Second Master Xue of the Red Chamber has space

Chapter 74
Mentioning this, the workers showed fear again on their faces.

Chang Huaishan looked around, but fortunately the soldiers like Damao had already hid far away, so he dared to speak.

Xue Hong laughed angrily after hearing this, and thought who it was, it turns out that Luo Lao Liu is a distant relative of the Zhen family in the south of the Yangtze River, and the status of the Zhen family does not need to be detailed, and another young lady of his own family married the county magistrate Qian Yiping's son, so Luo Laoliu became a bully on the ground, and the county government probably knew better than anyone else what he did to bully and exploit the people, but no one dared to take care of him.

"This Qian Yiping is the one who wears a pair of trousers with Luo Laoliu. He, a parent and official, doesn't care. Who dares to care? Poor people like us. We don't have any money left after a year of busy work. Even doing coolies here is useless." It's life. Let's talk about it today, if Second Master Xue didn't invite us to eat this meat, I'm afraid these two little ones will freeze to death tonight."

As Chang Huaishan said, he pulled out two half-year-old children from the crowd. They looked like teenagers. Although there was still a star of oil on their mouths, their small faces were blue and purple from the cold. With one hand like a carrot, he raised his head and looked at Xue Hong timidly, his body still trembling.

Seeing this, Xue Hong felt uncomfortable, and nodded, "Is this matter about grain planting only in your village, or is it like this in all the farms near Qingkou?"

Chang Huaishan said: "The nearby Zhuangzi are the same as us, no matter how far away we don't know, I'm afraid it won't be much better."

Xue Hong listened, already thinking about it in her heart: "Well, I know all this. You have to be patient all night first, and since Qian Yiping promised you winter cotton clothes in front of my father, I have to give them to you tomorrow no matter what. Here we come. I will leave some taels for you. When I delivered the meat just now, I only wanted to fill you up. I forgot that people who have not been full for a long time will get sick if they eat too much. If you feel uncomfortable, take the money and go to the doctor by yourself.”

At this moment, the workers were all moved, but they refused to accept the money that Xue Hong handed over.

Xue Hong could have two or three taels in this hand, and put them all in Chang Huaishan's hands: "You are the village head, take care of everyone, and have the right to be an insurance, don't let yourself get sick. Wait I've found out about the grain seeds, and I'm still looking for you."

Xue Hong didn't delay after finishing speaking, and went back to the county government office to discuss with his father. The next day, at dawn, someone brought cotton clothes to the workers working on the dock. Xue Hong, a rich man, can bring them better news.

When Xue Hong returned to the county office that night, she went straight to the room where her father was resting, and told him what he had heard at the pier.

Xue Yi's face changed when he heard it: "Grain seeds? How could such a thing happen? Before Mr. Luo left, he asked me to visit various farms to check people's conditions. Hearing his routine tone, I didn't take this matter to heart. But I didn’t expect there to be so many hidden secrets.”

Even Xiao Luozi knew about this matter, and the matter of grain seeds in Qingkou County should have spread widely.

"Check. Tomorrow, you, your brother, and I will go to the farm for a field visit, starting from the Shangwu village you mentioned."

Early the next morning, Zhuxi and Tangjiu quietly picked up Chang Huaishan and Chang Yong. Under their leadership, the carriage quickly drove into the field path, and arrived at Shangwu Village in about an hour.

Most of the dwellings in this Shangwu village are earthen houses, and occasionally one or two green tile houses can be seen. It is not that there are no thatched houses, but only a very small number, but from this point of view, this village is not extremely poor.It's just that it's the middle of winter, and there's a lonely and chilling scene everywhere, but it's not gratifying.

In the midst of this patchwork of residential houses, there is a big house located in the hinterland of the village. The courtyards are two or three in front and back. The corridor of the main courtyard is connected to the floating road and passes through an inner lake. The hanging flower gate is connected to a back garden. Because it's winter, don't miss the flowers, just a few red plum trees at the foot of the garden, which look very beautiful in this ice and snow.

No need to ask, this house is the Luo family.

The father and son of the Xue family looked at the house without saying a word. Chang Yong gritted his molars and said: "No one in this old Luo family has ever been an official, let alone a solid family background. This is because their family came to us to be a martial artist. Wealth from exploiting the villagers after the village. Every brick and tile in his house is covered with the blood of our villagers!"

When Chang Yong said this, everyone felt that the Luo family's red walls and black tiles looked particularly dazzling.

Xue Yi nodded, and didn't make much noise in Shangwu Village. He just took a carriage and went to several other villages. After a day, he found out that more than half of the farms near Qingkou County had no There are not a few grain growers who have been exploited by Luo Laoliu in ten miles and eight villages. Even the villages thirty or fifty miles away from his home have been ransacked by their evil slaves. Everyone is worrying about the spring plowing in the coming year.

According to Xue Yi's intention, it will take time to report the problems of Qingkou County to the local superior government, and now officials at all levels are busy picking up and handing over the papers exposing Qingkou County. Officials pressed down.After all, at such a critical juncture, no one wants to have any clues under his rule exposed, otherwise the passing emperor will find out, and even a few heads may not be enough to cut off.

Xue Yi wished he could use the pen and paper he carried with him to write a letter accusing the officials and gentry of colluding and bullying the people and submit it to the emperor, but he knew that with his official position and power, such a letter would definitely be sent to the emperor before it was delivered. He was detained, and he who handed over the passbook would be retaliated by the Zhen family forces.

The Xue family is different from the Jia family, they don't have much face in front of the Zhen family, if they try to fight against the Zhen family, then the Xue family will only suffer.

Helpless, if they really want to help this group of people tide over the difficulties right now, the Xue family still has to find a way by themselves.

"Father, let's not care about anything else, and distribute enough grain seeds to every farmer now to ensure their spring plowing next year."

Xue Pan was in such a hurry, he thought to himself, isn't it just grain seeds, if our family pays for it, we can get it, as for this?

How could Xue Yi not think of it?It’s just that this made the commotion a little too loud. They came out this time to be the pioneers, not to spend money all over the world to buy people’s hearts. To make a fuss about this matter and arrange the Xue family's crime of conspiracy, it will not be worth the loss.

Xue Hong also saw his father's worries and said: "Father, don't you know why the emperor sent you as an advance guard this time? The emperor relies only on the financial resources of the Xue family, and any problems can be solved on the spot. There is injustice everywhere in the world. Yes, wouldn’t it be good if we spent money to help the emperor buy some good names?”

(End of this chapter)