Chapter 173: Let's do things fairly

"If I Liu Xian owes the government money for grain and grain, if I can't repay it within three years, then I can use grain to pay it back. That's the right thing to do. After all, I, Liu Xian, took this batch of grain, and I didn't use it for commercial purposes, and I didn't use this batch of grain to earn even a penny. It's all about saving the people. ”

Liu Xian didn't wait for Yang Jie to know, and then said: "You must know that rescuing the people of Yangshi County is originally the responsibility and obligation of the government, and to put it bluntly, it is actually the responsibility and obligation of you and the officials of Yang Jie County." But you don't rescue the people, so you have to come by Liu. Only through this method can you come up with life-saving food. Therefore, in the same way, the grain you deliver to the government can return 500,000 catties of grain to you within three years. Is that the right thing to do, want money? No! ”

Liu Xian said categorically: "Now that your grain is in my hands Liu Xian, a lot has been used, and the rest of the grain can only be used by the people of Yangshi County this year." Therefore, it is impossible to return the grain now. If you have no opinion, now we can re-sign a truly effective contract, and I, Liu Xian, will return you 500,000 catties of grain within three years, which is my Liu Xian's bottom line. If you don't want to, then there is no choice but for the government to directly requisition money and food from you. The 500,000 catties of grain delivered were used as relief food. In this way, I don't think Lord Yang Jie will have an opinion, right? ”

Yang Jie's face was so black that he could drop ink.

He knew that his dream of making a fortune had been completely shattered at this moment.

And he also knew that this matter of the government buying grain from them at a high price was a scam from beginning to end. All of this is something he doesn't look up to, what is this young master of Liulin Village, Liu Xian, this kid is leading. It's a shame that he was really fooled, and he actually handed over hundreds of thousands of catties of grain to Wen Shen, and then Wen Shen changed hands and handed over the grain to Liu Xian, and then asked Liu Xian to take their grain to make trouble in this Yang County.

He regretted it now that his intestines were green, and he knew that he would not be able to pay that huge amount of food, and he should have taken action a long time ago. Even if he couldn't destroy and stop Liu Xian from giving soup and food in Yang's County, he couldn't give away the entire 500,000 catties of grain for nothing. Even if they directly give soup and food to the people of Yang's County, he can win a good name. At least, if he had done that, then the post of county magistrate would not have been dismissed and he would have lost his position.

Liu Xian! Everything is this Liu Xian!

Yang Jie hated to swallow Liu Xian alive in his heart.

It's a pity that now the situation is on Liu Xian's body, he knows that now he has gone over, no matter what he says, no matter what he does, he will only push himself into the abyss of destruction, and it is impossible to face Liu Xian, a person who has the support of the people of the entire Yang County, and the support of Wenshen and Wang Bao, the officials and soldiers of the government.

Yang Jie is now, even if he wants to be unconvinced, unless he really wants to sit on the charge of rebellion that Wenshen said.

Otherwise, he really didn't dare to order his men and horses to attack Liu Xian, Wen Shen, Wang Bao, those people and so many people. If he did, he would have died a little faster.

However, having said that, Liu Xian really didn't do anything to him, at least, he promised to return them 500,000 catties of grain. This, if this is really the case, he has nothing to lose, but he is still a little unwilling in his heart.

"Young Master Liu Xian, and Lord Wenshen, you all said it so clearly, if I Yang Jie still insists on asking for that huge amount of food, then it seems that I, Yang Jie, don't know about affairs. That's right, these grains have always been used on the people, so I, Yang, have nothing to say. But can you please wait a moment, after all, the 500,000 catties of grain are not owned by me Yang Jie personally, but the grain that was collected from the surplus grain of dozens of former government officials. I have no opinion, and I am willing to return the grain to us within three years according to what Liu Xiangongzi said. But now I have to explain the situation to the other grain owner. Can you give me a little time? ”

Yang Jie's attitude has changed, although he still has a black face, he can only accept what Liu Xian said.

