Chapter 626: Look
The amount of grain in one stone is enough for a family of three to eat for more than half a month.
This is especially Dongzhou, and the grain is comparable to gold and silver to the people at the bottom.
Su Qi'an's words completely silenced everyone present and directly quieted down.
Everyone was quiet, Su Qi'an's face was calm, and he continued unhurriedly.
"If anyone can carry this log back and forth, not only will they be rewarded with a stone of grain, but they will have a few pieces of land in Dongzhou, which are not large, only two or three acres, they can pick a piece of land and plant it for you, and the harvest will be seven and three in a year."
If Su Qi'an's previous words only made the people in front of him a little confused, but his subsequent words were enough to scare everyone in the audience.
Especially those local officials, Su Qi'an's so-called promise to reward a stone of grain made them think of an allusion, Ximu Lixin.
It is said that in the previous dynasty, a senior official who was also sent by the imperial court came to serve in the local government, in order to eliminate the people's distrust of the official government.
Specially at the city gate, came to a test, as long as anyone can carry the city gate pillars to another city gate on foot, they will be rewarded with gold and silver, this is called Ximu Lixin.
After Su Qi'an said that he would be rewarded with a stone of grain, the local officials could probably think of this allusion, but the inspector exchanged the reward for more precious grain.
This inspector wants to rely on this to buy the local people and make the people trust him, and these local officials can think of it.
These are just normal operations, even if they gain the trust of the people, but how much can they get by relying on rewards alone?
And this is not another place, this is Dongzhou, even if there is more food in this inspector, it is difficult for everyone to reward a stone, even if most of the reward is given, when the inspector leaves, how much of this grain can fall into the hands of the people, this move is just a joke in the eyes of local officials.
Just when many officials had the mentality of watching the show, who would have thought that Su Qi'an's promise behind him would play so big.
Not only rewarded a stone of grain, but also generously gave a few acres of fertile land in Dongzhou to the people for planting for free, and the harvest was only 30%.
The rest is all personal, isn't that hilarious?
Su Qi'an is in Dongzhou, and he doesn't have his own private land, but he is an inspector, and his identity is there.
In this inspection of the locality, officials from all over the country have to express themselves to a greater or lesser extent, and sending the land is the best way to express it.
It's just that Su Qi'an doesn't collect much, just a few acres, but if he is willing, let alone a few acres, even if it is a hundred acres, a thousand acres is a trivial matter.
They didn't expect that Su Qi'an would give the few acres of land he received so generously to these low-level people.
This is more or less, it is a bit of a slap in the face of these officials, most of the officials are not very good-looking on the face, but they did not have a seizure.
Even the leading Zigui Juncheng didn't say anything, his face was indifferent, they wanted to secretly order the soldiers to drive these people away, but it was impossible, so they could only watch silently.
Not long after Su Qi'an's words fell, among the silent people, there were still some who couldn't bear it, and asked directly.
"Dare to ask the Inspector if this is true?"
It was a strong young man who spoke, and as he asked, many people looked at him.
The strong man's heart tightened, and many of the eyes that looked at him were local officials.
His bold answer this time was somewhat of a slap in the face of the local officials, and he was likely to offend them.
It's not that this young man doesn't understand anything, he really has no choice, his family is not good, a year of hard farming, every year of grain collection, the family can only eat food and clothing.
Now that there is another grain requisition, this life will not go on at all, and now the Inspector has made such a promise.
Even if he knew that his actions would offend the local officials, it was better to offend the officials than to starve to death if he and the family behind him could not eat.
Su Qi'an looked at the young man, nodded, and said softly, "The envoy has made a word, the horse is difficult to chase, and when he says it, what is your name."
"Back to the adult, the little one is called Wang Wu."
"Okay, Wang Wu, you can come forward and try it."
Su Qi'an stretched out his hand and signaled, telling Wang Wu's young man to walk out of the crowd, and in front of him, there was a log about one zhang long.
Wang Wu took a deep breath, stretched out his hands, and with a fierce force, he carried the log, which weighed about 100 catties, and then walked towards Su Qi'an's mansion step by step.
To be honest, this log is not very heavy, and Su Qi'an's move is not to choose any strong men, everyone can see it.
In order to see if anyone has the courage to give it a try.
Under the heavy reward, there will be brave men, and with the increase of Su Qi'an's reward, there will be a king five.
Wang Wu carried the log, it was not very easy, from the city gate to Su Qi'an's mansion, it would take half an hour just to walk over, not to mention carrying a log of about 100 catties on his shoulder.
Under the gaze of everyone, Wang Wu walked towards the mansion step by step, attracting many onlookers during the period, and most of them admired Wang Wu's actions.
