Gongsun County is very happy today, and it can be described as relaxed and cheerful.

The pepper base in the county has obtained a bumper harvest, and the yield of 100 acres of pepper base is gratifying, which is simply nothing more worthy of joy.

You know, our Gongsun county magistrate was originally appointed as the county magistrate in Luoyang County, the capital of Sanchuan County, why did he run from the capital of a county to Wan County to serve as the county magistrate?

Isn't it just running to the pepper base in Wanxian County!

Whoever has a chili base in his jurisdiction has the right to dispose of the chili peppers in that base.

Because chili peppers are so valuable, you can't measure them in terms of money in Xianyang, because even if you have money, you may not be able to buy it.

It is already a scarce material with a price but no market, and countless dignitaries and nobles in Xianyang City are grabbing it.

As a big-name old family in the Qin State, the Gongsun family naturally has its own industry, including restaurants.

In the spring, the imperial court's hundreds of dried chili peppers were auctioned, everyone thought it was prickly, and discarded it, and later this batch of dried chili peppers was bought by Tianxiaju, and the result was shocking, this batch of chili peppers actually brought an amazing wealth to Tianxiaju.

It can be said that countless people regret this, and at the same time they are jealous.

Chili peppers have created amazing wealth for the world's residence, and the Gongsun family naturally sees it in their eyes.

In order to monopolize this year's fresh peppers, the Gongsun family made preparations early. For the Gongsun family, it is not difficult to monopolize the chili resources, because the patriarch Gongsun Jing is still a scholar.

This year's fresh peppers are all derived from the pepper cultivation base, so as long as the management of the pepper base is firmly controlled, the pepper will naturally belong to the Gongsun family.

At that time, this will definitely bring huge wealth gains to the Gongsun family.

After all, the court is not the court of the Gongsun family, although the patriarch is the secretary of the ministry and is in charge of the appointment of court officials, but it is impossible to entrust many children in the clan to official positions. Therefore, they are all capable children of the clan who can be appreciated and appointed by the patriarch Gongsun Jing.

And if he can make such a huge contribution to the clan this time, he will naturally be able to get the appreciation and promotion of his brother Sun Jing, and the next promotion to the county guard is certain, and maybe even directly transferred back to Gyeonggi to take up a post.

Thinking of this, Gongsun Rong was even more overjoyed, and the spring breeze was proud.

A great future is about to set sail! Wahaha......

Gongsun Rong couldn't help but be silly, and his heart was full of expectations and prospects for the future.

Of course, I don't know that there is a law in the world, that is, once everything is thought too good, the result will often backfire. Believe it or not, the world is so wonderful.

"Wait a minute, open my eyes wider, not a single chili pepper can let those Diao people go away!"

Gongsun Rong thought about the good things in his heart, and when he saw that there was a chili base in front of him, he couldn't help but turn around and tell the officials behind him.

The officials immediately nodded: "Don't worry, my lord, my subordinates will definitely keep an eye on it, and they will never lose a single pepper!" ”

"Okay, when this thing is done beautifully, you will be rewarded when you go back!" Gongsun Rong said with a smile.

The messengers were overjoyed: "Thank you, sir! ”

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Soon, Gongsun Rong led people to the chili field, and with a wave of his hand, a group of messengers immediately dispersed and guarded the base.

At this time, from the east side of the chili field, several officials and a group of villagers walked towards this side, and Li Yang found that this chili field had always been guarded by messengers, but the messenger on duty just now was on the east side of the base.

The villagers who came back from the east of the base had bamboo baskets filled with freshly picked peppers, which were gathered together, to say the least, nearly 1,000 catties.

In fact, for the pepper production of later generations, these yields are not much, because later generations can generally achieve a yield of 3,000 catties of peppers per mu. At present, there are nearly 50 acres of land in the east, and a total of 1,000 catties have been picked, which is less than the yield of one acre of land in later generations.

However, for the Qin Dynasty in front of him, fifty acres of land in the east can be picked a thousand catties, which is already a bumper harvest. And, more importantly, after picking this batch, there will be the next batch later.

