Lingzhou Thorn History Mansion.

A fast horse galloped to the corner gate, and before it could stop, the visitor threw the stirrup and jumped down, and rushed in sweaty. The official of the corner gate just wanted to scold, but when he saw the waist card he showed, he immediately nodded and smiled.

The man didn't even breathe, he didn't speak, he just pointed forward, and someone took him to the study knowingly.

When I got to the door, I replied, "People are coming." ”

Inside, he immediately said, "Spread quickly!" ”

The man went in, took out a letter, the master quickly took it, handed it to Zhang Cang, the assassin of Lingzhou, and waited for him to read it, and finally breathed a long sigh of relief, and his expression eased.

Seeing this, the master sent the visitor down to rest, and complimented him with a smile, "Your Excellency, can you rest assured this time?" It has long been said that adults are auspicious, life brings wealth and nobility, and there is no need to be afraid of trivial things. ”

Zhang Cang handed him the letter with a smile, "It's really a shame for Chai Rong this time to come up with such a plan." At present, 17 tea towns, 200,000 taels of silver have been sent to Xianyuan Township. The official wants to see how King Ping and his good son-in-law will accept this great gift. ”

After reading the letter, the master also laughed to himself, "They are also careful, and they have all minted fifty taels of official silver." Just rely on the more than 100 people left by them, even if they add horses, one person will have to carry thousands of taels of silver just to carry them. From there to the capital, it is a long way, not to mention encountering some accidents, even if they let them go smoothly, they are not afraid of flashing their waists. It's really a toast without eating and drinking! ”

Zhang Cang's eyes were proud, but his face was solemn again, "I can't say that." After all, there has been no news from the capital. said that the emperor allowed King Ping and Ouyang Kang to check the tea tax. The current thing is just that King Ping accidentally moved his interest and fought with the villagers for tea, others are expensive, look down on the countryside, and say a few unpleasant words. And the people of the townships did not want to ruin the reputation of Lingzhou tea, and took the initiative to make up the tea tax, and it is understandable that the king of peace raised his noble hand. ”

The master took over the words knowingly, "It's clear then, but it's just a misunderstanding." And there will be no trouble. It's just that the emperor wants to send someone out in the future. Please also be considerate. My lord, do you want to draft a letter first, and then let the minister pass it up? ”

Zhang Cang looked like an old fox with smiling eyes, "Be careful with your wording." Don't hurt the emperor's face. Point to point. ”

The master knew that he agreed. was busy playing with the pen, and Zhang Cang also got up and went to the inner house.

I've been scared for a few days, but now I can finally listen to the song with confidence.

Ah Li sings well. After all, they have been here for several years, and they have lost their novelty, but it is the pair of children sent by Chai Rongxin, but they are very people, and they urgently need to be trained, and they have to be trained well.

As for the mess in Xianyuan County, just wait for King Ping's son-in-law to have a headache.

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Recently, Xianyuan County has one more wonder.

If you pick up the wall of the county government, you can see that the yard is neatly piled up, and the silver in the square yard is stacked.

Fifty taels and one ingots, horizontal in rows, vertical columns, very good numbers, people who know a little arithmetic have calculated it, about more than 200,000 taels. If it is more accurate, it is 243,850 taels, a total of 4,877 pieces.

Tong Chaoyi is going crazy.

I saw another head popping up next to the wall, and suddenly said sharply, "Go down!" ”

Originally, there was a more majestic sentence at the back, those who dare to covet official silver will be killed! But these days there are too many words, and his voice has long been dumb, neither can he roar with momentum, and the people are not afraid, so he can only save it, and directly point it at the knife with a bright knife.

In fact, the people just looked at the strangeness, stuck out their tongues, and went down.

As soon as Tong Chaoyi turned his head with a blue face, he saw the officials of the local county government looking at him and him and his brothers quietly from the opposite window, and then turned their heads and pretended to be dead.

Tong Chaoyi hated so much that his teeth almost bled out.

These bastards!

It is none of their business to say that the tax and silver have been handed over, and they are not willing to bear the slightest responsibility. If it weren't for Ouyang Kang's arguments, he wouldn't even borrow the open-air yard of the county government to store it. What will they do with such a large sum of silver?

Since the day the cash was collected, Tong Chaoyi and more than 100 brothers have not slept a bit. All of them were nervous, the wind was loud, and when they heard the slightest movement, their eyes were wide like toads.

Looking at these two bloodshot eyes, Tong Chaoyi was distressed, but even more angry!

Obviously, it is the silver that should be given to the emperor, but these rabbit cubs not only did not pay it, but also used it to respond to people. Wait until you return to the capital to see how he complains to the emperor!

Of course, the premise is that he must return to the capital.

Looking at the more than 4,800 big silver ingots behind him, Tong Chaoyi had never hated too much money so much. How do you bring back so much silver?

The same question weighed even more heavily on the hearts of Ouyang Kang and Mu Shaoqin.

Tong Chaoyi hasn't slept well for many days, and the same is true for Weng and his son-in-law.

If Hui Niang and Nianfu come back at this time, they will find that their father-in-law has lost a lot of weight in just a few days. What's even more amazing is the expression, like the biological father and son, the same frowning, annoyed and so annoyed that he can't think about it.

Dr. Xiao Zou, who didn't meet Nianfu's mother and daughter, glanced at the bubbles on the lips of the two of them, sighed, and went to arrange lunch. At present, there are few people and many things, and he, a doctor, has to take on the responsibility of half a housekeeper.

