I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Chapter 275
Three miles south of Niuzhuang Fort is Caotan Village.

"Hurry up, little kid. A senior official has come to the village and wants to see us. The official has said that as long as we answer properly as instructed, we will have a full meal in the evening. This good thing can't be too late."

"Okay, Uncle Da, I'll come right after I get my sister settled."

Chen Shitou stood up after hearing this and looked at his timid sister beside him. This little girl looked to be only two or three years old. Her face was dirty and she was wearing a shabby singlet. She had a sallow complexion and was thin and skinny.

"You stay here with Aunt Zhang and the others and don't go anywhere. When my brother comes back in the evening, I will bring you meat to eat."

The little girl nodded when she saw this, but she pulled Chen Shitou's clothes tightly with her hands, not wanting him to leave.

Seeing this, Aunt Zhang on the side held the little girl in her arms and said to Chen Shitou:
"Shitou, go quickly. Don't delay the official's important matters. Just remember to bring back some food at night."

Chen Shitou nodded quickly, but still stared at his sister intently, so he took out another small oil paper bag from the package and handed it to Aunt Chen.

"Aunt Chen, these are some steamed buns I bought from Niuzhuangbao the day before yesterday. If my sister is hungry, just give her some to eat. Don't let her go hungry."

When Aunt Zhang saw this, she didn't accept it and pushed Chen Shitou's hand away.

"Oh, what are you talking about? We took care of each other all the way from Kaiyuan to this place. I have already treated you two as my own children. Don't worry. Although this temple is simple, it is OK. Protect yourself from the wind and rain, and hurry up, Uncle Da is waiting for you."

"Thank you Aunt Chen. I will bring you some food when I come back."

Chen Shitou didn't hesitate. After hearing this, he put the oil paper back into the package, thanked Aunt Chen and left the temple gate.

When they got out of the temple gate, they saw Uncle Da and more than 20 people waiting at the gate of the temple. Chen Shitou immediately ran over when he saw this.

"Uncles, I'm really sorry. I was delayed for a while due to something else."

"Why are you so slow? You must hurry up in the future and never make others wait. Do you understand?"

Seeing that the other people's faces were not very good, Uncle Da was probably a little angry about Chen Shitou's lateness, so he took the lead in reprimanding him. While saying this, he winked at Chen Shitou and signaled him to leave quickly.

When Uncle Da opened his mouth to save the situation, the others said nothing more. They just looked at him coldly and walked forward without looking back.

Upon seeing this, Chen Shitou hurriedly followed. As he was leaving, he didn't forget to look back at the ruined temple where he lived. The eaves above were already dilapidated, and there was even a big hole in the temple wall. But even in such an environment, Chen Shitou was still very happy. satisfy.

It was better than living on the streets before. He had fled all the way from Kaiyuan to here. He was tired of the wandering life and just wanted to live a stable life and give himself and his sister a stable home.

Refugees like Chen Shitou can only live in broken temples or diwozi in Caotan Village. Only local villagers have houses to live in. But according to the current situation, there are very few such houses in Caotan Village, with only more than 70. house.

Therefore, when Chen Shitou and others rushed to the village, the square in the middle of Caotan Village was already full of people. When they saw the people coming, the villagers stood on the roller and looked at the dense crowd.

"Everyone, listen, the governor will come here for inspection later. Don't say anything at that time. Just kneel down to welcome him. As long as he is welcomed and sent away smoothly, you will have a good meal in the evening. If anyone If you dare to say something nonsense and something happens, don't blame the officials for punishment."

"Governor, what kind of official is a governor?"

Seeing Muramasa explain disciplines again and again, Chen Shitou was puzzled. It seemed that the governor was a very powerful official, which made Muramasa extremely afraid.

"I heard that it is an official who can beheaded. I heard from the guards that this governor has killed many officials. The officials in Niuzhuang Fort are scared to death for fear of offending the governor."

When a stooped old man next to Chen Shitou heard this, he shook out a few sentences of the secret he had heard. Chen Shitou felt envious, thinking that this was so majestic that it actually scared the official.

"The governor is here, the governor is here."

Just as Chen Shitou was thinking about it, a shout came from a distance, and he saw a young man running towards the entrance of a village, panting and shouting as he ran to the village center.

"The governor is here. He is less than two miles away from here. Hurry to greet him."

Upon hearing this, Muramasa immediately stood on the roller again and shouted to Chen Shitou and the others:

"Hurry up and line up. Remember not to talk nonsense. If you do well, you will have a delicious meal in the evening. If you do not do well, whoever is good-looking will win."

Chen Shitou and others listened to Muramasa's speech without any disturbance in their hearts. Talking to the governor was something they never dared to think about. In their hearts, this was not as real as a full meal.

"Sir Governor, Caotan Village is ahead. They are all rural dirt roads. Please slow down."

