After Chongzhen and his group left the village, the closed doors of the houses in the village opened one after another, but many people still didn't dare to come out, just looked out.

In the courtyard of a farmer, the tenant farmer Liu Dachun was polishing a hoe. His wife Liu Li was carrying a pottery pot filled with broken vegetable leaves and feeding more than a dozen little chickens. His 7-year-old son, Shitou, led his sister Xiaohua, who was biting his fingers, followed behind his mother.

The yard is not big, and there is a straw shed on both sides of the three main rooms, which are considered as kitchens and toilets. There is a chicken coop next to the toilet, and a pile of dry firewood for burning fires is stacked next to it.

Liu Li was wearing a skirt with many patches, but the matte was washed very clean and looked like an ordinary family. While feeding chickens, she said, "Husband, I heard from Li Zhuangtou that the nobles from the palace came to our village. Yesterday, I took a look through the crack of the door and saw a young nobleman in a dragon robe. Do you think he is a prince?"

"What nonsense? The prince has such a precious body. Why do you come to our poor village? On the hot weather, the nobles are all enjoying the cool air in the big house. I think, the one who comes is probably a father-in-law who is in charge. Look at Liu Fengyu in the village, how powerful! The one who comes must be a bigger official than him!" Liu Dachun analyzed as if he was decent.

Liu Li nodded repeatedly and said, "The father-in-law in the palace is here to collect rent this time, right? Just urge me, our family has paid it anyway!" She sighed and continued, "Oh, the harvest is getting worse every year. After we have collected the food this year, the food rations are much less than last year! Seeing that the stones are getting bigger and bigger, I don't know when the remaining food will last?!"

Hearing his wife's words, Liu Dachun stopped polishing and didn't say anything for a long time. After a while, he said, "When the farming season is slack, I'll go to the capital to see if there are noble people to hire workers. If you are lucky enough to meet a good family, you can have a long-term job and earn some money at the end of the year, you won't have to worry about that time."

Liu Li shook his head and felt secretly sad.

In previous years, my husband went to work in the capital during the slack season, but in recent years I heard that the world is not peaceful, and more and more people fleeing in the capital, making it harder to find a job. My husband has returned empty-handed many times. Sometimes even if he meets a hired worker, he still gives some iron and poor money. How can he live in the future if this continues?

While being sad, someone suddenly heard a gong outside, accompanied by a yelling: "Listen, the heads of each household gathered in the yard on the south side. Liu Fengyu had important instructions!"

Liu Dachun was stunned and said to his wife: "Can it be that the palace thinks that we have collected less food, so the nobles in the palace come to pay for additional fees?" Liu Li shook his head in a daze. Liu Dachun put down his hoe, touched his short jacket with both hands, and said: "I'll listen, you're watching the children at home." After that, he came to the door, opened the gate and headed towards the courtyard.

After arriving at the yard, many people had arrived, and those who were familiar with each other were talking in a low voice. The conclusions drawn from various speculations were all bad things, and I was uneasy.

The people gradually arrived. After a while, Liu Chao followed the Jinyiwei Xiaoqi and the Zhuangtou to the courtyard.

Liu Chao climbed to a small earth platform south of the yard, looked at the crowd in the stands with his hands on his back, coughed lightly, and the lower part was silent. He nodded with satisfaction and said in a sharp voice: "Call me and wait for you to come, there are a few important things to teach you to find out that these are all good things, great good things! It is the grace given to you by the emperor!" At this point, he hugged and clasped his fists to the north.

A buzzing sound occurred from the audience, and everyone whispered to each other, looking at Liu Chao on the stage with suspicious eyes.

Seeing this, Liu Chao was slightly dissatisfied and cleared his throat loudly again. The audience was silent again. Liu Chao continued to speak, "Do you know which noble man came yesterday? It scares you to death. The current emperor is here! Long live the emperor!" In the last sentence, Liu Chao's voice suddenly rose, and his sharp voice was harsh.

Suddenly, there was a noise in the audience. When the Emperor Wansui came to the imperial village, some were afraid, some were suspicious, some were trembling with excitement, some were rosy, some were standing there blankly. Some were crying, some were kneeling, some were kneeling on the ground, the scene became chaotic, and the noise became louder and louder. If everyone was inside the house, the sound at this time might have overturned the roof.

Don’t doubt whether the scene described by the author is exaggerated. In a society where imperial power is supreme, let alone ordinary people, even most officials will never have the chance to see the emperor in their lifetime. Even in the era of later generations, although they see the national leaders on TV every day, once they suddenly see the leaders in reality, most people are still extremely excited and it is not an exaggeration to say cheers. So when they heard Liu Fengyu say that the noble people who came yesterday are now, they are still struck by lightning.

When Liu Chao saw the scene a little out of control, he shouted: "Sujing, Sujing!" The Jinyiwei Xiaoqi and the two village heads also shouted.

