Fangling County.

Post.

Above the main hall.

The county commander Kou Yu knelt on the left and sat in the first place, and below him, there were two columns on the left and right, and there were more than ten or twenty people sitting, most of them were stable middle-aged, and a few were dressed as scribes, and they were all quiet and waited quietly.

"Sorry to keep you waiting!"

Mu Jing wore an ordinary robe, walked out of the arch, went straight into the main hall, faced everyone, smiled slightly, and bowed his hands.

"Lord Minghou is polite!"

The crowd saluted.

"Let you come today, I won't go around in circles with you!" Mu Jing pressed his hand, asked everyone to sit down, and then said straight to the point: "Just one thing, spring ploughing!" ”

"Spring ploughing?"

Everyone looked at each other.

Those who can sit here are either well-known Confucian scholars in the city, or the heads of large squires in the city, and they are all important people in Fangling County.

was suddenly summoned by Mu Jing today, and there were many guesses in my heart.

Once a son of heaven and a courtier.

Although Fangling is insignificant, it is also one of the nine counties in Hanzhong, and now Hanzhong has changed its owner, which still has some impact on Fangling, such as several squires and landlords in Fangling are worried.

They also had some support for Zhang Lu's regime at the beginning, and even many people sponsored some food money, but now that Zhang Lu is defeated, Mujing is the master of Hanzhong, and they are afraid that Mujing will settle accounts after the autumn.

But they never thought that Mu Jing summoned them to come, not to settle accounts after the autumn, but for spring ploughing.

Although Mu Jing traveled here in the name of Nongcao, inspecting the place and supervising spring ploughing, they were reluctant to believe this reason, and they preferred to believe that Mu Jing came to reorganize power.

For spring ploughing, in fact, they naturally care, but compared with spring ploughing, they are more concerned about Mu Jing's adjustment to them, but they didn't expect Mu Jing to come to Fangling to really urge spring ploughing.

This made them a little confused about Mu Jing's thoughts.

"Fang Ling said that it is not big, it is not small, before the war, there were 10,000 households, 50,000 Ding, more than 8,000 households today, but 40,000 people are insufficient, I know that you are all brilliant in people, and you can't be stable!" Mu Jing said in a deep voice: "But spring plowing is related to this year's harvest, you can't help but care!" ”

"Lord Minghou has every opportunity, such a trivial matter, you can't take this trip, if Lord Minghou has anything else, it will be made clear!"

The one who spoke was a well-known Confucian teacher in the city, Fan An, Fan Wenxiang, about fifty years old, out of office for five years, once engaged in Nanjun, and then resigned and returned to his hometown, set up a book club, called Qingshui Zhai, teaching four books and five classics, the people in the city, he was quite respectful, and many big families were willing to send their children to study.

He didn't have a good impression of Mujing.

The main reason is that the pastoral army was the first to enter the house mausoleum, but it could not guard the house mausoleum, and replaced the house with the Yong, so that the Shangyong soldiers were stationed, which harmed many people in the city, and he insisted that this was the war disaster brought by the herdsmen.

So

"Mr. Fan, I know that the scholars in Hanzhong have disdain for a certain person, and a certain person does not argue with him, but a certain person came to Fangling this time, and it was really for spring ploughing!"

Mu Jing smiled slightly: "But a certain into Hanzhong, since I can't let the people of Hanzhong go hungry, now the abandoned farmland of Fangling is tall and fifty percent, how to ensure that the people of Fangling can live in the future, so I invited you to help, as for the worries in your hearts, you can put it down, a certain is not a person who settles accounts after the autumn, the previous things, you can understand you, the past can be passed, but you should be careful how you act in the future, although you are good, but the Han law is not forgiving!" ”

"I don't know how Lord Minghou wants us to help?"

The one who spoke was a tall man, about forty years old, dressed in a robe, calm and capable.

Fangling Wu family, Wu Tong, Wu Chengyu.

