Huizhou is located in the mountainous area, although the wind is not strong, but it is colder than the southeast coast, and once it rains in winter, the temperature drops sharply.

Although it was only a drizzling rain, Qian Xiaomei, who was standing on tiptoe under the eaves and looking into the distance, reached out and touched the rain dripping from the eaves, shivering from the cold.

After waiting for a long time, Qian Yuan, Yang Wen and others wearing hats finally appeared in their eyes, and the little sister first waved her hand, and then hurriedly entered the house.

"Towels, it's raining, if it's hot, go pick up a handful, hurry!"

"Where's the ginger soup? It's still hot, bring it up, serve it! ”

"Is the hot water boiling, my brother wants to take a hot shower first!"

As soon as Qian Yuan entered the house, he listened to his sister's chirping commands, and couldn't help but smile and reach out to touch her bun, but he thought that his hands were wet and quickly took it back.

"Quick, let's go take a hot shower first." Tan drove Qian Yuan to the bathroom, and then stomped his feet and pulled his son to let him drink a bowl of ginger soup first.

After taking a hot bath, Qian Yuan shook his head and felt that there was nothing wrong, so he got up and sat down to get dressed and let the maids wipe their hair with dry towels.

"How did you come back in the rain?" Qian Zheng, who was just coming back, frowned and asked, "No, just wait for the night in Jixi, be careful of the wind and cold." ”

"The surname Yang ...... Oh, is Jixi Yang Zhixian having a holiday with his uncle? Qian Yuan turned around and asked, "You almost drove us away with a stick...... However, it hadn't rained yet, and it didn't rain until halfway through. ”

Qian Zheng's face was a little ugly, "I'll ask people to go to Zhejiang to buy when I go back, and don't go to Jixi in the future." ”

Qian Yuan nodded indifferently, before coming to Hangzhou this time, Lu Shusheng gave him a book list, several of which happened to be in the hands of a teacher in Jixi, so he ran to borrow them and copy them, but he happened to run into Jixi Zhixian.

Qian Yuan didn't take this matter seriously, but the next day there were rumors that Huizhou had sentenced his nephew to do evil in Jixi County and show off his might.

"It's kind of interesting." Qian Yuan muttered in his mouth, and his hands didn't stop, until he finished practicing a word, then he turned his head and ordered, "Go and inquire, don't be reluctant to spend money." ”

There are many rumors about Qian Yuan in Zhejiang and Nanzhili, but the news that he is doing evil is ...... Or for the first time.

Reading and writing eight shares a day, and occasionally going out to fight tooth sacrifices, although Qian Yuan calmed down, he couldn't help but feel bored, just listening to a fresh.

"I don't know if my sister gave birth to a boy or a girl." The little sister on the side was lying on the bookcase, "Brother, when are we going back to Hangzhou?" ”

"It's only been four months...... I won't give birth until August. ”

Wang is still raising a baby in the food garden, just received the news a few days ago, Qi Jiguang finally got the permission of the governor Yamen and the governor Yamen, and went to Yiwu to recruit new soldiers under the introduction of Wu Baipeng.

This is the best news that Qian Yuan has received, with the source of soldiers, with the wolf's tooth, and with the prototype of the Mandarin Duck Array, the famous Qi family army should not be far away, but it is a pity that now Qi Jiguang is just a guerrilla and can only recruit a thousand recruits.

Qian Yuan played with the nine rings brought by his little sister, "Go back to Hangzhou...... It depends on where the next uncle is. ”

Qian Zheng has been sentenced to Huizhou for almost three years, if he does not leave, he may be promoted to the prefect, if he leaves, he may enter Beijing, or he may be transferred to other places, but unfortunately Sun Sheng has not yet recovered, otherwise a right servant of the ministry is capable of intervening.

Although it has been more than two months since he left Hangzhou, in his spare time, Qian Yuan's attention is always involuntarily turned to the southeast coast, and the map in the study has been drawn black by handwriting.

