"Master, don't worry about me." Gao Shen patted his chest and reassured.

A month later, his own lord will become a county magistrate, and when Li Rujun is transferred away in the future, the lord can be a county commander again, and he is really covering the sky in Suixi County.

Although Gao Shen is only a disciple of the classics, he gets less salary than Zheng Sike. But the old man he follows is very powerful, so his usual gray income is much more than Zheng Sike.

Chen Huatao went out, and at noon, a gentry invited him to a restaurant for a drink.

Gao Shen saw Chen Huatao get into the carriage and leave, and was about to turn around and go back to get the paperwork on the desk, when he suddenly felt a stomachache.

Gao Shen covered his stomach and shouted to Song Wenjian over there: "Second fool, you help me watch the door, don't let others in, I'll go to the pit and come back." ”

Gao Shen didn't dare to take the official document sent to the judge to go up to the pit, it was too smelly.

"I'll help you look at the door, what's in it for me?" Song Wenjian asked stupidly.

"Yes, there must be benefits for you, you can help me watch it." Gao Shen hurriedly ran outside.

Song Wenjian saw Gao Shen leaving, and hurriedly walked inside.

came to the desk where Chen Huatao was on duty, and there was a document on it, which Chen Huatao presented to the Leizhou Mansion for general judgment.

The document was sealed with a sealed fire glue, showing that it had not been seen by others.

But this kind of fire glue is still difficult for people like Song Wenjian to come from later generations, he put the document in the lamp is hot, and the fire glue is heated and melted and unraveled.

Anyway, I am considered by others to be a fool, look at what Chen Huatao's documents have?

When Song Wenjian saw the contents of the document, he couldn't help frowning secretly.

It turns out that these two months are the time to pay taxes, and counties like Suixi County are not very big, like last year's tax grain of 90,000 stones.

There are nine townships in Suixi County, and each township has to pay 10,000 stone of grain in taxes.

In order to complete the task of collecting taxes and grains in Leizhou Prefecture, Li Rujun assigned tasks to officials directly under the county, and each person completed one township.

At that time, when the church meeting was held, the cunning Chen Huatao chose Hengshan Township, the most populous township in Suixi County, early in the morning.

Mo Dazhi, the instructor, was originally from Hengshan Township, thinking that he could collect grain in his hometown, and he would definitely complete the task soon.

didn't expect Chen Huatao to rely on his brute and rob the best errand.

And these officials all know that there is a lot of greasy in the grain collection.

It is said that a township receives 10,000 stone of grain, but only they know how much tax and grain the officials, township heads, and lieutenant chiefs collect from the peasants.

The tax grain of 10,000 stone was handed over to the yamen, and only God knows how much they have filled their own pockets.

The Yangqing Township that Song Hua was in charge of was the least populated, with only more than 9,000 people, and the land was barren, the people were poor and the people were fierce, and they belonged to that kind of hard bones, and they did not collect enough taxes and grain every year, and there were several peasant riots.

Because Song Hua was a young person, the officials pushed this difficult bone to him, and Song Hua also wanted to do something practical for the villagers, so he agreed.

It only took Chen Huatao a month to collect 10,000 stone of tax grain in Hengshan Township.

In order to pay for the merit, Chen Huatao immediately repaired a letter and reported the good news to Ye Wenyang, the general judge who supervised the tax and grain in Suixi County, and wanted to get Ye Wenyang's commendation.

At that time, if he wants to propose to be promoted to the county governor, Ye Wenyang will also strongly support him.

The content of the letter probably said that Chen Huatao had overfulfilled the county's 10,000 stone task early in the morning, and Yangqing Township, which Song Hua was in charge of, had not even harvested a single grain.

Anyway, that's the thing, Chen Huatao is very powerful, and then stepped on Song Hua useless.

This Chen Huatao is really shameless, with a population of more than 30,000 people in Hengshan Township, if you only pay 10,000 stones, one stone is equivalent to about 100 catties, and the average person only pays about 40 catties of grain.

There are only more than 9,000 people in Yangqing Township, and each person has to pay more than 100 catties of grain.

What makes people even more angry is that the land in Hengshan Township is fertile and rich enough to keep oil. Many peasants in Yangqing Township even have a problem eating, so how can they have so much money and grain to pay taxes?

Hmph, Chen Huatao, since you are shameless, then I will help you and make you even more shameless.

Song Wenjian picked up the pen next to him and lightly added a vertical to the word "one" written by Chen Huatao, and "one" became "ten".

Chen Huatao's good news to Ye Wenyang has become an overfulfilled "100,000 stones", as for how Chen Huatao cried later, that was his business.

After the change, Song Wenjian carefully put the paperwork in it, and then sealed the fire paint with an oil lamp.

Song Wenjian went outside for a while, and Gao Shen ran back with his pants.

"Second fool, has anyone entered the public house of Lord Dianshi?" Gao Shen asked Song Wenjian.

Song Wenjian shook his head and said, "No one is coming, you can give me benefits." ”

"I'll give it to you later, your father called you, you go back quickly." Gao Shen deceived Song Wenjian.

Song Wenjian sneered and left, and Gao Shen also hurriedly went to the post station to deliver the papers.

Suixi County is not far from Leizhou Prefecture, only a few dozen miles away, if you hurry up, it will not take an hour to arrive.

Song Wenjian went to the public house in the county, but his father was not there, so he probably went home for lunch.

Song Wenjian also rushed home and found that the cook was busy in the kitchen and had no food to eat.

Song Wenjian came to Song Hua's big house and saw him sitting on a mahogany Taishi chair reading a book.

Mahogany, in the Hereafter, this kind of chair is not cheap.

"Dad, I heard that Chen Huatao has completed this year's tax collection task, I don't know how you have accomplished?" Song Wenjian asked.

"Oh, trouble." Song Hua put the books in his hand on the small table next to him, sighed and said: "There is little rain this year, Yangqing Township has been dry, and many farmlands have not been harvested. ”

Song Wenjian also shook his head secretly, this is the difference between rich and poor places.

Hengshan Township is located in the east of Suixi County, near the Grand Canal. Therefore, when there is a drought in the farmland, the farmers in Hengshan will divert water for irrigation, and the drought situation is not serious.

On the contrary, the problem in Yangqing Township is very serious, in this case, it is better to let Song Hua collect taxes and grain, it is better to kill those peasants.

Song Hua and Yangqing Township Chief sighed all day long, anxious, and didn't know what to do.

Song Wenjian listened to Song Hua's story, and couldn't help but secretly hate Chen Huatao's viciousness.

The document inviting merit was sent to Ye Wenyang's hand, and his father must be in a catastrophe.

This is a strong contrast, Chen Huatao has done it so well, why can't you Song Hua?

The annual tax collection is related to the position of officials, and if it is not completed, the higher authorities will definitely impose heavy fines.

"Dad, you have to find a way to do this, otherwise your position is really difficult to keep." Song Wenjian said worriedly.

"We can't think of anything else, we have no food, no money, what do we pay? In another month, I will apologize to the county magistrate and ask him to borrow some grain from other townships, and return it to Yangqing Township in the future. Song Hua sighed helplessly.

Song Wenjian gritted his teeth and said, "Dad, I'll help you find a way." ”

"You?" Song Hua looked at this previously stupid son in disbelief.