Although Fangling County is small, it can have all kinds of organs, and there are naturally some large households in the city, even if they can survive natural and man-made disasters, under the military disaster, the people have a lot of trouble, many large households have also suffered disasters, and there are many grain shops and granaries in the city that have been brutally plundered, and large households have also lost a lot.

But these big families are all local snakes, and some of them have more profound backgrounds, with soldiers under their command, protecting the house and protecting the lord, even if they encounter a military rebellion, they can retain a lot of strength.

The Wu family is one of the big families.

"Easy!"

When Mu Jing heard this, a smile rose slightly on the corner of his mouth, and he said in a deep voice: "I will provide farm tools and grain seeds, and you will contribute manpower, and we will work together to cultivate the abandoned fertile land in Fangling!" ”

"Manpower?"

"It's not that hard!"

"It's just farming for nothing, something is wrong!"

"It would be nice if there was a share!"

When everyone heard this, they considered it in their hearts, and their eyes complemented each other, and their thoughts seemed to be gently communicating in their eyes.

They are not opposed to manpower, after all, the orders of the tenants under their command are nothing more than humble ants in the eyes of their high-ranking people, ready to be used, but they are somewhat greedy.

Greedy for what?

Naturally, it is a field, there are not many fields in Fangling, this time it was a military disaster, and there were many people who died in the broken family, not so that ten rooms and nine empty, but two or three percent were vacant, if these fields could be obtained, it would be a happy thing for them.

"What do you think?" Mu Jing asked with a smile.

He naturally saw that these people were careful, but whether these people had the courage to break through it was another matter.

"Lord Minghou, I want to ask, where does the income from cultivation go?"

Wu Tong asked.

"If the grain is obtained, if there is a household registration person's field, sixty percent will belong to them, forty percent will go to the county government, if there is no one to claim the field, all the grain income will go to the county government, and the granary of the county government will be tun and the county government!" Mu Jing said indifferently.

"How should the ownerless land be distributed in the future?" Wu Tong asked again.

"Let the county government redistribute it to the people!"

Mu Jing said in a deep voice.

As soon as his voice fell, he poured cold water on many people.

There is no food, and there is no field, this kind of thing is working for nothing, they are naturally not very enthusiastic, even if the identity of Minghou is pressed on it, they are not very willing.

"Lord Minghou, it's not that we don't want to contribute, it's just that the Fuzhong Manor has not yet completed the cultivation, and we are powerless!"

Soon one person jumped out, it was a big family in Fangling, the head of the Yue family, Yue He, and Yue Fengxian.

He had a fat head and big ears, a mournful face, and a fake arch of his hands, as if he was crying and mourning, and said: "Lord Minghou, last year, the Fangling was hit by the disaster, and we were all affected, and the tenants under his command suffered heavy casualties, even if their own fields were abandoned a lot this year, they were really powerless!" ”

"The head of the Yue family doesn't have to be like this!"

Mu Jing smiled, and his smile was a little bright: "A certain family has always believed in the principle of voluntariness, this kind of thing, if you are willing, if you are unwilling, you will not be reluctant!" ”

"Lord Minghou is a high wind and bright festival!"

Yue He's heart sudden, but he quickly returned to normal, and he complimented him.

"Then you don't seem to have anyone to help?" Mu Jing's eyes swept by.

Wu Tong stood up suddenly: "Lord Minghou is dedicated to the people of my house, how can I not help because of family affairs, I am willing to give out three hundred tenants to cultivate the county!" ”

"Wu Family Master?"

Everyone looked at Wu Tong with some puzzlement.

"Ming Hou is a good deed, benefiting the people of Fangling, since you are Fangling people, why do you mean to shirk it?" At this time, someone spoke again, it was Fan An who spoke, although he did not have a good impression of the pastoral army, but he understood that Mujing's move was a great thing for the people of Fangling, providing farm tools and grain seeds, and assisting in spring plowing and sowing, which was to ensure the autumn harvest, and also to ensure that the people of Fangling would not starve to death on the streets during the cold winter and the moon.

