Behind it, there was a man who looked like a scholar in his twenties. This man also rode a horse, but his movements of dismounting were much slower than that of Zhu Chong.

Hou Xiao Yun, Duke Cheng Guo, the son of General Hou Qi, and the magistrate of Wuman County.

"Greetings to Your Highness Liang, to Your Majesty the Prince-Consort, to Meet the Supreme Officials"

Sun Zhaoyong helped them up one by one and smiled and said, "Why are you waiting slower than them?"

I saw that Xiao Yun stuttering for a moment, and Erzhu Chong rushed to answer: "It's okay, we'll discuss some things, but unfortunately it's delayed."

As he said that, he gave Bai Jieyou a wink.

After eased the worries and understood, he said to Sun Zhaoyong: "It's better to go back to the county government."

Ge Qili grabbed Erzhu Chong, "General Erzhu, where are my people camping?"

Erzhu Chong pointed to a place and said, "All arranged. Look, on the southwest side of the city is the Wuman River. When the river flows here, it was originally a huge depression, and a large lake was formed. After Wuman was established, it simply built into a reservoir that can irrigate 100,000 mu of fertile fields. There are more than 2,000 farmers near Wuman County, which can be cultivated around the reservoir."

"At the edge of the reservoir, do you see three small forests. In the middle of the small forest is the former military camp. In the lower house, he is a county magistrate and a garrison commander. In fact, it is mostly in charge of military affairs, and government affairs are mostly completed by the magistrates of each county and county magistrate themselves."

"Vicchenza County is located in three counties: Vicenza, Bachaya and Uman. Uman County has the smallest population, only 6,000 households, and Vicenza County has the largest number, with nearly 10,000 households. Bachaya County is in the middle, with about 8,000 households, with a total population of more than 120,000. There is only one regular battalion under the command of the Ministry, and each county is stationed in one thousand people."

(Bachya, later generations of Baizerkovi)

"There are also military camps in the county town. In fact, the two military camps are set up according to a regular camp. At present, the two military camps have only 1,000 people stationed outside the city, and 500 people stayed in the city. When they learned that the prince-in-law was coming, the ministry quickly let the cavalry outside the city move into the city to live..."

Bai Jieyou said, "Erzhu Chong, you are so brave. You know that Your Highness Liang, the Prince Consort, and the General Staff of the Sanqi are coming, but you dare to let him live outside the city?"

Qi Ge waved his hand, "We are all cavalrymen, and we carry a lot of supplies. I guess we can't live in the city. Forget it, it's still fresher outside the city. I'm willing to live outside and love to smell the fragrance of wheat the most."

When he heard the three words "Fragrance of Wheat", Erzhu Chong and Hou Xiaoyun's face changed, and this scene was captured by Bai Jieyou.

Not long after, Erzhu Chong arranged for people to take Je Geqili's cavalry battalion to the military camp outside the city, and personally took his group to the city.

While walking, the county magistrate Hou Xiaoyun introduced: "Your Highness, this person is called Badur, who calls himself a descendant of the Huns. At present, there are about two thousand households like him in Wuman County, including about one thousand farmers and herdsmen. The herdsmen are mainly placed near the Dnieper River, while the farmers are all placed around the reservoir."

"According to the previous arrangements of the imperial court, through investigation, Badur was allowed to serve as the county lieutenant."

The man obviously didn't understand Chinese, but he could hear the three words "Badur" clearly. He nodded gratefully.

"This person is called Constance, and he is a descendant of the border guards who were left here by the Romans. There are also about two thousand Romans here. However, after a detailed discussion with them, they claimed to be "Rome". In fact, none of them came from Rome, and even none of them came from Constantinople, but they believed in Catholicism."

"According to their words, they are mostly from Greece, Macedonia or Thrace. They are very good at craftsmen on both sides of the Dnieper River and are good at creating them, so there is no difficulty for the surrounding tribes."

"Konstanz is a priest appointed by the Holy See. By the way, it belongs to the Diocese of Vicenza and has a larger church in Vicenza..."

He suddenly saw that the smile of Liang Wang Sun Zhaoyong, who had always been smiling, disappeared, replaced by a pair of frown eyebrows, and was also shocked, "My country advocates Tiandaoism. In the past, because we had to settle down first, we did not have too much jurisdiction over the church, but..."

But it was inconvenient to speak at this time, so he stopped.

Not long after, a Chinese-style building with large blue bricks in a radius of about five or six miles appeared in front of everyone. Facing them was the South Gate, and the blue bricks and green tiles and flying eaves on the city gate were very eye-catching.

There were eight people standing on the city gate tower, each holding a bronze trumpet in his hand. After seeing Sun Zhaoyong and his party, they started to play the "Welcome Song" brought by their emperor from later generations. This song was naturally familiar to Sun Zhaoyong.

