Civil servants of the Tang Dynasty

On the one hand, Xiaoxing's rushing to stay overnight is certainly stimulated by hope in his heart. After so many years of hard work on the slopes, now at least he has something to look forward to, and anyone's heart is also very anxious.On the other hand, it is really for food calculations. The drought this year is really too big. Who can save how much surplus food in a small household? Gold is very expensive, and it is really unbearable to waste it.

The official document stamped with a red stamp in the yamen clearly states that as soon as you arrive at the designated place and start working, everyone’s food will be provided by the government. On the road, you can eat yourself. If you travel faster and get half a day earlier, you can save at least one meal. If you rush one day earlier, you can actually save three meals.Strong men like them have a heavy mouth, and the food saved from one meal is enough to survive two famines in the house.

You can't eat and drink too much, you can't be poor forever, what year is this year?It's not a small amount for my wife to eat for a day or two, and it's worth the trouble for this.

Everyone's situation is similar, with the same heart and the same reason, the team rushed faster. Li Nong's family has a solid foundation, and some time ago, he got the food and salt that Mr. Tang promised to give that day. In order to save a meal or two, it is so hard, but everyone in their group acquiesced that he has become the leader, and now it is inconvenient to stop and rest.

Age is not forgiving!Looking at the tall and majestic city walls of Longmen County in the distance, Li Nong let out a long sigh of relief in his heart, "It's almost here", and walked forward, but his eyes didn't follow him. This was the first time in his life. The first time I saw the county seat, it would be a lie to say that it was not unusual.

He is a stable person, no matter what is going on in his heart, he will not show anything on his face and mouth, but the team behind him can't do it. Many farmers who saw the county for the first time were amazed , God!How much soil would be used for such a high, large and thick city wall, how many tamping board master craftsmen would be hired, and how much food would it cost to repair it?

I was so amazed that I had never been here before, and those who had visited the city in the team could not help but take this rare opportunity to show off, and I forgot to talk about the prosperity of the city tiredly, although they said However, things that people in the county are most accustomed to, such as a large number of people and a lot of food, can still attract a lot of tut-tsks. At the moment, some people are discussing when they must come to this big county after the locals have reported their meals.

Li Nong looked at the city wall and listened to the gossip behind him, but gradually the good mood brought by the novelty disappeared, and he still felt a little panicked in his heart.

The reason for his change of mood was the eyes of those people in the city gate. From a distance, the well-dressed people in the city gate looked at their line of sight, no matter how wrong they looked. Then there was curiosity. Li Nong was no stranger to this kind of condescending and curious eyes - the farmers in their village often saw beggars from other places like this.

Li Nong is honest and stubborn, and this is what he can't bear the most, "What are you blind, go quickly", after turning around and shouting, he withdrew his eyes and didn't look at the city wall again, and walked forward at a faster pace.

Behind their team, many curious idlers in the city slowly came out, and the flower arranging people followed the team and asked and walked forward, trying to figure out what the reason for such a big battle was.

After walking westward from the city gate for about an hour, I saw a mountain pass sandwiched between two hillsides on the side of the road. Two tolerance officers in soap suits stood on both sides of the pass, holding flags in their hands and gesticulating to them.

Li Nong led the team formed by the neighbors from the village behind him and followed the people in front to Shankouzi.

As soon as he stepped over the mountain pass, Li Nong, who saw clearly the situation in front of him, couldn't help but opened his mouth with an "ah", and his steps stopped abruptly.

In front of me is a relatively flat river beach alluvial by the river in the mountains. Compared with the hillsides that can be seen everywhere in Longmen County, the hillsides stretching across the river on both sides are obviously much gentler. Look at the slope, according to Li Nong's visit to Liuguan that day Judging from the village's own experience in building terraced fields, it is really the most suitable for building terraced fields.

At this moment, the river beach in front of Li Nong has become a large construction site. The farmers who arrived first, the tolerances who led the way back and forth, and the officials who walked through different groups of farmers with books in their hands... all kinds of people crowded together, You said I yelled and made a lot of noise, and not far away, one after another of the military tents that I lived in Liuguan Village last time were being erected at an extremely fast speed, and large and scary marching pots were lined up along the river. There is no end in sight, and there are still a few places where blacksmiths gather. A blacksmith's stove has already been set up, and some faint red lights can be seen...

