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Chapter 243: Autumn Fu 8
After all, the yield per mu of the 300 acres of paddy fields planted by Tiandi Society is 50% higher than before. This achievement is jaw-dropping enough - no wonder people say Australians have secret methods for farming.
"If it hadn't been for the husband's land, the annual income would have been much higher this year." Liu Guangbiao expressed regret, "The third uncle will lease all the land to the Tiandihui in the spring of next year." He suddenly stopped, about It feels inappropriate.
Liu Youren said nothing. All the land was contracted to the Tiandihui. Then the Australians knew exactly how much land they had. He sighed. This was really a dilemma.
"Basically, I think it would be better if the Australians took care of this matter."
"Third Uncle" Liu Guang was puzzled. With the Australian people's unyielding attitude and their terrifying ability to do things, I am afraid that not to mention only half of the repayment, they can't even escape the land under their own names.
"Australians are strict in doing things, but their governance is more lenient than the government." Liu Youren whispered, "Be strict where you should be strict, and be lenient where you should be lenient - the so-called combination of leniency and severity. In contrast, the government is a bit chaotic. "
"Third Uncle" Liu Guangbiao was startled. What Third Uncle said was almost rebellious. Although Lingao was far away from the Emperor, the government still had prestige. "Don't talk nonsense."
"Huh, of course this is between you and me," Liu Youren said. Let's deal with the matter this way for the time being, and wait for Chief Yun to come and listen to what he has to say before making next plans.
Such consultations and bargaining have been going on in every large household in the county for more than half a month. An atmosphere of tension and uneasiness hung over each family, and those who had some relationship with each other were walking around, asking for news. The big businessman who had connections with Heaven and Earth suddenly became the focus of the whole county, and the number of people who came to visit him was almost overwhelming. Even the nouveau riche who had always been looked down upon by big business owners: Lin Quan'an of Quanfuxing, who made his fortune by purchasing goods for Australians, suddenly became popular. People came to visit him every three days, some dropped off their gifts and left, while others Sitting down, people from all over the world chatted incomprehensibly. It was so noisy that he simply didn't know what to say.
Besides Lin Quan'an, there is "Runshitang". The business of this drugstore suddenly became very good. Suddenly, someone in the wealthy family became "sick", and they all asked Yang Shixiang, the owner of "Runshitang", for medical treatment and medicine. Medicine comes from the same origin, so he usually helps people by hanging pots, but he didn't expect so many people to suddenly fall ill.
Of course, no specific information can be obtained from these people. Not to mention people like Lin Quanan and Yang Shixiang who have nothing to do with Tiandi. Even Zhang Youfu, who claims to be closest to the Australians and the most well-informed, could not reveal the content.
On the contrary, the small grain farmers with no wealth and power were not disturbed this time. They have no extra acres to repay, and some even bear the grain tax for fields that are not theirs at all. If they squeeze more, they will not have much profit. Of course, this is not because Chen Minggang is kind enough to let them go - the subordinates are all cannibals who eat people without spitting out their bones. They have to squeeze oil out of pebbles - but Chen Minggang feels that the Australians mainly want to punish them. For large households, it is meaningless to go to a lot of trouble to squeeze out small households. It will not produce results, and it will easily cause the rebound of small households. Chen Minggang felt that the attitude of Australians towards the common people was completely different from the attitude of the Ming Dynasty officials towards the common people. If something really happened, I would definitely be in trouble.
The frequent serial traffic of large households gave the Political Security Administration an excellent opportunity. Based on this, the surveillance department of the Operations Office drew a "relationship map of large households in the county." When Chinese people encounter difficulties, the first thing they look for is naturally their relatives and friends. This time, we can get a rough idea of how close they are to each other.
Liu Dalin's family has also become the focus of the whirlpool. When Huang Hankun visited his home for the first time. Liu Dalin did not comment on the questions he raised. In his opinion, the matter of clearing the fields was justified - regardless of whether there were Australians or not, tricks like Hiding the Fields and Guiji would harm the income of the imperial court.
Of course, from a personal emotional point of view, vital interests must always be taken care of. When the interests of individuals and the government collide, most people still choose to safeguard their own interests. Liu Dalin's family used to be just a middle-class property. Since his father's generation started to have a family name, the official exemption amount was enough to exempt his family from all the money and food. However, people always have relatives and friends to take care of. They are all close relatives and friends - he is not a saint after all, so he accepts it. As time passed, without realizing it, the land under the Liu family's name actually increased to one thousand acres.
This time, Liu Dalin himself was not harassed about the Zhangtian matter - Chen Minggang knew that the Australians respected this Jinshi very much and wanted to take advantage of him, so like in previous years, he did not go to deliver food at all. Even the custom of visiting the house every time at this time to ask An Qiufeng to spend some money is no longer required.
