Walking to the eaves of the porch, Lin Tie untied the rain and watched the rain dripping down like a bead curtain on the eaves, frowning slightly.

Although everyone is complaining about such rainy weather delaying things, but who can make any temper with God, the rainy season is over, and the next flood season is even more troublesome.

"Adults came here so early......

Lin Jian turned around and saw Yang Mu, the scrivener of Chongzhou County, coming from the other side of the corridor, saluting himself, and returning the salute with a smile: "Come here earlier, you can sit down with everyone to drink tea and gossip - I don't know when the rain will stop, everyone is sitting in the office, I'm afraid that when the rain stops, people will grow moss." I've brought some good tea, and I'll ask someone to make it for everyone later......"

"Your Excellency is really polite, thank you for your good tea here." Yang Mu Chang bowed and went into the meeting hall first.

"By the way, Yang Shuban, I heard that in the past few days, there have been several waterlogging in the county, and the disaster has been reported to the county, have you gone down to see it?" Lin Jian shouted to Yang Mu.

"I went to see it yesterday, it's not serious," Yang Mu replied, "In the summer and autumn, the waterlogging in Chongzhou is a headache......

"I have to ask Yang Shuban for advice, but is there any good way to reduce the waterlogging disaster in Chongzhou?" Lin Jian asked.

Chongzhou is a land of sand, the terrain is low and flat, it is a rainy area in summer and autumn, the rain is a big thing, the water can not be discharged, it forms waterlogging, and the waterlogging disaster in Chongzhou is very serious. It was raining at this time, and there were already waterlogging in some places.

Compared with the reduction of agricultural production caused by waterlogging, typhoons and tidal disasters are not worth mentioning. Chongzhou has rarely encountered a typhoon like last year's disaster for many years, mainly because the displaced people who first landed on Xisha Island had no experience in dealing with typhoons in the flood season, which caused such heavy casualties.

"......" Yang Mu groaned, this question was not easy to answer.

Yang Mu didn't feel strange that he asked such a question to Lin Bin. For most of the month, Lin Jian has been in frequent contact with the officials who came up from the new by-election in Chongzhou County, much more frequently than Han Zai, who hides in the garden all day, and is also used to asking some questions about people's livelihood, so everyone is not surprised. It's just that some of the questions asked by Lin Jian are very big, which makes everyone feel a headache and difficult to answer.

In fact, the main work of the county government is to revolve around the grain tax, where there is a waterlogging or drought report, the workshop may assign people to verify, come back to truthfully report or exaggerate the disaster, the county respects the discretionary consideration, to the affected areas need to reduce some taxes, this matter is over, where will fundamentally consider the way to mitigate or eliminate these disasters?

Yang Mu is not disgusted with these, truly talented people should not be afraid to answer such questions, and it is an opportunity to show their talents.

Of course, Yang Mu also noticed that after Lin Jian led the Jiangdong Left Army into Chongzhou, the way or style of handling county affairs in Chongzhou County was very different from the past, or other counties.

For example, when it comes to building a city, generally speaking, Lin Lian, Han Zai, Wu Meijiu and a few confidants should discuss a plan and then submit it to the county department for approval.

Yang Mu pondered for a moment and replied: "Waterlogging is a disaster, and to reduce waterlogging, it also lies in the word 'row'. Whenever heavy rain comes, as long as the stagnant water is discharged in time, it will not cause waterlogging. When it comes to 'drainage', it should be to dig more ditches to facilitate drainage – and of course, it is also good for irrigation. It's just that these things are not easy, and it is even more difficult for Chongzhou County to do these things at this time......"

"Since Mr. Yang has some ideas, you might as well sort them out," Lin Jian said, "When I was in Jiangning, others said that I didn't care about writing and writing, and I only liked to do some side door left techniques, and I also specially asked Zhao Shuhan, the director of the Jiangning Criminal Department, to compile the "Craftsman's Dictionary", this flood drainage technique is a branch of agricultural water conservancy, which may not be useful at this time, but will definitely be useful in the future......

"The lowly knows that he will definitely do more homework when he goes back, so as not to take out too vulgar things and make jokes for adults." Yang Mu said.

"When Zhiyong recommended Mr. Yang, he said that Mr. Yang was good at farming and had a reputation in Chongzhou," Lin Jian said with a smile, and asked again, "By the way, Special Envoy Han wants to build a new city in Terada, what do you think about this?" ”

"......" Yang Mu hesitated, not knowing how to answer.

"If you have any ideas, please tell us the truth," Lin Lian saw that Yang Mu had some scruples, so he asked him to speak up.

"Don't hide it from your lord, Yang Mu thinks that Lord Han's move is a good thing, maybe Lord Han is in a bit of a hurry." Yang Mu said.

