Second Master Xue of the Red Chamber has space

Chapter 79

"Really? Let them in."

Because he was staying at the county government office, Xue Hong only met the villagers in the side room. It turned out that Chang Huaishan, Chang Yong and a few strong men came to the county government office to find Xue Yi with some large prey, but Xue Yi went there with Xue Pan on official business. He hasn't come back yet, only Xue Hong is here, so he brought him here.

When Chang Huaishan saw Xue Hong, he knelt down and kowtowed, and Xue Hong grabbed him: "Get up, I'm not an official, nor an old man. Why kneel to me for no reason? If so, I'll ask someone to arrest you." They're all out!"

Xue Hong's threats were of no use at all. These people still knelt down. Xue Hong was helpless and turned sideways, refusing to accept the full salute.

After getting up, Chang Huaishan showed Xue Hong what he had brought behind him: "Since Mr. Xue came to Qingkou, he has done a lot of good deeds to poor people like us. Relief money, as well as the family members of those who served in the army have also received the pension money that has been owed for several years. Even the tax money on each village has been redefined. Now we only need to pay half of the previous tax money. But, this is all thanks to Mr. Xue! In the cold winter months, there are no good things in the fields. Only the young men from our village Huiwu went into the mountains to dig out a few holes for big game. They got these and sent them to Mr. Xue. "

After hearing this, Xue Hong suddenly realized that the things his father had been busy with in Qingkou County these days had finally come to fruition. Qian Yiping had some brains and was willing to cooperate with his father to do some good deeds. Otherwise, if his father said something to him in front of the Holy Emperor, What, I'm afraid this person is going to die in Qingkou Ren.

Looking at the prey brought by the martial villagers, Xue Hong was secretly shocked.

One wild boar, five adult deer, a dozen rabbits and several pheasants.

"These...are all your new hunts?"

You must know that it has only been a few days since Xue's family disembarked. Didn't these villagers return home one after another after distributing grain seeds?Are all the people in Shangwu Village so skilled?
These prey were definitely not bought. If they had the money, they would have been used to buy grain seeds. You know, the price of wild animals is much more expensive than grain seeds.

No, if they really have such good skills and can hunt decent prey at every turn, Shangwu Village should be the richest village in Qingkou County as a matter of course. How could they be so poor that they have no food to grow?

Chang Huaishan sighed: "Yeah, these things are brought by the middle-aged people in the village to hunt in the mountains. This is not the Chinese New Year. The whole village has one rabbit enough for a tooth-fighting sacrifice. In previous years, let alone rabbits." , there is not even a single rabbit hair left, so that Luo Lao Liu got rid of it."

Xue Hong was even more puzzled: "Why does Luo Laoliu still care about you going hunting in the mountains?"

Chang Yong said angrily: "That's right! That Luo Laoliu is really not a thing. He said that he has to pay hunting tax silver when he goes hunting in the mountains, and each hunter has to pay as much as 20 taels of silver. What do you mean by hunting a rabbit?" Yes, where can I earn 20 taels a month?
Helpless, several families in the village with Orion household registrations fought desperately with these beasts in the mountains, and barely managed to hand over the money.Over the years, hunters who are skilled in martial arts like our village have been killed or injured, let alone those in other villages.Most of the hunters are dead.

However, after Mr. During the days, I still complained in my heart that the court did not give us people a way to survive! "

Xue Hong blinked her eyes, she couldn't believe it, she thought that Luo Lao Liu was a rich landlord who bullied the peasants, and the rent was too high, but he didn't expect that he would go so deep into the court and dare to compile laws?Meow, in the final analysis, I am still young master, I am not deeply involved in the world, and I think too shallowly. I really should kill Luo Lao Liu on the spot.

Seeing that Xue Hong's expression became serious, Chang Huaishan deliberately changed the topic and said, "This Luo Laoliu family has done too many bad things. God can't even look at it. Have you sent a god to punish him? He Now that we have come to this end, we common people have survived, right Second Master?"

Hearing this, Xue Hong knew that Chang Huaishan couldn't bear to see him get angry, but she couldn't help asking: "What bad things did their family do? Tell me about it."

My fellow, this question is all right.Since everyone had seen what happened to Luo Lao Liu, they had nothing to hide, and told all about their family's evil deeds over the years.

What about buying and selling by force, occupying wives and daughters, beating slaves, running rampant in the village? It was a lively scene, and it lasted for a whole hour. Xue Hong was so angry that Luo Lao Liu had sores on his head and pus on his feet. Such a rotten bastard thing!
At the end of the day, Chang Huaishan saw that it was getting late and was about to stand up to leave. Xue Hong put his hand into his arms and touched it. In fact, he used this action as a cover to take out the pile of belongings of Luo Laoliu's family in the space. A gold ingot was given to Chang Huaishan, saying it was money to buy prey, but Chang Huaishan refused to take it at any cost.

Xue Hong made a face: "Let me ask you, did my father do any good things for the people when he came to Qingkou ground?"

All the villagers said: "That's right, we all miss Mr. Xue."

"Since that's the case, you came here to give these things in such a big way. Those who know it are your gratitude, but those who don't know think that my father is trying to get this idea from you and accepting bribes here. I have strict laws in the Qing Dynasty, and I see you You didn't come here to thank me, you guys are actually trying to incriminate my father on purpose!"

This sentence scared Chang Huaishan's face to change: "Oh, Second Master Xue's words are too serious, where do officials not accept gifts? Besides, these are all living things in the mountains, we rely on our ability , and didn’t spend any money, it’s okay, it’s okay.”

Xue Hong disagreed: "There are so many live animals on the mountain, why don't you see others bring them? I know you have skills, but Orion's work is done with your head in your hands. Needless to say, if you don't accept this Money, I don’t want these things, you all carry them back.”

"It's... it's a good deal, but it's too much..." Chang Huaishan looked up at Xue Hong's face, seeing that he was serious, he was stunned for a while, not knowing what to do.

Chang Yonglang on the side laughed: "Hahaha, village chief, you can accept it. I think Second Master Xue wants to do good deeds~"

"That's right! The Xue family is an imperial merchant, and I don't need such a small amount of money, young master. You can take it, and I will go to your place tomorrow to have fun. Just treat me to two more glasses of wine."

(End of this chapter)