"Young Master." Outside, Yang Wen stood under the eaves and said, "Mr. Gu is here." ”

"Huh?" Qian Yuan was a little surprised, waved his hand to let the little sister go to the side room, and went out to greet Gu Chengzhi in person.

"I just heard Yang Wen inquiring, and it happened that I had time at this time." Gu Chengzhi entered the house and took a sip of hot tea before saying, "Say you are doing evil...... Not for you. ”

"Of course not, I've only been in Huizhou Mansion for two months, and I rarely go out of She County, and I never cause trouble." Qian Yuan said calmly: "I went to my uncle." ”

Gu Chengzhi hesitated for a while, and said in a low voice: "Your uncle is investigating one thing, which is about the taxes of the six counties, so Jixi County is very angry." ”

"Can you elaborate on that, sir?"

"As early as a year ago, I found out that in addition to the regular tax, the Huizhou government also has to submit an additional tax, which is a silk tax for people, more than 8,000 pieces of raw silk, which are submitted to the Nanjing Carrier every year."

Qian Yuan blinked, what happened to the extra taxes?

"This person should be borne by the Huizhou government, but in fact, it has been borne by She County for more than 100 years." Gu Chengzhi said carefully: "Now that the news is out, your uncle is trying to give these more than 8,000 raw silk horses to the six counties equally. ”

"How is that possible?" Qian Yuan smiled and said: "Seven adults and sixty percent of the fields in Huizhou Mansion are all in She County, how can the other five counties agree?" ”

"Yes, Shexian County has more than 60,000 stone of grain every year, and Jixi is only 600 stone per year, which is a hundred times worse." Gu Chengzhi shook his head.

Qian Yuan frowned and pondered, and after a while, he saw Gu Chengzhi's eyebrows stretch, and couldn't help laughing: "Mr. hasn't finished speaking?" ”

"You're a ghost." Gu Chengzhi scolded with a smile, "Actually, your uncle didn't plan to divide the silk tax equally, he just wanted to use this method to make this tax not pay raw silk, but directly pay silver taels." ”

"You must know that Huizhou Mansion does not grow mulberry, does not raise silkworms, the people can only sell grain, take the silver two to Zhejiang to buy silk and then pay, change hands twice, suffer a lot, every year Zhejiang businessmen come to Huizhou to collect grain, sell silk, the price is low, the price is high."

Qian Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, his uncle's previous deeds were terrifying, I was really afraid that he would also be iron-headed this time.

Gu Chengzhi said lightly: "I don't know if the news is coming and going, and I actually said that I want to let this silk be divided equally among the six counties...... But it hurt you. ”

Qian Yuan's face was not so relaxed, but solemn, he didn't know that this matter was the Huizhou silk case that left a lot of impact in history, he just found some unusual weirdness from the spread of news.

After thinking for a moment, Qian Yuan asked in a low voice, "Convert the silk tax into silver taels to pay...... Who brought this up first? ”

"What's wrong?"

"If it wasn't my uncle's or my husband's idea, I'm afraid that this person would be the one who released the news of the equal division of the six counties."

I have to say that Qian Yuan has not officially entered the office, but his thinking mode has been infinitely close to that of officials, and when something happens, he often thinks about the other party's motives first.

Gu Chengzhi was stunned for a while before he said, "It's the Li official of the household." ”

Qian Yuan leaned back in his chair and asked, "I found out that all this additional tax was paid by She County...... Is it him too? ”

Gu Chengzhi was at a loss, and rubbed his hands nervously, "It seems to be ......"

"Li Yanyuan should be a native of She County, right?" Qian Yuan sighed. As soon as the news was released, Jixi Yangzhi County immediately jumped to his feet...... I'm afraid this isn't the first time. ”

A series of questions made Gu Chengzhi's mind a little confused, and before he could figure it out, a servant outside the door said, "Mr. Gu, my lord is urgently called." ”