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Chapter 66 Frustrated everywhere and taken away
Jiang Baiye leisurely picked up the teacup and moistened his throat. The two of them were a little surprised when they smelled the mellow tea fragrance. What kind of tea is this? It's too fragrant, right?
If he agrees later, you have to ask for some from him.
This tea is naturally made by Jiang Baiye himself. Now he is more and more proficient at making tea. Every time he makes tea for Li Zhi, he can also make some for himself and the workshop, and he can also keep some for Dr. Sun, Mr. He and the others.As a gift.
It's just that the ancient tree tea on the cliff can no longer be drunk.
In this way, there are quite a lot of other tea trees in the mountains. After a little domestication, there will be endless tea.
Every time Jiang Baiye took a sip, the two swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and seeing that there was not even a cup in front of him, his face turned dark immediately.
"Master Jiang is so calm, maybe he didn't take the people in his own village seriously?"
"I didn't expect you to be so ruthless! Anyway, those people have done so much for you, how could they refuse to save you!"
"So many people's lives, life or death, are all because of you alone. If they know this, what do you think they will think of you?"
Jiang Baiye finally put down his cup, "I'm surprised to say so much, is Qin Erdong's family the emperor's father, and the head of the court dares to do it?"
"Those who know think he is the second owner of the medical hall, and those who don't know think he is some kind of powerful official. Even a high official would not dare to do this easily. Qin's second owner is... wanting to rebel?"
"Nonsense, nonsense!" The expressions of the two changed drastically, and they stood up abruptly. Even though there were only a few of them around, their voices trembled for fear that the walls would have ears, "How dare you be so rebellious!"
"Crack!" Jiang Baiye slapped the table hard, "Who is the one who is so treacherous! Even His Majesty today would not abandon the people and set the flood discharge area in a crowded place, how dare Qin Erdong's family say such a thing?It is discrediting the court, discrediting the officials, and discrediting the Holy One!"
Jiang Baiye's momentum was like a rainbow, and his words were thunderous. The second and third housekeepers of Shanyaofang only felt their eyelids jump up and their legs felt a little weak.
"How about we discuss this matter in detail in front of the county magistrate and magistrate?"
The two were completely terrified. Originally they came to scare Jiang Baiye, but Jiang Baiye fled in a panic, as if afraid of being accused of "rebellion", they hurried back to report to Qin Chunquan.
Qin Chunquan was happy about the news he had just received, when he suddenly heard what they said, his mood suddenly turned dark, "Did he really tell you that?"
The two nodded like garlic, and their bodies were still trembling.
"Useless things!"
He failed to frighten him, yes, Jiang Baiye is not one of those ignorant shopkeepers, shopkeepers.hold him.
However, thinking that he still had the strength to fight back and frightened his two carefully selected stewards into cowards, he was also eye-opening!
At this moment, the two of them also suggested in a low voice: "Second Dong's family, why don't we go to other places to open a medicine shop, the Xuanhe Mansion is nothing, the Jiangnan area is a rich place, we mustYou can make a lot of money!"
"Shut up!" Qin Chunquan couldn't see the current situation clearly without fighting for steamed buns, but once he retreated, he would retreat step by step!
And with Jiang Baiye's temperament, how could he only be willing to develop in a small Xuanhe Mansion?
Maybe as soon as they turned their front foot to the Jiangnan area, this person would kill him on the back foot.
It has to be said that Qin Chunquan judged the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, and completely misunderstood Jiang Baiye's goal. What is a workshop? His real killer is Huichuntang!
And Qin Chunquan didn't realize that in just a short period of time, he went from making Jiang Baiye cry to beg himself, to becoming extremely afraid of him.
"From this point of view, we can only use the method Jiang Yueming said..." Turning Baishi Town into a flood discharge area is indeed not an easy task. Qin Chunquan does not have the confidence to do this, and Jiang Baiye is not worthy of their good medicine hall.So much power.
However, he is not completely helpless.
"Go, get some people and let them tax Qingshui Village wantonly. Aren't they going to use silver as servants? Then let them all go bankrupt! Especially Jichun Medicine Workshop, let me see what they can do!"
