Dress to be a celebrity

Tiantu Qingzhang had already found out more than [-] taels of outstanding debts at the very beginning. How much difference should he make after clearing his family's land?What about hidden households?Those people are all civilian households, but they have to pay salt tax, wine vinegar tea tax, share tribute, and serve in shifts.

Not to mention, if we want to repair the river this winter, we will recruit a group of laborers.These farmers escaped under the protection of the royal family, and others had to do more hard work to take over.

How much money does the Wang family plan to give his father to make up for the difference?

Song Shi looked at Wang Xiucai's gloomy face, casually played with the gift list he sent, and said with a "hehe": "Qingzhang Tianmu is an order from my father, the county magistrate of Wuping. Quan told them to stop. Brother Wang, don't think that Song is blunt, I would like to advise your family to surrender as soon as possible, and my father will deal with it lightly for the sake of ancestor Ling."

Wang Xiucai glanced at him, and said with a smile: "The gentleman next to Sheren is good at arithmetic, but unfortunately many things cannot be calculated so clearly. I have disturbed you today, and I will come to apologize at another day."

He turned to leave, and couldn't help shaking his sleeves heavily before leaving.Song Shi squinted his eyes, and after he left, he asked two yamen servants to hold the greeting cards, and a team of people picked up the rich gifts he brought and sent them back to Wang's house together - to send them with great fanfare, so that people know their Song family style Clean and honest, free from bribery.

Huan Ling also sighed: "Unfortunately, the gift he sent is not worth much, otherwise you can bribe him face to face..." Bribing the son of the county magistrate is not a serious crime, but the branch office he is waiting to take office is here, but You can take him down directly and ask him for a general sentence from the bribery government.

Song Shi laughed and said: "If people want to bribe, they go directly to the yamen to find my father to give gifts. How can they give me such a gift. But this matter is not only about confiscating stolen money, his family conceals people and land, hides servants, and even the parents in the hall You will be punished, and you will not be able to use it for profit in the future, and his family will never let it go."

He cupped his hands at the little senior brother: "Afterwards, I will ask my senior brother to calculate for me the land that this family has embezzled, the grain tax owed, and the corvee that should be shared by the hermits, and then calculate all these shares until the food tax corvee is paid for them." After the innocent people are killed, how much burden is added to the people."

The Wang family hit a wall from him, and they will definitely ask everywhere in the future, and pull other big gentry and good friends from hidden fields and hidden households to fight against their father and son.They first settle the account, and if they dare to come to the door in the future, they will slap the actual data on the other party's face with the actual data of violating the interests of the country and the people, and wake up those who helped them fight against the government.

The two led the officials and Min Zhuang to measure the land, record the fertility of the land and the topography of the surrounding rivers, and rewrite the fish scale book.

When Wang Gongzi bribed Song outside the city, the head of the Wang family in the city also sent a letter of worship to the magistrate of Song, and personally brought several volumes of Song edition books and a box of famous ink made by Pan Gu, the master ink maker of the Northern Song and Yuanyou years. A box of diptero-incense went to the county government office to ask Mr. Song to take a step back and let his son stop being aggressive and embarrassing the Wang family because of his official status and the face of Mr. Zhongshu, the grandfather of the Wang family.

When the Patriarch of the Wang family saw County Magistrate Song, he said affectionately: "Mr. Song is young, but how can the Marquis of Baili not know that there is a slight discrepancy between the fields on the fish scale book? It is also a common occurrence. The old man was born as a fellow Jinshi. My brothers, nephews and nephews are also well-known for being Zhongshu. According to the law of the country, they should be able to protect the whole family from taxation. My family has never invaded the good land, but it is just exempting the land tax and avoiding the corvee. People understand."

He asked someone to hand over the gift to the housekeeper of the Song family, and said: "Outside the city, not only my family's fields, but also many rich households' lands have been washed away. Do you want to watch your son offend the city's gentry? The people in this county are rich and the place is stable, and I, the squires, have contributed to some extent. Not to mention, I have donated a lot of money to the floods these days. Wang dare not claim credit, only hope that if the boss is willing to be considerate, the future of the Wang family There are also rewards."

Mr. Song listened to him, the muscles on his cheeks could not help but tremble slightly, he pulled the corners of his lips, showing a cold smile: "What Mr. Wang said is very reasonable. However, the yamen servants who cleared up the farmland outside the city are doing it to me. It was done by decree, and this matter is also within the responsibility of this official, Mr. Wang is not going to teach this official how to be an official?"