"What Mr. Fan said is very true!"

Fan An opened his mouth, but many hesitant people made up their minds: "My Xia family is willing to give out a hundred tenants to serve the Ming Marquis!" ”

"My Hong family also has a hundred tenants!"

"There aren't many tenants in my Xu family, but eighty people can make it up!"

Quite a few spoke.

But it made the faces of the four or five people who didn't open their mouths a little ugly.

"Okay, everyone's grand event, if you can save the disaster of Fangling this year and soothe the sorrow of Fangling, it should be a great achievement, and you will remember it in your heart, if you have the opportunity in the future, you should return this grace!" Mu Jing stood up and bowed his hand.

It's not that he can't recruit people, it's just that in today's Fangling, the busyness of each family is unsustainable, and unless he forcibly recruits, it will be difficult to gather people.

With the help of these large households.

At least Fangling can complete eighty percent of the land cultivation and sowing in the spring ploughing, so that it will not be too ugly during the autumn harvest.

…………

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Afternoon.

The inner hall of the station.

Everyone has left, and Fangling County has ordered Kou Yu and the county ministers to stay.

"With the help of these big households and sufficient manpower, Nong Cao will find a way to transport farm tools and grain to Fangling as soon as possible, and then you have to work hard to complete spring plowing as soon as possible, no matter how late, it will be bad for the harvest!"

Mu Jing instructed the two.

"No!"

The two of them surrendered their orders.

"Ye Zhi, you come to assist them in this matter, Fangling is our last stop, if Fangling can be safe, this year's spring plowing can be regarded as completed!"

"Don't worry, I will personally supervise this matter!"

Ye Zhi nodded.

"Junhou, what about those people in the Yue family?" Kou Yu asked suddenly.

There are those who cooperate, naturally there are those who do not cooperate, it does not mean that they are rebelling against Mujing, but there is some resistance, mainly the Yue family in the city, and the people who resist Mujing are really not few.

"Since I said don't care, I shouldn't care!" Mu Jing waved his hand, it is not this time to settle accounts after the autumn, what he wants is stability, unless Fangling is stable enough, otherwise many people he will not move.

"Prince, I'm afraid that they will make trouble from it!" Kou Yu said: "Yue Shu, the master of Fangling, is Yue and his own brother, this person behaves treacherously, and he is very disrespectful to the heart of the prince and marquis in the past!" ”

"Do you know anything?"

Mu Jing squinted and glanced at Kou Yu.

Did he underestimate this Fangling County Order a little?

"The subordinates just noticed that he had been in contact with outsiders a lot during this time, and because there was speculation, he hoped that the prince would prepare as soon as possible!" Kou Yu said.

"In his position, seek his government, Kou County Order, you just need to take care of the affairs of Fangling County, as for other things, this Fangling where Benhou came, naturally you can also go out, you don't need to worry!" Mu Jing patted him on the shoulder and said: "I am very optimistic about you, now in Hanzhong, the talent is withering, and for me, it is bad news, I am troubled every day, how to summon talents, but for talented people such as Yuer, it is an opportunity, you don't live up to Ye Mingsheng's recommendation!" ”

"Subordinates should be conscientious and conscientious, and never live up to the expectations of the prince!"

"Go ahead!"

"No!"

Kou Yu and Yu Chen saluted and turned to leave.

At this time, Huo Yu stepped forward and asked in a low voice: "Lord, this is a sign of outsiders colluding with the big family in Fangling, could it be that someone wants to do something to you in Fangling, it seems that we have been prepared for a long time?" ”

"It's okay!"

Mu Jing waved his hand, his eyes narrowed, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised a sneer: "It has been so long to lure the snake out of the hole, this snake must be unbearable, but I just want to see if it is a snake or a pot snake, who will do it, this is the key!" ”