The summer harvest in Baoan Prefecture in June of the tenth year of Gangbozhen is different, this year's drought is severe, and the small discussion is whether it is a military household or a civilian household, and the output of the fields this year is much less than in previous years, and it has reached this time in previous years.

On this day, Li Zhenji personally visited Wang Dou.

At this time, Wang Dou was in the mansion to tell Chi Dacheng, the magistrate of the town, to inspect the affairs of various places, and instructed him to severely punish anyone who dared to disobey the decree and collect grain without permission. After hearing Xie Yike's report, Wang Dou smiled slightly, this Zhizhou used to invite himself to the state to govern the matter, but this time he couldn't help it, and personally visited him.

He said, "I personally went out to greet him." ”

He went out and welcomed Zhizhou Li Zhenxuan in, followed by Chen Yuwen, the official Chen Yuwen, the Jin ambassador, Na Fu, and the deputy envoy Na Zisheng. That Chen Yuwen, Wang Dou had a relationship with him a few years ago, in April, because of his concubine Yang's matter, Chen Yuwen personally came to Wang Dou to confess the crime, and his concubine said something disrespectful. Fight on this.

As for Na Yongxingcang's ambassador Na Fu and deputy envoy Deng Zisheng, the two of them are the household officials of the state city, although their rank is a big fat shortage.

The towns on the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty are responsible for supervising the revenue and expenditure of the food and salary of a town, and then the grain and salary of the military town are responsible for the government and the general judgment, and the people located in the state and county are the warehouse ambassadors and the corresponding household officials. The grain and rice goods in each lane and each workshop need to be accepted by the warehouse ambassador, if he picks fat and thin, and deliberately makes things difficult, you will not be able to hand over the money and grain. In order to smooth the acceptance, it is inevitable to prepare a generous gift.

However, how dare this kind of state and county household officials dare to put up a stand in front of Li Zhenxuan and Wang Dou? The two followed behind Li Zhenqi, just respectfully.

Li Zhenxuan and Wang Dou exchanged pleasantries for a while, and then asked impatiently about the summer grain, and he signaled to the ambassador of Yongxingcang, Di Fu.

Deng Fu understood, he took out his abacus, snapped, and said skillfully: "I Baozhou households shipped four hundred and eighty stones, two buckets, nine liters, eight and six spoons, and in the nineteenth year of Wanli, a whip method was carried out, and each stone was levied eight coins of silver, and a total of three hundred and eighty-four twenty-five coins of silver were levied six cents and five cents and two millimeters of silver. The starting price of the foot is seven taels of silver, seven cents of silver, and the above total of more than three hundred and ninety-one taels of silver. ”

"This is summer food

"My Baozhou shipped autumn grain totaling 1,563 stones, 26 liters, 1 in 3 spoons, 8 cents of silver per stone, a total of more than 1,248 taels of silver, and the price of the starting foot was 14 taels of silver, 33 cents and 5 cents.

I don't know how long it took, when Deng Fu and the others came back. whispered a few words in Li Zhenxuan's ear, and Li Zhenxuan was surprised and delighted: "Did you really bring the silver?" ”

Deng Fu said affirmatively: "Yes, the adults and the small ones are those silver taels, and the lower officials have all entered the warehouse, registered the papers, and there are six hundred and forty-one taels of silver."

He forced himself to accept the excitement in his heart, in addition to the summer grain, he gave two hundred and fifty taels of silver with the food, which was seventy taels more than the usual cost, and the seventy taels of silver could make the officials of the state city happy.

Li Zhenxuan's eyes widened, and he glanced at Wang Dou opposite in disbelief, you must know that not only the autumn grain of the people of the state city this year, but also the tax money of the military households came out of him. Zhongli needs a woman to follow Zhen... For two pieces of silver, Wang Dou bought another thousand head of cattle, spending at least five thousand taels of silver, as well as making irrigation water wheels in various parts of the state city, and the money and grain needed were also a lot. That Wang Dou. So much silver?

Li Zhenban was fooled by Wang Dou last year and was willing to reduce taxes and grain, he was hot-headed at the time, and he regretted it afterwards, but there was no way to think about it when he got on the thief ship, he was worried about himself, worried that Wang Dou was deceiving him, but he didn't expect Wang Dou to really do it.

Li Zhenxuan thought left and right, and he didn't know where Wang Dou's silver came from, he just faintly heard that Wang Dou had transported a batch of silver from Shunxiang Fort, and in his memory, Shunxiang Fort was just a remote thousand households. Why is there such a large source of wealth, is there any treasure that cannot be found there?

The tax can really be paid, and while he is excited, he is not happy in his heart, he used to be in the state city. The generals and generals in the city all demanded him and stammered him, because their grain and rice had to rely on the relief of the people in the state and city, but he didn't expect that now that his food and clothing were reversed, would he have to see Wang Dou's face in the future.

Thinking of this, he sighed deeply.

In the middle of June of the tenth year of Chongzhen, Li Zhenshu transported the summer tax silver of the households in Baoan Prefecture to the household warehouse of Huailaiwei.

When collecting and disbursing money and food, when registering the letter book.

Li Shouqin said: "Children are also strange. That Wang Dou is tax-free and free of grain in the state city, and vigorously reclaims wasteland, where did he get the money and grain? ”

Li Yi'an sighed and said: "Wang Dou can't figure it out as a father, he must have his own way." What he did in the state city was not simple. Divide the fields and free grain, and over time, collect the hearts of the soldiers and civilians in the state city. He is so young, he has such scheming methods, and the future is terrifying

Li Shouqin said in a low voice: "The child heard the news. That Wang Dou once sent his sergeants to plant bandits everywhere, and confiscated a lot of money and grain. He's sending troops out of his own hands."

Li Yi'an sneered: "So what." Daming's years are like this, "as long as he pays taxes and grain in full every year, and has the money to honor his officials." In addition, he is brave and able to fight, he is the treasure in the hearts of the officials, haven't you heard that the military and the governors appreciate him a lot? My son, this king has courage and scheming. Learn a lot from him. ”

Li Shouqin respectfully accepted the order, and was silent for a long time in the study, for a long time, Li Yi'an sighed long: "It's a pity that there is not much time for my father, otherwise Wang Dou will be used by me."

In June of the tenth year of Chongzhen, after the summer grain harvest in various parts of the state city, the irrigation well waterwheel system in Baoan Prefecture is in full swing, and the people who plough the cattle are at ease, but before the autumn sowing, they must rush to make the irrigation well and the waterwheel.

The irrigation wells and waterwheels to be built are not a small amount, and there are more than 5,000 military households in the whole state. There are more than 200,000 acres of newly cultivated fields, most of these fields have to be drilled wells, and there are also households in the state city, and Wang Dou also promised Li Zhenxuan, the governor of the state, that he would assist them in digging wells.

On this day, when Wang Douzheng was busy with Zhang Gui, the official of Guantun, Feng Dachang hurriedly came over to report to him: "My lord, the net has received news from the Acropolis. The new East Road Counselor General Mao Bin will inspect our Baoan Zhou City