Chapter 247: Copper Coins
"The county order promised to give you power again?
Du Wulang took Xue Yunniang back, had to retract, and began to be Xue Bai's staff, he first followed Yin Liang to learn to do things, and was checking the Guo family's account books, and when Xue Bai handed him a list of Shi Cao's blacksmiths, he couldn't help but wail.
"I originally thought that Lu Linghao would push back and forth with you, delay some time, and agree so quickly."
"He's still easy to talk to." Xue Bai took the result handed over by Yin Liang and looked at it, "After all, I haven't infringed on his interests yet."
"Not at the moment, but in the future." Du Wulang filled in the paperwork and said, "Shaofu, although you are talking to us, you still have to pay attention to one point." ”
Because he was so tired from doing these things, he refused to even hold the brush properly, as if he was holding chopsticks.
Xue Bai was focused on everything, he couldn't get used to seeing this way, and he didn't bother to pay attention to him.
Yin Liang was at ease, and said: "Lu County ordered this person, it is indeed not difficult to speak. What he cares about is the interests of the future, neglect the rule, flattery, and no responsibility, to put it bluntly, he is greedy, lazy and afraid of death. ”
"Greedy, lazy, and afraid of death." Du Wulang said: "Isn't that me?" ”
Everyone in the corridor smiled.
Yin Liang sighed: "In order to make himself better fed and clothed, Gorou will snatch the last bag of grain in the hands of the poor peasants.
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That certainly won't.
"That's the difference.
Then if I become an official.....
Du Wulang thought about it, but he couldn't think of it that far, so he only alerted himself in his heart, and then adjusted his posture of holding the pen.
Xue Bai looked at the list of Guo Wanjin's family properties that had been counted so far, and was a little surprised.
This is only in the bright part of Yanshi County, which is already more than 150,000 yuan, not to mention that Guo Wanjin has more family wealth in Chang'an and Luoyang.
Xue Bai had already written to Yang Qian in advance, presumably in Chang'an, it was likely that Yang Guozhong would be in charge of raiding the house, and the interests would be distributed by all parties, and more than 600,000 would inevitably enter Taifu...... It must be known that the imperial court copied the order of Ren Fang that year, and only copied 600,000 yuan.
Naturally, there was a lot of credit for this matter, but Xue Bai gave the big credit to Yin Liang in the official document, saying that he found Guo Wanjin's problem when he was taking stock of the accounts.
He planned to recommend Yin Liang as a recorder after a while...... Probably after Guo Lian re-registers the fields and household registrations.
"Shaofu."
Yin Liang took out his abacus and said: "150,000 guan, at least 50,000 guan must be handed over to the imperial court, of which 3,000 guan may be taken out first to appease the Cao Gong; The Transshipment Division has to take at least 50,000 yuan, so that Du Gong can have a way to make a point and ensure that he can fulfill his promise to Caogong within one or two years; Lu Linghao and Guo Lian have to take 50,000 yuan to share the profits with each family, and they also have people to do, and the ones that end up in their hands are probably thousands of yuan; For the rest, Shaofu can also get more than 7,000 guan, which is for you personally. ”
At the end of this sentence, he lowered his voice, and only Du Wulang could hear it in the room, and he couldn't help but smack his tongue when he heard it.
"Not a few." Xue Bai said: "Lu Linghao and Guo Lian are quite accurate.
"They are indeed not stingy, but they are afraid that they will inevitably use this to blackmail Shaofu to do things in the future."
"But what I want is to give them first and get them back later."
Yin Liang said: "In addition, Guo Wanjin also has some unsightly properties, most of which were secretly seized by the gentry of Yanshi. On the bright side, there are only some acres of land left, not much, more than 20 hectares. ”
"Has he counted the slaves of his slave shop?"
"Those who can pass the cheap deed have been taken away by the county order, and the rest are plundered."
"If you can still go home, arrange to go home, and leave the homeless to Erniang, and you will find a good home for them.
Xue Bai thought about it, and planned to divide the more than 20 hectares of land to his men, so that they could hire people to cultivate, and those who had constant production would have perseverance.
As for the more than 7,000 yuan of stolen money given to him by the profit, he really planned to laugh at it, and the rebellion was the most costly.
