Author: Things in the world are like tides and people are like water
Zhang Tu was silent, while the middle-aged man lying on the bedside drank a bowl of fish soup at this time, gained some strength, and cursed: "Don't be so careless, scream, scream, you don't know."
I thought I was dead and you were wailing here."
The cabin suddenly became quiet, and there was only the sound of rain outside. The raindrops hit the Yangtze River, causing small ripples one after another. The ripples collided with each other, and then spread into smaller waves.
This unique scene immediately calms down people's hearts and makes them feel somewhat calm inexplicably.
Plop, plop!
The sound of falling into the water was heard in the distance. A follower next to Master Hu, who had beaten the fisherman violently before, walked to the riverside, staggered, and then fell headlong into the river.
Like a heavy stone, after being submerged in the water, it sinks straight to the bottom without making any sound.
There were faint exclamations from that area, and then there was another thump, and two thumps.
This time the exclamations became louder, but the two cousins couldn't hear them clearly because of the sound of rain, wind, and water flowing in the river in the cabin.
They were just looking at the outside world with numb and turbid eyes in the rain, while drinking a bowl of hot fish soup in the cold rain to resist the evil that seemed to come from everywhere and burrow into the seams of their bones.
The cold air coming in.
"The taste of this fish is really good. Mixed with the sound of rain, it really has a different kind of romance."
Zhang Mingtu held the coarse porcelain bowl, took a small sip, and praised softly.
After the quarrel just now, the pair of cousins seemed to have calmed down after listening to the continuous sound of rain and wind outside, and their emotions were not as impulsive as before.
The injured cousin, who was taller and thinner, forced a smile and said: "Hey, I fish all year round. If I am not good at cooking fish, I really can't survive. If I eat fish every day, then
It smells fishy and fishy, I really don’t want to take another bite, I’m forced to do nothing!”
The short and stocky cousin also chimed in: "It tastes good for one or two meals, but this fish is not very hungry. It must be docked and exchanged for some coarse grains and the like to keep it full."
Salt is also a big problem. Otherwise, if you just find an island or a cave on the river, you won’t need to be angry like this."
The taller and thinner cousin shook his head and pulled at the wound. He couldn't help but let out a hiss in his throat and sucked in a breath of cold air.
"Not to mention this unlucky thing, the fish family in this river has drawn all the fish in the area. The fish caught from this section are all considered to belong to the fish gang and Mr. Huang's family. Ha, it can't be changed.
"Scholar, let's talk about you. It sounds like your accent is not from here. You said you are from the Jiangnan West Road side. Have you ever been to Jiujiang County?"
Lying in the cabin, the man, who was tall and thin and didn't look very good, had a numb face when he mentioned his past. However, when he mentioned Jiujiang County, his eyes lit up.
Zhang Mingtu's heart moved, but he still nodded.
"Been there."
The tall and thin man became a little excited all of a sudden. Even the short and stocky man next to him who had been swearing a lot fell silent and stared at Zhang Mingtu with his head sideways.
"Then Jiujiang County, does the prefect of Jiujiang County really love the people as much as he does in the legend? Is it true that he can have enough to eat and have good seeds?"
"Only residents under the jurisdiction of Jiujiang County can have good seeds. Not to mention Jiujiang County, it will be promoted throughout Jiangnan in the future. You should also have seeds distributed to your family."
The tall and thin man just shook his head after hearing this. The short and stocky man was also not very interested. At this time, he asked aloud: "I heard that you can eat meat over there every now and then. It's not fish, but fatty pork."
Zhang Mingtu thought about it for a while. After the large-scale promotion of improved varieties, grain production increased greatly. Especially in the first two rounds of official promotion of Yimu Jingqi at all costs, every household saved part of their grain.
Indeed, there are many families who raise chickens, ducks and pigs.
Every week at the market, there will be people selling some pork, and there will also be people buying it.
To put it this way, there are indeed many characters who can eat meat every week.
"There is a saying, but not every household can eat it. After all, some people are still a little poor."
