Battlefield of All Sides

Chapter 90 Another Battlefield

Facing the setting sun, Li Mu walked out of this dilapidated government office and took Xin Qiji's wife's instructions to look for Xin Qiji.

It has not been a few days since Xin Qiji brought himself and others here, but he declined the banquet of the gentry and nobles, and wandered around the state capital every day. Although Xin Qiji is now the governor of the state, everyone must be polite However, the folk customs here are tough, and Xin Qiji, a new official, will inevitably make some people feel uneasy.

Li Mu also bit the bullet and went out to look for Xin Qiji, and at the same time, he also wanted to see what he would encounter here.

The system had already given me another reminder before, that is to ask myself to comprehend the truth of the battlefield here, but the place where I am now is not a battlefield at all, and what should this truth be?
Serving the country with fists?Always make yourself full of firm belief in victory?

Li Mu couldn't figure it out, so he could only pin all this on Xin Qiji, hoping to find the answer from him.

But at this time, Li Mu also knew something in his heart. He might really not be able to go to the battlefield in this world. The Chuzhou where Xin Qiji is now in office seems to be north of the Yangtze River, and because of the influence of the Jin Kingdom Interference, the life of the people here is not good.

Originally close to the enemy country, it was almost a very simple thing to go to the battlefield, but Xin Qiji, who was remote, did not have this right and became a civil servant completely.

When these things just came out, Li Mu listened to a few rich middle-aged and elderly men talking at the base of a wall, and seemed to be gloating at this Xin Zhizhou.

Li Mu just stopped and left. After all, he had to go to find Xin Qiji. Hearing from their mouths that Xin Qiji had gone to a small village below, Li Mu also hurried out of the city.

After leaving the city, it was also a desolate scene outside. Li Mu caught passers-by in twos and threes on the road and asked about Xin Qiji's whereabouts, and finally found him in a field.

At this moment, Xin Qiji was rolling up his satin shirt, and then rolled up his trouser legs, and entered the wheat field in front of him. The wheat is in full bloom in spring, but Xin Qiji was bending over and frowning.

Li Mu never thought that Xin Qiji had such a side, and he walked over at the moment, but saw an old farmer suddenly rushing into the field holding a wooden fork.

The old farmer yelled at Xin Qi and waved the fork in his hand, as if he was very angry at such a person who broke into his field rashly.

Li Mu saw the aggressive look of the old farmer, and immediately quickened his pace, and ran towards Xin Qiji together.

After rushing to the field, Xin Qiji had already stabilized the old farmer, and the two of them even started talking. The old farmer, seeing the person in front of him, had an extraordinary demeanor, so he restrained himself a little and started talking.

"Old man, do you think the harvest of this wheat should be good this year?"

"Yes, Mr. Xiucai, this year has caught up with a good year. There is plenty of rain and sunshine. There are not such crisp wheat seedlings at this time in previous years."

The old farmer said excitedly, looking at the green wheat seedlings in front of him, he was also very happy, and he couldn't hide his smile at all.

Xin Qiji also laughed when he heard what the other party said. When he saw Li Mu coming next to him, he did not interrupt the old farmer's words.

The old farmer with his back turned to Li Mu didn't notice Li Mu. It was obvious that the noble man in front of him smiled along with him, but sighed indistinctly.

Xin Qiji quickly caught the other party's expression, and immediately asked, "Does the old man think there is any difficulty?"

The old farmer hesitated for a moment, then sighed again.

"To be honest, this year seems to be a bumper year, but the people like me who are digging in the soil are not happy at all."

"In this bountiful year, we harvest a lot of food, but it is given to others. This land is still my own. Have I paid miscellaneous taxes from the government? I also have to pay a monthly tax for recruiting soldiers, and the money for training soldiers also comes from us. We have to pay for the wear and tear, all kinds of things come down, and I am afraid that this year will be in vain again."

"What's even more pitiful is those who are tenants of other people's fields. They are already half full, but they have to take so much out of their teeth and hand it over."

"It's just a blessing that we don't see so many people selling their sons and daughters this year."

Li Mu stood behind and listened to these, and he was also amazed at the lives of the ancient people. The so-called rise and fall of the world, before the arrival of the new era, such heavy taxes made the people suffer.

Xin Qiji heard what the other party said at this moment, and immediately asked the reason: "Old man, this year is a good year, and it is reasonable to collect more food. The situation is better than before, right?"

Xin Qiji asked this, but the old farmer couldn't stop shaking his head.

"No, there is food in a good year, and those officials and lords will add taxes in different ways. This little thing will not reach our pockets in the end."

The old farmer said with a sigh, his eyes full of helplessness.

Listening to all this, Li Mu also felt uncomfortable. Sometimes the oppression was actually right in front of him, and it was even more unacceptable than you imagined.

Xin Qiji on the side was also surprised when he heard this at this time. He thought that for farmers, at least in this good year, they could have a bite of rice, but he didn't think that for farmers, the good year is just that they don't have to sell their children and daughters to make ends meet. .

"It turned out that I was thinking too simply. This local squire is waiting to share a little blood and sweat from you." Xin Qiji said so, silently clenched his fists.

But at this moment, the old farmer looked terrified, afraid that Xin Qiji's words would be overheard by others. At this time, he also noticed Li Mu who was standing upright behind him, and immediately exclaimed, Xin Qiji also hurriedly explained that this was from his own family. servant.

The old farmer was in shock, but at this time he refused to say anything. He drove Xin Qiji and Li Mu away from here, and said loudly that he had never seen them before.

Apparently, the old farmer felt a little uneasy when he heard Xin Qiji's indignant words, and he was anxious to get rid of the relationship.

At this time, Li Mu also felt that this old farmer really didn't know good from bad. It was obvious that Xin Qiji was sympathizing with the suffering, but it made the two of them seem to want to harm him.

But Xin Qiji stopped Li Mu from explaining to the other party at this time, and immediately pulled Li Mu to walk towards the city.

"Yunfan, if you don't talk about some things, it's a good thing for that old man."

Li Mu opened his mouth, but still did not defend himself, but at the moment Li Mu was more concerned about another issue.

"My lord... can we really not go to the battlefield now?" Li Mu asked, but Xin Qiji and Li Mu looked at each other, then looked at the farmland ahead, and sighed slightly.

"I and other ministers in battle are not taken seriously in the court, not to mention the strategies of governing the country and facing the enemy that I handed in at the beginning, it makes those people think that I am just a civil servant."

"If I knew it was like this, I should calm down and be a reckless man, maybe I still have a chance." Xin Qiji was also very decadent about this problem, but the next moment he tried to convince himself again.

"But it's not a problem. Being my civil servant today has made a lot of achievements. In the future, the imperial court will be the main station again. I will have my own place to use my talents."

"What's more, Yunfan, where we are now is also a battlefield, a battlefield that has no gunpowder smoke, but is more important."

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(End of this chapter)