Zhou Shaoyu is very weak-minded, and he has been very low-key for a few days, and he wants to find out who he wants, but it is not appropriate to find anyone if he thinks about it carefully.

Assuming that he really did something that should not be done to the Bai family, and no one mentioned it for a period of time after such a low-key period of time, it will naturally pass, after all, it is impossible for anything irreparable to happen, and it can be revealed after a long time, after all, it cannot be investigated.

But if he really did something bad, didn't he ask such a roundabout question, but instead reminded people to think about it again, which is so embarrassing.

So I decided to put on a very busy look to inspect everywhere, and when I came back, I also put on a tired look, and then ......

"What has Zhou Lang done in the past few days?" Li Qingzhao welcomed Zhou Shaoyu into the house, took off the cloak for him, and saw that Zhou Shaoyu was tired and in poor spirits, and finally couldn't help but be curious.

Can Zhou Shaoyu be embarrassed to say what he really thinks? It's impossible, Yi replied: "It's nothing, it's just that the city and the surrounding villages are walking around, going deep into the people to observe the people's feelings or something, after all, in the current winter, no matter how powerful we are, it is impossible to make everyone rich, after all, there are a small number of people who are still on the poverty line." ”

Li Qingzhao did not doubt him, and said with a smile: "Then it's no wonder that we, from the city to the village, but wherever the people gather, we have always ensured that the government decree is carried out, as long as we are not too lazy, I dare not say how good it is, at least there will be a little surplus food, but there are always some people who have no sense of security or other reasons, and live deep in the mountains, these are really helpless." ”

This is also the truth, some people have to live in the mountains, if they don't have to, they don't come out, just a few families and dozens of people, in the case of a shortage of manpower, naturally can't care so much, and people may not listen to orders.

In fact, they have a pretty poor life, in terms of the current winter, it is likely that the family is basically nested in bed all winter, no way, let alone how thick the clothes are, and they don't even have to wear them at all, and they have to change their clothes if they want to go out.

These people may not really have lived in the mountains for generations, many of them have committed crimes and fled to the mountains, and more are poor, and they are afraid of ruining their families if they can't pay their taxes, and they drag their families to hide in the mountains, and some of them have been left for a long time, leaving their descendants to continue to live in the mountains, and some of them are in the past ten years.

These people don't obey discipline at all, which is quite a headache.

Although some people are tempted to go down the mountain as life in the outside world improves, most of them are still reluctant to move their nests. For these people, the yamen everywhere have set up a special policy, those who are willing to go down the mountain, go to the yamen to report and register, and the yamen will make proper arrangements, but the government decree is a government order, because of the lack of manpower, no one will go to the mountains to make a notice, naturally, the people living in the mountains will not know, and even if they do, they may not really dare to go to the yamen, and the harvest is not big.

"This issue still needs to be taken seriously." Zhou Shaoyu thought for a while and said: "There is a saying, it is called poor mountains and bad waters. It's rough and one-sided, but it does apply a lot of the time. Those people live in the mountains all the year round, short-sighted, ignorant, sitting in wells and watching the sky, easy to breed barbaric and unreasonable temperament, and backward production technology, basically rely on the sky to eat, if the life can still make do with it, if it really reaches the realm of the stomach is a problem, then they are potential robbers, have to guard against it. If there is a real death by then, it will be too late to remedy it. ”

Li Qingzhao nodded, feeling very reasonable, and said: "Then I will gather my sisters to discuss a specific way to deal with it, and strive to come up with a plan before the Shangyuan Festival, and let these people go down the mountain as much as possible before spring ploughing." ”

"Don't be pressured, let's do it well, just have a clear conscience, the place is so big, the population is so large, we are not immortals, it is impossible to cover everything." Zhou Shaoyu rubbed Li Qingzhao's head, sat down and took a sip of hot tea. "Well, it just so happens that I've inquired about a mountain dwelling place these days, and I'll discuss it when I go to see it with my own eyes to get a better understanding of the situation."

Look, how good, and you can hide for a few days, then it's basically the end of the year, and it's a big holiday, and it's been a while, so there should be no problem. It's true, inspections are not pretentious after all, and you can always ask about something.

This is by no means a beautiful difference, climbing the mountain on a cold day is already hard, and the people in the mountains are extremely vigilant and very repulsive to outsiders. People must not bring too much, otherwise it will only make people wary and unable to communicate, and too little will not work, and they will despise and not listen to good words.

decided to decide which girl to bring, Zhou Shaoyu brought a total of four people, two men and two women, all of whom were elites in the army.

