"Nothing! Now in March, it's the time for spring plowing. Why did the government issue corvee labor now? Didn't you ask what happened?"

Wang Rui felt something was wrong when he heard this. Spring farming is a major national event at all times. Even if there is corvee service, it should be distributed in summer or during the slack season after autumn harvest. Why do you come now?

Feng Yuxiu nodded and said, "I asked, the people in the yamen said that it was because refugees were everywhere. A few years ago, the bandits in Lianhua Mountain took the opportunity to recruit soldiers and gathered tens of thousands of people to harass the place.

The prefect reported to the court at that time. Now that the imperial court's order has arrived, he sent the Lantian garrison to dispatch troops to suppress the bandits. The nearby counties must recruit civil servants to serve with the army."

Wang Rui was a little thirsty, picked up the tea on the table and poured himself a cup of tea. He heard this and asked, "Battle Army? Where are the soldiers in the garrison?"

Feng Yuxiu glanced at Wang Rui strangely and said, "The military troops in the garrison have been abandoned for many years. As early as the Zhengdeian year, they were already unable to fight. Otherwise, why would the court establish a camp? Why do you ask this? You should have understood this matter long ago."

Knowing that he was coming to the Ming Dynasty, Feng Yuxiu made some preparations before this. Things like the historical records of dynasties are of course the first thing to understand.

It doesn’t matter if you can’t remember so much, it’s a good idea even if you have a rough impression.

As a warrior, what interested Feng Yuxiu the most was naturally the historical events of the Ming Dynasty in the military, so Feng Yuxiu saw the most about this and remembered the clearest of all the impressions.

Wang Rui's memory is many times stronger than him, and Feng Yuxiu knew about this, so he was a little confused about Wang Rui's behavior of asking questions with certainty.

Wang Rui sighed and explained: "The soldiers of the garrison are all waste snacks. Of course I know that, I mean, even if the soldiers of the garrison are rotten, isn't it okay to let them be civilians?"

They can't fight, can't they let them work hard? Why do they have to recruit civilians? Ma Dan, the most important thing is that they have to be distributed to me!"

The longer Wang Rui lived in ancient times, the more troubled things he felt.

Although he was also troubled in modern life, these things in ancient times made him even more angry.

Modern society has at least experienced in-depth social reforms. Although many things are still unfair, they are much more fair than those in ancient society.

Even if there are any illegal crimes in modern society, they dare not be exposed to the public. Otherwise, they will be reported and may have a media outlet to speak out in public opinion.

In this era, it is better to be in charge than to be in charge of the current officials. It is not just empty talk. Just Lao Xing, a captain, would have to make friends and give gifts and say good things.

Through his friendship, he promised to offer a considerable amount of money to the yamen, otherwise there would be a man who would come to Shengyuan Village to fight Qiufeng.

Since the soap business started, these blood-sucking worms have come to the door.

Wang Rui could not rebel immediately, so he could not beat these public people, and he could not scold them, and even if he found the magistrate, it would be useless.

In addition, they were all officials who were assigned to the yamen by locals, and they were deeply rooted in the local area. If they annoyed them, Wang Rui would not have to stay in the Seven Heroes Town.

After listening to this, Feng Yuxiu smiled and said, "Of course not, the military soldiers have almost become tenants of those hundreds of households.

As you said just now, it is the time for spring plowing. The soldiers of the garrison come out to be civil servants. Who will plant the land of hundreds of households?

Moreover, the civil servants who were recruited from corvee labor must bring their own food and tools, and those soldiers in the garrison would not be willing to do this."

Wang Rui naturally understood this, but he was bothered by these people, and these things still caused him to suffer losses in the end.

If Wang Rui only wanted to be an ordinary landlord, then the levy of labor service would not have much loss for him, and it would not even count at all, and maybe it would be beneficial.

After all, the government just wants some civil servants, and he doesn't need to go there in person. Just find some merchants to gather the number of people.

As for who planted their land?

Isn’t there so many people left? Isn’t it rooted in the bones of the landlord?

He just gave him an excuse to collect all the harvests in the fields this year.

When these farmers come back, they still have to borrow his food to survive. Then they owe a debt and need to sell their wives and children to pay it back.

If the profit cannot be paid back for a while, then the profit will be greatly improved, and these tenants will not be able to pay back for eight lifetimes in a minute, and their descendants will have to pay back their debts forever.

But did Wang Rui abandon modern society and come to the Ming Dynasty to be a local tyrant and evil gentry?

Now one-third of the people in the farm are engaged in soap production in the workshop. Thirty people are organized by him to form a village protection team to serve as Wang Rui's preliminary armed force.

The rest of the people were all arranged by Wang Rui, and asked the carpenters and bricklayers to start guiding the construction.

Waterwheels, hydraulic stone crushers, and high-temperature kilns for burning cement are all the things they work overtime.

The manpower is already insufficient. If it weren't for the fact that the village could not let go, Wang Rui even wanted to recruit some refugees to work, and now the government would still rob people from him?

"Forget it, the court now allows the silver to be appointed as a servant. I will go to the yamen to find Lao Xing's help to see if I can spend some money to resolve the matter."

As he said that, Wang Rui looked at the sky and rushed towards the Qixia Town without Feng Yuxiu.

On the way, Wang Rui suddenly found a beggar.

Because he was fussed by the Beggars' Sect recently, Wang Rui paid more attention to the figure of the beggar, but found that he looked familiar, so he walked towards him.

Unexpectedly, the beggar was quite alert and seemed to have noticed Wang Rui. Seeing him approaching, he immediately stood up and walked to the side, as if he wanted to escape.

Wang Rui had already remembered this person's identity at this time. Isn't this the beggar Xiaomi who squats at the entrance of Tongfu Inn every day? Why isn't he near the inn? Instead, he has changed here to beg for food.

Wang Rui thought that he might know what was happening to the Beggars' Gang and wanted to talk to him, so he shouted, "Don't leave!" He wanted him to stop.

But he didn't expect to hear Wang Rui's voice. Xiaomi was clever and accelerated and even threw away the bowl that was left in his hand.

"Hey, what are you running!"

Seeing that he was like this, Wang Rui became suspicious and used his light skills to chase him.

Xiaomi ran two streets and hid in an alley. Then she looked back and found that Wang Rui had not followed, so she felt relieved.

As soon as he turned around, Xiaomi suddenly saw a figure standing in front of him.

Just seeing the figure's clothes, Xiaomi froze all over. Looking up, it turned out that Wang Rui was chasing him.

Xiaomi's stiff expression changed suddenly, she laughed loudly, and said, "Haha, I thought some strong man was chasing me from behind. It turned out to be Lao Wang, you, look, I'm tired."

Wang Rui looked at him and said expressionlessly, "Stop pretending, tell me honestly, why do you run away when you see me? Is anyone in your Beggars' Sect trying to use any means to me?"
Chapter completed!