Yangcheng

The Bao family can't survive in the West Market, but Tang Jianwei didn't plan to kill them all. She even found another shop for the Bao family to rent out before.

Although the shop is in Dongshi, the location is not as good as Tang's shop, but it is still a good place for people to come and go.

"We don't need you to pretend to be good people!" Bao Saburo was very stubborn about this, and didn't want to accept Tang Jianwei's kindness at first.

Tang Jianwei naturally didn't care: "It's fine if you don't want it. I can introduce this shop to others. Anyway, there are a lot of people who want to rent a shop at the beginning of the new year. As soon as news of such a good location is released, it will be snatched away. Don't you There are people who want it.”

Bao Saburo still said he didn't want it, but after a few days, Tang Jianwei heard that he still rented the shop.

After Tong Shaoxuan knew about this, he still sighed a little: "I didn't expect Tang Jianwei to be so kind. You look fierce, but you actually have a warm heart."

Tang Jianwei said: "I don't want them to keep pestering us any longer. If the violent ones really spilled dog blood at our door, wouldn't it be us who are disgusting? Things like killing them all will only cause trouble for ourselves. Leave him alone One way out is to leave us a way out, this is the experience I have accumulated over the years in business."

After listening to Tang Jianwei's words, Tong Shaoxuan felt a little admiration for her.

I didn't expect that she was young, she knew a lot of truths, and she was quite reliable.

Song Qiao and Tong Changting were very happy when the store was taken back. They asked Tang Jianwei about the process of closing the store. Tang Jianwei didn't take credit for it, saying that it was the result of everyone's concerted efforts.

However, Tong Shaoxuan restored the truth, and said it so brilliantly, with burdens everywhere, that he competed with those storytellers, so that Tong's family couldn't care less about food, and praised him again and again.

Tang Jianwei felt that these were all small tricks and tricks, and they couldn't get on the stage. When Tong Shaoxuan said so vividly, Tong's family kept praising her, as if she was really powerful, which made her a little shy, and stopped Tong Shaoxuan from continuing to say go down:

"It's not as good as you said, it's just some conventional means."

Seeing that Tang Jianwei refused to let himself speak, and his cheeks were still flushed, Tong Shaoxuan talked more enthusiastically.

Tang Jian gave her a pale look, she was sixteen after the new year, and she still looked like a little kid.

Song Qiao secretly said to Tong Changting: "Look at Ah Nian and Ah Shen, don't they already look a little affectionate?"

I made an appointment with Bao's family, and the house will be cleared and left within a month.

Thinking that his first store in Su County was about to open, Tang Jianwei was so happy, and now he started planning and buying various items needed for the store with Zitan, beaming all day long.

In addition, Tang Jianwei did not miss the matter of the farm.

Every night before going to bed, Tang Jianwei would take out the account book of the farm to have a look, and found that the future of the farm was getting less and less every year, so he had some worries in his heart, and said to Tong Shaoxuan:

"You asked Yang Guang to come to your house for dinner tomorrow. I want to talk to her about some things."

Tang Jianwei was thinking about Yang Guang, and he didn't know what she was thinking.But she always had an idea, Madam said Tong Shaoxuan did it.

On the second day, Tong Shaoxuan called Ge Xunqing to his home, and Tang Jianwei made pan-fried tofu, deep-fried crispy pork, and a large bowl of shredded chicken for her.

Ge Xunqing was surrounded by a lot of delicacies, she was so happy that she drooled, and she was not polite, she picked up the chopsticks and ate the rice bowl.

Tang Jianwei was hosting Ge Xunqing in the east courtyard, and there were no elders here. They chatted and ate while chatting, so Tang Jianwei asked Ge Xunqing for something.

"I wonder if Yangon can bring this thing out and lend it to me. It only takes a day."

Ge Xunqing took a piece of chicken covered in chili oil and said:

"It's not difficult. I asked my Aye to bring it out as a favor. It's not a violation of the law. It should be fine. When will my sister-in-law want it?"

"The sooner the better."

"So anxious, okay, then I'll tell Aye when I go back at night, tomorrow I'll go directly to the yamen to ask him to get it, and I'll send it to you when I get it."

Tang Jian smiled brightly and said, "Trouble Yang Yang."

