The night in Linshui Town was a mess.
The blood knight, who originally planned to take a good rest here, worked hard all night before convincing the panicked people in the town that no more monsters could enter the city tonight.
After the people, each with their own reasons for fear, returned home, Luo Changgong brought the nominal person in charge of the town to Luo Chuan.
I saw that the person who came here looked to be in his thirties or forties. He was tall and strong. His hair and beard stood up like steel wires. His eyebrows stood up naturally. At first glance, he looked like a powerful character with a fiery temperament. But at this moment, he was among a group of elites. Under the gaze of the blood knight and several figures flying around like gods, he seemed too reserved, and his big rough hands were twisted together like his eyebrows.
Luo Chuan was squatting in front of the wild boar beast that could no longer die. He used his long black sword to chop the incomplete fangs of the wild boar beast. After making some undetectable scratches, he exhaled a breath and stood up, turned around and smiled at the middle-aged man, "This thing's teeth are quite hard." He looked down at the edge of his long sword and asked again, "Are you Li Zheng from Linshui Town? What's your name?"
The strong man quickly knelt down and saluted, "To tell you what my lord, the villain's name is Zhang Zifei. He is...not the Li Zheng of Linshui Town."
"Oh?" Luo Chuan looked at Luo Changgong and said clearly after seeing the latter nodding, "There is no official document from the government, but you are doing what Li Zheng should do, right?"
"Yes... yes," the strong man lowered his head, and his heartbeat made his voice a little louder than before, "Sir, this villain is not acting in the name of being upright. It's a blessing, but the population of Linshui Town is increasing now, and troubles such as neighbor friction are unavoidable. The villain mostly plays the role of mediating and mediating. Over time, everyone will give the villain some face. This Linshui Town ...In reality, they are just small people trying to survive. Even if we dig out the wealth of these hundreds of families, we won’t be able to get a few taels of oil and water out of them.”
"Before I entered the city, I saw that the land around the town had been reclaimed. How is the land here now and how is the harvest?" Luo Chuan waved to Chen Shu who was not far away and told him to come and listen.
The strong man seemed a little surprised by Luo Chuan's question. He looked up at him with wide eyes and opened his mouth. After a while, he stammered, "Harvest...harvest?"
Chen Shu, who had already arrived at Luochuan's side, took over the topic and repeated, "The county guard asked you how the harvest of the land here is?" Seeing that the strong man was still stunned, he added, "The county guard is here. The next time I come here is to completely solve the problem of the Xiluo Valley and allow the people to come here to farm and live, which naturally includes...you!"
The strong man's eyes widened even more, and after taking a deep breath, he bowed to Luochuan again and kowtowed sincerely, "Thank you, Lord County Sheriff, thank you, Lord County Sheriff..."
"Okay, okay," Luo Chuan looked up and saw that there was already a slight light in the east. "It's getting late. We don't have much time. Please focus on the key points."
"Hey!" The strong man straightened up, still kneeling, with a loud voice, "Sir, when I first came here to reclaim the wasteland, the water of the Luo River was not as small as it is now, but it is no longer as small as the legend said in the past years. There are many floods, but the land around Linshui City is still in excellent condition. Now that we have passed the difficult period of reclamation, although the river water seems to be getting smaller, the harvest of the land is higher. It is still possible to feed a family on more than ten acres of land. , But if..." The strong man quickly glanced at Luo Chuan's expression and whispered, "If the tax... it would be more. Twenty acres is almost the same. In the early days of reclamation, There will be many more years to come.”
Luo Chuan was not sure about the concept of "mu" in this world, so he looked at Chen Shu.
Chen Shu nodded and whispered into Luo Chuan's ear, "This output is basically equivalent to the calculation of our Nongfu Yamen. He didn't lie."
Luochuan nodded and then asked, "How many households are there in Linshui Town now?"
"Seven hundred and twelve households, no," the strong man looked at the dilapidated surroundings and said, "There are probably still seven hundred and ten households..."
"Your surname is Zhang, but is it Zhang among the eighteen major surnames?" Luo Chuan asked.
The strong man hesitated for a long time, and finally nodded. Seeing that Luo Chuan had no intention of speaking, he smiled bitterly and said, "I don't dare to deceive you. I am originally a member of the Zhang family. Although my life there was difficult, , but after all, the family can still survive. My father goes into the mountains to hunt from time to time and the harvest is harvested. My sister and I can still have meat to eat, but... Later, my father died and I was still young, so all the land and property at home were given to the clan. Some people occupied it, and my mother and sister were married to other people and could still survive, so I had no choice but to run out. Later, I followed a bachelor to Linshui City to have food to eat. Later, the bachelor also died. I just work for my uncles and aunts in the village, and this family will survive today and that family tomorrow... If you insist on saying that I am a member of the Zhang family of the 18th surname, I will still admit it, but After all...he is just a refugee..."
"Aren't the people in Linshui Town today all refugees..." Luo Chuan sighed softly, then stood up and went to the strong man, patted his shoulder and said, "There are refugees, it's me. Yanfu's fault is not your fault. Go tell the refugees in Linshui Town that since Linshui Town supports them, this is their home. No one can drive them away, but the household registration records are still required. Yes, in a while, more people who cannot eat or have enough to eat will move to the Xiluo Valley. At that time, officials from the government will come to naturalize and relocate you. As for the land... .I dare not say how much of a promise I can give you, but I can give you a decent official farmland that can support hundreds of families like you. From now on, you don’t have to worry about someone coming to take over your farmland one day. I Everyone in Cangyan can live an upright life."
"Seriously?!" The strong man violated a taboo when he said one sentence, but he was so surprised that he didn't care about it. When he saw Luo Chuan nodding, he knocked his head to the ground, his voice was slightly choked, "The villain is in Shuicheng. Seven hundred households thank you for your kindness, thank you for your kindness!!"
"Get up, it's a kindness to let the people eat," Luo Chuan turned to look at the giant wild boar, "This pig is a monster from the fifth realm. I heard them say that the meat of this thing is the best. I I'll let the blood knight take some away, but I guess there will be a lot left. Find someone to deal with it and distribute it to the children and young people in the town." He smiled and looked back at the strong man who was stunned again, " To be clear, this is not because I am partial to children and young people, but the younger the children are, the more likely they are to break through and become cultivators after eating the meat of this monster. This is what the fairy from the Cangyan Sword Sect who killed this monster told me. Yes, that's right, that's her. I hope that when you come to Linshui Town next time, there will be a few genuine cultivation bases in your town. At that time, I will give you this Li Zheng as a big benefit. How about it? ?”
The strong man nodded his head when he heard this, and then kowtowed to the expressionless young woman not far away.
As a result, there was a trace of fireworks on the young female Taoist's face...