Tanzhou is mountainous and forested, and although there are all kinds of dangers in the mountains, it also means that there are also a lot of foods that can satisfy the stomach. Throughout the year, there are more than 100 kinds of wild vegetables, even in the cold winter, you can still make a lot of good things, such as mushrooms or something, that is a good thing.

It took two hours to rush and cross mountains and mountains, and Zhou Shaoyu arrived at the destination of this trip.

In fact, there is still a distance, but I have already met someone, he is a middle-aged man, with dark skin, some tall and thin, but the appearance is really good, the facial features are Zhouzheng, the face shape is very in line with the ancient aesthetics, just like this, it is an official face. It's a pity that the clothes are very old and tattered, carrying a basket on his back, a firewood knife in his hand, and he is bending down to pick some wild vegetables.

Zhou Shaoyu's eyesight is good, and he recognized the wild vegetables in the back basket and the shepherd's cabbage, as for the quilt, it was a little eye-catching.

"Which!?" The vigilance was still a little worse, and they were already close to a certain distance before they reacted, and stood up and put the firewood knife in front of him, looking guarded.

At the same time, the branches of the trees not far away shook a few times, and although they could not see clearly, they could also recognize that a person was hiding there.

"Don't misunderstand, we are the people of the Tanzhou Mansion, Shangfeng observed the people's feelings, and deeply felt that the people were not easy, so he ordered me to inspect the mountains and fields of Tanzhou, and invited the people who suffered in the mountains to go down to live in the mountains......"

Before Zhou Shaoyu finished speaking, he was interrupted by the tall and thin man.

"No, it's good to live here."

Zhou Shaoyu was not in a hurry, smiled and pointed to the clothes on his body, and said: "Although you live in the mountains, you will inevitably go down the mountain to exchange goods, not to mention anything else, salt alone can make people unable to completely get out of seclusion, since they have gone out, then they will definitely know that now Tanzhou New Deal, the people are well fed and warmly clothed, and every family has surplus food, and it is rare to be as dilapidated as Brother Tai."

Moreover, if you don't think about yourself, you have to think more about others. Looking at your age, you should be more than forty years, you should have children, then do you know that now in Tanzhou, both men and women, can go to school for free? Even if you can't pass the imperial examination in the future and can't become an official, you can be a shopkeeper, a bookkeeper or even a Mr. Enlightenment. ”

However, the people did not waver at all, but said coldly: "Rhetoric, I don't know if the outside world is good or not, I only know, and people in the government can't believe it." ”

"No, that's not right." Zhou Shaoyu shook his head, and said in his heart What kind of story does this person see, otherwise he hates the government so much. "I guess you haven't been in contact with the outside world for a while, and even if you do, you don't know much more. Today's Tanzhou government is no longer the official government that once oppressed the people, and now the actual person in charge is Zhou Shaoyu, the first genius whose name of benevolence and virtue is all over the world, and the people in charge of the government, although most of them are women from Shanhuai Pavilion, but they are all women who are born Buddhas in all families, and they want to ...... at the beginning."

Zhou Shaoyu was very patient, and said bit by bit, he could see that this man was indeed a little moved, but in the end he still refused ruthlessly: "Needless to say, I will never go down the mountain after all." ”

Could it be that he has committed something before? And it's not small? Zhou Shaoyu can only guess like this.

I was about to persuade again, but I saw more than 20 people rushing to the forest, both men and women, all holding various tools in their hands, and their faces were also very unkind.

"That's it, Dad, the slave called Brother Qiang and they came to help." A coarse cloth girl ran over and hid behind the tall and thin man, also with a guarded face, and when she saw Zhou Shaoyu looking at her, she glared at her viciously.

Zhou Shaoyu raised his eyebrows, he really didn't expect that there was such a beautiful woman hidden in this deep mountain. But this temperament, Pepper?

Maybe there won't be much to gain today. Seeing that these people were indeed very vigilant, Zhou Shaoyu sighed in his heart. But there is also a greater determination to solve the problem.

These people are basically united, and they don't take Wang Fa very seriously, if necessary, they will definitely do it when they go down the mountain to rob their homes.

I was just about to say a few polite words and said that I would come back next time, but I never thought that things had changed again.

The strong brother in the girl's mouth, Fu Qiang, is the leader of more than 20 people, not tall, but his body is quite strong, and there is a scar on his left face that was scratched by the claws of a fierce beast, coupled with bull's eyes, it is indeed a little intimidating. In addition, he carried an elongated scythe on his shoulder.

