In the next few days, Jiang Dalang was like an open-minded student, following Yang Chengzu to ask this and that, and he also wrote down what Yang Chengzu said.

With the events of the first day, the events of the next few days, the progress is very fast. Even if a few village leaders wanted to resist stubbornly, they found that Yang Chengzu had a very clear grasp of their situation, where they hid money, or signed a contract with someone, and even opened a few shops in the city, and how many fields were swallowed up privately in the countryside.

In this way, there is no way to use any means, so you can only obediently accept your fate and pay the money. After five consecutive days, eighty percent of the tax arrears have been collected, and the remaining two percent are really unable to pay off, but a repayment plan has been drawn up, and an IOU has been issued to the royal government. When the time comes, if they don't pay taxes, they can take back their houses and fields.

"These two percent are actually the 'benevolence' left for the princess. In a few days, the palace sent a few more literati to announce that all these IOUs were invalid, and that the two percent did not have to be returned, and the name of benevolence and virtue of the palace was guaranteed to be louder than before, without damaging the prestige of the previous king. ”

On the way back, Yang Chengzu patiently explained to Jiang Dalang that the girl from the Zhu family was redeemed by the family on the third day after being captured. Zhu Guang promised that he would definitely send 7,000 stone rice to the palace a lot, and invited a few local people with a good face to come out and make peace, and the matter was finally over.

"Sending a big girl back to her house is ultimately hindered by her reputation, and the time I give him is to let him find someone. As long as he's not too stupid and can find someone, and make a promise, I'll naturally let him take them away. If he's so stupid that he can't even find someone, he's out of luck. ”

"Yizheng, aren't you afraid that after returning to the mansion, you will be punished by the princess?"

"This is a problem, in fact, this is like the imperial court, it is not that there are no people who can do things in the court, but there is a lack of people who dare to do things. Because after doing something, you will definitely be scolded, what a thousand people are pointing to, who knows if you can't carry it? This kind of thing is very risky, once you can't bear it, use your head to calm everyone's anger, do you say wronged or not? ”

"Just because Banzai can't support the minister, let him do it casually, and support him himself, so everyone can only get by, and just mix it up for a day. Niangniang is a good person, besides, what I offended is only some village heads, they will definitely sue me, but what can I do? Their status is not high, and their families are not prominent, they are similar to me, and they can't sue me. At most, he was beaten with a stick, and he was executed by his own people, and he couldn't hurt anywhere, isn't it just a loss of face, for the sake of the palace, this little face is nothing. ”

Jiang Dalang nodded, "Yizheng rest assured, the princess is a reasonable person, and she will definitely understand Yizheng's hard work, and she will not punish you or anything." Although the palace wants a benevolent name, it can't chill the hearts of loyal ministers. ”

When the people entered Anlu, Yang Chengzu found that Jiang Dalang's people suddenly disappeared, and after calling Lu Bing, Lu Bing only said that he had gone back. Yang Chengzu smiled and asked, "This time the matter went smoothly, who do you say is the first credit?" ”

Lu Bing has been very excited these days, he has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, but he has never touched anyone, and he has never experienced this kind of scary thing about raiding his home. In the past few days, I only feel that I have both face and lining, and the official has achieved this step to have some taste. After thinking for a while, he said: "It should be these sons and daughters under the eldest brother, after all, the guards just stood on the platform and didn't actually do anything." ”

"That's not right, without them standing on the platform, how can we ensure that those villagers don't use force? Besides, the majesty of the guards is not useless, and now many juniors in the grange want to be guards. If it weren't for the fear of getting angry, I would really have to recruit a group of young people to come in and make up for the number of soldiers. But if you want to say that the greatest credit this time is indeed not the turn of the honor guards, because there are people who have more credit than them. This person is you. ”

Lu Bing's face flushed, "Big brother, you are joking, the younger brother just followed behind you and didn't do anything, where did the credit come from." ”

"The most important thing about me being able to get things done this time is because I have intelligence. And the person who gave me the information was you. If you hadn't told me where those bankers had hidden silver taels in their homes, who had signed any contracts with people, who had how many shops in the city, how many properties and fields in the countryside, how could I have been able to hit them exactly seven inches and understand things so clearly? So the credit is yours, or rather, the person who gave the credit to you. It's convenient to say, where did this news come from, don't tell me you can pinch it, I don't believe this. ”

Of course, he would not believe that a half-grown child could have so much information. These things must be a very energetic master who secretly helped, so that he successfully subdued these villagers. And the person hiding behind the scenes, since he has a channel to get these news, must be a character with hands and eyes, it is said that if he wants to clean up these villages, he will do it himself, why bother others?

Lu Bing blushed and said, "Big brother, it turns out that you already know, in fact, these news were all given by Mrs. Qian." ”

"Mrs. Qian? Could it be that there is a man named Atubo in the village we have packed? ”

"Big brother, what did you say?"

"Forget it, it's nothing, you don't understand it. You just need to tell me who Mrs. Qian is and why he helped me. ”

"It's nothing, Mrs. Qian is a local businessman, and her business is very big, many shops in the city are her property, and there is also a huge manor field in the countryside. People who can make their business bigger naturally have some methods, such as news, which she naturally masters. The reason why it helped me...... She's friends with the Lord of Longevity, so she's going to do us a favor. But she specifically instructed me not to tell her about her, so I didn't say anything. ”

Yang Chengzu nodded and said: "So that's the case, then forget it, you are entrusted by people, and you should be loyal, I won't blame you." This Mrs. Qian seems to be our friend, and I will visit him when I have the opportunity in the future. ”

When Lu Bing left, the corners of Yang Chengzu's mouth twitched, revealing a smile, "Jiang Dalang, Mrs. Qian...... Lu Bing, although you are not very old, your heart and eyes are not small. But alas, these lies you tell can't fool me. Although Mrs. Qian doesn't know who it is, you are willing to bring out the prince of Xingwang, and you are not small, but this is indeed an opportunity. Only by getting close to the son of the world can you gain the trust of the son, and only then can you make a career if you have the skill of following the dragon. ”

He looked at the silver pulled on the cart behind him, "I hope these silver taels, as well as the words I said, can change a good impression in front of the world." The second half of my life will be glorious and rich, and I will count on this time. ”