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"What if they don't agree?" Zhang Liang obviously didn't have the slightest idea.

Li Yang chuckled: "If you don't mention it, then you can only be slaughtered by officials."

The villagers nodded one after another: "Yes, the little brother is right. If the imperial court really has such a decree, how can we let the county magistrate Gongsun bully us?"

"I'll try it later!" Zhang Liang nodded.

Chapter 292 What a great authority

The county magistrate Gongsun is very happy today, which can be described as relaxed and happy.

The pepper base in the county has achieved a bumper harvest, and the yield of the [-]-acre pepper base is gratifying. There is nothing more gratifying than this.

You know, our county magistrate Gongsun originally served as the county magistrate in Luoyang County, the capital of Sanchuan County. Why did he go from a county capital to Wan County to serve as the county magistrate?

Isn't it just rushing to the pepper base in Wan County!

Whoever has a chili base in their jurisdiction has the right to control the chili from that base.

Because chili is so valuable that it can no longer be measured by money in Xianyang, because even if you have money, you may not be able to buy it.

It is already a scarce commodity with a price but no market, and countless dignitaries in Xianyang City are scrambling for it.

As a big-name old family in Qin State, the Gongsun family naturally has its own property, including restaurants.

In the spring, hundreds of stones of dried chili peppers from the imperial court were auctioned off, and everyone thought they were pungent, so they discarded them. Later, these batches of dried chili peppers were bought by Tianxiaju. What surprised people was that these batches of chili peppers were sold to Tianxiaju. brought an astonishing fortune.

It can be said that countless people regretted this, and at the same time they were jealous and jealous.

Chili peppers created amazing wealth for Tianxiaju, and the Gongsun family naturally saw it.

In order to monopolize this year's fresh peppers, the Gongsun family made preparations early.For the Gongsun family, it is not difficult to monopolize pepper resources, because the patriarch Gongsun Jing is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

This year's fresh peppers all come from the pepper breeding base, so as long as they firmly control the governance of the pepper base, the peppers will naturally belong to the Gongsun family.

At that time, this will definitely bring huge wealth benefits to the Gongsun family.

The Gongsun family is a big family with many descendants. Not everyone can be appreciated and reused by the patriarch. After all, the imperial court is not the court of the Gongsun family. It is also impossible to entrust the children of many ethnic groups to official positions.Therefore, only capable children of the clan can be appreciated and appointed by the patriarch Gongsun Jing.

And since I can make such a huge contribution to the clan this time, I will naturally be able to get the appreciation and promotion from my clan brother, Gongsun Jing. Next, I will be promoted to be the county guard, maybe even directly transferred back to Gyeonggi to serve. .

Thinking of this, Gongsun Rong was even more delighted and proud.

A great future is about to set sail!Wahaha...

Gongsun Rong couldn't help being silly, and his heart was full of expectations and prospects for the future.

Of course, I don’t know, there is a law in the world, that is, once you think too good about everything, the result will often be counterproductive.Believe it or not, the world is such a wonderful thing.

"Wait open your eyes wide, a chili can't let those troublemakers go!"

Gongsun Rong thought about the beautiful things in his heart, and saw that the chili base was ahead, so he couldn't help turning around and exhorting the officials behind him.

All the officials nodded immediately: "Don't worry, my lord, the subordinates will definitely keep a close eye on it, and will never miss a pepper!"

"Okay, when this matter is done beautifully, you will be rewarded when you go back!" Gongsun Rong said with a smile.

All the officials were overjoyed: "Thank you, sir!"

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Soon, Gongsun Rong led his people to the chili field. With a wave of his hand, a group of officials immediately dispersed and guarded the base.

At this time, from the east of the chili field, several officials and a group of villagers came towards this side. Only then did Li Yang discover that this pepper field had always been guarded by officers, but the officer who was on duty just now The officials are only on the east side of the base.

The villagers who came back from the east of the base, the bamboo baskets were filled with freshly picked chili peppers, and together they weighed nearly a thousand catties, to say the least.