Ge Xunqing waved her hands and said frankly: "What's the trouble? It's just a trivial matter. Who made me and Changsi close friends? Changsi's business is my business, as long as there is something that can be used for me, just speak up , don't be polite to me."

Ge Xunqing said this with sincere feelings, but she also had another thought in her heart. Looking at the delicious food and drink at this table, she sighed in her heart:

The things of long thinking are my business, if the food of long thinking is also my food every day, how beautiful would it be?

The next day Tang Jianwei met Ge Xunqing at the back door of the county government office, and Ge Xunqing successfully took out what she wanted.

Tang Jianwei went to the farm with Tong Shaoxuan and the brothers from the gang, and sat in the carriage. Tang Jianwei looked through it for a while, and he knew it.

Everything was exactly as she expected!

After confirming the matter, Tang Jianwei was very angry. When she got to the farm, she didn't go directly to the steward. Instead, she went to the field to find the tenants, and asked the tenants to let go of what they were doing and sit down by the field to eat something together. stuff, talk and talk.

Tang Jianwei brought good wine and meat, and told them to eat as much as they wanted, you're welcome.

The tenants had never seen the new young wife of the Tong family, and it was rare to see such a beauty in the Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Su County, so they listened to her without knowing it.

The preserved meat and wine that Tang Jianwei brought were not cheap things. Although the tenants were poor, they were considered good things. I was at a loss, didn't know what happened, and didn't dare to really eat it.

Tong Shaoxuan told them not to be polite, just eat: "Taste the taste first, and my wife and I will often go to the farm in the future. If you like it, you will bring it again in the future. The food made by my wife is famous far and near. .”

These tenants live in poverty, and they can only eat some meat during the Chinese New Year and festivals throughout the year, not to mention the wine that can only be drunk in restaurants.

Seeing these delicacies, the glutton in my heart has long been hooked out.Tong Shaoxuan and the others have seen it before, and since the host family has said so, they are not polite, and immediately grabbed the jerky and bit it hard.

In their impression, this kind of jerky is made from marinated and baked meat. It has a strong taste and a hard texture, which is not easy to chew, but it is still delicious with wine.

Unexpectedly, the jerky that Young Madam brought was completely different from the one in my impression, the jerky was torn apart as soon as I bit it down, it had the aroma of jerky but not so hard and the taste of firewood, it was soft but chewy , salty with sweetness, full of meat, and even a little sticky.

The tenants had never eaten such delicious jerky, and they all praised the young lady's craftsmanship.

Tang Jian put a few small wine glasses on the table with a smile, and poured wine for them himself:

"How can you just eat meat without wine? Come and taste this wine. This is the wine sold by Xu Dalang, a good wine that only Jiumendong can drink."

The tenants couldn't believe it when they heard the words "Jiumendong":

"Young Madam is talking about the ridiculously expensive restaurant in the county, Jiumendong?"

Tang Jian slightly nodded in agreement.

"It is said that the wine is very valuable. One glass is enough for us to work for a month! Can we really drink this wine?"

Tang Jianwei said inwardly, Xu Dalang's wine is really a living sign, and he will have to buy it from him in the future: "I brought the wine today to entertain you all, you must have worked very hard all these years."

Tang Jianwei's words were just a joke, let's see how the tenants react after throwing it out.

Sure enough, when it comes to "very hard work", the tenants were a little excited just now, but now they have become dull, as if thinking of some painful past.

Seeing that his words had taken effect, Tang Jianwei immediately continued to ask:

"Do you have any secrets?"

At first, no one dared to speak. After Tang Jianwei persuaded them to drink a few more glasses of wine, Tong Shaoxuan said to them:

"We came to the farm today to tidy up the farm and take it into our own hands to take care of it. If you have any difficulties, just tell us, we will definitely make decisions for you!"

After drinking strong alcohol, the tenants became a little groggy, and their courage became stronger. The grievances they had suffered on weekdays kept pouring up, and finally poured out all the pain in their hearts.

This manager Shen is not a human being!Even their little wages will be exploited!

The more the tenants talked, the more angry they became, and at the end the wine glasses in their hands almost fell to the ground!

Tang Jianwei was waiting for their words!

With their words, it would be easier to deal with, Tang Jianwei asked the tenants to go back to the house to rest first, and after they left, he sent someone to call the manager to question him.

