Reborn farmhouse busy farming

Chapter 254

The yamen was repaired, and Luo Baisu began to sit in court formally.

When the Luo family was repairing and tidying up the yamen, the people in the county probably knew that it wasn't barbarians who came to rob them, so they all moved back from the mountains one after another, and finally the city began to be populated.

Yi County used to have a population of only 800 to [-] when it was prosperous. Now it is deserted, and there are not many people. So strictly speaking, the population of Yi County is too small. make.

After Luo Tian had to find out, she became depressed again. Originally, Luo Bai had been demoted by one rank, but in the end she was going to go down again. However, there were too many things to do right now, so she was only depressed for a while. , was soon thrown away.

The county magistrate is the county magistrate. Anyway, their family suffered when they came here, and it doesn't make much difference between the county magistrate or the county magistrate.

Luo Baisu sat in the second gate for two days in vain, without even a shadow of a ghost coming to the door. On the third day, he stopped sitting in the hall. Each person carried one and knocked around the county seat, gathering the common people who are still in the city.In order to let the people understand what they meant, Cheng Qing and Zishu also put in a lot of effort, using both gestures and words, to express their meaning clearly.

Luo Baisu didn't mean anything else. In such a big county, there is not even a serious government official, and there are few people. There is no army stationed in the vicinity of [-] miles. If something happens, there is no way to protect yourself. No, the Chinese New Year is coming soon, no matter how poor they are, these people cannot just spend the New Year on the mountain, they will always come back, the safety of the county must be carefully arranged.

When he entered the city, he saw that although the city walls had collapsed in some places, the smoke pier outside the city was still there. He arranged two men to guard them. It must be repaired as soon as possible, otherwise when the barbarians really come, they will be able to enter the county to plunder without even a barrier to stop them.

What he meant was that he planned to take advantage of the year before to arrange the manpower of Yandun and the repair of the city wall, so that this year could pass safely.

For this day's meeting, the Luo family put in a lot of effort. The Fang family and Xiang Lan had started making pancakes a few days ago.The noodles are white flour mixed with cornmeal and dried pickles, and baked on the surface of the pot. It is not a rare thing, but it can withstand hunger and satiety. This is the food that their family can produce now. No matter how delicate they are, they can't afford it. Besides, after Luo Tian has seen the poverty of the people who helped the county government for the past few days, he understands that this kind of bread is already a luxury food for them, and no one will dislike it of.

On that day, Luo Baisu put on his official robes in a serious manner. Considering that the county government was so dilapidated that he couldn't meet the people, Luo Baisu moved the venue to the large open space outside the county government and placed it A table with a set of pens, inks, papers and inkstones, ready for recording later, and filled a large basket with the pancakes that Fang’s baked in the past two days, put the two benches together, and put them away .

In the entire yamen, Luo Baisu, Luo Mingdu and Luo Tiandu are the only ones who can read properly. Come out to fight.There is no way, the yamen is short of manpower now, everything can only be done.

The people of Yi County, who had not been questioned by the government for more than ten years, finally met their parents and officials on a winter morning.They were notified one by one, and when they arrived at the open space in front of the county yamen, they looked at Luo Baisu indifferently. For them, life was just a matter of life. Let alone a county magistrate, he might be the emperor. Come here in person, they don't have much idea.

Luo Baisu and the others came one after another, and they shared his worries and arrangements. It's just that he was new here, and he didn't understand the Yi County dialect, and the local people didn't understand the official language. After talking for a long time, everyone was still at a loss. What he wanted to say, he just said that he was like the county magistrates who came before, and when he took office, he would use them as a prestige for the common people, and he dared not speak out.

Luo Baisu opened his mouth, even though he was so talented and full of ambitions, he was a little caught off guard when he encountered this situation.

Luo Tian also found it very difficult.In the first few days, Mr. Xu was there, and everything was taken care of by him, so he didn't think that now that Mr. Xu left, his family would live in the mansion, but when he involved others, it was like talking to a duck, which was very laborious.

In the end, it was a skinny old man who helped them tidy up the house after they arrived in Yi County. After dealing with the Luo family for a few days, he felt that the new grandpa was quite kind. Standing up, he chattered a lot, danced and gestured for a while, and finally saw that Luo Baisu still didn't understand, so he ran away in a "babble" and after a while, he recited a The sickly thin old man came over.

The old man Luo Tian still had the impression that Uncle Ding was called by Mr. Xu to help clean the house the night they first arrived in Yi County.

Uncle Ding was already old and in poor health. He was found out by Mr. Xu that day and helped the Luo family up and down the field. After going back, he fell ill. Luo Baisu asked the people in the city to go to the gate of the county government office to talk about something. Uncle Ding really couldn't get up, and no one informed him. He was lying in the old house all the time. After reciting it, he thought he had offended the new grandpa, and broke out in a cold sweat, struggling to kowtow to Luo Baisu as soon as he arrived.

Luo Tian immediately understood the meaning of this man's recitation of Uncle Ding. When Uncle Ding talked to Luo Baisu, he spoke Mandarin.

