One stone of grain is enough to feed a family of three for more than half a month.
This is especially the case in Dongzhou, where food is as valuable as gold and silver to the people at the bottom.
Su Qi'an's words completely silenced everyone present.
Everyone was quiet, Su Qian's face was calm, and he continued unhurriedly.
"If anyone can carry this log back and forth, I will not only reward you with a stone of food. I have some land in Dongzhou. It is not large, only two or three acres. I can pick a piece of land for you to plant for a year. The harvest is seven for you and three for me.”
If Su Qi'an's previous words only made the people in front of him a little confused, his next words were enough to scare everyone in the audience.
Especially for the local officials, Su Qi'an's promise to reward one stone of grain reminded them of an allusion, moving trees to establish trust.
It is said that in the previous dynasty, a high-ranking official who was also sent by the imperial court came to serve in the local area in order to eliminate the people's distrust of the official government.
A test was specially held at the gate of the city. Whoever could move the gate pillars to another gate on foot would be rewarded with gold and silver. This was called moving wood to establish trust.
After Su Qi'an said that he was rewarded with one stone of grain, the local officials could probably think of this allusion, but the supervisor replaced the rewarded silver with more precious grain.
The inspector wanted to rely on this to bribe the local people and make them trust him. These local officials could imagine this.
These are just normal operations. Even if you gain the trust of the people, how much can you get from rewards alone?
And this is not another place, this is Dongzhou. Even if the inspector has more food, is it possible that everyone will be rewarded with one stone? Even if most of them are rewarded, when the inspector leaves, how much of this food will fall? In the hands of the common people, this move was nothing more than a joke in the eyes of local officials.
While many officials had the mentality of watching a show, who would have thought that Su Qi'an would play such a big role in the promise he made later.
Not only did he reward him with a stone of grain, but he also generously gave away several acres of his fertile land in Dongzhou to the people for free, and the harvest was only 30%.
The rest is all up to the individual. Isn’t this funny?
Su Qi'an did not have his own private land in Dongzhou, but he was the supervisor, so his identity was there.
During this inspection, officials from all over the country had to express their feelings more or less, and giving away land was the best expression.
It's just that Su Qi'an didn't harvest much, just a few acres. As long as he was willing, not to mention a few acres, even a hundred acres, a thousand acres was a small matter.
They did not expect that Su Qi'an would give the few acres of land he collected to these low-income people so generously.
This was more or less a slap in the face of these officials. Most of the officials' faces were not very good-looking, but they did not have an attack.
Even the leading Zigui County Magistrate said nothing and looked indifferent. They wanted to secretly order the soldiers to drive away these people, but it was impossible and they could only watch silently.
Not long after Su Qi'an finished speaking, some of the silent people still couldn't bear it anymore and asked directly.
"May I ask, Lord Inspector, if you really mean what you say?"
The person who spoke was a young and strong man. As he asked the question, many people looked at him.
The strong man's heart tightened. Many of the people looking at him were local officials.
His coming forward to answer the question this time was a bit of a slap in the face to the local officials, and he was likely to offend them.
It's not that this young man doesn't understand anything, he really has no choice. His family is not in a good situation. After a year of hard work and annual grain collection, the family can only have enough food and clothing.
Now that there is another food requisition, it is impossible to live this life. Now the inspector made such a promise.
Even if he knew that his actions would offend the local officials, it was better to offend the officials than starve to death if he and the family behind him had no food to eat.
Su Qi'an looked at the young man with his eyes, nodded, and said softly, "I have said what I said, and it is hard to follow. I will do what I say. What is your name?"
"Sir, the younger one's name is Wang Wu."
"Okay, Wang Wu, come forward and try."
Su Qi'an stretched out his hand to indicate that the young man called Wang Wu walked out of the crowd. In front of him, there was a log about one foot tall.
Wang Wu took a deep breath, stretched out his hands, and exerted great force on his lower body to lift up the log, which weighed about a hundred kilograms, and then walked step by step towards Su Qi'an's mansion.
To be honest, this log is not very heavy, and Su Qian's move is not to select some strong man, everyone can see it.
Just to see if anyone has the guts to give it a try.
Under a heavy reward, there must be a brave man. As Su Qi'an's reward increased, a king and five appeared.
It was not easy for Wang Wu to carry the log. From the city gate to Su Qi'an's mansion, it took half an hour just to walk there, let alone carrying a log weighing about 100 kilograms on his shoulders.
Under the gaze of everyone, Wang Wu walked towards the mansion step by step, attracting many people to watch. Most of them admired Wang Wu's actions.
