After this incident, everyone's interest was greatly reduced, even Li Yinghong, who has always been the most talkative, was silent, and when he met refugees along the way, Li Mu instructed them to go to Fanwu camp to live in peace.

By dusk, the brigade had arrived at the outskirts of Handan, which was only a dozen miles away from the city of Handan. In the center of the Zhao State in Handan, most of the Zhao clans, powerful and wealthy merchants had their own fields outside the city of Handan, so on both sides of the Chi Road, almost all of them were endless fields, and at the same time, two water channels were dug on both sides of the Chi Road.

Since the founding of the Zhou Dynasty, the implementation is the well field system, the field is divided into public field and private field, the public field belongs to the royal family, because the field is a fixed size according to the standard divided into many squares, there is a meridian around it, there is a ditch in the middle, the long and horizontal Mo, like a tic-tac-toe, so it is called the well field system. In addition to the well fields, the small plots of land, as well as the newly cultivated new fields, are all called private fields.

The Zhou Dynasty divided the population into Chinese, savages, and slaves, and the Guoren refers to the people who live in the city, have a certain political status, and pay taxes to the state, and the countries select officials and recruit troops, most of which are recruited from the countrymen, which is quite similar to the citizens of the ancient Roman era; Savages refer to villages that live outside the city, do not have political status, but have a self-reliant life, and are the main part of cultivating the well fields. Slaves, on the other hand, have no freedom, have no status, and are equivalent to talking animals. The whole society is hierarchical and distinct.

The public land was operated and cultivated by the princes of each royal family assigned to their subordinates, and the people under the rule of the lord supervised the collective cultivation of the well fields by the savages, and they were not allowed to buy, sell and transfer the well fields, and they had to pay a certain tribute, and the main income of the Zhou Dynasty and the princes was from the taxes of the public fields. Private land is owned by individuals, can be bought and sold and transferred, and does not have to pay taxes, so over time, the lords attach importance to private land and not to public land. In addition, with the development of farming technology and agricultural tools, a large number of private fields were reclaimed, public land was deserted, and the income of public offices was also greatly reduced.

So in 594 B.C., in the fifteenth year of the Xuan Gong of the Lu State, in order to increase the income, the Lu State first carried out the tax reform, regardless of public land and private land, all taxes were paid per mu, and land was allowed to be bought and sold, which was called the initial tax per mu. Later, other countries also imitated the school.

At the same time, the increase in the fields also required a large number of people to cultivate, and the savages alone were no longer enough, so the land lords also put a large number of slaves into the fields and cultivated with the savages, and over time, the boundaries between the commoners and the slaves gradually disappeared, and they all became hired farmers of the land lords. In addition, some savages have accumulated wealth because of the reclamation of wasteland, surpassing many Chinese people, while many Chinese people have become hired laborers of wild people because of poor management and bought private land. As a result, the distinction between the Chinese and the savages is not so clear.

In order to encourage farming, the state rewarded hired peasants who worked hard and produced a large amount of land, and could officially exempt them from slavery status. Moreover, the state conscripted the army, and it was not limited to civilians, and slaves were also included in the scope of conscription. Slaves who made meritorious contributions on the battlefield could get rid of their slave status, so the real slaves were also greatly reduced, the civilian class increased, and China also entered the feudal society from a slave society.

Although after the implementation of the initial tax mu in the Lu State, it was regarded by Confucianism as the law of changing the first king, the etiquette collapsed, and the people's hearts were not ancient, so it was greatly criticized, but the initial tax per mu was actually closer to the modern tax, and it also met the needs of social development, dismantling the slavery system and establishing the establishment of the feudal system. It was not that the subjective will of people could stop it, and in the early period of the Warring States period, the Ida system also completely collapsed, and even the vast majority of Confucian disciples never mentioned the restoration of Idada.

Due to the abolition of the well fields, a large number of hired laborers increased, so on the side of the field road, you can also see villages and manors outside, for the hired farmers who work in the fields to live, sometimes the magnates in Handan City go out of the city to inspect their own land, but also live in the manor, in some manors are also built very grand and luxurious.

However, due to the drought, most of the fields were deserted by this time, and countless cobweb-like cracks appeared in the land, and the canals were intermittent, and most of the canals had dried up, and among the villages, there was little cooking smoke, and many of the villages seemed to be uninhabited. Li Mu saw it in the car and sighed, it seems that this year's drought is very strict.

The men and horses have advanced for a while, and there are more and more refugees, and on both sides of the avenue, there are also a large number of Zhao troops stationed, prohibiting refugees from rushing to the galloping road, at an intersection, dozens of chariots are parked, lined up in a row in the galloping fields, and the soldiers on the chariots are draped all over their bodies, holding bows and holding ge, and waiting for the battle. Behind the chariots, there were more than 100 tents, blocking the road to Handan, preventing the refugees from taking another step. However, the refugees did not clash with the Zhao army, and stopped in front of the Zhao army's blocking line. Some people have erected rudimentary straw huts to protect them from the wind and rain, but most of them live in a camp.