Such a busy and noisy scene is along both sides of the river, with the head and the bottom not visible. The most eye-catching thing is not these, but the big red wax flags erected on the hillsides on both sides of the river. In winter, everything is bleak. In the rare drought, such a bright red flag on the withered and yellow hillside is very attractive. When the wind blows, the bright red flag shakes violently, like a burning fire.

There are many such big red wax flags, so many that they can't be counted. They are planted all over the mountains and waving in the wind on the slopes on both sides. Against the background of withered yellow, they set off a burning fire. These flags are inseparable from the people coming and going below. The combination of the scene of the still heat made the person who had just seen this scene involuntarily jump out of his body, and his chest faintly wanted to shout out to vent as if he was holding something.

Although there were times when there were corvees in the past, but they were all guarded and stared at by the tolerance. The farmers regarded it as the biggest hardship, and they could dodge as much as they could. Where is everything in front of them like now? Although it is a bit messy, it is messy Full of vitality, people can't help but refresh themselves.

Longmen County is a special place, even if it is a corvee service, it will not be a big scene, let alone such a scene. For a while, the farmers in the back stopped following Li Nong's footsteps, and looked at the scene in front of them excitedly and curiously. Everything, they were amazed at the size of the scene at first, and then they felt that the worries that had been in their hearts all the way had finally come to the ground-it was true that the county government did not fool people this time for such a big scene, and then they felt something in their hearts. Worried, I didn't expect so many people to come in front, those good seats for repairing the ladder field will not be snatched up by the first come, right?

"Damn it, I shouldn't have rested my breath yesterday afternoon. I delayed my journey." A sturdy man shouted in a loud voice and hurriedly urged Li Nong to come, "Uncle Li, you I have friendship with Mr. Tang, can you talk to him about arranging a good place for us."

As soon as this remark came out, there was a lot of echoing voices.

When Li Nong was about to say something, two officials in front of him walked over quickly. One of them was a clerk holding a book, and the other was an old acquaintance of Li Nong. Time is taken all the way by this small tolerance.

These two people were obviously very busy, and they were sweating profusely in the cold winter, "Go in, go in, how can people who are stuck behind here get in, you are from that village When the clerk asked hoarsely, the little tolerance also recognized Li Nong, smiled and stepped forward to pull him up to leave, "Your task arrangement and resting place are not the same as them Same, come with me, and Tang Xianzun will host a banquet to welcome you after almost everyone arrives tonight."

As soon as the little tolerance said this, the group of householders in the back were full of admiration and panic, what should they do if the leader is gone?

"Master Tang still remembers me!", the words of the little tolerance made Li Nong feel hot in his heart, "Officer Lin, what about my neighbors?".

"Liu Lushi is in charge of this matter. Don't worry, everything will be arranged for security." After explaining something in his mouth, Xiao Tolerance dragged Li Nong forward without any explanation.

Then Li Nong met those people in Liuguan Village again, and everyone was happy and excited to meet the old acquaintances.That night, as the little tolerance said, the county venerable Mr. Tang came to the place where thousands of farmers gathered to entertain them. Although the reception banquet was a bit crude due to limited conditions, his importance was enough to make up for everything else.

In such an environment and atmosphere, eating is secondary. That is, at this night, Li Nong learned the whole story of the big commotion from the mouth of Tang Xianzun who was talking and laughing at Yanyan, and he knew his jaw-dropping but stern The plan was full of energy, and at the same time, they knew their tasks-they all became the leaders in charge of the village, and cooperated with the manpower assigned by the county government to manage the households. In fact, this management task is still very secondary. More importantly, they have to pass on the experience of building terraced fields accumulated in Liuguan Village to their farmers.

This is Li Nongping's first time as an "official" in his life. He was so excited about everything today that he couldn't sleep at night because he was so excited. , not only for the good land that I have thought about all my life, but also to repay the value of Master Tang.

