Chapter 351: Tian Feng Returns to the Willow Forest
These landlords and tyrants in Pingxiang County, they are usually not so easy to speak, as Liu Xian said to Tian Feng, which of them is a good person?
In normal times, they may not be able to bully others, nor may they be in the township, or they may not be some local tyrants and inferior gentry, and there is no great evil.
However, they will always try their best to collect more land rent and mu taxes from the people, and they will always try their best to buy those fields from ordinary people. Naturally, some shady means will be used.
When they usually face ordinary people, they will definitely not be so deferential, and they will definitely not let Liu Xian say whatever he wants.
However, they were indeed shocked by Liu Xian now.
Liu Xian didn't speak with them in a consultative tone, but directly said things to them in an affirmative tone. This made them really like eating a fly, no matter how dissatisfied and disgusting they were, but at this time, no one dared to jump out and say more, let alone say anything against it.
Don't look at Liu Xian as just a young man, but there is naturally a palpitating momentum on his body. At least it looks extravagant, and it seems to be particularly confident in speaking.
Of course, this kind of confidence is that Liu Xian has just defeated Montenegro and become the Yellow Turban Army, and he is accompanied by hundreds of people on this trip. Coupled with the identity of Liu Xianhan's clan relatives and the young master of the Plains Palace, this is not a prince but a prince who travels.
What I want to say here is that although the imperial court will not recognize Liu Xian's identity as the young master of the Plains Palace, no one will dare to deny it here.
After all, the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, and Liu Xian's current fame and strength are real things. These ordinary landlords and tyrants, if they don't have a deep background, they will definitely not dare to disobey Liu Xian's intentions head-on.
Here, even if Liu Xian couldn't get along with them for eight lifetimes, he now seems to be able to speak on behalf of Tian Feng with full authority and deal with the grain debt that Tian Feng owes them.
And what Liu Xian said is indeed reasonable, even if he doesn't pay attention to it, the meaning of this threat is actually quite obvious, and it directly says that the government has requisitioned grain from him.
In fact, they all know that Liu Xian has a certain relationship with the government of the entire Julu County, at least, almost all counties have borrowed a lot of grain from Liu Xian to solve the problem of the food crisis in their counties.
And the most important thing, Liu Xian didn't let them really suffer, although it was said that there was a three-year period, but they would repay them as much grain as they lent. This situation is not unacceptable to them.
insisted on losing money, in fact, it was similar to the mentality of Yang Jie and others in Yang's County at that time, they originally wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to make a lot of money, but now because of Liu Xian's interference, they have become wealthy.
Grain, if in the normal world, its value is really not worth mentioning, it can be said to be relatively cheap. As long as people who know how to think about it a little, they can understand that they want to use this grain to make a lot of money in this troubled world, and make such war hardships, it is strange to say that they have a clear conscience, unless they are really incurable real local tyrants and inferior gentry.
But the really bad ones are probably killed by the Yellow Turban Army a long time ago. And it is unlikely that he will lend grain to Tian Feng to help the people later.
Liu Xian didn't want to kidnap them morally, but let them understand that they had let Tian Feng bear so many debts alone, and these Tian Feng were not for himself but for the debts of the people. Doesn't that make them feel a little excessive?
Liu Xian said at this time: "Mr. Tian Feng can't see the suffering of the people in Pingxiang County, and he has helped so many people with his own strength. Indeed, because without your food, Mr. Tian Feng could not have food to help the people. At the very least, you are willing to lend your grain to Mr. Tian Feng. I'll mention this to the government, after all, it's not easy for you, and it's good to survive in such troubled times. At the very least, let the government not casually requisition grain from rich families in your places. ”
"Lord Tian Feng is indeed a high wind and bright festival, let me wait for shame. Liu Xiangongzi's words also made the old man suddenly open, and he realized that the old man was really blinded by lard at that time. Now that I think about it, I really shouldn't be greedy for such a small amount of money. Forget it, the old man only lent Tian Feng thousands of catties of grain at the beginning, this bit of food is actually nothing, so he doesn't need Tian Feng to pay it back, and when he turned around, the old man burned the IOU. It was regarded as taking out that little bit of food to help the villagers. In addition, under the influence of Liu Xiangongzi, Lao Yu felt that he was really going back more and more, and from tomorrow, Lao Yu would let his family take out part of the food to help the people. This can be regarded as doing a little practical thing for the people of Pingxiang County. ”
An old man in his fifties stood up, saluted Tian Feng and Liu Xian, expressed his position on the spot, and threatened to take out some food to help the people.