The steward of the farm is called Shen Wulang, who happens to be in his fifties this year, and he has been looking after the farm for the Tong family for eight years.

When Shen Wulang first came to the farm, he could still pay dozens of taels a year, but in recent years, the amount has been less than a year. It is not that Song Qiao has not asked him, but every time he has various The reasons convinced Song Qiao that it was either a plague of locusts, or the wind and rain were not going well.

If the weather is particularly good this year, he can also give a reason, that is, the land is not good and cannot be compared with other farms.

Although it is reduced a little every year, the Tong family doesn't know anything about the field, and the money they get is not bad.

The most important thing is that the butler of the Grange should be someone he knows well. Shen Wulang is Tong Changting's distant cousin. If he wants to change someone, he must go outside to find someone. Things were put on hold.

Now that Shen Wulang sat in front of Tang Jianwei, he looked like a good-looking talent, and he didn't have the kind of sly eyebrows that would make fake accounts. When asked him any questions related to the accounts, he also spoke very frankly.

Just looking at his sincere expression and tone of voice, I am afraid no one would suspect that he would be deceiving.

After Tang Jianwei observed him for a while, instead of directly confronting him directly, he showed a sweet smile.The conversation was full of the innocence of the little lady, as if she didn't come to check the accounts, but to learn from Shen Wulang.

When Shen Wulang was called, he thought that there was some serious matter, and sent some powerful characters to make things difficult for him, but he didn't expect it to be these two little ladies with poor brains.

Shen Wulang relaxed his vigilance while talking.

When Tang Jianwei asked him about the harvest, he had already memorized the words he had told the Patriarch of the Tong family over and over again. Even without reading the cheat sheet, he could clearly explain the situation in each of the past eight years.

"So that's how it is." Tang Jian smiled and said to Tong Shaoxuan beside him, "Our Su county is unlucky enough to encounter all kinds of disasters every year. But Manager Shen, I asked the nearby In the farm, the harvest has always been stable, why is it fluctuating so much when it comes to our family? And it is decreasing year by year? Could it be that our family is really unlucky?"

Shen Wulang didn't take her words seriously, twisted his beard and said:

"You don't understand the things in the field. This knowledge is very great. Every family's land is different, and the things they plant are also different, so the prospects are naturally different."

"Then I would like to ask Guanshi Shen, is it the climate that has the greater impact, or the land conditions and planting varieties that have the greater impact?"

Shen Wulang chuckled: "Everything is big, everything is big."

Tang Jianwei also laughed twice in the same rhythm: "From what my little girl sees, it should be whether the manager is greedy or not has the most influence?"

When Shen Wulang heard her words, his heart skipped a beat, but his face didn't change much. After a moment of surprise, he put his smile back on his face:

"I don't know what the young lady means? But you suspect that the old man is greedy for money? Hey, I knew that one day you would suspect me. Although the old man is just a commoner and not a noble person, but You still don’t bother to do things like stealing chickens and dogs and greedy people’s money. Your Tong family is short of money every year. Could it be that this year you married a daughter from a noble family in Jingji, and you can’t bear it even more, so you want to make money from the old man?”

There were thorns in Shen Wulang's words, and his tone of voice was quite calm, as if he had already determined in his heart that he could handle the little lady in front of him firmly.

Tong Shaoxuan was disgusted when he heard his words, but now was the critical moment of the confrontation between the two sides. She was afraid that Tang Jianwei would feel uncomfortable after hearing this, so she patted the back of Tang Jianwei's hand secretly under the table.

Tang Jianwei could understand that it was Tong Shaoxuan who was helping her to calm her emotions. After patting the back of her hand twice with his clumsy little hand, he quickly left. Tang Jianwei felt a little sweet in his heart, so he couldn't help showing a smile on his face.

Seeing her smile, Shen Wulang felt a little puzzled.

Could it be that this little lady still has something behind her?

"Shen Guanshi, you said that the locust plague in the second year of Tianxian led to a decrease in harvest. Do you remember what month the locust plague happened?"

Shen Wulang opened his mouth and said, "Locust plagues naturally occur frequently in summer and autumn. If I remember correctly, it should start in June and last until the end of August."

Shen Wulang also didn't understand that she would ask such a detailed question.

How old was this little lady when Tianxian was in the second year?I'm afraid I can't remember things yet, so what's the point of asking now?