The real farmers can't say anything beautiful, they just roll up their sleeves and work hard.

Li Nong got up early the next day, ate two large pieces of thick wheat cakes with the boiling ginger water in the pot outside, and then went to find his neighbors. Dry writing, laying soil and cutting trees to build shacks. So many people have lived here for such a long time. It is impossible to have no place to live. Those military tents are just an emergency for those who have just arrived in the past two days. As Master Tang said, everyone is here for Going forward by yourself, reluctant to suffer, and pointing at others is not enough.

Before officially going uphill, Li Nong led his farmers to work for three full days, solving the problems of food and housing in the simplest way, and after seeing the assigned hillside, these hundreds of men began to be full of longing waiting for tomorrow.

Tomorrow you can officially go uphill to repair the fields for yourself!

Until this time, Li Nong, who had stopped from excitement and fatigue, suddenly thought of a question, what about stones?At least this is the only way to build terraced fields. Although there are some on the mountain, thousands of village households gather together to use them. How can these on the mountain be enough?Although in the past two days, I have heard people say that there is a rocky mountain more than 20 miles away, and the mountain is full of large and small stones, but more than 20 miles is too far away, and I have to point to these farmers themselves To provoke, this... is simply impossible.

Thinking of this, Li Nong, who had just taken off his overcoat, couldn't lie down anymore, got up with his clothes on and walked out of the dormitory lightly, and went straight to find Wang Yunwu.

"Brother Li, why don't you rest at this late hour?" Wang Yunwu, a civil official working with Li Nong, looked at Li Nong with a big yawn, "Why is it so urgent?".

"Stone", knowing that he was not clear, Li Nong then added: "The dams of the terraces are only strong when they are built under the sun. They are absolutely indispensable. The spot on the hillside can be used up in less than two days. What's up with this?"

As soon as Li Nong said this, Wang Yunwu's face became weird, and he wanted to explain something but he didn't say anything, "Brother Li, don't worry, this Tang County Venerable has already made arrangements, and the stone will be delivered at that time." come over".

"Send it here? Who will send it?" Ren Li Nong asked again, but Wang Yunwu refused to say anything more. After repeated repetitions, the county lord had already made arrangements, so don't worry.

On the way back to the dormitory, Li Nong, who didn't get an answer, kept thinking about this matter over and over again. Who will send it here?How many large animals are needed to support the amount of stones for thousands of people, and how many people are needed just to feed these large animals?Now that so many young adults are gathered here, even if the county lord really has the ability to get so many big animals, where can he find so many people to use them?

This incomprehensible question and Wang Yunwu's strange expression flashed in Li Nong's mind alternately, which made him, an old farmer who rarely dreamed, experience the feeling of "insomnia" for the first time in his life. After wanting to hurt, I fell asleep in a daze.

The next morning when it was just dawn, Li Nong was startled by the sound of gongs and drums that shook the sky. He turned over and quickly put on his clothes and walked out. He set up a big drum, which didn’t look like the common people’s daily objects. At this moment, a soldier in light leather armor was swinging his hammer and beating the drum. The ground has the same layout, dozens of big drums up and down on both sides of the river are swung together, and the superimposed sound is blocked by the hillsides on both sides, making the sound more vigorous, and the sound of the drums in the echo of the empty valley is like The mallet is like the heart, not only the remaining drowsiness disappears immediately, but the strength in the body is also awakened by the rumbling drum.

Amidst the sound of drums, sleepy householders emerged from the countless shabby shacks along the river. They first stared blankly at the sergeant beating the drums, and then at the hillside with red flags on the opposite side. , the strong and strong men who were still a little lazy due to morning sleepiness suddenly became energetic as if by magic. In a short period of time, the river channel sandwiched by the hillsides on both sides was full of lively noise.

The big pots near the river were burning, and the smoke was rising, washing and cleaning, sorting out farm tools, almost everyone couldn't help but look at the slopes on both sides every now and then while they were busy with the work at hand. , After so much trouble, today I finally have to do it.

After the meal, before the thoughtful Li Nong yelled, the farmers under him couldn't wait to run up the hillside. They didn't know how many times they looked at the specific location in the past two days, and they didn't need anyone to do it at all. what guidelines.

