Poisonous Peasant 'Concubine'

Chapter 140 Heading to the County, Take a Boat

The Qingyang County Government Office is located in Qingshui Town next door. The original county seat was actually far away from Datong Town. Since the late emperor gave Cangzhou to Prince Sheng as his fiefdom, Yan Shengrui, who led the army all the year round, took it out of management convenience. The six counties of Cangzhou were integrated into 120 counties. The merger and splitting of the merger, the Qingyang county government moved to the original Qingshui Town and Lingjiang Town, and the two towns were merged into one city.

The next day, Ling Jingxuan and his group, who had already decided to go to the county, got up early. Today, apart from Yan Shengrui Ling Jingxuan, the two little buns and their book boy, Chu Yan, Ling Jingpeng, Zhang Qing, and the Zhao family, and Tie Wazi's book boy Long There are 13 people in the group, and they also brought a few handbags made by Wang Jinyu. There must be no room for the carriage, so they have to go by water.

"Uncle Zhao, Uncle Han, Tie Wazi, Da Shan??"

After breakfast, the steamed stuffed buns, who specially wore new clothes, ran out of the house as if they were having fun, and the adults who followed couldn't help laughing. They were just going to the county seat, so excited?

"Xiaowen Xiaowu, Brother Yan, you are all here."

Hearing the calls of his friends, Tie Wazi, who was eating, threw away the bowls and chopsticks, rushed out and opened the door happily. Today, he also wore a new blue dress. silk cloth.

"Tie Wazi, where's Uncle Zhao and Uncle Han? We're getting ready to go."

Ling Wu stepped forward happily, looking over his body frequently to look into the yard. Ever since he knew he was going to the county seat, he had been looking forward to it. Fly to the county seat.

"Daddy, father, how are you? Uncle Ling and the others are all here."

Glancing at Ling Jingxuan and the others who were not far behind, Tie Wazi turned around and rushed into the yard again. He tied up his hair and it was a little loose because of his constant running. Han Fei, who was already clearing the table, hurriedly stopped I took him to the room to comb again, and when they came out, Long Dashan, who was a little older, had already helped Zhao Dalong clean up the table, and the family went out to meet Ling Jingxuan and others who were waiting at the door.

"Sorry to keep you waiting, Tie Wazi was so excited that he couldn't sleep last night, and we stayed up with him too, so we woke up a bit late this morning."

Han Fei turned around and locked the door while talking, Tiewazi Long Dashan had already run to the front with Ling Wen and the others.

"Hehe...it's okay, we just came here."

Smiling and nodding, the group slowly headed towards the ferry not far from the market at the entrance of the village.

"Jingxuan, can we just go to the county lord to buy land like this? Can those poor brothers let us see Mr. Hu?"

For this matter, Han Fei has been nervous for several days. When they shared the money on the first day of September, Ling Jingxuan said that he would go to the county to buy land on the sixth day and asked them to prepare the money. Since then, he has been nervous Worried that until now, farmers like them almost always look for guarantors when buying land and fields. Even if they see a policeman on weekdays, they have to be nervous for a long time, let alone the county magistrate, and they have to find him to buy land up.

"How do you know if you don't try? It's not that I haven't thought about asking Liu Baoren to accompany me, but what we want to buy is half-salt land, and Liu Baoren may not be willing to take over. Besides, the quantity we bought is very large, and it may be possible to go directly to the county master. Get a discount or something."

Semi-salt land is also land. Unlike the homestead, its price may not be very expensive. After all, no one is willing to buy it, but once it is bought, it must be taxed every year like a crop land. The reason why Ling Jingxuan insisted on it The main purpose of finding the county lord to buy land is for taxation. As far as he knows, because the imperial court fights every year, the tax is getting higher every year, and almost half of the harvest must be paid, although the semi-salt land may only pay according to the minimum income. Taxes are collected on barren land, but if the land is too large, the money or food that needs to be paid every year is not a small amount. It is not certain whether Ling Jinghan can be admitted to the scholar next year and let them be tax-free. Before that, he must make two-handed preparations At least the magistrate must exempt them from taxes for a year or two.

"Well, I don't understand what you said, anyway, I bought it with you, I just hope we can meet the county master smoothly."

Compared to his ease, Han Fei was still a little heavy, and his heart was agitated.

"Hehe... Brother Han, don't worry, almost half of the land in the 120 counties of the six counties in Cangzhou cannot be planted due to the tributary of the Inner Sea, and it is in a state of neglect all year round. If someone can make use of these lands, let alone The county magistrate, even the magistrate, has to respectfully welcome us. Who would want to make some achievements during his term of office? Ordinary land reclamation may not be uncommon. It is not uncommon to use the semi-salt land in the entire Cangzhou territory. It's the same, Yu County magistrate has made great achievements, as long as we explain our intentions, the county master will definitely meet us in person."

Seeing this, Ling Jingxuan smiled reassuringly as he walked, he had already made up his mind, and went to the yamen first to ask for an interview, and if he couldn't do it, he asked the shopkeeper of Xinyuan Restaurant in the town for help. Didn't Zeng Shaoqing give him a sign back then? Now it can come in handy. With Xinyuan's relationship, it should not be difficult to meet the county magistrate. After meeting him, he will have a way to persuade him.

