Chapter 272: Bribery? No way
"That's right, it's normal for neighbors to have friction, as long as you speak openly and don't mutter to yourself in your heart, it's not a big deal, Chen, are you right?"
"Yes, yes, thank you, for your explanation."
Si Zhi continued with a smile on his face:
"Ma also said just now, she will also raise sheep in the coming year, this sheep raising is not a simple matter, Ma Shi do you don't understand, don't you also have to learn from Chen? Wouldn't this be able to avoid some detours? ”
"Chen's sheep, your sheep are running around, Ma knows your sheep, if you see your sheep running away to other people's fields again, Ma can also help drive the sheep."
"Neighbors always have to help each other."
I didn't expect Si Zhi, the official master, to be so easy-going, and in a few words, he told him all about the intersection of the two in the village.
Saying this, the faces of the two eldest ladies softened a little more, and they thought about it, they are all from the same village, and they tear their faces for a little trouble, and they don't see anyone who looks up every day, so what's the line.
Unconsciously, the tension in the eyes of the two ladies had already dispersed.
"The two of them look the same age as my mother, my mother is also an honest person who has been farming all her life, and the farmers are busy in the fields all day long, so they don't have the heart to think about how to be a traitor."
"If there is really a bad person who dares to commit a traitor and maliciously destroy the fields of the two eldest ladies, the official will deal with it according to the law of thieves and thieves, one acre of canes sixty, three acres plus one class, five acres of imprisonment for two years, ten acres of canes and 100 canes, five years in prison, and a fine."
"In short, the two ladies can farm with peace of mind, and the law will protect your labor income from any lawbreakers!"
The two ladies bowed to the department convincingly, and bowed to the envoys and recorders on the left and right, and after sincerely thanking each other, they settled down and left the Dali Department together.
Ma Changyuan, who was waiting outside, saw the two come out of the Dali Department after reconciliation, and immediately leaned over with a smile to ask about the situation:
"How's it going, two aunties? My black hat ......"
"Hey, it's just a trivial matter, but fortunately, I listened to your persuasion and came to the Dali Department, not only the matter was solved, but also another peace of mind, Xiaoma, thanks to you."
"That's it, I didn't expect the official master inside to be so easy to talk to, we thought that the official master was still the same as before, and he would loot our money and food at every turn."
"That's right," Ma said to Chen, as if he had suddenly remembered something:
"These sixty liters of grain, I said forget it, you don't have to pay for it, next year when my family raises sheep, you teach me how to raise it, okay?"
"Then let's take 30 liters of rice out and thank the official of the family."
"The official deserves to be the official, and when he said it, he felt a sense of comfort in his heart, and the anger dissipated."
"Huh? Aunt Ma! Aunt Chen! Don't ......"
As soon as they heard that the two of them wanted to take rice to thank Yangzhou Sizhi, Ma Chang couldn't stop him, so the two of them hooked up with each other's arms as if they had never had a conflict, and left with brisk small steps.
Li Du no longer takes care of the long-term horse.
The sweat on the horse's head was dripping, good guy, this-
"Don't let Yangzhou Si think that it was instigated by me...... Oh my God......"
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The two ladies were close to Fang Street, and after buying 20 liters of polished rice each, they hurriedly returned to the Dali Department.
It just so happened that not many people from the Dali Department came to request the verdict of the case, and the department was sorting out the documents of the Dali Department.
The two of them took advantage of the fact that there was no one inside, so they immediately sneaked over.
"Master Guan, thanks to you for upholding justice! This is a little bit of caution on our part, we can't call you a busy official! Chen happily stuffed two cloth bags of rice under the table where Si Zhi was sitting.
Si Zhi looked at him suspiciously, bowed his waist and lowered his eyes, and when he saw the two bags of rice, his brows turned into pimples:
"Two aunts, this is yours."
"Huh? Could it be that you, sir, ...... Is this too little? Ma subconsciously said the apprehension in his heart.
"This ......" Chen Shi suddenly panicked.
"What are you talking about?" Si Zhi suddenly raised his voice seriously, squinting coldly at the two ladies who made him speechless:
"Dali eats imperial food, and what it does is to uphold justice!"
"If I can accept bribes from the two ladies today, I can also accept others tomorrow!"
"Tell me, what justice is there in this situation?"
"Take it back!"
After saying that, Si Zhi got up angrily, picked up his official document and left.
Leaving the two ladies in place, looking confused.
"Yes...... If you can accept us, you can accept the ...... of others. If so...... Isn't it true that whoever gives more will be just? ”
The two illiterate aunts, after this day, understood a lot of truths, and the two of them simply wanted to treat today as an extraordinary adventure, and they had to sing him about this in the village.
Amazing, there really is a big master in the world!
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After Ma Changchang settled the old lady, he took advantage of the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday to accompany the old lady in Yangzhou for two days.
In the past two days, he hurriedly hired some people to renovate his old house and buy a more comfortable cow tendon bed at home.
The cow tendon bed is much softer and more comfortable than the wooden plank bed, causing Ma Liu to even have some trouble sleeping in the past two days.
The roof was mended, and the fence of the yard was reinforced.
On the night of the seventeenth day of the Lunar New Year, Ma Changchang was reluctant to drive the carriage to Chang'an.
The Yangzhou Agricultural Department was also busy for a long time before the grain of the farmers in Majiatun was harvested.
Since the implementation of the encouragement order, the field that each household is cultivating is not just 10 acres per household when the land was equalized earlier.
Some people are even cultivating thirty acres of land, of course, the other twenty acres are wasteland, and the encouragement order says-
Whoever cultivates the wasteland will own the income.
With such encouragement, there is almost no wasteland in Yangzhou, and even some wasteland beside the desertified river, Yangzhou farmers have learned from the practice of new Yangzhou farmers from the north and turned it into polders.
One crop of rice a year is not enough, and we are even rushing to sow another crop of late millet and another crop of millet in early winter.
Even if millet is not sold, it can be used to raise chickens and ducks.
Seeing that all places are getting better and better under the three orders of Sinong Temple, Ma Changchang's pride in his heart is indescribable.
"Ponies! Colt! This is back to Chang'an? ”
Ma Changchang, who left Yangzhou in the dark in a carriage, met Ma and Chen on the village road.
The two still have contradictions, they are like a pair of old sisters.
"Yes, it's time to go back to Chang'an." Ma Changchang said politely.
Chen and Ma mysteriously each took out two eggs from their respective breast pockets, and stuffed them into Ma Changchang's hand desperately:
"I don't know if there is anything to eat on the road, and if there is none, I don't want to go hungry."