Manbao and the others ran too fast, and it was impossible for them to wait for Lao Zhoutou. The sun was hanging so big, so it was boring to wait on the road.
So they asked all the way where they arrived first.
It was a rather large village, about the same size as Dali Village, but the houses were not very neat, and there were a few scattered houses dotted in the endless wilderness.
Man Bao reined in Chiji, turned around twice, looked around, then pointed to the big village and said: "It should be there, let's go, let's go and have a look."
The three rode over, and Daji followed behind with two guards.
Ma Cai ran to the entrance of the village, and the children who were looking at the millet at the entrance of the village immediately jumped up, half of them stood far away under the tree or under the eaves to watch them, and half of them turned around and ran back to the village.
This looks similar to their village. Man Bao rode his horse up to him, exchanged a glance with Bai Shan, and then jumped off the horse.
Man Bao took off the pouch from his body and poured out two pieces of snacks from it. Seeing so many children, he was a little embarrassed to take it out.
Bai Shan touched his body and only found a few pieces of snacks.
Bai Erlang looked at them with contempt, took out his purse, and poured out a dozen candies.
The children's eyes lit up at once.
The three distributed the candies and snacks to them and asked, "Is this Pu Village in Qiyang County?"
Even children know the names of counties and villages, so they nodded, "Yes, who are you looking for?"
Man Bao smiled and said, "I want to find your village chief."
Just as he was talking, several adults and a group of children came over mightily.
The lead is an old man, wearing wide sleeves, which looks like a long sleeve.
In the countryside, who would wear wide sleeves except landlords and village chiefs
And I heard that most of Pu Village are tenant farmers, and there are no rich and landed landlords like Master Bai.
So Man Bao greeted them with a smile, and the respected elders bowed first. The other party quickly glanced at the clothes on their bodies, and then swept over the horses behind them. Naturally, they also saw the tall and strong Daji. Three guards.
The head of the village also showed a smile, followed by returning the gift, and then asked: "How many ladies and gentlemen are these?"
Man Bao hurriedly took out her official seal and the document from the Ministry of Accounts from her sleeve pocket, which was actually a thin piece of paper with the seal of the Ministry of Accounts stamped on it, indicating the scope of her job and location, etc. .
"It's over next week, so I'm here to take a look at the job field under my name."
The head of the village looked at Zhou Man in surprise. He knew that the position under his jurisdiction had changed officials. He also heard that he was an editor and an imperial physician, so he felt a little more relaxed, but he didn't expect that the other party was actually a little girl.
He glanced at the paper in his hand, and asked hesitantly, "Does your lord want to manage the job field by himself?"
Man Bao smiled and said: "I want my family to take care of it. Of course, I will need a lot of care from the head of the village in the future."
Man Bao grew up in the village since he was a child, and he knows how important a village head's support is.
But the head of the village smiled and said: "My lord is joking, what can a villain take care of my lord?"
He immediately came back to his senses, folded the official documents he had read and handed them to Zhou Man, took the bamboo hat from his son behind him, put it on, and said: "Since your lord is here, why don't you show me your job title?" field"
Man Bao readily agreed.
So everyone turned and walked outside the village.
The people in the village soon knew that it was the adults from the field who came to see their fields. This was related to everyone's livelihood, so many people followed behind to see.
The head of the village quietly looked at Zhou Man and the others, seeing that they looked calm and didn't seem to mind, so he didn't drive the villagers away.
Not all of Manbao's 1,000-acre job fields are here, but most of them are here, and some are in the other two ri and villages. It's just that those two places occupy less, so Manbao came here first.
At this time, all the crops in the field have been harvested, and the field is either empty or overgrown with weeds.
Man Bao and the others have all cultivated the land, and grew up in the village since they were young. They have seen people planting in spring and harvesting in autumn. You can guess how the tenant farmers are working just by looking at the conditions in the fields.
At this time, the field just after harvesting was full of weeds.
Man Bao went to the field, kicked the weeds in the field with his toes, then squatted down and pulled them out, but he didn't pull them out after a lot of effort.
Bai Shan squatted down and dug a handful of soil, stretched out his hand to pinch it, and said to Man Bao, "It's all cooked soil, but I don't turn it over very often, so the quality of the soil is not good."
Li Chang, who was standing beside him, frowned slightly, turned his head and glanced at Bai Shan, and saw that his clothes were the most luxurious, and the silk and satin on his body were still dark patterns, and only a half-hidden crane was embroidered on the cuff, and he looked like a group of people. The most expensive of them all.
He didn't expect that he knew how to farm.
Man Bao nodded, looked up into the distance, and found that there were weeds everywhere she looked, and she had a headache. Just like that, her father wanted to bury the weeds for the winter. It is estimated that it will be very painful.
Man Bao shook his head and asked the head of the village, "Where did this professional come from?"
It is impossible to walk through such a large piece of land, but the head of the village can point out and tell her roughly where to go, and which parts are missing. It belongs to good people. "
Although there are occasional other people's lands in the middle, basically her career fields can be connected.
The imperial court was able to connect such a large piece of land, it seems that they bought land from people.
Man Bao had a question in his heart, and he was unhappy if he didn't ask clearly. He asked, "I heard that the imperial court will buy the land from the people. These lands used to be owned by the villagers?"
The head of the village was slightly stunned and then smiled: "That's not true. This area used to belong to a general surnamed Liu. It was the time of the former dynasty. It is even more difficult to trace back. When my grandfather was, I heard These ten miles and eight townships will be replaced by a refugee commander every two years. Today it belongs to the general, and tomorrow it belongs to the master. Let the officials do their jobs."
Li Chang said: "We all moved from other places after losing our land, and we have only settled here for more than ten years."
Man Bao was curious, "Then where is your hometown?"
Li Chang said: "It's not far, it's also in Qiyang County, but it's on the other side."
Bai Shan asked, "Why did you lose your land?"
The head of the village was silent for a while, and then forced out a smile and said: "The emperor's grace is mighty, our land was bought by the imperial court."
Man Bao three people: ...
Man Bao nodded, walked down the large piece of dry land, and when he reached the field, he saw that the ground in the field was cracked, in large pieces, and the cracks were very large, so he I know this place is very dry.
She asked, "Will there be a plague of locusts this year?"
"Yes, but it's not big." The head of the village also glanced at the crack in the ground, knowing that these young men and adults are people who know how to farm, so he didn't hide it, "Don't think there are not many locusts now, Let the kids run in the grass and they all fly."