In late autumn, the cold wind passing through the Sanggan River Valley has already had a bit of a bitter breath.

It is not far from the dry season, and the water of the Sanggan River looks much smaller than in previous years, revealing a large area of ​​river beds. Children are picking fish and shrimps on the shore with laughter.

The fields on both sides of the Taiwan Strait have been harvested, and the ears of wheat have been picked up completely. There are only bundles of wheat straw on the black field soil.

High above the southern bank of the river, there is a small small village surrounded by villages and towers. As a border county facing the Turks, this kind of facility is the standard equipment for rural villages.

Xu Le stood on the wall of the village, looking at the harvested fields in contemplation.

Xu Le was only young and had just stepped into youth, and was 19 years old. He was about 178179 years tall in later generations, with flat shoulders and narrow waist, and agile body.

At the age of nineteen, he had a sharp eyebrow and starry eyes, soft lines, and his lips curled up when he smiled. He actually had the rare romantic and romantic taste of a boy from the border. In Luoyang, Chang'an, and with the identity of a noble family, I don't know how many ladies would be in the dream of the deep boudoir.

Even in Shenwu County, girls in the county always talked about Le Langjun, and their eyes were drunk. If Xu Taigong could have Xu Le join the eagle and promote his troops, or had some money to buy an official position, I was afraid that those in the county would be willing to recruit this son-in-law. When a country woman proposed marriage, Xu Taigong was afraid that this grandson would be wronged, so he would have been delayed.

The footsteps sounded, and a strong young man was walking up the village wall and shook his head at Xu Le.

Xu Le frowned: "Han Yue, how about it?"

Han Yue was the son of a servant brought back by Xu Taigong. He grew up with Xu Le and also escaped Xu Taigong's remand and hang out in Shenwu County with Xu Le. Xu Le made the name of Le Langjun, and he also made a lot of contributions to Han Yue, his best friend.

After hearing this, Han Yue shook his head: "Not good, even if the food ration is cut in half, the rent will not be paid."

Han Yue looked at Xu Le: "Your Majesty hasn't had any financial resources yet?"

Xu Le shook his head: "For several years, the Turks have invaded, and my grandfather has stopped returning to Yi, but he refuses to hand over the government. The rent that should be paid is indispensable. The time has not been good in recent years, so where can I still have a fortune?"

Han Yue clenched his fists: "Then I won't hand over it! The emperor still opened a warehouse and released grain when he was hit by the disaster. Why is this prefect Wang still in the face of plundering?"

Xu Le smiled and said, "You go and tell the prefect Wang? This is a famous stubborn person. In Mayi County, you are just following the rules. If you want to go to the prefect's house to make trouble, I will stand up and cheer for you."

Han Yue fisted in a daze: "Who are we, Hedong Hero, afraid of?"

Xu Le sighed and frowned slightly: "Young Master Xia must have a family and a family. It's easy for me to deal with. What about the grandfather lying on the hospital bed? This age made him suffer a broken family? What about so many villagers in Xu Jialu?"

Xu Le patted Han Yue's shoulders, who was still dissatisfied with him: "I should take this responsibility as well."

Han Yue looked at Xu Le hesitantly, and wanted to speak but stopped.

Xu Le smiled and said, "Don't be so slutty. You look so ugly... I know what you mean. My friends come to persuade me these days, and ask me to join the eagle and promote my army, or take up a position as an official. Everything will be fine at that time. But do you think my grandfather will agree?"

Han Yue shook his head. Xu Taigong lying on the hospital bed was so tough that he was afraid that the little prefect Wang who was still desperately plundering in the disaster-stricken world would not be allowed to enter the eagle and raise troops, nor was he allowed to worship any family of all kinds for his advice. Le Langjun could only hang out in the village. He felt a pity for Xu Le.

But those friends only dared to persuade Xu Le, but no one dared to tell Xu Taigong. Xu Taigong was a bandit who swept across the Sanggan River Valley with one bow and one horse!

The older generation still remembers the appearance of Xu Taigong back then - the good appearance he inherited from Xu Le. He is not young and elegant, and his figure is not inferior to that of a young man. He has a strange temper, but he is definitely protective of the people around him. When he gets angry, his eyebrows are high, which makes people feel cold in his heart!