As soon as these farmers went uphill, they were like tigers out of the cage. They got busy according to Li Nong's previous assignment, finding stones, gathering stones and moving them tightly. Everyone seemed to have endless energy.

Seeing this scene, Li Nong, who is a field repair guide, became even more concerned. According to their enthusiasm, they would probably have to find all the natural stones on the hillside in less than two days, and they would be found in the next afternoon. How can we adjust the time?

In fact, before noon tomorrow, when Li Nong was thinking about it, some farmers had already asked about it. At this time, Li Nong couldn't say anything discouraged. Empress Yunwu agreed in a deep voice, "The county lord has made his own arrangements for this matter, just wait."

Li Nong's voice was loud, with a sense of impatience.

But after the past few days, these farm households have trust in him, in Mr. Tang, who is also from the same household, and continue to work hard without saying anything after hearing what he said.

Looking again at Wang Yunwu, who was counting the number of people and taking the work record, Li Nong let out a long breath and leaned over to pick up a big stone. From then on, he didn't stop until noon, just to use this heavy stone Stones to suppress vain thoughts.

When lunch was over at noon, the farmers were happily discussing the progress in the morning, but Li Nong, who was doing more solidly than anyone else, didn't say a word. After eating and resting for a while, he said nothing again up the slope.

Watching the time pass by, but the arrangement of the county lord is still not visible, Li Nong's irritability becomes more and more serious, but the more he works like this, the harder he works. The leader worked so hard, but he forced those strong young men to be helpless, and they were full of wind when they worked, and they didn't dare to be slack in the slightest.

It's just that since then, there are fewer and fewer stones that can be used.

Just when Li Nong couldn't hold back any longer and was about to go to find Wang Yunwu, and had to take out the truth no matter what, he suddenly heard a shout behind him, "Look!" The farmer who made this sound looked like he had seen a ghost. Those who were horrified lost their voices.

Hearing this shout, Li Nong's heart skipped a beat, he didn't even care about the stone he was still holding in his arms, and turned around suddenly while turning his head.

2Chapter 16 Really, it's true

Li Nong, who was holding a stone in his arms, turned his head suddenly, condescendingly saw the opposite mountain pass directly, and then heard a muffled "bang", the big rock in his arms fell to the ground, only a little bit away It fell on his foot. Once such a heavy stone hits him, Li Nong will not be able to do any work for at least ten days and a half. It's unimaginable for such a stable old farmer, but now, Li Nong didn't realize it at all. His eyes, his attention and all his thoughts were focused on the incredible thing that seemed to be miraculous in Yamaguchi. He was usually not very expressive about his emotions and anger, but at this moment he unconsciously opened his mouth.

Even though he had seen all this clearly with his own eyes, there was still only one voice in his mind: How is it possible, how is this possible?

At this time, thousands of Tang Dynasty households on the continuous hillsides had the same reaction as Li Nong, with the sound of beating drums and the fluttering of red flags. It was strange at this time on the hillside, which has been noisy and hot since this morning. In a very short period of time, it fell into a complete calm, and everything was because of what happened on the mountain pass, everything that happened, but it was unbelievable.

A large and strong ox pulled a cart with high-reaching wheels and got out of the mountain pass covered by two slopes. The cart was full of the stones that made Li Nong worry all day. The ox cart that got through the mountain pass Go straight to the foot of the hillside and unload the stones, then go around a circle and go out from the other side of the mountain pass.

The whole process is coherent and smooth. The moving ox carts form a moving oval under the hillside. At this time, the mountain pass is like a spring, and the ox carts flow out continuously. When you think that this is the last When one car comes out, the next car comes out again, endlessly, never ending.

There is no difference between cows, but the high-reaching carts pulled by big cows are used exclusively by people in the grassland. Cheren is a real Xiren.

And this is why Li Nong and other thousands of Tang Dynasty farmers couldn't believe the scene in front of them-these are Xi Manzi, Xi Manzi!They don't farm, so how could they contribute to the Tang people's terraced fields?After decades, who doesn't know what Xi Manzi is like in Longmen?How could the county government order them around?

