The snow in the restaurant is reflected, there is a stove in the restaurant, upstairs and downstairs, there are forty diners, it is not yet noon, it may not be ordered, basically they are all tea, smoke, melons and fruits, gossiping.

At this moment a young man came in, followed by a middle-aged man, all with hats, and could not see the face clearly, so the man led him in, and came to a small elegant seat.

When he got inside, the oil coat was taken off, and the young man revealed a cyan cotton robe, but the middle-aged man was a little restrained, and he saw that the young man waved his hand and said, "Sit down, we still have to discuss things!"

"Yes!" The middle-aged man sat down, and when he was able to sit down, the young man asked, "Has the specific number come out?"

"Yes, real person!" The middle-aged man whispered: "The second season of rice and wheat in this county, three stones per mu of rice, and one and a half stones of wheat, there may be differences in it, the higher ones are more, the second ones are less, and the difference is not big." ”

This young man is naturally Wang Cunye, and when he heard this, he thought about it, three stones of rice are three hundred catties, and one and a half stones of wheat are one hundred and fifty catties.

Of course, there is moisture here, but after a month of investigation from time to time, there is not much difference.

"There are 6,000 households in the county, with a total population of 28,000. ”

"The county has 51,000 acres of land, the theoretical grain output is 23 million catties, and the average ration reaches 800 catties!"

Calculated this number, Wang Cunye was very surprised, because the average mortal can survive with an average of 400 catties, and 450 catties of rations can live with food and clothing.

The Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty on the earth only hovered around 750 catties.

But after thinking about it, this county is in the Daomen formation, the wind and rain are smooth, and the output is not uncommon to be fifty catties higher, so I was relieved.

Moreover, along the coast, there is still fishery income, and the overall grain is at least about 1,000 catties.

According to the survey, landlords own two-thirds of the land, while yeoman farmers account for one-third of the land, and tenants account for about 60 percent of the population.

Sanqi rent has made most tenants struggle with the line of fullness.

"Real person, the owners of more than ten acres in the county are here, aren't they?" the middle-aged man waited for a moment and asked cautiously.

"Well, you are a Hu Cao official, you go to see them, do you know what the purpose of this time is?"

"The lower officials will discuss with them and persuade them to reduce the land rent, so as to respond to the compassion of the people. "It's actually conventional, and middle-aged people don't think that the owner will not give face.

"No need, you discuss with them, donate some money and food, I see that the roads in the territory are not clear, many sections of the road are muddy and difficult to walk on rainy days, and even the main post road is blocked, donate money and food, hand it over to the house, and the list must be submitted. Wang Cunye said flatly.

It turned out to be this thing, and this is also a common thing in this era, and the Hu Cao officials hurriedly responded, and when they saw that the real person had nothing to say, they went out by themselves.

After putting down the hat, Hu Cao was naturally familiar with the owner, and immediately many people stood up to greet him, and said with a smile: "It turns out that Lord Kui is here? We have already arrived, waiting for you!"

"Oh, you still have snow on you, you wipe your face with a towel, man, take off your adult coat and bake it off the fire, don't catch a cold......"

The man hurriedly and cautiously went up and waited to take off his coat.

And the gentry hurriedly made a move, and sat down in a gossipy.

"The real person is coming to the county palace!" Hu Cao sat down, nodded slightly when he saw this, cleared his throat, and said: "I inspected the county a while ago and inspected the people's customs, which is also our blessing!"

"True people have mercy on the poor and the weak, benevolence and virtue, we must also follow some merits, and there are some shortcomings, you all understand people's ......"

Every real person will say this, and the ears of the words will grind out calluses, but the gentry still suddenly realized, and said with their mouths open: "Extremely, extremely, the merits of real people are great, and we also have to get some brilliance." ”

Wang Cunye in the screen took a sip of tea, thinking of the look of this household official just now, this person may think that he is wasting the people's power and wealth...... Thinking of this, Wang Cunye couldn't help laughing.

Hu Cao continued: "From the county government to the Nankou ferry wharf, the road must be completely renovated...... As soon as it rained and snowed, mud splashed on the road, and the real person didn't like it when he saw it...... The silver and food needed are ...... to invite the gentry to be happy and lose."

After that, Hu Cao picked up the tea bowl and sipped tea, although he was respectful in front of Wang Cunye, but here, he had the bearing of an adult.

It's really going to lose money and grain, and the gentry all look at each other and become silent.

Hu Cao was not in a hurry, scanning the audience, this silence is only short-lived, I believe that someone will soon get up to answer, if a clear old man, around fifty years old, skinny, but stood up, he smiled and broke the silence: "The arrival of real people is a blessing for this county, and this road and bridge repair is also a great good deed, and my Lu family is willing to donate one hundred and fifty stone of grain." ”

"Ah, of course, my Cheng family is willing to donate one hundred and twenty stones. ”

"My family has little food, but I donate a hundred taels of silver!"

At this time, the snow gradually became heavier, a white expanse, and the wind rushed in through the gaps, but it was baked by four large charcoal basins, and the cold air could not be revealed.