Most of the helpers in Jichun Medicine Workshop are villagers from Qingshui Village. Once every family falls into heavy taxation and corvee, the efficiency of the workshop will definitely be greatly reduced. I might be able to take advantage of the chaos to buy people's hearts and let them talk about some concocting methods...
Qin Erdong's family was clattering their abacus, but they didn't know that Lu Lizhi was politely invited in outside Yan's mansion just as he presented the greeting card.
Today Yan Zhifu Xiumu happened to be there too, both of them had a rare moment of leisure in their busy schedules, so they played chess in full swing, this chess game is at a critical moment, every step must be extremely careful.
Both of them have the temperament of disobeying each other, and after a long while, a thin layer of sweat can be formed on their heads!
When Lu Lizhi arrived, he didn't bother the two of them. Even though he was extremely anxious, he still obeyed his duties and waited outside, describing his behavior as impeccable.
The magistrate's servants all said that this man has the appearance of a champion.
Isn't it the number one scholar? It is absolutely unprecedented for two arrogant big shots to fight for it, and to strike at the time of a scholar!
After a while, Lu Lizhi was called in.
He didn't know that before he came, the two big men were fighting for the chess game. After he came, the chess game immediately made them lose interest and became him.
"Here, you made a decision in one day?" Tai Song was afraid that he would be careless, and frowned and wanted him to go back and think about it for two more days. In the end, he was afraid that Lu Lizhi would care about his old love and chose Yan Zhifu.
Lu Lizhi couldn't speak, so he used writing to communicate with them. He didn't say who he chose when he came up, but acted as a check.
When the two got together and looked at the article, the field fell silent instantly.
Lu Lizhi pinched his fingers, his expression was as usual under the humble attitude, but his heartbeat quickened a bit.
This kind of thing, a little carelessness, may lead to a fatal disaster.
Because the interests of countless people are involved behind this, Daning’s taxation is not heavy at all, and finally there is an opportunity to increase the tax, and there is no restriction by the rules of the regulations. People who are interested will definitely take advantage of it.give up!
But at this moment, a voice of applause suddenly sounded.
"Okay, this is a great plan! I suggest it be promoted throughout Daning!" Tai Song, who was only in charge of education, stood up and talked without pain in his back, and urged Yan Zhifu, "Yan Laosan, you will definitely implement it?"
Yan Zhifu glanced at him, execution?He also knew how laborious and expensive the construction of the flood discharge canal was, more than 20 taels of head money. To be honest, he also participated in it in order to force out enough people.
Otherwise, the money will be set low, everyone will pay the money, and the recruitment will not be enough, so let officials like them dig ditches?
Of course, there is also an element of making money in it. The Yan Zhifu has no such intention. There are countless officials, large and small, in other provinces and counties.no fish.
On the other hand, you have to let the people under your hands earn some money.
This was what Yan Zhifu thought before, but now reading Lu Lizhi's article, Yan Zhifu's few consciences began to ache again.
Why every time he wants to be a "normal" official who doesn't stand out and doesn't fall behind, someone always pops up and silently complains——
Yan Ya, have you forgotten your original intention again? You should be a good official!
Especially when Tai Song next to him seemed to be sure that he would not agree, and deliberately sowed discord, Lu Lizhi couldn't hide his disappointment.
If he doesn't agree, maybe Lu Lizhi will choose Tai Song directly.
No, we can't make Tai Song too proud!
Yan Zhifu's head became hot, "I'm afraid it won't be possible to implement it in the whole Daning, but I will make a suggestion to His Majesty at the top, and in this government, I will also let the people below strictly implement the order and never let them do anything wrong.", never charge the common people a cent more!"
"In addition, Qingshui Village, no, the entire Baishi Town, I will also find ways to relax the requirements. This is my sincerity."
For the rest, Yan Zhifu didn't want the people under his command to live too hard.
Next to him, Tai Song's eyes widened slightly, as if he didn't expect Yan Ya, an old fox, to do this.