Thousands of strong Tang men stared blankly at the scene where it was impossible to appear below, and they didn't dare to think about it. The huge contrast between common sense and reality made them suddenly lose their voices on the hot hillside.

Shocking, shocking!

After a while, Li Nong, who woke up from the state of trance, closed his mouth that he didn't know when he opened it, smacked dryly, and then squeezed his thick thumb into his palm for a moment.

A dull pain came, really, really!

"Good guy, the county lord really called them here." Wang Yunwuman sighed in Li Nong's ears with disbelief, "I'm not going to hide it from Brother Li, but I'm the one who recruited Xi people." I wrote it, but even now after seeing these Xi people, I still can’t believe it, so I recruited Xi Manzi! Xi Manzi actually came here in a motherly manner, and I..." At this point, Wang Yunwu is no longer Knowing what language to use to express the unspeakable excitement, after holding back for a while, those things that were surging in my heart and lungs were compressed into a word that came out of my mouth heavily, "Day!".

I have been anxious for a day, but now I see such a condescending scene that people don't know what to say, and they can't say anything. Li Nong's heart is full of grass, and all kinds of emotions are entangled like weeds. He couldn't say anything, he couldn't say anything, he felt that his heart and lungs were suddenly swollen by something, hot and scalding, he wanted to say that he didn't know what to say, and his throat was itchy and uncomfortable for a while I just want to shout.

Before he could utter a word, cheers suddenly sounded like summer thunder from all around him and from the adjacent hillsides. No one organized or initiated them. The cheers came suddenly, instantly It reached its climax.

All the strong men from the Tang Dynasty on the hillside looked at the mountain pass below like crazy and shouted loudly. Stimulated by this, the hot and hot thing in Li Nong's chest that was about to rush out came from his throat like a flood that burst a bank. At this moment, he forgot his age, and for the first time in 50 years in his life, he yelled loudly in front of people without any scruples under the stimulation of the surrounding environment.

The restless hopes before, the anticipation during the long journey, all these accumulated strong emotions were completely ignited by the unspeakable shock just now, the more they hold back, the more they release, reaching the climax in an instant The cheers suddenly rose on the hillsides like landslides and tsunamis, but it was difficult to end for a long time.

Especially when the Tang Dynasty farmers on the hillside saw a figure in green robes walking out of the mountain pass below, it was like a hurricane was encountered on the stormy sea, and the thunderous cheers rushed to the final stage in an instant. At the peak, for a while, nothing can be heard on the hillside or in the valley except cheers.

In fact, among the thousands of Tang people who came here full of hope and longing, no more than 100 people have actually seen Tang Cheng, but this is not important, what is important is that everyone knows the blue official clothes on his body In fact, there is only one person in Longmen County who can wear such clothes, the county magistrate who gave them hope for change in despair, gave them hope, gave them food, and gave them shock.

For decades, for decades, the people of the Tang Dynasty in Longmen County guarded the barren land, shouldered twice the tax, and faced the absolutely powerful Xi people and lived silently. Their personal strength is too small and not enough Against such a dangerous environment, they once pinned their hopes on the government, on the county magistrate who represented the authority of the emperor and guarded the side. For ordinary farmers, this is their biggest and only thing they can rely on. hope.

But the county magistrates let them down, and the county magistrates changed like a revolving lantern, each hope was shattered, and when the disappointment was repeated again and again, it finally turned into despair.

But the hearts of the people are like the grassland after a wildfire. Although the weeds above have been burned clean, the seeds below will never die. The deeper the spring is depressed, the higher it will eventually bounce.

Tang Cheng's appearance and his deeds are like the spring breeze blowing across the wasteland, releasing the spring of the people's heart that has been suppressed to the deepest. In fact, there is nothing too surprising about what he has done. These are all the duties of a county magistrate, but in Longmen, which is completely different from Longmen in inland counties, everything has changed.

People's hearts and hearts are so unbelievable, just doing what a county magistrate should do, Tang Chengcheng has become a hero, and the cheers that linger on the hillsides are the best recognition of the people's hearts for him as a county magistrate, and they are heroes. Coronation.

