The small village is not large, there is only an east-west path, dozens of families are distributed on both sides of the road, and at the end of the road is a ditch, and there is a small wooden wharf. At dusk, the smoke rises from the cooking, and with the green fields in the distance, it looks like a pastoral painting.

Suddenly, a burst of dog barking, chicken crowing, horse hooves and a piercing copper whistle broke the quiet and peaceful scene, and the special forces rushed into the village first out of safety considerations, patrolling from the capital to the end several times, and only after making sure that there was no abnormality did they blow the copper whistle to signal Wang San's safety.

Most of these special forces are fanren, who have been in and out of enemy lines all year round, and they do not have the concept of peacetime and wartime in their minds. They relied on their horses' skill, and even if there were people on the street, they did not slow down and dodge, and in an instant the village was full of chickens and dogs, and the adults were startled and the children cried, and the houses were closed.

"Third child, let them all converge."

Hong Tao couldn't complain when he saw this scene, Wang San had just returned from Ganliang Road not long ago, and he still maintained a state of ready to fight, and he had to put a layer of chain mail in his clothes every day on the ship. The leaders are all virtuous, and the soldiers they bring are definitely not much better.

"All of them dismounted, don't scare our tenants...... Damn, this is what the ancients often said! ”

It's not enough for the special forces to converge, riding a high-headed horse into the village in this era is the same as driving a Mercedes-Benz big G in later generations, and it must be quite scary. But God once again proved the theory that good people are not good, Hong Tao felt that his feet slipped after getting off the horse, and he looked at it and stepped on the shit!

"Official, official, the little old man is the chief of security here, and I have seen the official...... Just when Hong Tao was sitting on the ground and rubbing the dog shit off the soles of his shoes with wooden sticks and soil, the courtyard door of a household in the street opened, and three people came over hesitantly and cowering, one old, one large, and one small.

"Ma Baochang, I haven't come to see the prince yet, all the dogs in your village should be killed!"

Zhu Bajin was very depressed, the prince wanted to go to the village to see if there was anything, but Xi'er stepped on a foot of shit before he could find it, which made him, a guide, very faceless, and immediately became fierce when he spoke.

"The dog doesn't have long eyes, he doesn't know where to put the prince's feet, he should be killed!" may have heard the displeasure in Zhu Bajin's words, and the old man hurriedly made amends, but it was not him who replied, but the half-grown man standing behind.

"Hey...... Who is scolding me in a crook! Let me see, why are you so bold! "Stepping on shit, Hong Tao is just a little disgusted, and he doesn't intend to blame anyone. But after hearing this answer, I was immediately unhappy, what's the matter, you still have opinions about scolding two dogs!

"The official is angry, the official is angry, and the child is not sensible...... Syllable...... Kneel down and make amends to the official! "I really don't know who King Liang is, and he hasn't heard of the name of the crazy horse, but he understands that these people can't afford to mess with him.

Others can not know, but the big bald head must be recognized. When he took the deed to check the households, he was accompanied by the chief of the town's capital. In front of him, the chief is more obedient than the third grandson, and looking at the current appearance, the big bald head is a subordinate of King Liang.

His grandson's words were too redundant, in order not to let his grandson suffer, the old man could only slap him with a round slap, and it was better to beat himself than to let others beat him.

"Hey, how can you just do it! Forget about the reparation, the dog is not sensible, the king is sensible, you are the chief of security here? Seeing that the old man beat the young man, Hong Tao felt that it was a bit of a fuss, and he didn't want to investigate whether it was the responsibility of the dog or the person, let's talk about something else.

"Little old man Ma Sanwang, I've seen ...... The official ...... "Seeing that King Liang did not intend to pursue his little grandson's words, the old man breathed a sigh of relief, and clenched his fists and introduced himself again.

"This king is the envoy of the river repair system appointed by the official family...... Cool King ...... Well, it's still the brother-in-law of today's official family! ”

"It turned out to be a colt...... Stupid, don't kneel down and kowtow to the horse master! ”

I reported three names in a row, and the first two didn't react, but it was the colt who was most valued. The old man slapped the middle-aged man behind him on the head again, and the three of them knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

"Old man, the big courtyard in the west and the land here have been bought by this king, and in the future, there will be a yamen, and you can go to the yamen to find me in the yamen if you have any questions about the river and the embankment. Today, this king came here for the first time, and heard that many families in the village were tenants who rented seeds, so he came to have a look. ”

Hong Tao didn't stop him from kneeling, it was too late, but he took the opportunity of them to kneel and put on the shoes in his hand first, and introduced the intention by the way.

"......" but there was no response, the old man looked confused and incomprehensible with a smile, and the son and grandson behind him also stared at two pairs of eyes and blinked.

Hong Tao understood, they didn't understand what they were doing, this era is not very popular for officials to go to the countryside to ask for warmth, and the people welcome along the street, and this village cadre doesn't know how to set up a banquet or entertain anything.

This is not only the case here, but also Ganliang Road and the Daimyo's Mansion. When I first visited the homes of herdsmen and farmers, they never took the initiative to invite them to dinner. It's not that I'm picking the door, but that the status disparity is too big to open my mouth, and I can't take out the corresponding food.

