Hand over the jade seal first [Infrastructure]

Sitting next to Xiao Zirong, Tao Zhi, who was writing paperwork, shook his hand and almost threw the pen out. He just heard Liu Cainiang's complaint, and he felt that those people were really stupid. They dared to be so arrogant when they were newcomers, especially now. I didn't understand what kind of existence this city was.

It is said that it is the dwelling place of gods, but they also eat whole grains and cultivate land for a living, but if they are all ordinary people, why haven't they heard of it before?

But no matter what he didn't expect Xiao Zirong to be so straightforward, and calmly beat these people into slavery.

But that's true, originally they were given preferential treatment because of their literacy, and those who were not given preferential treatment went to the city as slaves.

Tao Zhi became even more cautious when he thought of this, and he didn't dare to say a word with low eyebrows. As for pleading for those people... forget it, he doesn't know the relationship well, it would be bad if he got involved.

Xiao Zirong was very satisfied with Tao Zhi's understanding of current affairs. He didn't mind the arrogance of scholars. As intellectuals who make up a relatively small proportion these days, it's strange that these people don't have arrogance, but he doesn't need arrogance and no brains.

Anyway, there will be no shortage of people who can read and write here in the future. In the past three to five years, at least the six-year compulsory education in elementary school can be popularized, and then the nine-year compulsory education can be gradually popularized.

This progress should be faster than later generations, mainly because there are few people in his place, and it is too easy to promote the benefits of reading. child reading.

Those scholars probably didn't expect that they would be enslaved just because they made troubles. It's not like they haven't made troubles before, and the court is still very tolerant towards scholars.

Of course, part of the reason is that many officials are unwilling to offend scholars in large numbers. These people's pens are too powerful. Don't you see that even people like the first emperor were criticized beyond recognition because of these pens?

That was the person who created the great unification with great courage. Many regulations set by the first emperor at that time have far-reaching influence until now.

Therefore, many scholars have become accustomed to getting together and making troubles to get the results they want. Of course, this is something other than big right and wrong.

As a result, they kicked the iron plate today. After finding that there was no way to change the status quo, they also thought about writing an article to criticize the young city lord, bluntly saying that he was a disorderly government.

But if you want to write an article, you need a carrier. After the special treatment, they don’t even have a pen and paper. They have a stronger plan to write on the clay tablet. However, a new problem has arisen. What’s the use of writing?

Outside, they can pass it on to their classmates, and they can pass it on to their classmates. In Taoyuan City... only a few of them circulate it internally. No matter how stupid they are, they will never show it to those little ladies. They raised their eyebrows, as if they wanted to beat them up.

Show it to the refugees who came together... They can't understand it, even if I explain it to them, the refugees don't bother to listen. On the one hand, they are too tired to work all day, and on the other hand, these refugees are actually very simple-minded.

A middle-aged man heard their chanting and said directly: "We don't understand the big truths you said. We only know that the city lord gives us food and work for us. There is nothing wrong with it."

A scholar said anxiously: "But you are slaves now, look where those women live, where do you live?"

The man's wife rolled her eyes and put her hands on her hips and said, "Go, go, don't come here to make troubles. You don't know what your last name is after you read a little. Look at us and don't know that those houses are bought by other young ladies? Wei Chunguan said Now, when the tax payment period is enough, we can buy a house and get out of citizenship!"

The scholar's face darkened: "You!"

The man saw his complexion and said in front of his wife: "It doesn't matter if you are a slave or not. Life is better now than before. Even if you are a slave, the city lord, or those little ladies, they didn't force us to do anything. Please come back."

Yes, this is also the reason why these refugees didn't do anything. The people Liu Cainiang chose were either helpless in the first place, and it's hard to say whether they will live or die in the future, or the whole family was brought here. At the beginning, they heard that they were going to be enslaved Everyone was a little flustered, but there was nothing they could do, they were desperate.

After a while, they found that even if they were slaves, life was much better than they thought. At least the state government gave them food on credit, and they could wait for the monthly money to be paid before paying back, and the interest was not high.

Ordinary people are like this, they will not make trouble if they can eat enough and wear warm clothes.

The scholar left bitterly, and the person Lu Liu sent to observe reported the matter to Xiao Zirong, Liu Cainiang was still a little angry: "These people really don't know what to do, if we didn't take them in, they would have starved to death now, and they still Dare to steal things from us."

Liu Cainiang didn't read much, but she also understood that she was fighting for power with them. She couldn't help but think of what Xiao Zirong said to Wei Yun and the others before.

Xiao Zirong smiled and said, "Why are you angry with them? They will be honest in two days."

After hearing this, Liu Cainiang was a little suspicious. She somehow knew what those scholars looked like, so how could they stop so soon?

However, what she didn't expect was that those scholars were really honest after a few days. Liu Cainiang took a look to see it curiously, and then she understood why their city lord said that - don't you have to be honest if you have nothing to eat?

You must know that the first month's food is on credit from the state government. From the second month onwards, you have to buy it yourself and pay back each one. Xiao Zirong is very good at controlling this aspect, and the monthly money is given No more, no less, so that these refugees can keep some money while they have money to eat and repay the loan.

Then the food tax they planted from land reclamation is slightly heavier than that of ordinary people, but it is not too heavy. After adding and subtracting, it is more comfortable than living outside.