Does the hero create the current situation, or does the current situation create the hero?When an ordinary person takes the time and does what people expect, the agitation aroused by the hearts and minds of the people will push him into a hero, even if what he did was originally what he should do.

Facing the cheers from all over the world, Tang Cheng, who accompanied Tu Yezhuo through the mountain pass, was also excited. Although the process of fighting for his ideals was indeed difficult, with the cheers and rewards in front of him, all the previous anxieties and worries were like The light wind and light clouds are not worth mentioning, and the positive encouragement of such a grand scene will surely encourage him to move forward more and more firmly towards the ideal road.

Even if you are tired, even if you are lonely!

While enjoying the roaring cheers, Tang Cheng's mind was slightly distracted. He was distracted by the future generations, and he was distracted by the black storm in Chongqing before crossing. Farmers do not hesitate to pay 10 yuan to advertise in newspapers, just to pay tribute to the officials and police who participated in the crackdown on gangsters, because they did the right thing at the right time, even if it was their due duty, so the officials and become a hero.

There are always striking similarities in history, even if it is two eras, even if there is an interval of 300 years.

Seeing such a grand scene and hearing such cheers, Tu Yezhuo quietly walked a few steps aside to distance himself from Tang Cheng. At this time, his psychology was really complicated.

This Tang Cheng is so shrewd, so shrewd that he can force you to make a deal with him, and in the process of the deal, he will squeeze out every penny of your useful value to him.

Even so, Tu Yezhuo did not regret the deal with Tang Cheng at all. On the contrary, the scene that made him sour in front of him strengthened his previous decision: with Tang Cheng in Longmen for a day, he would never do what Niu Zude most wanted to see. to things.

This is not to say that Tu Yezhuo was afraid of Tang Cheng. As the outstanding patriarch recognized by the Longmen Xi people, what he was afraid of was not Tang Cheng, but everything that Tang Cheng relied on behind him, such as the people of the Tang people in front of him, such as the eight thousand Tiancheng army. , For example, the imperial court that gave him the title and power of the county magistrate, these are what Tu Yezhuo is afraid of, and these things are all entangled with broken bones and tendons.

What Tu Yezhuo was afraid of was not Tang Cheng, but Tang Cheng's ability to knead all these together for his own use. A small tribe of more than 2 people is destined to be unable to fight against the Huanghuang Dynasty, no matter how powerful it is.In the past, when these frightening things were in a fragmented state and could not form a joint force, he might still be able to gain the upper hand by relying on the power of more than [-] people, but when Tang Cheng kneaded the original scattered After being together, everything in the past is destined to be changed.

Strength determines everything. No matter how strong an ant is, it cannot defeat a dragon. This is the sorrow of a small tribe, a sorrow that cannot be changed!

When the hot and hot things in Li Nong's chest were finally gushed out, the continuous cheers of Po Po finally ended. So far, he finally knew the reason for Wang Yunwu's strange face yesterday, but now he didn't say anything, just bent over After picking up the stone, he shouted in a hoarse voice, "Work!".

Before waking up from the atmosphere just now, the farmers who still had an aftertaste of excitement on their faces were awakened by this shout, and immediately, they started working on the hillside again, with such enthusiasm that even the morning It was nothing compared to when they first rushed up the hillside. At this time, even the most pessimistic farmer no longer doubted everything the county magistrate had promised.

Even the arrogant Xi Manzi obeyed obediently in front of Master Tang, so... what else could he not do?

When the hillside resumed being busy, Tang Cheng also looked away from the opposite side, until then he noticed that Tu Yezhuo had moved more than ten steps away from him at some point.

Seeing Tu Yezhuo's complex expression of surprise, helplessness and sadness, Tang Cheng walked over with a slight smile, "The chief of Tuye knows his promise, and the county has thanked thousands of people on behalf of them."

"This is the prestige of the county magistrate," Tu Yezhuo said with a touch of sarcasm in Tu Yezhuo's words as he looked at the Tang Dynasty households busy like ants on the hillside with the red flag waving opposite, "Thousands of Ximin came here with a single proclamation. 1.1 Don’t take the rice, they are also the people of Longmen, the county magistrate of Tang should not forget these Xi people.”

