Tan Shan's eyes lit up, this is a very operational plan, businessmen from other places pay the salt tax on behalf of the local tyrants, it is more credible than the mud legs of Ma Yuan Village, Tan Shan has quickly made up the scene where the villagers went to the government and trembled to ask to bypass the Hu family to pay the salt tax by themselves, and were beaten by the disdainful officials. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Tan Shan gave up the vague idea of putting aside the two of them working alone just now, and sincerely requested: "Two, Ma Yuan Village has been oppressed by the Hu family for many years, men, women and children work all year round but are poor, and now they have the opportunity to live a good life, and ask the two to help, and ............" Tan Shan reminded embarrassedly in a low voice, "Master Hu was killed by this brother's crossbow arrow after all."

Xia Nan was furious: "Our two brothers were not angry with Hu Gangsheng's evil deeds, and they acted bravely to help your village get rid of a big scourge, but they couldn't use this to coerce us, Brother Lin, let's go, the government will find them to convict, and they can go to Nanyang to arrest us?" ”

Tan Shan panicked and hurriedly stopped: "It's the little old man who doesn't choose what to say, don't be angry, the death of Master Hu will naturally be borne by our village......"

"Even so, we came forward to make friends with the government to replace Hu Gangsheng to take charge of the salt class, the Hu family is a big local family after all, if we are angry with the two of us, we don't have four hundred young people to resist."

"The Hu family came from our village to resist, and there was no need for two people to ......"

"We are businessmen, not indiscriminate good people, and we don't do anything that is not beneficial!"

"The two of you have made conditions, as long as they can resolve the disaster and recapture the salt farm, anything can be discussed......" Tan Shan has been held by Xia Nan's nose and is completely passive.

Xia Nan smiled in his heart, but his face was very serious: "First, after paying the salt class, the remaining salt will be underwritten by us, and the benefits will be deducted from the county government, and I will decide how to distribute it, and I will ensure that the whole village can be fed and clothed." ”

Tan Shan is very skeptical about this goal, but at this time, he doesn't count these things, in the era of Master Hu, Yu Yan was already underwritten by him, Ma Yuan Village couldn't intervene, the life of the villagers couldn't be worse, now with another person, it can always be better than now! He nodded: "I agreed to this first one." ”

"This second point, in view of the fact that the Hu family is still very powerful, in order to prevent retaliation, and more importantly, to protect the salt works from being seized by others, the young people in the village have been assigned some training to protect the safety of the village and the salt works."

In any case, this second point is only good for Ma Yuan Village, Master Hu is dead and Master Zhang, Master Li, the salt farm is prosperous, it is normal for someone to covet it, and it is the proper duty to organize young people to protect the salt farm, provided that they are well fed and clothed. Tan Shan nodded again: "The second one also agrees." ”

"Then, tomorrow you take us to Lingao County, and I will deal with the county government." After negotiating the conditions, Lin Weiye of the Southern Dynasty in the summer made a "V" gesture, and the first pot of gold after crossing was in hand.

At night, the two slept at Tan Shan's house, and Xia Nan couldn't help asking: "I want to ask you how to deal with Hu Gangsheng, why did you do it so violently and directly?" ”

Lin Weiye said embarrassedly: "I will be wrong, I think you want to say, kill Master Hu, and then I will settle it."

Xia Nan rolled her eyes, this is okay! Thumbs up: "A real warrior, dare to face the dripping blood!" Then he rolled over and went to sleep.

There was nothing to say all night, and early the next morning, Xia Nan instructed the villagers to check out the property of Hu Gangsheng and his party, a total of more than 20 taels of silver and dozens of copper coins, and handed them over to Tan Shan for safekeeping, and then buried the bodies of the four people, leaving Lin Weiye in the village, and Tan Shan went to Lingao County.

Ma Yuan Village is not far from Lingao County, about two hours of walking, Lingao County City Wall appeared far away in the eyes of the south of summer.

The twenty-first century traveler is still the first time to see the real Ming Dynasty city, the two of them want to visit the county seat with great interest, who knows that when they arrive at the city gate, they are poured a basin of cold water, and the dilapidated city wall and the soldiers who catch lice at the city gate suddenly make Xia Nan lose interest. When I entered the city, I saw that there were mostly dilapidated houses along the street, like a shantytown in the old time and space.

The county seat is very small, and a cup of tea will go to the county office. The county government is one of the few decent buildings in the city, although it looks like it hasn't been repaired for a long time.

Tan Shan was a little cowering when he arrived at the county office, and when he saw the official at the door, he wanted to step forward several times, but he retreated.

Xia Nan made up the headscarf and long shirt that he borrowed from Tan Shan's house in the morning-this is what the old village chief did when he was begging for a living in Fucheng, and he was sure that he looked little different from the people of this time and space, and then bowed his hand to the officials: "I have something to ask to see the county honor, and I am tired of the two of you to report it." ”

The two officials at the door, one tall and one short, looked at him lazily and did not speak. Although the county order is said to be a county parent official, how can it be seen by ordinary people, even in later generations, the common people cannot see the leader casually, and loving the people like a son is just an officialdom cliché. The short man looked at the sky at forty-five degrees: "The county lord is busy with official business, so I don't have time to meet you." ”

Xia Nan turned his head to look at Tan Shan and motioned for him to say something. Tan Shan took out two copper coins painfully and handed them to one of the two officials.

