Not yet." Zuo Datou said, "I used the excuse that the number of carriages is limited and sent those who came one by one first."

"Okay." Yang Zheng stood up and swallowed the remaining cake in one gulp. "I'll go over and ask."

At the rear side of the shed, there is a spot that can block the wind because of the angle.

The women gathered here and waited.

As soon as Yang Zheng arrived, everyone looked up at him.

He looked at all these women. From his current state of mind, none of them looked good. But if he really wanted to point out what was wrong with them, he couldn't. So Yang Zheng smiled politely, "It's cold here. The county government's carriage should be here soon."

Someone in the crowd said, "I can walk over there."

"Yeah, I can walk over there too."

Yang Zheng said, "Don't worry. It's not a matter of whether to go or not. When you get there, someone from the county government will pick you up and arrange a place for you to stay. There are too many people going there, and the county government will be too busy. You should wait when you get to Beishan County."

He looked at the women again, then pulled out a tree stump from the shed and sat on it. "You all came here by yourselves. Where are your family members? Aren't they with you?"

"My husband is reluctant to leave the land at home," someone answered. "It's not good land and can't grow much grain. I asked him to come with me, but he refused. I had a quarrel with him and left on my own."

Yang Zheng nodded as he listened, and when he finished, he asked everyone, "What about the others? Is it the same situation?"

Seeing that he was not arrogant and spoke in a friendly manner, the people were less afraid of the soldiers and most of them replied, "It's the same situation in my family."

Another added: "But I didn't have an argument before I left."

After this person finished speaking, the people sitting around him started laughing.

Another person said, "My family didn't allow me to leave, so I sneaked out. I heard that you don't have to go to open a pass here, so I grabbed a set of clothes and left."

Yang Zheng learned a few polite words from Meng Changqing, and then said, "Thank you for trusting Beishan County and being willing to come here. Once you settle down, you will definitely not regret your decision now."

If you are not a citizen of Beishan County, you have never seen such a routine before, and you immediately feel that the official in front of you is extremely good.

Yang Zheng spoke to them for a few more words, then went back into the shed, using the excuse that he had official business to attend to.

Zuo Datou came over immediately and asked in a low voice, "What did you see?"

Just across a torn straw mat, Zuo Datou heard clearly what Yang Zheng said to those people when he went out. The only thing he might have missed was the visual scene.

Yang Zheng shook his head, "I don't know." He lowered his voice when he said this, "Everyone has problems, and everyone has no problems."

"Then how should we deal with it?" Zuo Datou said, "In fact, I have been thinking about this matter before you came back. This situation may also be normal.

You see, men have always had land when they reach adulthood. As long as they are commoners, no matter which village they are from, they can get some when they reach a certain age.

But it’s different for women. Apart from those who have set up female households in the village, which woman has land under her name? "

Yang Zheng said: "It is not impossible. Compared with having to look at the faces of her husband's family and farm for them, ambitious women naturally want to have their own land.

But people who come here alone, regardless of whether they are men or women, are worrying because it is easy for someone with ulterior motives to do something to them.

Come to think of it, I gave up my family just to come here, which is really cruel."

Zuo Datou said, "That's not the way to put it. If it's true what they said, those men would rather lose their women than give up those pieces of land. Isn't that extremely cold-hearted?"