For example, he promised to raise the wages of the Cao workers, and he called the county office, the transfer department, and the name of the saint, which is nothing more than to make the Cao Gong no longer obey the noble order, but in fact, it is still not easy to call them. If you want to cultivate a henchman, you still have to spend his money to thank him for his kindness.
The power behind Gao Chong is big, there are many soldiers and horses in Fanyang, and it is enough to have an internal response in Henan, there is no need to raise dead soldiers, and it is enough to share some soup and water with the profits of smuggling. Xue Bai is different, he has to spend a lot of money.
If a dead soldier has five times a month, two hundred people have to spend thousands of times a month, after all, it is a head-killing business. This is only the cost of manpower, and the cost of other aspects to prepare is even greater.
In addition, if he couldn't get the grain back from Lu Linghao, he would have to use the money to buy grain in the trade.
"One more thing." Yin Liang said, "The copper coins confiscated by Guo Fuzhong are all new, and the privately minted copper coins are certain, but I don't know where he minted them at all......
Since he really has the power of a county official, Xue Bai is very busy every day, others may only be busy with one thing, but he has to ask about everything.
After another two days of busyness, several injured disciples of Gongsun Auntie were healed, and she was about to leave for Yuncheng, when Xue Bai remembered that he should send her.
Cui Youfu has already left, Du Youlin also began to supervise the transportation of grain to Chang'an, and the Du family sisters set up a house to do some industries in Yanshi County.
When Xue Bai sent a letter to Du Shi, he only said that he needed to set up Guo Wanjin, and he didn't care about the rest. Until now, I have been so busy that I haven't had time to thank Aunt Gongsun, which is indeed rude.
Out of the county seat, he sent him all the way to the dock.
"I remember that in Chang'an, Lao Shen and Xue Lang were invited to the wedding banquet of the prince and Zhang Liangdi." Aunt Gongsun said, "At that time, we were sitting together. ”
It is my honor to sit side by side with Aunt Gongsun.
Xue Bai is good at saying kind words very sincerely.
Aunt Gongsun shook her head and smiled: "At that time, others seemed to respect us, but they were actually saints. In fact, in their eyes, we are just boring, just having fun. ”
"Dancing is a noble thing." Xue Bai was very sure of this, and said: "It is different from cockfighting gambling after all. ”
"But the old body never dared to say out loud, the old body is different from Jia Chang and others." Aunt Gongsun said, "This time I got rid of the dark house that plundered my beloved, and the old man dared to say a word, learning swords in his life, not only to entertain people, but also to thank the county lieutenant Xue." ”
For old acquaintances like them who coax the saint to be happy together in Chang'an, calling them "Xue County Captain" instead of "Xue Lang" is a great affirmation.
Xue Bai said: "It's me who should thank you."
"No thanks, whoever the county lieutenant asks to do it is the same, but the old body is for the twelve mothers.......
The princess and aunt looked at it and saw that Li Twelve Niang was saying goodbye to Ren Mulan.
"If you are bullied in Yuncheng, write to me, and I will bring someone over to help you."
"I am very good at swordsmanship, and I have a master and a sister, and the other way around, if you are bullied, send someone to tell me.
"How can that? I'm Qu Shuai. Ren Mulan said: "Also, I inquired for you, pretending to be Zhang Sanniang, the county lieutenant will take care of it, you go back to your hometown to avoid the limelight, and then come out to mix after the limelight passes." ”
"Gone.
Li Twelve Niang's revenge was avenged, and she had to go back to her hometown to worship her parents, waved away, and boarded the boat with Aunt Gongsun.
They also had to cross the Yiluo River, and then go south around Chongshan and down the Ying River to Yuncheng.
"We'll see you again!" Ren Mulan shouted.
Li Twelve Niang raised her sword and waved it as a farewell.
After saying goodbye, Ren Mulan strode back with a knife, and she had to say hello to anyone on the dock who had met her for the second time, so as to prepare for being a marshal in the future.
In addition to the official, the most majestic person she has ever seen is Li San'er, who has long been determined to be a Qu Shuai in her heart.
All the way to Xue's house, in the front yard, Jiang Hai was leaning on a recliner, and Xue Shiyi Lang taught him to read.
"Master, are you better?" Ren Mulan asked.
"Don't bother me, I might get better soon.
"Then I'll go to the master to practice the knife, what about the others?"
"It's at the prefectural office.