What they admired was not Wang Wu's strength, but his courage to try to be the first to show up and do it.
As time passed by, half an hour passed quietly. Wang Wu carried the log and arrived at the door of the mansion smoothly.
But he did not stop, his face was red, he was breathing heavily, he took a short rest, then turned around and continued walking towards the city gate.
From the looks of it, he wanted fertile land for planting. It had to be said that Wang Wu had great desire.
But then I thought about it, if it were them, if they had such an opportunity in front of them, they would probably do the same thing as Wang Wu.
The temptation to grow good land for free and wait for 30 to 70 cents after the harvest is indeed great.
In Dongzhou, tenants and long-term workers like them who work for local aristocratic families are not qualified to own so-called fertile land. The harvest throughout the year is only 28%.
The aristocratic family took eight, and they got two. This does not include the annual grain levy. It was originally the food for the powerful families in Ping An. In the end, more than half of it was deducted from their own harvest. Throughout the year, it is very good to be able to have enough food and clothing. .
Compared with the conditions offered by the supervisor, they are nothing short of heaven and earth.
Even if you offend local officials and take risks, no matter how big the risk is, it is worth it to prevent your family from starving to death.
Under the attention of everyone, Wang Wu, who was carrying the log, finally returned to the city gate after about half an hour and put down the log on his shoulders.
His body couldn't hold on anymore and he collapsed to the ground, gasping for air.
Su Qi'an, who was watching this scene, gestured with his eyes, and several soldiers beside him quickly stepped forward and handed Wang Wu the prepared stone of food.
At the same time, Master Liu stepped forward, took out a land deed from his arms, and said to Wang Wuda.
"Congratulations, these are all yours."
Wang Wu stood up quickly and tremblingly took the land deed from Master Liu's hand. Although he was illiterate, the people around him were still literate.
After a brief explanation, Wang Wu quickly placed the land deed carefully in his arms, feeling like it was his own treasure.
It is not an exaggeration to say it is a treasure. With this land deed, Wang Wu and his family have the possibility to survive.
Wang Wu hurriedly kowtowed to Su Qi'an and thanked him, "Little Wang Wu, I thanked the supervisor. As long as the supervisor is willing, my life belongs to the supervisor. In the future, I will go to hell for the supervisor without hesitation."
Su Qi'an waved his hand, motioned to stand up, and said softly, "You deserve these. I have said that as long as you fulfill my conditions and do what I say, your life will be yours. You must Living well and feeding your family well is the greatest reward for me."
"Okay, Wang Wu's challenge is completed. Who else will continue to challenge next? I said that as long as the challenge is successful, these are all yours. I will do what I said, first come, first served. If you miss it, there will be no such thing later. Opportunity."
"Sir, I'm coming!"
"Sir, I am willing to give it a try!"
With Wang Wu's example and seeing the land deed handed over to Wang Wu with his own eyes, those people who were still hesitant started to rush to the next step.
participate.
Just kidding, this kind of pie-in-the-sky thing happens only once, and someone has set an example, how could you miss it.
As for whether their actions would offend a large number of local officials, that was not their concern.
If they can live their lives, they have to think about such things, but if they don't know whether they can survive in the future, who will think about offending local officials?
Many people flocked to it, and if the soldiers who maintained order were not prepared, they might not be able to stop the enthusiasm of many people.
The common people rushed in, and the officials behind them turned pale.
Although these low-level people cannot be seen by them, this kind of impact is somewhat disrespectful. If Su Qi'an hadn't been here, he would have taken down these unscrupulous people directly.
The leader of the Zigui County Magistrate looked indifferently at the excited people who were enthusiastic about participating in the challenge. He just snorted coldly and then turned around and left with his officials.
As he left the city gate, his officials couldn't help but ask.
"Your Majesty, are we just going to tolerate this inspector's misbehavior here? If we continue to tolerate these untouchables so arrogantly, one day, these untouchables will have to take advantage of us."
"No, sir, if we want to find a way to deal with it, we can't let this inspector continue to do whatever he wants. When the time comes, he will just slap his ass and leave, leaving this mess behind. It's not to disgust us."
All the officials spoke one after another to express their concerns, but Zigui County Magistrate was quite calm, looking forward with a bit of a sneer on his face.
He said coldly, "Don't worry, let the inspectors continue to make trouble. It's better to make the trouble bigger and bigger. By then, these unscrupulous people will have to spit out as much as they have eaten."
"Are you all just doing it for free? When the inspector leaves, you must know better than me what to do. Now think about it, will the inspector leave behind a mess?"
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