Chapter 1154 Entering the Mountain

Magistrate Zhang looked at them silently, calmed down, raised his head, smiled at the brave people, comforted them, and solemnly stated that he would deal with them impartially and send them away.

Magistrate Zhang turned around to look at them, his eyes fell on Fu Yong, and said: "Because most of the farm tools and cooking utensils are now made of iron, in order to prevent the iron tools from leaking out or falling into the hands of interested people, the imperial court has regulations that require a certificate to be issued when purchasing farm tools. To purchase on behalf of the villagers, you need to provide a certificate from the village.”

Fu Yong asked: "What if the landlord's family needs to purchase a large amount of agricultural tools?"

"Then you have to issue the land deed to the Yamen, get the note from here and go purchase it." Magistrate Zhang said: "This is a new regulation that was issued last winter. Poor households can buy farm tools with books and get discounts, so The people are very happy to take books and buy farm tools."

All the refugees who settled after March last year are classified as poor. More than half of the population in a county settled here after the Huns pacified it. More than half of the people can enjoy this preferential policy, and they naturally support it. .

  Magistrate Zhang: “So if you want to buy farm tools, you have to settle down.”

 Fu Yong has nothing to say.

Dong Shu behind him asked anxiously: "Where is Yanba?"

"Salt?" Magistrate Zhang waved his hand: "Salt, each person can buy it as long as it does not exceed five kilograms at a time. If it exceeds, it will be regarded as resale, and you will have to get a note from the Yamen."

Fu Yong asked: "There are restrictions on things like iron pots and salt. What about restaurants?"

"It's simple. If you want to buy cooking utensils like iron pots, you can buy them with the business license of a restaurant," County Magistrate Zhang said: "Don't worry, the general has made it clear that local officials are not allowed to embarrass merchants. As long as they are doing serious business, we will support."

 After all, land rent and taxes are being reduced or reduced in various places, and the national treasury needs to rely on commercial taxes.

Since the pacification of the Huns, although the general did not explicitly support commerce, he did not make it difficult. For merchants, if he did not make it difficult, he actually supported it.

Fu Yong knew that he had to go back to the mountains. He couldn't buy farm tools. He had already found out the news. Next, his father had to make a decision.

He knew that their family of three would definitely go out into the mountains, but they had to make arrangements for the people in the mountains before leaving.

Of course, Chuck couldn't let them leave like this, and suggested: "Why don't I ask a few officers to go into the mountains with you. If the people in the mountains want to move out, it will be convenient."

 Fu Yong looked embarrassed.

Chuck smiled and said: "I know what you are worried about. Don't worry. I heard you said that the place where you settled is deep in the mountains. It is difficult to get in and out. It is so difficult. This county will not disregard human kindness and ask them to pay taxes as soon as they meet. .”

 Fu Yong felt a little embarrassed.

Chuck solemnly promised, "If they don't want to leave the mountains and settle down, I will not force them. If you are short of farm tools, I will give you some. But Zisong, since you are from the Fu family in the north, you should have a foresight. Living in the mountains is not a long-term solution." But today there is peace, whether it is for the glory of our ancestors or the future of our descendants, they cannot and should not live in the mountains."

 He has already explored it, and the mountain col is only about four to five hundred acres in size. It looks very big, but it cannot support many people at all.

Two generations per generation are enough. After three generations, the population has multiplied to a certain extent and the resources in the mountains are not enough to feed them, so they must contact the outside world.

 Only this vast world has inexhaustible resources.

What’s more, human beings live in groups by nature. When the world is stable, how many people are willing to give up this vast world and live in a small mountain valley?

Fifteen young people who came out with Fu Yong were all unwilling.

Within two days, they have determined that there is really no war outside, and the Xiongnu Kingdom has been destroyed. Even Shi Le, who has a notorious reputation, has surrendered to the Jin Dynasty. There is no war in the world now. In this case, they naturally did not want to stay in the mountains anymore. They originally took refuge in the mountains to escape the disaster of war.

 Chuck did what he said, and gave Fu Yong a lot of farm tools in the name of the county magistrate, and asked two officials to follow them into the mountains.

The officers walked in the mountains for almost two days before reaching the col. They couldn't help but exclaimed, "How did you find this col?"

Fu Yong said: "Fortunately, I was chased by Huns soldiers at that time. As soon as I rushed into the forest, I ran around. I don't know how long I ran. When I stopped, I was nearby."

 The people in the mountain col were first happy to see Fu Yong and the others coming back, but were shocked when they saw the two strangers wearing official uniforms.

Everyone in the village, young and old, came running over and looked at them quietly and reproachfully.

 Fu Chang rushed over, glanced at the two officers, and then looked at the eldest son.

Fu Yong then stepped forward and saluted and said: "Father, your majesty was killed by the Xiongnu. Last year the new emperor ascended the throne, and this year he officially changed the Yuan Dynasty to Jianxing."

"What?" The villagers heard such bad news before they had time to worry about outsiders entering the mountain. Their eyes widened for a moment, and several older villagers immediately burst into tears.

Fu Yong continued: "Fortunately, the general turned the tide and put down the Xiongnu rebellion. After Liu Yuan died of illness, Liu He ascended the throne, but was poisoned by Liu Cong to usurp the throne. The general killed Liu Cong and subdued Shi Le. Now the northern land has been leveled. The world is peaceful and there is no more war."

Fu Chang's heart rose high and then fell. He couldn't help laughing, feeling proud of the soldiers and people of Jin Dynasty, and said loudly: "Okay, okay, Gou Dao will live up to the name of the God of War! "

“Father, General Gou lost Yanzhou, causing the emperor to be captured by the Xiongnu and killed by Shi Le. Now the general of the world is Xiping Zhao Hanzhang.”

Fu Chang's smile froze on his face and he was shocked. It took him a while to recover, "Who are you talking about?"

Fu Hong behind him said anxiously: "Oh, it's the eldest brother's wife. The Zhao family in Xiping is Hanzhang. Father, the eldest brother is now the minister, and the general is the sister-in-law!"

　　When the villagers heard such breaking news, they all shouted and were shocked.

Fu Chang was also stunned. It took him a long time to recover. He said incoherently: "Okay, very good. Back then, your grandfather said that she had a reputation for virtue, and she was indeed virtuous and virtuous..."

He asked Fu Hong to arrange the residence of the two officers and distribute the things they brought back, while he helped Fu Yong go back to the house first.

 He needed to sit down and calm down, and this situation was completely outside of the scenarios he had assumed.

Fu Yong also understood. As soon as he returned to the house, he said: "Actually, the situation is much better than we expected."

He described what he saw outside in detail and said: "I found out that my eldest brother also asked people to look for us. Not only did he give orders to various county governments, but he also asked officials who came to Fenshui to survey the Yellow River to help find us. It turns out that my son I wanted to wait for Mr. Shen, but he went along the Fen River to the Yellow River and could not turn back in a short time, so my son came back first."

 “Yellow River? The Yellow River is about to flood?” Fu Chang was surprised.

"No, but there was a severe drought in three states last year, among which Youzhou and Jizhou were the most serious. I heard that before last year, Youzhou had been experiencing drought for two consecutive years. Generally, there will always be floods after severe droughts. The court should be afraid of the Yellow River. Something happened, so I sent someone to investigate in advance." Fu Chang paused and then whispered: "Originally, the eldest brother was assigned to do this, but my grandfather died of illness, so he was temporarily replaced by Dr. Shen."

 Hearing the news of his father's death, Fu Chang's lips trembled.

See you tomorrow

　　

　　

 (End of this chapter)