Seeing that he was so sick, Luo Baisu also felt that it was wrong, but after all, what he ordered was important, so he asked someone to help Uncle Ding sit down, and explained his meaning again.

Uncle Ding also knew the severity, so he braced himself to pass on Luo Baisu's words.After hearing this, the people below had dull expressions on their faces, they neither agreed nor objected, and looked indifferent.

Uncle Ding passed on the message for a long time, but didn't receive any response. He couldn't figure out what Luo Baisu's temper was, so he looked worried.

Luo Baisu was also quite embarrassed, and turned to ask Luo Tiandu who was following him, "How long will the food we bring be enough for?"

When their family came, they got the advice of Ba Xunfu Yin and Tang Yunpan, and they actually bought a lot of rice and grain. Except for being robbed halfway, Luo Baisu specially left the two bags, which are still stored in the yamen. Seven bags of rice and three bags of flour, according to their family's food consumption, they should be frugal, and they don't have to eat rice all at once. It is enough to cook porridge for two or three months.

Luo Tian told the truth.

Luo Baisu thought for a while, and said to Uncle Ding: "Yantun must arrange people to watch over it. Although the barbarians also celebrate the New Year, we can't relax for a moment. How about it, Uncle Ding, tell them that every day you watch Those who hold Yandun will be given food from the Yamen, three meals a day, and each meal will be filled with two large pancakes."

Sure enough, under the heavy reward, there must be a brave man.

Hearing Uncle Ding’s translation, he went to guard Yandun, where he had pancakes to eat every day, and he was fed three meals a day. At that moment, four men came out suspiciously, saying that they were willing to guard Yandun as long as they took care of the food.

Luo Baisu then asked them their names, addresses, and family members, and explained in detail how they guarded Yandun. Most importantly, if they saw any barbarians coming, they must light the smoke as soon as possible.When they saw Luo Baisu's kind tone, their timidity subsided a little, and they responded with a pat on the chest.

Then they were led by Zishu to Luo Tiandu, and Luo Tiandu ticked off the form drawn in advance on the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month. There is a shift from Haishi to Chenshi, try it out for two days first, and if it is reliable, you will be hired for a long time in the future. Then, each of the four people was given twelve pancakes as dry food for two days, and they were asked to move the quilts and mattresses. Qing accompanied him and set off to go out of the city, which was also what the supervisor meant.

When the other people saw that the two of them had received the pancakes, their hearts were filled with excitement. Before the government came, they themselves had to send someone to guard them, for fear that when the barbarians came, they would flee to the mountains silently. I don’t have any time, anyway, it’s the work I have to do, and the government is willing to pay for the food, why didn’t I agree just now, but let others take advantage of it, six pancakes a day, save it, the whole family can barely eat , suddenly felt very upset.

Seeing that someone had benefited, the expressions of the rest of the people relaxed a little, and they were finally not as indifferent as before, so a few more people came forward and expressed their willingness to guard Yandun.

Luo Baisu didn't refuse, and readily agreed, but the Yandun ten miles outside the city was already guarded. If they wanted to guard Yandun, they had to go further away. The place closer to the barbarians is of course more dangerous, and each person will be given two more cakes.

When Luo Tiandu heard what Luo Baisu said, he really felt ashamed.

The Beacon Tower, as an important military defense facility and the front line of detecting the enemy's situation, has been reduced to the point where a few pancakes are hired to guard it. This Yi County is really not valued by the court.

How did she know that since she ascended the throne, she has been using troops, first the civil strife, and then the war with Beirong. She has just rested in the past two years, rectified the government, and the government has stabilized. Immediately started the affairs of Dongyi. It deserves enough attention.

No matter what she thinks, Luo Baisu quickly recruited enough manpower again. The people guarding Yandun are changed every half a month. Now there are enough manpower to change defenses. For pancakes, those who did not make it to the quota are both enviable and harmful.

They are all a group of hungry people. Summer and autumn are good. They grow in the mountains, run on the ground, and swim in the water. Not to mention full, they can catch some to fill their stomachs. Only in winter, they have nothing but starvation.

Senior General Luo Bai made arrangements for the Beacon Tower, and now we talk about the city wall. There is no wages, but like the guards of Yandun, there are six pancakes every day, and those who are willing to go will also give their names , which village and which village, how many members of the family reported it, and registered to start work in two days.

This time the response was much more positive. Everyone looked at the pancakes piled up in the basket and thought that even if they didn’t start work today, they would get a pancake back, so they all went to sign up.With a smile on his face, Luo Baisu asked them to line up, and one person would make a record, and then go to Luo Tiandu to get a piece of cake.

It was almost sunset, the crowd finally dispersed, the pancakes piled up in the baskets were finished, and Luo Baisu also sorted out the household registration lists of dozens of households, which is very good.

Luo Tiandu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this. The prestige of the government in the hearts of the local people has fallen to the bottom. For this group of impoverished people, coercion by officials is far less effective than temptation. It seems that Luo Baisu used grain to make food In exchange for this move is the right move.

(End of this chapter)