Wang Shouren.

Lin Lan is no stranger to this name, this is a saint, and the other party's mind science has created a major school after Cheng Zhu Lixue.

In the cabinet of the middle and late Ming Dynasty, Wang Shouren's disciples went in a heap.

In Confucianism and science, which is good and evil in human nature, Wang Shouren put forward the view that human nature is non-existent, and he is really a sage who founded the sect.

It seems that the Wu Dynasty and the dynasties that Lin Lan is familiar with are not without the slightest connection.

Lin Lan bowed to the end: "Boy Lin Lan." ”

Chen Yuan held Lin Lan's hand with one hand and Wang Shouren's hand with the other: "Sai Weng lost his horse and knew that it was not a blessing, and the official was not ladylike, so that the two Niu Ben brothers hollowed out the mansion." Today, there are two people who have become my right-hand men, and this official is also fortunate. ”

Wang Shouren arched his hand at Chen Yuan: "Master Chen is talented, like heavenly help, even if there is no two of us to help you, there will be noble people to help." ”

Lin Lan also learned from Wang Shouren: "What Elder Wang said is right. ”

Although Yunzhou City is small, it has all kinds of organs, Chen Yuan is the prefect of Yunzhou, and he does not need to report to his post, but can serve directly.

He immediately wrote the letters of appointment of Lin Lan and Wang Shouren, and after stamping the official seal, the two officially became the head catcher and master of Yunzhou Mansion.

The official uniform of Yunzhou Mansion is very decent, with a black hat more than a foot high, most of the robes are light blue, and the collar is dark red.

It is equipped with the common oxtail knife, the wooden scabbard is very smooth, and there is a brass pattern on it, which looks folded and shiny.

The knife inside was so powerful that it was covered with rust, and if it hit someone, it didn't have to be hacked to death on the spot, and that person would have died of tetanus.

Yunzhou Mansion has two main tasks at the moment, one is to recruit a few officials, and Lin Luo is responsible for this matter.

The two Niu brothers brought a large number of people into Sheephorn Mountain, and with the temper and temperament of the two, they will inevitably take revenge on the people of Yunzhou City.

The Xiang army in Yunzhou City are all old friends, women and children, and they have no combat effectiveness at all.

Wang Shouren also has a task, that is, to collect taxes.

In the past few years of war, the imperial court lacked everything, and various taxes were as high as hundreds.

Yunzhou Mansion is actually Yunzhou County, but the county collects only half of the taxes collected by each prefecture.

I don't know which wise person proposed it, all the counties in the territory of the Wu Dynasty were promoted to the government, and the government was promoted to the state.

The taxes paid by the county governments are double that of the previous ones, and Yunzhou City has to hand over 100,000 taels of silver and 10,000 stone of grain and grass.

The imperial court clearly issued an order, taxes are indispensable, which one does not pay taxes and one dies, which prefect can't get it, and which prefect has his head on the ground.

Lin Lan and Wang Shouren came out of the study, both frowning.

Wang Shouren was the first to speak: "There are less than 10,000 households in Yunzhou County, and the cloth merchants in Shibazi Lane have many connections, and they can't get any money out of their hands. ”

"As for the grain and grass, it is even more difficult, continuous wars, all kinds of unnamed taxes, and the people suffer."

Wang Shouren's words were very lonely, but his expression was not sad, staring at Lin Lan.

Lin Yan frowned: "The tax is easy to get, and the silver can be earned by yourself, and if it is not enough, it will be made up." Grain is not difficult, it depends on the seeds. It's hard to recruit people. ”

Wang Shouren nodded his chin with relief: "Oh? Contemptible people are not talented, can the son earn 100,000 yuan a year? And high-yielding seeds? ”

Sweet potatoes appeared in Lin Lan's memory, and there were many sweet potatoes outside the city that no one cared about, and people at this time didn't know that they could eat them.

Lin Lan was confident: "Mr.'s business is easy to do, but mine is difficult." People are easy to recruit, but loyal people are hard to find. ”

Wang Shouren and Lin Lan walked side by side: "People's hearts are nothing more than six emotions and seven desires, and to save people in danger, it is inevitable that farmers and snakes will be used." ”

"If you want the hearts of people to submit, you must set the rules of master and servant from the beginning, and you must not be in an equal position, this is the way to drive people."

