Yixiali, as the name suggests, is a small village close to the inn.
In the Tang Dynasty, there were not even one thousand but eight hundred places with such place names. It was a very ordinary small village.
There are also grassroots organizations below the village, with four families as neighbors and five neighbors as security guards. In other words, Zeng Mu has five security chiefs under his command.
Originally, the chief of the Yixia was an officer of the Doulu Army. This officer was in Shazhou City on weekdays. The affairs of the Yixia were handled by these five chiefs.
This officer was involved in the rebellion case of the fifth captain, and had already been dismissed from his post and investigated. The five security chiefs were very scared, fearing that they would also be liquidated.
Therefore, they were very respectful to Zeng Mu. After Zeng Mu arrived, they immediately cleared out the empty wooden house where the mayor had temporarily lived and worked.
Zeng Mu looked at the five security guards in short clothes in front of him with sallow faces and thin muscles. He wanted to put on an air of being long, but he didn't know how to do it.
Forget it, it's not important. As a senior farming player, Zeng Mu knows his most important task.
"Dear security chiefs, the chief has just arrived today. Please tell us about the situation in Yixiali."
The five guardians looked at me and I looked at you. Finally, the youngest guardian, Jiang Zhong, who was nearly fifty years old, came out.
"Mr. Li Chang, there are a total of 130 households in our Yixiali, with a total population of 350 people."
Although it is said that one hundred households per li, in actual situations there are more or less. On the forum, the lianglong players call the territory they arrive in a blind box.
In the Twelve Squares in Shazhou City, the actual contribution points of the exchange house are 200 points. This is considered a high-priced blind box, and only heavy gold-spending players can afford it. The Twelve Squares in the city are also the most prosperous, and the infrastructure is also the most complete.
, the most squares can have close to 200 households.
Nowadays, Datang Fengyun does not have a krypton gold system. Those who can save so many contribution points are all serious kryptonian players.
The twenty villages close to the city, because they are close to the city and have more developed water conservancy and irrigation and other infrastructure, sell for 150 contribution points. They are considered micro-Krypton players, and the general population is about 150 households.
When you get far away from the city, they all sell for 100 contribution points, and this is the time to open the blind box.
What kind of territory you drive to, how many residents there are, what kind of infrastructure there is, and what special resources there are, all depend on luck.
Zeng Mu was a second-test player. By moving bricks and dusting at the construction site, plus the reward of guarding the Shazhou Governor's Mansion, he finally managed to collect 100 contribution points.
Originally, he was going to exchange an account for a friend, but when the "expansion pack" was updated, Zeng Mu used all his contribution points to exchange for a positive position.
Looking at some of the new district chiefs on the forum, I found that there are only 70 households in the district. That’s when the blind box opened the most rubbish money, and there was no place to cry.
Zeng Mu heard Jiang Zhong's report that there were one hundred and thirty households in this post, which was pretty good.
Moreover, the Yixiali is close to the Liulinyi on the official road, which is a bit of a transportation advantage.
"Are there any facilities in this post?"
The five security chiefs looked at each other, and then Jiang Zhong said: "Back to the chief, there are only three wells in the post."
What? Just three wells? This post is too poor, right?
However, as an experienced farming player, Zeng Mu knows the most important resource in farming - population!
Whether it is a real-time strategy game or a farming development game, population is the most important. Only with population can you build facilities to develop agricultural industry.
However, this population needs to be a population that can work. The old, weak, sick and disabled cannot work, so naturally they cannot be counted as a labor force.
So Zeng Mu asked: "Then let me ask you, how many young men are there in the entire post?"
The five gray-haired security chiefs looked at each other and said, "Mr. Li Chang, what young and strong do you mean?"
"That is, an adult male over the age of twenty-three and under the age of fifty."
According to the Tang system, men were granted land at the age of twenty-three, which can be regarded as the age of adulthood stipulated by the Tang Dynasty.
It was Jiang Zhong who said: "Mr. Li Chang, you are the only young man in our post."
What? Just me? Zeng Mu almost lost his temper and carried it. He was the only one in the entire post who could work.
When Jiang Zhong saw that Zeng Mu was about to get angry, he immediately said: "But we still have eighty strong women in our post, and they are all good at work!"
A healthy woman is a strong woman. There are one hundred and thirty households in Yixia, but there is not even a single young adult?
Is he a Ding Yong who is running away? Zeng Mu looked grim and said: "There are one hundred and thirty households in Yixia, and there is not a single young man. Is this Ding Yong who is trying to escape from the imperial court?"
Ding Yong was collected according to the men who granted the land. The first possibility that Zeng Mu thought of was that the villagers deliberately hid Ding Yong in order to evade taxes.
Jiang Zhong shouted that he was wronged and said: "It's wrong to say that all the young men in our post have been taken away by the imperial court."
"Last year, the rebels rebelled, and the imperial court recruited troops from Longyou. First, they recruited one from the fifth, and then one from the third. Now there is no news about them, and they don't know whether they are dead or alive."
Zeng Mu was silent. Nine out of ten young men who were drawn last year died in the Tongguan War. Even if they were lucky enough to survive, they would probably become refugees.
Jiang Zhong added: "Last autumn, in order to prevent the Tibetan invasion, the governor's office drafted men again. Each family had one man, and our post house had twenty men. Even my age went to the battlefield, and in the end only ten of them came back.
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Zeng Mu asked: "Ten people are back? Aren't there still young people?"
"Chief Huili, the villagers in our Yixiali send out ten men to serve in Liulinyi every year. Now all the men in Yixiali are working in Liulinyi."
At this time, the five security chiefs all knelt on the ground and said: "Master Li, I really can't live any longer in Yixia! Nowadays, every household has to rely on the women of the family to handle funerals."
Jiang Zhong added: "My eldest son went to Guanzhong, but there is no news of his death so far. My second son died in the battle at Dangjin Mountain Pass, and I snatched his body back from the battlefield."
"In addition to the old man, we also have an old wife who has been ill for a long time and two grandsons who are still drinking milk. If the court recruits troops again, only the old man will wear armor and go to the battlefield."
Zeng Mu suddenly thought of a poem and recited it in a low voice:
In Toushihao Village at dusk, there were officials arresting people at night.
The old man walked over the wall, and the old woman went out to see.
Why are the officials angry when they cry? What pain is there when a woman cries.
After listening to the woman's speech, the three men garrisoned Yecheng.
One man sent a letter, and the other two men died in battle.
Those who survive live in vain, while the dead will live forever!
There is no one in the room except for the grandson.
My granddaughter is still here, so she goes in and out without undressing.
Although the old woman's strength is failing, please come back from the official position at night.
In case of emergency in Heyang, you still have to prepare morning meals.
The sound of speech has stopped for a long time, as if I heard weeping and swallowing quietly.
At dawn, I will go to the future and say goodbye to the old man alone.
Looking at the five security chiefs under his command, Zeng Mu helped Jiang Zhong up and said, "It will get better. Benli is here, and Yixiali will get better!"