"It's a good thing, it's a good thing." Lin Lian laughed twice, and then let Yang Mu into the meeting hall.

Yang Mu is a local, and he should know that the fields under the name of Guangjiao Temple are divided into Terada and Jida, and should not be simply said to be "Terada". But Yang Mu's family is poor, and after being admitted to Xiucai, he has not been able to go further, and has long relied on being Mr. Xixi for the rich family to live, with his position, it is naturally good to collect the official and use it to build the city.

It was within the Jiangdong Left Army, such as Cao Ziang, Zhou Pu and others who believed that all the fields under the name of Guangjiao Temple should be taken into official ownership.

Therefore, Yang Mu thinks that Han Jae's suggestion to expropriate all of Terada to build a new city is a good thing, and it is not surprising at all that people agree or disagree with a thing is inseparable from their own position - but those landowners who send their fields to the monastery to evade taxes will never think that this is a good thing, and for them, it is a very bad thing.

There is precedent significance for the disposal of land under the name of Guangjiao Temple, as long as the disposal of land under the name of Guangjiao Temple forms a precedent, there are precedents for the disposal of land and property under the name of other suspected bandit monasteries.

It's just that some people think of this, and some people don't think of this, at least the landlords involved are staring at how the prefecture will deal with the property of Guangjiao Temple.

After Han Zai sent a letter to the Jiangdong Left Army demanding that all the land under the name of Guangjiao Temple be taken over by Chongzhou County and requisitioned for the construction of a new city, the seemingly calm water surface of Chongzhou County was like boiling water.

Since the Li family also has a large amount of land and property involved, the people who have gone to Li Shutang to inquire about the news in the past two days have not been one hundred but eighty. In the past, because the Li family was close to Lin Xuan, these people didn't dare to find Li Shutang for news, for fear of selling it to Li Shutang.

This lid is not easy to remove, it is best to let Han Zai, who does not know the depth of the severity, to remove it.

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Chongzhou land is divided into upper, middle and lower grades, which has nothing to do with fertile or barren land or paddy field or dry land, and the main difference is the degree of flooding. In Chongzhou, there is no drought and water shortage, irrigation is unfavorable, as long as it is conducive to drainage, fertilizer and normal fields, they are all fields, two seasons a year, one season of wheat, one season of rice, a year to produce three stones of grain is normal, the ripe field can even reach four stones, five stones of grain high yield; The biggest problem is waterlogging.

Chongzhou County has 1.5 million mu of grain fields, and Lin Lian has checked that the monasteries have concealed more than 300,000 mu, and it is not a particularly surprising thing that Chongzhou County's grain fields have reached 2.5 million mu or even 3 million mu.

Chongzhou County's grain production capacity potential and tax potential are promising.

After all, in the autumn and winter slack season, a large amount of manpower is idle, and there is no need for wages, as long as one meal and three meals are provided, a large number of people can be organized to build ditches.

But at this time, the fields were occupied or even concealed by the Haoqiang clan, and even if Lin Tie greatly developed water conservancy, even if Chongzhou was promoted to a bumper harvest, the actual benefits would be occupied by the Haoqiang clan. It is impossible to really promote a substantial increase in taxes, and it is impossible to guarantee a substantial increase in the salary resources of the Jiangdong Left Army.

The first thing Lin Jian had to do was to restrain Haoqiang, find out the hidden land, and even collect as much land as possible.

Han Zai was in Chongzhou, and Lin Jian didn't dare to do anything big easily, and he didn't dare to offend these heroes, because he was afraid that these heroes would throw themselves on Han Zai's side.

Lin Jian preemptively by-elected Chongzhou County officials and controlled the county Okura before Han Zai, and secretly manipulated the specific affairs of Chongzhou County through officials and material supplies, so that although Han Zai had the name of comforting and pacifying the envoy, he did nothing in Chongzhou County. However, once Han Jae is given the collective support of the local forces, Lin Jian will not be able to secretly control Chongzhou County through officials and material supplies, after all, Han Jae can obtain enough talents from the local forces who are familiar with local affairs and the necessary silver and rice to support the operation of the administrative system, then Han Zai will be able to control the affairs of Chongzhou County openly.

Because of these scruples, Lin Jian has been dragging the case of bandits and bandits until the case is closed, and has been dragging on not disposing of the land belonging to or concealed by Guangjiao Temple and other monasteries.

Those powerful clans who sent their fields to the name of the monastery, although people were panicked during this period of time, and they were already a little dissatisfied with Lin Tie's delay in not dealing with the bandit case and not coming up with a clear explanation for the disposal of Terada's Jitian, but under the military pressure of the Jiangdong Left Army, no one dared to take any action.

