"Uncle San! This must be another new blackmail trick that Lao Ba came up with!" Liu Guangbiao, one of his nephews, said helplessly.
Liu Guangbiao had studied business in Fucheng, and he could keep accounts and know all kinds of business tricks. He was considered a great talent in Lingao, so the Liu family simply asked him to come back and become a general accountant to manage the family's industry.
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Liu Youren didn't say anything, and it goes without saying that Chen Minggang took the opportunity to blackmail. The question is: Do the Australians have any plans to get land? Are they just using this to knock people off the mountain and force everyone to pay a few more "reasonable burdens", or do they really want to
Once the number of acres in the county is clear, is there going to be a new start in the form of a change of dynasty?
The discrepancy here is huge. If it's just to frighten the mountain, the solution is easy. It's just to bribe Chen Minggang with more benefits, let him apply for another hundred acres of land, and provide more money and food. If it's the latter, things can be terrible.
It's much more troublesome.
Liu Youren has always been a very assertive person, and he was also in a state of hesitation at this time. The Australians are no better than the government. This is a group that is more efficient, decisive, and daring to do things. He has long understood this. From now on.
Wu Mingjin, who was considered a "good official" in the past, had never succeeded in doing anything in the county. When the Australians came, they just did what they said and got through many complicated things one by one. Even if they really wanted to do it.
It is not surprising that a county-wide cleanup of household registrations was carried out.
If you want to rely on the past to deal with the government and bandits, it will be of no use to them. If you look hard, the Australians are not afraid of massacres, and they will probably be happy to give them such an opportunity; if they look soft, the Australians are surprisingly honest.
Money bribes are of no use to them.
What do Australians want to do? Liu Youren thought that if he really wanted to own land, it might be the best choice for him to honestly report the number of acres of land at home. As for the land that was secretly placed in his own name, it would be fine.
Not busy. But if this is just a bluff, and he is so honest, he has just gained a lot of subordinates in vain, and is laughed at in vain - this is something he cannot afford to lose.
"What did Master Zhang say?" he asked. The so-called Master Zhang was Zhang Youfu, the intermediary messenger.
"He said he had been there, but Chief Wu, who was in charge of the matter, was not at home. Others didn't care about the matter and didn't know."
"Not at home." Liu Youren savored the taste of these words, "Really not at home?" He murmured to himself, this group of people is really unpredictable.
"That Nong-Nong of the Heaven and Earth Meeting"
"Agricultural technician." Liu Guangbiao said.
"Yes, is Mr. Yun here?" Mr. Yun is Xun Suji. Because there is a shortage of agricultural professionals, he has great experience in growing vegetables. He was also hired as a part-time agricultural technician by Tiandihui. Of course, he passed the test beforehand.
Specialized training. The people of the Tiandihui now have a mysterious aura in the minds of the people in Lingao, so Ye Yuming would rather find a traveler who has become a monk halfway than use the indigenous agricultural technicians for the time being. This is just like the early days of reform and opening up, when everyone especially believed in them.
Just like foreign goods.
"He won't come until every third day."
Liu Youren calculated that it would be seven or eight days before he came, and he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. If this Xun Suji came, he could try to find out what was going on inside them - it would be good to have some information.
It's a pity that they are not interested in the ordinary benefits. Liu Youren once again sighed at the invulnerability of the time-travelers. People with power in official positions do not accept bribes. This is really unaccustomed to them.
Liu Guangbiao was very smart and knew that the head of the family was worried about this matter. He had already had an idea in his mind, and now he felt that the time was ripe.
"Third uncle!" Liu Guangbiao said carefully, "Meilan, who lives in the fourth room, is not young anymore. She is tall and has never been able to find a suitable in-law." As he spoke, his eyes rolled on Liu Youren's face.
"Oh!" Liu Youren certainly knew what his nephew wanted to say. Money was not the way to go, but women might be. He had long heard that there were very few women in Australia, and many of them did nothing but watch the "Secret Shadow Show" all day long to relieve their anger.
There is nothing else to do...
In the past, Liu Youren thought about giving Xun Suji a maid or something like a maid as a reward. But he thought that the maids in Liujiazhai were no better than the maids from wealthy families in the city.
They have big hands and feet and dark skin. This leader has never shown any interest in them.
In comparison, it is better for a girl from the same tribe to marry him. After all, the maid is an outsider, and she will be a slave after marrying. She has no status and will not be valued by others. If she really marries Xun Suji,
Now, he has to take care of his wife's family.
Liu Meilan is a girl in the fourth house. She has been laughed at by others because she is tall and strong. She has no girlish appearance. She is nineteen and still has no husband. This family niece and granddaughter can be considered. This family is in the family.
His status here is not high, so he doesn't dare to interfere even if he doesn't want to.
Liu Youren nodded, thinking that it would not cost much: the Meilan family was a distant branch, and even if the Australians were defeated by the government in the future, it would not have much impact on the family. They were chess pieces that could afford to be sacrificed.
