And she has explained everything that should be explained, and she also talked to Li Qingzhi for half a night last night......

Seeing that the female workers had finished eating, Jin Xiaoye asked them to work, and then asked the nineteen girls to take turns boiling water and taking a bath.

Although Jin Xiaoye told the people in Miaoqian Village that she was recruiting apprentices and would not pay wages, she actually planned to give money.

But look at the way these girls look...... She planned to stop paying them for the first two months, but she could make them two sets of clothes, two pairs of shoes, and some miscellaneous things, such as washbasins.

These things are given directly to them, and they can save a decent dowry for a few more months!

Some of these girls in Miaoqian Village have never been to the county seat before.

When they set off this morning, they were very worried, afraid that when they arrived at Jin Xiaoye, life would be difficult.

One of them was a girl who was particularly scared.

This girl is a distant relative of Jin Xiaoye, called Jin Mao'er.

Jin Mao'er was sent by her father and mother to someone else's house as a child daughter-in-law before, because she was not biological, the family treated her very badly, and did not let her eat at all, she was hungry at that time, so she could only go to the field to dig up the broad beans planted by others to eat.

When she was digging broad beans to eat, she was seen by the farmer, who scolded her and told her mother, who cried and took her back, but she still couldn't eat at home.

It's not that her father and mother treat her badly, her father and mother can't eat enough...... Their family has one acre of paddy fields.

This time she was sent as an apprentice, and Jin Mao'er was very scared, worried that she would live the life she used to live as a child bride.

Outcome...... As soon as they arrived, Jin Xiaoye actually gave them hot white rice porridge!

The golden cat was only twelve years old, the thinnest of all, but she drank all the porridge, but did not eat the eggs, she hid it.

After eating porridge, Jin Mao'er thought that she was going to work, but Jin Xiaoye asked them to take a bath again......

After they took a bath, Jin Xiaoye took them to work, but they didn't have to do any heavy work, they just needed to use the needle and thread.

Forget it, they didn't work for a while, and it was time for lunch again, and there was meat to eat at noon!

Jin Xiaoye learned what her father had mentioned, the menu at the new pier.

At noon today, she gave these people lettuce leaves and boiled tofu, which also contained oil residue and diced meat.

"It's so nice here!" Someone couldn't help but say.

The golden cat nodded earnestly, her eyes red.

Their family can't eat meat a few times a year, and the meat that can occasionally be eaten is the fish and shrimp that she and her brothers and sisters catch.

The fish and shrimp have no oil and water at all, and they are not as delicious as pork at all!

It's really nice to come here to work!

It's like paradise!

As for laying the floor at night...... The Golden Cat's house has a total of two rooms, and there are sheep in it...... Golden cat

My son and her siblings have always lived with sheep, and the smell is terrible.

Sleeping on the second floor of a clean brick house is also great!

Chapter 106: The Tea Garden

Li Qingzhi didn't have much luggage when he went out this time, that is, a bookcase on his back and a bookcase on his back.

His clothes were all in the big bookcase he was carrying, and only some miscellaneous items were in the small bookcase he was carrying.

He didn't even bring the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone that other scholars had to bring when they went out, and planned to rub Zhu Xunmiao's use when he needed it.

Normally, he doesn't need it, Zhu Xunmiao needs to take notes when he accepts the teaching of Gou County's order, but he doesn't need it, he can remember everything.

Li Qingzhi came to the place where the county magistrate lived behind the county office, and the gatekeeper saw him and immediately let him in.

Gou County Ling had already washed up and had breakfast, and was sorting out his luggage, When he saw Li Qingzhi, he asked Li Qingzhi to wait for a while, and also instructed his subordinates to give Li Qingzhi a snack.

Gou County's order has been discovered, and Li Qingzhi is particularly able to eat.

He suspected that Li Qing's stomach was not very good, otherwise how could he eat so well and be so thin?

"Zixiao, you just bring something like this?" After sorting out his luggage, Gou County asked Li Qingzhi.

"That's enough." Li Qing said with a smile.

