Since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, especially since the implementation of Zhang Juzheng's whip reform, the fish scale books in the county have basically been controlled by the households, and these people are not officials appointed by the imperial court, at best they are only local heroes. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Chen family controls the household and regards the fish scale book as private property, and the rest of the people can't see it at all, once the county is replaced, the fish scale book does not know where to go, only the previous household clerk is familiar with who has and how much land in the county.

In order to be able to collect taxes smoothly, the magistrate has to rely on these people many times, otherwise he will not be able to open the situation in a county at all.

And many household scribes took advantage of this advantage and even played the hereditary system.

In other words, the ancestor of the Chen family passed on the fish scale book to his son, the son to the grandson, and the grandson to the great-grandson. In the entire county, only their family knows who has how much land to pay taxes, and only their family can complete the task.

The Chen family is getting bigger and bigger, and it has slowly become a super force in Fang County, and now it has been passed down to the generation of Chen Chenglu, the scrivener of the household, and the horizontal development of the entire group company, cross-industry layout, not only to control the county's taxes and deeds, but also to collude with local ruffians and hooligans to do all kinds of evil, what to collect protection money, occasionally rob a foot businessman, commonplace.

The reputation of the so-called excellent soap officials in the lowly industry has not been good since ancient times, and it is not without reason that such people are excluded even in the imperial examination.

And that's not all.

Most of the scribes in the entire three classes and six rooms in the county government are local heroes, and they are all colluding with each other openly and secretly, and they have long been monolithic.

Liu Yuanshan didn't want to melt this iron plate at present, but simply wanted to rescue those poor children, so he wouldn't choose the most impulsive means to solve the problem at the first time.

"Alas......" After Qin Jiaoyu finished saying this, he sighed deeply and said in a low voice: "If it is not peaceful today, there have been many rebellions in Shaanxi and Henan, and the people of the world have suffered, these children you said have no food and clothing, and they will starve to death sooner or later if they stay in Xiangyang Mansion, and now they can finally live with Hu Sanlai, although they are a little angry!" ”

Liu Yuanshan was speechless for a moment!

Even Qin's edict couldn't help but speak for Hu Sanlai, so there was nothing to say.

After hastily finishing the meal, he resigned from Qin Ting, and Liu Yuanshan left with a lot of heart.

Although Sect Qin did not make a clear statement, Liu Yuanshan could also hear some ways from his tone, this is a wise way to protect himself, and it is probably impossible for him to come forward to defend himself.

So to rescue these trapped children, we can only find another way out.

"Alas......" Liu Yuanshan sighed, from the time of crossing to the present, this kind of helpless situation is really rare, but due to the current situation, it can only be like this.

One route was taken back to his residence by Xiao Qi, and Liu Yuanshan's mood was slightly better.

The newly bought yard is outside the city, but close to the river and very close to the pier. The yard is also very large, in addition to having a three-in, three-out house, there is also a large open-air courtyard, more than three acres, it is said that it used to be the garden of a wealthy family, and now it is just used as a warehouse for Liu Yuanshan.

The real estate in Fang County is not very expensive, and a large courtyard like Liu Yuanshan with a garden only cost forty taels of silver, which is still a high price in the local area!

"The yard is not bad!" Liu Yuanshan entered the back house, the last one was a three-story building, which suddenly made him feel like a good value for money, the only flaw was that the whole building was built of wood, which was prone to fire.

In the future, when there is time, we will have to make more cement and replace the wooden structure with a concrete building, so that it will be safer.

Liu Yuanshan thought in his heart, took a group of subordinates to the third floor, stood in the corridor and looked around, a large number of houses around him could be seen clearly, the river in the south was vast, the river wind was blowing, and the heat on his body was less.

Looking from west to east, about 100 zhang away in the east is the only small wharf in Fang County.

There are two boats parked in front of the wharf, and more than a dozen workers on the wharf are moving the goods, and the movement is very slow, and it seems that they are also affected by the hot weather, and they are not very active in their work!

"Let's take a look inside the house!"

Liu Da opened the dilapidated wooden door, and the room on the third floor was presented in front of Liu Yuanshan, the house was a wooden structure, and it was the third floor, and it was very dry inside. And after the cleaning of Liu Da and a few people, it is now very clean, although it is not as clean as the windows, but it is also dusty.

It's just a little hot!

There is a lot of trouble on the top floor.

"This bookshelf is too broken, go back and give me a new one!" Liu Yuanshan pointed to the bookshelf against the east wall and pointed to Liu Da, then opened a secret door inside and walked to the side room.

The side room is small, with only a narrow bed and a wardrobe.

"This bed needs to be replaced for me too!" Liu Yuanshan has no cleanliness fetish, but he is also unwilling to sleep in the bed that others have slept in.

"The futon doesn't need silk, ordinary quilts do, and now it's summer and you can't use it, just make a mattress." Liu Yuanshan closed the door of the side room, and when he returned to the study, he was already sweating profusely.

"Do you have a tea set at home?" It's very hot in the house, but the river breeze in the corridor outside can cool off, and now get a set of tea sets to sit in the corridor and drink a cup of tea and look at the Malan River, which is the right time.

"Yes, young master, I'll go and prepare!" Liu Da led a few people down, and after a while, he carried a small wooden table up, on which was placed a large pot of tea and a few small cups.

Liu Yuanshan moved a stool and sat in the corridor, squinted and took a deep sip of tea, and suddenly felt relaxed: Lao Tzu is also a landlord, and he has to drink tea and eat at every turn, is it too corrupt?

"Young master, do you want to move a stove here?" Liu Da asked.

At this time, there was no thermos flask in the Ming Dynasty, and tea was generally brewed and drunk, but now that the summer is hot, it is obviously not a good idea to bring a stove to the wooden building.

"You brain, don't do it, I'll just drink a few glasses!" Liu Yuanshan nodded at Liu Da and smiled slightly.

Thermos flask? Hehe, the technology of producing glass has been mastered, will the thermos flask be far away?

Liu Yuanshan was obsessed, and a subordinate suddenly ran over from the open space in front of the building, raised his head and reported to Liu Yuanshan on the third floor: "Young master, young master, someone is visiting outside!" ”

"Huh?" Liu Yuanshan stopped drinking tea, looked at it with some doubts, and secretly said that I have no relatives and no reason in Fang County, even if I have a two-sided relationship with Lord Huang, but my parents and officials will not come to see me.

"Who?"

"Someone came to say that his surname was Feng, and he was from the county government's military room, and he said that he had something important to discuss with the young master!" (To be continued.) )