Chapter 126: Unexpected
"Little girl, don't worry, if that's the case, it's fine, the official doesn't want to embarrass you, it's just that this matter is related to the Rural Commercial Guild in Guankou Town, I need to understand clearly, now this is not a place to talk outside, can we go inside to talk?" Seeing Lin Yu's eager explanation, Lord Zhixian asked in a soft tone.
Lin Yu looked at the magistrate suspiciously, how could he listen to his tone, not like he came to ask himself?
However, since the magistrate opened his mouth and said that he wanted to enter the house to speak, Lin Yu must have to give this face, and without hesitation, she nodded and turned sideways, and after making a gesture of invitation to the courtyard, she led the way in front.
The magistrate stopped her again, pointed to Master Huang and said, "Little girl, call a few squires from the guild as well, I have something to explain with you......"
Lin Yu looked at the past, and then looked at the magistrate, although he was reluctant in his heart, but he was not good at reluctantly, so he nodded reluctantly, and then walked straight to the courtyard.
Just when Zhang Qing and Apricot came out with water, they saw Uncle Qi leading the way in front, and Lin Yu followed behind a man in official uniform, and then followed by a group of luxuriously dressed people, all of whom looked extremely strict, and Apricot looked at Lin Yu worriedly, I don't know if these people are friends or enemies?
Lin Yu was a little stunned when she saw a few people, so she quickly smiled back, walked to her side, and told her to let Zhang Qing go outside to deliver water, and then quickly go back to the stove room to make tea and send it to the hall.
Apricot came back to her senses and hurriedly responded, and Lin Yu quickly followed behind the magistrate.
Entering the hall downstairs that was specially sorted out to entertain guests, Lin Yu asked Lord Zhixian to sit on the top of the front and sat next to him, and Master Huang and the others sat on the side in turn.
Fortunately, Lin Yu asked Aunt Lu and Zhang Qingjia to boil hot water before, and after the apricots went in, they quickly made tea.
When Zhang Qingjia saw the rich man for the first time, his heart trembled a little, and when he sent tea to Master Huang and a few people, he shook his hand, and the tea overflowed, which made several people unhappy for a while, and kept fanning her hands in disgust, asking her to get out of the way quickly, and the frightened Zhang Qingjia kept bowing and apologizing.
Seeing this, Lin Yu had no choice but to let Zhang Qing's family go down first.
Everyone looked at Lord Zhixian, who picked up the teacup and brushed it, and then took a sip before putting it on the low table next to him, cleared his voice and said: "Everyone, this time Changdou has caused such a big sensation in collecting grain, and I am here for this matter today."
Speaking of which, the smiles of the old man Huang and the others piled up again, and they were about to say a few words of compliment, but the magistrate raised his hand to stop him from speaking, and then said: "Speaking of which, in the short few years that this official has been the magistrate of Jiahe County, the taxes and grains in Huaikou Town have been paid on time and in accordance with the amount under the leadership of Qin Juren in Quhe Village. I am very pleased, and thank you very much! β
The magistrate first praised Master Huang and a few people, seeing that their faces were full of smiles that could not be hidden, they nodded again and again, but the words suddenly turned away, and said: "However, one yard is one yard, this tax and grain is your duty, just like this official made a special trip under the scorching sun for your Changdou grain collection, not to get someone's approval, but to do things for the imperial court!" β
"Yesterday, a squire made a special trip to the Yamen to find the official, saying that it was a new squire in Huaikou Town who broke the rules of the agricultural and commercial guild, not only did not use the bucket in the guild to collect grain, but also persuaded the tenant to return the original tenant's field and go to the tenant's field. The official asked the account office to check the grain payment book of Huaikou Town overnight, and went to check the granary of Huaikou Town's grain payment last year, only to find that our Huaikou Town is really talented! On this grain payment book, there are records of grain payment, and they are all higher than those of other townships, but the strange thing is that the tax and grain paid in this granary are only half of those of other townships! β
When the magistrate said this, he slapped his hand heavily on the low table where the teacup was resting, and the shocked people shrank their necks, and then suddenly stood up and stared coldly at Master Huang and the others: "I have let people take in custody as the chief of the grain supervision, where did the missing tax grain go, let's investigate it slowly later, and Lin Niangzi's Changdou collection of grain, this official is fully supportive!" Today, the official came in a hurry, just because he was afraid that he and a few others would be forced and coerced! β
The smiles on the faces of Master Huang and the others had long since dissipated, or they were dumbfounded, or their faces turned pale, or they stared at Lord Zhixian with an unconvinced expression.
After the magistrate finished speaking, he sat back on the main seat, picked up the half-overflowed teacup next to him, brushed the tea leaves with the lid of the bowl, took a sip, and then said to everyone: "This official doesn't want to embarrass you, it's just that this Lin lady can use Changdou to collect grain, but she can't be the master alone, I don't know if you still remember the Lord Qincha who gave disaster relief last year?" Lin Niangzi's current property is under the nephew of Lord Qincha, not only can the official not afford to offend, but I am afraid that all of you here also don't have that ability."
The words of the magistrate were like a bombshell that exploded on the hearts of several people in Master Huang, and several people were shocked and stunned, no wonder this stinky girl was so young, she could actually put down these hundreds of acres of fertile land in just half a year, and the origin behind it was so big? Chincha-sama? How good is that? A few of them just dare to be the king and hegemon in this Huaikou Town, how can they afford to offend Lord Qincha?
For a while, cold sweat oozed from the foreheads of Master Huang, and he kept stretching his sleeves to dry them, and they all lowered their heads to their eyes, asking what to do next?
Lin Yu heard half of it, and her heart suddenly settled down, the county magistrate actually came to help her, which was really unexpected by her. Hearing him mention Lord Qincha, she was even more surprised, when the ground moved, when she talked to Lord Zhao, but she had a relationship with Lord Zhixian, but because of this, he remembered himself, it seems that Lord Zhao's title of Lord Qincha is really good!
After the magistrate finished speaking, he actually let the apricots on the side mix tea again, and drank it leisurely, judging the appearance of righteous indignation just now.
Master Huang and the others secretly made a look, and they all motioned to Master Huang to speak, and asked him to tell Lord SΓΉ Zhixian that he agreed with Lin Yu's approach and no longer bothered with her.
Master Huang wiped the sweat on his forehead again, gritted his teeth, and arched his hand to the magistrate: "My lord, the little ones have eyes and don't know Mount Tai, I don't know if there is such a thing, my lord, the little ones are willing to fight with Lin Niangzi to collect grain, but, just, just beg the adults not to inform Lord Qincha about this?" βR1152