At dusk.

The foot of the Qinling Mountains, by the Lanxi River.

The wide open space left after the demolition next to the Lijiazhuang courtyard was lively. The evening breeze blew, and more than 500 men from the township meeting hall were resting and chatting with red tassel guns, squatting or sitting.

"That group of thieves are so bold that they dare to come and rob the Li family courtyard." A dark-skinned Zhuang Han said to his fellow villager.

"I heard that they did not come for money. I heard that, we, Sanlang, are so amazing. We just became the imperial court official and are the sixth rank official."

The news of Li Xiao becoming an official had not spread yet, and many people were surprised. Why, Li Sanlang suddenly became a high-ranking official.

"I heard that it was because Sanlang presented the same precious grain to the court, which seemed to be called corn. Planted in the field, it could grow grains like jade grains, as big as bean grains, but with extremely high yields. A mu of land produces two or three stones at will, even dry land can produce so much, so thieves came to hear the treasure. They did not come to grab money, but to grab corn."

One of the people said to his friends a little excitedly that this was what he heard from the people from Lijiazhuang in the cottage just now. In fact, this was also the news that Li Xiao intended to let his family release.

"I also heard that there are very few corn seeds now, so the imperial court specially built a corn prison and asked Li Sanlang to test the planting of corn. I heard that the imperial court had divided three pieces of land to plant corn, so we had one piece of land in Lanxi. After the corn in these fields was harvested, there would be seeds next year. Then we could also have corn seeds to plant. Then the yield per mu in the fields increased greatly, and there would be no worries about famine."

Oh my God, farmers are always naturally sensitive to grain and crops. After hearing this, everyone is extremely expecting this corn.

It is particularly drought-resistant, isn’t it the same as millet and millet? But the yield of millet is extremely low, even far less than that of wheat, let alone compared to rice. However, wheat rice has a higher demand for water, which is not as drought-resistant as millet. There is also sorghum, which is neither as high as wheat production nor as good as millet wheat.

There is a new crop now that is drought-resistant and has high yields. It is said to be delicious. Isn’t this amazing?

If every family grows this corn, don’t you have to worry about shortage of food in the future. Think about adding one stone per acre, which can increase at least a few dozen acres of land for a family. With a few dozen acres of grain a year, you can get enough food every day in the future.

"The thief killed in heaven actually wants to rob such precious corn seeds." One man cursed hatefully.

They believed in Li Xiao's character. The Li family has such good corn, and now they are dedicated to the court to test the planting. After harvesting, everyone will definitely be able to plant it.

If it is stolen by the thief, who knows whether it is still planted or not?

Not far away.

In the front hall of the Li family courtyard, Li Xiao was accompanying the county magistrate and the county magistrate who had just arrived and other officials in the county. Liu Wen arrived very quickly. When he set off in the county town, hundreds of people were brought in a lot of people on the road.

At this time, when we arrived in Lijiazhuang, nearly a thousand people were strong.

Of course, Li Xiao was still very grateful for such a large team. No matter what, if the group of people shot back, they would have the minimum ability to resist.

"A man should look at him with admiration for three days."

Li Xiao was drinking tea and looking at Li Xiao with a smile. This young man was just a villager under his control before. Although he had some industry, he only took special care of him because he had been with Cheng Xue and his family.

But who would have thought that in the blink of an eye, someone had already flew up to the branch and became a phoenix, and he was on par with him.

As the county magistrate of Ji County, he was only at the sixth rank, and Li Xiao was in a blink of an eye to the corn supervisor who was from the sixth rank. Although he was still in the third rank, he was from the Liu family in Hedong, from a famous family, and was still in the imperial examination and Jinshi. He was still in the officialdom for more than ten years before he was promoted to the sixth rank. Li Xiao was only twenty-one years old, and he was in the blink of an eye and gradually moved up to the sixth rank.

Especially this corn supervisor is not a casual official position, and it is a yamen that has attracted the attention of the emperor. If the errand is done well, it will not be difficult to get promoted again.

"Master Li has corn, so he didn't say anything to our county. We can prepare in advance so as not to catch up with such a gangster attack today." Wang County Magistrate said a little sour. He was only a ninth rank official, but he still retreated from the army. He fought for half his life to get a ninth rank. Li Xiao was promoted to the sixth rank in a blink of an eye.

He thought to himself that Li Xiao was not righteous enough. If Li Xiao had corn to report to the county government first, maybe they would have benefited from it. Now, Li Xiao bypassed them and reported directly to Yongzhou Prefecture. They only realized that this official had become a member.

It is normal that I didn’t get the benefits, but I wanted to wipe Li Xiao’s butt. I didn’t feel angry.

"I'm not hiding it to you. In fact, this matter was not reported by me, Li Xiao. If I had no evidence, no one would believe it. For example, if I told a few people before, I had corn, and how great the corn was, you wouldn't believe it. I originally wanted to try planting in Lanxi first, so that everyone can see it at that time. Unexpectedly, Di Facao from the Yongzhou Yamen came to secretly visit him and accidentally discovered that he reported it to him."

Liu Qing smiled and said, "I understand, but I don't want to understand. No matter what, the corn seeds are very important now. Although the thief goes there for a while, we don't know if they will come again. Therefore, protecting the seeds is also the responsibility of our county government. Don't worry, we must protect the corn seeds with you."

More than a thousand yamen runners, strong men, and five hundred men from Lanxi Township. Although they had no weapons, they were just wooden guns, big sticks, hunting bows, etc., but after all, Lijiazhuang had just been planned and repaired, with a wall of the village and a ditches around the village.

Everyone guards the walls of the village, and they are not without combat effectiveness. After all, there are only one hundred cavalry members who came before.

"Thank you, Magistrate Liu and you for your help. If there is no accident, I guess the thief will not dare to come again. Afterwards, I will report to the court truthfully and ask for me for you." Li Xiao bowed and thanked me.

"Sanlang, there are soldiers and horses coming." Da Biao shouted and ran into the hall with two butcher knives.

When everyone in the hall was a little surprised when they heard this.

"How dare these killers come back?" Li Xiao was surprised. Yu Chengji robbed him if he wanted to. How could he come back after leaving?

"I'll go and have a look."

"Go together." County Magistrate Liu was not vague and followed him out with a horizontal knife in his hand.

When the village heard that soldiers appeared, the people were already a little panicked, but they still raised their courage. Some people had already begun to command everyone to defend the village wall in sections.

"Sanlang, look over there, there is a big team."
Chapter completed!