Hearing Bashan's words, Ye Li pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, then you can go to your brother and ask him to arrange someone to come to the manor for me."

Okay, now can you take me to my place here, I don't think you're going to destroy my place of residence, right?"

At this time, the group of women just now had all left, and only a middle-aged woman with a very ordinary appearance remained, who was Bashan's wife.

"No, sir, we haven't touched the back room, and someone has already come here to clean it before, so you can just move in. ”

After Bashan finished speaking, he limped and walked to the back of the manor with Ye Li.

His wife also followed behind with her head bowed at this time.

A certain person quickly came to the backyard, which was very clean and tidy, and Ye Li's mood suddenly improved a lot when he saw it.

"My lord, this is the largest room, which should be where you live, and there are two huts next to this room for these two adults to live in. ”

Bashan has fully accepted his identity as a subordinate of Zhuang Ding, and said respectfully with his head down.

Ye Li nodded and said, "Okay, then we will live here, you should be able to find your own place to live." ”

Bashan said: "My lord, that row of huts over there is the residence of Zhuang Ding and the servants, and Li Qiu and I can live there." ”

Li Qiu is Bashan's wife, and she is covered with livestock feces at this time, which smells strange and unpleasant.

She is just an ordinary person, and she has nothing to say at this time, everything is up to her husband.

After Ye Li settled down in the manor, he stayed for two days and began to discuss the matter of governing the territory with Ding Si.

Ding Si said: "My lord, we should go to the three towns first and discuss the tax issue with them.

It had been a long time since the taxes had been paid here, and it was not their fault, but the decision of the imperial court.

After all, this is also an area that has not been incorporated into the Tang Kingdom for a long time, and the emperor once decided to implement tax-free autonomy here.

However, the time has come for this tax-free autonomy, and it is time to start paying taxes.

Originally, the emperor meant to exempt taxes for a few years and help the development here, after all, this place was relatively poor in the past, and the development was not good.

There are no taxes, and the development here in recent years should be very good, but I went out for the past two days, and found that the development here has not changed much at all, and the road conditions between the towns are very poor, and there is no difference from a few years ago.

It seems that the exempt taxes, the mayors did not use them for the construction of the town, but put them in their own pockets. ”

Hearing Ding Si's words, he snorted coldly and said, "It seems that these mayors are not good things, not only do they reject outsiders, but they also don't do anything practical for the people here."

How is it possible for them to get the support of the people and keep electing them as mayors?"

Ding Si shook his head and said, "My lord, you don't know, in fact, the so-called election of the mayor of the town is completely fake.

Judging from the money that these guys have been greedy for in recent years, their family development is very good.

The power of these people spread over all the towns and village chiefs here, and the three mayors were like three emperors, controlling the entire Dongfang County.

On weekdays, the people here have to be careful to hide and say bad things about them, because their ears and eyes are everywhere, and the slightest carelessness will be discovered.

For those who dare to oppose them, the three mayors will choose to resolutely eradicate them, and after a bloody baptism before, no one in the entire Dongfang County dares to resist them. ”

Ye Li said: "Where did you find out where these things came from, could it be that Bashan told you?"

Ding Si nodded and said, "Young Master has been practicing in the house for the past two days, and I don't dare to disturb you, so I won't go out by myself to find out about the situation."

As a result, wherever I went, I heard the words of the people, all of them were praising the three mayors, and they seemed to love them very much, and spoke of them as if they were saints.

I've also seen those three guys, and they don't look like good people who love the people, so I asked Bashan about the situation.

In the end, it was Bashan who told the truth about the three of them, and I learned that the people of the entire Dongfang County had completely succumbed to the rule of the three under fear and threat. ”

Hearing Ding Si's words, Ye Li pondered for a while and said, "Then it seems that it is really difficult for us to fully control here, and we can only eradicate the three mayors."

However, after eradicating them, I don't know if the common people will throw themselves at us wholeheartedly, after all, choosing to solve them directly by force is still a little more vicious. ”

Ding Sidao: "Young master, why don't we call the three mayors first and discuss the issue of taxation?"

After all, as the saying goes, salute first and then soldier, so we will first communicate with them and discuss the issue of taxation face-to-face.

If they are unwilling to pay taxes, and even continue to find ways to deal with us, we will fight back in time and completely eradicate them, what do you think, young master?"

After Ye Li thought about it, he said, "Okay, let's do this first, but move faster, I don't have so much time to spend with these guys." ”

Hearing Ye Li's words, Ding Si said, "Then why don't I go and make an appointment with the three mayors today, and say that I will invite them to have dinner together tomorrow and discuss the affairs of the town?"

Ye Li nodded and said, "Okay, no problem, let's set the time at noon tomorrow, and the location will be in the restaurant in the town." ”

After the discussion, Ding Si left the manor and personally went to deliver a letter to the three mayors, Bashan's younger brother Bahai had already been contacted, and he was willing to secretly help the manor find someone, but the person had not yet been found, so many things had fallen on Ding Si and Qian San in the past few days.

Qian San is a little rougher, and his reaction is a little wooden, not very suitable for doing fine things, but very suitable for charging into battle and all rough work.

Ding Si has a strong ability to do things, his brain is flexible and thoughtful, and he has basically played the role of Ye Li's side.

In the past two days, Bashan has been cleaning up the manor for Ye Li, Qian San saw that he was moving too slowly, so he took the initiative to work with the other party, and finally cleaned up the mess in the front yard within three days, and the stench caused by feces in the courtyard has almost completely disappeared.

And now Qian San and Bashan have found a lot of flowers and plants and started planting them in the front yard to restore those that were eaten by the livestock before.

Ye Li's experience of wandering around in his life can be described as very rich, but staying in one place for construction and management has hardly done anything, and to be honest, even he feels a little nervous.