Chapter 658 We are the king’s people!

On the edge of the official road of Mo County, wisps of smoke came from a village built with high earth walls. Emperor Di Mu pretended to be a foreigner and entered the village to stay.

At the beginning, the people in the village were quite alert to this group of people and were unwilling to let them enter the group of people. However, after the Situ Xixinghou took out the customs clearance documents, the people then lowered their vigilance and welcomed the group in.

A gray-haired old man received the emperor and his group.

"The four guests are going to study in Heedu?"

Xixing Hou hurried forward and said, "That's right, my master wants to send the little master to Xidu to study. When passing here, thank you for taking him in."

"The guests are so polite, this is what they should do." The old man waved his hand, and then the villagers brought a cup of hot water and said, "The guests drink more hot water. There are many insects in the southern wilderness. Drinking raw water is prone to insects in their stomachs."

Naturally, Di Mu and his group were not worried that just mortals would poison them. The only thing that made them curious was that the truth in this father-in-law's words was very novel.

The emperor's son Qi asked, "Brother-in-law, you said that drinking raw water causes worms in your body. How do you know this? Could it be Xidu?"

"Xiao Lang is worthy of being a scholar. This principle comes from Xidu. It is said that it comes from the mouth of the king. It is said that there are tiny insects in the water. If they are swallowed into the belly, the insects will reproduce in the body. At that time, people will get sick. After being burned by fire, the insects in the water will die, and it will be safe to drink them.

At first we didn't believe it, but at the repeated request of Jun Ye, we tried to drink hot water. Sure enough, fewer people were sick."

When the old man talked about this, he was very familiar with it and knew at a glance that it was not the first time he showed off to a foreigner.

Old Situ nodded: "It's not bad, if you think about it carefully, this is quite reasonable."

"That's natural. How can the words of the king be fake?" The old man blurted out without thinking.

This scene fell into the eyes of Emperor Di Mu and his group. The four of them were surprised. The State of Xi had only been annexed to Mo County for a year. The Marquis of Xiyun had such prestige here, and the people were so convinced by him.

"Brother-in-law, the king you mentioned is Marquis Xiyun." Di Mu asked.

"This is naturally. There is only one king in Xi'an Kingdom, but no second king. Now this is Mo County, not Mo Country. We are now all the people of Xiyun Hou!" When talking about being a commoner in Xi'an Kingdom, the old man was quite proud, as if he was showing off something to people from a foreign land.

The emperor, the emperor, the emperor's son Qi, the old Situ, and the marquis of Xixing were all a little stunned and a little surprised. Before this, they never thought that one day, an old man from Guizhou would show some sense of superiority in front of them.

The emperor's son Qi was disdainful, but he showed a humble smile on his face: "Brother-in-law Xiyun's people are different from the people of Mo Country?"

"The four guests are rich and noble families, and I don't know that our land is hard to eat people."

The old man smiled: I won’t say anything else. When Mo Bo was in power, our village would starve to death every year. However, as soon as the king took over Mo County, our village would have a lot of relaxation this year. If you can live a whole year, your life will be better and better every year, and better than the Middle-earth people. Who passing by does not envy the people of our Mo County?"

Speaking of winter this year, the old man and the villagers around him stretched their eyebrows, without much worry on their faces, and their bodies exuded a sense of vitality that could not be seen in ordinary Guizhou - it was a yearning for a better life, simple and simple.

The Queen of Xixing nodded slightly, then smiled: "Then congratulations to my father-in-law and all the villagers."

The old man and the villagers were quite complimented by foreigners, and for a moment, the guests and hosts all enjoyed each other.

Emperor Di Mu and Old Situ looked at each other. This simple scene was shocked in their hearts. They seemed to have grasped something, but then they flashed away.

Emperor Di Mu asked, "Brother-in-law, Xiyun has only been in charge of Mo County for a year. How can your life be greatly improved?"

"This is fake. Not only our village, but also all the same in all villages. At the beginning of this year, the king called on us to reclaim farming. The newly reclaimed wasteland will not only be exempt from taxes in the first year, but also rent agricultural tools for free. The most important thing is that as long as we reclaim wasteland, we will have the right to contract forever. With more farmland, life will definitely be getting better and better!"

"Yes, the king has allocated land for us. In the future, we only need to pay taxes to the king. We will reduce a lot of bad taxes and exempt a lot of corvee."

"The king also gave high-quality grain seeds, and the yield per mu increased greatly. From now on, there was too much food to eat!"

"The king also sent old farmers in Chishui City. They were old farmers who had produced four stones per mu. They learned the skills of farming from them and could also produce high yields in the fields in the future."

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When talking about the changes over the past year, the old man and the villagers behind him became interested, talking about how their lives were getting better and better.

Emperor Di Mu, Old Situ and his group listened silently. In the villagers' discussions, they saw that the Marquis of Xiyun was helpless to encourage the people to farm and suburbs and support them in various ways. Even they couldn't help but feel a little shocked.

For example, renting agricultural tools for free is unimaginable. Although the people can recover their capital after the harvest is good, the cost is too great to bear in the early stage.

For example, the newly reclaimed arable land is exempt from rent and tax, which is also mentioned in the memorial of Xiyun Hou. Xiyun Hou also used this as a certificate to criticize the Tian Dynasty for being too radical and not considering people's livelihood.

At the end, Emperor Mu was also quite moved and said, "It seems that Mr. Xiyun is indeed quite good to the people."

"That's natural!" The old man nodded with a bit of gratitude on his face: "I heard from the passing business travelers that the emperor sent an envoy to determine the land in the world and wanted to collect [first acre tax]. Whether it is private land, public land must take one of the nine. This has made the people suffer. Taxes and labor service are already heavy, so I just hope to secretly reclaim some private land to live. Now, the private land is turned into a well field, so the people have no way to survive."

The old Situ asked, "Brother, all the kings are under the world. The land in the world belongs to the emperor. It is the obligation of the people of the heavenly dynasty to pay tribute to the emperor."

The old man nodded: "That's natural, but the emperor cannot ignore the lives and death of the people in the world. People say that the emperor is the incarnation of benevolence."

"Ahem!"

When Di Mu and his party heard the complaints from the people at the bottom, they couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed.

Fortunately, after complaining, the old man changed his mind and said:

"It's better for us to contract the land for us to farm. We just need to pay rent and tax per mu. Compared with other vassal states, life is much better. As long as people are diligent enough, farm well, and do more, life will become better and more prosperous in the future. Hehehe, this year, we pay tribute to the emperor, and our country is ranked first in the world's princes. You should all know."

The old man is quite proud and proud to be a native of Xiguo.
Chapter completed!