The short and stocky man was a little disappointed, but Zhang Mingtu added: "But it's not a big problem for every household to eat eggs. The yield of improved varieties is indeed very high, and there is still a lot of money left after paying the tax."
The tall and lanky man's eyes lit up, he pointed at the short and stocky man with some excitement and said: "Look, I'll tell you, I'll tell you that Jiujiang County is different!"
The short and stocky man said nothing and just asked: "As the output increases, the taxes that the gentlemen will have to pay will also be more. How can we have enough to eat? The things that are produced should belong to the gentlemen, sir."
Are they out of kindness?"
The short and tall man and the tall and lanky man have not read many books, but they have seen too many scenes in the human world, and they are more familiar with these things than Zhang Mingtu and Rui Hai.
After hearing this, Zhang Mingtu shook his head and said, "Of course you don't have any kind intentions. It was Rui Hai. Prefect Rui issued the order to strictly control the level of food requisition. It is not allowed to be higher than before?"
Unexpectedly, the tall and lanky man shook his head before he heard this short and stocky man, with disappointment in his eyes and murmured in his mouth.
"What's the use of that? What's the use of that? The extra money belongs to the gentlemen. Is it possible that the land in Jiujiang is still in the hands of ordinary people like us, and everything grown belongs to the gentlemen."
Zhang Mingtu felt that it was outrageous. The other party's keen sense of smell was stronger than his. Rui Hai spent a lot of time and energy in dealing with this matter.
He didn't consider these issues at first. It was only after his future brother experienced several setbacks and Ruihai encountered several disturbances that he succeeded.
How did Ruihai succeed?
He first reported the good seeds to the superiors, and after having a huge contribution to protect the body, he directly reached the sky, and then by the way, he dealt with the fish and meat Xiangli of some small and medium-sized households together with the people's figures.
Under the power of angels, even many small and middle-class people are inextricably related to aristocratic and wealthy families.
They belong to wealthy families who lend money, or open underground casinos, or they traffic in people.
Jiujiang County recommends that these aristocratic families play more complicated and more expensive games. They are people who pay attention to face and often donate soup or do some good deeds. Their reputation in the entire Jiujiang County is quite good, but where do their profits come from?
Coming?
From the many people under their command, they will build an agent to be responsible for managing businesses such as casino lending, as their white glove.
Of course, the evil done by these characters cannot be blamed on them, and of course, these characters are often not arrested by official figures.
Everyone knows that they are the backers and backers of these characters, but no matter whether they are placed on the scene or whether their subordinates are officially imprisoned and need someone to fish them out or use their connections, they will not come forward.
They only need to go to the official office to drink tea and have a banquet with a few big shots in the upper echelons, and everything will change naturally. There is no need to do anything extra. The gentlemen are all pure and pure.
Everyone knew they were doing these things, but the official men pretended not to see it. After all, on the surface they were doing very well, hello to me, hello to everyone.
Many figures in the folk also know who the backer is behind White Gloves, but they dare not even mention it.
This is a topic that cannot be discussed.
Teahouses in Kyoto have special signs not to talk about state affairs, and there are also signs in Jiujiang County not to talk about them.
Once someone talks about it or wants to report it, these people will basically sink into the Yangtze River and feed fish and shrimps. This kind of thing is very common.
With the power of an angel, Ruihai swept away all these middle- and lower-class people, deducted a large amount of their profits, confiscated all the related properties in their names, and greatly expanded the official land.
These official lands were then used as the property of many civilians in Jiujiang County and rented directly to them, and the original rents were still collected.
This led to the great prosperity of Jiujiang County.
Many of the discontinued productions that were originally plundered by illegal means were restored to their names if they could find people. The methods used were similar to those in Jianyi and Xingguo.
It's a pity that most of the people targeted by White Gloves are already dead, and there is no way to see justice come.
As for the people behind the white gloves, nothing happened to them. The white gloves were dirty and were taken off by Ruihai, so they could just change to another pair of white gloves. There was no problem for them.