"The person who knows things is Junjie, and everyone is from Yang's County, so we really don't want to do everything yet. Yes, you can go and negotiate with other people, and then come out together and re-sign the contract with me Liu Xianyi to return your food one by one. You can rest assured, as long as it is reasonable, you can talk about it. Don't forget, although I, Liu Xian, am a member of the Han family, I am now interested in business. Perhaps, you can sell those grains to me Liu Xian at an appropriate price, of course, this price is only acceptable to both sides. ”

Liu Xian also slowed down his tone a little and did not escalate the matter. In fact, it would be nice if things could be settled without conflict.

Now I see that Yang Jie and the others really don't have the courage to openly fight against their own people and the people behind Wen Shen and Wang Bao.

"This ...... It's better to wait for Yang to go in and discuss with others. ”

"Okay, please." Liu Xian was not embarrassed, and raised his hand to let him go back to the official office to discuss with others.

"However, the official office must return the county order of Wenshen today, so that Wenshen and Lord Wang Bao can carry out the functions and work of Yang's County." Liu Xian said another word to Yang Jie's turned back.

Yang Jie paused, did not reply, and walked back to the official office.

The 50 million money is gone, and he understands that the official office cannot take possession. He had no doubt that if he really dared to occupy the official office and not leave, then Liu Xian really dared to let people attack them.

In addition, it is still the same sentence, now he is no longer an official, and he is no longer the county order of Yang's County. If they continue to occupy the official office, this in itself is tantamount to an act of rebellion. Wen Shen wants to charge him with such a rebellion, and he has no way to clear it.

Yang Jie returned to the official office and told other landlords and tyrants about the situation.

For a moment, they were all silent.

It was hard for them to accept that the huge amount of money allocated by the imperial court that they had been waiting for these days turned out to be just a big scam.

But now that this is the case, what can they do? Fight to the death with Liu Xian, Wen Shen, and Wang Bao? Which of them has that guts?

As a result, they could only be like Yang Jie, so they had to agree to Liu Xian's suggestion. At the very least, they can get their food back.

If as far as food is concerned, they really don't lose money, but it's a pity that they can't get money from this batch of grain. But it's better than nothing.

Of course, if Liu Xian said that he could buy it with them at a reasonable price, even if he didn't make too much money, it would be good if he could make it.

Yang Jie came out again and expressed to Liu Xian and Wen Shen that they had no objection and were willing to do what Liu Xian said. Moreover, he will move away from the government immediately.

It's best that they can be so natural.

Liu Xian immediately let Wen Shen and Wang Bao take control of the government, and then invited Yang Jie and the former officials to the official hall to discuss Liu Xian's grain negotiations with them.

The door of the official office was wide open, inviting a group of people to enter, and other people who could not enter could also see the situation in the front hall of the official office outside.

Liu Xian suggested that Wenshen immediately start the official government office, so that the people can see how the real officials exercise the power of the government officials.

Wen Shengao sat in the front hall of the official office.

He first received the official seal from Yang Jie's hand.

After he sat down, the first thing he did was naturally to establish the status of the county lieutenant Wang Bao first.

It was announced that in Yangshi County, there is now only one county lieutenant, Wang Bao, who has full authority to handle the county's defense, public security, anti-theft, and so on, and the officers and soldiers are 200 people with a full number. Wang Bao was ordered to leave a certain number of officers and soldiers to guard the official office, and the rest of the officers and soldiers immediately went to the four city gates to fully take over the defense of Yangshi County.

Then, the reappointment of officials in Yang County began.

In fact, Liu Xian's opinion was sought.

Dozens of people were selected from among Liu Xian's scholars and let them perform their duties in various official positions.

Li Yuan was appointed as the acting county governor to assist Wen Shen, the acting county commander, to govern Yang's county, and Gao Zhang was appointed as the head of Yang's county.

Others have their own responsibilities.

It can be said that these scholars have really soared into the sky and stepped into the official career.

After appointing the officials, Wen Shen announced several more orders on the spot.

The first is to conduct a population verification of all the people in Yangshi County, as well as the registration of houses and property.

