"Tuashi, I'm back to the village today!"

Holding up the villagers who were looking at him, Tu'aoshi nodded: "There is nothing in the yamen these two days, go back to the hometown to take a look."

While talking, he walked forward swaying and into the big house in the middle of the village, Tu Ai Shi entered his home.

There are about thirty or forty miles between Yishui and Juma River, and there are a large number of two-loss households in this land. However, not all those who live here are two-loss households, and some of them are from the Song Dynasty. Tu Ai Shi is from the Song Dynasty, otherwise they are not qualified to be an Ai Shi in the Yamen.

After entering the house, Tuaoshi worshipped his parents and met his brothers and nephews. He waited for darkness, left the house and went to the tavern at the entrance of the village.

This is an ordinary country tavern, which makes some village brews, prepares some fruits and vegetables, and entertains guests passing by. Today, there are no guests in the tavern, and the old shopkeeper and his wife lean on the counter and take a nap from time to time.

Seeing Tu Ai Shi came in, the old shopkeeper hurriedly came up and said, "What's the trend today? Ai Shi has to visit our shop!"

Tuoya sat down after picking up a pair of heads and said, "Come to Yijiao. What dishes are there in the store today?"

The shopkeeper said, "The Ai Shi is here. Yue Erlang, who is at the entrance of the village, caught two big fish in the river and sold them to the store. I asked the husband to cook it. How about the wine for the Ai Shi? There are some vegetables and vegetables in the store, and they come up with the Ai Shi."

Tu Ai Shi nodded and asked the shopkeeper to serve the food. Soon, the wine and food came up, and Tu Ai Shi sat there, drinking alone.

The sky gradually darkened. I don’t know when it started to rain, drizzle and keep ringing.

I don’t know how long it took, a man wearing a Fan Yangli came in, looked around, and sat down directly opposite Tu Ai Shi.

The old shopkeeper hurried over and said, "Customer, we have several tables and stools in our store, why not change the place?"

Tuoyeshi said, "I know this, I'll sit here. The master will bring you a pair of bowls and chopsticks. And, I'll make a little wine."

The shopkeeper looked at the two people in confusion, then turned around to get a drink. There were not many guests in the tavern a day, so as long as someone gave them money, it would be good. Except for the wine made of grain, other foods were not worth much money.

After pouring the wine, Tuoya raised his glass and said, "Scholar, long time no see. Why are you free today? What's going on when you cross the river?"

Meng Xuezhao looked at the shopkeeper on the side and whispered: "Oxse, there is really a big deal this time!"

Tuoyeshi said, "Well, drink. It's too late, so we drink while saying. It's raining heavily outside, making it inconvenient to walk."

Meng Xuejue raised his glass and drank it all, took a few bites of fish, and said, "In recent days, Khitan has been cultivating civilians, and Ai Sike has heard of it."

Tuashi said, "I heard that the Khitans had been repairing Zhuozhou urgently, and they were ineffective in servitude. Many people died unjustly."

Meng Xuezhao sighed: "That's true. Yesterday, we also had to enlist the troops. And this time, there were only male soldiers in the family, except for a very small number of families, most of them were recruited. Many people heard that many people died in Zhuozhou's city cultivation and were at a loss."

Tuo Ai Si smiled, drank a glass of wine, and said, "Is it that the scholars are also among the recruitment?"

Meng Xuezhai nodded: "No, right. My child is only five years old, and my family is in poor health. If you go to serve, you will never imagine if you have any problems. This time, the Khitan built Zhuozhou, and he would not treat us as human beings and use it to death."

Tuoyeshi said: "We have all told you. To be honest, there are many people who have escaped from the other side of the river these days."

After hearing this, Meng Xuejue hurriedly asked, "What should you do if you escape to the south bank?"

Tu'aoshi smiled and said, "What else can I do? It's just a proper placement so that they won't be hungry. If they don't want to go back, find some idle fields nearby to let them cultivate them. Yesterday, the Transportation Commission returned the official document and ordered them to lend them the seeds of farm tools to let them have no worries."

"What should I do if the Khitans go to the other side to ask for people? The Khitans have always been strong, so how could they tolerate private escape from the people?"

Seeing Meng Xuejue's anxious look, Tu Ai Shi smiled and said, "Scholars, why are the Khitans so anxious to build Zhuozhou City? To be honest, they defeated the Khitans on Hedong Road this year. The Pacification Envoy has ordered that there is no need to give the Khitans a good face."

"So that's it." Meng Xuezhao took a sip of wine and lowered his head to think about his concern.

Tu Ai Si smiled and drank by himself, ignoring Meng Xuejue.