"Oh? Mr. Pan Fu, this move is very good. Liu Xian had already remembered the appearance and names of these more than ten people, and immediately returned the salute to him: "Mr. Pan Fu, the so-called good thing is not afraid of being late, and it is also a good deed for you to start relieving some hungry and poor people now." Well, I have learned from Mr. Tian Feng about the situation of your family, you are a famous cloth merchant in Pingxiang County, and you are a wealthy family in Pingxiang County. Your family not only deals in cloth, but also owns a lot of land outside the city...... Well, this Yellow Turban Riot, your family has avoided a catastrophe, and it will definitely be a catastrophe in the future. This relief to the people is also tantamount to accumulating blessings, which is commendable. ”
"Don't dare, don't dare, it's just a small business." Pan Fu heard that Liu Xian actually knew his details, and he couldn't help but wipe a handful of sweat in his heart.
"Well, even if Mr. Pan has such a kind heart and exempted Mr. Tian from the money he borrowed for grain, it is true that grain in troubled times cannot be sold at normal grain prices. In order to make up for your losses, these things, this son is also in the business of cloth garments and so on, although we say that we are peers, but I believe there will be some cooperation. For example, our Liufu in Liulin Village has its own caravan, whether you want to sell your own cloth to other places, or want to go to other places to purchase, my Liufu caravan allows your Pan family to accompany you, and our caravan guards can provide you with the same protection and ensure the safety of your Pan family's goods. Perhaps, we can also carry out some cooperation in other aspects, these situations, depending on your opinion, Mr. Pan, you can send someone to Liulin Village to talk to my people. What do you think? ”
"Is Liu Xiangongzi's words serious?" Pan Fu's eyes lit up, and his face said with joy.
"Naturally, take it seriously."
"Good! After a few days, Pan personally visited Liu Xian's mansion. “
"Naturally, you're welcome." Liu Xian nodded.
followed Liu Xian and said to everyone present: "What do you mean?" In fact, no matter what you have in mind, my son believes that everyone should lend a hand when the people are in difficulty. As long as you can be like Mr. Pan, then I, Liu Xian, am not a stingy person. You can all get the same kind of substitution. “
Coercion and inducement, and then promise some benefits. Liu Xian didn't believe that they still had to hold on to Tian Feng's little debt. Speaking of which, I'm afraid that the little food money is really nothing. It's just that it all falls on Tian Feng's body, which can naturally make Tian Feng breathless.
"Well, let's talk about some things, my Liulin Village will soon become Liulin City, this city will be built immediately, and it will definitely involve all walks of life in the future, so in fact, we all have the opportunity to cooperate." Liu Xian threw out another piece of news.
At this moment, the landlords and wealthy families of Pingxiang County or the heads of the principals could not sit still.
This is a good opportunity to get in touch with Liu Xian, not to mention whether you can get any benefits from it, but it will definitely not be wrong to have a relationship with a young man like Liu Xian.
The landlords are better to say, if they are simply some wealthy businessmen, they usually have some difficulties even if they want to befriend some powerful people, and they have no way. After all, the official people look down on them as businessmen.
Or perhaps, they also have a certain background, but who would dislike having a lot of background? And can their background be as strong as Liu Xian's energy?
I have to say that Liu Xian's worship of the Ma nobles of the Plains Mansion as a righteous mother did begin to show some benefits at this time. Because Ma Guiren is a person who can speak in the imperial court, at least, in their minds, Ma Guiren is a nobleman.
Soon, most of the fourteen people said that they would exempt Tian Feng from the grain he had borrowed. There were also those who, like Na Panfu, would give a portion of the food to the people.