Now that they are not bullied, have basic necessities, food, housing and transportation, and will be able to buy a house in the future, these refugees will not take slavery seriously. Anyway, they have to work when they go to the state capital, and I heard that even if they Even after working, he can only manage two meals a day, whether he is full or not. As for the future, he can only wait for the order from the imperial court.

Thinking about it this way, it would be better to stay here. At the same time, these refugees still have some sympathy for those who refused to come because they were worried. What a great opportunity they missed.

So those scholars are destined to be unable to lobby these refugees. People who have not read books have a simple mind. Whoever can feed them, clothe them and have a place to live is a good official. Besides, they can't control anything else.

In fact, it is very difficult to provide such a guarantee. Xiao Zirong can provide it because he has money, and the land can be opened casually without money.

Xiao Xuexing didn't have such benefits, and the governor Wang left him a mess, and he was devastated almost every day.

But even so, he didn't give up contact with the mysterious man's subordinates, but those people didn't seem to appear very often recently, and he didn't know if they were affected by the disaster.

Just when Xiao Xuexing was thinking about this, Ling Fu said: "Your Highness, I just received news that some refugees have been taken away."

"Taken away?" Xiao Xuexing was a little surprised: "Where was it taken away? But someone from the Northern Wei Dynasty got involved?"

These days population is productivity, so the two sides often take in the other side's people, and even try to abduct the other side's people, so when he heard that someone disappeared, Xiao Xuexing's first thought was to send people from the Northern Wei Dynasty to make trouble.

Ling Fu shook his head and said: "It is said that they were taken away by a group of young ladies. The leading lady had a blindfold on one eye, and the rest held Changshuo in their hands, and the color of Changshuo was very special. It's silvery white and looks very sharp."

Xiao Xuexing was slightly taken aback: "It's them? Where did they bring the refugees?"

Ling Fu said: "I don't know the specifics, I just heard that we are going to take those refugees back to do something. Your Highness, it's rare for them to show up. Do you want to send someone to pretend to be a refugee to catch a current one?"

Xiao Xuexing asked thoughtfully, "Did those refugees show up again later?"

Ling Fu shook his head and said, "It is said that there is not."

Xiao Xuexing pondered for a while and said: "Don't act rashly, just send people to watch these days, don't disturb them."

Ling Fu was a little surprised: "Your Highness?"

He didn't understand why His Highness suddenly changed his attention. This is a good opportunity to catch the opponent's tail.

Xiao Xuexing's furrowed brows were rarely relaxed: "They had been hiding well before, and basically seldom showed up, and now they showed up to take the refugees away, and I thought it was out of compassion, and wanted to save these people, since With this in mind, it’s okay for us to stop for now.”

Xiao Xuexing could almost conclude that these people did not take the refugees away to torture them, because it was unnecessary, and they took the huge risk of being discovered just to bring them back to torture them?Isn't this sick?

And through the behavior of these people before, he can more or less see that these people should have settled in the mountains, so they need all kinds of things. What Xiao Xuexing needs to do is wait for them to get used to living in the mountains and let go of their vigilance. Go find the place.

But those are all things for the future. Now... Although the other party's ability to accept refugees is limited, it can relieve a little pressure after all. Now the food in the state capital is no longer able to continue to receive more refugees, but the aftermath of the flood is a little bit. reflect.

Especially since the real flood season has not yet arrived, even if these refugees are driven back to rebuild their homes, it will still be the same when the real flood season comes.

Ling Fu didn't say anything after hearing Xiao Xuexing's reasons, and even wanted to secretly release water for those little ladies, hoping that they would take more people away.

No matter what, it is always good to relieve the pressure on their highness.

Xiao Xuexing's body, which had been nourished for a whole winter, has already recovered a lot, but recently he has been working hard again. Although he can't see anything wrong now, Ling Fu is still worried, but he doesn't know how to persuade him, so he can only think of other ways .

But I don't know why, since that day, those little ladies haven't appeared much, Ling Fu is a little anxious, you just took dozens of people away, these dozens of people are nothing among the thousands of refugees!

Ling Fu thought about it for a while. Since His Royal Highness felt that it was necessary to evacuate the pressure, it would be nice to have fewer people, so he decided to do one thing.

Xiao Xuexing relaxed his investigation, and Xiao Zirong could feel it, because there were fewer people staring at the pier, and his deal with Yuan Jia went smoothly.

This time, he brought back a lot of things, and brought them over several times. Looking at the treasury that was gradually filling up, Xiao Zirong felt a little more fulfilled.

As a result, when he was looking at the account book, he heard Liu Cainiang say outside: "City Lord, Xia Guan is asking to see you."

Xia Guan?Lu Liu?Xiao Zirong raised his head and said, "Come in, you don't have to do this in the future, we don't like this here."

Liu Cainiang still insisted: "That can't be without rules."

Xiao Zirong looked at her and felt helpless. The arrival of those scholars still had some influence. At least they instilled some etiquette thoughts while teaching the class. Of course, they dare not say that men are superior to women, but when it comes to this topic, Xiao Zirong Zirong would become cruel and ruthless. Over time, although they didn't understand why the city lord had such a special idea, they still wrote it down.

After Lu Liu came in, he saluted decently and said, "City Master, something is a little strange these two days."

Xiao Zirong looked up at Lu Liu: "What's wrong?"

Lu Liu said with a puzzled expression, "In the past two days, there are often more refugees who have fainted on the mountains within our patrol range."