In the northeast of Dongyang City, a strong wind swept through a dense mulberry forest, bringing out bursts of noise.

A group of government soldiers rushed out of the avenue on the side of the mulberry forest.

The clothes were caught quickly, followed by the tax collectors in white and blue short robes, and the Qianniuwei wearing red clothes and gold armor followed closely behind.

Surrounded by dozens of tall horses, there was a two-seated black carriage.

Inside the carriage, Li Xuan's eyes raised and looked at Cheng Yan, who was sitting opposite, wearing a light green skirt, with a pretty face and a gentle temperament.

"Lord Wang!" Cheng Yan laid the case file in his hand forward and pushed it towards Li Xuan, and said in a deep voice: "The Huang family is the oldest surviving family in Dongyang, they have settled in Dongyang since the pre-Qin Dynasty, and for hundreds of years, they have already spread out their branches and leaves, and they are all over Dongyang, studying and joining the army, farming and business, respecting the old and helping the young, and ......working together inside and outside."

After a slight pause, Cheng Yan looked at the other people in the car.

The county Cheng Gu Tan, the county learned to sacrifice the wine Cheng Zipu, and now he is also sitting in the carriage.

Cheng Zipu sat side by side with his daughter, and sitting opposite him was Gu Tan.

Gu Tan and Li Xuan sat side by side, and sitting opposite Li Xuan was Cheng Yan.

Cheng Yan's eyes were very clear, and she said cautiously and seriously: "Lord Wang, the Huang family is not domineering in Dongyang, and the acres of land it occupies are not the majority in Dongyang, but what they own is the most fertile land in the entire Dongyang, and there are quite a few high-class people in the clan."

Gu Tan nodded approvingly and said, "Over the years, many people have beaten the Huang family's idea of the field, but in the end, it was all over, and the Huang family is not easy to mess with."

Li Xuan took the case file from Cheng Yan's hand, and at the same time asked, "The Huang family is now in the court, who has the highest official position?"

"Return to the prince!" Gu Tan shook his head with a wry smile and said, "The Huang family has nothing to do with the court, and the most outstanding son of his family now serves as a county governor in Huzhou, and it is said that he is already quite capable."

Li Xuan bowed slightly.

Although the Huang family is one of the outstanding wealthy families in Dongyang, its reputation can only spread locally in Wuzhou.

Once he leaves Wuzhou, the son of his ability can only be a Jiupin County Cheng.

Gu Tan is already one of the most marginal children of the entire Gu family, but he is also the first-term Jiupin County Cheng.

The help of the family is especially obvious in officialdom.

Unless it is born in troubled times.

"The Huang family started the summer harvest a few days ago, which was the earliest in the entire Dongyang, and at that time, the patriarch Huang Ren also invited the lower officials to go down to the ground to open the sickle, although the lower officials were a little embarrassed, but they still had the cheekiness to go." Although Gu Tan said so, he didn't look embarrassed at all.

This kind of summer harvest and sickle is very symbolic, and it is generally the responsibility of the county commander, but now it is done by Gu Tan.

Just this moment, Gu Tan's desire to become a county magistrate has been revealed.

It's not a bad thing to be ambitious, just have the ability to match ambition, and it's best to bring some care for the people.

"Today's preparations are in a hurry, and only the rice fields of the patriarch Huang Ren's family have been harvested in the entire Dongyang, and some of the others have just begun, and some even need to be in July." Gu Tan explained slightly.

Li Xuan nodded seriously: "That's true, the land is fertile and barren, the rice seeds are good and bad, the planting method is also good and bad, and people are also industrious and lazy, those who can mature first must be the best, and those who fall into the final harvest may not be personal reasons, this king's province."

Li Xuan is not a person who knows nothing about agriculture.

Whether it is the rice cultivation of Pengwangfu in Pengzhou in Shuzhong, or the fields of Nanchang Wangfu in Nanchang, they have already been handed over to Li Xuan to deal with these years.

Princess Peng Ouyang is quite attentive in education, and let Li Xuan start to experience very early.

He personally presided over the completion of the agricultural mulberry class, the construction of water conservancy, the spacing of the fields, the fertilization of the land, and the collection of taxes.

Li Xuan is also well aware of all the malpractices.

I don't know how long it took, but the carriage suddenly stopped.

At this time, I heard Li Zhu's voice outside: "Lord Wang, Huangjiazhen has arrived."

