The doorman glanced at the greeting card and said, "My old man may not be back today. Please come back another day."
Nangong Yuanyi said: "Is Gumai Village far from here? My old man is an old friend of the Duke of Guo. He came here specially to visit him. He will be leaving Beijing soon, so he really wants to see the Duke of Guo."
The doorman said: "Gumai Village is not far from here, only half an hour's walk, but the Duke and the old lady are old and cannot bear to travel back and forth."
Nangong Yuanyi said: "Let's go there by ourselves! Could you please help us lead the way?"
In Gumai Village, the doorman led Mei Zongzheng and others into the village. The people here were very welcoming and greeted children enthusiastically when they saw them.
An Xiyue said: "I didn't expect there to be such a village on the outskirts of Kyoto. The people here are so welcoming."
The boy said: "Because this year is a good harvest year, everyone is very happy to have food to eat, but only the people here are living a good life. If you go to other counties, when winter comes, many people will not have enough to eat." There are people here, our old Duke is kind-hearted, if there is a famine year, he will not charge rent as long as it is the land of the Ji Mansion in the village, and naturally it is very popular."
An Xiyue said: "There have been no wars in the Northern Dynasties for decades, and the people's lives should not be bad."
Xiaozhong was young, so when he heard what An Xiyue said, he sighed: "Young master, it seems that he was born into a wealthy family. No war does not mean there is no hunger or bullying; those who starve to death and freeze to death are common people like ants. Life is like grass."
The boy chatted with them enthusiastically and said softly: "Many villagers in Qishui Village and Yangjiao Village fled famine and died of starvation. Those two villages are the property of the prime minister. In the harvest year, everyone's life will be slightly easier. If When the harvest was bad, they even forced people to death in order to collect rent."
An Xiyue said: "If there is a disaster, the imperial court will help the people. There will never be people starving to death within the boundaries of Kyoto." She remembered that the government would distribute some relief grain every year.
Moreover, the closer you get to Kyoto, most of the surrounding land is in the hands of high-ranking officials or those who have titles and titles.
Back then, the title conferred by the Marquis of Anping was actually given to Mr. An. It was all because Mr. An passed away early, so the title fell to An Yuxiao, which was equivalent to getting it cheaply.
An Yuxiao has never made any achievements, and the grant of land and land has nothing to do with him. The only property he has is the Hou Mansion where An Man currently lives.
However, in Kyoto, Mei Zongzheng also had Zhuangzi, and when Mei Yunluo got married, he gave her as a dowry.
The boy shook his head: "Who is an official who doesn't want to fill his pockets first? The relief grains are not enough to pay rent and taxes."
Mei Zongzheng felt the same way: "I travel out every year and see more dead people than living people. Officials with such benevolence and righteousness as Mr. Ji are really rare."
Nangong Yuanyi said: "I will die of hunger."
An Xiyue suddenly felt depressed. Jincheng is a good example. Jincheng is obviously a prosperous city, and the people there should be comfortable and wealthy, but there are still so many families who have no food to eat.
In a moment, they were taken into a courtyard. From Xiaotong, they learned that the village had changed from a dozen households to dozens of households now, and it was considered a big village.
At this time, everyone gathered in the village chief's yard, and it was very lively.
When the people saw that the boy had brought guests, a villager said enthusiastically: "A Tian, you are back."
