Chapter 1949 Personal Inquiry

Wang Xu's family is perfect, his wife gave birth to a son and a daughter, and the children are well-behaved and motivated.

However, as an official in Huan County, there is basically nothing to earn, so his family's life can only be described as ordinary.

After dinner, Wang Xu asked his son about his homework, and then went to the study.

As the county magistrate, he can know a lot of semi-confidential news, so he learned that Shaanxi will continue to reduce the number of people.

Without the common people, even being a magistrate in Shaanxi is no match for a ninth-rank official in the capital.

So he wanted to leave Huan County, even if he wanted to go to the coast to be a county magistrate.

But the relationship has been entrusted one after another. After two years, he is still in Huan County, and he still looks at these people every day.

If Fan Ying wanted to force Jiao Quren away, Wang Xu was not very willing, but Fan Ying's words made him change his mind.

My lord, if we want to make friends with those people, we have to do it first!

Wang Xu knew the meaning of those words, it meant that he had to get a certificate of merit first, and then he could be rewarded for meritorious deeds.

So he acquiesced!

Today Fan Ying said that Jiao Quren was driven away, and he just felt relieved for a while.

Under the light, he flipped through a book of travel notes, the content of which was the experience and customs from Jinling to Jiaozhi, which was very exciting.

The so-called scholar can know the affairs of the world without going out, probably through these books.

Seeing that Jiaozhi was depicted in the book as a small Jiangnan of Ming Dynasty, Wang Xu couldn't help but feel a little moved.

Want to get promoted? Go to Cochin.

After working there for a few years, as long as you don't make mistakes, you have a high chance of being promoted and returning to the Central Plains.

Why!

Wang Xu shook his head, intercourse, intercourse, if they go, what will happen to the children at home? The culture and education in such places are not at ease after thinking about it.

He closed the book and was about to write an article.

"master……"

Wang Xu suddenly lost the energy to make a fuss again, he got up irritably and said, "But something is wrong?"

The old servant outside the door said: "Some people entered the city just now, and the gatekeeper said that they are not young, and those people went straight to Wanjia's inn, it is said that they went to find that Jiao Quren."

Boom!

When the old servant saw Wang Xu throwing the book away, he knew there was trouble.

"Call someone right away."

Wang Xu took a deep breath, prayed secretly, and then went to explain to his wife and children.

The three yamen servants were summoned temporarily, and no one dared to complain when they saw Wang Xu with a cold face.

All the way to the inn, after calling to open the door, the shopkeeper saw that it was Wang Xu, and hurriedly complained, saying that there was absolutely no evil or evil in his shop.

Wang Xu closed his eyes, and a yamen servant who got his hint on the road asked, "Did that group of people come to you just now?"

"Yes, they went to Master Jiao's room."

To do business, one must be good at observing the limelight. The shopkeeper saw that Fang Xing and the others had a bad look on their faces, and they were not cautious about coming to other places, so they didn't dare to say more.

The yamen servant wanted to get angry, but Wang Xu waved his hands and said, "I just heard the news that Jiao Quren left in anger, so I chased after him, you take me up.

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The shopkeeper held a candle and led Wang Xu to the second floor. He deliberately stepped heavily, but who Wang Xu was, he immediately noticed his intentions.

But he wasn't in the mood to be angry, nor was he in the mood to think about how to settle accounts after the fall.

The fact that the shopkeeper does this shows that the visitor is not easy.

Since the doorkeeper refused to report the specific identity of the person who came, Wang Xu felt a little bad.

As soon as the group turned around, someone shouted in the middle of the aisle, "Who? Stop!"

Wang Xu didn't wait for the shopkeeper to speak, he took a step forward, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, Wang Xu, please see your nobleman."

Xin Laoqi didn't say a word, Jiao Quren almost committed suicide, he didn't like the Huan County officials at all.

There was a moment of silence in the room, Fang Xing said, "No visitor today!"

If you dare to reject yourself, then the people inside are at least five-rank real power. But the civil servants will not refuse, and will take the initiative to verify their identities, so that they can leave no excuses.

Then the identity of the person inside is almost ready to be revealed.

...

Early the next morning, Wang Xu, who hadn't slept all night, rushed to the inn again. On the way, he met the pale-faced head bookkeeper Fan Ying. The two asked the shopkeeper anxiously, but were told that the group had already left the city.

Wang Xu and Fan Ying chased to the gate of the city, and the guards at the gate told them that Jiao Quren led those people to Xuyuan.

...

This was the first time that Fang Xing saw such a terrain in Huan County. Along the way, he asked Jiao Quren, and when he arrived at Xu Yuan's village, those villagers made him feel helpless.

"Master Jiao is here again?"

"Crying, crying!"

A few children were laughing and laughing, Fang Xing looked around the village and found no signs of cooking smoke, so he asked, "Don't you have breakfast here?"

Jiao Quren cupped his hands at the old man who was coming, and said: "Shan Zhang, we also planted potatoes here, and cooked them the first night. The whole family will eat this the next day, so they will be full."

At this time, a woman came over with a basket, brought out some potatoes, and said with a smile: "Lord Jiao brought people here today, you haven't eaten breakfast, come, one for each person."

Jiao Quren hastily refused: "No, no, we've eaten in the city."

"I'll try it."

But Fang Xing took one, took a bite, and said, "It's quite glutinous, but if you eat it in the future, you'd better warm it up, otherwise the dolls' delicate stomachs won't be able to bear it!"

woman

The man said in surprise: "Sir, you still know this? But you are used to it. Well, we have to go to work in the fields. Master Jiao will tell them."

Jiao Quren said awkwardly: "Sister Shui, this is... this is my teacher."

The old man was looking at Fang Xing and the others, and cupped his hands when he heard the words: "The nobleman is here, the nobleman is here, hurry up and beat some eggs, get some hot soup, remember to put more oil..."

A woman dillydally went to the cave dwelling, obviously reluctant to part with it.

Fang Xing said, "I've eaten it all, does the old man have a stool?"

After everyone sat down, Fang Xing chatted with the old man. He has a lot of knowledge, and he attracted all the idlers in the village here in a short time.

"...More than half of the people in Shaanxi will definitely be removed in the end, and the removal will continue in the future."

"Why?"

The old man felt that what Fang Xing said seemed to be authoritative, so it was a bit false.

Fang Xing pointed to the surroundings, and said: "This was originally a good place, but it has been cultivated since a long time ago. After so many years, these lands are overwhelmed. Once there is a disaster, don't doubt it. There must be a disaster. How do you live in time?"

The old man wrung his hands together and said in embarrassment: "My lord, we... can still live now!"

Fang Xing felt a little sad, and he said sincerely, "Can we have a little foresight? Even if it's for future generations, can we... find a good way for future generations."

The old man just didn't speak, lowered his head, and rubbed his feet against the ground.

Fang Xing nodded to Jiao Quren, confirmed that he had indeed been wronged, and then said: "The court is already considering forced immigration. In the past, trees were planted in many places to make this side more green."

The old man immediately raised his head and said, "That can't be it? Our ancestors are all alive here, why do we have to immigrate?"

"Because immigrants can live better, so that the children and grandchildren will not starve to death!"

Thinking of the famine in Shaanxi at the end of Ming Dynasty, Fang Xing felt that forced immigration is not necessarily a bad thing.

"You know the allusion of changing children to eat, right? It's just exchanging food for your own children."

The old man nodded, and said in a low voice, "But now we have potatoes, which are easy to feed and produce a lot."

"When the drought comes, what can live?"

Fang woke up and got up to go back just to understand these people's thoughts.

"The head of the mountain, the county magistrate and the master are here."