"I've got more than twice as much as you." Gou Xianling sighed: "In addition to the two guards, I plan to bring another small servant." ”

The two chatted, chatting and chatting, and Gou Xian Ling said excitedly: "Zixiao, when I come back this time, my wife should also arrive in Chongcheng County, and I will invite you and your wife to dinner then." ”

Gou County's wife and children did not follow him to Chongcheng County.

Originally, they planned to wait for Gou County Commander to settle down here, and they would come over, but when Gou County Commander first came to Chongcheng County, he was constrained everywhere, and his life was not happy, so he didn't call his wife and children.

At the end of last year, his situation improved, and he wanted his wife and children to come over, but the weather was cold when the Chinese New Year was approaching, so his wife and children did not make the trip.

However, recently, Gou County's wife and children have set off, and it won't be long before they can reach Chongcheng County.

Gou Xianling didn't mention his wife much in front of Li Qingzhi, and it was not suitable to mention it, but he mentioned his children, Gou Xianling used to be busy with reading and didn't pay much attention to women, so he only had three children, one son and two daughters, of which the son was the oldest, thirteen years old this year.

Gou County ordered to invite you to dinner, which is a good thing, and Li Qingzhi immediately agreed.

The two were chatting, and Ding Xi, Zhu Qian, and Zhu Xunmiao came together.

They were all very happy to be able to go out with the county magistrate, and Zhu Qian also helped prepare the boat.

Gou County Ling brought two guards and a small house, plus Ding Xi, Zhu Xunmiao, Li Qingzhi, and two boatmen arranged by Zhu Qian, a group of ten people.

At about ten o'clock, their boat departed from the county government and headed for Linhu County.

The area of a prefecture in Jiangnan is not large, and they will definitely be able to go to Linhu County before dark.

There was a table of eight immortals on the boat, and along the way, Gou Xianling, Li Qingzhi, Ding Xi and Zhu Xunmiao sat at the table and chatted.

Gou Xianling was very interested in Ding Xi's experience of walking outside, asked a lot of questions, and also talked about some of his own experiences, such as when he went to the capital to take the imperial examination, he almost had no place to live, but fortunately, his wife's mother's family had some ability, and finally stayed at an official's house.

After Zhu Xunmiao went home yesterday, he told Zhu Qian that Li Qingzhi asked him to take a paper to write down the knowledge of Professor Gou County.

After listening to this, Zhu Qian asked him to take out the pen and paper as long as he could write, so at this moment, he took the pen and paper and wrote hard.

Gou Xianling was not impressed by Zhu Xunmiao before, but when he went to see Zhu Xunmiao again at this moment, he couldn't help but like it more and more, and said more about the imperial examination.

Zhu Xunmiao used a stupid method, Li Qingzhi was different, when Gou County Ling spoke, he kept observing Gou County Ling's expression and praised a few words in a timely manner......

His expression was really sincere, and he listened really seriously, and Gou County Ling was extremely happy.

Li Qingzhi asked about this incident.

Gou County ordered: "The Yan County Order of Linhu County gave the prefect an excerpt, saying that their tea plantations in Linhu County had suffered from insect plagues and wanted to reduce or reduce the tea tax...... The prefect must not believe it, so he asked me to take a look. ”

Speaking of which, Gou County Ling said some things related to tea tax.

In the previous dynasty, the tea tax has not been much, but the first emperor of this dynasty felt that the grain tax should be reduced or exempted, so that the people can eat enough, and this kind of dispensable thing can be taxed more.

Therefore, in Daqi, the grain tax is 1 out of 15, and the tea tax is 3 out of 10.

Of course, when it comes to collecting taxes, there are almost no places that really collect according to this, and there will always be more charges.

The way taxes are collected varies from county to county.

For example, in Chongcheng County, grain taxes are generally levied on each village, and then the villagers are asked to send it to the warehouse.

In Miaoqian Village, taxes are generally collected by the village chief and the officials, and the villagers are asked to pool money to find a ship to transport the grain.

The original owner's father is located in Yu County, which is different, and collecting grain in Yu County is a kind of conscription, and will be sent to the common people to do it, these people are called "Xie Hu", they need to take the grain to make up for it if they can't collect the grain, and they are responsible for sending the grain to the warehouse after the harvest.