But now Xu Taigong is just an old man who has difficulty in acting after a stroke.

Han Yue still looked at Xu Le with a gaze, and there seemed to be a prayer in his eyes.

Xu Le smiled faintly, and the corners of his mouth curled up, with a sense of freedom: "There is only one who can continue to walk back to Yi's path, otherwise it's Po family. This prefect Wang can really send troops to wipe out. Grandpa guarded Xu Jialu for so long, and it's time for me to come now."

Han Yue nodded: "Anyway, I'll go with Mr. Le."

Xu Le nodded: "It's time to serve my grandfather and take medicine. You can go and handle the people on the road and set off tomorrow morning!"

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In this small village of Xujialu, there is no sight. It is the collection season, and most of the strong people in the village are busy in the fields. There are only women in the village preparing meals, and smoke from cooking is rising everywhere in the village, looking calm.

When literati and poets see this mountain, water and this small village, they will inevitably have the poetic nature of a good harvest in the fragrance of rice flowers. But only when they are in it and see the gloomy expressions on the faces of scattered villagers, can they understand how difficult life should be when facing the Turkic borders in this chaotic world!

At the beginning of last spring, Bi Khan led the Turkic army to march southward, besieging Emperor Daye and Yanmen County. Mayi County, which borders Yanmen County, was also affected. The troops and horses continued to fight, and the conquest was as anxious as sparks.

Last autumn, Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang, the governor of Jinyang, and Wang Rengong, the prefect of Mayi County, joined forces to fight the Turkic army southward. Although they won, most of the local reserves were consumed.

Since the ninth year of Daye, Mayi County has been drought for years. However, the Turkic people are in great power. In order to prepare for war, Wang Rengong doubled his rent, and should not be transferred to Yingyang soldiers, and he would be exempted from money even ten times more. Tax collectors ran around to expel the crisis. Wang Rengong, who was strong and tough and almost paranoid for tax affairs, had destroyed many villages. The so-called tax-resistant mob had hung rows of heads on the city gates everywhere.

Now, in addition to the external troubles of the Turks and natural disasters, the internal chaos within Mayi County has also begun. Before Emperor Daye went south to Jiangdu, he made new arrangements for personnel and affairs in various places.

Mayi County has strong troops, and Wang Rengong was in office for a longer time and was domineering. Emperor Daye promoted Liu Wuzhou, who had made meritorious contributions to the conquest of Goryeo, and appointed him as the Yingyangfu Yingbing Lang general of the Right Tun Guard, to divide Wang Rengong's power.

Wang Rengong is now plundering and expanding his army, strengthening the troops of the Mayi Yingyang Mansion in his hands, and constantly sending troops to the north to oppress Liu Wuzhou, who was in the clouds in the name of Turks, and forcing him to submit.

He could not wait until the Turks went south, and he fought within Mayi County first!

At this time, Wang Rengong was even more strict with money and grain under the rule of severe punishment and law. If it was violated in his hands, Wang Rengong would not break the family once or twice.

Xu Le walked in the village, nodding and greeting the villagers from time to time, and scanning the village that seemed a little decay over and over again.

For nineteen years, I was raised by my grandfather in this village. When I was a child, I played all over the mountains and fields, and grew up to practice literature and martial arts. I became even more rebellious and secretly crossed the village at night countless times, and took Han out to hang out with the Hedong Heroes.

All the families in the village have people who have watched them grow up, and all corners of the village have traces of their naughty life.

Maybe I once hated my grandfather why I had to keep myself in this small world and educate myself to have all my abilities, and wouldn’t I have to live my life here forever and live a normal life in the village!

But when my grandfather, who had always been as strong as a pine tree, suddenly fell down with a stroke, Xu Le naturally felt that this responsibility was his own.

Grandpa, grandpa, let’s see if I act like this!

Xu Jialu is very young, and in a blink of an eye, Xu Le has already arrived at his own residence in the village. Han Yue's mother was guarding Han Yue's mother at the door. Han Yue's father died early, but my mother was still doing some miscellaneous work at the Xu family. Now, while the sun is taking advantage of the sun, she is rummaging on the door to scatter the dried vegetables for winter.

