Chapter 18 Xiaojiang Village is here again
"How can I know this as a flat-headed person, but the county order should be damned, I didn't say it alone, the people of the whole county would applaud when he died."
"Why?"
"Why? Do you still need me to say this? Other places collect taxes of one tael, he collects taxes of two taels, other places levy 100 catties of grain per mu, and come to him to collect 200 catties of grain, the people have an accident, come to the yamen to redress their grievances, don't want to see him if they don't see money, a lawsuit, can scrape a layer of skin off both sides, and make them bankrupt and not give up, who will not hate such a parent official? Who would dare to sue? “
King Jiangyang gritted his teeth, Cheng Lianyu took a bite of the bun fiercely, the wontons came up, they ate slowly, their mouths were like chewing wax, and before they got to the restaurant, they heard the truth they wanted to hear, and it was worth it!
"Uncle, what do you think?"
"Hehe, I don't think he's a good official, how can a good official just go around Xiaojiang Village and go through the motions? Still hugging the girl sleeping in the building? I heard that I also received a gift, a few days ago a villager from Xiaojiang Village came to the county to do business, and had dinner at my place, I heard him say, that Lord Zhang is not a good thing, and he fell in love with an eight-year-old girl, you said yourself, can such a person be a good person? “
"Obviously, the village chief and the county order gave gifts, they bought off Lord Zhang, concealed the betrayal, and after returning to Beijing, they only said good and not bad in front of the emperor, right?"
"Yes, this guest looks really clear, our people also guess like this, if you don't believe it, go to the famous Yuncui Building in the county, find a girl named Hongyu, she is from Xiaojiang Village, was sold by the family, at that time the bustard spent hundreds of taels of silver, she is now the most popular girl in the building"
After the two of them finished breakfast, they stood up and put a tael of silver on the table, "Thank you, uncle, let's listen happily, no need to change"
"Thank you, thank you, welcome guests back"
Then the two of them walked casually in the county seat, and met a small merchant and a hawker who bought some things and asked a few words, like an idle brother, and went to the restaurant at noon, which was the best in the county, but at this time there were not many people, and the shopkeeper sighed at the counter.
"Cheng Lianyu ordered four dishes and a pot of wine with the shopkeeper, and sat in the hall to eat, wanting to hear what others had to say."
Although there are not many people in the restaurant at noon, there are also a few idlers who eat together, and when it comes to the county seat, they all sigh one by one, "Fuck, that dog county order and dog Qincha, they deserve to die, otherwise our county will have to let them gnaw and slowly become poor, I heard that there is a new county order, I don't know if it will be like the last one, it is a corrupt official"
"Be quiet, hey~ I don't know what the court thinks, a corrupt official here, and he actually sent a big corrupt official, but he just walked away, such an obvious thing, outsiders could see it at a glance, but he pretended to go directly to Xiaojiang Village, and didn't go anywhere else, and he nested in the county government every day"
"Forget it, we ordinary people have this fate, if we can't stay here, I will leave here with my wife and children"
"Do you say that our county is recruiting corrupt officials, every time I take office, there is no good thing"
"The court is actually raising a group of corrupt officials, stationed insects, hey~"
King Jiangyang and Cheng County couldn't listen to the order anymore, settled the account, returned to the county order, and the guards came to report, "Lord, all the treasury in the palace is empty, but the official silver and grain in the yamen are still there, and there is no less."
"Lian Yu, you said that the murderer, the purpose of killing is not to intercept money, but to take it away by the way,"
"What the prince said is very true,"
"It seems that this matter will not be done well if it does not give the people justice"
"Lord Wang, will you still go to Xiaojiang Village in the future?"
"Go, find someone in an adobe house, stay in it, give some silver, stay for a few days, by the way, you send someone to find Empress Jiang's mother's house, and find someone from their family who has the ability to come to Xiaojiang Village with you, and take over the post of village head,"
"Huh? Isn't that too big and too much? “
"What do you think?"
"Amount"
"You don't know that this is Empress Jiang's hometown? Is it the face of the Dragon Yao Empire? If such a thing happens again, the emperor will not have to go out, this is the birthplace of his great-grandmother"
"The subordinates will immediately send someone to discuss this matter with the Jiang family."
"Well, find a confidant, don't be casual, prepare a courtesy, tell them about it, and tell me what I mean"
"Yes"
The two asked the guards to set up the car, only brought two entourages, two coachmen, and six people went to Xiaojiang Village, the wheat on both sides of the road was golden, and the farmers were harvesting the wheat, and the rain was okay this year, and it seemed that it was a bumper harvest year.
Each of them had a smile on his face, guessing that he was not happy because of the bumper harvest, but more because he heard that the corrupt official had died, and that this year's grain tax might be less.
King Jiangyang and Cheng Lianyu looked at the scenery outside in the car, and probably thought the same way.
At this time, Xiaojiang Village is also harvesting in the spring, but it is not as active as other villages, although this village also farms, but it is not land-based, they rely on selling girls to start their homes, so they are unhurried.
Jiang Changsheng's family, Mr. Jiang and Mrs. Jiang, there was nothing wrong with this period, but Jiang Yuheng came out, because in previous years, the spring harvest was a three-room family to harvest wheat, but this year Jiang Yuheng said:
"Sixteen acres of land, three families go together, they don't go to our house or go, the vegetables must be meaty, and the rice must be full, otherwise we will not be able to work so tiringly."
"What? Did you see that I couldn't hold the whip, and I didn't scold you these days, and your skin was itchy? The old lady jumped up at once, it seems that she and the old man Jiang are recovering well, she hurt her wrist, and she should not walk back and forth by mistake, and the old man can also walk with a cane for a short time at this time.
"Mother, you can save your energy, you can't beat you when others don't fight back, but because you are an elder, this time I have the final say, if you don't do what I say, I will take our three rooms and leave, and if the relationship is broken in the future, I won't even give filial piety"
"You, do you think that if the village chief is gone, no one will press you, and you can do this to us"
"I won't tell you more, you have a clear heart, you want to sell my daughter, and you want our three rooms to be respectful to you, do you think it's possible? By the way, if they dare to be lazy in the two rooms, then our three rooms will leave immediately, hum"
Jiang Yuheng didn't want to talk to her more, got up and went back to the backyard, and continued to weave baskets, he had been on fire in the backyard a few days ago, and he was full of food, although there were not many things, but Li spent all his efforts to do it, and he was satisfied with eating.
So Jiang Yuheng didn't want to go back to the past, the village chief's family was killed, and no one could suppress him, he was not a weak lord in the first place.
In this way, the old man Jiang compromised, asked the eldest son and the second son to ask for leave, come back for the spring harvest, and the whole family went to the field together, leaving one person to cook, fortunately, the youngest Yunni was eight years old and could work.
Adults cut wheat to transport back, the smaller ones pick up wheat in the back, it is really a lot of strength, sixteen acres of land, it only took three days, it was harvested, the open space at home is full of dried wheat, Li's cooking is delicious, she is responsible for cooking at home.
The old man made it unprecedented for Li to kill a chicken every day, and he could eat meat every day, the porridge was also thick, there were many sweet potatoes in it, and the rough flour cakes never appeared at all.