He picked up the tea cup heavily, and the water in the cup splashed all over the ground, making the face of the head of the Wang family turn blue.However, County Magistrate Song's face was even uglier than him, and he was not afraid of offending the gentry at all, and ordered in a cold voice: "Return the gift slip as it is, please go back, Mr. Wang!"

His behavior was like cutting himself off from the gentry. When Zhu Xiancheng, Yu Zhubo and others heard about it, they were too shocked to sit still, and they rushed to persuade him, saying that the Wang family is a big family who has lived in the local area for generations, and there are people in the court. Basically, officials from other places like them can't afford to offend others!

County Magistrate Song held his breath and said: "He is also accused of being a hidden farmer, not paying taxes, and concealing a servant! I just take off his clothes immediately and ask the crime. It's tolerance. What offends him?" Great!"

The tyrants in these places used to coerce the officials, and he had had enough of their bullying since he was working in Guangxi!Just to deal with this kind of people, Shi Guaner didn't have time to go back to Beijing to take the academy examination for several years, so they were selected as scholars this year, and they were bullied by Huan's family to come to withdraw their marriage.Now Shi Guaner wants to clear the land, increase taxes to the court, and let the people share the good land, these people come to hinder him again, and threaten him to suppress Shi Guaner!

Looking at the appearance of the squire Wang, it is clear that he has hated his son - even if he really persuaded his son not to clean up the land, those people would not be grateful, they must hide their hatred in their chests, and they will take revenge when they get a chance in the future.He is a dignified prince of hundreds of li, how can he still be afraid of ruling a few unruly people, harming the interests of the court and ruining his son's business for them?

As a father, he has to be able to withstand it, and don't allow anyone to hurt Shiguan'er!

Not only did he sit in the yamen, but he also summoned a hundred strong and strong people to pay extra money and food out of his own pocket, and asked them to go outside the city to protect his son.

With the support from his father behind him, Song Shi became more confident and more calm when dividing the boundaries.

There are householders and family members of the Wang family staring at them from a distance, but he just pretends not to see them, and measures the land more and more carefully.Every time a place is measured, Min Zhuang is also asked to help the people carry away the wood and rocks washed by the water in the ground, and clear the silt in the streams, swamps, and wetlands.

The silt deposited on the bottom of the river is rich in humus, and he distributed it to the people who came to help on the spot, and taught them to dry the silt, crush it, disinfect it, and then mix it with field soil or sand as fertilizer in proportion.

Farmers usually use the silt as fertilizer after clearing the river silt, but it is not as fine as he made it, and they are all sprinkled on the field based on experience.Song Shi had read the small papers of agricultural experts, and knew that the silt was too viscous and poorly ventilated. It had to be crushed, sterilized, and then mixed with sandy soil to increase its looseness before it was suitable for use as fertilizer.Moreover, ditches and swamps are important places for breeding pests. These silts may contain insect eggs, and pests need to be killed before use.

His current level of scientific research can't prepare chemical disinfectants, so he can only make do with teaching people to use quicklime for disinfection.Fortunately, the land in Fujian is slightly acidic, and adding some lime can instead adjust the pH and increase the effectiveness of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium.

He led people to measure in the field, and while measuring, he explained the knowledge of making fertilizers and pesticides by indigenous methods to the people who watched the excitement. The medicinal materials bought in pharmacies are boiled in water; after arriving in Guangxi, it is more concerned about whether farmers can afford them, so the main promotion is Polygonum, Chinese tallow leaves, insect corpse slurry and plant ash that are widely available in the fields.

Such a county magistrate, a beautiful young man with bright clothes, squatted on the ground with his clothes on, and told the farmers how to smash the corpses of armyworms, cutworms, and cotton bollworms, and then soak them in slurry... The picture is quite touching.

Huan Ling was so moved that he secretly thanked him several times, thanking him for not using this medicine when he lived with him.

Those farmers were already grateful for his life-saving grace, but now they heard him give lectures on agricultural knowledge in the fields, they almost treated him like a god, and asked him quietly: "Isn't your husband a boy who came into the world by Houji's side? Otherwise How come you are a county magistrate, but you still know how to farm the land?"

Song Shi looked up into the distance with his right hand behind his back, with a deep expression on his face: If I say I can see farther than others, it is because I am standing on the shoulders of giants.

Looking back 500 years, he really stood on the shoulders of many giants.