Tang Cheng didn't hear the sarcasm in Tu Yezhuo's words, and it seemed that he was still a little unwilling to face the benefits that the people of the Tang people were about to get, "Of course, this county is about to benefit the people of Xi." You have to discuss it with the patriarch."

"Oh?" Tu Yezhuo finally turned his head around.

"Xi people make a living by grazing, and the most important thing produced every year is livestock fur. The county wants to raise the price of livestock fur." ​​When he said this, the smile on Tang Cheng's face became more and more warm. When it comes to the well-being of every Ximin, what does Unknown Tuye Patriarch think?".

As soon as he finished speaking, Tu Yezhuo immediately understood Tang Cheng's purpose, good Tang Cheng, it's not enough to openly disobey Niu Zude this time, it actually wants me to break with him completely!Today, Longmen Xi's main trading partner is Niu Zude. While giving Xi people political protection, Niu Zude reaps a price discount. This is a transaction that includes political and monetary benefits. Closely connected with Niu Zude.

Raising the price means the end of the transaction with Niu Zude, and it also means a complete break between the two.

"Magistrate Tang is very thoughtful", his heart is like a mirror, but Tu Yezhuo didn't point out the most essential thing, and looked at Tang Cheng with a playful smile on his face, "Thousands of households in this family produce a lot of rice every year." There are hundreds of thousands of leather goods and livestock, and with the backing of Rao Le, the purchases are even more numerous, but I don’t know if the person Tang County Magistrate is looking for has such a big appetite.”

"Since it is the county's proposal, then this is something the county has to worry about, so I don't need to bother the patriarch." Tu Yezhuo smiled playfully, and Tang Cheng replied confidently, "The patriarch thinks that the county is a person who likes to talk empty words. of?".

"Of course not, otherwise there would be no such scene." Tu Yezhuo pointed at Xi Ren's cattle caravan. Forgive me for talking too much, but after leaving Suoyangguan, it is not Longmen County."

"If you don't go out of Suoyangguan, it's still the ground of Guizhou in Tang Dynasty." Tang Cheng bit down the word "Datang" in front of Guizhou very heavily.

"Oh", hearing this, Tu Yezhuo's eyes shrank suddenly, and after looking at Tang Cheng carefully for a long time, he said in a deep voice: "Then when the surname of Guizhou is not Niu, I will have a good relationship with Tang County Magistrate again." Let's talk about this business."

Such a matter of great concern cannot be settled in one word, and Tang Cheng is just letting the air out, so he is not disappointed with Tu Yezhuo's answer, and said with a shallow smile: "Okay."

"Aren't magistrate Tang afraid that I will tell Niu Zude about this?".

"The picture is poor but the dagger is seen", Tang Chengruo asked inadvertently: "The situation is so far, what is the difference between talking or not talking?".

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Niu Zude, governor of Guizhou, now has mixed feelings about Longmen County. On the one hand, he is really tired of hearing the word Longmen County. These days, every three days, there must be an official document like this, buzzing endlessly in my ears like an annoying fly, and there are only two words—— food!

Just for the sake of food, Niu Zude was beaten up by the special envoy sent by Mr. Min. Now he is annoyed when he hears these two words, and he can't bear the harassment of such a disgusting person like Tang Cheng.

But besides being bored and disgusted, Niu Zude also really wanted to hear news from Longmen County—the news of the turmoil in Longmen County.

In the past, Niu Zude often hoped that the county magistrate of Longmen would be able to work for a longer time. The county government below was like a revolving door, so his governor was also very trivial. People kicked away.

If the appointment and removal of officials like Tang Cheng had not to be reported to Chang'an Ministry of Officials for approval, he would have kicked Tang Cheng out of Guizhou as early as the last time [-] leather goods were burned.

When Niu Zude's conflicting thoughts were intertwined, An Biejia came in from the outside with a serious face, and sat down on the stool silently.

Niu Zude rarely saw his expression like this, so he asked directly, "What happened?".