Driving mules and horses and pushing carts, they headed toward Tiger King Town in a mighty manner.
Dang Dang Dang
The sound of gongs and drums.
A pioneer shouted from the front: "Everyone in Tiger King Town, come out, the government's relief food is here."
"Food, where is the food?"
Shouts are heard.
Every household went out and looked at the officers and soldiers expectantly: "Yes, officers and soldiers, people from the imperial court are here."
"Oracle."
"It's snowing heavily and disasters are endless."
"Special order, local prefectures and counties open their offices to release grain to stabilize people's hearts."
"We further order that the national grain tax be reduced or exempted for one year. In areas with serious disasters, the tax will be reported to the imperial court and the tax will be reduced or reduced for one to three years as appropriate."
The master stepped forward and read out the imperial edict.
Then the county soldiers lined up in two rows, guarding hundreds of carts of food and loudly said: "The imperial court is aware of everyone's suffering, but it has been snowing heavily in the past few days and transportation is inconvenient. There is really no way to transport it downwards."
"Now that the snow has passed and the sky is clear, the official roads have been cleared."
"In each household, the chief of the security department, the chief of the neighborhood, and the mayor of the town will come forward and nod lightly on the head."
"Each person is divided into ten kilograms of rice, five kilograms of flour, five kilograms of beans, and five taels of salt to relieve local water and fire."
Hear such a will.
Everyone's eyes filled with tears and they all muttered: "Your Majesty is thinking of us. What a wonderful court this is."
Rice, noodles, beans.
A total of twenty kilograms.
Not much to say.
But this is something everyone has. It’s not difficult to save some food and stick to it for a month or two.
Moreover, the imperial court issued a decree to reduce or exempt grain taxes for next year.
This is a real benefit. After all, 20% of an acre of land must be paid as grain tax, also known as ten taxes and two taxes.
This part of the exemption now is the benefit that falls into the mouths of the people.
If you are a homesteader.
The food that fed five people last year can feed seven people this year.
If you don’t have a field, you are a tenant farmer of someone else’s family.
When dividing grain, you and the landlord can each share an additional 10%, which will make things better than last year.
"The food of the world."
"Take it from the people and use it for the people."
"With these twenty kilograms of grain, plus the winter grain prepared by each family, even if there is a shortage of grain next spring due to snowstorms, the people will not be unable to live."
Zhang Heng was walking on the street, looking at the villagers who were laughing and carrying food home. He turned back to Hu Mengmeng and said: "In the spring of next year, I am going to abolish the mountain ban and allow the mountain people to go into the mountains to hunt and collect medicine.
Logging, what do you think?"
Hu Mengmeng is dressed in black.
Hitting Ha Qie, he held Zhang Heng's clothes: "Will it affect our eating of pigs?"
Zhang Heng shook his head: "Hunting and logging are all planned. Normally, we are only allowed to go up the mountain to pick fungus, mountain mushrooms, wild vegetables, dig bamboo shoots, etc. We will not let them damage the mountain."
Hu Mengmeng was top-heavy and drowsy: "You decide, at worst I will eat less pigs."
Zhang Heng picked up Hu Mengmeng and said, "It's so early in the morning. Why are you so sleepy? Why did you roll in the snow at night?"
Hu Mengmeng doesn’t speak.
Transformed into the form of a little tiger, lying in Zhang Heng's arms and sleeping soundly.
Saw her sleeping.
Zhang Heng shook his head slightly and thought to himself: "Eat and sleep, sleep and eat. Are other tigers like this too?"
"Fourth"
Just thinking about it.
Suddenly there was a shout in the distance.
Following the sound, I saw Brother Zhang running over here panting: "Fourth Brother, Brother, Brother is back."
"Brother?"
Zhang Heng was stunned for a moment.
The Zhang family has four brothers and sisters, and he is the youngest.
Next to Brother Zhang is Brother Zhang, who must be in his early twenties this year.
But two years ago.
Brother Zhang said he wanted to go out for a living, but there was no news after he left and he never came back.
Two years have passed now.
Everyone thought he died outside. Even Zhang Heng did not expect that Brother Zhang would come back one day.
"Is it because you can't survive outside?"
With this in mind, Zhang Heng followed Brother Zhang back home.
We just arrived at the door.
I saw four people standing outside the door.
Brother Zhang's eyesight is shallow and he can't tell the level of these people.
Zhang Heng is different.
With just one glance, it was discovered that these four people were breathing continuously and had broad bones. At first glance, they looked like top-notch masters.
"Second brother, is the fourth brother back?"
Didn't enter the door.
Laughter came from the courtyard, and then a young man wearing white clothes and wearing sapphire around his waist walked out. He looked at Zhang Heng with a smile on his face: "Fourth brother, do you still recognize me?"
Zhang Heng looked up.
The visitor looked to be in his twenties, and between his brows, he looked somewhat similar to Brother Zhang.
