Chapter 534: There is no good feast

After saying this, Lu Li suddenly realized, since it was to pay the field tax, he deliberately ignored that the main production in the field was cotton, and this Chu Jiazhuang took out so much gold and silver as soon as he opened his mouth, so if he insisted on it, wouldn't he be able to get more.

He reluctantly looked at the plate on the ground, cleared his throat and said sharply:

"Our family supervises the payment of taxes for the Son of Heaven, and the output of cotton fields in Beizhili is not inferior to that of shops and factories, but it is only collected according to the field endowment, isn't it a fat individual, and a deficit in the Ming Dynasty......"

The smile of the owner of Chu Zhuang froze for a moment, and the faces of the so-called Chu family elders around him were no longer smiling, and they were all there with blue faces, but the owner of Chu Zhuang immediately reacted, and said with a smile:

"It's just that the adults feel that the little people's intentions are not enough, and it's okay to add a few hundred taels."

Lu Li's words paused, and his heart quickly calculated, but Qiu Baolai on the side made a gesture and a look with him, which means that he can knock out some more, Lu Li gritted his teeth, arched his hand in the direction of the capital, and said impassionedly:

"Before leaving Beijing, Long Live Lord and Grandpa Rui both told our family in earnestness that in the past few years, taxes have been lost, the country has been damaged, and the salaries of officials and soldiers are all dependent on this tax, the will of the saints, and the words of Grandpa Rui, our family has always kept it in mind......"

The smile on Chu Yuanwai's face finally disappeared, and his tone was still polite, but the meaning of the words was a little angular, and he said:

"Father-in-law Lu, if you just rely on the beginning and end of the village, you can't take out this silver, this is the six villages of Cangzhou Mansion put together for the adult, the old man also did the purpose of the official back then, you might as well give Lu Gonggong a bottom, and add another five hundred taels, counting the total of two thousand taels of silver in this plate, the father-in-law still gave this face!"

A lot of things happen because of some small details that can't be smaller, and this time is the same, Master Qiu desperately looked at him and motioned for Lu Li to agree, but Lu Li was already dazed by the amount of two thousand taels of silver, and regardless of Qiu Baolai's instructions, he still said the routine by himself, wanting to squeeze out some more silver from the other party.

However, the effect this time was not so good, and only after saying a few words, a Chu family elder who had been sitting on the left hand side of Chu Yuanwai, who was in his forties, stood up with a slap on the table, and scolded loudly:

"It's so fucking deceitful, do you know how to lift!?"

This angry shout and scolding came out, Lu Li was stunned for a moment, seeing that the Chu family, who were all polite, were all angry, and the other party's merciless 'damn thing' and Fang Cai's respect were completely opposite extremes, and Lu Li didn't react at all.

If Lu Li's place was a grange near Jingshi, or a place in the south of the Yangtze River, the owner of the village and the staff would definitely not shout so loudly, even if the price difference between the two sides was too far, they would be kind and angry, talking about this matter with a smile on their faces, and then looking for a solution. If it is an experienced tax supervisor to supervise taxes, how to plan in the capital is an attitude, but when it comes to the other party's Zhuangzi, it will also be very measured to accept it.

There are not so many ifs in this world, the rise of the cotton gentry class has only been three years, many rules and things do not understand at all, and the wealth of the cotton gentry mainly relies on, and begins to mercilessly annex land with each other, relying on iron-blooded means to swallow a large amount of land, and relying on the same tough means to coerce the peasants to grow cotton for slavery, most of such people are tough and ruthless, but they don't know too many officialdom rules, and always feel that they have knives, guns, and horses in their hands, and they are very courageous to support.

If these cotton gentry have been developing safely for ten or fifteen years, they should also slowly learn how to deal with the government, and the means will be much smoother and softer.

The eunuch Lu Li is the same, if the rank is high in the palace, or if he is ranked in the local and military ranks, then the way he speaks and does things will be very tactful and very good at grasping the proportions, but Lu Li has always been held in the deep palace, and now he has been arranged to work outside the palace on an errand, and it is the fat difference of the tax supervisor, he is already a little inflated and can't recognize his position, and he always thinks in his heart, in this Cangzhou Mansion, even your prefect is polite to me, you landlords and squires, what else can you be arrogant.

So after hearing the man slap the table and stand up and scold, Lu Li was stunned for a moment, and then he was furious, his voice was much sharper, and he said hatefully:

"What are you, you dare to scold our family, you are really a lawless people!"

