Wangjiabao

As soon as Wang Lanling arrived at the door to express his intentions, he was invited to the main hall.

In the past few days, the fort is being cleaned, and adults and children have cleaned up all parts of the house, especially some ventilation openings and heating pipes.

Some of the decorated garbage, cobwebs, mosquito eggs, rat nests, are all cleaned up at this time.

Summer clothes are taken out of the cabinet to dry, children hold long bamboo poles in both hands to look for snakes and rats in the holes, women go to the river to wash clothes together, and men continue to work to support their families.

It's not just Wangjiabao that's doing this, most of the people in Heishui County are doing it.

It's hot, so it's natural to take a day or two out to clean up.

If Wang Lanling hadn't been an official, he wouldn't have participated in the removal of rats, finches and mosquitoes, and most likely he would have found a shady place to sleep.

"Lord Wang!" The old lady of the Wang family was waiting for Lord Wang in the main hall tremblingly.

Next to the old lady are several elders of Wangjiabao.

When these people looked at Wang Lanling, they did not have the fierceness and childishness of the Chen family.

It is said that it is a small family, but in fact, there is no king's law.

In a small place in the countryside, the concept of clan is prevalent, and in order to gather centripetal force, it is natural to hold a group with the outside world, which is not surprising even for Wang Lanling.

The people of Wangjiabao had seen the royal law a while ago, so they would not put the law (family rules) of Wangjiabao above the royal law.

"It's okay to be commensurate with your position, this time I'm here to inform you about the labor, if you have any questions or don't understand, you can tell me, I'll be in charge of this now."

Wang Lanling also spoke politely to the old lady, not to talk to the juniors and elders, but to talk to the local squire as a kind official.

The old lady quickly said: "Director, please take a seat, I don't know what is going on with this labor matter?" What's the difference from previous years? ”

Wang Lanling sat on the main seat, which was two positions in the middle of the hall, at the left and right ends of a table.

If he is not an official, Wang Lanling will not have a chance to sit in this position except when he is cleaning.

"Compared with previous years, there is not much difference, that is, as many people as you should go, as many people as you want, this year in order to protect the river, protect the people in our county, naturally we have to make a little more effort."

The old lady also sat on the seat next to her, and said with some concern: "Although there are some idlers in this family, they are not materials for work, I don't know if I can make some money this time and be exempted from this conscription?" ”

It's basic common sense that hard labor kills people.

It's not a modern society here, and it's normal for a few people to die, unless it's a powerful person, otherwise you can't make a splash.

The interests of the clan are also the interests of the majority of the family, and resistance to labor is something that everyone resists, and no one likes to do it.

Wang Lanling said kindly: "Everyone's worries, I also understand that this kind of thing is to do dirty work and be managed, and there is no salary to pay, and no one wants to go." ”

"I'm also from the castle, and there are some things I understand."

"What do you say about servitude...... If they don't call you and collect your money, how can you think that the court is protecting you? ”

Some of the reverence for the state apparatus comes from patriotic education, and some comes from the crushing of the state apparatus.

If Wang Lanling doesn't touch the cakes of these big families, they won't realize that the cakes on their plates are kindly given by the officials, and they won't understand who built the restaurant where they eat cakes.

The old lady quickly said, "Yes, it's protecting us." ”

Wang Lanling nodded, and continued: "It's great that you can agree with this kind of thing, you can say any questions now, let's talk slowly, places like Wangjiabao are representatives of thousands of people, and I will naturally treat your opinions carefully." ”

"I didn't ...... There weren't so many of them, not a thousand. The old lady quickly defended that he didn't want to be considered that there were so many people in the family, otherwise it would be troublesome to pay taxes or anything else.

"Almost, almost." Wang Lanling politely denied the old lady's denial, and at the same time said: "Continue to talk about the matter of labor, I don't know much about the affairs of Wangjiabao, what kind of errands do the errands in this clan do?" ”

The old lady was bitter in her heart, although she didn't treat Wang Lanling harshly before, but she didn't have time to educate this kid about loving his family.

Who would have thought that this kid would make a fortune?

The old lady said uncomfortably: "Mainly in the fertilizer factory, the production team, the craftsman's workshop, and some township yamen, there are also some clerical jobs in the county, which are not big, and more are still doing small business." ”

Those who do business are not considered jobs, they are idlers, and in Wang Lanling's conscription order, these people are the objects of levy.

Only by doing things for the imperial court is work, and can you be exempted from military service.

Although there is no name rule, such as Tong Yue's Bugong, can be exempted from military service, and of course his own family will not embarrass his own family.

"The errand continues to be an errand, mainly for idlers, at present, in order to strengthen the river dam and build water conservancy, I am short of people and money here."

Wang Lanling looked at the old lady and said very bluntly what everyone likes to hear.

The old lady breathed a sigh of relief and quickly said, "Give money, we are willing to give money!" ”

In this day and age, the thing of service is a thing that is very offensive to the authority of the family.

First of all, it is the men of the family who serve, the male laborers.

When a man is pumped out, life at home will naturally be seriously affected.

There is no preferential treatment for this kind of service afterwards, let alone a sense of honor, and after returning, you will end up with injuries and illnesses, or even die of hard labor.

If most of the family members are really taken away, then the authority of the family will only be dispersed.

It's not one person, Wang Lanling wants to smoke dozens of people!

The families represented and affected by these dozens of middle-aged and young people can completely make a big family fall away.

didn't even ask how much it was, the old lady was willing to pay from the beginning.

In previous years, it was also paid, and it was a few people who paid to replace their own family, and everyone symbolically perfunctory, but I didn't expect Wang Lanling to be so ruthless this year, and he was forced to serve!

Wang Lanling didn't collect money for the sake of greed, he is now a person with ideals, but people with ideals sometimes have to live.

I don't have a lot of aversion to collecting money, so even if I have an ideal, I still have to collect money.

It's not all about collecting money, it's just that collecting money is the easiest thing for everyone to ease.

Only when you take the money and ask for the money, will there be room for relaxation between yourself and the big families in the county, and the net will not be broken.

It's a big deal to give money~

Money is wanted, people also want it, Wang Lanling had no ideals before, so he was afraid of trouble.

Now that I have an ideal, I find that I really lack a foundation.

"Aside from money, I don't have many people under my command right now, so please ask the old lady at home if anyone is willing to do something with me."