Su Zijin's sudden words almost made the five-short female grasshopper fall off the horse. His face was no longer slightly dark, but reddened, as if it were a boiled shrimp, and the long beard on his face became more and more redundant.

I saw that the Hou prefect smiled embarrassedly, "Yes, although we admire scholars, but we don't have that ability, we are sleepy when we read a book, and no one can save us, fortunately, we are born to farm, and the former prefect felt that our natural ability could not be wasted, so he promoted me to be a farmer, and then promoted all the way, and finally he was promoted and left, so he recommended me to take over this Pingqiu prefect." Speaking of which, in addition to thanking the imperial court for its policies and not disliking my background, what I should be most grateful for is the former prefect! ”

may have been told by Su Zijin that his background was broken, but the Hou Governor's Mansion put aside the awkward literati style just now, and did not brush his beard at every turn, but took one bite at a time, making his whole person look a lot more harmonious and pleasing to the eye.

Su Zijin was not annoyed when he saw that this Hou Governor's Mansion was told by himself, there were really some differences.

She went out just now to intercept the people who turned around when she saw their group far away, and chased after them to inquire together, only to know the reason why he avoided, it turned out that the farmer had good eyes, and he saw someone from the government coming from afar, so he turned around and left.

When Su Zijin heard this, he thought that it was not the people in the government who had done something evil, and asked with great interest, but he didn't think that the words of this farmer made Su Zijin cry and laugh.

"Governor Hou, I heard that these fields were not allowed to be cultivated by you and let them be abandoned?"

Su Zijin asked with interest, Qin Jing listened, and looked at Governor Hou, "Governor Hou, what explanation do you have for doing this?" ”

Hearing the inquiry of the four princes, the Hou prefect spread his hands and said innocently, "The four princes, it's not that I don't let them reclaim the wasteland, but this wasteland, it's really better to just let it be wasted there." ”

Qin Jing couldn't understand this Hou Governor's Mansion at this time, and said that he was malicious, after he was exposed by Su Zijin, he didn't have a weak heart, but if he was not malicious, at the moment, one wasteland after another, in the opening of the country, it was the time when a hundred wastes were waiting to be revived, and the national strength was accumulated, so he ordered it to be wasted, which is simply condemnable.

Qin Jing looked at Governor Hou meaninglessly, thoughts were rolling in his eyes, and he didn't know how to speak for a while.

It was still the gaze of the Hou Governor's Mansion at Shang Qin Jing, and he finally knew that he was afraid, and hurriedly explained, "Fourth Prince, I didn't mean it, I ordered the fields to be wasted and let every family reclaim them in a certain amount, which is a hardship!" ”

"Oh? Let's talk about it. ”

When Qin Jingken heard this, Governor Hou first breathed a sigh of relief, and then continued, "Fourth prince, here's the thing. The rules I give to every family are based on my years of farming experience. A strong labor force of 40 acres of land is just right, if you plant more, can you take care of it, at least the degree of hardship is different, tired and tired, and there may not be more grain left on 40 acres of land. ”

Seeing Qin Jing and Su Zijin's gaze, Governor Hou knew that the two didn't understand, so he went on to explain, "A family of more than forty acres of land, in addition to the fields inherited by the previous generation, obtained by themselves, although the taxes paid in the past few years were small, but the output was also small, and when the taxes were paid normally in the future, more than four acres of land should be added to the value-added tax, land price tax, as well as water money, dung money, and good seed money. ”

After Governor Hou folded his fingers and calculated for Qin Jing, Qin Jing's face was finally not as ugly as just now, "A few acres of land with more crops will always yield more than a few seeds." Farmers want to cultivate more, why do you stop them? ”

Seeing that the four princes didn't believe it, the Hou Governor's Mansion immediately calculated an account for Qin Jing, "Do the four princes know, how do we collect this field tax?" Without waiting for Qin Jing to speak, he directly counted the accounts, "We have to pay two dollars per mu for each tax every year, but they have worked hard for a year, if they work intensively, the yield per mu is still fifteen stones, if there is no restriction on reclamation, the energy and manure water supply is not available, and the yield of eight or nine stones per mu is already a good hand." Do you calculate, the yield of this mu of land is so bad, and you have to pay extra manure money and low-price taxes, where can you compare to intensive cultivation? I have been farming since I was a child, and I have risen from Sinong to the prefect, where do I not know how much land is suitable for my own cultivation? But some Diao people think that the official restricts them from cultivating the fields because it harms them, but it's okay, they don't understand, I don't care about them, the official is the prefect, even if they don't understand, listen to the official. ”

These words were confident, which made Su Zijin impressed.

"Governor Hou is really the parent of the people, and the people under the discipline are like their own children."

It doesn't matter if you don't understand, knowing that I'm for your good, I have a clear conscience. Governor Hou's self-confidence, Su Zijin is ashamed of himself.

Qin Jing listened to the words of the Hou Governor's Mansion, and couldn't help but his face sank, "You have been farming since you were a child, and your experience is rare, that's your own business, but now the imperial court has ordered the cultivation of the voice, just to let the people live in peace, and then cultivate more fertile land and live a prosperous life." You limit them like this, what qualifications do you have? Violating the law of the country, disobeying the will of the people, acting arbitrarily with just a little experience of your own, and being complacent. If you can't afford to farm yourself, how can you know that others can't do it? Even if they are incompetent, shouldn't you, as the prefect, provide them with the assistance of good seed farming? ”

Governor Hou's face turned red by the harsh rhetoric of the four princes, "The four princes are high, and what they say is light, but when it comes to farming, if I say something offensive, you don't know as much as me." Forty acres for a family is just right! ”

The hardness of the Hou prefect made Xi Yan's eyes widen, under the cold face of the four princes, he could still be tough, and I don't know if this prefect is bold or has a hard neck.

Su Zijin listened on the side, couldn't help laughing, looked at the mother-like Hou Zhifu and said, "Hou Zhifu, have you ever thought that the forty acres limit you mentioned is your own." I look at the five short figures of the Hou Governor's Mansion, I am afraid that he lost a lot when he was a child, so he is thin and small, and he only farms and exercises a lot of strength. If you are a stranger, you don't need to be tall, you are born strong, you are a normal person, and you can cultivate more acres than you can cultivate. One is eight feet tall, the other is six feet tall, and the upper limit is different. ”

Governor Hou's face instantly turned red and black, pointing at Su Zijin's lips trembling but unable to speak, I don't know if he was concerned about Su Zijin's identity or the fourth prince by his side, after a while, he flicked his sleeves, "I don't understand farming since I was a child, you know it, right?" You can arrange it randomly, and when the time comes, you will know the ability of this official! ”

At this time, the Hou Governor's Mansion, where is there still the honesty just now, with his head held high, his eyes full of contempt, looking at Su Zijin, if he means something, it is for Su Zijin, a little woman, and it is also for the four princes around Su Zijin.

"The lower officials still have official business, so they won't accompany the four princes."

As he spoke, he turned his horse's head and headed towards the city, and the officials beside him followed the prefect who was bold enough to cover the sky.

Xi Yan was not impressed at this time, but threw himself to the ground, looked at the distant Hou Zhifu and sighed, "It's really ignorant and fearless, I didn't expect that Yanzhou, a small mansion city, would be so strange." ”