Chapter 13: Man is not as good as rat

Yang Xiong sat on the ox cart and saw it clearly!

Especially when I raise the monocular lens, I can see it more clearly.

A group of ragged robbers were carefully picking up wheat ears from the field.

Their division of labor is very clear. They have big eyes and are quick to pick up wheat ears. Those with great strength are looking for food hidden by the mouse in the world.

The appearance of riding a horse can easily panic these people. If thin and weak people are running fast, they will easily die suddenly.

Especially those children with butts, they pick up wheat ears and rub the wheat grains and stuff them into their mouths. They seem to be very hungry, which makes them even more unable to drive them away.

These robbers are not afraid of ox carts.

Farmers are always kinder, and when they see hungry people, they will feel a little pity. At most, they are not allowed to dig the fields with holes and pick up some sporadic wheat ears or grains that fall into the ground. This is not a problem.

Yang Xiong is now the chief of Xiangyang, and is already considered a rank of Lantian. On weekdays, he always follows twelve black-clad guards around him.

Today, he didn't take a single person, so he drove a ox cart and pulled a truck of wheat straw to sway in the fields near the mountains.

The reason for doing this was entirely because he did not believe his subordinates reported that some people would rather live a savage life in the mountains than go down the mountain to farm and settle down.

Yang Xiong did not believe this kind of thing, and repeatedly asked his subordinates whether they had explained Lantian policy to these savages or robbers clearly, and whether they had dispelled their doubts.

The subordinates said that everything was done according to the process. First, there was no deduction for the relief that should be given to the people, and second, there was no force to force the people to do anything they were unwilling to do.

As for the matter of taking advantage of the tricks and taking away wives and daughters, my subordinates swear to the sky, not to mention such a thing, even if they dare to think about it, they will be attracted by the county magistrate and sent to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which is being constructed.

This oath is already very poisonous.

There is no idea where the news came out that the Yushan official who committed a serious crime wanted to survive, and to be a servant in the Internal Affairs Office was his last choice!

It is also the last way the county lord left to the criminal officials of Yushan. It is the last bit of kindness given by the county lord, and it is all about the friendship between classmates in Yushan.

Of course, Yang Xiong knew that such rumors were pure nonsense. If the county master really did this, first of all, there would be no way to pass Xie Zhi.

Moreover, there is no such thing as castration in Lantian’s law.

This thing is just a joke made by the county master on weekdays with him, Xu Wuxiang, Han Lingshan and others, and it is also the source of the rumors.

What the county magistrate hates most is people who are fish and meat. There is no possibility of allowing officials to use their crotch to atone for their sins. The thing is not that precious yet.

Given that the subordinates seemed to be afraid of working in the Yushan Interior Office, Yang Xiong naturally did not need to expose the scam.

Since the subordinates did not lie to him, something must have happened.

Of course, Yang Xiong did not need to go to investigate in person for one or two separate incidents.

However, in Xiangyang, there are still many people who refuse to go down the mountain. This is a very common phenomenon and Yang Xiong cannot be ignored.

The ox cart came to the side of the robbers swayingly. The children hid far away like panic rabbits, and did not want to give up the remaining food here. They stood in the distance and looked at Yang Xiong and his ox cart vigilantly.

An old man with a hunched body came over and bowed to Yang Xiong and said, "Please be lenient. You are so hungry that you have come to pick up some food. Just think we are a group of sparrows and give you a way out."

Yang Xiong looked at the old man with a goatee in front of him and said, "Xiangyang is peaceful now, and the government is also in use. As long as you go down the mountain, there will be people from the government coming to assign you accommodation, providing you with grain, farm tools, cattle and sheep, chickens, ducks and chicks. Why is it that you are not as good as sparrows?"

The goatee-bearded old man smiled and said, "Good my kind-hearted person. This is the national policy given by the government to turn the poor people from the past into the rich people today. We rich people from the past and poor people now will die when we meet the government."

Yang Xiong frowned when he heard this, thought for a moment, shook his head, pointed to a hole not far from the ox cart and said, "There is a field mouse cave here. It seems to harm us a lot of food, dig it out."

As he spoke, he took off the shovel from the ox cart and started digging the mouse hole.

Digging with a shovel is naturally much faster than digging with things like branches.

After digging two feet deep down, the field mouse hole began to become wide open. The children hiding in the distance watching the limelight saw that Yang Xiong seemed to have no intention of killing them, so they immediately ran over and watched Yang Xiong and the old man continue to dig the field mouse hole.

After digging two feet deep down, the first granary of the field mouse was dug out. Yang Xiong was also surprised to see the neatly stacked wheat ears.

After the entire field mouse house was dug up, the old man said with emotion: "This field mouse is also spiritual. Look at the front door, back door, corridor, hall, toilet, bedroom, and place of residence of young rats.

If you look at the terrain within a radius of one meter, you will understand that the choice of land mice to build a nest here is definitely decided after thousands of choices.

Look, the terrain here is high, the land is dry and loose, which is already a good place.