"Hmm!" Li Xuan nodded, lifted the curtain and walked out first.

A quaint and square village and town appeared in front of Li Xuan's eyes.

Mulberry and hemp fields can be seen everywhere around, and there is a small blue lake lying in the northeast of the town not far away, and the scenery is beautiful.

Standing at the exit of the village and town, you can clearly see children with bare buttocks everywhere, constantly climbing and playing.

There were old men and women staring at them from time to time, showing a kind smile.

The child's parents had now gone to the fields and began to harvest the ripe rice in batches.

After the rice is harvested, it is dried and sifted before the government officials come to collect taxes.

It's one of the biggest things of the year, and no one dares to take it lightly.

"I've seen Shangguan, but I don't know that Shangguan is coming, and I'm terrified!" An elderly man with black hair and white beard, with a somewhat anxious face, strode from a distance, and greeted everyone from afar.

When he got closer, the old man hurriedly surrendered his hand: "Old Huang Ren, I have seen all the officials!"

Huang Ren, the patriarch of the Dongyang Huang family, looked ruddy, his voice was like a bell, he was wearing a gray robe, and he had a little elegant posture.

He looked at Li Xuan and the others with a face full of respect, but there was only respect, nothing else.

"Huang Weng, this is Li Langjun, the new Wuzhou don't driver, and this time I came mainly to check the summer tax collection in Wuzhou." Gu Tan politely returned the salute and said, "Now in the entire Dongyang, only Huang Weng's family has completed the harvest of summer rice, so this official personally brought someone to collect the summer tax from Huang Weng's family, although it is a little earlier than in previous years, but I still ask Huang Weng to understand."

"This doesn't matter, after all, my family's summer tax has always been the first household in the entire Dongyang, and it is nothing more than a few days earlier." After Huang Ren finished speaking, he bowed to Li Xuan: "The old man has seen Don't drive Langjun, the old man is a little confused, isn't the position of Don't Drive in the Zhenguan period, has it been changed to a long history?"

"This is what His Majesty has reactivated this year, and it has not been around for less than a month." Li Xuan gently returned the salute to Huang Ren.

But there was a flash of fierceness in his eyes.

If it is said that Huang Ren has not cared about the situation in Dongyang County in recent days, he does not know that it is understandable that Li Xuan, the king of Nanchang County, will not be able to drive in Wuzhou, but he should not know the big news that Wuzhou Assassin Shi was assassinated and Changshi died on the spot.

In this case, the imperial court reactivated the post of don't drive, what is the intention, if you have a heart, you should see through it at a glance.

Leaning on the old and selling the old!

"Okay, Huang Weng, I don't need to say more here, let's let people prepare and start this year's summer tax acceptance." Gu Tan directly pulled the topic back again.

"Obey!" Huang Ren first bowed down and agreed, but then said with some embarrassment: "The old man still needs some help, but they are all in the field right now......

"I'm not busy, the official just went to the field to take a look, the land tax is fundamental in the world, and it can't be delayed!" Li Xuan's smile was still gentle. Z.br>

However, Gu Tan, the county Cheng who was standing on the side, did not dare to slack off at all, stepped forward, and whispered to Huang Ren, "Don't hurry up and lead the way."

Gu Tan didn't know which gourd medicine Li Xuan was selling in his heart, but he knew that their new appointment had never been so easy to deal with.

In just two days, the entire Dongyang was turned upside down by him, who knows what he was thinking at the moment!

You have to be careful with everything you say and do.

"Obey!" Although Huang Ren didn't know what he meant, he still honestly took Li Xuan and his party to the field.

The farmland is strange, green and secluded, the farmers are undulating, and the buffalo is buzzing!

"This year's harvest doesn't look bad." Li Xuan walked around the fields full of half-ripened rice, and finally stood by the side of the road satisfied.

Then Li Xuan looked at Huang Ren and said, "Huang Weng, I'll go and take a look in my family's field."

Huang Ren gave up his hand with a wry smile: "The rice in the old field has been harvested, and I don't know if there are any beautiful ones now."

"It's okay, let's go, lead the way." Li Xuan

With a faint smile and a slightly cold expression, Huang Ren had no choice but to take everyone there.

Soon, a series of empty paddy fields appeared in Li Xuan's sight.

All the rice in the paddy fields has been harvested, and it has been many days.

