His Majesty once married me

At this time, Tao Hong had already taken out a copper coin from the palace man in charge of carrying the purse, and stuffed it into the hands of Mrs. Xiao with a smile.

"Master says yes, you can take it with peace of mind, and the extra part is only a reward from my master."

"Then I will thank you nobleman." Mrs. Xiao smiled and happily took the copper coins.

Tao Hong turned around and was about to keep up with the marching troops, but she was grabbed by the sleeves by Mrs. Xiao.

"Girl, wait a minute." Mrs. Xiao stuffed the copper coins into her arms, then quickly took off the cloak on her body, and stuffed it back into Taohong's hands, "Do me a favor, give this good thing to me." Take my son back, don't let him freeze."

Tao Hong was slightly taken aback, subconsciously bit her lip.

Unlike Liu Lu, whose parents are always by her side, Tao Hong was sold into Ouyang Mansion by Ren Yazi when she was nine years old. Up to now, she can't even remember what her biological parents looked like, only remembering that she was taken away by Ren Yazi The night before, her mother held her and cried a lot, but the next morning, she pushed her out of the house without hesitation.

Tao Hong doesn't miss her biological parents.When they handed her over to Ren Yazi and took away a bag of grain from Ren Yazi, she decided to make a clean break with them.

But seeing the kindness and filial piety of Xiao's mother and son, Taohong couldn't help but feel envious. She immediately agreed to the job, and handed the hand stove in her sleeve to Mrs. Xiao, smiling: "You should also pay attention to it, don't worry about it." I froze myself and made your son feel bad."

"This..." Mrs. Xiao hesitated while holding the hand stove.

Although the hand stove is made of copper, it is not light in weight, and the workmanship is also very delicate. Mrs. Xiao felt a little "hot" when she took it in her hand.

"Use it first, and return it to me when we meet next time." Tao Hong said lightly, "We will definitely come here again."

Tao Hong didn't dare to take off her cloak for Mrs. Xiao to use.The clothes they wear when they go out are all standard and particular. One thing is that they cannot be added or subtracted at will. More importantly, the ownership of these things does not belong to her. Even if they are worn on her body, she cannot let her control them.But she bought the hand stove with her own monthly money, and it is her private property. If she wants to give it to anyone, it is a matter of her upper lip touching her lower lip.

Mrs. Xiao accepted Taohong's explanation, thanked her happily, and turned to go home.

Tao Hong also turned around, hugged the cloak that Mrs. Xiao had taken off, walked quickly a few steps, and chased after Ouyang.

Ouyang and his party have already moved a long distance from Liu Dayan's earthen house.

When Tao Hong came back to Ouyang, she heard Ouyang instructing Huang Peng, "...Remember this family. After returning to the palace, remind me to turn them into free people and move to another place."

"Ah?" Xiao Er on the other side didn't expect that Liu Dayan's family would be kicked out of Huangzhuang just after making a fuss, so he forgot to control his mouth in shock.

Ouyang immediately turned his eyes, stared at Xiao Er, raised his eyebrows and asked, "But what's your dissatisfaction?"

"No...not!" Xiao Er hurriedly shook his head.

According to the rules left by the previous dynasty, the tenant farmers in Huangzhuang are actually slaves, but they are not free to sell and sell like ordinary slaves.It is not an easy task to become a tenant farmer in Huangzhuang, because no matter how exploited and squeezed in Huangzhuang, there is a "Huang" character. Even if there is not enough food, people will never starve to death. "The two words are enough to make a large number of people's heads fall to the ground.

Because of this, most of the tenant farmers in Huangzhuang didn't think about leaving. They would rather serve the emperor as slaves for generations than go out to be civilians who make a living by themselves.

"Don't do evil because it is small, and you shouldn't condone it because it is small." So far, Ouyang has no dissatisfaction with Xiao Er, so he rarely kindly mentioned a few words to him, "Today, this family Dare to occupy your family's clothes; tomorrow, they dare to covet His Majesty's things and stretch their claws at His Majesty's Huangzhuang! You have to remember that the so-called small punishment and big commandment are to punish them before they make a big mistake , let them no longer dare and have no chance to expand their crimes. In addition, the word "greedy" is the most unacceptable thing to do for His Majesty. That's what the lawyer said!"