What’s even more rare is that you look at the exit of the mouse hole and is the dragon’s cave.

Before the Dragon Cave, there is also a Chaoshan Mountain and a Censing Mountain. The land bun on the left is Qinglong protecting Mountain, the land bun on the right is Baihu protecting Mountain. The land bun on the back is the main mountain, which is responsible for the fate of the owner of the house. The main mountain is Shaozu Mountain, and the aftermath of Shaozu Mountain is Zushan, which can protect the family owner and descendants from the family.

Look at the ditch again..."

Yang Xiong looked in the direction of the old man's finger. Sure enough, there was a trickle of water five feet away, flowing slowly around the land bun.

"This is a mountain that holds gold and water... it is the main force of food and clothing... Alas, people are not as good as rats."

Yang Xiong looked at the pink young rats in the children's hands, and then at the rat hole that had been completely opened. He couldn't help but say, "The descendants are long? The family is rich?"

The goatee-bearded man sighed and said, "Official, when you come, they will naturally have no way to live. You are the punishment of heaven! The mice can choose to build a mansion that is most beneficial to them, and they can choose the place with the most food to reproduce.

When you come, they will have no way to die!"

Yang Xiong sniffed and said, "Where was your former home?"

The old goatee pointed to a village on the horizon and said, "The largest house in Liu Village used to belong to my family."

Yang Xiong smiled and said, "How is Mingtang Feng Shui compared to the rat cave?"

The goatee said: "It was only after the ancestors had accumulated three hundred years that they had this scale."

Yang Xiong said with his hands behind his back: "Who has taken it away again?"

The goatee said, "First it was Zhang Bingzhong, then the court, then Li Hongji, and finally you."

Yang Xiong smiled and said, "Since Zhang Bingzhong came, you refused to fight to the death, you have thrown away everything. After the court came, you are unwilling to help with all your strength, so you can't get the things you thrown back.

When Li Hongji came, you thought you could escape by kowtowing and offering sacrifices. As a result, someone took away your last fig leaf.

When we came, you dare not contact us, and you did not even have the courage to ask for your own things. We naturally have to distribute these unowned things to the people.

Your Liu family has been rich and prosperous in Xiangyang for three hundred years, long enough.”

The old goatee's neck bulged with blue veins, and he beat his chest hard and shouted: "That's the family business that our ancestors have accumulated for generations."

Yang Xiong laughed and said, "You don't even have the courage to start over. Why do you want to continue to be a superior person? Your ancestors and your Feng Shui bless you for three hundred years are not satisfied?"

The goatee-bearded man sat on the ground, looked at Yang Xiong and said, "Where is the law of nature?"

Yang Xiong said: "The laws of nature are recovering. If you still hide with these people and wait for the opportunity, I think you may not be able to wait. You are a person who has read books. Since you have read books, you should know that there will be a king's prosperity every five hundred years, which is also the laws of nature.

It is your luck that you can survive the disaster, but if you want to continue to live a good life, then start over.

Just like this rat hole, we didn’t catch big rats, guess what would those big rats do?”

The goatee looked at the rat hole that was swept away by everyone and said sadly: "Start again."

Yang Xiong patted the goatee's shoulder and said, "That's fast. To be honest, Lantian's current policy is very beneficial to people like you who have read books, seen big scenes, and seen big money.

When I, Lantian, force the children of poor families to school and start reading and studying, your current advantages will no longer be there."

The old goatee looked at the children who started to light the fire and roast the voles cubs to eat, stood up, sighed heavily and said, "I dare to ask for the name and position of Shangguan, so that I can know - if I go to the government, I will go to hell after being abused and killed by the government, I will know who to seek his life from."

Yang Xiong smiled and said, "Yang Xiong, the chief of Xiangyang under Lantian rule, if you are really abused and killed, when you go to see the King of Hell, you will say that I was the one who harmed him.

Okay, Old Man Liu, hurry up and report to the government. Your family business has been divided and you can't get it back. If you still have blood debts locally, I guess those people will spare you. You can settle in another place, and it's best to hide your identity.

If you, Liu, have always been a good family, staying in the local area will be the best for you.”

Old Man Liu didn't know what he remembered, so he couldn't help but tremble.

Yang Xiong snorted coldly and said, "Since you have blood debts, then go to another place to settle down. If Lantian doesn't pursue the blood debts in the past, it doesn't mean that the people here will let you go. The reason why you have not been reporting to the government is because you are worried that the people here will ask you to settle the accounts?"

Old Man Liu hesitated and said, "There is no lawsuit for life, which means he has been more harsh on them."

Yang Xiong got on the ox cart and patted the scalpers. The scalpers began to walk slowly to other places. As for Old Man Liu who wanted to get closer to him more, he was too lazy to support him.

When he returned to Xiangyang, Yang Xiong started writing documents overnight. When he was dawn, he thought for a moment and added a good name to the written documents - "A Brief Discussion on the Methods of Eliminating Poisons of Old Strengths".
Chapter completed!