Tang Jian nodded slightly, and continued to ask: "Just now Manager Shen said that the next year will be a snowstorm, and the next year will be a drought, right?"

Shen Wulang said impatiently: "What's the point of repeating these words, little lady? I can only tell the truth if I ask it a hundred times."

"It would be great if Shen Guanshi is so sure." Tang Jianwei took a volume of books from the gang brothers, and unfolded it in front of Shen Wulang. On the title page were written a few large characters - Suxian county annals.

Seeing these four words, Shen Wulang's always relaxed expression finally changed significantly.

"This is……"

This is what Tang Jianwei asked Ge Xunqing to borrow from the county government.

Regarding the climate and major events in Su County over the years, they are all recorded in the county annals.

Tang Jianwei ignored Shen Wulang, unfolded the county annals, ran his pink fingertips over the scrolls, and found the record of the second year of Tianxian in a short while.

"It's really strange." Tang Jianwei said, "According to what Shen Guanshi said, there was a plague of locusts from June to August in the summer of the second year of Tianxian, but why didn't there be any mention in the county records?"

"...Impossible." Shen Wulang raised his hand and wanted to take the county chronicle, but Tang Jianwei stretched out his hand to block him:

"Shen Guan, don't worry, let's look at Tianxian for another three years. There has been no snow disaster in Tianxian's three years, but there are records of rainstorms and mudslides. I don't know if the reduction in Tianxian's future in the past three years is related to the rainstorms and mudslides?"

Tang Jianwei asked quite sincerely, Shen Wulang tapped his head lightly and suddenly said:

"I seem to have an impression of what my little lady said. Indeed, Tianxian's three-year reduction in production should be due to mudslides and heavy rain. You see, as you get older, your memory is not as good as before..."

Before Shen Wulang finished speaking, Tang Jianwei sneered, changed his confusion just now, and there was a sharp coldness in his eyes:

"Shen Guanshi, I'm lying to you. Tianxian has been safe and harmless for three years. There is no snowstorm or rainstorm and mudslides as you mentioned. This year, the entire Su County has a big harvest year. Only our family's future is still the same. Go down! Could it be that our land is different from other people's land? Others can produce grain, but ours cannot?"

Shen Wulang didn't expect that he would fall for this little lady!

It's also because the Tong family basically didn't doubt him these years. He has already confirmed in his heart that the Tong family is a family of fools. This new daughter-in-law from Boling must not be much better. How can she understand what's going on here?

Wei Cheng thought, although this little lady is young, she is very cunning!

But her last question just revealed the truth - she was putting on airs and didn't understand anything about farming!

Shen Wulang regained his composure, and said with a light smile: "Little lady, this is really an amateur. Others' family can produce food because the land of their farm is good. The conditions of the land and the land are different, and the grain output is naturally different. Tong's family The farm was not so small before, because the current owner is not good at farming, and he lost a lot of capital in business in the early years, so he sold a few large pieces of fertile land, leaving only this piece of salt land to cultivate himself."

"Salt land?"

"No."

"Salt flats are mostly found in the arid regions of the north, so why are there salt flats in the warm and humid southeast?"

Shen Wulang laughed: "Of course there is. Although our Su County is warm and humid, it is also a coastal area. It is soaked by sea water all the year round, and some land has become coastal saline soil. It is difficult to grow crops. The land reserved by the owner is salt. land. Generally speaking, there are very few crops that can be grown in salt land.”

"So the interest rate decreases every year?"

Shen Wulang nodded.

"It seems that Manager Shen has known about this for a long time, but he has never improved the soil quality for many years."

"Salt land can be improved at will..."

Tang Jianwei said: "Whether it is deep plowing method or soaking field method, it can effectively improve the salt land, and it is not difficult."

Shen Wulang let out a "huh" in his heart, surprised that Tang Jianwei could tell these two effective measures to improve the salt land.

"Is Manager Shen quite surprised? I didn't expect me to know this? Although I was born in Boling Mansion, I have dealt with farmers a lot because of my family's business. I often hear them talk about these things, so I understand a little bit." .And Manager Shen, there is one more thing I'm curious about. If you already knew that this land is a salt land, why didn't you suggest that the owner plant something salt-tolerant instead of insisting on growing rice? Wouldn't it be contradictory?"