Seeing Xu Le come back, Han quickly came up to meet him. Xu Le whispered: "How is Grandpa?"

Han was in his early forties, with thick hands and big feet, and he grew up taking care of Xu Le. Seeing Xu Le was like his own child, Xu Le was beaten up by his grandfather when he was rebellious. Han was in the middle of talking good things. He also complained to Xu Taigong for a long time.

Han also lowered his voice: "I was lying in the yard basking in the sun, covered with felt, the medicine was hot in the stove under the corridor, Xiao Liu was guarding the fire... Today is not so angry."

Xu Le nodded, and Han looked at Xu Le, but he stopped talking.

Now I am familiar with Xu Le, who sees me as the expression of Xu Le. Since my grandfather fell down, I decided to walk north to the Yi Road, and everyone has this expression.

After hesitating, Han decided to speak: "Mr. Le Lang, it's better not to go. Now there is a chaotic war. If there is a lot of taxes... we just grit our teeth and pay it. We can live even if we can eat braised vegetables."

Xu Le smiled and shook his head: "Auntie, this is not a matter of renting food and silk thread, it is a waste of money!"

During the Sui Dynasty, taxes were paid and rented for me and adjusted. Rent for food, while me and made for local things, mainly silk and hemp. The most important words are food and clothing. The adjustment means labor, which mainly means how many days of labor to the government for free in a year. The system of military service carried out by the Sui Dynasty was also considered as the adjustment. If you are unwilling to serve, you can replace it if you pay money. This is called exemption from money.

But now, Wang Rengong is not only responsible for levying heavy taxes but also renting mediocre things, but his most vicious move is to increase the money for exemption by tenfold. If he cannot afford to pay, he has to go to serve.

It turned out that it would be fine for the people to serve some labor, but now Wang Rengong turned all labor into military service. He was trying his best to expand the troops of the Mayi Yingyang Mansion under his command! Many people were either the young Hedong Heroes, or were unable to pay for money, or were willing to take the initiative to passively join the rapidly expanding Mayi Yingyang Mansion with the intention of making a breakthrough in troubled times.

To raise so many soldiers, you have to double the levy and levy. After the expansion, the Mayi Yingyang Mansion, which is mixed with fish and dragons, has given Wang Rengong sufficient manpower to collect under his rule. Most of the Mayi County lives under such high pressure.

Or they are tied up with Wang Rengong's chariot and fight for some of the ambitions that Wang Rengong may have in the future. Or they just try their best to support them. Once they can't deal with it, there is a risk of destroying their families.

"…………The money for exemption was originally one hundred and twenty cents, but now it is only one thousand and twenty cents. Not to mention renting a man with doubled food, it is not enough. Even if he tied his mouth and didn't eat or drink, he wouldn't make that much money after selling food. Now he can only go north and exchange food for horses. The price of horses in the county is now high enough. You can handle it this year by taking a trip."

Han was stunned for a while, and suddenly his eyes turned red and he wiped the corners of his eyes: "Why is the world suddenly in chaos? Le Langjun, you are so talented, you have to settle the accounts every penny. When it comes to Le Langjun, your identity, you shouldn't have suffered this..."

When Han cried, Xu Le, who was not afraid of heaven and earth, was also a little numb and hurriedly greeted him: "I'll see my grandfather first when I go in!" He immediately wiped over Han and stepped into the courtyard.

The Xu family mansion is like an ordinary country house, with a two-in-one layout. However, the house is small and the yard is wide and large. The front yard is a martial arts training ground, and the back yard is a stable. The front yard of the house is cleaned up for Han.

Now that we walked into the hallway, a teenage child was guarding the medicine jar. The medicine soup had already rolled up and emitted a strong smell of medicine.

In front of the porch, the old man, who was half lying and half leaning on the Hu bed, was covered with a layer of felt and basking in the sun, heard the sound of Xu Le entering the house, and opened his eyes and looked.

The old man is over 60 years old, with white hair and his eyebrows and eyes. The outline of his eyebrows shows Yingting when he was young. Although he looked sick, his eyes looking at Xu Le were still as cold as lightning.
Chapter completed!