After a while, Meng Xuezhao suddenly raised his head and looked at Tuaji and said, "Ask, if I escaped the river, can Ask have some convenience? This time, the Khitan built Zhuozhou City, which was really scary. For the sake of life, I had to do it for dozens of acres of land on the north bank, so I would like to escape my life."

Tuashi said: "Cultural scholars come here, I promise that your family is fine. The land here is empty, and there are dozens of acres of land. As long as you are willing to work hard, it will be cultivated in a few years."

Xiongzhou has a flat terrain, which is not empty compared to the surrounding area. However, in this era, there are many lands and few people, and this is a place where the two countries govern, so there are still many idle land. This time, the Song Dynasty intended to attract Khitan households and gave them generous conditions. Any household in the northern region who fled to the Song territory would allocate land for them, lend them to seeds and plow oxen, and exempt them from three years of taxes.

While drinking wine, Tu'anshi introduced the policies of the Song Dynasty to Meng Xuejue.

Meng Xuezhao heard this, drank a glass of wine and said, "Everything is fine. I am afraid that there will be too many households who flee, and the Khitans will not give up and cross the river to pursue them. If the court cannot hold on at that time and send the households back, we will be terrible!"

Tu'ashi shook his head: "This time, that time is also the same. Now the imperial army is far superior to the Khitans, so what if the Khitans pursue it? If it weren't for the prescription, the magistrate would have thought that the households on the south bank would not pay taxes to the Khitan this year."

Meng Xuejue said: "There is no less than 100,000 troops in this area. Once it goes south, it is not a trivial matter."

Tuashi drank a glass of wine and sneered: "At the beginning of the year, Hong Ji personally led a large army of hundreds of thousands to attack Shuozhou, but was blocked by tens of thousands of Song troops in Mayi and could not move. In the end, the court took a step back and returned Yelu Chongyuan back, so the Khitans had a step to go down. What is the 100,000 troops in Youzhou? There are nearly 300,000 people on Hebei Road in this dynasty, and I am afraid that they will not succeed!"

Meng Xuezhao nodded: "That's right. It's just that hundreds of thousands of troops are fighting, and we people will inevitably suffer. The so-called "whether there is a complete egg under the collapse of the nest. The most battle between the army and the most painful thing is our people in the war zone."

Tu'aoshi did not answer, but just drank. Xiongzhou was an important place to defend the Khitan. The magistrate and the magistrate were all military officials, and the magistrate took the post of a border pacification envoy to be responsible for the daily affairs of the Khitan. The current magistrate Ma Huaide was a military general who rose up in the battle with Dangxiang in Shaanxi. As the Song army won the victory on Hedong Road at the beginning of this year, Ma Huaide's attitude towards the Khitan changed significantly and became increasingly tough.

This time I came to meet Meng Xuejue, Tu Ai Shi just told the Song Dynasty's policies truthfully. The two met when they were young and had some friendship. Of course, he helped him when he had difficulties. However, the Song Dynasty did not intend to recruit Khitans, so Tu Ai Shi will not talk about other matters.

After drinking for a while, Meng Xuezhai slapped the table suddenly: "Zhi Niang, if it weren't for the dozens of acres of land passed down from his ancestors, I would have escaped from the shore long ago! I was originally a Han Chinese, but I would be angry with the Khitan birds! This time he would not let me live, so he had to leave!"

Tu Ai Shi said: "Scholar, if you have me in the yamen, if you come across the river, your whole family will be free of worries!"

Meng Xuejue said: "Brother, the Khitans are so good at doing things. I want to cross the river this time, but it's not my family."

Tuoyeshi was surprised: "What does the pedantic mean to say this?"

Meng Xuezhao said: "Most of the residents near my house were enlisted to Zhuozhou, and they really couldn't survive. What they mean was that if they had a way to the south bank, they would cross the river together. They were all fellow villagers, how could I leave them alone?"

After hearing this, Tu Ai Shi looked at Meng Xuezhao and couldn't speak for a moment. He came to meet Meng Xuezhao and thought that he was the only one, so it would be easy to arrange them with his position as an Ai Shi. If there were multiple families coming, they had to report to the governor.

Seeing Meng Xuejue looking at him eagerly, Tu Ai Shi thought about it and said, "These days, the state has arranged very well in the households who have escaped from the north. If there are many schools, I will report to the magistrate to know. What will happen then? I will listen to the magistrate's orders."

Meng Xuejue bowed: "Everything is subject to the care of the Ai Shi! The village in my area will set out in two days, and we will cross the river tomorrow evening. If it is too late, I am afraid that people will know. At this time, there are many households, and Ai Shi will take care of it, and we will remember the kindness!"
Chapter completed!