Yipin County Magistrate: Start with invincibility

Chapter 123 Prefect Orders Early Harvest
Qin Feng asked someone to beat Zhang Shun severely.

Zhang Shun complained incessantly, if he had known this would happen, he would not have come to see Qin Feng's excitement.

The other squires were also extremely shocked.

This Qin Feng!How can a district magistrate have a higher rank than a magistrate?This unscientific!

They couldn't believe it, and they didn't want to believe it, but the imperial decree was right in front of them, so they couldn't help but believe it.

After tidying up Zhang Shun, Qin Feng began to have a good conversation with Zhizhou Zhu Daming.

"I don't know what is the purpose of Mr. Zhizhou coming to our Ninghai County? Isn't it just to show off to a wealthy businessman in a certain Qin?"

"How dare you! Master Qin is joking!"

Zhu Daming laughed twice, knelt on the ground and bowed to Qin Feng twice, and said: "Zhu came here under the order of the magistrate, and traveled to various counties in Dengzhou to convey the strategy of controlling locusts!"

"Oh? A strategy for controlling locusts?"

"That's right... the magistrate knows that the locust plague in neighboring provinces is about to spread to our Dengzhou, and he is worried that there will be no harvest in this autumn, so he issued a special order to ask the farmers to harvest grain one month in advance... so as not to lose too much."

Zhu Daming said in a low voice.

"Early harvest?"

Qin Feng frowned.

What kind of locust control strategy is this fucking?
This is simply a mandatory stop loss, a violent stop loss.

Not scientific at all.

Millet is a crop that can be harvested a month in advance, but the price of harvesting in advance is a huge reduction in production!

It is estimated that the farmers who will receive it at that time will put taxation first. These farmers, if they should starve, they will still starve, as if there is no governance.

"My lord Qin, my subordinate..."

The corner of Zhu Daming's mouth twitched twice. He was really not used to calling himself a subordinate official in front of a county magistrate, and he didn't know if it was appropriate, because in terms of official position, he was indeed higher than Qin Feng, but in terms of grade, he was indeed higher than Qin Feng. Qin Feng is low, making people tangled.

But don't call it that, and he was afraid that Qin Feng would mess with him.

He couldn't bear Qin Feng's ability to shut him up at every turn.

"Uh, I'm here to convey information. Now that the news has been delivered, I can go back. As long as Mr. Qin, you sign and seal this document, so that you can reply in front of Mr. Zhifu... "

Zhu Daming took out a document.

The content written above is roughly the order of the prefect. I read it myself and promised to do what the prefect asked. Many county magistrates from neighboring counties have stamped their official seals and written their names.

Qin Feng glanced at it and directly refused.

"Don't sign. You go back and tell the master of the government. The county has its own locust control strategy, and there is no need to harvest in advance."

"Huh? This...isn't that good?"

Zhu Daming was stunned for a moment, and explained: "After signing this document, this year's tax can also be paid less according to the circumstances... Mr. Qin, it is better for you and the people of Ninghai County to sign it."

"Where is so much nonsense! If you say you don't sign, you don't sign!"

Qin Feng turned his head and left, leaving a sentence from a distance: "Ninghai County will not pay a single grain of grain tax that should be paid, just ask the magistrate to rest assured."

"Uh……"

Zhu Daming didn't know where Qin Feng's self-confidence came from, but since Qin Feng said so, he didn't force it.

When Qin Feng returned to the yamen, and all the yamen servants outside followed him in, Zhu Daming got up from the ground under the watchful eyes of the people in Ninghai County, and walked away in despair.

……

Dengzhou Prefecture, the magistrate's yamen.

Zhu Daming reported the situation of going to Ninghai County to the magistrate, and the magistrate frowned: "This Qin Feng, really said so?"

"That's what he said. Not only did he not sign, but he also said that he has a way to control locusts without harvesting in advance."

Zhu Daming said.

The magistrate pondered for a while, then waved his hand: "...then let him go."

Zhu Daming was very surprised.

He himself is of a lower rank than Qin Feng, so he doesn't dare to do anything to Qin Feng, but the magistrate is a fourth-rank official, so he seems to have a tolerant attitude towards Qin Feng?

In fact, it's no wonder that the magistrate, the eldest prince specially instructed him to watch Qin Feng carefully, neither tell him to make any good achievements and spread the word, nor tell him to die, but take good care of his life.

The magistrate is also uncomfortable. Just a day ago, two capable men whom he sent to secretly protect Qin Feng came back, saying that someone was going to assassinate Qin Feng, and killed one of them to protect him.

The magistrate is still worried about Qin Feng's safety. As for whether to control locusts or not, it is secondary to him.

It would be better if Qin Feng refused to harvest in advance. If his Ninghai County had no crops, he, the magistrate, would have reason to suppress him so that he could not stand out.

"Okay, I already know about it, you go down first."

"Yes."

Zhu Daming went down with a look of doubt.

At this time, in Ninghai County, the people had already been discussing Qin Feng's method of controlling locusts.

"The plague of locusts is coming soon. Two days ago, I saw one or two scattered locusts in the field..."

"Yes, I saw it too. Tell me, what is the strategy for controlling locusts that Master Qin said?"

"Then who knows? Oh, the state government ordered us to harvest early, and it is also a good intention. Why did Master Qin refuse?"

"Not only refused, but also strictly ordered us not to accept it in advance... This thing has really been eaten by locusts all over the sky. What are we going to eat this year?"

Many people don't understand Qin Feng's behavior, but they still obey Qin Feng's orders.

After all, everyone has seen what Qin Feng has done these days.

They couldn't understand many things, but in the end, Qin Feng never cheated them.

"Master Qin and Master Xu? Since the old man has arrangements, we don't need to worry about it. We just need to follow Master Qin's request."

"How are your ducks doing?"

"Hey, our family is definitely an expert at raising ducks. Our ducks are fat and strong!"

"Hmph, I've seen all the ones you raised. Compared with my family's, they are quite skinny. Are you ashamed to brag about them?"

"Hey, you are not convinced by what you said, let's take it out for a competition?"

"Compare! Come!"

The farmers in the field are close to maturity and do not need to be taken care of. All the idle farmers are busy raising Qin Feng's ducks.

But they didn't know that what they raised was not only ducks, but also Qin Feng's secret weapon to control locusts.

In a flash, forty days have passed.

That day, Qin Feng was talking about chemistry with Wan Kunming: "When this saltpeter dissolves in water, it will absorb a lot of heat, so the temperature of the water will drop...and then freeze. Do you understand?"

"This... why does it absorb heat, but the temperature will be lower?"

Wan Kunming frowned.

Just as Qin Feng was explaining, the yamen servants rushed in quickly: "My lord! My lord is not good! The plague of locusts... is coming!"

(End of this chapter)