"Well, you are right. Each county in Cangzhou covers an area of ​​more than 120 hectares, and the larger ones reach [-] to [-] hectares. Excluding the county towns, towns, villages, mountains, and the fertile land in the Lingjiang River Basin, there are at least [-] hectares left. More than one hectare is semi-salt land, which is only one county. There are [-] counties in the six counties of Cangzhou, and most of the counties cannot be planted because of the tributaries of the inland sea. State capitals and borders are more or less facing the same problem, if you can really use them all, maybe even the current emperor will order to reward you."

Yan Chengrui, who was walking side by side with Ling Jingxuan, said in a deep voice, the tiger's eyes unconsciously became dark and gloomy. Perhaps, before he lost his memory, as the owner of this area, he should have been troubled by this matter.

"Your majesty? No way?"

Hearing this, Han Fei's eyes widened in shock, and he couldn't help but stop. Except for Ling Jingxuan, the reaction of the others was not much better. Now it's a question of whether they can see the county magistrate. The most honorable person in the Daqing Dynasty pulled it out, did you intend to scare them to death?

"Hehe... He was just making a random comparison. The emperor manages everything every day, so how could he notice little people like us?"

Gouging someone out angrily, Ling Jingxuan reassured helplessly, really, why drag that person into it?They're just normal farmers all right.

"It's okay, it's okay, if even the emperor is really alarmed, I will be scared to death."

Exaggeratedly patting his chest, Han Fei was still a little shocked. The emperor was too far away for them. If they knew that the one standing in front of them was the emperor's own brother, what would happen to them?He must have been terrified, "Father, hurry up, Uncle Chuan is about to sail, and I'll be waiting for you."

Speaking of trouble, they had already passed through the market at the entrance of the village, and almost all the little buns who ran to the ferry first stood on the boat and waved to them, because it was not the day when the town had a fair, and they would go to the town or county during this season There were not many, and the two boats at the ferry were empty. Ling Jingxuan and the others looked at each other and quickened their pace one after another.

"Daddy, Uncle Chuan said that if you go to the county town, you will get three copper coins per person, and the goods will be counted separately."

Before they approached, Ling Wen, the only one who was not on the boat, trotted up to meet them, pulled Ling Jingxuan and complained in a low voice, his already pale and tender face was covered with naked flesh pain, and it was only a copper coin to go to the town to ride an ox cart, Why does it cost three copper coins to go to the county seat by boat?Isn't this obviously stealing people?

"It's okay, we don't always go to the county town, just spend money to parade on the river."

Hearing his son's complaints in a low voice, Ling Jingxuan stretched out his hand to pat his head, and led him to walk again. Three copper coins are actually not too expensive, but for the poor and the poor who would like to break a copper coin into two halves. As far as steamed stuffed buns are concerned, they are indeed a bit expensive.

Knowing that this money cannot be saved, Ling Wen didn't say anything else, but his face was still not very good-looking. Although it wasn't his money, as long as he thought that thirteen of them were almost forty copper coins, he couldn't bear it. Live all kinds of distressed.

"Brother Chuan, how long will it take to get to the county?"

After paying the money to get on the boat, the boat that can only accommodate [-] or [-] people slowly left the ferry. Ling Jingxuan did not sit on the bench inside with the others, but stood side by side with Yan Shengrui on the bow, Ling Jiang It is the largest freshwater river in the Qing Dynasty, almost running through the entire Qing Dynasty, and its tributaries extend in all directions, densely extending to many prefectures and counties. Therefore, the water transportation in the Qing Dynasty is relatively developed, but because of agricultural The inland sea is slightly insufficient. For many years, the national strength has not been able to catch up with the rich Eastern Kingdom and the strong Western Kingdom.

"We are traveling against the river, and it will take about half an hour. Please come in and sit for a while, Mr. Ling."

The boss of the boat is a skinny man in his forties. Although he had heard about Ling Jingxuan before, it was impossible for him to know him. There are probably not many people who don't know him.

"It's okay, I want to blow the wind, Brother Chuan, just pretend that we don't exist."

With a slight smile, Ling Jingxuan put one hand behind his back, and clasped Yan Shengrui's ten fingers tightly with the other hand. The two stood side by side like a match made in heaven.

"Brother Yan, look quickly, Ling Jiang is getting bigger and bigger."

The little buns who were on the boat for the first time were also very excited, especially Ling Wu, who was usually lively and active. He jumped up and down on the boat like a little monkey, but Chu Yan Lingwen and his bookboy Zhou Changsheng suffered a lot. I was afraid that he would accidentally fall into the river, so I almost raised all my mental strength to pay attention to him.

"This is just a tributary of the Lingjiang River. The real mainstream of the Lingjiang River can't be seen at a glance. If Xiaowu likes it, he can go and see it when he grows up. There is also the ocean. It is bigger and wider than the Lingjiang River. It is said that so far Haven't crossed it yet, and don't know what the other side of the sea looks like."

Holding his hand, Chu Yan explained softly, with a look of naked yearning in his eyes, if he could get real freedom, he really wanted to go around and see, especially the other side of the sea.

"Really? I'm going, I'm going??"

Hearing this, Ling Wu raised his head excitedly, he was very interested in any unknown things.

"Okay, you have to wait until you grow up to go, let's go and sit down, it will be bad if you fall into the river."

Bending down and reaching out to pet the tip of his nose, Chu Yan held him with one hand and Ling Wen with the other, and the three of them walked back side by side. Zhou Changsheng and Song Xiaohu, who had always been behind them, let out a soft breath. The little master is finally at peace.