Qiu Baolai, who was behind him, was already frightened, and he didn't know what to say, at this time, Lu Li also stood up excitedly, and he couldn't see his eyes or anything at all. But I heard Lu Li say loudly there:

"The national tax on this field is the foundation of the country, and not paying it is a serious crime to raid the family and destroy the door!"

When the four words of raiding the house and destroying the door were spoken, Chu Yuanwai, who was silent over there, coughed coldly, but he couldn't see any anger on his face, but said indifferently:

"What Father-in-law Lu said is over, our Chu family and Cangzhou Mansion all pay the field taxes on time and in full, when they are paid, and how much they are handed over, they are all in the yamen There is an inventory that can be verified."

Having said this, Lu Li's anger had already rushed to the top of his head, and the family members who were looking at them coldly outside, as well as the timidity in the hearts of the official road, had also disappeared without a trace, and he stood up and reprimanded without hesitation:

"If you grow grain, this tax is naturally not in arrears, this land is planted in two seasons, summer and autumn cotton, spring and winter grain, your Chujiazhuang only paid the tax on this season's grain, but this cotton has not been handed over, okay, since it comes to this part, this cotton is also paid in accordance with the grain share, our family is very talkative, the share of the past three years is handed over, and there will be no other things to be pursued!"

If the rules and regulations are strictly followed, the fields where grain is planted are paid in kind, and the cash crops planted are all required to be converted into silver and paid, and no matter how they are calculated, the proportion of cotton fields is higher than that of grain.

When paying taxes, if farmers are required to hand over silver instead of in kind, they often have to lose part of this link, which is called a criminal evidence of the government's maladministration and the cooperation between officials and businessmen to exploit farmers, but Lu Li's statement that the other party is allowed to pay cotton in kind seems to be fair and does not let the other party suffer, but in fact, everyone knows that the price of cotton is rising every day.

If it is said that the cotton field needs to pay the silver, it is cheaper than paying in kind, at this time it is already the Mid-Autumn Festival, the cotton merchants have scavenged the cotton in the cotton-producing land, and transported it to the Jiangnan and coastal towns and towns, the gap between demand and supply is gradually widening, the price of cotton is also rising, paying in kind, Lu Li wants to earn not too much, as long as it is delayed for a few days to hand over the cotton, sell it, and then pay the silver money according to the price a few days ago, the difference will fall into his pocket.

Hearing Eunuch Lu's request to pay cotton, Chu Yuanwai, who had always been moody, also had anger on his face, and coldly looked at the eunuch who was spitting and pointing fingers, and took a breath before speaking:

"Father-in-law Lu, it's true that our Chu family's fields have been planted for two seasons, but all we grow is grain, how can there be any cotton, Father-in-law Lu don't say anything, the small people can't afford it!"

Lord Lu's title has long been changed to Gonggong Lu, and his words are directly false, there is no polite ingredient in it, if it is said to be the food planted, it is a joke, along the way, Lu Li and his party saw a lot of cotton stalks standing there, and they have not been taken to the fire, here they opened their eyes and said that they are all food, what threat, what is serious, Lu Li, who is already burned by anger, can't care about anything, most of the eunuchs have such a habit, if they are stimulated, often hysterical, this has nothing to do with personality, but has a certain relationship with physiology, Lu Li's face is pale, the corners of his mouth twitch slightly, his body leans forward, and even his clothes have been stained with the soup of the wine and food on the table, he can't pay attention to it at all, but points to Chu Yuanwai who is sitting there, and scolds sharply:

"Our family is ordered to supervise taxes, and you are a character who has no king's law, and you are the character who has been cut by a thousand knives......"

was talking there, there was a bang, the dishes and chopsticks on the table were shaken by something, and suddenly they splashed, Lu Li was spilled with vegetable soup, subconsciously took a few steps back, and the loud shouting was also interrupted by this, and when he looked closely, it was an elder Chu who was sitting opposite him who slapped the table.

The gloom on the face of the Chu family elder almost darkened, and he stared at Eunuch Lu opposite, without the slightest appearance of a kind elder, and he said viciously:

"Bad goods without eggs, I really don't know how many catties and taels I have, get out of here now, or Lao Tzu will be unkind to you!"

There is no emotion to talk about what he said, and Lu Li was so angry that he couldn't speak for a while, and it took a long time to react, shouting there:

"Come on, get this bastard ......"

The elder sneered again and again, and the Chu family Zhuang Ding outside didn't know when he picked up the knife and axe, and looked at Lu Li and his party with fierce eyes......