Royal Road

Chapter 13 Enwei

In the low house near the farm, the Capricorns are sitting together, devouring the hot porridge from the bowl. This is the hot meal they haven’t eaten in a long time. He changed his new clothes and slept steadily until dawn in the room with a roof above his head. It is definitely a rare good day for the Jie people who have fled for a long time. Not to mention, there is still the idea of ​​”trilogy” hanging on the front.

Carefully drank the porridge water in the bowl, a Jie man licked his lips unexplainably, coughed dryly, and asked the youth who was slowly drinking porridge beside him: “Yi Yan, you said that the noble man will really accept us. Do you make a part?”

These words immediately attracted a lot of curious eyes, and this was also the thing that most people in the room worried about the most. If it’s farming, it doesn’t always matter who you do it for. It’s just a meal. But when the part? This is not something that ordinary people can do. The Jie people’s status is low. They were originally servants of the Xiongnu, but later moved to Bingzhou, where they are still the same. Even if the nobles want to choose the trilogy, it is often the idea of ​​choosing those Huns, Xianbei people, and seldom Jie people and Qiang people.

Can you take the words of the sickly homeowner seriously?

Yi Yan drank the gruel in the bowl without rushing, and asked, “Do you want to do a part?”

These words made the man stunned for a moment. Like other Jie people, what he is best at is farming. After moving inland, many Jie people live on farming, other than that, they are doing business, raising horses, and carving Buddha statues. Marching and fighting, that is something that I dare not even think of. Is he willing to put down his **** and become a private soldier with a gun and a knife?

However, after hesitating for a moment, he suddenly gritted his teeth and said loudly: “It’s nothing too much! It was easy to fight those bandits before. As long as you follow the instructions of the Patriarch, you can always survive!”

This is also the impression left by the previous encounter. Facing a large group of fierce robbers, the seemingly fragile Patriarch did not leave them behind and flee, but instead commanded them neatly and defeated the mountain bandits. If the nobleman is not afraid of bandits, what else are they afraid of?

Yi Yan nodded: “That’s right, the most important thing about being someone’s private army is the quality of the head of the family. If you encounter a cowardly and fearful, I don’t know how to die. But the lord is not such a person. He also rescued us from the officers and soldiers. This alone should be by his side.”

His words were sonorous and powerful, and the audience nodded. They are all leaving their homes and begging for food. In fact, as long as they can survive, how can they take care of so much? And most people knew that Yi Yan was very popular with the Patriarch, and gave him a short knife. In the previous fight, his brave attitude has also deeply entered the hearts of everyone. In this world, there are not many people who dare to get ahead, and even fewer are born to fight. Those who can stand out in that kind of occasion often become the leader. Although Yi Yan is young, he has courage and ideas. Now that he has said everything, it seems that this part is not unreasonable.

With the mainstay, the hearts that everyone had been hanging on gradually let go. Another Jie Ren looked at the sky outside, and said anxiously: “Didn’t the Patriarch say that I saw us today? Did you forget it?”

The sun is already a bit westward, why don’t you come and call them? What if the Patriarch forgot about them, or if they just talked about the things in the part? I just made up my mind, and I became concerned about gains and losses again, and it feels uncomfortable. This time, Yi Yan didn’t suffocate anymore, and drank the porridge water from the bowl.

Yi Yan is not worried about whether it can become a part. He could see that the man really wanted a private soldier who could protect him. But whether he can become a “close body guard”, he is not sure. I just hope that the lord who I just recognized has not forgotten his retainer.

After another half hour, the hut door creaked and was pushed open, and A Liang walked in quickly: “Lord Lord calls you, keep up!”

Hearing this, everyone hurriedly stood up and walked behind A Liang to the main house. When they came back last night, it was already night, and there was no time to look at the manor of Liang Mansion. Now they discovered that this Zhuangzi was bigger than they had imagined. It took a full quarter of an hour to go from the simple house where the people lived to the door of the main house. Entering the yard, there are countless corridors, with high eaves and deep pavilions, with carefully trimmed vegetation covering them, making the courtyard more elegant and graceful.

After going all the way, the Jie people gradually converged their movements, and did not dare to breathe. They often work as tenant farmers to grow land, but they are hired by small households. Even if there are wealthy families, they will not let these mud legs come to the owner’s courtyard. Have you ever seen a building of this size.

After walking along the quiet corridor for a long time, a spacious courtyard appeared in front of him. A Liang slowed down, and said in a low voice, “This is an upright hall, pay attention to words and deeds, and don’t offend the host.”

Even if you don’t deliberately say this sentence, nowadays Jie people don’t dare to talk at will. One by one, they closed their mouths tightly, for fear that they would make a little movement and be annoying. Yi Yan walked in front of the queue, closely behind A Liang, his expression unchanged, but his fists had been quietly clenched, his eyes widened and he looked at everything in front of him.

Around the short shadow wall, there is a spacious hall directly in front of it, which should be used to welcome guests. At the moment there are two seats, one is short. I saw the pale, slender head of the Liang family leaning against the short side, dressed in a plain gown with a light brocade on his head, and looked like living in a leisurely manner. In his starting position, the other old man was sitting awkwardly, slightly sweaty on his forehead, and was talking nervously.