"Huang Weng's rice field, how many rice fields are there?" Li Xuan couldn't help but look at Huang Ren.

"Five hundred acres, this is all accumulated by the family over the past few decades." Huang Ren smiled a little embarrassedly.

"It's okay!" Li Xuan waved his hand and shook his head calmly.

After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Gaozu had a decree in the seventh year of Wude: each Ding male and middle male is granted 1 hectare of land, that is, 100 acres, of which 80 acres are divided into fields and 20 acres are Yongye fields.

20 acres of Yongye land can be inherited by the family, can also be accumulated with each other, and can also be traded and sold, but the mouth of the field is leased to the people by the imperial court, so it is not allowed to buy and sell.

Huang Ren's family has no more than three generations, and the last 160 acres are 160 acres, but now, Li Xuan has 500 acres of land in front of him.

Huang Ren's sons have already set up their own doors, but the most fertile fields in Dongyang in front of him belong to Huang Ren alone, and the deep meaning of this is clearly revealed.

However, the patriarch of a clan should lead the clan to struggle in this world, and it is also appropriate to have more land.

"Let's go, I'll wait to go back......" Li Xuan hadn't finished speaking, and just as he was about to leave, he couldn't help but look at the other side, where there was only a small half acre of rice field left that had not been harvested.

The rice in the rice field was fully ripe, and there were still several people busy inside, Li Xuan asked with some curiosity, "Whose family is this?"

"This is the land of the old decayed nephew Huang Bai, there are eighty acres, and now the harvest is almost finished." Huang Ren smiled reluctantly.

Li Xuan glanced at him deeply, then turned his head to look behind him: "Go and find a sickle, although it is late, this king will also cut a rice ear with his own hands this summer, and then take it to the state city."

"Obey!" Li Zhu immediately went to look for the sickle and quickly found it.

Li Xuan nodded at Gu Tan and Huang Ren, and then without waiting for the others to react, he walked straight into the paddy field, walked to the depths of the paddy field, and came back by cutting a rice ear with his own hands.

At the same time, Huang Bai's family also returned with Li Xuan.

"The official has asked, and his rice has been partially dried, which is enough to cover today's summer harvest, so let's harvest it together today." After speaking, Li Xuan nodded at Gu Tan, and then took the lead in walking towards the village and town.

Huang Bai in the back arched his hand at Huang Ren with some fear: "Fourth uncle!"

Huang Ren glanced at Huang Bai deeply, waved his sleeves, and shouted indifferently, "Let's go, go back."

Huang Ren's field was already on the edge of the village, and after a while, everyone had returned to the village.

At this time, Hu Cao's soldiers were in the big empty field, and they had already prepared Dahu and began to collect grain and pay taxes.

Huang Ren's family on the side quickly put the grain into the hu, and the grain pile was deliberately piled into a pointed pile, and the tax collectors on the side immediately began to weigh it.

Li Xuan glanced at it, then stopped caring and called Huang Bai's son not far away: "What's your name and how are your studies?"

"Villain Huang Xi, I've seen Shangguan, and now the villain has begun to recite thousand-character texts......" Huang Bai's son looks a little smart and clever, tiger-headed, and looks very happy.

Li Xuan also ignored the hot tax collection scene over there, and just tried to teach Huang Xi's knowledge.

For a family, the biggest way out is to go to school.

Even if it is just a jinshi and champion, it is enough to change the future of such a good family.

Suddenly, he heard a "bang", Li Xuan frowned and turned his head, and saw a young tax collector kicking the wall.

At this moment, some of the grains beyond the wall immediately fell to the ground.

Huang Ren, who was standing on the side, had an inexplicable complicated expression, but he never spoke

Li Xuan's face was gloomy, and he stared at the tax collector fiercely, and then looked at Huang Xi as if nothing had happened, and continued

Teach him his knowledge.

Seeing that Li Xuan didn't have a seizure, the people around him breathed a sigh of relief and continued to accept food.

Everything was in order, and just when everyone was relieved, there was a sudden "bang" again.

Li Xuan turned his head sideways, and there was already a trace of killing intent in his eyes.

In the middle of the clearing, it was the young tax collector just now, who kicked on the wall, and the grain fell down with a clatter.

Seeing Li Xuan's attention, the young tax man's face was immediately full of embarrassment and a smile.

And next to the tax collector, standing were the yellow and white husband and wife, and the look on their faces was already crying to death at this moment.