Ruihai had nothing to do with them for the time being, so he sent the memorial to Kyoto as usual, but it was of no use.
One is that there is no substantial evidence, and the other is that for such an insignificant wrinkle, for the sake of true enlightenment, the emperor has already been stopped in front of him, and someone said lightly - "It's just the desperation of these villains."
Just biting randomly" solved.
Fortunately, many of the former Jiujiang prefectures were all upright people, and their white gloves had not been changed for many years. The properties under their names were complicated and involved quite a lot of finances.
After Ruihai investigated the situation clearly, he resorted to thunderous means and obtained a large area of land.
"I heard that a lot of the land belongs to the government, and the government charges very little rent. The prefect of Rui rented a lot of the government land to the original people, and the tax collected is not much, the same as before."
"What about the original tax collector?"
"Most of them were arrested or sent back to the countryside. The current group are all re-promoted by Mr. Rui."
The tall and thin man's eyes lit up, and the eyes of the short and stocky man also lit up.
But the short and stocky man's eyes quickly dimmed again.
"Then can we go there? Can we settle in Jiujiang County? How about the tax on fishing there? Are there also fish gangs?"
"Prefect Rui, Rui Qingtian can't be an official in Jiujiang County for the rest of his life. He will be the same as here after a while. There is no need."
The judgments and choices of the two men are completely different.
The tall and lanky man refused to listen and said loudly: "How can it be the same? The difference is huge!"
"I will never be able to marry a wife in my whole life here. Unless I hope that there will be a flood one day and people sell their sons and daughters, I might be able to find a cheap wife for a stutter.
"I am very familiar with the water quality in various places. I know where there are many grass carps, where there are many swordfish, and where there are good fish and turtles." But what's the use? No matter how many people I hit, they all took away half of their money. I can't do that in my life.
I can only feed myself and have no way to survive. If Jiujiang County can be better, even if it lasts two years, I will be rich enough to marry a yellow-flowered girl.
"You have a wife and children, but I haven't yet. I am still a bachelor. I have to try. My old Zhang family's fireworks cannot be cut off here, otherwise I will be sorry for my ancestors."
The short and sturdy man was silent for a while, and then let out a long sigh.
Zhang Mingtu was slightly silent.
The overall tone of this era is dark, and it has always been that way.
It's just that Zhang Mingtu has never had extensive contact with it before. It's more that his future brother is randomly clashing in the gray tones, trying to make the gray tones have more colorful lights.
The future brother is firm in his thoughts and decisive in his actions.
Zhang Mingtu had some understanding at first, but now that he sees this pair of cousins, he has more feelings and understanding.
"I can make this dark world brighter with more light, without creating a perfect world. Maybe my future brother will be very satisfied."
Just like Rui Hai in the government office, he is always energetic and has strong motivation, even if his clothes and food are not very good.
But he always had inexhaustible energy and motivation, and under Zhang Mingtu's induction, Rui Hai's body became stronger.
There is an awe-inspiring righteousness in his body and chest that has been nurturing, and with the success of many actions in Xingguo, Jianyi and Jiujiang County, his righteousness is getting stronger and more powerful.
"The heaven and earth are righteous, and they are mixed and endowed with manifolds. Below are the rivers and mountains, and above are the sun and stars..."
Zhang Mingtu said to himself in his heart. At this moment, he felt that there was a different kind of breath gestating in his chest, about to burst out.
"Ruihai still feels that the Jianyi, Xingguo and Jiujiang counties where he is located have not done a very good job. He feels that many things have not been fully handled by many people, and he is far away from his ideal country.
"I have always felt that there are many things that have not been done well, and there are too many things that need to be further improved, but even if it is just like this, even if it is just the current situation and environment..."
Zhang Mingtu looked at the hope and hope in the eyes of the cousins in front of him, and was touched in his heart.
"... Even an imperfect area like this is already like heaven in the eyes of many people, not because it is so good now, but because they were in hell before."