"If they don't want to go, can you lend me a few days to help with the work?" Xu Qinghan said.
"Okay, okay, okay."
After seeing the two people leaving, Jin Ling complained: "You are the same. You even want to take advantage of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Be careful if someone reads your book."
"Yes, yes, we are only here for three days, and you have to borrow a carriage to go to the brick kiln to move bricks. I don't know if you can get in after three days." Xu Muxue also took the opportunity to complain.
Xu Qinghan said: "This time the imperial court does not allow the use of military sergeants, otherwise I would still want to borrow troops. Those civilians work so hard. They can't even save a penny at the end of the day. My father promised to help me then."
Just clean the carriage."
"I'm not joking with you." Xu Muxue said.
"We are not allowed to use sergeants, and I haven't seen many who are serious about training. Alas..." Zhang Ling sighed. The Privy Council told the Ministry of Works that the war is coming, and all soldiers who may face the war must intensify their training. The Ministry of Works must not
Recruitment, so Xu Qinghan had no choice. Zhang Ling really lacked confidence in the combat power of these soldiers.
"Can I not borrow the carriage? I want to go back to Wenshui County again." He Qizhou suddenly said.
"It will take eight or nine days to go back and forth, so when will you be able to return to Beijing? After resting here for two days, it is better to return to Beijing with Xiaoxue first. I will handle the matters in Wenshui County." Xu Qinghan
road.
"No, I have to make the county magistrate spit out all the money he has stolen. Don't worry, I won't mess around. Besides, I also know some civilians, so I can get information from them." He Qizhou said.
"I'll go too." Xu Muxue immediately answered.
"No, you are all injured..."
"Let them go. I think Xinhe Qizhou will get it done. Besides, he is still from the Ministry of Punishment. A small county magistrate can't afford to make a lot of trouble. Besides, Jiang Shuo's book boy is by his side. It's really difficult.
Just look for King Jin!" Zhang Ling said.
"Oh, then you should be careful." Xu Qinghan actually hated the county magistrate. If he didn't have to sit here, he would have wanted to investigate and deal with it himself.
"Uncle, when will the people from Wenshui County arrive to pick up the banknotes? As usual, when can I get the banknotes, and when will the county government release the list to notify the villagers to redeem the deeds?" He Qizhou asked.
"Yiqi can notify Wenshui County in two days. It is estimated that it will take two days for them to send people here, and another two days for them to go back. In this way, six days are removed. As for when to release the results, it depends on the situation. Our explicit request is
The list will be released on the same day after receiving the banknote from the Ministry of Industry, but in many places, the list will be released after the banknote has been cashed. There are many banks in Shanxi, I estimate that the county bank can handle it, but if there is not enough money, you have to go to Jinyang, the provincial capital.
I went to redeem it, so it's hard to say, but if the results are still not released on the evening of the seventh day, then there must be something wrong with the county government." Xu Qinghan said.
"Then let's leave now. We have some things to do first." He Qizhou said.
"It's too late to go tomorrow morning..." Xu Qinghan was still a little reluctant to let go of the daughter he had just met.
"Go early and come back early. You should have finished your work when you come back. It's time to go home together." Xu Muxue said.
"Alas... now you don't listen to me and are helping outsiders to speak." Seeing He Qizhou, Xu Muxue left in a hurry, and Xu Qinghan couldn't help but sigh.
"Our family is like this, otherwise you could marry me?" Zhang Ling said.
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"I will definitely run into Xiao Jihuai on the way back this time." He Qizhou sighed in the carriage. The Xiao family's 15,000-strong Henan Army should have received instructions and set off back to their base. Just now, in order to give way to the advancing army,
They waited by the roadside for half an hour.
"Just bump into each other, it's no big deal." Xu Mu snorted.
"Yes, try to find a way to weaken his spirit!" Jiang Damin agreed.
"Okay, then let's find a chance to have a drink with him again! Everyone is barefoot and shirtless, Xu Mu, come and bear witness!" He Qizhou also felt proud.
"How dare you talk about drinking in your current state? Do you want to risk your life or bring shame on yourself? How about you, decide to go to the city or go to the Great Wall to the east of the city?" Xu Mu asked, they speeded up on the road, on the fourth day
At noon we arrived at the place where the road was being built that day.
"I'm not very tired? How about going to the Great Wall first?" He Qizhou's injury gradually improved, and the time he spent on daily exercise was also lengthened.
"Just what I wanted. Let's go!" Xu Musu waved his hand and said cheerfully.
"Should we abandon the carriage, pretend to be civilian husbands, and pay a private visit incognito?" Jiang Damin shouted.
"That makes sense. Why don't you change your clothes and replace the driver?" He Qizhou said.
"good!"
"Damin, don't pay attention to him. He's teasing you. Let's just take the car there." Xu Mu hurriedly advised.
After a bumpy ride, the two carriages stopped at the end of the trail at the foot of the mountain. Dozens of dilapidated houses were scattered in the overgrown fields on the roadside, like a remote village. Although the afternoon sun was shining, the
Except for a few old people, there were almost no people around. There was a continuous Great Wall on the mountain hundreds of feet high. Jiang Damin asked along the way and learned that most of the people went up the mountain from this point.
There is another path in the mountains, but the nearby villagers said that it leads to the Taoist temple in the valley and they should not take the wrong path. Therefore, after leaving one person to look after the carriages and horses, He Qizhou, Xu Mu, Jiang Damin, and another subordinate walked up the mountain.
