Wei and Jin Cooks

   Chapter 318 Zhao An III

   It sounds pitiful, but Zhao Hanzhang is not very sympathetic to them, after all, it is the property that was robbed.

   But Zhao Hanzhang also finds it hard to blame them, because they did not become thieves because of their greed for money and laziness, but because they really couldn't survive, they went up the mountain to become bandits.

   Zhao Hanzhang asked: "Do the villagers still have land in their hands? Has it been sold?"

   They did not treat them as bandits, but as ordinary people. Not only Wei Dayi, but also the dozen or so young men who came down the mountain with them all felt at ease, but at the same time felt a little aggrieved.

"There is still land, but some of it has been sold, and some people have paid for the particularly good fields," Wei Dayi said: "There is a lot of abandoned land now, as long as you can pay taxes and grow seeds, you can cultivate the land as you like. , there are not many people willing to spend money to buy land.”

   Zhao Hanzhang nodded slightly and said to him: "When you return to your respective villages, I will let the county government give you a batch of grain seeds and farm tools. When the autumn harvest is over, you can prepare to plant winter wheat."

  Wei Dayi was silent for a while and then said, "Just after going down the mountain, what will the big guys eat?"

   did not insist on staying on the mountain as a bandit.

   Zhao Hanzhang asked, "Don't you grow any rice and beans at home?"

  Wei Dayi was a little embarrassed, and said vaguely: "The harvest in the field is not good, so I have to leave some for my family, and some time ago, someone was hungry and ate young crops, so there is not much in the field."

   Zhao Hanzhang sighed and said, "I will try my best to arrange food relief."

  Wei Dayi lowered his eyes and pondered. The young people behind him were eager to hear it. Who would want to be a bandit if he could be a citizen?

   So they quietly pulled Lave Dayi's clothes.

  Wei Dayi raised his eyes to look at Zhao Hanzhang, his eyes serious and serious, "Zhao Juncheng, after we go down the mountain, can you and the yamen really let go of the past?"

   Zhao Hanzhang nodded, "I will do what I say."

  Wei Dayi swallowed and asked, "What if the robbed business traveler came to us and asked us to compensate?"

   Zhao Hanzhang stayed for a while, she really didn't think about this question, "Will they come to the door?"

  Wei Dayi looked serious, "It's always something to consider."

  Be prepared, it is not certain that they will find them. What if the yamen wants to take money from them and force them to pay it back?

   By that time, everyone had already descended the mountain and dispersed to various places in the villages. How come it wasn't the yamen who had the final say?

   Zhao Hanzhang felt that his concerns were right, so he nodded and said, "This yamen will solve it. If you are really worried, why don't you just follow me."

   Zhao Hanzhang glanced over the dozen or so tall young men behind him, thinking that if the bandits were so lustful, then she would be very willing to recruit them into the army.

   Zhao Hanzhang made a plan in his heart, and said to Wei Dayi: "Be a soldier with me, I will cover them with food, drink and shelter."

  Wei Dayi was stunned. The young man behind him couldn't bear it anymore and asked, "What about our family?"

   Zhao Hanzhang smiled and said: "They can choose to go back to the village and continue to cultivate the land. You are by my side, and you don't have to worry about the county government's settlement in the future; you can also choose to go with me, and I will divide their land for cultivation."

  After becoming a county magistrate, Zhao Hanzhang has more land at his disposal. Now she lacks everything, except for fields.

   Not to mention the young and vigorous young people behind him who have little knowledge, even Wei Dayi was moved.

   Heartbroken, heartbroken, Wei Dayi finally couldn't help but ask, "Can we really follow the governor?"

   Zhao Hanzhang nodded: "Of course, as long as you are willing."

   They were very willing. They didn't even ask for the army's salary. They knew that they could follow Zhao Hanzhang. After she covered food and clothing, all the people in the cottage signed up to join the army from the age of fourteen to the age of forty.

  If the younger Zhao Hanzhang didn't want it, and the older she didn't recruit, the number of people might have been wider.

   In this world, everything else is empty. As long as someone is willing to support them and let them live, they are willing to work for each other.

  Wei Dayi brought this news back to the cottage, and the people in the stockade immediately packed up and prepared to go down the mountain to Zhao Hanzhang.

  Wei Dayi looked around and was quite speechless, "Aren't you unhappy with recruiting security before?"

   "We didn't know if we were going to follow Zhao Juncheng, but we thought we had to go back to our hometown to farm," one person said, "If we said we were going back to farm, who knows if the officers and soldiers would lie to us and trick us into killing us and pretending to be military exploits."

   "Or as soon as the Zhao Juncheng leaves, the county government will settle accounts after the autumn. Otherwise, we can farm the land in a stable manner. With such a heavy tax, our life will not be easy."

"That's right, did we become bandits because we had no land? Whose family doesn't have a few acres of land? It's not that the tax is too heavy. After paying the tax every year, there is nothing left." In the end, it was all made for the yamen, and they couldn't even get a season's food.

  In that case, why bother?

  Follow Zhao Hanzhang, don't care about the treatment in the future, at least you won't starve to death, right?

   So everyone came down the mountain with their bags, and stood in a cramped line under the stares of the soldiers, waiting for Zhao Hanzhang to choose.

   Zhao Hanzhang didn't pick, just waved his hand and said, "Anyone who is willing to follow me, stand directly to the right."

   So everyone stood on the right side, Wei Dayi hesitated and stood over. He felt that he was okay fighting, maybe he had some future with Zhao Hanzhang?

   Farming is really hard. If he could, he would never farm again for the rest of his life.

   Coincidentally, others thought so too.

   But unfortunately, Zhao Hanzhang took them away and still had to farm.

   Zhao Hanzhang counted the people, including their families, there were more than 800 people, old and young.

   She sighed and said, "The death of Magistrate Hu is not wrong at all. He ruled out such a big bandit den, and there are still small families. This is the trend of sustainable development."

   "If things go on like this, it will take less than two years for Biyang County to be the second place in Hayang County, but there is no prefect to kill in Biyang, so the only person to be killed will be the county magistrate."

Moreover, the rebellious army will not only kill one Huxian magistrate, such as the former county magistrate. The rioting people rushed in and cut down his family. Zhao Hanzhang touched his chin and consciously saved Huxian magistrate's family. She is also counted. The merit is immeasurable, so I am happy.

   Fu Tinghan also agreed with her conclusion. After thinking about it, he turned to Wu Erlang and said, "Did you hear that?"

   "Huh?" Wu Erlang looked up at Fu Tinghan with a confused look.

  Fu Tinghan narrowed his eyes and asked, "Don't you understand?"

Seeing Wu Erlang looking at him nervously and bewildered, Fu Tinghan instructed: "If this is the case, Mrs. Hu's family should know. Hu County Magistrate's death is not wrong. It's the fate of the former county chief's family."

   Wu Erlang realized it instantly, and immediately said: "Little one understands that when a girl does a good deed, she always has to publicize it, or else don't she wear a fancy dress and cover the quilt?"

  Fu Tinghan: "...this is vulgar but very reasonable."

   (end of this chapter)