When all the government officials walked to the end of the village, they smelled the smell of meat, which made them swallow their saliva.
Although the government officials often roamed the countryside, life was tight, so they went to the countryside to extort and take things.
Except for a few yamen heads, the rest only eat meat a dozen times a year.
Of course, compared to farmers who can only eat meat once a year, this is treated like a gentleman.
"Hey hey hey! Could it be that some family in the village is holding a wedding event and we happened to meet it?" the short and thin government official said with excitement on his face.
When Xu Tou heard this, he immediately became more energetic. Not only could he hug the beauty, but he could also get money. This trip was really the right one.
"Look, there are so many goats." Suddenly a servant screamed.
All the government officials looked over and soon saw a dozen boys herding ten sheep on the edge of the field. There were more people than sheep.
The boy on the edge of the field in the distance also saw a dozen government officials going to the village, and a few clever boys hurriedly ran towards the village.
"Hehehe! It seems that today brothers are in for a treat." The short and thin yamen officer shouted excitedly.
Xu Tou also laughed and said: "Let's get the business done first, these sheep can't escape."
As he said this, a group of government officials walked toward the village in a hurry, just like Japanese soldiers entering the village.
When more than a dozen people came into the village, they did not search each house, but went straight to the main house in Chenjiagou. On the way, they met an imperial female farmer carrying a pot of meat with an alluring aroma.
This was what Han Xi had just ordered to do. The few female farmers who came out were very nimble and finished it in half an hour.
"Tou Xu, look at that!" When the short and thin yamen officer looked at the female farmer, he suddenly became excited like a sheep discovered by a wolf.
When everyone looked at her, their eyes suddenly lit up. She was really pretty and meaty.
Soon, more than a dozen people gathered around in a tacit understanding.
Seeing more than a dozen government officials surrounding her, the female farmer was so frightened that she screamed "Ah~" and then ran backwards.
The voice was so loud that it frightened a group of more than a dozen government officials, but they soon became excited and chased after him with howls.
They were even more excited when they saw the little woman rushing into a courtyard.
The thin monkey yamen officer suddenly said: "Isn't this the Li Zheng family? Wasn't that Li Zheng's niece or something just now?"
When Xu Tou heard that it was the Li Zheng family, he stopped immediately and pretended to be angry: "Look at each of you, if you scare this girl, please restrain yourself."
When all the government officials heard this, they all nodded and bowed, saying that they knew they were wrong.
"Hahaha! Li Zheng, Li Zheng is at home, I'm old Xu, I'm coming in." Xu Tou shouted loudly, leading a group of people into the courtyard.
But it only took a moment, and all the government officials who entered happily exited the courtyard one by one in slow motion. The smile on his face was also frozen, and even some timid government officials looked frightened.
the other side.
Han Xi took advantage of a break in cooking to ask Old Man Chen, who he had appointed as the head of the village, "Are there any vegetable seeds in the village?"
Old man Chen said somewhat indifferently: "The frost killed the crops and all the seeds were lost inside."
Hearing this, Han Xi looked up and down at Old Chen, wondering if Old Chen was deaf. He didn't ask about the crop seeds.
Forget it, Han Xi didn't plan to ask anymore. He was going to get some gravel and turn it into a batch of seeds. His hometown used to be in the seed and fertilizer business.
So Han Xi has come into contact with all kinds of seeds.
Now in September, it’s just right to plant some winter vegetables. By the way, plant some potatoes and sweet potatoes.
"How many iron plows are there in the village?" Han Xi asked again.
Old man Chen thought for a moment and then said: "There are ten wooden plows and three iron plows. Twenty hoes, six sickles and ten wooden rakes."
so little? Han Xi looked strange. These people wouldn't be fleeing the famine and would bring the plow with them, right? That thing is quite heavy.
After thinking about it, with these few tools, it would be good to open ten hectares of land.
"The boss is going to open up land for farming?" Old Chen also reacted at this time.
"Yeah! You go talk to the villagers later, and I will tell you what to plant during dinner." Han Xi nodded.
Now we are not pursuing planting all the land, we can plant as much as we can.
"Hey! I'll notify them later," Old Man Chen's dull and frightened face rarely showed a smile.
"The government officials are here, the government officials are here!" Three or four children ran into the village and shouted.