In just a moment, he donated 1,200 stone of grain, plus 2,000 taels of silver, and Hu Cao was a little unhappy, according to the plan, he wanted 3,000 stone of grain and 5,000 taels of silver, but when he was about to get angry, he heard a voice in his heart: "It's enough, just let them sign and draw a pledge." ”

Hu Cao looked left and right, saw that no one heard, knew that this was a real person's power, immediately restrained his anger, and said with a smile: "Very good, all the gentry are very enthusiastic, real people will be very happy, come to people, and record everyone's donations on the post." ”

Looking at it just now, seeing that Hu Cao was unhappy, everyone had some speculation in their hearts, but when they heard this, they were happy, and one of them got up and said, "What the lord said is, we will sign it." ”

The whole hall was also in response, and they all stepped forward to draw the charge, and the matter was finished in a moment, and at this time, near noon, seeing that the host had no sign of a banquet, they all took their leave.

After sending the gentry away, Hu Cao Yan breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and entered the screen, and said, "Real person, the matter is done, are you eating here?"

"No, let's go back to the house, and when we get to the house, I will send you a seal and deliver 1,800 stone of grain and 3,000 taels of silver, and you can recruit workers." ”

"Don't repair it together, divide it into three sections, Nankou Ferry Pier to Jizilin Market to repair first, there are about ten miles of road here?" said Wang Cunye and looked at Hu Cao.

"Yes, the real person remembered it correctly, it's eleven miles. Hu Cao hurriedly bowed back.

"Eleven miles, it should be two zhang wide, the soil should be piled up three inches, and the gravel and sand should be paved on it, and there is sand on the beach, and the stones can go to the stone field. ”

"These eleven miles should be divided into sections, each section will be contracted to a work team, and then the money will be calculated according to the section, and each person will be sent down when he has done enough work every day, and he will be given one liter of rice every day, and the processing money will be fifty wen!"

When Hu Cao heard this, he swallowed his saliva and said, "My lord, you don't need to be paid for labor, you can just give one liter of rice a day." ”

"I said that if I want to give, I want to give, and I have my own opinions. Wang Cunye said flatly, but suddenly Hu Cao was oozing into a cold sweat, and hurriedly responded: "Yes, yes!"

As he spoke, the snow became heavier and heavier, falling piece by piece, and the dripping water on the eaves gradually stopped, but it really turned into snow, and there was no rain.

In the silence, Wang Cunye smiled: "That's the matter, how long have I been here?"

"Back to the real person, it's been three months. ”

"It's been three months!" Wang Cunye smiled faintly, in the past three months, he has not issued a decree, just to find out the situation, but now he has figured it out: "This is my first thing, you say, there will be people who don't have long eyes and stretch out their hands up and down to hurt me?"

"Of course not, there is such a person, and the lower official cut off his head first. Hu Cao said in a cold sweat.

"Then you can do it, the snow will stop and it will be dry, and there will be this snow ......" Wang Cunye took a look: "The heavy snow seals the door, to prevent freezing to death and starvation, you gather with the people in the ya, you have to go out to check!"

Hu Cao Yan smiled at this time: "The real person really loves the people like a son, but the yamen will take a look every year, no one will starve to death at this time, this is the land of immortals!"

Wang Cunye smiled: "You go and do your business." ”

Saying that, Wang Cunye walked out, in this immortal gate, but he didn't have to scruple, just a few steps, the person disappeared, but he used a spell.

Seeing Wang Cunye leaving, the Cao official stood up straight and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Qichangfeng Dongfu Lao Dao took out a new piece of information, looked at it for a long time, and was puzzled.

This Wang Cunye arrived at the county magistrate, and after three months, he came up with this painless road repair plan?

You must know that even in this era, there are often plans to build roads and rivers, which can be regarded as a kind of normality.

As he was thinking, he burst through the door and a person came in.

Lao Dao looked up, and saw a Taoist in a cyan robe, slowly coming over, with big sleeves fluttering, looking up, I felt that this person was very ordinary, and when I looked at it carefully, there was an indescribable charm, which made people look up to it unconsciously.

Lao Dao couldn't help but smile: "It turned out to be Senior Brother Chenghua, you are out of the customs?"

Cheng Hua said solemnly: "Exactly, I have seen senior brother." ”

Lao Dao didn't care, and said: "It's good for you to get out of the customs, do you know about your disciples?"

"But I know that this criminal, who holds his own quality and quality, but left his job without authorization, which really disappoints me. Cheng Hua said coldly.

Lao Dao felt a lot in his heart, knowing that this junior brother was cold-hearted, so don't be angry with Xuan Song because of this, and said at the moment: "It's a pity that we can't say it clearly...... But even so, it doesn't have much impact, you see, after this Xuan Shang arrived, he wasted three months, and now he is just building some roads. ”

As he spoke, he showed him the information, and said: "If it is so stable, you can only score a basic score, but it is not much higher, the following two arguments and sword fighting, or Xuan Song's nephew should be the leader, but he can still win the three yuan, and then it will not be too late for the junior brother to be punished, but now he can't show his deeds." ”

Chenghua Daoren nodded, unfolded the information and looked at it carefully, frowning: "You said that he was just building roads, does he have other intentions?"

"Senior brother, the county has been governed for three hundred years, and there are many ghosts and immortals who have taken office, and all the things that can be done have been done, how can this Xuanshang be different?"

"Besides, we're all paying attention!"

Hearing this, Chenghua Daoist nodded and stopped speaking.

(To be continued)