Depressed little landlord

Now even Xu Yang raised his head and glanced at Xiang Qing. If it wasn't something big, Xiang Qing wouldn't say it on purpose, and he recently went to the charcoal kiln, which is farther away from the town than Wangshan Village. , almost to the neighboring county, so the two of them received very little recent news about it.And because of the cold weather in the village, there were few people walking around, so when they came back, Steward Hua didn't have the latest news to tell them.

Seeing that the attention of the three people was on her side, Xiang Qing finally regained her satisfaction from the bottom of her heart, and instead of making any further calculations, she picked up the cup and made a long speech.

"Speak the key."

Before he could speak, Xu Yang choked Xiang Qing's words in his throat when he spoke lightly.

"..." Xiang Qing took a sip of tea a little bit aggrieved and planned to ignore him, and looked at Lin Xuan and Qi Ling who were paying attention to face, "Gu is the governor and inspector, and those merchants who have raised the price of grain and oil have been banned litigation."

Lin Xuan/Xu Yang: "..."

Xiang Qing continued as if he didn't see the expressions of the two of them, "Your family may be able to take it back." Then he opened his eyes slightly in surprise as if he had just found out that the two were speechless, "Isn't it Is it? Or do you...don't believe what I say?"

"No..." Lin Xuan shook his head weakly, "You said it very clearly and simply... We were just a bit shocked so we couldn't react for a while."

You are very to the point.

I really can't complain.Lin Xuan looked at him rather conflicted, should he blame his man for pushing him hard or should he say he was too straightforward?That's really succinct enough.

"You should be a little more specific, so we can judge. If it is true, we must prepare for next year in advance."

Xiang Qing was originally doing a little revenge for Xu Yang's exhortation to make him pick the key points, but now that Lin Xuan's words were about serious things, he also resumed his seriousness, and told the two of them what he knew again.

"Didn't the county lord send someone to come over a few days ago to say that he needs to add more charcoal? Hearing a rant from the person, it is said that the previous steward Gu went to the Yamen and revealed his identity... It was also with that old brother There is some friendship, otherwise I would not know the news, and you should not reveal it for the time being, so as not to cause trouble to others... You said that you heard something new from our side and went around to take a look. This just happened to happen. But I think they came here on purpose. There were some things that were not clean when the previous person was still there. He might not stop when he went to Fucheng... Cough, of course, this is just my own idea. Anyway, no matter what the specific reason is What, someone from the imperial court finally came, if it can be solved, then the people here can live more comfortably, right?"

Living here, of course everyone knows the magistrate. When they were magistrates here, although it was not too much, it was just to make everyone live a little better. Now the new county magistrate is also a really good person. But his temper was a little better, and with the person above him, he couldn't pull him down no matter how hard he wanted, but the villages near their town were a little bit better than before.

"So what you made before is all a cover?" Lin Xuan rubbed his chin and asked, thinking of what happened in the town after that person came, he was more sure of his thoughts.

Xiang Qing and the others also felt that it should be so.There was still a bit to settle the score, but seeing when Qi Ling went out and asked someone to serve the soup pot, the four of them simply talked while eating, intending to continue after they were full.

Xu Yang scalded a few pieces of meat and put them in Lin Xuan's bowl, then turned to look at Xiang Qing: "Is this all rumored?"

Xiang Qing didn't show any weakness, he was busy helping his lover cook meat and vegetables over there, and he didn't care what Qi Ling said he didn't need, he didn't look back when he heard Xu Yang's words: "Wow. It was indeed the poor man at the beginning. Brother's disclosure, there have been rumors recently that the man was indeed sent by the imperial court, and he was indeed here to investigate the case. The specifics are clear. He is now living in the Yamen. But what kind of case is there in our place? The adult who needs to personally review, I think it is that one."

Although he didn't name them, the other three knew who he was talking about.

"If that's the case, then this year will be lively." Lin Xuan sighed vaguely as he blew on the steaming meat slices dipped in sauce.

"Isn't it?" Xiang Qing immediately picked up his words, not forgetting to greet his lover to eat, "Xiao Ling, this mushroom is good, try it. Anyway, you don't have to worry about the damn salt until the matter is resolved." Well, as for your second uncle and the others, they are probably in dire straits right now. They have a close relationship with that lord, and this rice grain belongs to your "Lin family" the most in this town, and according to reliable sources, that lord Mr. Gu is focusing on the investigation, and you also know that many people are selling old rice as new rice recently."