Underneath, Lu Lizhi also let out a little breath, that's enough, these are already several times better than he thought.
At this time, he handed over his choice——
The student Lu Lizhi is willing to worship Yan Zhifu as his teacher.
And lifted the hem of his clothes, bowed and kowtowed, and gave him a teacher's ceremony.
The magistrate Yan was so happy that he couldn't stop talking from ear to ear. For such an important matter, he must go through the process properly. He immediately excitedly asked people to serve tea, and Lu Lizhi was also very respectful.
Tai Song, "..." Then I go?
Woooooo, he missed a good seedling, how could he find other people to fight with other people, whoever has seen a good one can feel wronged to choose the second one!
Almost as soon as Lu Li's front foot left, Yan Zhifu's order was issued quickly.
It is said to be so simple, but it really needs to be implemented, layer by layer. If you don't have such a tough attitude and don't keep an eye on it all the time, it is easy to be taken advantage of by the people below, and produce different effects. Yan Zhifu evenIt is possible that this will not be discovered at all.
Therefore, Yan Ya almost took out an unprecedented serious attitude this time, bluntly saying that if there is any mistake, he will definitely be severely punished!
Home ransacking, beheading, offenders will not be forgiven!
The people below, from the officials at all levels to the yamen servants and yamen servants at the back, after receiving the order, everyone's scalp is not tense, as if there is a big knife hanging on their heads.
Prefect Yan, what is this sudden madness?
Some people complained endlessly, while others were overjoyed and relieved for the common people. They all said that the magistrate Yan was a good official.
Qin Chunquan had just used money to get through Chen Tongpan's channel again, and Chen Tongpan waved his hand and said, "It's a small matter, it's not easy, since Qingshui Village has become rich, it should be more money, it's also forDaning is doing a good job!"
Almost as soon as he finished speaking, someone ran over and whispered in Chen Tongpan's ear for a while.
Qin Chunquan's eyelids twitched, and when the people left and he wanted to toast again, Chen Tongpan suddenly turned his face, "Who are you?"
"..."
"I didn't promise you anything, don't do this next time, and don't come to me again, my lord is very busy next time, I don't have time to see guests!"
With almost no chance for Qin Chunquan to respond, Chen Tongpan led his people away quickly.
Qin Chunquan thought of his filial piety to the past one thousand taels, and almost vomited out several jugs of wine that he drank.
This is, before Jiang Baiye got tricked, he got a huge sum of money!
"Er Dong's, Er Dong's, are you okay?" The servant next to him hastily supported him.
"What's going on? Check, check it out for me! Immediately, immediately!" Qin Chunquan roared angrily.
And that night, there was a lot of turmoil in the Quanxuanhe Mansion, and countless discussions were discussed. When almost many people did not sleep a wink, under the urging of the court, the second day, the matter of the whole mansion's corvee officially began.
That night, Jiang Baiye sneaked into Lu Lizhi's room and told him his plan.
"I've already made an agreement with Liu Gong and Xiaosanzi. I'm not sure what can be done, but if it can reduce the death of people in the next flood canal construction, it will be enough."
Of course, if things come to fruition, Jiang Baiye's contribution will definitely not be small, and he may even be noticed by more people. Even if he does not take the imperial examination, he can still find a new path.
Lu Lizhi thought of his grandfather, if he was still alive, he would definitely like Jiang Baiye, his grandson-in-law very much. The two people's ideas are so compatible, they have done a lot of practical things without fame.
His heart was hot, and when Jiang Baiye knew everything and wanted to tell him everything, he hugged him gently.
is attachment.
Knowing how reliable, powerful, and fearless this person is, my appreciation and admiration for him turned into deeper love.
"What's wrong?" Jiang Baiye said softly.
Lu Lizhi pulled him to lie down, and the two kissed under the quilt.
It was so hot that he wanted to remove everything, from the head of the bed to the end of the bed, Lu Lizhi was licked and hummed softly, his seductive voice rose.
Jiang Baiye estimated that he would not be able to make out with him for a long time, so he made a fuss in the middle of the night, stripping him down to a pair of trousers, even if it was only one foot, he could play with it for a long time.