It is a pity that Newton has not yet been born in this era, and no one knows this adage. He can only recite it in his heart to enjoy himself, and then humbly say to those old farmers: "This is what I heard from local old farmers when I was with my father in Guangxi. Yes. As a parent in this county, my father wants to protect and protect the people as his own children, and as a son, I follow my father’s ambition, so naturally I also want to study something that is useful to the people.”

The dealers and Min Zhuang surrounding him all sighed, thanking God for sending Wuping County such good parents as Mr. Song, and such a fairy-like son as Mr. Song.

A woman who believed in God said: "Xiao Sheren and Mr. Huan led these big brothers to clear out many lands occupied by Wang Qiang's family, which will be the official land of the county in the future. Can Sheren ask Daling to set aside a piece of land?" Come here, the little ones are willing to add money and gather some stone and wood materials to build a living shrine for the adults and the little ones."

The farmer next to her also echoed: "The small family also offers the Longevity Tablet of the Sheren, but the incense at home is thin, so it is better to simply build a temple..."

Fuck, can everyone build a shrine?The fate of Senior Wei Zhongxian suddenly appeared in Song Shi's mind, and he stood up in fright, waving his hands again and again: "No way! I am an ordinary scholar, how can I be worthy of being worshiped? I can't build temples indiscriminately in this official field!"

In Wuping County, there is a strong culture of prostitution temples. If a vixen or a five-handed god has to be built to worship, they were not allowed to build temples in the Song Dynasty, and everyone still has a lot of regrets.

Huan Ling looked at him with a suppressed smile, and helped him out, saying: "The imperial court does not allow officials to build ancestral temples. Although you have good intentions, you will embarrass Lord Song if you really want to repay your lord. Plowing and weaving, just pay the money and food on time.”

Although he was dressed in the clothes of an ordinary scholar, he had the dignified air of an official. Unlike the little family man who was close to the people in the Song Dynasty, he made people subconsciously obey what he said.

The dealers only responded, and sighed a few more pity.Song Shi comforted them with a smile: "Our father and son are ordinary people. Wouldn't it be a loss of luck to build a shrine? If you are really grateful to my father for sending people to rescue the disaster and control the water that day, and are willing to donate money to repay it, it will be good to see you here in the future." The county may be able to allocate a piece of land to build a community school. You donate some lime and wood to help repair the school, and the county will allocate a piece of school land for the daily use of the teachers. It will be convenient for your children to study .”

The custom of this place in Fujian is to read books.

Although he is good at litigation and fighting, none of these defects can cover up Wen Fengsheng's advantages.No matter how poor the family is, if they have some money to spare, they will send their children to social schools to read a few books of enlightenment and miscellaneous characters, so that they can be sent to the city to work as clerks.

I heard that the county wanted to build a social school for them in this village, open up school fields, and invite a gentleman to teach their children to read. Even the farmers who had been sheltering under the royal family's family quietly turned to Song Shi.The Wang family wanted them to keep an eye on clearing the fields in the county, and intentionally bump into the team measuring the acres. It would be better to injure a few of them, but these peasants refused to pay attention, and surrounded them like another group of guards.

A few days later, when work was about to end, a peasant woman in short clothes and with a baotou suddenly stopped them, carrying a basket to sell freshly picked longan.Fujian's longan is extremely sweet, with small pits. After a day's work, everyone was about to eat some fruit to quench their thirst, so Song Shi wanted to buy a basket along with it.

The woman held the basket in both hands, and said respectfully: "The little woman picked this by herself. I guarantee it's clean. Everyone is good. The little woman shows it to others. If it's not good, I dare not ask for money." .”

After approaching Song Shi, he looked back and looked around, and said in a low voice: "The little lady is the wife of the Wang family's farmer, and she has something to report to the family. The several stewards of the Wang family discussed and waited for the family to go back. Redraw the boundaries and move the boundary markers you erected. He also said that Mr. Song will not be an official for long, and when you go, this place will still belong to the Wang family in the future..."

Huan Ling's long brows were slightly frowned, and he felt that this was a bit wrong - this was not about waiting for Mr. Song to transfer after his exams, but as if he knew that the Song family would leave soon.

Is it because the powerful family in Wuping is going to be unfavorable to Song Shibo and Brother Shi, or is something wrong with the Huan family?

...In any case, he has enjoyed the happy life in Wuping for long enough, and it is time to go to the mansion to take up the official position that can protect the Song family.