Shen Wulang was getting more and more flustered by her, and he stroked his beard more frequently, and he accidentally pulled off several beards by himself.

Shen Wulang: "..."

Tang Jianwei asked Shen Wulang: "Steward Shen, how much money you have swallowed from the boss these years, you should be very clear in your heart."

Shen Wulang stood up suddenly, and said loudly: "I have never swallowed money from my boss! This is a lesson for heaven!"

But Tang Jianwei said: "Forget about heaven, someone can testify."

Shen Wulang turned his head and saw that the tenants came together, all looking at Shen Wulang with resentful eyes.

"you……"

Tang Jianwei said: "Everyone, don't be afraid, the boss is in charge of you today. How Manager Shen has deceived you all these years, and how he has been a liar, if you don't want to be deceived by him again, let's talk about it today!"

Tang saw the loud words on Weibo, and with the previous few bowls of wine, the usually honest tenants immediately opened their hearts and vomited all the things that had been exploited by Manager Shen over the years, including the incident of Manager Shen's embezzlement of money. Tang Jianwei was told everything.

Shen Wulang blushed with anger, pointed at them and cursed: "You are bloody people! When did I deduct your wages harshly, and when did I swallow the money from the boss?" Turning his head towards Tang Jianwei, he came, "Do you have evidence?!"

Tong Shaoxuan immediately stood in front of Tang Jianwei and said sharply:

"Shen Guanshi, if you want evidence, we might as well go to the county government! Ask the official to come and have a trial, and make your own judgment!"

As a person who has endured [-] boards in the county government, Tong Shaoxuan doesn't think the Su county government is reliable, but it is enough to scare Shen Wulang.

Seeing that Shen Wulang's face turned pale, Tang Jianwei added:

"Shen Guanshi, you have to think about it. We must have obtained real evidence today, otherwise what's the point of wasting such a long time with you? If you can correct your mistakes, we may think about it after many years of employment. Don't blame the past on the face of relationship and cousin. Otherwise, if this matter gets to the government, it can't be settled casually. Da Cang's law is clearly written, and if you cheat 50 taels of silver, you will be imprisoned for five years. Manager Shen I'm afraid it's not as simple as five years in prison, inside and out? If you investigate strictly, you may lose your head!"

Shen Wulang felt cold all over, he didn't expect that he would fall into the hands of this little lady.

But what she said was reasonable, if this matter really got into trouble with the government, he really couldn't afford to walk around...

At this time, the gang brothers had surrounded him, and Shen Wulang couldn't leave even if he wanted to.

As long as Tang Jianwei gives an order, these strong men will turn him over to the county government!

Shen Wulang's eyes turned black for a while, and finally he had no choice but to say: "If I admit this matter, are you really letting go of the past?"

Tang Jianwei said solemnly: "I, Tang Jianwei, speak my mind."

"Okay..." Shen Wulang took a dry breath, took a deep breath and said, "I did embezzle my boss' money."

"How much did you swallow?"

"Probably... If you add up these years, there should be more than 100 taels."

"Huh?" Tang Jian raised his eyebrows slightly.

"380 taels!"

Tang Jianwei finally smiled with satisfaction: "Okay, as long as you spit out all the 380 taels of silver, we will settle this matter."

Shen Wulang said in surprise: "Didn't you say that as long as I admit this matter, I will forget the past?!"

"That's right, I did say that, let bygones be bygones mean that you won't be turned over to the government, but the money you swallowed will naturally be spit out, so what's there to say? Do you still want to get away with the money?"

"But where can I get so much money in a short time?!"

"It doesn't matter, it's fine if you don't write an IOU for a while, and it's not impossible to pay it slowly over a few months."

Only then did Shen Wulang realize that he had been tricked!

You shouldn't admit it!

Shen Wulang yelled at Tang Jianwei, Tang Jianwei thought of something, turned around and said with a "oh" laugh:

"Look at my brain, I forgot, there is interest. The principal plus interest are all recorded on the IOU, not a single copper coin is missing."

Shen Wulang: "..."

He didn't dare to speak anymore, for fear that the demon girl would think of something again, Shen Wulang could only admit that it was bad luck, and completely shut up.

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Tong Shaoxuan: I have meat to eat with my wife!

Tang Jianwei: Readers are too!

Tong Shaoxuan: ... The meat you mentioned and what I said don't seem to be the same meat.