After He Qizhou set foot on the road up the mountain, he kept talking:
"My injury has healed by 20%. As long as I don't move too much, there should be no more bleeding in my body. I can walk two steps on my own, so don't rush to carry me."
"This mountain road is difficult to walk, but it won't be a problem for me to walk dozens of steps. Don't mention carrying me when you get to the tree."
"I didn't expect that I actually reached this tree and rested twice. Will they stop working when we go up?"
"Oh, I'm sweating like this. I'm such a big person, I don't know if I still weigh a hundred pounds..."
"Can you stop nagging? I'm carrying it, can't I carry it? Look back, how far have you walked? Amao, let's take turns carrying it." Jiang Damin couldn't stand He Qizhou's shouting, so he went up the mountain.
After only twenty feet, he rested twice and asked his subordinates to take turns carrying He Qizhou up the mountain.
"Damin, thank you." Xu Mu said softly.
"I don't insist on you carrying it..." He Qizhou said.
"Then go down! I'll give you one hundred kilograms, at least one hundred and three!" Jiang Damin said angrily.
"I don't want to save some strength, just in case I encounter a master..." He Qizhou said this, but he actually thought so in his heart. 20% of his internal strength is enough to use half a sword with all his strength.
"I really want to die. How can there be so many masters? Why don't you still have me?" Xu Mu said angrily.
"I just want to save some strength. If anything happens, I can join forces with you." He Qizhou said softly.
"You can really practice swordsmanship more if you have access to the six meridians." Xu Mu said.
"Yes, we can start looking at the details now. I have already thought of the names of the next few swords, but it's best if no one bothers me..."
"Amao - change, I can't stand it anymore!" Seeing He Qizhou talking on his back without hurting his back, and the two of them chatting about me, Jiang Damin felt that He Qizhou was so angry that he was almost out of breath.
"Brother, how many steps have you recited?"
"Memorize it well, he is the number one martial artist, let him teach you the kung fu." Jiang Damin said as he put down He Qizhou.
"No problem." He Qizhou got on Amao's back again: "The one I'm most familiar with is Sanqing Palm..."
"Thank you, Mr. He. Talking is annoying, let's just climb the mountain." Amao was much more cheerful than Jiang Damin, and He Qizhou didn't know what to say in reply.
Looking at the mountain of more than 100 feet, it took half a day to walk. When I reached the top of the mountain, the bright moon was already hanging low. After walking along the city wall for several miles, there were only piles of wall bricks, mortar, tools, etc. on the construction site for wall renovation.
There was no trace of anyone outside. When he reached the top of the mountain, He Qizhou was too embarrassed to let anyone carry him on his back. After all, his body was still weak and he was out of breath after walking down the undulating mountain road for several miles.
Fortunately, smoke rose from the mountain col not far away, and the four of them quickly found the camp of the villagers. Someone among the villagers who were having dinner recognized He Qizhou and his party, and surprised the four of them by inviting them to "squat" for a meal.
The four of them couldn't resist the hospitality, so they ate the roasted sweet potatoes that the peasants had prepared on the spot. There was also a hot soup, which was made from sweet potato leaves and wild vegetable leaves, but there was almost no salt. The taste - He Qizhou even doubted whether pigs could
I will eat it. Of course, this was what He Qizhou thought after drinking the third bowl out of hunger and thirst.
He Qizhou did not want to directly tell them that the Ministry of Revenue had issued most of the deeds, mainly because he was afraid that these people would go to the county government to cause trouble after hearing the truth, which would be detrimental to his plan. He Qizhou said that this trip was still for
They came to pay off the deeds owed to the Ministry of Industry and asked Brother Qiang, who had dared to speak last time, and another elder who was quite prestigious among this group of people to talk in detail.
Upon inquiry, there were two camps on the mountain with more than 700 civilians. Except for a few who served as Yao servants, most of them were employees of the Ministry of Works. Six government officials sent by the county government and four people chaired by the Ministry of Works took charge of the camp.
The tent was pitched between two civilian camps, so He Qizhou didn't see anyone from the government along the way.
He Qizhou asked the people in this county if they knew about the deed arrears in neighboring counties. Brother Qiang said that he had inquired about it before, and most of them were sold at 60 or 30% off. Wenshui County has always been 10 or 20% lower than the neighboring counties. After the New Year, he said
There was going to be a war, and the court had no money, so the price was reduced to 30%. Because it was lower than that of neighboring counties, they also went to the county to ask for an explanation, but the county magistrate never paid attention to them.
Later, taking the opportunity to work in Jinyang, the provincial capital, the people recommended two people to go to the provincial capital to report that the magistrate and county colluded with local gangsters to exploit the people. However, they were beaten out by the magistrate in the magistrate's Yamen because they had no evidence to prove, and they were killed twenty-five times.
After the intimidation was lifted, the person who made the report had to lie in bed for two months before he could get off the ground. After that, no one dared to file a complaint.
He Qizhou asked Brother Qiang to ask the peasants to count privately how many deeds they still have on hand? How many deeds have been sold at a discount in the past two years? How much money has been lost in total? It is best to make a list by name for him.
He will try his best to help these peasants get their homes back, but he must not let the county government know about it, and he must not falsely report the deeds that were sold at a discount.