Beloved Plantation King

Early in the morning on the eighth day of the eighth day, Yin Peinan dragged the cart, and Wen Yi pushed Zuo An and set off for the city together.

Before leaving, Zuo Baoying tightly grabbed Zuo An's sleeve and refused to let go.Little daddy and elder brother didn't take her with them when they went out, she was afraid of being left behind.

Zuo An sighed inwardly, this was probably a lump in Zuo Baoying's heart that would never get over it.

He patted the back of her hand and comforted her: "We have something to do at the county government office, and we'll be back in the afternoon. Be good, play with Brother Ning at home, and bring you candied haws when you come back in the afternoon, okay?"

Zuo Baoying lowered her head and pursed her lips without speaking, stubbornly grabbing her hand and not letting go.

Shuizhu came over and put his arms around Zuo Baoying's shoulders, persuading him, "Yingying, brother Anan also went, and they will be back in the afternoon. Let's go and see Aniang weaving chicken coops, shall we?"

Brother Ning also came over to pull her: "Sister Yingying, let's go play with bamboo dragonflies."

Zuo Baoying glanced at Yin Peinan, then at Shui Zhu and Ning Ge'er, and finally saw Zuo An nodded, she agreed, and she didn't forget to ask: "What time is the afternoon?"

Zuo An thought for a while, just in case he couldn't make it back, he said, "I will definitely come back before Youshi."

Having received the guarantee, Zuo Baoying reluctantly let go of Zuo An's sleeve.

It took more than half an hour from the village to the county seat, and because Zuo An's wheelchair was inconvenient, they walked for an hour to get there.

When they arrived at the gate of the county government office, they told the guard to look for Wu Ming. The guard had already received Wu Ming's order, and quickly went in to report.

Wu Ming was very happy to see that they arrived on time.It happened that he had just started working today, so he took them to meet Liu Shangzhi, the county magistrate.

Liu Shangzhi is 37 years old this year. At the age of 27, he passed the Jinshi examination and was assigned to Xinping County as the county magistrate. Ten years later, he is still the county magistrate.

It's not that he is unmotivated, it's just that Xinping County is just an ordinary county, there hasn't been any major incidents in the past ten years, and there are no achievements that can be shown.Moreover, he is not very good at drilling, and he has no background, so he has been working as a county magistrate for ten years.

This morning, he heard Wu Ming report that he had discovered a new farm tool that could greatly shorten the working time of farmers. He was refreshed and felt that this was an opportunity.

Seeing Wu Ming coming now, he immediately walked out from behind the desk, and asked without waiting for Wu Ming to salute, "He's here?"

Wu Ming: "Report to my lord, here we come."

"What is that car? Hurry up and show me what it looks like."

"My lord, it's at the door." Wu Ming led Liu Shang straight out of the door.

Liu Shangzhi saw the three of them, Yin Peinan, and didn't ask what their names were. He first looked at the cart behind them covered by straw, and asked, "Is it this one?"

"Yes." Wu Ming replied, motioning Yin Peinan to take the straw away.

Yin Peinan stepped forward to remove the straw, moved the columbine cart down, and said: "My lord, this is the columbine cart."

The columbine cart couldn't stand upright, so Yin Peinan directly supported the columbine handle.

Liu Shangzhi looked around for a while, as if studying how to use this thing.However, he has never planted land since he was a child, so he doesn't understand it very well.

Wu Ming reminded him: "My lord, do you want to give it a try?"

Once reminded, Liu Shangzhi nodded, "Alright, let's take a look."

Wu Ming was already prepared.

A few people arrived at the back of the county office. There were two flower gardens on the side. Some of the flowers inside were frozen to death by the snow. Wu Ming asked someone to clear a small border and come out.

Yin Peinan and Wen Yi got the columbine cart in and explained to the county magistrate while operating it.

The county magistrate bent down and followed the columbine cart outside the flower garden, and nodded when he saw the seeds falling one by one and being covered with soil.

"My lord, this columbine cart can also be pulled by animals, and the effect is the same." Yin Peinan pointed to the front of the share and said: "Look here, this one is now made of wood, and when the time comes, it will be made of iron. It is more useful and less labor-intensive.”

Liu Shangzhi understood it now, and was very excited after he understood it, he said: "Then why don't you just pretend

superior?Put it on and see! "

Yin Peinan smiled and said, "My lord, this columbine cart is the first one we have produced, and we haven't had time to order the iron sharehead yet."

Liu Shangzhi heard the words, and quickly told Wu Ming, "Let someone make it now, the sooner the better."

Wu Ming nodded, "OK."

Afterwards, he ordered someone to measure the size of the wooden sharehead, and took the picture of the sharehead drawn by Yin Peinan to order it.

After confirming that the columbine car is indeed useful, we have to talk about the rest.

Yin Peinan asked: "My lord, you see, this car is really easy to use, can it be reported to the imperial court?"

Liu Shangzhi nodded happily, "Yes, yes."

"Then, the reward from the imperial court?"

Liu Shangzhi was in a good mood now, and he said straightforwardly, "I won't miss you, but the higher-ups will have to wait for the higher-ups to look at it before confirming. The county government can send it to you first."

Yin Peinan stepped forward and asked, "My lord, may I ask, how many are there?"

"20 taels."

20 taels is a bit less.

Yin Peinan looked at Wu Ming and asked, "Uncle Wu, I don't know what we said before, have you mentioned it to your lord?"

Wu Ming nodded, and said to Liu Shangzhi: "My lord, I told you before that they want to exchange rewards for fields, do you see?"

