Farmer’s Blessed Girl

Master Bai invited everyone to sit down in the front hall, the servants hurriedly served tea, and the butler went down to arrange lunch.

Said to come to drink water, of course, it is not as simple as drinking water, naturally you have to eat and talk.

The magistrate Fu was used to it, because every time he went to the countryside, he was entertained by either the rijong or the squires and landlords from all over the country.

Mr. Bai also has experience in entertaining officials going to the countryside. He first asked about the situation in other places, and then asked about the current arrangements in the county.

Speaking of the harvest, the county magistrate Fu had a headache and turned to ask the chief and the village chief about the situation in the village.

The chief sighed and asked the village chief to speak.

Things at home can be faked, but the crops in the fields grow there. He just wants to say that the situation is very optimistic, and that must be believed by the magistrate Fu.

As soon as he walked into the ground, he saw everything.

As for the two most severely damaged areas in Qili Village, one of them is by the river, and they had just walked from the other side of the river to this side, and Magistrate Fu must have seen it.

Seeing Li Chang sighing, the village chief glanced at Man Bao calmly, then followed with a sigh and began to cry poor.

Old Zhoutou didn't know the village chief's nephew's flowery intestines. He felt that what the village chief said was right, so he sat on the side and nodded again and again.

In fact, the situation in Qili Village is better than the situation in the villages and towns that the magistrate Fu had visited before.

That's why he was even more worried when the affected area was so large.

After thinking for a while, he looked at Master Bai and sighed: "The state government has issued an order to let the counties gather the displaced victims. Although our Luojiang County is far away, many displaced people have also poured in. They are all from Yizhou. There are always relatives and friends who have defected, so now there are many refugees in the city and under its jurisdiction."

Master Bai nodded in understanding.

"Some refugees brought their family resources and could temporarily cope with their daily expenses, but more escaped empty-handed. Unlike other natural disasters, floods came quickly and violently. Many people did not have time to bring things out, so the city has been Cooking porridge for relief, but it's not a long-term solution."

After the rain stopped, Master Bai sent two load of grain to the county government office. The other landlords did the same, which was considered support.

Although this batch of donations has accumulated a lot, it is still a drop in the bucket for the refugees in Luojiang County.

Therefore, the county magistrate hinted that the food in the county government treasury was almost exhausted, and the next disaster relief was to apply for the opening of a granary in the county.

Each county has a granary, which is used to deal with natural disasters, but to open the granary, you must apply to the state.

If the target is the local people, that's fine, but now it's the migrants who need relief. I'm afraid the local people will have opinions.

Therefore, the county magistrate asked them to pay attention to the words and deeds of the villagers, and it is best to persuade them that love knows no bounds.

Of course, he didn't only care about the refugees and the local people. This time, the county government has a subsidy for all houses that collapsed in the flood.

He also saw the moldy rice and wheat just now, and basically the same is true in other places. When the houses collapsed, the grains were basically damp and moldy.

Although theoretically this kind of food will not kill people, it is not good to eat too much.

With the current capacity of the county government, it can only subsidize those whose houses collapsed. If you want to expand the scope of subsidy, I am afraid that people like Master Bai will help.

Master Bai could hear that he was implying that the landlords would donate food again, this time mainly targeting the local people.

He pondered for a moment, in fact, this is also good for the landlords like them.

For example, he is a native of Qili Village. Most of the food he donates will be distributed to the villagers of Qili Village. This can not only help the neighbors and villagers, but also give him and the Bai family a reputation.

Anyway, I originally planned to donate another batch. It would be better to donate to the villagers outside the house, so Master Bai nodded and agreed, saying that he would definitely cooperate with the county's policy.

The topic opened, and Master Bai also let go. After pondering for a while, he couldn't help but ask Qiu Shui's question.

Although the Bai family has a solid background, the disaster was also very serious.

The Bai family's property is not limited to Qili Village, Baimaguan Town, other villages and towns in Luojiang County, and even Basi County and Yizhou.

Well, although he has a small family, he has a lot of servants. The slaves also have to pay a certain tax. The disaster is so serious, does the court really not consider reducing or exempting the autumn tax?

Magistrate Fu paused for a while, originally wanting to discuss this topic privately with Master Bai, but seeing that Master gave him a wink, Magistrate Fu understood after a little thought.

Talking to Mr. Bai in private is confidential, but talking here is semi-public. Both are beneficial, and the latter's advantage is that it can give him a certain amount of favor and prestige among the villagers.

"In the Yizhou area, the directly damaged prefectures and counties can definitely be exempted from taxation." Even if the government decree did not come down, the magistrate Fu knew that it would be possible, not only because of the severe disaster this time, but also because it was Wei Zhi who came to relieve the disaster.

Wei Zhi was the secretary and supervisor, and the court was known for being fair and honest.

"But other prefectures and counties that were not so severely affected, such as our Luojiang County, if the state capital does not report, it is too difficult to reduce or exempt taxes."

Compared with Yizhou, the disaster in Paizhou was not too serious. At this time, people were panicking. The magistrate Fu guessed that the prefect would not reduce or exempt the autumn tax in order to look good.

This guess was made by Magistrate Fu who went to Brazil twice for meetings and figured out what he wanted.

It can be said that in terms of political performance requirements, the wishes of the magistrate Fu and the governor of Wang are exactly the opposite.

Unfortunately, Inspector Wang was the superior of the magistrate Fu.

Hearing the topic of tax reduction or exemption, Old Zhou Tou, who had been hanging his head all the time, couldn't help but cheer up, and looked at Magistrate Fu Baba.

If the tax can be reduced or exempted this year, he doesn't know about other families, their old Zhou family will definitely be able to survive, and the life will not be particularly difficult.

But I heard that Lord Inspector Shi was not very willing to report, and the old Zhoutou and the village chief showed disappointment again.

Li Chang glanced at the two people who were putting everything on their faces, but said nothing.

Man Bao and Bai Shanbao also listened with great interest. She already knew some of the world's sophistication, and knew that it was impossible for the magistrate Fu to report such a thing over the history of the thorns.

She followed with a sigh.

Bai Shanbao also sighed.

The two children sighed loudly. Magistrate Fu looked at Coke and asked with a smile, "What are you sighing for?"

Man Bao said: "Let's just change to a prefect who wants to reduce or exempt taxes just like you."

Old Zhoutou was so frightened that he stretched out his hand to cover her mouth and pleaded guilty again and again, "My lord atonement, the child is ignorant of the utter nonsense..."

The county magistrate Fu was also startled, but he didn't care too much. He smiled and said, "You don't have to take the words of a child's family seriously."

Bai Shanbao also said to her, "It's very difficult to change the prefect. If you think about changing the prefect, it's better to think about having an official who is bigger than him come to us, and then you can directly mention it to him."

Man Bao took off his father's hand and nodded again and again, "Yes, yes, the magistrate is younger than the governor, so the county magistrate wants to listen to the governor, then it's fine to have another official who is bigger than the governor, the officer is small. Listen to the officials."

Magistrate Fu and Master Bai were thoughtful at the same time.