Xia Nan said with a smile: "Please let me know, it's good that the county is free, but if we don't have time, we'll come back another day to ask for a meeting." ”

The two of them quickly stuffed the copper coin into their arms, the tall man nodded at the short man, and the short man said, "I'll go and report it, try your luck?" "Straight inside.

After a while, the short man came out, "The eldest master is handling official business in the back hall at this time, you are lucky, Master Qian is willing to see you, he can call the shots in ordinary small matters, don't alarm the eldest master, you come with me." ”

Entering the gate, there is a spacious front yard, with a corridor in the middle and a cross courtyard on each side. Walk into the second door from Yongdao, and you will see a pavilion in the middle, and there is a stone tablet in the middle, with three big characters of "Gongshengming" written on it, and sixteen words behind it: "Erfeng Erlu, the people's fat and the people's ointment, the people are easy to abuse, and the heavens are difficult to deceive!" ”

If you usually travel and see such monuments, Xia Nan said that you can't linger and watch it, but now that you have traveled back to ancient times, how many such things will be in the future, and the future is unpredictable at the moment, or solve the existential crisis and talk about others.

The two of them followed the short servant to a side room on the east side of the county ya, and saw a middle-aged man in his forties sitting in the middle, who must have been the master Qian mentioned by the yasman. Xia Nan stepped forward to make a salute: "The villain Xia Nan has seen Master Qian."

Master Qian twisted his beard, "What is it to ask to see the county honor, tell me first." ”

In the summer, Nan went straight in: "The villain wants to replace Hu Gangsheng of the Hu family and pay for the salt class of the Ma Yuan Salt Farm." ”

Master Qian had never seen someone speak so bluntly, so he couldn't help but slander. He didn't hurry and said: "This matter has always been handled by me, Hu Gangsheng has paid the salt class for many years, and he is not at fault, how can he be replaced with your words?" He didn't know that Hu Gangsheng was dead, and thought it was a conflict between the interests of outsiders and large local households.

In the summer, Nan will not be a scholar in ancient times, and he can't understand the reason, so he can only move it to benefit: "Master, Hu Gangsheng paid the salt class on behalf of the county, except for the one percent handed over to the county, how much filial piety he gave to the county, I will continue to do everything as usual, and compare the county respect for the master, how much the county respects, how much the master will get." He guessed that Hu Gangsheng must have given the county order benefits, but he may not have given Master Qian, and even if he did, it would definitely be lower than the county order.

Master Qian was suddenly moved, Hu Gangsheng privately gave the county master one hundred taels every year, and as the person who handled it, he only got thirty taels, and now this businessman surnamed Xia is willing to add more than two taels to himself, and he can indeed consider replacing people.

Xia Nan saw that Master Qian was moved, and secretly struck while the iron was hot, and bowed to Tan Shan. Tan Shan was very reluctant, but he didn't dare to show it, so he took out a piece of silver and handed it to Master Qian.

Master Qian checked the silver in his sleeve, about five taels, and his mood suddenly improved. He coughed: "Since Brother Xia is willing to contribute to the salt administration of this county, and he will definitely agree to come to the county, this matter will be decided first, and I will report to the county from this month, just pay the discount to the household from this month." ”

The matter was done smoothly, Xia Nan breathed a sigh of relief, and asked tentatively: "Then ...... the Hu family?"

Master Qian dismissed: "Such a trivial matter, the county is busy with official business, and there is no time to deal with it, I said that whoever pays on behalf of him is who pays on his behalf, and he just changes the booklet in the house." He added in his heart, unless he offered a higher price.

In the summer, Nan was overjoyed, thanked Master Qian, and went out of the county government with Tan Shan.

Tan Shan was still heartbroken about the money he had given away, shaking his head and sighing, the five taels of silver he gave to Master Qian were enough for his family of four to eat and drink for a few months.

Xia Nan looked at him sighing and sighed angrily and funny: "It's just five taels of silver, take a long-term view, I said let the whole village live a good life, you wait and see." ”

Tan Shankou should go down, and he didn't believe it in his heart.

The two passed by a blacksmith shop, and Xia Nan remembered that he needed to arm the young men in the village to deal with the revenge of the Hu family, so he stopped and asked the boss about the price of making ironware. The boss replied, "It depends on the weight and the ease of construction." ”

Xia Nanbi stroked: "How much is a palm-long spear head?" ”

The boss estimated: "Fine construction, one hundred and twenty wen." ”

"It doesn't have to be fine, it's okay to be coarse."

"Then ninety wen, if you use inferior iron, you can use seventy-five wen, which is guaranteed to be hard enough, but it is brittle, and I am afraid of breaking it after a long time."

"As long as it's hard, it's not afraid of brittleness." Xia Nan stretched out two fingers, "Seventy, fifty, how?" ”

"Deal!" The boss is very happy, there are few villains in Lingao County, the Zhang family makes a kitchen knife, and the Li family makes a hoe, but the business of dozens and hundreds of Wen is opened, and there is a business of thousands of Wen when it opens today, and the attitude is a lot more attentive: "When will the guest officer ask for the goods?" ”

"The sooner the better!" Xia Nan considered the possible revenge of the Hu family, and he couldn't wait to build it today.

"Three days at the earliest."

"If it can be delivered the day after tomorrow, I will add another 500 wen."

The boss gritted his teeth, and the big deal was that he and his apprentices rushed to work day and night, nodded and said, "The day after tomorrow will be the day after tomorrow, but the guest officer please pay a deposit of 200 yuan first." ”