But Chen Minggang still planned to kill Liu Jinshi's majesty, which no one dared to touch in the past and now. He refused to send food to Liu Dalin, but the landowners who had sent it to his name were not so lucky this time. Chen Minggang had a very clear list in his hand and knew the amount of land each family had sent under Liu Dalin's name, so he directly sent grain to these landowners and asked them to report the amount of land within a time limit in preparation for the conquest.
At this time, the three relatives and six dependents of the Liu family, as well as their closest relatives and friends, were all in turmoil. Everyone knew that Chen Minggang was vicious and difficult to deal with, so they hurriedly went to the city to see Liu Dalin and asked him for advice. The door of the Liu family's house in the west gate of the county was immediately crowded with sedan chairs and servants.
Like all scholars, Liu Dalin likes to be quiet and dislikes trouble. Since his legs and feet became inconvenient, he rarely goes out. Now so many relatives and friends have come all of a sudden, and they all want to see him and ask him to make ideas and find solutions. , handle negotiations. He was so distracted by the commotion that he only asked the housekeeper to deal with it, and hid in the study.
Listening to the noisy voices in front of him, Liu Dalin felt that there was nothing he could do. He felt ashamed of his relatives and friends, and also hated them. It seems that his help is a matter of course.
His family has a long history of scholarship. His grandfather did not have a scientific name, but he had a literary reputation. My father was a magistrate. He is also a Jinshi. It can be called a well-known gentry house in the county. In the past, as long as I wrote a piece of paper and sent it to the county government office, there was nothing I couldn't do. Now, no matter how many films we send to the county government, it will probably be of no use - we have to negotiate with the Australians.
But dealing with Australians is the last thing he wants to do.
Judging from the preferential treatment and respect given to him by the Australians, if they are willing to go out and deal with it, the Australians will always buy him some face, and there will be room for change. But he really didn't want to do this.
Although the Australians have never done anything bad, they are always outsiders and dissatisfied with the rule of kings. They build cities and buildings without permission in Lingao, which is like a separatist force. He could not avoid it in the first place, how could he easily provoke them? If the thieves deliberately wanted to take advantage of him and asked others to do things, he would inevitably fall into trouble. His reputation will be destroyed in one day.
But he had to explain things to his relatives and friends, otherwise he couldn't bear the reputation of being "mean".
While he was worrying, a maidservant who was waiting for his wife came. Seeing that his face was full of sorrow, she didn't dare to speak, she just stood at the door of the house and poked her head.
"What's the matter?" Liu Dalin noticed him anyway, "Come in and talk."
"Yes, sir." The maid came in quickly, "Several uncles and aunts are here to see madam. We are talking in the back hall now, and they all want to see you. Madam was afraid that you were not feeling well, so she stopped her first."
"I understand," Liu Dalin waved his hand, "Just step back."
The maid hesitated for a moment and then said: "Madam, please see if you can take care of some of your close relatives."
"You go back and serve Madam first. I have my own ideas about this matter."
The maid withdrew. They say they "have their own ideas," but in fact they don't even know where their ideas are. Liu Dalin suddenly felt that there was no one around him with whom he could discuss.
Of course he has friends, but these friends are either talking about morality and education, or they are poetry, song, music, chess, calligraphy and painting. These are sound and logical, but when it comes to practical matters, I can’t come up with any useful ideas at all. Everyone flattered him that he had "high moral standards, pure moral conduct, and bright ambitions." He deserved this, but the current problem was not something that "high moral integrity, pure moral principles, and bright ambitions" could handle.
After much deliberation, only Huang Xunkun, the second son of Mr. Huang in Huangjiazhai, came to visit a few days ago and asked himself how he would deal with this matter. Because the Liu family has enjoyed preferential treatment and exemption for two generations since his father became an official. In addition to dealing with the subordinate officials during the holidays, they have not been concerned about food and tax matters for a long time. I couldn't explain why for a while.
Now that I think about it, the Huang family and his son can discuss it. Although the Huang family is a wealthy family, they have tried their best to protect their hometown for many years. Liu Dalin was quite enthusiastic about the affairs of the county, so he respected the Huang family and his son very much and exchanged condolences with each other. When Huang Xunkun passed the examination and was admitted as a student, he personally visited the door to congratulate him, which gave the Huang family a great deal of face.
Thinking of this, he felt a glimmer of light. Quickly turn the wheels of the wheelchair to the door and call the servant:
"Go and tell the gentlemen that I know everything about them and ask them to go back first. I will naturally get a response then."
"Yes" the servant was about to leave.
"Slowly." Liu Dalin knew that most of the people in the group had sent gifts, "All the gifts sent will be returned."
"yes--"
"Don't accept gifts from the guests from your natal family, just keep saying this."
After giving the instructions, he called over a personal bookboy and ordered:
"You go to the county to study and invite the second young master of the Huang family to come over and talk.",.