Seeing Li Mu's team coming, the chief general stationed in the Zhao army immediately rushed up, saluted in front of Li Mu's chariot, and said, "The last general, Liu Rui, see the king." ”

Li Mu said: "What's going on, why are you stationed here." ”

Liu Rui said: "The last general is stationed here on the order of the great Sima to prevent the hungry people from pouring into Handan and disturbing the order of Handan. ”

Li Mu nodded, and he was also called by Zhao Cong in the name discussion, so with Zhao Cong's formal order, he could not interfere, and Li Mu also thought that it was also a very correct measure to prevent the influx of hungry people into Handan, and he had no objection, but said: "Then Handan has decided to help these victims?" ”

Liu Rui said: "The last general is only ordered to be stationed here to prevent the victims from entering Handan, and the last general does not know about the relief of the victims." ”

Li Mu frowned and said, "You don't know? Or is there no plan to help the victims at all? ”

Liu Rui lowered his head, not daring to meet Li Mu's gaze, but obviously acquiesced.

At this time, Li Mu couldn't help but change color a little, it was still understandable to prevent the influx of hungry people into Handan, but if you ignore these disaster victims, it would be wrong, but Liu Rui just acted on orders, not the person in charge, Li Mu didn't dare to send it to him when he had fire, so he had to forcibly suppress the fire in his heart, and said: "Okay, wait until I return to Handan, get out of the way, let us pass." ”

Liu Rui hurriedly agreed, and was about to give the order to get out of the way, when he saw a convoy behind Zhao Jun driving towards this side.

When the victims saw this, there was also a commotion, and they all gathered around, and some people shouted: "Come, come, don't starve tonight." "It's the tenth day, and if it weren't for my wife, I wouldn't be alive now." "Madame's heart is so good, she will definitely live a long life."

The soldiers of the Zhao army drew their bows and raised their bows, and said sharply: "Whatever you want to do, go back, get out of the way, and honestly wait to drink porridge, if anyone dares to make trouble, he will die." ”

Li Mu said: "Liu Rui, what's going on. ”

Liu Rui hurriedly said: "Back to the general, this is Mrs. Wenqing, every day she comes here to open a porridge shed to help the victims, it has been more than ten days, and she has been giving porridge twice a day in the morning and evening." After a pause, he said: "Fortunately, there is Mrs. Wenqing to stabilize these victims, otherwise I am afraid that Uncle would have been in chaos a long time ago, before Mrs. Wenqing helped the victims, there would be several conflicts with the victims every day, and we have all killed more than a dozen brothers." ”

Li Mu nodded and said, "It turned out to be Wen Qing." ”

Liu Rui said again: "The gentleman wants to rush back to Handan, I will ask them to wait for a while, and let the gentleman go first." ”

Li Mu waved his hand and said, "No need, they don't have many people, just let them pass first, in case the victims are in a hurry, it will be difficult to clean up the trouble." ”

Liu Rui hurriedly said: "Thank you, your lord." He saluted Li Mu again, and hurried over to command the soldiers to make way.

Gao Yuan, Li Yinghong and others rode horses and stood next to Li Mu's chariot, so the conversation between Li Mu and Liu Rui, they also heard it very clearly, but Liu Rui was not good at speaking when he was here, and after Liu Rui left, Li Yinghong said angrily: "What are the kings and those ministers in the court doing, if it weren't for Sister Wenqing, I'm afraid they wouldn't wait for the Qin army to come, so that the victims would enter Handan first." ”

Zhao Xuan also said: "Fortunately, the Qin army did not hit Handan this time, otherwise Handan would have been broken." ”

Gao Yuan said: "There must be a reason why the imperial court ignores the victims, and I think the king and the ministers of the court will not be unaware of the danger of the victims." Is it so difficult that someone is like the king who hides the disaster? ”

Li Mu nodded, what Gao Yuan said is very likely, around the kings of various countries, there will be a group of flattering villains, deceiving the subordinates and concealing them, reporting good news but not bad news, if you meet a mediocre master, it is easy to be deceived and bewitched, so Zhao Wangqian does not know the severity of the disaster, it is also very possible, so he also nodded: "Okay, when we return to Handan, I will meet the king, make a statement to him, and immediately open a warehouse to help the victims." ”

As a few people were talking, at this time, the convoy of relief to the victims had passed through the checkpoint of Zhao Jun, and the victims were also in the fields on both sides of the road, giving up a large area, setting up more than a dozen cauldrons, lighting firewood, pouring water and rice to cook porridge.

At this time, I saw a few people walking towards Li Mu's side, led by a woman, covered with leather and a felt hat, but her face was covered with a thin veil, and only a pair of beautiful eyes were revealed, and her face could not be seen clearly.

When she came to Li Mu's chariot, the woman bowed and whispered: "Wen Qing has seen the general, congratulations to the general for defeating the Qin army again this time and preserving the great Zhao." ”

Li Mu jumped down from the chariot, stretched out his hand, and said, "Wenqing, don't be polite, is Huan'er okay?" ”

The woman said: "There is General Lao's concern, and Huan'er is fine." ”

At this time, Li Yinghong jumped off the horse, came to the girl's side in three steps and two steps, took the girl's arm, and said with a smile: "Sister Wenqing, I didn't expect to be here." ”

The woman turned to Li Yinghong and said, "It turned out to be Yinghong's sister." Are you going back to Handan? ”

Li Yinghong nodded and said, "Yes, we defeated the Qin army, so my father was edicted back to Handan by the king." ”

The woman said: "So that's the case, there are still more than ten miles away from Handan, and it's getting late now, my manor is not far ahead, if the general is not too simple, go to my manor to rest for the night, and then enter Handan tomorrow." ”

Li Mu looked at the sky, it was indeed almost dark, so he also nodded and said, "Okay, then disturb Wen Qing." ”