Lin Cripple, who was the first to be whipped by Zhang Mazi, mustered up the courage to step forward and said to Tan Shan: "This old gentleman, I am not a tenant of land, these acres are all my own. www.biquge.info I don't know if your lord can be gracious and take care of my land, my land is a little worse, but I can pay the same rent. ”

Originally, he cultivated his own land, although life was also difficult, but it was still a little better than the tenants who were doubly exploited, but now the limelight has changed, and the tenants only have to pay rent, which is much lighter than his burden. I thought that the world was as black as a crow, and this so-called proprietor's tax payment was just a trick to deceive people, but I didn't think that what happened today would prove that this was all true.

Although Zhang Mazi has run away now, he is just stained with the light of the tenants, if these people make a comeback, people will not stand up for themselves. After thinking about it, it is best to ask for mercy.

Some people took the lead, and the rest also stepped forward to intercede. If someone is a backer, the government and officials will not come to force taxes, and in comparison, the rent of two stones per mu of land is very light.

Tan Shan didn't dare to make an idea, "This matter can only be answered after I report to the master." ”

Inside Hujiazhuang.

Xia Nan listened to Tan Shan's report and asked Sima De: "Mr. Sima, is this feasible?" ”

Sima De replied affirmatively: "Yes." And it is beneficial to the lord and not harmful. In Jiangnan, there are countless such land donations, and both sides have benefits, the donors do not have to pay taxes, and the donors overcharge rent, and it is the government that suffers. The difference between the lord and the wealthy in Jiangnan is that they are tax avoiders, and you are tax resistant, hehe! ”

"Not really, I still took the initiative to hand over the folded silver, which can be described as a model of law-abiding, haha!" Xia Nan quipped when he heard this.

As a result, Lin Cripple's land smoothly became Xia Nan's land, but the land deed did not change its name, and the rest were the same as the tenants. Xia Nan realized the opportunity and consciously asked Tan Shan to lead the guards to strengthen the patrol. After the news of Hefeng Village spread, other villages followed suit, from a few acres of self-cultivated farmers to dozens of acres of medium-sized families, those who came from the south in the summer did not refuse and accepted them all.

The Lingao County Ya is almost in a state of paralysis, the officials of the household do not come forward, and the helpers below have no backing, like a tree without roots, and they no longer dare to urge food without authorization after jumping a few times, and the days of summer tax have passed.

This summer, Nan collected a total of more than 5,000 stone of grain, and the granary in Hujiazhuang could not be piled up at all, so he had to build another granary.

What Xia Nan didn't expect was that this wave of dedication did not end with the end of the summer tax, but spread to a wider area, plucking the wings of a butterfly for the direction of the situation in the entire Qiongzhou Mansion.

Chengmai County ordered Lin Sanfeng to engulf the merits of the "Xiangyong" that belonged to Lingao since he attacked the county seat, and reported that Chengmai County successfully repelled the intruders, and successfully turned bad things into good things. After this incident, he deeply felt that it was not easy to be an official in Qiongzhou, where Han and Li lived together, and the risk was too great, so he began to concentrate on looting money and prepare for the transfer of other places in the future. Chengmai County is as poor as Lingao County, there is not much place to scrape oil and water, and the only thing worth spending a lot of effort is land.

Compared with the dead Gou Dafu in Lingao County, as the official of Zhengyin in a county, he naturally has much more resources and power at his disposal. Gou Dafu still needs to work up and down, deceive the upper and lower levels, squeeze the tenants, and then lie about the number of acres in order to make a profit. He used a simpler and rude method: his concubine was a native of Chengmai, so he supported the power of the concubine's family, embezzled the land with Gou Dafu's set, and when it was time to pay the grain and taxes, he directly crossed out his own name on the book, and did not pay a penny, and the imperial grain and national tax were shared by other people. As for not being able to pay the full amount every year, and a large amount of money and food is in arrears, this bad debt will be handed over to the successor to worry about his nerves.

The county magistrate doesn't want the dignity of civil officials, and naturally the silver will come quickly, and with the silver, he will be able to catch up with the officials. Money can make ghosts grind, and the prefect Lord Qin has promised that as soon as his term of office expires, he will be recommended to serve as the magistrate of Nanhai County, Guangzhou. Even if it is a horizontal transfer, how can the flower world in Guangzhou be compared to the poor mountains and bad waters of Chengmai?

Just as he was calculating every day when he would be able to go to Guangzhou to take office, his brother-in-law came to tell him bad news.

His brother-in-law found dozens of acres of land in Rending Village, near Lingao, and was about to start, but he heard that the head of the land had donated the land to a large family in Lingao. The duck to the mouth flew, which is unbearable, but when it comes to other counties, the brother-in-law does not dare to make decisions on his own and come to ask his brother-in-law for advice.

With a sound of "Bah", Lin Sanfeng got up and scolded his brother-in-law: "You are a pig brain!" Rending Village is on the fish scale yellow book of my Chengmai, and the tax and grain are collected by my Chengmai, and there is a bullshit relationship with Lingao County, so I don't want to give a fart! ”

The brother-in-law suddenly realized that this was another family reaching out to cross the line, breaking the rules, whether it was from the jurisdiction of the government or the division of private territory, he had taken advantage of the reason. He nodded and said, "I understand, I'm going to get the land back." ”

In fact, this is not Xia Nan's intention, but a technical problem. After all, Tan Shan was born as a farmer, and his knowledge was limited, so he only wanted to draw more fields for the master, but he didn't expect that this Rending Village was at the junction of two counties, but it was in Chengmai. The head of the household who surrendered also had his own little abacus, and he deliberately didn't say it, because he wanted to avoid the poisonous hands of Lin Sanfeng's brother-in-law. By mistake, it became the summer south to grab land and grab Chengmai County.

Tan Shanxin received dozens of acres of land, so he naturally had to bring the guards to beat the local cow ghosts and snake gods according to the rules. As a result, the green-skinned scoundrel who helped the idle didn't run into it, just in time for Lin Sanfeng's brother-in-law to make a comeback.

The brother-in-law felt that he was right, so he hit the other party first and then shouted: "Up!" ”

So the two sides started a ping-pong fight. However, how could a group of rabble defeat the completely militarized training of the escort team, and the result was naturally a complete victory for the escort team, and the men and horses of the Chengmai side were defeated and fled.

The brother-in-law was unwilling, and before leaving, he said cruelly: "This is Chengmai's territory, you have broken the rules, wait for me to find the county to teach you a lesson!" ”

After Tan Shan finished fighting, he knew that Rending Village was actually from Chengmai County, and he chuckled in his heart, and he hurriedly found the head of the household who came to donate for interrogation.

The head of the household did not dare to think carefully, and honestly explained: "There are more than a dozen households in Lingao Village, but the payment of grain and taxes is counted in Chengmai County......"

Tan Shan was dumbfounded, now he was afraid that he would get into trouble for the master. He hurried back to Hujiazhuang, and the first thing he did was to ask Xia Nan for his guilt.