These children are very simple. Han Xi is a good person when he gives them food, and he is a bad person when the government servants come and take away the food.
The people in the village were forced to leave by the bad guys like the government officials, so as soon as they saw the government officials, they rushed back to tell everyone.
The villagers who were still cooking stopped what they were doing and looked at Han Xi unconsciously.
Han Xi didn't care very much. Yichuan was a low-class county, that is, a poor county with a tax revenue of less than 30,000 yuan. The population of the county town may be only five or six thousand, and the government officials responsible for collecting taxes and the archers guarding the city were only four to five hundred. people.
These people are not enough for Han Xi's more than two hundred cavalry to charge, so Han Xi has nothing to fear on the border of Yichuan.
"Come here," Han Xi waved to the three children.
Several children were also bold and ran over in a hurry. Han Xi took out a piece of cloth from his arms, opened it, and then gave each of the three children a candy of different sizes.
The three children hesitated for a moment before taking the candy, and immediately smelled the scent of milk.
"How many people are there in that group of government officials?" Han Xi asked kindly.
"Yes, there are many people." A larger boy said waving his hands.
Han Xi was stunned for a moment after hearing this, but soon realized that these children did not know how to count.
However, there are imperial soldiers guarding the village, so the government officials probably won't cause any trouble.
Sure enough, after a while, a dozen government officials were pushed and pushed in front of Han Xi. One of them, a big man, had a knife wound on his body, apparently from being chopped during resistance.
"I wonder which road it is on?" Xu Tou asked calmly. He has also seen the world.
These yamen servants have some friendship with the local poles nearby, and even sell grain to the poles on the mountain.
Although Xu Tou was very calm, the government servants behind him were so frightened that their legs were weak and their teeth were chattering.
Han Xi stepped forward and pulled off the clothes of these government servants, then smiled and said: "I didn't expect you to find out. It seems that you are going to be silenced."
Xu Tou looked stunned. What did they find? They don't know anything!
"Take it down and deal with it." Han Xi waved his hand.
"Spare your life, sir, spare your life, we don't know anything, we haven't seen anything!"
"Forgive me, the boss, I'm willing to join you."
All the government officials were so frightened that they were dragged outside. At this time, Xu Tou was still confused and didn't even say a few words!
"Be merciful, I know the head of Xu Da in Mengmen Mountain." Xu Tou also shouted at this time.
Han Xi just watched quietly without any reaction.
In the late Ming Dynasty, the evil officials among the corrupt officials were referring to these people.
If in other places, one or two out of ten officials may be good, then in Shaanxi at this time, nine out of ten officials must be bad, and one good person will soon turn bad.
The current government officials are much the same as those in the late Yuan Dynasty, and there are even more of them.
Take Yan'an Prefecture as an example. There are thousands of government officials in one city. These government officials run rampant in the countryside, collecting taxes and helping the wealthy gentry with loan sharking.
The original village leader, my father, was often blackmailed by these government servants for benefits.
"Master, are you really going to kill these government officials? What should we do when the officers and soldiers arrive?" Old Man Xu asked with some fear.
"When the officers and soldiers come, they will kill you as fellow rebels." Han Xi said with a smile.
"This, this~" Old Man Xu's hands were trembling slightly. He couldn't even think about killing officials and rebelling.
After hearing this, all the villagers in the barn lowered their heads and remained silent.
A group of Hui people didn't think anything of it. They took refuge in the pole out of desperation.
Soon, the dozen or so government officials who were dragged down became silent. The imperial soldiers walked away with bloody knives in their hands. There was a dead silence in the barn where there was some laughter.
Only now did everyone realize that Han Xi and his group were a group of murderous people who did not blink an eye.
However, a dustpan full of steamed buns was made in the barn.
The melancholy just now was diluted by the delicious food.
All the villagers received a steamed bun and a bowl of mutton soup. A dozen children grinned widely, while only the adults were silent and nibbling the pancakes.
Han Xi sat at a table, eating roasted lamb legs and drinking mutton soup, but there was no seasoning, not even much salt, and it tasted bland.
Han Xi refused to eat until he was seven to eight percent full, and the remaining villagers would naturally be wiped out.
Han Xi returned to the room. At this time, the room was not only piled with cotton, but also piled with stones in one corner, which he asked to collect.
Now Han Xi is preparing to get cabbage, radish, and cucumber seeds.