Seeing that A Liang brought someone here, Liang Feng raised his head and smiled slightly: “A Liang, it happened that Tian guest came over today. The reward for killing the enemy before can be honored.”

A Liang was slightly excited on his face and stepped forward and said: “Return to the lord, there are three people in the servant who killed the mountain bandits, and there are six people who have worked together to be effective, are they all exempt from the land gift?”

Whether it is an eupper or a tenant farmer, he must pay the land tax to the owner. Generally speaking, the tax collected by the gentry is slightly lower than that of the imperial court, and it can be exempted from corvee. Therefore, there will be refugees and civilians who seek protection from the gentry. The Liang family is considered to be a middle-class gentry. The ancestors originally had food towns, but unfortunately there was no official in the two generations, and the people who contributed to it were very few. In addition to poor management, it is definitely not easy to rely on those towns to maintain the lavish life of the owner of the family. . Therefore, the Liang family’s land tax is not low, and even one year of tax exemption can make people live a good life.

When Tian Chang heard that there were nearly ten people who would be exempt from gifts, he couldn’t help but change his face and said: “Lord, you can’t make it!”

“How can’t it?” Liang Feng sat up slightly, “I would have died in the wilderness without these people bravely killing the enemy. Of course I want a reward! Write down everyone’s names, and the co-workers, save one. Nian Tian Fu; for those who kill the enemy, the whole family will be exempt from the Fu for three years!

There are about sixty or seventy farmers in Liang Mansion, and with this tone, a small portion of the tax will be exempted. Not to mention the fact that Liang’s mansion is now struggling to make ends meet, even if it is rich and expensive, it is too extravagant.

But what Liang Feng cares about is not that. As if he didn’t see Tian Chang’s anxious expression, he continued: “The mansion has not been trained for many years, and there are only some handymen who look after the nursing home, so I will be in danger. If there is a chaos today, I should be reorganized. Trilogy, protect the farmland. Yi Yan, are you willing to be my trilogy and keep one side safe for me?”

Suddenly being named by his name, Yi Yan shook his whole body, took a step forward, and said loudly, “May I die for the lord!”

As if infected by Yi Yan’s emotions, all the Jie people behind him shouted at the same time: “May I die for the master!”

“Okay.” Liang Feng said with a smile, “As long as you are brave enough to appoint, I will naturally let you eat and wear warmth, and have a home and a field. Gong Chue, what do you think of these newly collected trilogy?”

Looking at these hideous Jie people, Tian Chang’s words were immediately held back in his stomach. He can do some small actions on the account book, or use his qualifications to win over some craftsmen and restrain the owner of the house. But the premise of these actions is that the Patriarch is cowardly and at the mercy of others. And now, the extremely sickly young man in front of him is definitely not a character who can be fooled. As long as there is a trilogy that can serve him, under the sword, who dares to disobey the order?

With a dry laugh, he praised: “You are really brave men, congratulations to the master for being so elite…”

“Elite? I’m afraid I will have to practice well.” Liang Feng was noncommittal, but he changed the front line, “The account book should be brought as soon as possible, so I can arrange other matters.”

The color on the face changed a few times, and Tian Chang finally responded, “I will get the account book tomorrow.”

He doesn’t want to remind the Patriarch now how expensive it is to raise the tribe. Maybe after a while, this family prince with different mundane affairs will understand that money and food do not float on the water. At this time, it is better to brake statically.

Seeing Tian Chang’s extremely suffocated face, Liang Feng smiled secretly in his heart. After doing some things, he finally suppressed the disobedient “veteran”. As long as you have financial control and solid military power, no matter how much sand is mixed into Liang’s house, he can regain control. He couldn’t figure out what year it was, but several Sima kings were beaten like that. It is estimated that the countdown to the subjugation of the Western Jin Dynasty had also entered. At this time, accumulating your subordinates is more important than anything else. Born in a family of the fathers of the Republic, he was influenced by his grandfather since he was a child, then joined the army and worked as a policeman. He still has some common sense about leading troops.

I just don’t know if the training methods of later generations are useful to soldiers of this era.

There were many thoughts in his heart, but Liang Feng didn’t show it, just nodded faintly: “It’s so good. I have recovered from a serious illness, and my energy is a little lacking. You go down first, and you will see me tomorrow.”

Tian Chang didn’t dare to stay long after receiving the order to see him off, so he bid farewell. After the Tian guest came out of the courtyard, Liang Feng said to A Liang, “A Liang, what I said today, after you go down, you must tell all the farmers in detail, without missing a word. If there are farmers or handymen who want to join. You can recruit as much as you can, and make up a team with the Jie people.”

A Liang replied a little hesitantly: “But with so many songs suddenly received, can the government’s money and food support it?”

If you ask this, it proves that the car steward is sincere and sincere about his patron. Liang Feng smiled: “Don’t worry, whether you want to join the part or not is different from whether you can stay in the part. You just let it go and do it.”

I don’t quite understand the meaning of the Patriarch’s words, but the order is after all an order. A Liang nodded and wanted to take these Jie people away. Liang Feng suddenly said, “Yi Yan, help me up.”