As a rule, when a governor travels, he has to take a sedan chair, with an umbrella canopy on top of the red pagoda and a flag board in front of him to clear the way, but Yang Lian didn't want to make any publicity when he set off from Liaoyang.He didn't bring an umbrella or flag, but just his subordinates and more than 20 guards followed him. He either rode a horse or sat in a sedan chair.

This was especially true during the inspection of Niuzhuangbao. In order to quickly understand the situation, he told General Li Shen early to be prepared and prepare to go directly to the newly reclaimed farmland to inspect.So he and his men did not stop at Niuzhuangbao, but directly asked General Li Shen to lead the way and rode towards Caotan Village.General Li Shen also complained secretly in his heart, thinking that it would be a shame to prepare in advance, otherwise he would have to wait to be dealt with by the King of Hell. But he didn't know how the preparations were on Caotan, so he could only pray to the gods and Buddhas that nothing would go wrong. .

"It's okay. I haven't learned any other skills since I came to Liaodong. My horse riding skills have improved a lot. The small roads are not in the way."

Yang Lian didn't pay attention to General Li's words. Instead, he was very interested in the villages that were getting closer and closer. Looking to the left and right, he saw that this place was in a plain, but there were puddles everywhere and the road was muddy. Only the land in front was slightly visible. They are neat and tidy, with obvious signs of being tidied up, and some have even been planted with sorghum and other unnamed crops.

"Sir Governor, you have seen along the way that our Niuzhuang side has a lot of depressions. It's pretty good now, but once it rains it will be difficult to walk."

"I have heard about this for a long time. The people are suffering from the Liaohe River. When the Liaohe River floods in the summer, even if we want to reclaim land, we have to build canals to drain the land. Otherwise, we will never be able to farm."

As Yang Lian was talking, he noticed that there were more and more flat lands, and then a village suddenly came into view. Smoke from cooking stoves floated up from the village. Dozens of houses were intertwined and scattered together, which together formed the Caotan Village in General Li Shen's words. .

Seeing the crowds already standing at the entrance of the village, Yang Lian no longer bothered to chat with General Liu, and quickly asked people to speed up the process so that he could arrive at the village early.

"Caomin Xu Ren led seven people from Caotan Village 610 to see the governor."

Seeing that the governor had arrived at the entrance of the village, Muramasa immediately shouted loudly. Hearing this, the dense crowd standing at the entrance of the village knelt down to greet him. However, many people also quietly raised their heads, wanting to see the governor who Muramasa was talking about. What exactly does he look like, and does he have three heads and six arms to be so powerful?

"Hurry up, you must have been waiting for a long time."

Upon seeing this, Yang Lian quickly dismounted and told these people to get up quickly.

"No, no, the grassroots people have just received the notice from the garrison master. These villagers have just been recruited, and it didn't take much time."

"Well, it seems that the work arranged by Liu Shoubei is very good."

Regardless of whether this was true or not, when Yang Lian saw this, he praised Liu Shoubei. Liu Shoubei smiled awkwardly when he heard this, and instead gave Muramasa instructions:

"What are you doing here? Get out of the way and let the governor enter the village."

After hearing this, Muramasa reacted and quickly called for people to get out of the way, bowing his head to welcome Yang Lian and others into the village.

But Yang Lian didn't care much about this. Instead, he walked to stand in front of the village center and looked at the villagers behind the village center with interest.

"That's okay. Your name is Xu Ren. You just said that your village has seven 610 people, but I think your village is not big. How can you live in so many people?"

"The governor doesn't know something. This village originally only had a population of 320, but the imperial court encouraged the reclamation of wasteland and arranged for refugees from the north to come to help with farming, so there were so many more people.

It's just that they have just arrived, and there are not that many houses in the village, so they have to live in Diwozi for the time being.After the house is repaired, they will naturally be accommodated. "

Yang Lian listened to Muramasa Xu Ren's answer, and his doubts were somewhat relieved. The purpose of his coming to this village was just to understand the situation of farmland reclamation. Now that he saw the refugees being resettled, he was immediately satisfied.

"That's good. We have a good intention."

Seeing what Yang Lian said, Liu Shoubei and Xu Ren immediately felt relieved.

"My lord governor, I'd like to invite you first. You've had a hard journey all the way. I've asked people to prepare meals at home. Please take a short rest and then go to the fields to have a look."

"No, there is plenty of food and time to eat. Let's see the fields first and then talk about it."

Hearing what Yang Lian said, Liu Shoubei and Xu Ren's expressions suddenly changed, and they quickly reacted.

"Okay, okay, no problem at all, the grassroots will arrange for someone to take you there immediately, Zhang Gui, Zhang Gui!"

Hearing Xu Ren's call, a middle-aged man immediately sprang out from the crowd, ran all the way over, and bowed to Yang Lian.

"Sir Governor, this is Zhang Gui. He is a good farmer. He has done a lot of work in reclaiming wasteland in our village. He will take you to see the reclaimed land later."

After listening to Xu Ren's words, Yang Lian waved his hand. Naturally, he would not use such well-arranged people.

"No need for this. I will choose whoever I choose."

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