Kiss is everywhere.
Several times, Lu Lizhi wanted to pull down the last fig leaf, and after many considerations, he stopped in this grueling process, which was more comfortable or harder to bear.
The next day, there were more traces on Jiang Baiye's body. After washing up at Lu Lizhi's place and eating the breakfast he made, he even forgot where he was.
The official of the county government arrived in Qingshui Village in the afternoon. When he was about to take the person away according to his household registration, he explained the conditions for using money as a substitute.
"Fifteen taels is the maximum grace given by the magistrate."
As soon as these words came out, not only the villagers, but even Wang Lizheng was stunned, "Ten, fifteen taels!?"
He originally thought it was more than 20 taels, but the actual collection would only be higher. Why was it several taels less?
These servants seem to have become more talkative too?How could they be so polite in the past, just grab people and leave, for fear of delaying their effort.
The guards, who were pretending to be easy to talk, but actually didn't get any good news, felt bitter.
At this moment, someone in the crowd cheered, "My family has it! My family just got fifteen taels!"
There were also some people who gave up struggling completely because of those 20 taels. At this moment, with a cautious and tentative attitude, "We can also make it, can the officials give us a little more time?"
Thinking of the special situation facing Baishi Town above, especially this Qingshui Village has a small three yuan, if it is a high school in the future, they will not offend his villagers.
"Before tomorrow night at the latest, no longer!"
The people in Qingshui Village couldn't believe it, this, this is the corvee they remembered?When the corvée happened, who didn't cry like they killed half of their lives?
Now that more time has been given, the guards will go to other places to "arrest people".
Qingshui Village fell into a sluggish state, and when he realized it, he hurriedly ran to collect money.
The He family and Jiang Dazhu lent some money to a family they knew well and thought they were good people. Now they also have a lot of family background, and they don't need to ask Jiang Baiye's consent.
In order to ensure the operation of the workshop, Jiang Baiye also lent money to the workers in the workshop.
These people have been verified before and after that there is no problem. If they are allowed to raise money by themselves, they will be at a dead end, and they will easily be taken advantage of by someone with a heart.
And if you lend them money, you are not afraid that they will not pay it back. At worst, you will help him do free work to repay it. Everyone is very happy and wants to kowtow to him in tears.
At the end of the day, almost half of the more than 200 households in Qingshui Village, except for those who did not meet the corvee conditions, had collected enough fifteen taels.
But it doesn't mean that there are only fifteen taels. In order to build the flood discharge canal, the local tax has also increased a lot this year. The autumn harvest they have just finished recently and the harvest of the whole year last year have almost been collected.
Many people, exempted from corvée, will fall into debt and have no food left at home.
In the previous life, Jiang Baiye's family was one of them. Now, apart from the more than 6,000 taels he handed over to Li Zhi, the workshop is also operating in an orderly manner. Huichuntang has half of the dividends, and he still has a few hundred taels left on his body.
His father's carpentry work also made a lot of money, and he has already started saving money, planning to make the business bigger.
In this way, Jiang Baiye's workshop does have to pay a lot of taxes, but the two hundred taels of tax is no longer as painful to him as it used to be.
After all, the workshop now has a harvest of two hundred taels a day.
But Daheng Mountain is not inexhaustible, especially after the autumn harvest season, coupled with sustainable development, the workshop will definitely reduce production in the later stage, and Jiang Baiye will also find other ways to make money.
Before that, he made a decision that shocked everyone.
The next day, at the time the guard said, all the families in Clear Water Village who could not afford fifteen taels all began to cry bitterly.
In desperation and fear, some people even began to think about going the wrong way, fleeing the army or something.
However, Jiang Baiye followed the guard unhurriedly, just like other people who were taken away.
"Don't be afraid, everyone, I will go too."
Everyone was shocked, could it be that Jiang Baiye couldn't even get the fifteen taels?Is he crazy!
And two days later, Qin Chunquan, who was frustrated and regretted coming here, also got the news, "What, he went to dig ditches? Jiang Baiye? Are you sure you heard it right?!"