Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

"Can we go in and play?" Luo Shitou could tell that Meng Changqing was a few years older than him. He was at this age when he was not afraid of anything.

"Don't talk nonsense." Luo Sanmu was almost scared to death by his son.

"Of course, you are not allowed to enter the place where official business is being done. Except for those who are working inside, no one else can get close to it at will."

"Then I'm going to work inside."

Luo Sanmu covered his son's mouth, his cheeks turned red, "Mr. Meng, a country boy is ignorant. Don't take what he says to heart."

"How old is your child?" Meng Changqing asked.

"I am nine years old this year." Luo Sanmu replied.

"He is younger than me." Meng Changqing said, "I think he has a lot of ambition. In this case, he should be trained well. Maybe he can actually work there in a few years."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Luo Sanmu could be said to be surprised and happy. The soldier on the road just now spoke in a strange way. Although he meant good things, the tone of his words made people feel uncomfortable. But Lord Meng was different. He looked like Like sincerely.

With his words, maybe Shitou will actually be able to do things for the government in the future.

"There are dried adobe bricks in the open space to the east. The price is not high. You can buy them and use them, or you can dry the adobe bricks yourself. It is April now and the weather is not cold. I suggest you just build a house and wait until the spring plowing is over. Now, let’s repair it again.”

"The lord is right."

"I will leave first without delaying your settlement."

After watching Meng Changqing walk away, Luo Sanmu released his son's mouth, and there was a conspicuous red slap mark on Luo Shitou's face. "Dad, are you going to cover me to death?"

"Stop talking!" Jiang Chan scolded, "This place is not Luojia Village, it is next to the government office, and there are big people inside. If you continue to talk nonsense like before, the whole family will be affected by you."

Luo Shitou was very unconvinced and stubbornly stood behind the cart.

"Fortunately, the county master here has a good temper." Jiang Chan and Luo Sanmu unloaded the things from the car.

The two of them were talking while moving, "If you were arrogant and old-fashioned, you would have been fined long ago."

"You said the county master here is a good man, and I agree. But if you say he has a good temper..." Luo Sanmu paused, "He is not a good-tempered person."

Jiang Chan lowered her voice, "What should I say?"

Luo Sanmu looked around, "Forget it, let's pack things first, and we'll talk about it in the evening." His eyes fell on his son, and saw that he was still standing behind the cart with his lips pouting, picking his fingers, "Stone, you have made such a big mistake. , if you don’t like it, your parents will say a few words to you and hurry up and help move the things, otherwise you won’t have a place to sleep at night.”

The vacant land to the east of the government office was divided into squares. Luo Sanmu estimated that one square was about the size of one point of land.

After Mr. Bing introduced them, they learned that these grids were the land allocated to them to build houses. Based on population, a family of four like theirs would be allocated four grids.

In other words, their house can occupy four points of land.

Looking at it this way, the place is not small!

Someone with a loose mouth asked, "Master Bing, do men and women count equally?"

Luo Sanmu clicked his tongue and looked at the person who spoke. That person was Wang Lamei who talked to his family yesterday morning.

Yang Zheng, who was in charge of this matter, replied: "As long as the children are over five years old, they will be divided equally regardless of gender. You came early, and after counting the population, you can circle the place in one place, and you can also occupy a place on the street. A person like you who came from the back of your village won't be able to get a good position like this." People in Luojia Village can only be considered a person after they are five years old. People in Luojia Village can understand that some children are too weak to grow up at all.

Just saying that it is the same regardless of men and women makes people happy to hear it!
No matter where they are, women have no land to divide. When they are in their parents' family, they farm the land of their father and brothers. When they get married, they farm the land of their husbands.

After her husband died, she had to rely on her son's land to support herself.

If her husband dies and she has no sons, the government stipulates that the land will be allocated to such a woman, but she can only be allocated one-third of a man's land, and most people usually cannot farm for a few years, and will be usurped by others. go.

Unexpectedly, Beishan County is very different. Although it is not yet a fertile land for farming, it is already quite rare for the female population to be included in the construction of houses.

Luo Sanmu built a shack with the things he brought home, and hurried to help his sister-in-law.

In order to facilitate the care, he helped his sister-in-law occupy a seat across the street. Now he only had to walk a few steps across the street to reach his nephew's house.

Luo Sanmu was busy with what he was doing and didn't notice who occupied the seat next to his house.

When he finished his work and took a look, he felt that it was unlucky to see him. It turned out to be Wang Lamei.

"She is deliberately disgusting us." Once Luo Sanmu came back, Jiang Chan couldn't help but find him and mutter, "Our family fell out with her yesterday, so why did she choose to live next door to us?"

"Ignore her." Luo Sanmu said, "Our house has a lot of space anyway, so I will surround it with a wall."

"we can only do this."

Luo Sanmu rested on the stool for a while. When he saw someone going to the place where the bricks were being dried, he immediately followed him, "You keep an eye on the two children, and I'll ask how much the bricks cost."

Not long after, Luo Sanmu came back after asking about the price. He was counting the sums on his fingers along the way.

“How much do those adobe bricks cost over there?”

"A penny is 30 yuan." Luo Sanmu said, "It's not expensive. Mr. Bing also said that the government not only sells adobe bricks, but also collects adobe bricks. If there are many who make them, as long as they are about the same size as his place, they will do the same. The price is 30 yuan per penny."

"Is there such a good thing?" Jiang Chan said, "We can make adobe bricks at home every day during the slack period. We can earn several pennies a day."

"There's no such thing as a good thing, just take this time. When the farmers are idle, they will stop taking it." Luo Sanmu said, "I said a few words to the officer and soldier before, and he reminded me that we are short of manpower now. Things are also in short supply, and the government wants us to open up wasteland during the day and come back to make adobe bricks at night.”

"It's not easy to open up wasteland. My back will be sore at the end of the day, and at night I just want to lie down, so I won't have the patience to make bricks."

"So, the money from the government is not that easy to earn." Luo Sanmu didn't have much money on hand, "It's not too cold at night, and our shack can barely block it, so I don't think I'll buy the adobe bricks. Let’s do something when we have time.”

"Okay, I'll listen to you. A penny is money. Besides, if you want to build a decent house, it won't cost more than a few hundred bricks."

"That's right."

After this busy time, it was already getting dark. They followed the officers and soldiers to the area where wasteland was to be cleared. When they returned to the shack, it was almost dark.

Jiang Chan prepared dinner and waited for him.

"It's a pity that the village chief didn't come." Luo Sanmu said, "I have to go back tomorrow to tell them. I don't know who is willing to go back. It will only waste my own time."

(End of this chapter)