Skynet was black, and dozens of candles had been lit in the lobby, illuminating a wide hall as bright as day.

Everything is grass-made, the furnishings in the house look simple, the floor has not been laid, and the loess is still exposed in some places.

The house was very noisy, there were more than 50 villagers on chairs, and on the table in front of them, the wine and food were naturally extremely exquisite, but in the steaming heat, everyone was still dissatisfied.

It is conceivable that it is indeed quite unhappy to be invited to the weaving bureau by the old man of Zhixian County on Chinese New Year's Eve, and not being able to reunite with his family. And. Look at the meaning of the county lord. It's to get money out of their pockets.

Some time ago, when the peasants were changed to mulberry, those old Xi'er of the Jin merchants were instructed by Sun Dan to sprinkle a large number of small loans like a stream, inducing the peasants who were attached to them to retreat one after another.

Almost overnight. The net worth of Fangshan Township has shrunk by fifty percent without exception.

Sun Dan's vicious trick just knocked on everyone's seven inches, gaining fame, and then relying on the state's preferential policies for scholars to accumulate population and land, and then blending into the township team, is the best means to start a fortune in this young era. Everyone here has fame, and many of them are generations of scholars. Over the years, wealth has reached a staggering figure.

They had also vaguely heard that Sun Dan was going to implement tax reform after coming to Fangshan, but in fact, everyone was not afraid in their hearts. Local Affairs. Generally, it is the villagers who are responding, and Sun Danruo takes drastic measures. offended the entire township class, so that it caused chaos, and he, the magistrate, did it.

But I never expected that Sun Dan didn't go out in person at all, and only changed farming to mulberry, so that this time the matter of clearing the land became a trend. also let everyone eat coptis dumbly, and they can't say what they are suffering from. It is impossible for them to be like Guo Pu, tear off their faces, and send their servants to enter with the retreating peasants. Red knives go out of the field to do it, they are all villagers, and there are still things that can't be done.

In other words, if Seong loses his horse, he doesn't know if it's a blessing. Recently, Sun Dan engaged in this weaving bureau, which led to a large influx of foreign population into Fangshan, and the brain-active township opened shops and speculated on real estate, but still made a lot of money.

Although he saw the actual goodness, the dissatisfaction with Sun Dan in his heart was still deep-rooted.

Regarding Sun Dan's proposal to invest in the Weaving Bureau, except for Guo Pu, everyone held an uncooperative attitude. It's just a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, okay, I'll just bring a mouth. As for the rest, let's not talk about it.

Just kidding, the official business is so easy to do. If you look at the government-run weaving bureaus in the south, which one of the businessmen who cooperate with the government will have a good end. However, he was knocked out of his bones and marrow and his family property was exhausted, and he was thrown into prison after the incident.

Everyone is a person who has read books and is famous. In this era, it is also considered an elite class, but it is not so easy to fool.

In China. There is a simple truth: the official family is here to compete with the people, if you want to reap the benefits from the court, dream about you.

Since entering the hall, everyone is drinking wine and blowing, and one is unhappy. It was a reprimand to the servant who was waiting next to him.

Sun Dan probably wanted to give everyone a time to discuss, but he never appeared.

Accompanying them in the hall were Sun Hao, the master of Fangshan's torture room, and Song Qingsong, the head of the team, as well as Tom Chen, who was in charge of mulberry planting technology in the Weaving Bureau.

Sun Hao is better, but he is also a showman. Although the Hou family of Huichang was dismissed after the fall, he was the same kind of person as everyone, and the townspeople maintained basic courtesy to him.

As for Song Qingsong and Tom Chen, everyone didn't give him any good looks, and if the two sentences were wrong, they were scolded angrily.

The three of them can't afford to mess with these villagers. I, the Ming Dynasty, rule the world with the scholars. These people are the backbone of society. The makers and leaders of public opinion, the majesty of the official family is also helpless against them.

The three of them all looked at each other and smiled bitterly, only to feel that this work was really suffocating.

Wait until everyone is settled. Tomson was a little breathless and said to Sun Hao: "Brother Hao, shouldn't we go and invite the eldest master to come out?" ”

Sun Hao: "Are all the people on the list here?" ”

Song Qingsong, who was next to him, hurriedly replied: "If you go back to the master, you have arrived, and there is only one Guo Puff left." ”

Sun Hao: "It's okay if the old boy doesn't come, I didn't think about inviting him, but he is the first man in Fangshan, but he has to go on the scene." Good. I'm going to ask the eldest master to come out and meet the guests. ”

He was about to turn around and go back to the inner hall. But when he heard the sound of the drum, the servants standing in the hall straightened up at the same time, and even the townspeople who were laughing and playing quieted down.

Sun Hao, who was in charge of receiving the township in the hall, was shocked, although Sun Dan didn't want to make this weaving bureau into an official yamen, and he also used the management system of a private business, but today's banquet was very important. In order to have a happy and peaceful Spring Festival, Sun Dan still brought his full guard of honor over.

According to the rules, such a drum should be beaten only when an official with an official position comes to visit. During the Chinese New Year, which official will come here?

Just as he was puzzled, a large group of people walked in at the gate of the hall, in order to make room that had disappeared for many days. The prefectural Chengmu is keemonial.

Sun Hao and others were relieved, they were also officials from the seventh grade, and beating the drum was in line with the imperial court etiquette.

However, the group of people around Mu Xiancheng made Sun Hao and the others afraid.

Mu Shouli was followed by two people on the left and on the right, and Huo Ran in his right hand was Sun Dan's rival Guo Pu.

After all, the pro-affinity came to the house.

As for Mu Shouli's left, he is a little fat man with a round face, and he looks like he is only seventeen or eighteen years old. This man is white and chubby. As soon as I entered the lobby, my eyes rolled to the sky, and I looked proud. Apparently very promising.

Left respects and right is inferior, Guo Pu is the cousin of Wuding Hou, and he is famous, but he just gave up the left-hand position to the little fat man, is this kid higher than Guo Pu's status.

"It turns out that Kid-sama is here."

"Lord Mu, I'm waiting to greet you for the New Year."

Mu Shouli has been a county undertaker in Fangshan for many years, and he has been close to the big family, and he has been regarded as his own by the villagers.

Sun Hao saw it quietly and spit and whispered: "This old boy is a cat at home all day long, why do you want to come to the banquet today, the night owl enters the house, I don't think there is anything good, thief bird." If it weren't for his fame, Lao Tzu would have burst his eggs. ”

As he spoke, he stared at the little fat man with his eyes, and his heart became more and more uneasy.

Mu Shouli exchanged a few words of greeting with everyone. Introduce the little fat man to everyone: "Everyone, everyone, let's get to know, this is Guo Hong, the young master of the Guo family of the Marquis of Wuding, and he is also a famous talent." In the future, he will inherit the marquis. I heard that Guo Hou had intended to let him enter the Taifu Temple, and if he went, he would be a seven-grade food rank. ”

"It turned out to be the little marquis."

The villagers were in an uproar and stepped forward one after another.

Sun Hao scolded in a low voice next to him: "This Mu Shouli and Guo Po want to give the eldest master a dismount, with this dead fat man coming to make trouble, this Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is only afraid that it will taste a little toothy."