August is the hottest month in Guanzhong.

The scorching sun was scorching the earth unscrupulously. Just after noon, it was just hot day, and there were basically no figures on the road. Only under the shade of some big trees on the side of the road, some farmers were wearing clothes, holding straw hats and sniffing the wind hard, while drinking their own herbal tea. They were the dogs who were jumping around on weekdays, and now they were lying under the tree, sticking their tongues and panting. After a while, they got up, trot into the ditches on the side of the road, sticking their butts to lick the cold water for a while, and then quickly ran back to the shade of the tree.

This year, the Shaanxi-Gansu-Gansu has a severe drought, and the harvest is far less than that of previous years. A batch of seedlings are replanted, and now they are all green. But the more this happens, the less farmers dare to neglect them. If these seedlings are broken, the life will be difficult this year.

Fortunately, after May, the long-lost sweet rain finally landed, which made the local government and the people breathe a sigh of relief. It was a blessing in disgrace. The drought was relieved. Although the harvest in the fields dropped a lot, thanks to a series of subsidy policies from the court, we could still survive it.

In order to help Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia, which were suffering from drought, survive this disaster, the court reduced the land tax this year, which also made the people feel relieved.

After several heavy rains, the water conservancy ditches that have been constantly being built finally played a role. Now the water flows in the ditches by the field are gurgling, which is gripping.

Of course, there are no contradictions in replenishing water. The water flowing out of the built weir always comes to a place where it is not in a direction. The people downstream are looking forward to it, while the people upstream are eagerly waiting for the water to flow into their fields for a while. Even if the seedlings are full, the small ponds dug by their homes must be filled in case of emergency.

After several consecutive fights for water, the government set up strict water replenishment time and severely punished a group of villagers who gathered people to fight for water, and then this unhealthy trend was curbed.

In general, everything is positive.

From the despair when experiencing disasters to the full of hope now, the people have experienced a roller coaster mental journey. The emperor is good, and the government is not bad. Although it is more powerful to punish those who compete for their own interests for their hometowns, no one can say anything. After all, they come one by one according to the law.

The expected big price increase in grain did not come. Although it rose slightly, it was still within the affordability of the people.

"We have destroyed Tubo!" A group of farmers gathered together under the shade of the trees suddenly heard a cheer. A man was holding a weekly newspaper in his hand and suddenly cheered.

Compared with the literacy rate of young people and children today, people over thirty years old can still read. However, the farmer in front of him was forced to recognize a lot of words because he was a soldier before and a soldier who had been a soldier who had served as a senior.

Although he didn't know much about literacy and couldn't understand those colorful articles, for newspapers like Datang Weekly, which have been committed to writing articles in plain language, the words he recognized were barely enough to understand.

It is because of the recognition of these words that he can understand the Tang Weekly newspaper, the proclamations posted in the village, and his former military identity, that this man was unanimously chosen as the village chief by everyone in the village.

The man could only stand because his butt was beaten up by the government for twenty boards not long ago, because of the water. This guy had been a soldier and was ruthless, and he was so angry that he could not see any scars on his face. However, he thought that the water from their village was cut off from the upstream, so he fell down lightly and got twenty boards.

"Who have you destroyed?" The other villagers who followed the man to guard the water really had no idea about Tubo, or were they a high-ranking official in that place? Anyway, over the years, the Tang Dynasty Weekly has often published someone and cleaned up and included the land of the Tang Dynasty. As for where these places are, they don't know. Many locals usually have fewer trips to the county town.

"Tubo, Tubo!" The man jumped and jumped, putting the newspaper in his arms this morning. Before he could read it, he had just taken time out. He didn't expect to see the thick and top-notch good news at a glance.

"What is Tubo?"

"A country is very powerful." The man laughed: "It is a powerful country with hundreds of thousands of troops. He used to bully us, haha, now we have been killed. Even their Zamp, oh, even their emperor, were captured by us."

"Is Tubo very big?"

"Of course, the territory is thousands of miles, and hundreds of thousands of armored soldiers are destroyed by our tens of thousands of troops. I am a powerful soldier in the Tang Dynasty!" The man Yang Tian laughed. "After I go home today, I will go to my house, I treat you and kill a big fat pig."