"Uncle An, didn't the government send someone to arrest you?" Fu Qiang's expression was a little arrogant, and he didn't show fear or awe at all because Zhou Shaoyu and the others were from the government, but he didn't pay attention to it at all. He glanced at them with a big grin and said, "I'll help you solve them, how about you marry Xiaoqin to me?" I will make sure that your family will have enough food and clothing to eat and drink. ”

"I'm not going to marry you a rough guy!" The girl who was called Qin'er glared. "It's a shame that we are still in the mountains, and if we don't unite with us, we still take advantage of the fire to rob the outside world, but we still have to save face?"

Fu Qiang was suddenly annoyed, and said with a cold face: "You little girl, get out of the way, it's your turn to speak, Uncle An, what do you say." ”

The tall and thin man patted his daughter on the shoulder, he would never marry her to Fu Qiang, with the latter's violent nature, Qin'er would only suffer if he married him, he couldn't be like the two men next to Fu Qiang, let his wife be occupied, and try his best to please be a dog's leg. His Uncle An is not so cheap.

It's just that there is no need to say this, it will not have any other effect except to annoy people, but he shook the firewood knife in his hand and said flatly: "What, do you want to break the net?" ”

Fu Qiang was stunned for a moment, looking at it, this was a jealousy of Uncle An's full force. Of course, you can win with a large number of people, but you are not sure that you can leave Uncle An behind, once you run away, you may come back to retaliate when you can, your head is like this, how can there be a reason to prevent thieves day and night.

Zhou Shaoyu's expression was more playful, and he interjected at the right time: "Uncle An? What I just said is not false, you can take your daughter's family down the mountain and be an ordinary person living and working in peace and contentment. ”

The idea is also simple, like Fu Qiang, he will not be an honest person when he goes down the mountain, and it is estimated that in the end he will either be dragged to forced labor, or he will be conscripted into the death camp, Zhou Shaoyu is not very interested, as a person in power, he naturally hopes that the people will be honest and easy to manage.

Therefore, if Uncle An can be pulled down the mountain, it will be worth the trip, and he will be able to understand the cases of the mountain residents more deeply and have a more detailed reference.

However, before Uncle An could answer, Fu Qiang was happy, and laughed: "What are you talking about?" Uncle An went down the mountain to be a common man? Hahahaha, I'm laughing to death, hahahaha, do you say it's funny or not, a person who has killed an official can still go back to be a common man who lives and works in peace and contentment? It's a big joke. ”

"Kill the officer?" Zhou Shaoyu was a little surprised, this crime is not small, no wonder he would say that he would never go down the mountain, but he didn't know when it happened, he must have been at least more than five years.

"Hey, that corrupt official insulted my mother and wanted to beat me, how could my father not kill me?" An Qin took a sip, very angry.

When Zhou Shaoyu heard this, he said: "Is this true? In this way, Uncle An doesn't have to worry, the law is nothing more than human affection, if there is a reason, the current government will give you a judgment, and there will never be a move between officials and officials. If you can trust me, I will vouch for your head than for you to eat the meal of the severed head. ”

In fact, there is a little bit of falsehood in this statement, in any case, killing is murder, if it was killed by An Shuquan who arrived in time when the official was violent, it would be excusable, but if it is time to retaliate and so on, although it will not be too accountable, but there will still be a certain punishment, otherwise this case will be difficult to manage in the future.

An Shuquan's expression flashed a little surprise, looked at it a few times, and asked, "I don't know what position Your Excellency is in?" ”

Zhou Shaoyu grinned and said with a smile: "It's just a little errand boy, but there is no lie in what Fang Cai said bluntly." ”

"Wait!" Fu Qiang was annoyed, what's the matter, when he doesn't exist, right? sneered, the long-handled sickle on his shoulder was pestled on the ground, and said coldly: "What kind of thing are you, you dare to beat the idea of the people in my village, what, this is to take a fancy to that little girl's skin?" Dare to rob a woman with Lao Tzu, it's tired and crooked, right?

Ha, what if you have killed someone, how can Lao Tzu never kill, I think that the family was a tenant farmer for the old He family in the township, and they couldn't even eat enough, seeing that they were unhappy, they were all killed, and the women also played, what, uncomfortable? Ha, I suddenly want to go back to being a citizen again, how about it? Since you can guarantee this old guy Uncle An, you can also guarantee one for me? Otherwise......"

"How else?"

"So that you will not come back!"

"Heh......" Zhou Shaoyu chuckled, his murderous aura gradually rose, and he spit out a word lightly.

Kill.