Chapter 143: A Different Banquet

Since it is a bandit leader, of course, it is different, and the bandits who generally only have the courage of a puppet are definitely somewhat resourceful.

Sai Xi Shi accidentally fell in love with Wang Fang when he was "wandering" on the street, so Sai Xi Shi gave a very generous courtesy to the third aunt, and the two became best friends. After a good conversation, I found out the identity of the other party.

Immediately, Sai Xishi told how he became a bandit, how he tied up Shi Bin as a meat ticket, and how Shi Bin generously appeased them regardless of his previous suspicions, of course, he also added a precursor to it, describing Shi Bin as a brave and generous man.

was already 'saved' by Shi Bin, and when he heard that Shi Bin was so generous, Wang Fang was even more impressed. In the end, he couldn't control it anymore and sighed, "If only I had such a brother." ”

Sai Xishi didn't understand the meaning, and immediately expressed his willingness to let Shi Bin recognize her as a righteous sister. This can make Wang Fang very happy, with such a brother, even if it is just a righteous brother, she feels very face-saving, and her waist will be much harder.

However, she still has some inferiority, and in a blink of an eye, she told Sai Xishi that she was from a low background and was probably not worthy of being Shi Bin's sister-in-law. Sai Xishi didn't care about this, he just said that he was just a female bandit and became Shi Bin's wife, Wang Fang is Liu Zhizhou's wife, so she can naturally be Shi Bin's sister-in-law.

Of course, Sai Xishi understood the huge difference between this wife and the concubine, but deliberately saying this could be regarded as untying the knot in Wang Fang's heart and making her happily agree.

Of course, this kind of thing has to be told to Liu Zhizhou, and when this old fox heard that his concubine was considered by Shi Bin, of course he agreed without hesitation, because this is a good thing that is beneficial and harmless. Shi Bin has Jia Nidao's father-in-law, and he also has some intersections with Jia Nidao, and anyone is willing to get closer to him.

And Shi Bin was still a little unsure of what Liu Zhizhou was thinking, so in order to let Liu Zhizhou know what he meant, Shi Bin went to Liu's Mansion again.

Seeing Shi Bin coming, Liu Zhizhou was of course a little happy, and immediately said: "Lord Shi, thank you so much, my little concubine doesn't know what blessings she has accumulated to make you a righteous sister." ”

"Lord Liu, don't say that, I am fortunate to be the third aunt's brother-in-law, and I can have a relationship with Lord Liu." Shi Bin replied with a smile, "And the lower officials feel that it is inappropriate to always call Lord Zhizhou, may I ask your name?" ”

"Don't be so polite, my name is Liu Zhenxiao. If you don't dislike it, call me Brother Xiao. Liu Zhenxiao said with a smile.

"Then the little brother trespassed. Brother Xiao, I'm thinking that there may be some trouble in building our road, but this trouble can probably be a good thing. ”

Originally, when he heard the word 'trouble', Liu Zhenxiao's face was gloomy, but when he heard 'good things', he turned cloudy again.

"Brother Xian, please speak. What's the trouble, if there is any trouble, the big brother will help you bear it. ”

From Liu Zhenxiao's face just now, it can be seen that this is a lie, but this can indeed allow him to harvest real money, Shi Bin also said very confidently: "Spring flooding is just over the time of spring ploughing, at this time it is not very suitable to build roads, and it is not suitable for summer heat, but in a few months, it is not necessary to think about the autumn flood to repair roads, and it is even more inappropriate for the cold and stiff roads in winter, so in fact, there is no suitable day for road construction in Tanzhou." The younger brother is afraid that the rich people below will oppose it, so please ask the eldest brother to support it. ”

Since it can be a good thing, Liu Zhenxiao will naturally listen to it, so he said nonchalantly: "Since there is no suitable day, those rich people who regard money as their life must be worried about their own food harvest and will definitely oppose it, so how can this bad thing become a good thing?" ”

"Big brother, those rich landowners have thousands of acres of fertile land, and the most fearful thing is that there is no food, and the most afraid is that they will be collected from good land and money. Therefore, let's just get a distribution, and if the family has more than 300 taels of silver or 300 acres, we must provide six silver or two laborers. Let's pay a fine, twenty percent is the income of your support, and the remaining eighty percent will be used to build roads, not afraid that he will not support us. What do you say? ”