In fact, for the pepper production of later generations, these yields are not much, because later generations can generally produce [-] catties of pepper per mu.But right now, there are nearly [-] mu of land in the east, and only a thousand catties have been picked in total, which is less than the output of one mu of land in later generations.

However, for Qin Chao in front of him, picking a thousand catties from fifty acres of land in the east is already a good harvest.And, more importantly, after picking this batch, the next batch will follow.

Seeing so many peppers, Gongsun Rong's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile, "Have you finished picking the peppers in the east?"

The official who came back from the east said: "My lord, there are [-] acres of land in the east, with a total of [-] plants, and all the red peppers have been picked."

Gongsun Rong nodded in satisfaction, and then said: "The peppers on the [-] acres of land here are also quickly picked, then weighed, and sent back to the county government!"

"Here!"

The officer took the order, and then immediately turned his head and scolded the villagers: "Didn't you hear what the county magistrate said? What are you doing in a daze, hurry up and pick!"

When everyone heard the official scolding, they didn't dare to be negligent, so they hurriedly started picking.

And Li Yang, He Zhang, and the Captain Habayashi in uniform were naturally regarded by the officials as villagers here. Seeing that the three of them were standing there without doing any work, they couldn't help scolding: "You three, you are deaf. !"

The captain was furious, and was about to scold, but Li Yang stopped him with his hand, and then turned to Zhang Liang to ask the county magistrate about the expropriation.

Zhang Liang pondered for a while, and finally came out, and said to the county magistrate, "One hundred acres of peppers will be picked soon, but how does the county government collect peppers?"

Gongsun Rong naturally knew Zhang Liang, the head of the pavilion, because he had snatched his position as the county magistrate of Wan County from him, so he smiled, showing a puzzled expression, and said, "Ting Zhang , why do you still ask such questions now, don’t you remember that our county issued a notice on the collection of new crops earlier?”

Zhang Liangdao: "Subordinates certainly remember that there is a statement in the county government's announcement that new crops will be levied at three times the weight of grain."

Gongsun Rong said: "Yes, what you said is correct. Since you remember it, why do you ask the question knowingly?"

Zhang Liangdao: "The county government's announcement, the subordinates will remember it, but I heard that the imperial court has different collections of new crops. Potatoes, corn, and sweet potatoes are said to be levied at three times the weight of grains, and the new crop of pepper , the grain is levied on the basis of three times the number of acres in the field, I wonder if this is true?"

As soon as these words came out, the smile on Gongsun Rong's face suddenly froze, and then his face turned cold, and he said with displeasure: "Zhang Tingchang, where did you hear this? How dare you speak so nonsense!"

Zhang Liangdao: "My subordinates have heard it from people. It is said that the imperial court has a decree that the common people can keep [-]% of the new crops. Is this true?"

"fart!"

Gongsun Rong yelled, his face became cloudy and uncertain in an instant, pointed at Zhang Liang and scolded: "Mr. Zhang Ting, do you know what you are guilty of for fabricating rumors about the imperial government's decree? This county magistrate is also from Wan County before you." For the sake of the county magistrate, you can not be held accountable for your nonsense arrangement this time, but if you continue to speak nonsense, don't blame the county for being ruthless!"

"This……"

Zhang Liang was scolded by the county magistrate, he couldn't help being at a loss for words, he didn't know how to respond.

However, in the end, he still asked: "In this way, the county magistrate means that what the subordinates have heard is false?"

Gongsun Rong said angrily: "Could it be that the announcement issued by this county will be fake instead?"

Zhang Liang didn't dare to have any doubts for a while, instead he glanced at Li Yang who was at the side, obviously because of Li Yang's rhetoric alone, he didn't dare to go on with the county magistrate.

Because the consequences of this matter are indeed very serious, whether it is true or not, once the county magistrate wants to punish him for making rumors about a government order, he cannot bear it.

Moreover, he couldn't confront Li Yang, otherwise it would be tantamount to killing this little brother.