Lin Xuan blinked. During the period of food shortage, there is nothing wrong with selling old rice at a higher price, right?

Xu Yang took a look at him, and brought him some vegetables again, but this time they let it cool down a little bit, "I have a regulation in the court that if it is collected as military rations, old rice cannot be used, even if it is within two years, otherwise it will be fined." He committed a crime and went to prison. Maybe this time the second uncle and the others really ran into each other.” Whoever said that the town belongs to their family has the most rice shops, but they don’t know that there is old rice in their warehouse, otherwise this crime will be punished. It's settled.

Lin Xuan's eyes widened slightly. This was the first time he knew about this matter. After all, he didn't need to know about it usually, so he didn't have all the memories of looking through the original body. Now he just heard that there is such a thing... "No wonder recently It stopped like that."

Lin Xuan murmured to himself, the ten-acre land deed was taken back, and the grain that was almost ready for harvest was cut off and salt was not made. According to his second uncle's temperament, although he would not blatantly sneer at him, But no matter how you say it, you will find an excuse to stab him a few words.Now that things are messing around, these news should be true.

After thinking about it, he said indifferently: "It doesn't matter what they are, anyway, just do our own thing well, and we will naturally know whether it is good or bad. And those I want will naturally use my own ability to fight for them. Naturally it will be mine, don’t worry about other things, otherwise it will just add to your troubles.”

"I like to hear that." Xiang Qingchao gave him a thumbs up, and said with a smile: "That's right, we have hands, feet, and brains, so we can't afford what we need? Why worry about such a little place?"

Qi Ling also laughed, but frowned again, looked at Lin Xuan hesitantly and said, "But no matter what, it's something your father left you, look..."

Lin Xuan smiled, "It's okay, what's mine is mine."

Qi Ling wanted to persuade him, so Xiang Qing patted the back of his hand and shook his head slightly, so he had no choice but to suppress his words for the time being, and then looked at Lin Xuan and Lin Xuan, whose expressions did not change, thinking that maybe they already had a relationship. The countermeasure is over, so I continued to eat quietly.

***

The words are exactly as Xiang Qing said, Lin Er is really in a state of distress recently, the main reason is that he really received a message from the yamen that they do collect grain as military rations, and their Lin family is one of the best grain shops in the town. Merchants, the levy amount is also more.

Due to the decrease in the grain harvest this year, the new rice harvested is not too much, and the price is good. He basically sold the new rice to Fucheng. Chen Mi, and the food requisition came in a hurry, even if he delivered the news to Fucheng in time, the Liu family couldn't afford such a large amount for him for a while.

Even if there were, they would be rushed over day and night, but obviously they would not be able to meet the deadline given by the yamen.

Lin Er slammed the tea cup in his hand on the ground, panting heavily, the red threads in his eyes almost covered his entire eye sockets.

"Someone is against me! Ha - don't think that I will give up so easily, just wait and see!"

"Master..." Mrs. Lin wanted to persuade her, but he stopped her by raising her hand, so she could only stop talking and look at him worriedly.

Lin Er raised his eyes to look at the old housekeeper, panting heavily: "You find someone to go to the Fucheng to ask what's going on, and go to the village to prepare more food, and want to destroy my Lin Er. Two is not that easy!"

Speaking of the hideous face at the end, Mrs. Lin Er felt sad, distressed and couldn't bear it when she saw it. She covered her mouth and sobbed softly. Send it to the servants.

The Lin family has been in such a situation for the past few days, even Lin Cai didn't dare to make trouble anymore, and stayed in his own courtyard honestly, only showing up in front of his father every day when he had to pay his respects to his parents.Usually, he would cling to his mother and clamor for this and that, but now Mrs. Lin Er was worried that most of Lin Er would stay with him, so Lin Cai naturally didn't dare to cling to him anymore.

Most of the Zhuangzi that Lin Da earned before are now collected in Lin Second Hand, but this year's weird weather has reduced the harvest of the surrounding farmers by more than half.And he planned to sell the new grain that was harvested outside when the grain price started to rise. It was because of the gesture that Gu's steward made with great fanfare, so he gave the other party a little face and did it with him Make a deal... Sure enough, he made a lot of money. If it hadn't happened, he would have made a lot of money this year.

It's just that people are not as good as heaven, and the "Gu Guanshi" who suddenly appeared at this juncture turned into a governor sent by the imperial court?

