South Monroe City.
In the chaotic alleys, the houses are built only with broken wooden boards and thatch, and they look shaky.
Ding Ze led the way and said: "Master, I asked someone to follow Luo Qingxiao. I didn't expect him to live in Luocheng. The environment here is really bad. How about I go and call him?"
Xu He, who was wearing a casual robe, waved his hands and said with a smile: "I have only been an official for a few days. I have never lived in such an environment before. Come on, let's go meet him!"
When he came to Luo Qingxiao's rented door, he suddenly heard someone quarreling inside.
Ding Ze was about to knock on the door, but was stopped by Xu He.
Xu He stood outside the door, nodded politely to the people passing by, and just listened to the goings on in the courtyard.
"Luo Qingxiao, how many months has it been since you promised me six hundred dollars? How many six hundred dollars has it been? You are so poor and you still want to be an official, why don't you go home and dig up your ancestral graves? Is there anyone out there who looks like..."
Xu He frowned when he heard this. It seemed that Luo Qingxiao was really at the end of his rope.
When Luo Qingxiao heard this, he was probably short of breath and lost his face. He could only plead: "Aunt Kuai, those sons of bitches in the former military governor's office are stuck with me. There is really nothing I can do. Don't worry. I have been making trouble every day these days, and I will never leave unless I am detained and detained!"
"Bah, can you pay for the transfer of customs and defense? You poor soldiers are just small officials. Even if you are commanding people, I will not look at him. What must I say today? Pay back the money you owe me, or I’ll drag you to the official!”
"Aunt Kuai, please give me a few days of grace, just a few days..."
Hearing this, Xu He nodded to Ding Ze.
Ding Ze knocked on the door, and Luo Qingxiao asked angrily: "Who is it?"
There was a "bang" and the door was opened. Luo Qingxiao saw that Ding Ze was dressed like a person of some status, so he slowed down and said, "Who is your honor?"
Ding Ze said nothing and took two steps back. Xu He turned out from the door and looked at Luo Qingxiao with a smile.
When Luo Qingxiao saw Xu He, he didn't recognize him for a moment. He only thought he looked familiar. The next second, he was so scared that his eyes almost popped out: "It's a great experience..."
Before he finished speaking, Xu He waved his hand, turned to Ding Ze and said, "Go and get rid of that foul-mouthed woman!"
Ding Ze heard this and walked into the door.
Xu He looked at the courtyard: "Aren't you going to invite me in?"
Only then did Luo Qingxiao react and hurriedly opened the door to let him in.
As soon as she entered the door, the woman walked out the door with a smile on her face. When she saw Luo Qingxiao, she said to him happily: "You are lucky, you have met a noble person!"
Xu He said with a smile: "Auntie, from now on, you should be more virtuous towards others and yourself. If you want housing money, you should ask for it well. How can you blame other people's ancestors?"
Aunt Kuai was startled and frowned when she saw Xu He: "You are so talkative!"
After saying that, he twisted his butt and left.
Xu He summoned Ding Ze and said, "Go and palm your mouth. Don't stop until the teeth are gone!"
Ding Ze was shocked when he heard this, but turned around and left.
Unexpectedly, Luo Qingxiao stopped him at this time, turned to Xu He and said: "Xu..."
Xu He smiled: "Just tell me to speak loudly."
Luo Qingxiao suddenly knelt down: "I don't dare, sir. Even though that woman has a bad mouth, she still let me live for three months in vain. Otherwise, I would have been living on the street. I beg you, sir, to show mercy."
Ding Ze looked at Xu He!
Xu He nodded and said, "Well, that's all!"
After saying that, he randomly found a tree root for chopping firewood in the courtyard and sat down and said, "I came here today to ask you why you are making such a big fuss!"
Luo Qingxiao didn't expect Xu He to be so straight to the point. After pondering for a moment, he knelt down in front of Xu He again and said: "Please make the decision, Mr. Experience. I spent money to take care of the two yamen with the most difficult positions, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Personnel. I thought If we use some money, the former military governor's office will not be in trouble, who knows..."
"I talked to Liu Shuban from the Experience Department before, and he promised to do well. But two days ago, he suddenly changed his mind and said he would make me wait!"
“Asked him how long he would have to wait, he said March or May at least!”
Speaking of this, Luo Qingxiao burst into tears and said, "Sir, when I came to Beijing, I had long heard that it would cost a lot of money to take up a job in Beijing. I emptied all my money, and Tian Dudian went out, but I never imagined that it’s been half a year and we still have to wait so long!”
"The land I am holding will expire next month. If I don't go back, our whole family will have no place to eat!"
Xu He frowned and said: "You have pledged the military settlement? Taizu stipulated that the military settlement cannot be surrendered. You are so bold!"
Even though Xu He was young and spoke slowly, his calm and indifferent tone made Luo Qingxiao sweat profusely!
After a long while, Luo Qingxiao stammered: "Reporting back to my experience, adults, villains, this is what the villain's hometown health center did!"
"I remember that most of the military camps you guard in Xiangyang are in Shishui, near Yiyang. Where is your home in Shishui?" Xu He asked.
When Luo Qingxiao heard Xu He, a young prince-in-law, ask the question about why the military camp was ordered to be released, he thought that he was a white-faced nerd who didn't understand anything.
But when he heard that the other party actually knew where the military garrison in his own garrison was, he immediately extinguished the contempt that had just arisen in his heart.
He answered honestly: "Exactly, on the upper reaches of Shanshui River!"
Xu He nodded: "Although the upper reaches of Shishui River are mountainous, there are also three river dams such as Zhujiayan. The fields on both sides of the river have always been rich. How much silver did you pawn?"
Even Zhu Jiayan knew this, and Luo Qingxiao was even more panicked. He vaguely felt that the other party was not just here to solve the matter of his transfer of documents.
But when he thought that the prince-in-law had just arrived to help him solve the rent issue, it showed that the other party did not want to harm him.
After thinking about it, Luo Qingxiao lowered his head and said, "My family has more than sixty acres of good paddy fields, and one acre was pawned for two taels of silver."
"Two liang?" Xu He was surprised.
An acre of good paddy fields in Hailing costs at least four taels of silver, and at its peak it can be sold for more than ten taels.
And he only thought it was two ounces!
In other words, the silver exchanged for it was only one hundred, twenty and thirty taels.
"How could you take it so seriously?"
Luo Qingxiao glanced at Xu He secretly and whispered: "The military camp can only be used as a gift to the officers of the guard station, and no one else will accept it!"
Xu He understood that the Luo family had been the judge of Xiangyang guards for generations.
Equivalent to my own judge.
The only ones who can take advantage of their fields are those few in Wei Zhong!
"Are there many pawn fields?"
"not much!"
This answer was beyond Xu He's expectation: "Not much?"
"Well, almost all the fields belong to the Commander-in-Chief of Wei, the Tongzhi, and several ministers. Since my family is a judge, it is enough for daily use..."
Xu He understood that the Luo family, like the brains in Xiangyang Guards, were all big landowners, otherwise how could they have sixty acres of land.
Now he is about to be impoverished because of the attack on his position. But once the attack is successful, Luo Qingxiao, who became an official, will lose his land. What will be the outcome?
He intensified his efforts to seize the property of lower-level officials and ordinary military households!
As for why there aren’t many people pledging their fields?
Because now most of the military camps guarded by Xiangyang are already in the hands of these heads!
The situation is worse than Xu He imagined. As far as he knows, at least in Hailing Qianhu Station, there are still many ordinary military households with land.
But that was southern Zhili after all. By the time Emperor Tiangao reached Huguang, which was further away, the situation had reached a precarious point.