Although he no longer had the impression of the eldest brother of the Zhang family in his mind, it was not difficult to tell from his appearance that he must be a relative of his.
"Big brother"
Zhang Heng shouted, and then asked with some confusion: "How many years have you..."
Brother Zhang said with a smile: "Two years ago, I wanted to go to the county town to work for a while. Unexpectedly, before I arrived in the county town, I found my master on the roadside. He was seriously injured and leaning under a tree. I have been taking care of him.
Then when he gets better, I will follow him back to the mountain gate to learn skills."
"No, I have succeeded in cultivation, and I heard that the world is suffering from a snowstorm. I can't worry about you, so I said hello to Master and came to the mortal world to have a look."
Said.
Brother Zhang compared Zhang Heng's height again: "You were still a little kid when I left. Now you have wheels, right?"
Zhang Heng looked confused.
The man guarding the door was clearly a highly trained martial artist.
And he, this cheap brother, is also an internal martial arts practitioner. No matter how you look at it, it looks like he has joined a certain gang and has become a talkative person such as the leader or the leader of the gang.
But this is the view between the human world and the world of mortals.
It made him sound a little hesitant again.
Only those who practice Buddhism and Taoism can open their mouths in the human world and keep their mouths shut in the world of mortals.
The issue is.
Brother Zhang does not have any physical abilities, but is a martial arts practitioner. He does not seem to be from an immortal sect.
"Let's go inside first."
He saw Zhang Heng looking at him strangely.
Brother Zhang didn't pay attention and called everyone to come into the house.
"Father, mother."
Entered the house.
Brother Zhang sat aside: "I have been doing well in the mountain gate in the past two years, and my master is also the powerful master of the peak, so he takes good care of me."
"So I thought that when I come back this time, I will take you to the teacher's sect. Emperor Li is going against the grain. This snowstorm is just the beginning. It will become more and more chaotic in the future. Xiashan Village is not a place to stay for a long time."
As he said that, Brother Zhang added: "I changed my name. Now my name is Zhang Buxiu. My master helped me change the name. It was taken from a poem: The ancient road leads out of Yunzhou, and the wind and sand never stop."
"move place?"
No one spoke yet.
The third sister stared anxiously: "I, I"
The third sister wanted to think about what to do with her marriage to the second brother Zhu after she moved away. They agreed to get engaged in the spring.
As a result, the words came to my mouth.
After all, she was a girl, with a thin face, and couldn't say anything, so she could only push Zhang Heng out as a shield: "Brother, you don't know something. I just became a blessing at the Tiger God Mountain Temple. Now I have control over the entire Tiger Mountain. I'm afraid I won't be able to leave.
"
"Temple blessing!"
Zhang Buxiu obviously didn't know about this.
"yes."
The third sister pointed at Hu Mengmeng, who was sleeping soundly in Zhang Heng's arms: "This is Hu Mengmeng, the descendant of the Mountain God. After the Mountain God died in the battle, Mengmeng inherited the position of the Mountain God. She is so affectionate to her younger brother. Where are you?"
Everyone has to follow me, and I can’t live without my little brother.”
aside.
The second brother Zhang also said: "Brother, you didn't know, right? Mengmeng is still the Marquis of the North, personally granted by the imperial court. When the Marquis Mansion is opened in the spring of next year, my younger brother said that he will make my father the general manager of the Marquis Mansion."
"this"
Brother Zhang looked surprised.
Then he didn't know what he thought of, and he laughed and said: "I was wondering where this little spiritual tiger came from. It turns out that it is the descendant of Hushan God, the newly appointed little mountain god. The fourth brother is really a good match."
Finished.
Brother Zhang was even more happy: "In this case, the fourth brother should come with me. With this spiritual tiger here, the fourth brother will definitely be valued in the mountain gate, and his future development may not be much worse than mine."
Zhang Heng raised his eyebrows.
He knew clearly that Hu Mengmeng was the new God of Hu Mountain, the Marquis of the North who was personally conferred by the imperial court.
Brother Zhang still feels that it is more promising to follow him.
It's a bit interesting.
Where did his cheap brother come from? The mountain gate behind him may not be simple.
"Big brother"
Seeing Hu Mengmeng's status, she could not stop her elder brother from asking them to move. The third sister could only hesitate and said: "I will be engaged to the second brother of the Zhu family next year. How can I leave?"
"Second brother of the Zhu family?"
Brother Zhang subconsciously looked at the second elder: "What is the second brother of the Zhu family?"
Father Zhang and Mother Zhang looked at each other and explained: "The second brother of the Zhu family is Zhu Wu's younger brother Zhu Wen. Do you remember Zhu Wu? He was the one who was often beaten by you in the village."
"Haha, who do I think I am?"
I heard he was Zhu Wu's second brother.
Brother Zhang immediately waved his hand: "Needless to say, I have seen the second boy from the Zhu family. He has had snot in his nose since he was a child and wiped it on his sleeves all day long. He can be somewhat successful."