What about inspecting the corruption cases of the government here, and collecting military rations for the court by the way... Now, Lin Er is really just a fool if he can't taste it.

Thinking of the deals he made with the magistrate before, Lin Er also panicked. His biggest reliance is the Liu family and the magistrate. Now the magistrate is the most important object of investigation by "Gu Guanshi". If...

Holding the teacup, Lin Er unconsciously shivered and made a crisp sound, but he didn't care, he took a sip of the cold tea, and the cold tea entered his throat to slightly suppress the panic in his heart. The thought of consequences was firmly suppressed, so as not to allow myself to think about it.

Just one more day of waiting is one more point of suffering.

But in just two days, he lost his previous glory, he had trouble sleeping and eating day and night, a lot of white hair grew on his head, he was haggard, even his chubby figure seemed to have lost a lot of weight.

But Mrs. Lin was very anxious, watching him send his servants out to inquire about news, or gritted his teeth and offered a high price to collect the grain, but at this time, everyone was about to lose their own protection. Everyone had the same idea as him before. Most of the newly harvested goods have been sold out, and now they are all trying to save on their own, so who can even out the surplus?

"Isn't your nephew very good at planting? Why don't you go to him and find a way?"

In the end, when someone persuaded him, he didn't seem to see his blushing ugly face, and said enviously: "If only I had such a nephew, I don't have to worry about this damn law now. Hey, I Speaking of brother Lin, if you can get that elder nephew to help solve the problem, can you ask me for my brother and give it to him?"

Lin Er made an unnatural smile and said "naturally", and then he didn't want to stay any longer and hurriedly left and went home.When he turned around, his face was terribly gloomy.

After sitting in the carriage, Lin Er's anger suddenly disappeared, and he leaned on the carriage very tiredly, staring at the roof of the carriage in a daze.

Did Big Brother feel the way he does now?

"Master, the Qi Mansion is here."

"..."

"master?"

Lin Er suddenly closed his eyes, and replied: "Come on, go back to the mansion, and come back another day."

It's Chinese New Year, let's come back in two days.

***

This year is destined to be uneventful.

As soon as the first day of the new year arrived, the village ushered in a carriage early in the morning, breaking the tranquility of the village.

"The magistrate has been dismissed from office!"

As soon as Xiang Qing entered the door, these words woke up the Lin family, and even Lin Xun rubbed his eyes and got out of bed.

Seeing everyone's wide-eyed and unconscious looks, he seemed to think that the thunder was not big enough, and threw out another sentence: "It is said that your father's purchase of the lake was a partnership between some magistrate and others, but your father Since the small lake and the land were bought with real money, according to reliable sources, they will be returned to you after they are implemented.”

Xiang Qing smiled happily when he said that, looking at Lin Xuan brothers, he was really happy for them, but also a little regretful.

Although Lin Xuan guessed that Master Lin's matter was unreasonable before, he also thought that it was man-made, but it was difficult to find evidence for the fact that he was alone, so he was still shocked when he heard the facts.

He was just a little bit dazed, but Xu, the housekeeper of Hua, was very excited and angry. When he came back to his senses, he heard them crying and cursing there, saying "God has eyes" and "Evil will be rewarded with evil." "So.

Infected by the old people, Xiang Qing also put away his smile, sighed and patted Lin Xuan on the shoulder, and comforted him unnaturally: "That's good, I won't be afraid that someone will come and tell you to make that damn salt again." , from now on, farming will be the same... anyway, what should I do, I don't need to worry about that anymore. But it's really a pity... if only there was salt."

Xu Yang silently patted his hand, glanced at him and said in a low voice, "Who said we are worrying about this?"

"what?"

Lin Xuan smiled mysteriously at him: "Who said we can't make salt anymore?"

"?!!!"

***

As the magistrate was put into prison/prison and examined, several people were arrested one after another, going up to the county magistrate, down to the gate of the government office, and then arrested some traders and closed many shops.

New news comes every day, just like the footsteps of spring after the Chinese New Year, scattered to every corner of the earth.

In just two months, the small towns and prefectural cities around the border have changed a lot of faces. It is just people coming and going, except for the chats that are still in people's leisure time, and gradually fade out as time goes by. life.

The author has something to say: this chapter has dragged on until now, it’s really tiring... let’s end the main text here A salty egg essay - my son always wants to help me find a marriage - there is also a column, if you are interested, you can go and have a look~ I am too tired recently, I want to write something brainless (it seems like I have a brain before, hahaha ~

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