Ren Mulan turned her head and ran, and when she arrived at the Xiaoximen of the county office, she almost bumped into a team of people head-on, she stopped and recognized that it was Mr. Song from Shouyang Academy, that is, the brother of Song Li who was killed by her.
Her face did not change, and she stared directly at Song Mian's neck.
Song Mian didn't pay attention to a dirty wild child, and entered the county office.
Ren Mulan waited for a while before following up, and went directly to the capture hall to find Lao Liang.
Now Xue Bai has recruited thirty more errands, who were selected from the cao workers and led by Xue Xin. As for Qi Chou, he was re-promoted to the deputy squad leader, and took the original errand to maintain law and order.
Most things inside and outside the county are running like this, except for smuggling and some shady activities.
These thirty new officers don't know martial arts, and they haven't killed anyone, and Lao Liang, who helped with the training, is very dissatisfied and is teaching a lesson.
"Do you know that this Xue Bantou doesn't look big, and there are already several lives under his hands.......
"Me too!
Ren Mulan immediately ran to Lao Liang's side and stood still.
Even if she doesn't learn knife skills, she is willing to learn how to scold and manage people, and finally have another meal.
After training for a while, Ren Mulan found an opportunity and secretly said a word to Lao Liang.
"The guy surnamed Song came over, it can't be that he saw something, right?
That night, she killed Song Li. After taking Xue Bai and others out of the dark house, Xue Bai just let Lao Liang be in Song Li
Another one on the shoulder.
"I can see a fart, just forget about it."
Wei Lang.
Song Mian was still treating his brother's funeral recently, and he looked a little haggard.
He seemed to care a lot about revenge, and after a few pleasantries, he asked about noble things.
"The county lieutenant has not been able to arrest Gao Chong, but he is no longer in Henan Mansion?"
Today, it was actually Xue Bai who invited Song Mian to come, but he could also follow Song Mian's topic to talk about what he wanted to say.
"If you weren't in Henan Mansion, maybe you crossed the Yellow River north with the smuggling boat and went to Hebei?
"Is there something in the county lieutenant's words?" Song Mian asked.
Xue Bai didn't beat around the bush and said, "There should be many people in the county who know that Gao Chong has been smuggling. ”
"Really?
"I don't know if Mr. Song has heard about it, I plan to forge a large number of farm tools?" Xue Bai said: "I won't hide it from you, just because I heard that the iron and stone smuggled by Gao Chong are about to arrive."
"Is the county lieutenant trying to confiscate?
"There's one thing that's weird." Xue Bai said: "Everyone knows that Guo Wanjin privately minted copper coins, and Guo Fuzhong has seized many new copper coins, but I don't know where he minted them." ”
After that, he looked at Song Mian.
There is something he already knows, it was Song Mian who held a banquet in Luhun Villa, introduced Wei Ji to Gao Chong, and bribed Wei Ji to conceal the smuggling; And Song Mian is bent on revenge, and he is the most noble among the gentry who wants to get rid of Gao Chong.
He couldn't find out where Guo Wanjin privately minted copper coins. This matter is different from making weapons, you can mint coins in Henan Mansion, and judging from the number of coins found by the Guo family, it should not be too far away.
Therefore, Xue Bai had a guess.
"What the hell is the county lieutenant trying to say?" Song Mian looked puzzled.
"I was thinking, I don't know if I can use these newly minted copper coins to buy iron and stone, build farm tools, and open up wasteland, but money is secondary, and I need political achievements."
Song Mian said: "I still don't understand what the county lieutenant is talking about. ”
Xue Bai beckoned, asked him to lean forward, and asked in a low voice, "How about our cooperation?" Mint copper coins together. ”
Song Mian was shocked, stood up, looked upright, and said: "Privately minting copper coins is a big crime, is the county lieutenant joking?"
"Some people are fake friends, some people are real friends." Xue Bai said, "I hope there can be real communication between us, what do you say?" ”
Song Mian's face was still full of shock and puzzlement.
He is not a person who can be easily seen through, after all, for so many years, Wang Yanxian has not been able to see through him.
"The county lieutenant may have misunderstood something, I would never dare to get involved in this big crime, and the county lieutenant today is joking."
Song Mian saluted, turned around and was about to go out.
After taking two steps, he remembered something, turned around and said, "By the way, tomorrow is Hachiro's funeral, is the county lieutenant willing to send him off to Luhun Villa?"
Xue Bai understood, nodded, and said, "Okay, I should go." ”