Liu Shangzhi frowned: "Let's go back to the room and talk."

Several people returned to the house.

Liu Shangzhi took a sip of tea, and then said: "There is no precedent for this matter, but because the car you built can benefit the people, I will satisfy your request on behalf of the people."

Yin Peinan smiled and said, "Then thank you sir."

Liu Shangzhi told Wu Ming: "Call the master."

After a while, Wu Ming came with the master book.The master bookkeeper knew something, so he brought the land account book.

Liu Shangzhi told him a bit.

The master book asked Yin Peinan: "Which village are you from?"

"The south slope village in the southeast of the city."

Liu Shangzhi raised his eyebrows and looked at Yin Peinan and the three of them, they were actually from Nanpo Village.

The master book looked it over, frowned and said, "Nanpo Village has no official land anymore."

Yin Peinan frowned: "Isn't there still more than [-] acres of fertile land at the north end of the village?"

The chief bookkeeper shook his head and said, "It was there before, and it was all bought years ago, including the remaining official land in the village in front of you."

Yin Peinan looked at Zuo An, who also frowned.The fields are too far from the village to manage, especially their planting methods are even more difficult to manage.

Zuo An asked the director: "Is there any land in the east of the village?" The soil fertility in the east of the village is better.

The master book nodded, "Yes. But you can only get less than two acres of land for 20 taels of silver."

Yin Peinan said: "My lord, please allow us to discuss it."

The three went aside to discuss for a while, and then came back.

The chief bookkeeper looked at them and asked, "Do you want to change?"

Yin Peinan asked: "My lord, there is a rule in the imperial court that if the wasteland is reclaimed, the reclaimer can be exempted from the tax for three years, right?"

The director nodded and said, "Yes, there is such a rule."

After getting a definite answer, Yin Peinan turned to Liu Shangzhi and said, "My lord, there are still a lot of wasteland in our Nanpo Village, and the wasteland is also wasteland. I plan to reclaim them."

Liu Shangzhi: "This is a good thing. But what does it have to do with what happened today?"

Yin Peinan looked at him, and said whimsically, "We can hand over all the columbine carts and blueprints to you, on the condition that the wasteland we reclaimed will belong to us in the future, okay?"

Before Liu Shangzhi could speak, the Master Registrar was in a hurry, "This can't be done. The imperial court has an order. The wasteland is reclaimed by the government. Exemption from taxes for three years is already a favor from the imperial court. If it is given to you, we will break the law. Yes. You can't do it, you can't do it."

Liu Shangzhi: "

The director is right, but this is not acceptable. "

Although he wanted the car very much, but the conditions proposed by Yin Peinan violated the law, and he absolutely dare not agree to it.

Yin Peinan and the others naturally understood, he frowned and looked at Zuo An.

Zuo An said: "After the three-year tax holiday, we won't collect our rent and taxes, okay? If we don't reclaim it, the wasteland will be wasteland. If it's not in the account book, no one will know."

Liu Shangzhi was frightened by their lion's mouth, and said angrily: "Absurd! You think no one will know if you don't register? The government has to check the land every year when it collects taxes! You are embarrassing me."

Yin Peinan spread his hands and said: "Then there is no other way. My lord, I think I should take the columbine cart back. It happens that it is almost time for spring plowing. We have to go back and improve other farm tools, so I will take my leave first." .”

After saying that, the three of Yin Peinan turned around and wanted to leave.

Hearing that they wanted to get the columbine cart back, and that they had other farm tools that could be improved, Liu Shangzhi slapped the table and stood up, loudly saying, "Wait!"

The three stopped.

Unexpectedly, Liu Shangzhi asked an irrelevant question: "In your village, there used to be a man named Zuo Shigui who was an official in the capital, do you know?"

Zuo An raised his eyebrows and said, "It's my father."

Liu Shangzhi was really surprised now, he didn't expect this young man in a wheelchair to be the son of Master Zuo.

Now when he looked at Zuo An again, he also noticed that although the young man in front of him had limited legs and feet, his demeanor did not look like a farmer's.

Liu Shangzhi thought, although Zuo Shigui fell, he still has some old acquaintances in the capital. It is always right that he treats his son better. In the future, he may ask his son to introduce some high-ranking officials in the capital. Woolen cloth?

Thinking of this, he said: "Five years! You will not be charged tax for up to five years."

Yin Peinan said: "Ten years."

Liu Shangzhi was furious, "Six years, no more! If I'm not in this position, other people will find out soon, and then they will give me a copy."

That's right, if Liu Shangzhi hadn't been the county magistrate, no one would take care of them, and the government would take back the fields when they said they would take them back.

The ancient feudal society was so unreasonable.

At first, I wanted to negotiate the price again, but it has reached their original five-year tax-free expectation. Forget about Yin Peinan. Anyway, he plans to buy all the land in the future. At that time, the county magistrate or Liu Shangzhi doesn't know.

He then added: "There is still rent. It will be exempted for the first six years, and then it will be leased to us at the current minimum rent."

Liu Shangzhi said harshly: "Yes."

Yin Peinan thought for a while, and then added: "Sir, there are two small hills behind our village, and I want them too, but those mountains are barren and the land is not fertile, so the rent should be less?"

Liu Shangzhi was so angry that he lost his temper and asked, "How much do you think?" Nothing could be grown on the two hills.

"The two small mountain bags are useless anyway. I will contract them for 50 yuan a year for [-] years. What do you think?"

Liu Shangzhi: "..."

The author has something to say: County magistrate: I have never seen such a brazen person!