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After receiving the news from Zhang Cuiying, Gu Yunji immediately rushed to the dry fields of Rongyin Mountain with the yamen servants. When he got there, he didn't see any rebellious natives except for the broken seedlings and vines of yams all over the ground.

Gu Yunji ran all the way in a hurry, before he could catch his breath, he found Zhang Cuiying and asked, "Where are the natives?"

"I've already run away." Zhang Cuiying said with a mournful face, "The natives came here in the early morning. They wanted to steal our yams, but they were discovered by my long-term workers. At that time, they were about to be scared away. In the end, when we saw that there were only two or three long-term workers on our side, and there were not as many people as them, we immediately became vicious and robbed them with audacity."

The long-time worker said: "Although the natives are not good at farming, they know the timing of grain harvest very well. Every autumn harvest season, they will go down the mountain to steal the grain from the field. The owner's grain has been stolen before, and he also knows that during this period People are prone to chaos, and we were specially arranged to watch the night, but I didn't expect to run into the natives who came to steal food."

"It's just that the natives are usually timid, and they run away as soon as they roar. I can't imagine that they are getting more and more courageous now, and dare to rob us in front of us. At that time, they were holding weapons, and we didn't dare to confront them head-on. In the end, It caused the potatoes to be ruined like this."

The long-term worker said, with a look of guilt and self-blame.Gu Yunji patted him on the shoulder, and said in relief: "You are doing the right thing. If you forcibly protect the potatoes from being snatched by the natives, they really don't know what to do when they are in a hurry. Compared with personal safety, this Ordering yams is nothing, life-saving is the most important thing."

After finishing speaking, Gu Yunji squatted down to check the situation in the field, and found that what the natives had cut away were only the potato seedlings exposed on the ground, and only a small amount of potato fruits were randomly torn away.

Gu Yunji was both helpless and funny about this: "It seems that these natives have never seen yams, and they don't know that the edible part is under the soil, and they mistakenly cut off the yams that were exposed on the ground."

Zhang Cuiying looked distressed: "It's a pity that these [-] catties of potato seeds were destroyed like this. Fortunately, the peppers have only been planted for a few days, and they haven't broken the ground to germinate. Otherwise, I'm afraid they will be destroyed in the hands of the natives."

Gu Yunji sighed, and the sadness between his brows deepened: "The fine potato seeds are already on the way back, so it doesn't matter if it's three hundred catties less. But these natives come once, and they will definitely come twice or three times. Sending long-term laborers to watch at night can't prevent them, and we will continue to grow peppers and yams in the future, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult to guard against."

"If the problem of the natives is not resolved, we will not be able to sleep well for a day. What's more, they are so rampant now. Today they robbed you of the grain you planted on the field halfway up the mountain. There is no guarantee that they will not go down the mountain to rob other people in the future. , if there is a shortage of food and disasters again, maybe bandits will be gathered to harass the town."

Hearing this, Xu Dong who had been following him couldn't help asking: "The natives have been in trouble for so many years, even if they are uncivilized and cannot communicate, don't the government care about it? They can't just be harassed like this, can they? "

Changgong smiled bitterly and said: "What else can we do? These natives are hard to find, and the government will run away as soon as they beat them. In the past, they were not as rampant as they are now. Although the government of Xuzhou couldn't control them at that time, at least they could give the nearby propaganda Fusi will let you know and let the chieftain take care of it."

"But since the chieftain of the nearby Xuanfu Division in Yongning was replaced more than ten years ago, there has been little communication between the Xuzhou government office and the Xuanfu Division, and the natives have become more and more wanton and wanton, and the government can't control it at all. It is up to us to take precautions day and night. If we fail to take precautions one day, we will have to consider ourselves unlucky."

The administrative divisions of the Great Xia Dynasty can be roughly divided into four levels of "provincial capitals, prefectures and counties". Above the Syrian state capital where Gu Yunji is located, there is also the "provincial" level of Sichuan Chengxuan Political Envoy.

In areas where ethnic minorities gather in the Southwest, there are also Xuanwei Division and Xuanfu Division, and the original minority leaders act as "Xuanwei envoys" or "Xuanfu envoys", that is, "toasts".The chieftain's official position is hereditary, and they enjoy certain administrative and military autonomy in their respective jurisdictions. They belong directly to the central government and are not subject to the jurisdiction of local officials.

The closest to the Xuzhou government is the Xuanfu Division of Yongning in the southeast. If one traces the origin of the natives who rebelled in the local area, more than half of them are from the Xuanfu Division of Yongning.Although there are various reasons for their dispersal, the Xuanfu envoy still has a certain degree of restraint on them, and even if it is not good enough, they can launch a crusade - anyway, it is much more effective than the Syrian state government.

Since I was able to communicate with the chieftain in the past, there is no reason why I can't now. Anyway, I have to find a way to solve the problem of the natives making trouble.

Thinking of this, after Gu Yunji asked Zhang Cuiying and others to continue to pay attention to the natives, he went back to the government office to ask Yan Zhengqian about it.

"Master Gu wants to solve the problem of rebellion by the natives?" After hearing Gu Yunji's intention, Yan Zhengqian raised his eyebrows and asked.

Gu Yunji nodded: "That's right. I don't dare to say that it is completely resolved. At least we must effectively curb the current rampant situation of the natives. If you dare to rob them openly, you will get it in the future? If the matter of the natives is not resolved for a day, the villagers in Linshan will die. If you can't feel at ease for a day, when the autumn harvest season comes, you will have to worry about the natives coming to steal the grain."

Yan Zhengqian smiled inexplicably when he heard the words, lowered his head to play with the teacup, and did not speak.

Gu Yunji noticed his attitude, and his heart sank slightly: "Master Yan, what does this mean? Don't you want to take care of it? We are officials of the Xuzhou Prefecture, and it is our duty to let the people of the Xuzhou Prefecture live and work in peace and contentment."

Yan Zhengqian let out a sarcasm, and looked at him with a half-smile: "Master Gu, it's not that I'm pouring cold water on you, I just have to remind you that it's not easy to solve the problem of the natives making trouble. You'd better give up early, Don't waste your effort."

Gu Yunji frowned: "The natives appear scattered, and their traces are hard to find. It's not easy to manage just because of our Xuzhou government office. But we can contact the Xuanfu Envoy of the nearby Yongning Xuanfu Department as before, and ask him to come forward to control them. Isn't it okay too?"

Seeing that Yan Zhengqian was still silent, Gu Yunji took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "I understand that the leaders of ethnic minorities are different from us Han people. There are differences in customs, customs and language habits. Maybe it's not easy to communicate, but how do you know if you don't try?" ?”

"Maybe the other party is actually very reasonable, and it's not that difficult to communicate. Even if it is really difficult, if we don't take this step, the problem of the natives will never be resolved."

Yan Zhengqian said quietly: "Master Gu, you think things too simply. It's not that there is no communication between our Xuzhou government and the Yongning Xuanfu Department, but that there is no communication at all."

"I have been the magistrate for seven years. Before I came to the Xuzhou government, the government had already cut off contact with the Xuanfu Division. After I took office, I also wrote to the Xuanfu envoy to try to restore contact, but Without exception, we have not heard back."

"So for so many years, although the Xuzhou government is close to the jurisdiction of the Yongning Xuanfu Division, there is no communication between the government, let alone informing the chieftain to help manage the natives. If it doesn't work, I advise you not to waste it strength."

Gu Yunji was puzzled, and wanted to continue asking, but seeing that Yan Zhengqian was impatient, as if he didn't want to answer his question, he had no choice but to leave.