Li Qingzhi felt that this would be the case, mainly because Yu County was too poor, there were few people in the county government, and Yu County was inconvenient for transportation.

Chongcheng County has well-developed waterway transportation, and it is much easier to transport grain than Yu County.

While the two boatmen were chatting, the two boatmen were rowing, and the two little men were making tea on the stove at the bow of the boat and cooking simple meals.

"Pull the boat to the side, we'll have something to eat before we go." Gou County ordered that if they wanted to eat, the two boatmen also wanted to eat.

After eating, the boat continued to move forward, and it didn't take long for them to come to Linhu County.

In the morning, Gou County Ling talked a lot to Ding Xi, but in the afternoon, he didn't chat, and began to talk to Li Qingzhi and Zhu Xunmiao about some knowledge related to the imperial examination.

Kao Xiucai is already too distant a memory for Gou County, and he feels that this is too simple...... He talked about the township test.

After he talked about the township test, both Zhu Xunmiao and Li Qingzhi listened very carefully, and Zhu Xunmiao took notes even more frantically.

Gou Xianling glanced at Zhu Xunmiao, and became more and more satisfied with Zhu Xunmiao.

Their boat was not moving fast, and sitting in the cabin, they could see the sight of the river.

Li Qingzhi listened to Gou County's order and looked at the shore from time to time.

Linhu County is next to Chongcheng County, the natural scenery is similar to Chongcheng County, at this time, you can see a large field, which is full of rape flowers.

Some of the rape flowers have begun to wither, while others are in full bloom and look very beautiful. "The east wind is deep in the smoke of wild willows, and the rape flowers are blooming like gold." Gou Xianling also saw this scene, he read two lines of poetry from his predecessors, and said to Li Qingzhi and Zhu Xunmiao: "Zixiao, Xunmiao, you two might as well make a poem about cauliflower." ”

Li Qingzhi and Zhu Xunmiao pondered on the spot.

The two of them are both average in poetry, and the poems they make are not amazing, but fortunately, Gou Xianling himself is not good at writing poetry, but he has mastered a lot of poetry skills, so he will explain it to them.

At about four or five o'clock in the afternoon, Li Qing and their boat stopped at the dock in Linhu County.

The county seat of Linhu County looks similar to that of Chongcheng County, but Li Qingzhi noticed that the men working on the docks in Linhu County are not very strong.

In Chongcheng County, there are also thin men begging for a living at the docks, but most of the men are strong, but here it is different, all of them are a group of thin men.

At this time, someone came up and ordered Gou County: "Lord Gou, our Lord Yan asked me to wait for you here!" ”

Whether it was Gou County Ling or Li Qingzhi, they all knew that they came to Linhu County, but they couldn't hide it from the people in Linhu County, but they didn't want to hide it.

Gou Xianling immediately stepped forward with a smile, chatted with the other party, and then went to see Yan Xianling.

Yan County Commander will go to Chongcheng County tomorrow to investigate Hong Hui's framing of Gou County Order, and today, he set up a banquet to entertain Gou County Order.

Yan County Ling is a thin middle-aged man, and like Gou County Ling, he was born in the same Jinshi, but he has no background in his family, so he has been serving as a county commander in a poor county, and later has outstanding political achievements, so he came to Linhu County as a county commander.

Linhu County, like Chongcheng County, is a wealthy county, and when it is a county magistrate in Linhu County, it is a fat difference.

But Yan Xianling didn't seem to be doing well, and the banquet he used to entertain Gou Xianling was not rich, and during the banquet, he also complained about the officials of Linhu County.

"Those people deceived and deceived the subordinates, and did a lot of evil things, not long ago, the master also colluded with others to force a merchant in the county to ruin his family, but unfortunately I have no evidence......" Yan County Ling said later, almost burst into tears.

Gou County Order was also squeezed out by the local squires and Xu officials, and suddenly had a sense of sympathy for the same disease, and scolded those Xu officials together with Yan County Order.