Looking at so many peppers, Gongsun Rong's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "The east has been picked?" ”

The official who came back from the east said: "Lord Hui, there are 50 acres of land in the east, a total of 30,000 plants, and all the red peppers have been picked." ”

Gongsun Rong nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "The peppers from the fifty acres of land here are also quickly picked, then weighed and sent back to the county government!" ”

"Whoa!"

The official sent the order, and then immediately turned his head and scolded the villagers: "Didn't you hear the words of the county magistrate, you are still stunned, hurry up and pick!" ”

When everyone heard the official's reprimand, they didn't dare to slack off, so they hurriedly picked it.

And Li Yang, He Zhang, and the captain of Yulin, who was dressed in regular clothes, were naturally regarded as villagers here by the officials, and when they saw that the three of them were standing in place and not working, they couldn't help but scold: "You three, are you deaf!" ”

The lieutenant was furious and was about to scold, but Li Yang stretched out his hand to stop him, and then turned his head to Zhang Liang and motioned to him to ask the county order about the levy.

Zhang Liang pondered for a while, and finally walked out and said to the county order: "Hundred acres of chili peppers are about to be picked, but how is this county government expropriating chili peppers?" ”

Gongsun Rong naturally knew Zhang Liang, the pavilion chief, because his position as the county magistrate of Wanxian County was snatched from this person, so he smiled, showed a puzzled expression, and said: "Pavilion Chief Zhang, why do you still ask such questions now, don't you remember the announcement of the expropriation of new crops in our county earlier?" ”

Zhang Liangdao: "The subordinates remember that the announcement of the county government has a text that new crops will be levied by weight at three times the grain. ”

Gongsun Rong said: "Yes, what you said is good. Since you remember, how can you still ask knowingly. ”

Zhang Liangdao: "The announcement of the county government, the subordinates remember it, but I heard that the imperial court levied new crops, and there are differences. Potatoes, corn, and sweet potatoes are said to be levied on three times the grain by weight, while the new crop of chili peppers is levied on three times the number of acres of grain. ”

As soon as these words came out, the smile on Gongsun Rong's face suddenly froze, and then his face turned cold, and he said with a displeased face: "Pavilion Chief Zhang, where did you hear this?" How dare you talk so nonsense! ”

Zhang Liangdao: "My subordinates have heard about it, it is said that the imperial court has a decree, new crops, and the people can keep one percent, is this true?" ”

"Fart!"

Gongsun Rong scolded, his face instantly became cloudy, and he pointed at Zhang Liang and reprimanded: "Pavilion Chief Zhang, do you know what is the responsibility for spreading rumors about the imperial decree?" This county order is also the county order of Wanxian County before you, this time you can not be held accountable for your nonsense, but if you talk nonsense again, don't blame this county for being ruthless! ”

"This ......"

Zhang Liang was scolded by the county order, and he couldn't help but be speechless for a while, not knowing how to deal with it.

However, in the end, he still asked: "In this way, the county order means that everything that his subordinates have heard is fake?" ”

Gongsun Rong said angrily: "Could it be that the announcement promulgated by this county will be fake?" ”

Zhang Liang didn't dare to question it for a while, and instead glanced at Li Yang on the side, obviously relying on Li Yang's rhetoric alone, he didn't dare to carry it down with the county order.

Because the consequences of this matter are indeed very serious, whether it is true or not, once the county decree wants to punish itself for the crime of spreading rumors about the decree, it will also be something that he cannot afford.

Moreover, he can't confront Li Yang, which is tantamount to killing this little brother.

Therefore, thinking of this, Zhang Liang had no choice but to give up and prepare to retreat.

"Haha, what a big official!"

However, at this moment, Li Yang walked out with a chuckle.

Glancing up at the county magistrate, he put his hands behind his back in a dashing manner and asked, "Dare to ask this county magistrate, have you made up your mind to levy this batch of chili peppers at three times the weight?" ”