The cowherd's thing to say is also very simple.

In order to help the county government raise these cattle, his whole family is burdened with heavy debts, poor his little granddaughter, who is only more than three years old this year, knows that he is sympathetic to the hard work of adults, and helps to pick cattle grass, even so, the life of the family is very hard.

Now the cowherd's family helps to raise eighteen cows, twelve of which are able to produce milk buffaloes, this kind of cattle is more troublesome to raise, but the milk production period is long, usually only large families will raise, if it is used to pull the ground, less than the old cattle to do, but there are a lot of things.

Gu Lan wants to raise more cattle, firstly, because Xiaolongkan lacks labor, and secondly, because she can raise some cows that produce milk, and she can also drink buffalo milk to let the children in the village grow up healthily, why not.

The cowherd promised Gu Lan that as long as Gu Lan could buy these cattle in one go, he would definitely help to talk more about luxury at the county office, and when the time came, he would also resign from his identity as a cowherd, and the whole family would move to Xiaolongkan, and help Gu Lan raise cattle without money, as long as Gu Lan could provide them with accommodation and food.

This is also the helpless move of the cowherd, if he can live in his homeland, who wants to move his family.

Gu Lan thought about it and felt that it was indeed feasible, first, there was no professional who could raise cattle in the village, so he had to find a farmer to raise these cattle, otherwise it would cost hundreds of silver to buy more than ten or twenty cows, and if he raised them and died, it would be a big loss.

What's more, the cowherd's skills are really good, put the cow in his hand, Gu Lan can rest assured.

The only thing is that Gu Lan is worried that the county order will not let people go easily, and even refuse to sell these cattle to Gu Lan easily.

How can I buy cattle smoothly?

The cowherd's face was bleak, he was naturally happy to see that Gu Lan was willing to take over and buy these cows, but when Gu Lan asked these words, he also began to worry.

muttered: "Yes, if the county magistrate was willing to let me go, he would have let me go a long time ago, how could he ......?"

"But I'm still willing to try, what if the county magistrate is kind and willing to let our whole family live?"

A look of hope appeared on the cowherd's face.

Gu Lan really couldn't bear to break his illusions, she naturally knew what these fat-brained officials were, and it was impossible to make them kind.

So far, the only way to do this is to use stratagems to let these people take the initiative to let go.

"Don't worry, wait for me to figure it out."

"Lan girl, do you have any good ideas?" Old man Shao asked.

The ram came up with an idea from the sidelines: "Why don't I disguise myself as a caravan from elsewhere and buy it?" As long as the money is enough, the county order will definitely release people! ”

"No, no, no, this son, your idea is wrong, the court is not allowed to buy and sell cattle and sheep privately, if anyone wants to buy cattle, not only have to wait for the official uniform to buy, but also show the household registration certificate to buy it!"

In other words, the method of pretending to be a god and making a fake identity to deceive people will not work at all.

The ram sighed and muttered: "This can't work, that doesn't work, isn't it possible to make this county make the lion open his mouth and take all our hard work?" ”

Gu Lan shook her head helplessly, "Don't worry, I don't know how many things like this are in the world, now it's just a small county order in Stone Town that makes you so big, if there are other things in the future, how can you lead the caravan out of the predicament?" ”

"As long as the mind does not slip, there are always more ways than difficulties."

Gu Lan first comforted the ram Youfan, she looked much younger than the ram at her age, she looked soft and weak, but she looked smart and clever.

I saw a sly smile on Gu Lan's face, and she said, "I have a good way to get the county government to take the initiative to spit out these cattle and sheep!" And it's sold to us at a low price! ”

After hearing this, everyone couldn't help but widen their eyes and look at each other, I'm afraid this person didn't drink too much, right? How is it possible to let the county magistrate who picks the door take the initiative to sell them the high-priced cattle and sheep cheaply?

But Gu Lan did have a good idea.

Three days later, Qi Shi'an, the county magistrate of Stone Town, had a headache, he was originally the son-in-law of a side branch of a family, although he was only a side branch of the sister-in-law, but because of the selection of talents in the world, if he wanted to be an official, he must have a background in the family.

Although Qi Shi'an didn't have much ability, and he didn't even have two taels of ink in his stomach, he still got an official position because of it. When he came to this remote stone town as a county magistrate, he realized that he had not suffered at all before.

This ghost place is in a ravine, guarded by mountain bandits outside, and there are some people inside, in addition to loving beauties, he is trying his best to scavenge the oil and water of these poor ghosts.

What kind of poll tax, walking tax, clothing tax, once the house has no money, or wants to marry some beauty, he will have to search for the people's oil and water with great fanfare.

But in the past few days, he has not even had the mind to appreciate the beauty, and he is worried.

This matter goes back to two days ago, two days ago, suddenly a red-clothed envoy from the imperial court arrived, telling him that there will be a senior official of the imperial court next month to come down for assessment, this time the assessment is the cattle and sheep division of the county government, as the place where the imperial court buys and sells cattle and sheep, this place is related to the production and life of the local people.

Therefore, the boss who came this time was very favorable, and if something went wrong in this aspect, it was estimated that even his position would be implicated.

It's good to die, the cattle and sheep division of Shizhen County Ya...... It's not in the county office!

The previous county magistrate handed over the task of raising cattle and sheep to a cowherd, and did not give feed all day, and spent all the money deducted from the concubine room.

Knowing that the imperial court was going to send someone to inspect, Qi Shi'an ordered someone to find the cowherd who raised cattle and asked him to send the cattle and sheep to the county government.

This batch of cattle and sheep are very good, fat and strong, and they can be sold at a good price at a glance.

Qi Shi'an also put his mind at ease and waited for Shangguan's arrival, but who knew that starting the next day, more than half of the nearly twenty cows who moved to the county government began to have diarrhea and diarrhea, and they couldn't eat grass.

This time it was very bad for Qi Shi'an, if Shangguan came and saw this, he would be scolded.

Ordered someone to call the cowherd and scolded him, but the cowherd didn't know what was going on.

Seeing that time was getting more and more urgent, the county commander Qi Shi'an really had no choice, and at this time, Gu Lan took the people from the village to the county to buy cattle and sheep.

At first, Qi Shi'an heard that the people in Xiaolongkan, the village below, wanted to buy cattle and sheep, but he refused.

Soon the above people are going to come to check his breeding task, and now that he has bought the cattle and sheep, how can he cope with the inspection?