Zheng Sike shook his body in frustration and said, "Last night, as you said, Gao Shen came back from Leizhou Mansion at night and went to Chen's house to restore his life. I waited outside for Gao Shen to come out and invited him to dinner and drink. Later, Gao Shen got drunk and told me that yesterday afternoon he took Chen Huatao's documents to see Ye Wenyang, the Leizhou Mansion, and Ye Tongju read the documents and praised Chen Huatao, and said that he would come to our Suixi County in two days to ask for credit for Chen Huatao. ”

"Is that the thing?" Song Wenjian was ecstatic when he heard this.

Hahaha, Chen Huatao, you won't be able to eat this time.

"Yes, young master, how is this good? Now it is not difficult for the general judgment of the sixth grade to appoint the pawn history of the ninth grade as the county of the eighth grade. If Chen Huatao wants to be a county magistrate, won't the lord step down? The more Zheng Sike spoke, the more frustrated he became.

When he heard the news last night, he was so worried that he didn't sleep well. No, before dawn, he came to Song's house and waited for the report.

Song Wenjian said with a smile: "Sike, don't worry, it's okay, I have my own arrangements." You have been staring at Gao Shen for the past two days, and you want to ask him when Ye Wenyang will come over, I will be useful. ”

"Are you really okay?" Zheng Sike was skeptical.

"Of course it's going to be fine, trust me." Song Wenjian was amused when he thought that Ye Wenyang had come over and asked Chen Huatao to hand over 100,000 stone taxes and grain.

Song Wenjian took out a tael of silver and handed it to Zheng Sike. "Sike, you see that you are still wearing single clothes in such weather, how can this work? This is for you to buy clothes. ”

"Ah, young master, you gave me a lot of silver yesterday." Zheng Sike was taken aback.

Men like them don't have the money of the imperial court, and the wages paid to them by the yamen are small, and they all rely on some extra gray income.

But because Song Hua has always been principled and does not accept gifts, he will not get any benefits.

didn't expect that this young master had given him a lot of benefits from yesterday to today, which made him very moved.

If there is such a master, there will be nothing to worry about in the future.

I must keep the position of master, and I will always get benefits. Zheng Sike thought desperately in his heart.

Song Wenjian saw that he was almost done with Zheng Sike, so he took out some silver and said, "Sike, you still have to help me get some medicine today." ”

Since Song Wenjian found out that he didn't seem to be able to do much there just now, he was startled, and hurriedly found an aphrodisiac kidney tonic prescription from the information.

If he can't get his body to "walk" after taking these herbs, then he may really have a problem.

Soon after Zheng Sike left, Song Hua also got up.

They were going to Yangqing Township today, and Song Hua beckoned Song Wenjian to come over for dinner.

In the Moon Dynasty, men are respected, and when men eat, women cannot eat at the same table.

However, Song Hua is also a reasonable person, there are not many members of the Song family, and he also called Mo Xintong to come over for dinner during dinner.

"Xintong, I'll go to Yangqing Township with Wen Jian in a while, don't go out at home." Song Hua Dao. "I'll let the cook keep an eye on the door."

Mo Xintong's face changed, and she understood that it was Song Hua who asked her not to provoke other men.

"Please rest assured, sir, we won't go out." Mo Xintong said.

Song Wenjian said to Song Hua: "Dad, Lao Liang's body has recovered almost, let him come over to live here tomorrow, and there will be a response to anything." ”

During this time, he has to go out a lot and is not at home, and it is better to have a man at home to watch the door.

"Well, tomorrow I will ask Lao Liang to come back." Song Hua Dao.

After breakfast, Song Hua went back to change into official clothes and came out.

Zheng Sike also grabbed some medicine and came back, he handed the medicine to the cook, and hurriedly ran to the Yamen stables to call a carriage.

The groom drove an old carriage over, and Song Wenjian was a little angry: "Sike, is this carriage in the stable?" ”

Zheng Sike lowered his voice and said, "Young Master, they said that the other carriages have been ordered by other people, and there is only this carriage." ”

Song Wenjian knew that someone had hit them, so he had to follow his father into the carriage.

Zheng Sike was just a subordinate, and he was not allowed to enter the carriage, and sat in front of the groom.

When they arrived at Yangqing Township, the township chief Mo Weibao was waiting there with more than a dozen people.

"Lord Song, if you miss the distance, please forgive me." Mo Weibao was wearing a green cloth straight-body long coat and a square scarf on his head, about forty years old, with a rich face.

The township chief of the Yue Dynasty was equivalent to the town mayor of later generations, but he was not an official, but a gentry and rich man in the township, and they were all rich in the local area.

"Township Chief Mo, how is the grain harvest in the past two days?" Song Hua didn't say much polite words, and went straight to the point.

Mo Weibao's face changed, and he said, "Lord Song, there is no progress at all. No, I called all the fifteen lieutenants of Yangqing Township, and I asked them to report the current situation. ”

The fifteen lieutenants in the back all wore short clothes and bandanas, which were too far from Mo Weibao's dress.

The head of this place is equivalent to the village chief of later generations, and there are more than 100 households per mile.

The lieutenants stepped forward to complain to Song Hua, saying that the harvest was not good in the drought this year, and asked Song Hua to go back and report to the county magistrate, exempt or let them pay less taxes and grain.

Song Hua listened to these grievances, and his head suddenly grew bigger.

Zheng Sike in the back said: "Don't say it, our family has already reported to the county order, but it was vetoed." ”

"Ah, what are we going to do? We all have problems in our own lives, how can we hand in food? The lieutenants shouted.

Song Wenjian listened to these words on the side, and also knew the approximately.

"Sike, you take me to the field to have a look." Song Wenjian said.

"Okay." Zheng Sike asked the groom to drive the carriage to take Song Wenjian away, and Song Hua took Mo Weibao's carriage to Mo's house.

Half an hour later, Song Wenjian came to Mo Weibao's house and found that those lieutenants were noisy in Mo's house again.

In particular, a big man shouted very fiercely, "Lord Song, if you don't care about the lives of our people, then drag our peasants in Bali to behead them." ”

"Dai Wang, what nonsense are you talking about?" Mo Wei shouted at the big man.

"Township chief, what I said is true, the yamen pushed the task to the township, and the township pushed it to us, we really have no choice. Now that the imperial court is conscripting, we are enlisted. The lieutenant named Dai Wang squatted down helplessly, and his face was not good-looking.

There are wars in the Moon Dynasty all the year round, and this conscription is extremely dangerous and often never returns.

It is also because of this that the Moon Dynasty stipulates that if one person is a soldier, the family can be exempted from tax and grain for three people. Rao is like this, and not many families are willing to let the young adults of the family become soldiers.

Now these peasants are forced to have no choice but to take risks.

If you don't collect tax grain, it is a capital crime, it is better to send a young man out of the family, exempt most of the family's tax grain, sacrifice one person, and save the whole family.

When the other lieutenants heard Dai Wang say this, they also shouted, saying that if there was really no way, everyone would take this road.

Mo Wei was in a hurry, if all the young and middle-aged people in Yangqing Township went to serve as soldiers, then their township's taxes and grain would be much less, and he would have a lot less benefits at that time.