Of course, he knew that this was a harsh tax and miscellaneous taxes, but Liu Zhenxiao had been a fish and a common man for many years, and he had long since cared about the life and death of the people, only gold and silver in his eyes, and the more exacting taxes and miscellaneous taxes, the better, so he immediately supported Shi Bin's idea, and said: "My brother is still too kind-hearted, and the three hundred must provide at least ten taels of silver or three laborers, otherwise ten acres of fertile land will be fined, so that it is easy to settle accounts." The money or labor provided was to be turned up at the standard of three hundred, and if the rich landlords were really fined, they would definitely redeem the land. At that time, the redemption price of one acre of fertile land will be calculated according to three taels of silver. ”

After hearing this, Shi Bin had to admire Liu Zhenxiao's black heart. However, he immediately expressed his absolute approval, and immediately sent out an invitation to set up a banquet three days later.

Time always passed quickly, and on the third day, the heads of high-ranking families from all over the country came to cheer, which also made Shi Bin and Liu Zhenxiao happy, because even if they were not fined, they could receive a lot of gifts.

"Ladies and gentlemen, today is the banquet where Shi Tong sentenced to accept my family's Wang Fang as his sister-in-law. Thanks to Shi Tong's judgment, he can afford to recognize my cheap concubine as a righteous sister, Liu is very honored, and I thank Shi Tong for the judgment. Liu Zhizhou gave Shi Bin a fist salute first.

Of course, Shi Bin would not hold it up, so he immediately returned the salute and said, "Brother Xiao has tormented the little brother." The younger brother is very happy to have a big brother like Liu Zhizhou. ”

"Shi Tongju doesn't have to be modest, having such a relationship is beneficial to both of our families, and it is also very beneficial to Tanzhou."

The people in the audience were also very happy and echoed one after another, saying that this was what everyone wanted.

"In fact, there is another meaning to invite everyone to come today, I believe that my younger brother Shi Tongju is a person who does practical things, and the news that he is going to build roads for Tanzhou must be known to everyone."

Everyone in the audience nodded their heads to indicate that they knew, and praised Shi Bin for being a rare good official with the people, and Liu Zhizhou and Shi Tongju were even more virtuous ministers with one heart and one mind.

"Thank you for your praise, you are all pillars of the country, and you will definitely do practical things for the country and the people, right." Shi Bin said with a smile.

As soon as they heard this, the faces of these misers in the audience immediately turned into bitter gourd skins, and even a few bold ones began to complain, saying that now that the spring flood has just passed, countless fertile fields have been destroyed, and they really can't come up with money and labor to support the state to build roads.

"I know you're having a hard time, so we've got a workaround." Liu Zhizhou put on a red face at this time.

Workarounds? Now that there is a workaround, everyone's excitement has subsided.

Liu Zhenxiao, the old fox, said this but stopped talking, Shi Bin couldn't help but scold him for his shamelessness, he knew that he was a villain, he was a good man.

However, this is what he must do, and a bad man is a bad man, so he hesitated for a moment and then said, "Those whose families have 300 taels or less of 300 acres of fertile land do not need to participate, as long as they provide some tea and water to our brothers who build the roads, and the food will not be taken care of." ”

Hearing this, the small and medium-sized landlords in the field finally breathed a sigh of relief, and loudly praised Shibin for being considerate of the people's feelings and being a virtuous gentleman.

Then Shi Bin said: "Three hundred acres or more, and the rich businessman who converts his family property into more than three hundred must provide at least ten taels of silver or three laborers, otherwise he will be fined ten acres of fertile land." The amount of money or labor provided shall be increased by the standard of three hundred. If he is really fined, the redemption price of one mu of fertile land will be calculated at three taels of silver per mu. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Shi Bin looked at the people in the audience, and the landlords and merchants of the middle and large and larger ones turned pale and looked in pain, and some of them couldn't even grasp the chopsticks and fell to the ground.

But now it is a harsh tax jointly issued by the Zhizhou and the general judge, and it is impossible to oppose it, so I can only choose to accept it painfully.