"Okay. Go talk to her father!" Liu Youren made up his mind.
"Yes," Liu Guangbiao said secretly, but he had another dark intention in his heart. Liu Meilan had offended him in the past because she collected rice for sacrifice, and he had long wanted to take revenge.
"Huh, I'll throw you into the fire pit this time to taste the dripping wax." Liu Guangbiao heard a mysterious saying from an Aboriginal man in Dongmen City who had watched the Australian "Secret Shadow Show" that the Australians were very good at sexual intercourse.
Very sadistic: He likes to tie women up like rice dumplings and subject them to all kinds of torture. He also likes to use hot candle oil to drip onto women's naked bodies...
Liu Youren didn't know his nephew's dark thoughts. He thought for a while and said, "Prepare a post tomorrow and ask for him to come on Saturday."
"You don't want to invite Master Chen?"
"I'm afraid I can't invite him now." Liu Youren said, "Zhou Qi is his great disciple, and words are just as effective."
"Here, let's see Mr. Chen off." Huang Shoutong greeted.
"Don't you dare, please stay, Mr. Huang -" Chen Minggang left with his men with a smile on his face.
Huang Shoutong watched them leave the courtyard and called to the housekeeper: "Have all of his men been dismissed?"
"To tell you what I'm saying," the steward said, "each person received 300 'straw shoe money' and a meal and a meal."
"Okay, go ahead." Huang Shoutong coughed, and his second son, Huang Henkun, hurried over to help him. Huang Shoutong was injured since participating in the counterattack last year, and his health is not as good as before.
"It's okay." He said and asked, "Why don't you go to the county school to study recently?"
"My son is not a local, so he doesn't have to go."
"This can't be done." Huang Shoutong shook his head and said, "You are a scholar after all, and you have to win the imperial examination to shine in the family."
Huang Xunkun smiled bitterly and said: "Sir, you don't know. Over the past 200 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the county has not produced ten people to be elected. My son probably does not have such a great blessing."
Huang Shoutong shook his head and said: "Although you are not writing essays in the field, you should not be too depressed." He returned to the hall of the back house and sat down, "Now that the county is disturbed by the Australians, everyone is a little uninterested in studying. The more
In this way, you will have to work harder on your homework, so as not to waste it..."
Huang Hankun originally thought that his father was going to discuss with him the matter of the Australian father-in-law harvesting autumn gifts. Unexpectedly, the opening remarks were a lot of clichés asking him to study hard. He couldn't help but wonder if his father was a little crazy.
"Master!" He couldn't help but said, "What are you going to do about the Qiu Fu incident this time?"
"Hmph, this group of thieves have shown their disloyalty." Huang Shoutong slapped the table angrily, "They are also responsible for Zhangtian?!"
"Master, how should we respond?"
"This matter is quite mysterious." Huang Shoutong said, "What kind of Australian Ecstasy did Lao Ba take to help the thieves torture grain farmers so hard?" He snorted, "Does he think the world is free?
Is this the Kun thief’s? There is really no law of heaven!”
"This kind of subordinate official is just seeking profit. There is no need for me to be angry."
"The matter of acquiring land is just a false shot for Lao Ba." Huang Shoutong said, "He has no intention of acquiring any land at all. He just wants to use this excuse to force everyone to pay more grain and tax, so as to please himself.
Australians can reap huge benefits again."
"Yes, my son thinks so too. The Kun thief was probably persuaded by Lao Ba, thinking that he could harvest more grain. I saw that Lao Ba was very lively today. My son wants to give him some more personal benefits and distribute them to the people in the village.
Reasonable burden, plus a few dozen stones..."
"No, although Zhangtian was a feint, the matter is not that simple." Huang Shou waved his hands in unison, "Who is the thief Kun, who would be manipulated by Lao Ba like this?"
"Then what do they want to do?"
"Money and food are probably not their main purpose," Huang Hankun said. "Think about how much profit Lingao can have? Besides, if they want to collect food and call the liaison officer to take care of it, which village would dare not to pay? Why pick the old man?
Eight fortunes? Many tricks - they are drunkards who don’t care about drinking."
"Could they want to take advantage of the opportunity——"
"Kill the chickens to scare the monkeys!" Huang Shoutong said with a sullen face, "Take advantage of this opportunity to establish your authority! I think it will be easier for small households to get through this time - not only is it easy to get through, but most of them will also get some benefits. For a big household like us, this test is difficult
It won’t be easy.”
Huang Huangkun suddenly became nervous: To say who among the big families in Lingao Li hated Kun Thief the most, he and Liu Dalin were probably the best of both worlds. When dealing with Kun Thief, one made suggestions and the other personally fought. Kun Thief probably
I have long hated him to the core. But Liu Dalin has the title of "the only Jinshi in the county" and has a great reputation, and the thieves have no choice but to buy it. From the last reopening of Molixuan Academy, we know that Liu Dalin is their focus
The target to win over. In comparison, my own family is an excellent target.