In short, don't get used to their faults!

Xiao Er only understood a general idea of ​​Ouyang's suggestion, but Ouyang's words "do things for His Majesty" made him find the backbone at once.

——This is Huangzhuang, he is the head of His Majesty's village!

Xiao Er immediately straightened his back, and the smile on his face became more and more sincere.

Tao Hong at the side seized the opportunity and handed the cloak that Mrs. Xiao took off to Xiao Er, asking him to put it on again.

Liu Lu took the opportunity to ask, "There is only one old lady in Xiao Zhuangtou's family?"

In fact, the situation of Xiao Er and other Zhuangtou has been recorded and sent to Ouyang.Liu Lu helped Ouyang tidy up, and it was clear that there were only their mother and son in Xiao Er's family.But words are dead, but people are alive. A 30-year-old man who does not marry and has no children, and only lives with his widowed mother, if there is no inside story, it is too abnormal!

Sure enough, when Liu Lu asked this question, Xiao Er smiled wryly, and said frankly while wearing his cloak: "I'm not afraid of your jokes, my family is actually not much better than Liu Dayan's family. At least his family is full of children and grandchildren, what about mine?" , finally got a daughter-in-law, but couldn't give birth to a child, and my mother didn't get along well. A few years ago, the world was in chaos, and the Huangzhuang was not stable. She...she was with the eldest son of the Zhuangtou family. Ran."

"what--"

Tao Hong and Liu Lu covered their mouths at the same time, and the other men who heard Xiao Er's words, including Huang Peng, also showed sympathy involuntarily.

Speaking of men's pain, even if the green hat can't take the top spot, it can definitely rank among the top three.

Xiao Er was quite calm, he laughed at himself, and continued: "I was really going to die of anger at the time. If there was no old lady who needed to be taken care of at home, I would have chased her out and strangled her with the adulterer. But she Not long after I ran away, the world was stable, and His Majesty was enthroned, and I followed suit, becoming the new head of the village. Life is obviously getting better, and there is hope, so I thought, if she doesn't leave, maybe she will Not so many good things happen, and it may not be my turn if it happens. Thinking about it this way, I will not be angry, and sometimes I even want to thank her, thank her eight generations of ancestors!"

"Hahaha——" Xiao Er's last sentence caused the men to laugh heartily.

Amidst the laughter, Ouyang suddenly interjected, "If you are not in a hurry to carry on the family line, you might as well delay the matter of marriage and think about it in two or three years."

Xiao Er couldn't help being taken aback, but the envious or jealous reactions of the crowd around him made him quickly understand: Your lord is saying that he has a bright future and can marry a better one in two years?

"No hurry, no hurry!" Xiao Er immediately said, "I've been waiting for more than ten years, not less than two or three years!"

Ouyang didn't answer any more, as if the previous proposal was just a casual remark.

This kind of follow-up made Xiao Er a little uneasy, but he didn't dare to let Ouyang make a promise to protect the media, so he could only grit his teeth secretly, and said in his heart: Wealth and wealth are in danger, so what if you gamble!Anyway, no matter how bad it is two years later, it will not be worse than two years ago. At most, there will be no son!

After making up his mind, Xiao Er became more attentive to Ouyang and his party.

Afterwards, the few tenant farmers I visited did not have any accidents like Liu Dayan's house, nor did I see any family hiding on the kang head and squeezing the bed because they had no clothes.But generally speaking, the word "poor" still cannot be escaped here. All tenant farmers live in earthen huts, and most of them wear single clothes, and only a handful of them have leather waistcoats.

Seeing that it was getting late and there was not much time left before the city gate closed, Ouyang stopped visiting and brought everyone back to the carriage. Then he handed out another stack of paper with forms and markings in Liu Lu's hand.