After a while, everyone's emotions calmed down. After the scene became quiet, Liu Chao said, "Long live, I pity you and others for survival. The food payments for you are changed from seventeen to fourteen, starting from this summer grain!" As soon as he finished speaking, the noise from the audience started again. Someone took the lead, and everyone fell to the ground and kowtowed one after another, reducing the rent by 30% of the rent. Each family is much richer, and there are high-yield merchants who can even have enough food. This is a great kindness.

Seeing everyone kowtowed, Liu Chao hurriedly turned to avoid it and continued to shout: "You get up first. This is the grace of the Lord. Our family cannot accept your great gift! We have not finished our family's words, and there are still good things!"

Everyone stood up, stopped talking, and looked at Liu Chao on the stage with anticipation. The long face without beard in front of him had never been as friendly as today.

"Long lively said that he ordered our family to buy chicken and duck seedlings and distribute them to each household for free. If eggs are laid in the future, the Royal Association will purchase them at a price of cash! We also asked our family to buy piglets and build pig farms. As the head of the pig farm, the family who previously wanted to raise pigs, hired people to teach their experience in raising pigs. When the pigs are fattened, it will also be a purchase at a price of royalty, which will save you the hard work of selling them!"

After this time, there was no noise in the audience, and there was no sound at all. After a while, a gray-bearded farmer asked tremblingly, "Dare you ask Feng Yu, what you said just now is true? Didn't you lie to me to wait?"

Liu Chao glanced at him and said impatiently: "Our family is busy, so how can we have the time to deceive you and wait for villains! Long live the golden words and words of the emperor, our family just relays and tells you to learn it!"

The old farmer knelt down, bowed his hands over, and his lips trembled: "Old man, I have lived for more than fifty years, and I have never seen such a holy king! We are all ants like ants. The old man actually takes us and ants to heart. Even if he dies now, he will smile in the air! Holy king!" After that, he kowtowed and everyone knelt down. There was a sound of kowtowing, dust spreading everywhere, and there was a whimpering sound in the middle, and some people burst into tears.

Liu Chaoxin felt something and said, "Wait until you get up, we have something to tell us!" Everyone stopped crying and stood up.

"From today on, young and strong men and strong women in the village should hurry up and turn the fields up, and after planting soybeans and grains, all the strong men should gather together to build the village wall! A workshop will also be built. At that time, the Ministry of Works of the Court will send personnel to supervise! The Emperor specially instructed that building a workshop wall is not to serve labor. Each participant will take care of two meals and fill it up!"

Everyone in the audience was already shocked and numb. The village built a wall, which greatly improved the safety of the safety; after the workshop was completed, people would definitely be recruited to work, which means that during the slack season, there was no need to travel dozens of miles to work in the capital, and there was no need to work hard. Moreover, he was not in labor and still managed to take care of the meal. In the past, he had to work hard for each family to eat their own meals, and he had to pay for it if he couldn't get a penny.

"Long live, I also said that after the summer grain is changed to 14th this year, if there are surplus grains in each family, the market price of each family will be purchased at a cash price in the palace! But you have to think clearly about this matter, don't be greedy for money and sell all the food at home!" Everyone nodded, and several families with a lot of food in their hearts were secretly happy.

After saying that, Liu Chao waved his hand to the audience and said, "That's all, wait apart! Go home quickly and clean up and finish the farm work in the fields as soon as possible. Don't delay the big things that Long Live's orders!" After hearing this, everyone bowed to him and left.

Liu Dachun trotted all the way back home. Liu Li looked at her husband with excitement in surprise. Since marrying him, she had never seen her husband be so happy. She asked, "Husband, isn't it a sect in the palace?"

"Madam, a great happy event! Do you know who the noble man who came yesterday?" Liu Dachun replied with a grin.

Before his wife could answer, his face turned red again, and he shouted: "It's the Lord, Long live the Lord!"

Liu Li's eyes widened in surprise and asked repeatedly: "Husband, what are you talking about? Is it really a master? Is it true?"

Liu Dachun grinned and said, "It's really Mr. Long, really! Mr. Long, has also reduced the annual levy and issued us chicken and duck seedlings. It doesn't cost money. Each family has it, and it has it!"

Liu Li was already shocked, and after a while he came to his senses, he hurriedly said, "Husband, has Master Long Live really reduced the money and food for us? Is it true? Is it?"

"Seventeen is reduced to fourteen! With the autumn grains, even if I don't go to Beijing to do short-term work, our Shi Tou and Xiaohua won't have to go hungry!" Liu Dachun was as happy as a child. When his wife recovered, he told her one by one. Liu Li was crying while listening, and after listening, he was already sobbing. Liu Dachun hugged his wife, his eyes flushed, and patted her shoulders lightly. He understood his wife's mood. If all these things were done, his wife and children would no longer have to worry about two meals a day, and they were even waving to them.
Chapter completed!