Lin Lan's body was shocked, and many puzzled places suddenly became clear.

He was the one who saved a prison, but he was not on an equal footing. Maybe some people will remember this friendship, but villains like Li Meng, Zhou and Mengliang will not be grateful.

Lin Lan blurted out three words: "Deed of sale." ”

Wang Shouren's eyes were bent into crescents: "Good." ”

The Wu Dynasty's deed of sale was extremely harsh, and he was a domestic slave for life, and there was no such thing as redemption at all. There is no right to make any choice, and it is necessary to obey the will of the Lord's house completely.

In the west of Yunzhou City, because of the dilapidated city wall, people die every day, and there are not a few people who voluntarily sell themselves.

Lin Lan first went back to Zhu's restaurant to get some money, and found a guarantor to come to the west of the city.

As far as the eye could see, the man was like a withered body, his pudding robe was thinner than paper, and he didn't take two steps before he came across a foul-smelling corpse, surrounded by buzzing flies.

Lin Lan and the guarantor walked through it, and the thin and out-of-appearance people cast lifeless glances, they just moved their throats: "Buy me." ”

I was hungry for several days, and the sound of survival was also weak.

The guarantor covered his nose with a handkerchief: "Young Master Lin, these are rotten fish and shrimp." When autumn comes, people who can't afford to pay taxes come out to sell dolls, and there are many good goods at that time. ”

It is not appropriate to compare people with goods, and it is used to describe the scene at this time, but it is not very vivid.

Lin asked the guarantor: "Who can buy it?" ”

The guarantor was happy: "Stepping into the boundary of the west of the city, Lin Gongzi's eyes are full of goods. ”

Lin Lan was pitiful in his eyes, heaven and earth were unkind, and all things were polite, and the pigs and dogs were still full of meals.

Even if Lin Lai can't bear it, he can't change the big situation, and there will always be a time when his strength alone will be exhausted.

Lin Lan took a fancy to a pair of thin father and son, just because this person was carrying a bow and arrow behind him.

There was a scratch on the man's face, like the paw prints of a beast, and the arrow behind him was a little curved, and he had been using it for a long time.

With all his might, the man pushed his son out of the way: "My son is only ten years old. ”

The guarantor said to Lin Lan next to him: "This kid will not be a problem if he uses it for decades, and he will be able to pick up treasures if he doesn't think about it." ”

Lin Lan stared at the man: "I want you." ”

The man's lifeless eyes widened a little, as if he couldn't believe Lin Yan's words.

"Lin Gongzi, this person is almost thirty years old, and he eats a lot, so buy a servant or a younger one." The guarantor persuaded him.

Lin Lan said firmly: "It's just the two of them." ”

The people in the west of the city had already given their names to the guarantor, and as long as someone bought it, they would take the money.

An old man and a young father and son, three times money.

Lin Mian continued to walk forward and stopped again, this time a middle-aged man of forty.

What made Lin Yuan care was the ink fountain and saw next to him.

"Do you know how to work as a carpenter?"

The man seemed to know that the chance of survival was in this young man, and nodded desperately: "Yes, will." ”

Lin Lan said to the guarantor: "He wants it too." ”

The guarantor smiled and said nothing, the craftsman is not valuable, and the first thing to buy a servant is age. There are a lot of carpenter workshops and blacksmith shops in Yunzhou City, and everything can be made.

What was even more unexpected was that Lin Lan stopped in front of a swordsman with a broken leg.

The sword in the man's arms was heavily wrapped in cloth, and even though his body was covered in mud, the sword in his arms was clean.

Baoren was afraid that Lin Lan would regret it in the future, so he hurriedly grabbed Lin Lan: "Lin Gongzi, you're not here to smash my signboard, right?" Cripples too? ”

Lin Lan smiled: "Don't worry, I will never return it if I buy it." ”

"You can make a sword?"

The man raised his head coldly, he didn't think that Lin Lan would buy him, he hadn't eaten for a long time, and the west of the city should be the place where he starved to death.

Instead of despairing after hoping for it, it is better to save some energy and wait for death.

"His swordsmanship is amazing, one fights ten, Zuo Qing of Yunzhou City, a celebrity of the five cities." The guarantor had a lot of regret on his face: "It's a pity, it's wasted." ”

Lin Lan's eyes became firm: "I want it." ”