Tong Chaoyi's side is doing physical work, which requires physical strength, and must eat white rice steamed buns with enough meat, and also have some fat, so that he can work hard.

Although King Ping's son-in-law did mental work, it was just as hard, but now they can only drink porridge and put aside some mung beans to defeat the fire.

Alas, this big autumn, you shouldn't have eaten this, it's not good for health. But now, who still has the ability to be like the lord of Jiashan, tossing out delicious dishes that match the season?

But Moyun heard that he was going to eat mung bean porridge for his master, so he quit.

"Our young master doesn't like to eat that, mung bean soup is okay, but porridge doesn't like it. Besides, the prince's body is weak, and in the past, the county lord only gave him mung bean sprouts to eat, and he didn't eat that. ”

Doctor Xiao Zou looked at him weakly, "Then what do you say?" ”

Mo Yun thought for a moment. "Is it okay to have fish fillet porridge? Both the prince and the eldest young master love to eat. ”

Master Xiao Zou pointed a finger at him, "If you know how to do it, I have no opinion." As long as it's not a natural fish, it's fine. But remember to pick the thorns cleanly, your two masters probably won't pick thorns now. ”

Mo Yun is a little embarrassed, now everyone is busy, who has the time to pick thorns? Even the guys at the inn have their own things to do, and it's impossible to help pick up the fish bones. But on second thought, he had an idea. I asked the local small fish that was two inches long if it was okay, and Mo Yun went to work.

Dr. Zou shook his head and walked away. When he returned to the house, he also began to worry about the country and the people. That's a lot of silver. What to do?

Ouyang Kang has been thinking about this problem for the past few days, and his hair has fallen out one by one.

He and his father-in-law have almost thought of any way he can think of, but none of them are realistic.

Asking for the Emperor's assistance? It's too much work to come and go.

Going to other provinces to transfer troops to escort? When he left Beijing, the emperor only gave Shang Fang the sword, but not the tiger talisman. Besides, it is too risky to mobilize troops. If there is another trouble for these 200,000 taels of silver. It's even harder to end.

Why don't you rent a carriage and hit the road on your own? Hehe. I'm sorry, but no one in the entire Xianyuan County is willing to take over their business. The risk is too great, everyone is afraid of robbery!

Ouyang Kang thought about it. Didn't the emperor allow him to embezzle? He simply pulled the money back to his hometown in Huai'an! When he turned back to the capital, he took his valuables to the emperor.

But before this idea came out, he got a faint look from the old man. Then, Ouyang Kang also felt that he was stupid.

Not to mention whether the emperor will agree to this idea, even if he agrees, 200,000 taels of silver will be pulled back to Huai'an, will this make the people of Huai'an unable to sleep? If he recruits some loud horse robbers or something, will he still see Jiangdong's father in the future?

What to do?

Ouyang Kang only felt that there was really some Jiang Lang who was exhausted.

Of course, there is another way out, and that is to let the old man take back his words, and he will return the silver intact. It means that everything is a misunderstanding, everyone is still good friends, you continue to grow tea and do business, we continue to go back to Beijing to be princes and horses, we all live happily, and no one has to worry.

I believe that this is also the voice of Chai Rong and officials from top to bottom in Lingzhou.

But Ouyang Kang is dead, and he won't choose this path!

A gentleman has something to do and something not to do.

If the corruption and bribery of Lingzhou officials have made the people live a good life, he will not say anything. But what was the result of his secret visit that day?

In addition to paying taxes according to the emperor's regulations, honest tea farmers also had to pay a large number of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and it was the big tea merchants and officials who really made money.

What withheld tax money was used for the benefit of the people? It's all for themselves.

These people, like leeches attached to the tea fields, have sucked the blood of the emperor and the common people.

Look at the past few days, why can you gather 200,000 taels of silver so quickly? Seeing that when these silver were poured together, there were still some different marks, of course, it couldn't be Chai Rong's, so who would it be?

It is these big tea merchants, including some middle and low-level officials at the bottom.

You can make up such a huge sum of money casually, and you can imagine how lucrative this line is.

Thanks to them, they still have the face to say that they have made up the taxes, Ouyang Kang doesn't need to look at those dirty account books at all, and after a little inquiry about the annual output, he can estimate that the 200,000 taels of silver have not even made up for a year's tax silver.

Do you want to take this money?

Of course he wants to take it!

The blood that has been squeezed out of these people will of course go to the treasury and be used for the people. But how do you take it away?

"Lord Wang, young master, let's eat." Moyun porridge came up.

The fish meat is all bone-spurted, chopped to soften, put some sesame oil, sprinkled with finely chopped vegetable leaves and a little salt and pepper to taste, it is not fishy at all, and it is very fragrant.

This craft was learned by Mo Yun temporarily from Yao Shiyi when he learned that Nianfu and the others were leaving, although it was not as good as her, but it was also done well. Then serve it with a fried and crispy mille-feuille, cut into small triangles, and serve it with a few side dishes.

"I can't see it, Moyun, you're pretty good." Dr. Xiao Zou was also invited, and he shared a porridge cake, and he ate it and praised, "How did you pick the spines of those small fish?" ”

Mo Yun said honestly, "It's very simple, I grabbed a handful of copper coins and went outside to find those aunts and aunts, it's too hard to pick one person, but I can't stand the crowd, two or three per person, and it's done at once." ”

Bang!

Ouyang Kang put down the bowl suddenly, and a flash of inspiration suddenly occurred in his mind, he seemed to have a way!

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(I suddenly feel that the simple Moyun and the straightforward Yao Shiyi can also make a pair, right?) Do you want to make up? ）

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