In addition to Sun Xiurong's introduction from later generations and allowing domestic zither players to record the music scores and promote them in China, some classic repertoire of the Tang Dynasty were also widely spread in schools, military camps and cities in three districts. This was one of the means by Sun Xiurong to make these places tend toward Middle-earth culture.

At this time, the entire Eastern European region was still dominated by tribes. Although the population reached a certain scale, the coherence of various religious beliefs was not possible.

According to Sun Xiurong, now is the best time to let the hardworking and brave Chinese come here to cultivate. In more than a hundred years, the Kievan Rus and the Polish Kingdom will all rise, and the Eastern Roman Empire will also vigorously promote Orthodox religion here. It is difficult to occupy the place safely.

After returning to the county government office, Sun Zhaoyong, the county magistrate Badur and the priest Constance, asked them to go back first. In the years in Batumi Port, he learned the so-called "Roman". In fact, the "Roman" of the Eastern Roman Empire was Greek, and the real Roman language was still in the distant Apennines.

The Badur, who looks quite like the grassland in the desert, only speaks Turkic. It is said that in addition to his "suddenly" becoming a bit like an Oriental (hometurning), most of the remaining Turkic faces are also Turkic.

After they left, Wei Yingwu asked, "Things must have happened just now, come on!"

Erzhu Chong nodded, "That is. This is the first time that our country has begun to collect land taxes. Because they have built houses and villages, and provided grain, oxen and other things, they have been levied at a full 30% of the first year, and the land here is extremely fertile."

"If you sow the seeds, you don't need to pay attention. By the way, there are too many birds and wild boars here, and you need to drive out birds and wild boars from time to time. Since our army entered, a pig hunting team has been established. At present, wild boars, rabbits, wild sheep and other things that can harm farmland are rare near the county town."

"The birds are naturally driven away by farmers and then remove the weeds a little. We can harvest wheat and rye for about three stones every year."

"Each household has fifty acres, at least forty acres of grain fields, which is 1,200 stones. The precipitation here is just not much, the humid layer of the land is deep, and the moisture at the bottom is heavy. Even during a severe drought, one or two stones can be harvested. With this reservoir, you can ensure that there is no harm."

"Just just now, I and the county magistrate were one step late and failed to welcome Your Highness, the son-in-law and all the officials, I hope to forgive my crime."

"Forget it, hurry up and say what's going on?"

"Yes, you have seen it too. When we built the county town, we originally wanted to re-site the site in other places, rather than expanding it based on the Uman Fortress with a church. However, I heard that the Catholics here would not be happy. Even if they had divided the fields, they would not be willing to come and help."

"In the end, we had no choice but to surround the Uman Castle. This is not the most annoying thing. At the moment, the autumn harvest is in progress. These Catholics said that after drying the harvested grain, they must first send 30% of the government to the county curri, but they do not..."

Sun Zhaoyong felt a stern, "Do they want to resist food?"

Erzhu Chong shook his head, "This is not, but he is planning to send 10% of the food to the church first, and then complete the taxes we require. This is not obvious that the church is higher than the government. Naturally, we do not allow it. You can donate some food to the church, but you must complete the taxes of my Daqin first!"

"We just waited for arguing with farmers, so we were wasting our time."

"No," Sun Zhaoyong said in a deep voice, "Even donated to the church is not allowed, but we need to come up with a way to stabilize these farmers without causing trouble."

Without waiting for the other people to respond, he asked again: "How many children of age are there in Wuman County and how many have entered the school?"

"Your Highness", Hou Xiao Yun replied, "There are six thousand families, and there are about a thousand children of appropriate age. The school in the county is built on the scale of three thousand people, but after all, only three hundred people came."

"So the enrollment rate is only 30%?"

"Yes"

"Who are you unwilling to go to school?"

"They all entered the church. Not only Catholics, but also Orthodox churches. These two families account for half of the population. In fact, those who are willing to enroll are the Antes who believe in polytheism and the Huns who are shamanistic."

Sun Zhaoyong looked at Xi Yuanjing, "This phenomenon is many in the three counties west of the Dnieper River, right?"

Xi Yuanjing looked a little embarrassed and nodded, "It is true. Since this was the only irresponsible area, and it was a buffer area between the Khanate of the Khanate of the Khanate of the Bulgarian Khanate, there were not many serfs, so they were not very grateful for the distribution of the land. The large number of Christians between the two Khanates were also the result of the acquiescence of the Romans, Bulgarians, and Xhosa people, so..."

"No, tax matters can be suspended, but school matters cannot be suspended!"
Chapter completed!