In Hongjia Village, the joy of the lanterns has not yet dissipated, and Hong Chengen's door is still hung with red silk, and when he comes out and goes in, his voice is extremely high. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although Hong Da'an only passed the county exam and did not pass the first test, Hong Chengen is still proud of his grandson's achievements. The county has already sent news, originally the county master ordered An Tsai to be the head of the case, but somehow, it was changed to Fan Jin. This obviously shows that his grandson's knowledge is better than Fan Jin's, and the reason why he did not become the head of the case is an unexpected variable, which is not to be said.

Later, when he learned more about the situation, he said that it was caused by calligraphy, and Hong Chengen scoffed even more. What good words can a poor ghost like the Fan family practice? I bought two good pieces of paper at the moment and came back, locked my grandson in the room and practiced calligraphy every day, just waiting for the house to open and immediately make Fan Jin look good.

Besides, even if the government can't suppress Fan Jin, it doesn't matter, as long as he does a good job of collecting money and grain for his grandson this time, and gives his grandson a title of prisoner back, who else dares to speak loudly in front of him in the eighteen villages of Jinsha Township?

Originally, the order from the county was to levy a grain tax for half a year in advance to ensure the expenditure of the army. Hong Chengen added it to one year without authorization, which was to prepare to collect the part of the grain tax paid by each village and give it to his grandson for prison and life. has gained benefits, and does not have to break the bank by himself, if there is no such means, how can the Hong family be so developed?

His other grandson, Hong Dagui, was thinking about Fan Changwang's outstanding granddaughter, and circled around his grandfather, asking when the Fan family would be able to send that girl to the door and be his mother-in-law. Hong Chengen scolded with a smile: "

Look at your useless appearance, just a country girl, as for making you so concerned? You should take care of it, don't go outside and mess around again, grandpa will let you marry her this time. My 100 masters are enough to crush the Fan family, if he doesn't come to surrender, I will let his whole village die, see if he dares to say a word! You also give me a little more face, learn more Anzai, don't always mix with those birdmen who are not careful, learn from grandpa to collect rent, lend money, ask for debts, change the field boundary, grab good land, and only then can I be in charge of this family business in the future. You're not young, and it's time to get down to business, you know? ”

At the moment when Hong Chengen was educating his grandson how to behave as a man, a child of the Hong family ran back from outside in a panic and said in front of Hong Chengen: "Uncle, the situation is not right." My sister-in-law married into Dafanzhuang as a daughter-in-law, and I heard her send back that Fan Jin told a group of people in Dafanzhuang...... What is the law of Da Ming. ”

Hong Chengen was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly burst out laughing, leaning forward and closing his back with a straight smile. "Haha, this boy can make me laugh a little bit. Da Ming Law! He didn't go to study, but he went to teach a group of mud-legged people the Great Ming Law. He talks about the Great Ming Law, as for scaring you like this? It's just useless, what do you care about it? In our countryside, when do you do things according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, what is the difference between talking about it and not talking about it? ”

"Uncle, that's not what I said, I heard that Fan Jin was talking about paying taxes and serving, saying that according to the Ming Dynasty, they Fan Zhuang should not bear a hundred masters, and they can take money to serve on their behalf. Now the people who are inciting the big and small Fanzhuang will not give up the master, but will also collect the tax and grain and send it to the city by themselves. ”

Hong Dagui was beside him, jumping to his feet and scolding: "Fan Jin, this birdman, is really nosy!" He was the one who did bad things to me last time, but this time he came to make trouble, so I thought I was afraid of him. Come on, call the descendants of our village, rush to Fan's house, and smash him first! ”

"Get back!" Hong Chengen stopped his grandson's blind movement, squinted his eyes and calculated: "This time we are doing things for the army, and we are following military orders. No matter how capable he Fan Jin is, he is only at the level of the county order, but we are the care of the army yamen, no matter how big his county order is, it is still bigger than the governor? went to the city to fight a lawsuit, I think he went into the city to die! He's not a showman yet, he's just a flat-headed commoner, even if he kills him, it's nothing. But this person, we can't do it, we have to use the hands of the court to get rid of him openly. Third child, you go and run an errand for me, and immediately go to the provincial capital to find your fifteenth uncle, and tell him about it, he naturally has the means to concoct Fan Jin. ”

The son who reported the news got the order and ran down, Hong Chengen smiled coldly, "Don't give face, then don't blame me for being ruthless." The last time I dared to bypass the grain chief to deliver grain by myself was more than 30 years ago, but I didn't expect another one to appear in my generation. Borrowing a case leader, I think that in a few decades, who would dare to break the rules of the ancestors and send food by themselves! ”

Hong Dagui was so excited that he rolled up his sleeves, showed his black strong arm and said, "Grandpa, do we want to take someone and go to Fanjiazhuang to make a big fuss, just tie Fan Changwang's granddaughter back, and worship the church first." ”

"Rubbish! Now that we have the chance to win, are we still using such rude methods? As long as you stay at home, within half a month, I will let Fan Laogou send his granddaughter to our house, and you will wait to be the groom! ”

Early in the morning, outside the city of Guangzhou.

A convoy slowly came to the door, the size of the convoy is actually very limited, with the daily throughput of this waterway terminal in Guangzhou, this small team can only be regarded as a small shrimp level. But this team refused to be honest, and as they got closer and closer to Guangzhou City, someone in the team struck the gong vigorously and shouted loudly: "The head of Nanhai County, the elder of the village, has sent military rations to the imperial court!" ”

The man's voice was so loud that he shouted one after another, so that the coolie pedestrians, who were waiting near the city gate at dawn, all turned their attention to the inconspicuous convoy. I saw that in the middle of the procession, on top of a big cart, the grain pockets were neatly stacked, and a young scholar wearing a corrugated hat and a straight jacket, holding a book in his hand, shaking his head and chanting aloud

"The Way of the University ......"

Behind him, dozens of crop men pushed the cart closely, loaded with sacks or wooden boxes, and a few men with hoes and other farm tools, who seemed to be in charge of guarding. At the end of the vehicle, on a piece of white cloth more than a foot long and half a foot wide, a line of large characters was written with an ink pen, "Fan Jin, the first person in the Nanhai case of the undergraduate county, entered the city to offer food." ”

The handwriting is good, but there are not many people who can read it, and it is only by shouting that loud voice that people can understand what the intention of the group is. The people who were originally lined up in front of the city to enter the city heard the words at the head of the case, and spontaneously got out of the way, and the gatekeeper just said: "Pay the tax ......" was slapped in the face by the officer next to him.

"You don't have ears? I didn't hear anyone say that it was the head of the Nanhai case who went to the city to offer military rations, and you dared to collect his taxes, so I carefully tied you up and went to see Master Zhongcheng. Get out of the way left and right and let the military rations into the city! ”