This kind of paper clearly indicates what they should record: in addition to the population, it also includes the number and size of houses, whether the family raises poultry and livestock, whether they have any skills other than farming, and whether the family has valuables that do not meet the income of tenants. Items... There is also a large space for notes at the end, for the recorder to write content that is not mentioned in the marked items.

Seeing that everyone has received the sample paper, Ouyang put his hands back and said, "Starting tomorrow, each of you will have a Zhuangzi, and continue to follow today's process, visiting door to door, and record the situation of each house clearly and in detail. .”

After finishing speaking, Ouyang asked people to take out the prepared lottery cylinders, asked ten people to draw one each, and then threw the remaining one to Huang Peng.

"Tomorrow is the first day. I will invite the servants in the palace to accompany me, lest you be labeled as liars. But after tomorrow, it depends on your own abilities—of course, if you can complete the errand within one day, That's okay. But, I won't close the paper in advance." Ouyang said indifferently, "Those who plan to follow me to work in Huangzhuang on the [-]th of this month, that is, seven days later, please submit the paper before the end of noon. The results of each are sent here—yes, it is here, where you are standing now. Those who have not arrived before the due date, I will regard it as giving up."

Speaking of this, Ouyang paused, glanced at the faces of the ten people one by one, and then said: "You all know my identity, so you will definitely have concerns. However, you can rest assured that for those who voluntarily withdraw Man, I'm sure I won't hold him accountable—after all, it's better to quit now than to annoy me by doing wrong or bad things in the future. When the time comes, don't expect to get out with just a letter of resignation and walk away. People. Also, you don’t have to worry about me going forward to slander Your Majesty, because I will only let Your Majesty remember those talents that are worth remembering—valuable, capable and useful.”

After saying this, Ouyang stopped again, leaving time for these people to carefully taste the meaning of his words, and then continued: "This promise of not being held accountable will remain valid until the end of noon on the [-]th, you can slow down Think slowly, you don’t need to make a decision now, and I don’t have time to listen to your decision right now—by the way, there’s one more thing.”

Ouyang stretched out his hand, and Liu Lu at the side immediately took out the test papers these people had done in Ou Mansion, and handed them to him.

Ouyang returned these test papers to everyone one by one, and then said: "This is another homework that you need to complete. When you submit the investigation results on the [-]th, bring this test paper with you. I hope that you will It's a rewritten paper with only the correct answers—well, that's all for today."

As soon as Ouyang finished speaking, a thin man with a mustache came out of the crowd, bowed and said, "My lord, I didn't get the paper."

"Your papers are all correct, and there is no need to change them." Ouyang replied blankly.

The man was taken aback.

Before he could ask further questions, Ouyang had already turned around on his own, leaving the man behind him, and while walking towards the carriage, he waved his hand to Xiao Er's position, signaling him to come over quickly.

Xiao Er quickly ran two steps and chased after Ouyang.

Ouyang didn't explain the reason right away, he just led Xiao Er along indifferently, until he got into the carriage and closed the door, then he said calmly: "Three things."

Xiao Er, who only sat on the soft car seat with his buttocks half stretched, immediately straightened up and pricked up his ears.

"First, find a few helpers for yourself. It doesn't matter whether you are close or not, and it doesn't matter whether you are talented or capable. As long as you can trust them, you are not afraid of them holding you back."

——Really want to reuse me?

Xiao Er's eyes lit up.

"Second, you have to do the research they did, and the place is Zhuangzi under your control." Ouyang continued on his own, "I don't care if you can write or not, and it doesn't matter whether you learn it yourself or ask someone to write it for you." , all I want to see is the results on paper."

"Cao Min understands!" Xiao Er nodded vigorously.

"Third, find someone to clean up the former Zhuangtou's house. You don't have to worry about the furniture and furnishings. What you have to do is to clean up the inside and outside of the house and repair the broken parts." Ouyang said, "Tomorrow, I will send someone over, the little eunuch who is with me today, tell him what you need and what you lack, and let him figure out a way."

"No!" Xiao Er promised loudly.

"Go on." Ouyang waved his hand and drove Xiao Er off the carriage.