You invite a member of the imperial court to eat boiled wild vegetables and rice, not to mention oil, water, and salt, this is not polite or looking for a beating. If you eat a bad stomach, is it yours or who's? Just don't open your mouth.

"Ma Baochang, take me to your house to have a look!" Hong Tao has experience in this kind of scene, and the direct orders of the hard state are more effective than any polite words, and the people at this time do not care about being called by officials, but are more accustomed to it.

Ma Baochang's house is on the north side of the street, and the yard is not small, with more than ten half-tile and half-grass houses in the front and back rows. But compared with the population of his family, this courtyard is not big, four generations of grandchildren and grandchildren are in the same house, seven sons, six daughters-in-law, five grandchildren, three granddaughters, plus three granddaughters-in-law and four great-grandchildren, in addition to the granddaughter who is married, there are twenty-five old and young, it is really a big family.

"Yo, it's better to come early than to come by chance, Ma Baochang, don't you mind adding a pair of chopsticks, right?"

There were two tables in the front yard, one high and one low, and a few dishes had been placed, and it seemed that people were planning to eat. Hong Tao looked at it, there was meat and fish, and the living conditions of his tenants were good, and he, the local owner, was also happy and didn't plan to leave.

“…… How to make coarse tea and light rice make ......" Ma Baochang didn't dare to really believe it, and turned his head to look at the big bald head with a sad face.

"......" Zhu Bajin couldn't make the decision, so he could only shake his head at the old man to signal him not to refuse, and then waved his hand outside the house, calling a special soldier to whisper a few words.

"Lord Wang, please take a seat......" Ma Baochang saw that he couldn't hide from this meal, so he had to put on another smiling face that looked more sincere.

"Then the king won't ......" Don't be humble, Hong Tao didn't dare to sit on the seat even if he knelt on the ground and kowtowed, so he quickly took his seat.

"Today is my grandfather's 70th birthday, and that's my grandfather's seat!" It's a pity that the butt hasn't touched the surface of the chair yet, and the young man who scolded himself for being inferior to a dog just now opened his mouth again. He has his own demeanor, don't talk about anything, as long as you have a mouth, there will definitely be no good words.

"Huh...... What an inch! Chief Ma, come here and sit down quickly, lest your grandson glare at me!" Eight catties, send someone back to get some congratulatory gifts, you can't give the old birthday star a birthday empty-handed. ”

Over the years, training with special forces and the new army has indeed achieved some results, Hong Tao squatted on the chair for a while, and finally did not let his butt stick to the chair.

The congratulatory gifts sent back by Zhu Bajin were all very real, all kinds of canned food, some meat and some vegetarian, some dried and some rare. Put a circle on each table, and send some to the women and children in the backyard, but it is hard to eat, not enough.

In addition, there are two bottles of pony wine, not to mention the taste of the wine, the glass bottle containing the wine alone scared Ma Baochang's family enough. It's so big and transparent, and there are faint patterns, so you can change a yard in the city if you can't keep it on the market.

"Come on, come on, don't just look, move chopsticks, move chopsticks! Old man, I wish you a long life, family harmony, good health, and smooth work. Raise a glass together, no matter how big or small, you have to drink this cup, and if you don't drink it, you are insincere. ”

There is really no wine on the market that Hong Tao drinks, and there is naturally no bottle of wine, and it is 100% private. But no one dared to catch it, this was brewed by the eldest princess, and she deliberately dug a wine cellar in the Pony Mansion to store it, pressed it for a year, and saved it for a long time before taking it out and drinking it.

The point is not on the wine and the bottle, but on his toast. This is also too modern, not to mention Ma Baochang's family, they can't even understand Monday and Sunday and Zhu Bajin.

But the last sentence understands the meaning, drink it, no one can escape Hong Tao's eyes if they drink less. Including the two half-sized children at the other table, they were also forced to dry a glass of high liquor, spicy and sticking out their tongues and glaring.

"Ma Bao is so blessed, his children and grandchildren are full, and his body is okay?" After two glasses of wine, Hong Tao stopped staring at other people's wine glasses. High alcohol works quickly, and drinking is just to lighten the atmosphere and have a good chat.

Ma Baochang's brain is still dizzy, the emperor's brother-in-law can go to the village for a walk is a new thing that has not been encountered in a hundred years, and he can still sit with him and drink, who will believe it.

"Thanks to the blessing of the official's family, this old bone can still be hoeed on the ground...... but as soon as the alcohol was stimulated, the feeling of fear gradually weakened, his expression became much more natural, and his speech was much more neat.

"How much land does your family rent?" How's the harvest going? At this time, he got to the point, Hong Tao wanted to personally inquire about the agricultural data here, and he would know the general situation by comparing it with the Daimyo's Mansion.

"The little old man is not a tenant, the ancestors handed down a hundred acres of thin fields, just south of your family's field, next to the ......" Ma Baochang has been so long for a long time or the first time to straighten up and speak, this topic makes him too proud.

"Oh! This king thinks that he is the landlord, and it turns out that Ma Baochang is also a peer, come and come, and do one for the landlord! ”

Hong Tao was silent on the surface, but he was a little puzzled in his heart. The family has 100 acres of land, and there is no shortage of labor, so it is said that life should be better, and it will not be deliberately pretending to be poor with himself.

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