Everyone understands the truth of "punching the head", in Chongzhou County, where the city was destroyed and thousands of people were slaughtered, is not everyone who dares to wear the hat of bandits?

Lin Jian didn't dare to act rashly, so he naturally tried every means to instigate Han Zai to jump into the pit, so that Han Zai jumped out and offended the local forces. In this way, if he makes any moves next, he doesn't have to worry that local forces will throw themselves at Han Jae.

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"Envoy Lindu, what are you thinking?"

Lin Jian came back to his senses, Han Zai and Xiao Baiming were walking up the steps, and he smiled: "I was wondering when Lord Han and Xiao Dujian would come over, Lord Han really came early!" ”

"That's not as early as the Lin Du envoy." Han Jae said.

Han Zai was not used to gathering so many people to discuss together, but Lin Jian said that he must pass the public discussion before he was willing to hand over the field register of Guangjiao Temple to Chongzhou County before the bandit case was closed, and he could only be forced to agree to this uncomfortable form of public discussion.

Han Zai was bequeathed by his ancestors, and his wife was a peacemaker who was a five-grade Xuanfu envoy, born rich and noble, and had not experienced any setbacks, how could he know the ditches and bumps in local affairs? How can it be possible to see through the means of forest bondage?

Xiao Baiming stood behind Han Zai and looked at Lin Tie carefully, and always felt that Lin Tie was hiding some conspiracy, but he couldn't see through it.

Xiao Baiming is also a shrewd person, but he has his limitations, he is used to acting strongly, and he has a kind of robber mentality, even if he knows that there are Jitian in the monastery's land, he can't wait to take these Jitian by force, where can he afford to look down on those small clans in the place? At the local level, the power held by the county magistrate can indeed make people ruin their families, small clans in the township, and those small and medium-sized landlords, who are not officials or power, and there are indeed few scruples that make him scruple, otherwise they would not have thought of ransom from the robbed boy in Chongzhou.

Lin Jian and Han Zai came in advance, and Wu Meijiu didn't dare to stay in the back office for an hour, so he hurried out and stood between Lin Jian and Han Zai, two people who didn't smile, and acted as peacemakers. When the others gathered, Lin Jian and the others also entered the meeting hall, and Lin Jian said to Han Zai with a smile: "Lord Han, are you respected here, or are you here to preside over the discussion?" ”

"No, no, the case of bandits has always been the responsibility of the Lin Du Prison Envoy, and it is appropriate for the Lin Du Prison Envoy to preside over the proceedings." Han Jae said hypocritically.

"Since Lord Han said so, then I'm welcome!" With a light smile on Lin Bin's face, he walked towards the main case in the middle of the hall, sat down behind the table, and then said to Han Zai and Wu Meijiu, "Lord Han, Lord Wu, I have wronged the two of you to sit down with me!" ”

Han Zai thought that Lin Tie completely ignored the rules and courtesy on the official face, and was so angry that he almost wanted to drag Lin Tie down from behind the main case, but he grabbed the conversation for Lin Tie, and he couldn't attack on the spot, so he could only swallow his anger and sit at the head of Lin Tie with Wu Meijiu and Xiao Baiming, and he didn't want to talk to Lin Tie without saying a word.

"Lord Han proposed that the county should receive all the land of Guangjiao Temple to build Chongzhou New Town, and today I invite everyone to discuss this matter. I know that among the house officials, there are those who agree with Lord Han and those who oppose Lord Han, since it is an open discussion, do not have any scruples. Sixth-room officials, agree that Lord Han should sit in the left column, and Yang Shuban will take the lead," Lin Jian leaned forward and said to Yang Mu, the secretary of the workshop, "Those who disagree will sit in the right column, and the representatives of the township leaders and township elders will be wronged by you standing on both sides...... There are a lot of people, there are nearly 100 people in the lobby, I know everyone has something to say, but you have to set a rule, otherwise everyone will rush to speak, and the lobby will be chaotic! Anyone who wants to speak, please raise your hand first, and only speak with my permission, and those who violate this rule for the second time will be expelled from the lobby. Everyone has the opportunity to speak, those who sit in the front row are not limited to speak no more than three times, and those who stand in the back row only have one chance to speak. Do you hear my rules clearly? ”

Although Lin Tie is young, but the prestige is very heavy, this is not an innate momentum, this is the majesty accumulated in his hands by tens of thousands of lake pirates, pirates, East China Sea and monks, Lin Tie finally asked, and everyone in the hall couldn't help but respond: "Hear clearly!" ”

Han Zai was depressed in his heart, thinking in his heart, could it be difficult for the official to be constrained by this inexplicable broken rule set by you? I wanted to think about it, but I saw that there were many officials who supported his proposal, and I didn't want to mess up this matter.