What they admired was not how strong Wang Wu was, but that he dared to try to be the first to show up to do this.
As the time passed minute by minute, half an hour passed quietly, and Wang Wu carried the log and came to the door of the mansion smoothly.
But he did not stop, his face flushed, he gasped, rested for a while, and then turned and continued towards the city gate.
Looking at him, he wants to plant good land, and I have to say that Wang Wu has a great desire.
But after thinking about it, if they were them, with such an opportunity in front of them, most of them would probably make the same move as Wang Wu.
The temptation of planting fertile land for free is indeed great after the harvest.
In Dongzhou, tenants and long-term laborers like them who work for local families are not qualified to have so-called fertile land at all, and the harvest is 28 cents all year round.
The family takes eight, they get two, this does not include the annual grain levy, it was originally the grain and grass of the magnates of the major families, and in the end, more than half of it was deducted from their own harvest, and it was very good to be able to mix food and clothing all year round.
Compared with the conditions prescribed by the overseers, it is completely heaven and earth.
Even if you will offend local officials and take risks, it will be worth the risk in order to prevent the family from starving to death.
Under the attention of everyone, Wang Wu, who was carrying the log, finally returned to the city gate after about half an hour and put down the log on his shoulder.
The body couldn't hold on any longer, and collapsed directly to the ground, gasping for breath.
Su Qi'an, who was watching this scene, gestured with his eyes, and several soldiers beside him quickly stepped forward and handed over the prepared stone of grain to Wang Wu.
At the same time, Master Liu stepped forward, took out a land deed from his arms, and faced Wang Wudao.
"Congratulations, it's all yours."
Wang Wu hurriedly got up and took the title deed in Master Liu's hand tremblingly, although he was illiterate, but the people around him were still literate.
After a brief inform, Wang Wu hurriedly put the title deed carefully in his arms, which felt like his own treasure.
It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a treasure, with this title deed, Wang Wu's family has the possibility of living.
Wang Wu hurriedly kowtowed to Su Qi'an and thanked him, "Little Wang Wu, thank you to the Inspector, as long as the Inspector is willing, the little one will be the Inspector, and in the future, he will not hesitate to go up the Sword Mountain and go down the sea of fire for the Inspector."
Su Qi'an waved his hand, motioned to get up, and said softly, "These are all you deserve, the envoy has said, as long as the envoy's conditions are completed, the envoy will do what he says, your life is yours, you have to live well and feed your family well, which is the greatest reward for the envoy."
"Okay, Wang Wu's challenge is completed, who will continue to challenge next, the envoy said that as long as the challenge is successful, these are all yours, the envoy will do what he says, first come, first served, if you miss it, there will be no such opportunity."
"My lord, I'm coming!"
"My lord, I'm willing to try!"
With Wang Wu's example, and seeing the land deed handed over to Wang Wu, those people who were still hesitant rushed to be the first
Participate.
Just kidding, this kind of pie-in-the-sky thing is finally encountered, and someone has set an example, how can it be missed.
As for whether such a move will offend a large number of local officials, it is not for them to consider.
If they can live their lives, such things have to be weighed and considered, but if they have a meal or not, they don't know if they can survive in the future, who will consider offending local officials?
Many people flocked to it, and if it weren't for the preparation of the soldiers who maintained order, they might not have been able to stop the enthusiasm of many people.
The people rushed in, and the officials behind them turned pale.
Although these low-level people can't get into their eyes, this kind of impact is somewhat disrespectful, if it weren't for Su Qi'an being here, he would have to take down these Diao people directly.
Zigui Juncheng, who was the leader, looked at the excited and enthusiastic people who participated in the challenge with an indifferent face, just snorted coldly, and then turned around and left with his subordinate officials.
As he left the city gate, his officials couldn't help but ask after all.
"Lord Juncheng, are we just tolerating this Overseer's misdeeds here? Let these untouchables be so arrogant, if we continue to tolerate them, one day, these untouchables will have to ride on our heads."
"But no, my lord, we have to think of a way to deal with it, we can't let this overseer continue to do nonsense, and then he will pat his ass and leave, leaving this mess behind, not disgusting us."
All the officials opened their mouths one after another, expressing their worries, but Zigui Juncheng was quite calm, looking ahead, with a sneer on his face.
said coldly, "Don't worry, let the Inspector continue to make trouble, it's best to make more and more trouble, and when the time comes, these Diao people will have to vomit out twice as much as they eat."
"Do you all eat dry food? When the Inspector leaves, what to do when the time comes, I think you know better than this official, now think about it, is this Inspector still a mess?"
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