"Missar, I'm afraid your guest is going to be anxious!" A villager who is about the same age as the one in the village chief smiled. "You forgot that a few months ago, our army won a great victory in the south and killed a pig in the family. Your guest drove the whole village away with a broom? In the end, everyone didn't eat pork. You got on the car and went to the county town to sell the ropes, and everyone was happy."

"This time I guarantee that everyone can eat it. This is different! This is to destroy Tubo, destroy Tubo!" The man snorted: "If she dares to ignore it again, I will beat her."

Everyone laughed. Although the village chief was so arrogant outside and always rushed to the front when fighting, at home, he was a complete wife who was in charge of being controlled by his petite wife. The dignified seven-foot man was often carried by his wife in the streets and alleys of the village by his ears.

Who told his wife not only to read, but also to play the piano and draw, and to look beautiful. I heard that the village chief was rescued during the war and also brought a baby. He looked like a knowledgeable and gentle person. He didn't know that his temperament was so fierce. I think there were some unknown sad things back then.

The woman is still a female teacher in the primary school in the village, and is highly respected by everyone. Because in their village, people have been admitted to county schools every year, which is much better than the neighboring villages. You must know that after going to county schools, they can find trouble in the county in the future. If they are admitted to the school in the prefecture, it would be amazing and they can become officials.

"If it is a big happy event and the village chief thinks it is worth celebrating, of course, you can use the money of kilometers? You can't let the village chief pay out of your own pocket." Another older person said with a smile.

Nowadays, there are public money in the villages. There are many sources of public money. First, the government will allocate a little bit every year, and second, the commission stipulated in the village. Wealthy villages will be raised more, poor villages will be raised less, and rich families will be raised less, and poor people will be raised less. Third, if people in the village make mistakes, there will be certain punishments. If they are not serious, they will be fined, and the money will be recorded in the public account. In addition, it depends on whether people like the village chief in the village have the ability to get money. If there are many rich people and officials in this village, then this matter will be much easier, and they will always get some donations every year.

The money is used in the village school, the second is to prepare for emergency relief when disasters occur, and the third is to raise orphans. Although the government also has orphans, it is still called on the local government to solve the problem as much as possible. The fourth is to repair the roads in the village, dig wells, etc.

In general, although there are still many poor people in the Tang Dynasty today, and there are still many places where people cannot eat and are so poor that they are so poor, in most places, the lives of the people are indeed getting better and better day by day, and many policies of the government also make the people feel at ease.

Just like this, the matter of allocating money to the village every year, I have never heard of it before. I only heard that the people must pay money and grain to the government, but there is really no matter where the government, the big Pixiu, spit out money and feed back to the people.

Although the government doesn’t give much money, it seems to be a great event to the people, which makes them feel much more comfortable when paying taxes every year.

Isn’t this still some money and food back to us?

The government is so reasonable, what else can I complain about?

"It's okay, she won't do anything else, she will definitely agree to this." The village chief swore, "She hates the Tubo people the most."

When the village chief said this, he paused for a moment, and then continued: "The amount of kilometers is not much. This year, we have to prepare to build a few more ponds for the village. We can usually raise fish, shrimp, ducks, geese, etc. If we encounter such bad luck this year, we can also get watering the land. I am the village chief, and I receive a salary every year, and the court guest is a gentleman, and the county also pays money. My life is much more prosperous than you all, so it is still okay to invite everyone to have a meal. If you feel sorry, wouldn't it be enough to bring some vegetables from home at that time?"

Everyone laughed. This is the truth. Isn’t the first large tiled yard in the village with a three-box one wing? The village chief who has been a soldier travels around the country, has many experiences, is brave, and has many ways to make money.

"Will you let us play a song and sing a song?" someone said boldly.

"No problem." The village chief Dabao Dalan: "If Tubo is destroyed, she must be happy."

As they were talking, the sound of horse hooves came from their ears. Everyone looked in the sound, but they saw teams of knights appearing on the road not far away. Seeing the knight's flag, the village chief couldn't help but widen his eyes: "Isn't this the brother of Zuo Wuwei? They destroyed the Tubo people. Why did they come back just after the newspaper was published?"
Chapter completed!