For this, Liu Xian did not force it.
For the remaining few people, Liu Xian promised to return the food to them. This part of the people, after all, they are not in any business, they are pure landlords. In the end, Liu Xian also promised to return 20% more grain to them at that time.
In this way, everyone was satisfied with the result, and in the end, the guests and hosts were happy and the banquet was dispersed.
Tian Feng was also satisfied with this result, and Liu Xian did not make him feel embarrassed.
However, Tian Feng also knew very well in his heart, knowing that if he said the same things as Liu Xian, it would be impossible for these landlords and tyrants to exempt him from the grain payment. This is the reason why Liu Xian said to him, he has status and status, and he also has the deterrent power of soldiers and horses.
If Liu Xian was just an ordinary young man, it would be strange if those landlords and tyrants could take a look at Liu Xian. How could he solve these debt problems so easily?
The next day, some creditors who did not come also came, and they were also persuaded or deterred by Liu Xian, and in the end they all had the same result.
In fact, Liu Xian is not short of money or food, and he can directly repay the money for Tian Feng. But Liu Xian will definitely not be the boss of this wrong, besides, it is also their responsibility that these landlords and tyrants should give some blood and help the people.
Three days later, Liu Xian escorted Tian Feng back to Liulin Village.
When Tian Feng arrived at Liulin Village, he was immediately shocked by the city wall being built in Liulin Village.
Hearing Liu Xian say that the construction of Liulin Village was a matter of time, but now that he saw it with his own eyes, he knew that what Liu Xian said was not a big deal.
This is said to build a city to build a city, which is really unimaginable.
After settling down with his family, Tian Feng visited Cai Yong as soon as possible. Compared with Tian Feng, Cai Yong is the real everyone, a senior, and he is a latecomer.
Tian Feng is a good hand at internal affairs, but he doesn't know much about the situation in Liulin Village and Yangshi County, so Liu Xian let him understand the situation first, and temporarily let him follow Cai Yong to start the construction of Liulin College first, especially about the compilation of teaching materials, Tian Feng is particularly interested, because there are some things that he really has never heard of.
Liu Xian's set of moving to later generations not only attracted Cai Yong, but now also Tian Feng.
Liu Xian divided the college into a primary school, a secondary school, and a university department. Targeted programs offer a number of specialized and technical disciplines.
Among them, mathematics, physics, chemistry, and so on, they have not heard of it.
Anyway, whether it is Cai Yong or Tian Feng, they feel that the education method proposed by Liu Xian is completely different from their original one, especially the list of some project disciplines that they think are more important for students to learn selectively according to their personal interests and specialties.
For example, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. For Cai Yong, these are all aspects that he is good at, but Liu Xian thinks that it is not necessary to teach these subjects separately.
Because of this matter, Cai Yong also argued with Liu Xian.
But Liu Xian said that Master Cai Yong is a master of qin music in the world, if he specially teaches the art of qin music to students, can he teach a few masters of qin music? And can these qin music guys save today's big guys?
As for chess skills, not to mention, can you be invincible on the battlefield if you play chess well? Can calligraphy and painting govern the country?
But Liu Xian also made it clear that these cannot be said to be absent, but they must be taught according to the students' strengths and interests. If there is potential, he can be accepted as a disciple and taught alone. Usually, even if there are courses in these subjects, they only need to be understood by students, and there is no need for everyone to learn them.
Liu Xian is pragmatic and wants real talents with skills.
Not to mention anything else, people who are literate in reading, know how to calculate math, and can keep accounts, such people can be used immediately.
Of course, in terms of literature, Liu Xian also compromised with Cai Yong and handed it over to him to compile some textbooks.
Tian Feng and Cai Yong hit it off and soon went to work.
This is also what Liu Xian is happy to see, and believes that as long as Tian Feng stays here, he will not leave in the future.
It's not just that the people here are living better than other places, but the main thing is that the people here are living more energetically, and everyone is full of hope for the future. This kind of eagerness emanating from the depths of his heart, I believe Tian Feng will definitely be able to feel it.
What's more, Tian Feng's mother, wife and two children quickly integrated into life here.