"He wants to marry my sister. They are toads who want to eat swan meat."
The tone paused slightly.
Brother Zhang looked at the third sister up and down for a while, nodded and said: "The wedding is on my shoulders. When I return to the mountain gate, I will introduce some young talents to the third sister. The mountain village is a small place after all, so there is nothing I can do about it."
If she marries such a person, her life will be ruined."
"Brother, who do you think is the toad?"
Although the third sister was a little afraid of Brother Zhang, she still could not tolerate others saying anything bad about Brother Zhu. She argued: "Brother Zhu and I have known each other since childhood, grew up together, and agreed to be together for the rest of our lives. He is a toad.
Then what am I?"
"Um!"
Seeing that the third sister dares to tell him apart.
Brother Zhang was somewhat displeased and muttered: "It's true that girls are outwardly inclined, have long hair, and have little knowledge. How can I still lie to you?"
"Actually, the Zhu family is not bad either."
Father Zhang acted honestly and talked about the good things about the Zhu family: "In the two years since you left home, the second brother Zhu has always given food to your third sister. Your fourth brother and your fourth brother are almost all provided by the Zhu family.
We are all members of a family with responsibilities, and we must say that we already owe the Zhu family a lot, but we cannot talk behind our backs."
"this"
Brother Zhang didn't expect this to be the case.
Just thought about it again and again.
He still didn't quite agree, so he said: "Dad, it's not that I look down on the Zhu family, but the Zhu family is too different from us, and they are not a good match for the three sisters. If you care about the good of the Zhu family, I will reward them with a few hundred dollars later."
Two taels of silver is just a favor for a few meals, so what else do you think, a few hundred taels won't do, give them a few thousand taels, that's all."
Speaking of which.
Seeing the whole family looking at him, Brother Zhang sighed: "Let me tell you the truth, my master is the master of Tiandao Sect and one of the top ten most powerful elders."
"And I am his close disciple. Now I am practicing both martial arts and martial arts. I will first practice martial arts and then law. As expected, I will also be a powerful figure in Tiandao Sect in the future."
"My sister, not to mention marrying an immortal, she must be a descendant of an immortal and the son of a martial saint."
"You guys, after following me back to the mountain gate, if you can practice, I will definitely not be stingy with resources."
"When the time comes, our whole family will be monks, and it will not be a problem to live hundreds of years. Why bother letting the third sister marry a mortal, and it will be a pile of waste after a hundred years?"
Father Zhang looked confused.
Obviously he doesn't understand what Tiandao Sect is.
Brother Zhang saw it and said proudly: "There are four sects in the world, the Tianfo Sect, the Tiandao Sect, the Tianmo Sect, and the Tianyao Sect."
"I am a disciple of the Tiandao Sect. Among the Taoist sects, my Tiandao Sect is in charge of the world. As far as the current Dali Dynasty is concerned, at that time, hundreds of countries were competing for hegemony and the Li Dynasty was weak. Emperor Li was just a person with low qualifications in our Tiandao Sect.
, the sweeper boy that no one cares about."
"Later, if it weren't for a chance encounter and I picked up a martial arts technique that no one had practiced, the Li Huang would have turned into a handful of clay."
"And you see, Emperor Li's world will not last long."
"We, the Tiandao Sect, will follow the will of Heaven. Once Emperor Li passes away, the rise and fall of human dynasties will be under our control."
"If you are willing at that time, I will come forward and talk to the master, and my father will be granted the title of Duke, and my brother will be granted the title of Marquis."
"Third sister, you must be a princess no matter what. You will enjoy endless wealth and honor in this world."
Upon hearing this.
Brother Zhang smiled happily: "Brother, please don't lie to me. Can I also be made a marquis?"
"Why did I lie to you?"
Brother Zhang is confident: "When it comes to that point, the dynasty will be abolished, but it will be just a family's opinion. When the time comes, the world will be 100%, and hundreds of countries will contend. Not to mention the princes, even the emperor may not be able to do it."
Zhang Heng took a deep look at Brother Zhang.
Hundreds of countries contend, each working on its own affairs.
To put it nicely, if he remembered correctly, it must have been an era of continuous wars.
No matter what I say now.
The dynasty was unified and there were less disputes.
Take the government's grain distribution as an example.
It's not that the Li Dynasty doesn't have people in its heart. If heaven hadn't allowed it, Emperor Li was the best in the world and had the power to suppress everything. This would have been a prosperous age of singing and dancing.
Unfortunately.
Emperor Li is tough, and so is Heaven.
The two tigers are incompatible, which brings pity to all living beings in the world.
Zhang Heng saw everything.
He has not regained his strength and can't do much.
Help Heaven and destroy Emperor Li.
Help Emperor Li establish a new heaven.
or.
Both of them will be destroyed, and I will control myself.
to be honest.
It's too early to say this.
After all, he is only eight years old, and a pony cannot pull a cart.