Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

The words of the village chief made all the people in the village applaud.

Wang Er didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he hurriedly said: "Village Chief, Your Highness has said that you can't buy or sell by force."

"What nonsense are you talking about? Did you see that we buy and sell by force? Our village is voluntary!" The village chief glared at him and said loudly.

"Yes, we are all voluntary!" The villagers in the village immediately cheered loudly.

Wang Er was a little helpless, the village chief, you said so, who in the village would dare to sell to grain merchants?For everyone, the people in the village are just like family members. How could anyone who offended most people in the village still stay in the village?

It may not be useful to have a village chief to say something when you come here. After you say that, don’t all the big guys become voluntary?

The village chief didn't take it seriously, maybe there are some people in the village who are greedy for petty gain, but the higher-ups probably don't have any other thoughts about this big right and wrong, and even if they do, they have to hold back.

What else can they do for His Highness?That's all they can do!Besides, if you paid taxes before, then let’s not talk about it, after all, every household has to survive.

But now not only do they not need to pay taxes, but they are also subsidized at almost the same market price, which is equivalent to giving them double the money.Under such circumstances, if you give up righteousness for a little profit, how can you be worthy of His Highness who treats them like this? !

What's more, paying to Tang Chuliang is also helping themselves. Wang Er told them what kind of business Tang Chuliang is before. This is the country's grain reserve, which is used to relieve victims in disaster years and help the people all over the world. use!And there must be some good seeds in it!

Without His Highness's good breed, can they be where they are today?Can they guarantee that they will not encounter disaster years in the future?How many years have passed since the locust plague in Guanzhong in the year of Zhenguan?

Don't you know what kind of tragedy it was like back then?

Moreover, the old village chief who has experienced the last years of the dynasty cherishes His Royal Highness even more, so it seems a bit domineering, but he made this decision.

Let them poke the backbone of the village head even if it is to poke the backbone, and just like what Wang Er said, His Highness forbids them to buy and sell by force, but my village chief just did it, so what's the matter.

"In addition, everyone has one more thing." The village head knocked on the crutch in his hand again and said loudly.

When everyone looked over, the village chief continued: "I heard that His Highness presided over the construction of a brand new road on the west bank of the Wei River. The construction site has been recruiting workers, but except for the workers officially recruited by the construction site , the rest of us have no living in winter."

"I heard that the construction site needs some gravel and so on. We can't help much, so we will transport all the gravel and put it on the side of the road so as not to affect the progress of the project."

"Everyone can do what they can, and I don't ask everyone to go every day. Anyway, there are not many things in winter. Everyone can go when they have free time. Even if we take a stone, the workers working on the construction site will take one less. The speed can also be increased by one point.”

"His Highness gave us today, so we have to let His Highness see our strength. We can do well. Although it is only within our power, if we people in the world can unite, it will be a powerful force!"

"In addition, His Highness once said in the Datang Weekly that if we want to get rich, we must first build roads. Only when the roads are repaired will we have a better chance, and building roads is also to help ourselves. The expansion of the construction of the world's official road."

"I'm going to unite with several nearby villages. We have limited capabilities, and we dare not say anything about building official roads in the world, but let's repair and expand the roads between our several villages!" the village chief said loudly.

Everyone didn't have any opinions. They didn't know many things, and the most they had was a handful of strength.

Now that they have a place to contribute to His Highness, they naturally don't mind contributing to His Highness.

Wang Er didn't stop the village chief's words, because he felt that this was right. Anyway, these people have nothing to do in winter, so what's wrong with transporting some gravel in their free time?Although the number is not much, but everyone adds up that number is quite a lot!

It is also a good thing for them that the road is built one day earlier, because the road is built for the people of the world.

Loess Plateau, Zhangjia Village.

When the agricultural tax subsidy policy of the Tang Dynasty was passed on to Zhangjia Village, the people here were also stunned. They had never heard of such a dynasty since ancient times. The so-called tax payment was actually sold to the country?Not only do you not have to give in vain, but you can also get money?

"Wu Li, are you serious?" Almost all the people had the same reaction, and so did the head of Zhangjia Village.

Wu Li, who was in charge of the notification, said with a smile, "Of course it's true. This is His Highness' final decision. His Majesty's decree has already been announced in the Datang Weekly."

"The prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, there must be saints!" The village head of Zhangjia Village knelt down on the spot after reading a little.

The people in Zhangjia Village are similar. Although they are located on the Loess Plateau, their land is not as good as Guanzhong and other places, and their food production has always been low. Moreover, because of His Highness's previous policy of water and soil conservation, most of the cultivated land in their village has been planted with trees. , not farmland anymore.

Of course, many villagers left due to the migration of surrounding villages, and the current cultivated land in Zhangjia Village is sufficient.

"Mr. Zhang, His Highness not only has this policy, but also two other policies. That is, if Zhangjiacun is willing to move the village to Yaojiawa, which is [-] miles away, it is located on a plain and there is a river nearby. After that, if there are irrigation conditions, all the people in Zhangjia Village can redistribute [-] mu of land, and then rebuild the village for farming."

"In this place, everything will be gradually planted into forests, water and soil will be preserved, and in response to His Highness' call, it will be restored to green water and lush mountains for the benefit of our descendants. I don't know what the village chief wants?" Wu Li asked seriously.

"Your Highness treats me and other ordinary grassroots like family members, and considers us everywhere. If we don't know what is good and what is bad, we will be sinners of the Tang Dynasty. How can we be worthy of Your Highness? Let alone moving a village for dozens of miles, it is even a thousand miles. Hetao, Jiuyuan and other places outside I am also willing." Village Chief Zhang said with a serious face.

"However, I don't know what the other policy is, can you let me know?"

Wu Li immediately smiled and said: "Of course, another policy is that now our place, which His Highness calls the Loess Plateau, has a large population and the villages have moved out. This place has gradually begun to recover and become a forest."

"But there can't be no one to manage here, especially to prevent fires, so forest guards are needed, and the location of Zhangjia Village is good. If there are farmers who are willing to become forest guards, His Highness said that the imperial court will directly hire them as officials. Refer to The crops produced by the surrounding [-] mu of farmland are directly distributed to each household, and the monthly money is distributed."

"The forest rangers need to inspect the forests and plant trees. Each household can only reserve five acres of land for growing some summer vegetables for their own use."

"But the life of the forest rangers is poor and even dangerous. After all, a large number of villages have been evacuated, and wild animals will always come and go here. Because there are not many people patrolling the forest, the forest rangers must be in groups of two or three at most. If you encounter a beast , life-threatening."

"Besides, after all the surrounding villages have been relocated, there will only be Zhangjia Village left on this mountain. It must be a very lonely life." Wu Li said all the good things.

"Security Officer Wu, needless to say, my Zhang Family Village is willing to stay here and protect this forest for His Highness for generations!" Village Chief Zhang said firmly.