Master Du had already calculated when they came, if the county lord of Jiahua could make decisions for them, it would naturally be the best, if not, he would have to let her come up with some money to help.

It's not bad, it's going to be two thousand taels.

Mrs. Du counted the silver tickets: "Master, we have enough silver tickets, do we still want to pay off those old grains?" ”

"Naturally!"

Mrs. Du was a little distressed: "But this old grain can only be used for sixty percent of the market price!" If we go out, we will lose money, but if we sell the new grain mixed with the shop, we can make a lot more money. ”

Master Du glanced at her: "Ignorant woman! What do you know? If we don't hand over some old grain, others are afraid that our Du family will be rich. If we go out with some food, and we all know that we are paying at a low price, others will only think that our Du family is short of money, and the most important thing is to show Cheng Jingzhou, so that he can know that we are really willing to obey his orders. ”

Mrs. Du pouted, she didn't understand this set of officialdom, and she didn't plan to understand it, anyway, the lord is God, what he says is what.

To say that although their family has this money, it is also nerve-wracking to take out tens of thousands of taels of silver tickets at this time.

Fortunately, they got 2,000 taels from the county lord of Jiahua, and then went out with some old grain, and the silver money they actually took out was about 7,000 taels.

Thinking of this number, Mrs. Du was still very distressed.

How many years will it take to save up so much money!

In the past, it would have been good to save up, but now that so many tax-free fields are gone, this is a lot of less input.

Cheng Jingzhou ordered someone to carefully inspect the old grain, and confirmed that there was no mold or adulteration, and then it was put into the grain depot.

As for the silver tickets, they were naturally also collected by the Yamen.

With the Du family as an example, the follow-up work of cleaning up the zhang will be carried out quite smoothly.

Especially when the land under the name of the county lord of Jiahua was found, the subordinates of the county lord's mansion were very cooperative, which made other people look at it, and naturally they did not dare to do anything again.

Moreover, when the county lord of Jiahua began to dispose of the fields that came out, many people heard the rumors, and naturally they hurriedly disposed of them, but the method of disposal was slightly different.

For example, the county lord of Jiahua, she is not a person who takes silver money too seriously, so she directly sold these fields at seventy percent of the normal market price.

However, some people are not willing to suffer losses, and forcibly let some local farmers or small landlords eat at the market price, which can be regarded as another way of bullying the villagers.

Cheng Jingzhou also heard some rumors, but he didn't do anything, and the first task now is to clear the zhang, and after doing this well, he will mention the others.

However, he also ordered people to pay more attention, but he couldn't make any more trouble because of Qingzhang.

On this day, Gengjiazhuang made a fuss because of Qingzhang.

Geng Hanzi has fifteen acres of fertile land and ten acres of medium land under his name, according to the law, the worse the field, the less taxes and grain will be paid, after all, the common people also have to eat.

But today, when it was his turn to measure his family's land, Geng Hanzi's daughter-in-law actually cried and scolded on the ground, disturbing the servants and unable to do their errands.

The person in charge of this matter is Song Daring, who was promoted by Cheng Jingzhou before.

Song Daring used to dare to do anything because he couldn't survive anymore, but now when he saw this aunt making such a fuss, he inquired again and learned that he was being bullied, and he couldn't help but feel sympathy.

"This aunt, you have something to say, this booklet is registered, your family has fifteen acres of fertile land, ten acres of medium land, we just measure according to the law, and we will not be greedy for your family's land, you don't have to feel wronged."

"Phew! There is no good thing in the office! What's the good land? Our family's fifteen acres are clearly inferior fields, a season of wheat, an acre of land can't even grow 200 catties, how can it become a first-class field? ”

Song Daring frowned: "But we saw it yesterday, and it is indeed a high-grade field." ”

"That's not my family's field at all, why do you have to let our family pay taxes and grain?"

"What's the matter?" Song Daring was stunned by this, why is it not his family's field?

Song Daring wanted to ask again, but Geng Hanzi came over and forcibly dragged the person away, scolding and scolding as he walked: "You are a loser!" It's not like you're going to stay at home! You dare to say this kind of thing, are you really not afraid that those people will come to us to settle the score? Stop! ”

The Geng Hanzi in the back had to continue, but Song Daring couldn't really hear it anymore.

Sensing that this matter was wrong, after returning that night, although Song Daring was extremely tired, he still went to see Cheng County Order, and told him about the matter.

"Fifteen acres of fertile land, did you decide yesterday?"

"Lord Hui, it's indeed confirmed. At that time, when we were standing on the ground, Song Hanzi himself admitted that their village chief was also there at that time, and made it clear that this was indeed Geng Hanzi's land. ”

Cheng Jingzhou has also seen the methods of some squire bullies to bully the people, and it is not the first time that Qingzhang has flipped through all kinds of unjust cases and some strange things that have occurred during the previous Qingzhang, so he is not surprised by this kind of fraudulent land.

As it is often said, rules are dead, people are alive.

For example, according to the law, Xiucai can have 80 acres of tax-free land under his name.

But if the 100 acres under the name of this Xiucai are all low-grade fields, or there are both medium and inferior fields, then the 100 acres of land can also be included in the tax exemption.

So, is this someone who has such a mind, thinking that he will be good enough to avoid the responsibility of Qingzhang?

That's smart!

If that's the case, it's not that hard to find.

"When you go to Gengjiazhuang tomorrow, find an opportunity to inquire about whether there are any talents or people in Gengjiazhuang or nearby villages and towns, or if there are some high-ranking officials and nobles in Zhuangzi nearby. Then find an opportunity to talk more to Geng Hanzi's wife and see if you can get some useful information. ”

"Yes, my subordinates will do it."

This is the first time that Song Daring has done things for the county magistrate seriously, and he has to do it beautifully!

Cheng Jingzhou checked the gazetteer and who's who of Feng County that night, and already had a few suspicions in his heart.

If you exclude any noble, you can basically lock down which one is deliberately hiding from the world.

In fact, this method is very clumsy, and once he wants to verify it, it is very easy.

For example, these title deeds are kept in the county with backups, or some records at the time of purchase.

How many acres of land is produced? Where is the location in the village? There are detailed records of how much you walk after using a certain place as a benchmark, but it is not that when your upper lip touches your lower lip, the field is yours.

Cheng Jingzhou suddenly laughed, someone had to send this merit over, then he would accept it unceremoniously!

(End of chapter)