The second is to announce that the county has entered a period of production recovery. The order demanded that the people of Yangshi County could not only rely on Liu Xian's relief porridge and food to spend the day, and every citizen must find something to do.

As for what to do, Wen Shen heard Liu Xian say that in a county, sanitation is extremely important, so the first thing is to ask the people of the county to pay attention to personal hygiene, and every person must clean themselves, and then clean up the garbage they live in from the inside to the outside, and clean up everywhere in the county.

Then, the government collects lime, iron and other materials from the people, and these materials will be registered and counted, and a certain amount of money and food will be paid to the people. Lime is mainly used for disinfection, and a disinfection is carried out on the whole county to avoid the occurrence of epidemic diseases.

Here, in fact, there is also one of the orders given to Wang Bao, that is, for the situation of outsiders entering the city, they must also be checked to confirm that they are not suffering from epidemic diseases before they can enter the city.

This is a critical period, and there are some things that must not be overlooked.

Liu Xian asked Wen Shen to do this, in fact, there are more far-reaching considerations. It is now a cold winter, and it is not easy for ordinary epidemics to become epidemic, but once the cold winter is over, it enters the rainy season in spring, and at that time, mosquitoes breed and cause diseases if you are not careful.

Now let Yangshi County pay attention to and do a good job in this health and safety work, in fact, it is to prevent the outbreak of epidemic diseases in the rainy season next spring.

These things are also very important things. This is not what Liu Xian wants to use to build weapons, but to build agricultural work.

Nowadays, there are fewer iron tools in the people's homes, let alone any agricultural tools.

Without tools, it will be difficult for the people to resume production next spring.

Therefore, in their own county, they must make a batch of them.

This, if possible, will have to go somewhere else to buy some farming cattle and come back. Liu Xianhui personally designed the agricultural tools he made, and made them according to the easier agricultural tools of later generations, which could improve some production efficiency.

Liu Xian used to live in the countryside, and he also did some farm work and came into contact with a lot of farm tools.

Anyway, the next orders actually revolve around how to restore the normal order of life and production for the people.

When the people heard this, they were all a little happy. They knew that if they could really follow the orders of the new acting county commander, Lord Wenshen, then they would have hope for their future lives.

In the end, for the sake of formality and fairness, Liu Xian asked the county to order Wenshen as a notary. In the official office, he signed a new contract with Yang Jie and them on the spot.

This contract is Liu Xian's contract to return 500,000 catties of grain to them in the past three years. Liu Xian also gave them an extra 10%, 10% per year. In other words, in the past year, if Liu Xian returns 500,000 catties of grain to them, then he will pay back an additional 50,000 catties of grain, and the 50,000 catties of grain will be used as interest.

If it is returned in the second year, it will be returned by 100,000 catties, and in the third year, it will be 150,000 catties.

Liu Xian can actually not do this. But Liu Xian's doing so also has deep meaning.

For the time being, Liu Xian really has to walk the world in the name of the Liu Mansion caravan, and he has to run a business and earn a lot of money for himself to develop his power and strength. Therefore, without a business, especially for people like Yang Jie, and with such a large amount of grain, the money involved, even if the price of grain is reduced tenfold, is as much as five million dollars.

Such a large sum of money, if Liu Xian really asked for it directly. Then it is equivalent to Liu Xian taking advantage of them.

If such a thing spreads, who will dare to do business with Liu Xian in the future? Who would dare to deal with Liu Xian?

Who dares to guarantee that Liu Xian has set up an earth-shattering scam to steal their property?

Therefore, Liu Xian should try to be as fair as possible.

He offered to return Yang Jie's grain money or grain.

In this way, even if the matter is said, others will only say that Liu Xian is principled.

Of course, it turned out that the government called Yang Jie for their arrears, as well as the white slips that Liu Xian gave to the government. These white strips are all in the hands of Yang Jie and them, and now, they are all invalid.

Liu Xian asked Yang Jie to take it and burned it on the spot.

In order to convince Yang Jie and them, Liu Xian also asked Wen Shen to take out another contract to return the grain to the government, and let Yang Jie and them take a look.

In this way, they have nothing to say.