The Mulberry Manor, which had been quiet for two days, suddenly became noisy. A group of officers and soldiers came from nowhere. In addition to carrying spears, they also brought various other strange gadgets. These officers and soldiers were scattered outside the village.
In the fields, some people were holding tripods and looking at something like a pipe, while others were holding red and white bamboo poles and inserting them here and there in the field.
Mixed in with these officers and soldiers was Hu Lin, who had gone to Huai'an Prefecture to complain. He ran back and forth to give directions to the officers and soldiers. The village chief was also called out, and the officers and soldiers asked him to name each household.
He was about to hesitate a few words, but the eyes of the officer and soldier stood up, and the bright spear points were pointed at his chest, which frightened him so much that he peed his pants on the spot, how could he dare to hide it.
The farmers who, like Hu Lin, went to Huai'an Prefecture to complain at first were just watching the excitement. As Deng Kui and others went to the scene to watch. Gradually they saw some clues, and they became excited and took off their clothes one by one.
Broken cotton-padded jackets joined the ranks of Qingzhang. They didn't understand the principles of surveying and mapping, but they could still do it by helping to hold up the benchmarks and lift the equipment.
They support whoever can make the decision for themselves. This is the simplest world view of the farmers. They can see that the man named Su intends to make the decision for them, and they are willing to do everything for Mr. Su.
"Zeng Gui, what are those officers and soldiers doing in the fields?" Zeng Fengxian stood on the upper floor of his yard, looking at the soldiers from the survey camp in the fields outside Zhuangzi, and asked Zeng Gui.
Zeng Gui had already gone out to inquire once before, and he reported to Zeng Fengxian: "Master, I have inquired, they are clearing the land."
"Qingzhang?" Zeng Fengxian was a little surprised, "Qingzhang doesn't use a bamboo pole or tape measure. What do they use a cylinder to take photos of?"
Zeng Guidao: "I gave an officer and soldier 20 Wen, and he told me that this was some kind of method invented by Su Qianhu. As long as he took a picture of the pipe, he could measure the size of the field. The officer and soldier had just been arrested.
Those who were recruited said they don’t quite understand it, but it’s roughly the same principle.”
"Who is Su Qianhu?" Zeng Fengxian asked.
Zeng Guidao: "That's Mr. Su. He is the head of the Ministry of Works and a Qianhu appointed by the Ministry of War. The battalion he leads is called Kanyu Camp, and it is the establishment of the Qianhu Office."
"He has such a big background?" Zeng Fengxian was stunned, "Have you ever asked about his background? Is he a descendant of some noble family?"
"I don't know." Zeng Gui said, "Those veterans can't be splashed with water or oil or salt. The recruits don't know much about their officers. They only say that the food in the camp is good and they don't beat or scold the soldiers.
It’s very troublesome to do Fran machine calculations all day long.”
Zeng Fengxian had no interest in Franji. He frowned and said, "Zeng Gui, it's not good for us to let these officers and soldiers clear the land here. We have to find a way to stop them. Otherwise, the size of our land is
, let them find out clearly, this is not a matter of Hu Lin's eight acres of land, it will be a big trouble."
Zeng Gui said: "Sir, how about we do it like what happened in the 8th year of Wanli? Find a few people to beat up Qing Zhang's official servant and tell them to get out."
"Asshole! You have no brains!" Zeng Fengxian scolded, "Look at how many officers and soldiers there are outside. There are more than 200 people. Who are you going to beat? Those are officers and soldiers, not official business. They have guys on their hands."
"This... Then we can only ask Master Pang Pang to take care of things. Although Master Pang Pang only has more than 100 people, in the past, thousands of officers and soldiers went to encircle and suppress him, but they were all defeated by him. Those of him were all
One to ten heroes is more than enough to deal with the soldiers brought by Su." Zeng Gui offered another plan.
Zeng Fengxian covered his cheeks and felt his flesh hurt: "It costs a lot of money to let Mr. Pang Da do things. If we want him to drive away more than 200 officers and soldiers, if we don't bleed a lot, I'm afraid he won't agree.
.Well, you'd better find Zhao Hua first and ask him to talk to Su."
Chaohe Town is dozens of miles away from the county seat. Zeng Gui took a horse and rushed to the county seat to register. He also borrowed a horse from the county seat and took Zhao Hua back to Chaohe Town. The sky was already getting dark. Kanyu Camp
The soldiers had completed the survey and mapping of Mulberry Manor and the surrounding areas and returned to the town.
"Zhao Hua, the officer of the Andong County Yamen, would like to see Mr. Su." Zhao Hua rode his horse straight to the door of the inn, jumped off the horse, and said to the soldiers standing guard at the door.
The soldier went in to ask for instructions, and then led Zhao Hua in. There was no special living room in the small inn in the town, so Deng Kui drove the innkeeper back to his room to hide, and temporarily changed the lobby of the inn into a courtroom. Zhao Hua
When Hua entered, he saw Su Hao sitting at the top, with Zhou Ruyu and Deng Kui standing beside him. Zhao Hua hesitated, his knees softened, and he knelt down.
"The villain Zhao Hua kowtows to Master Su."
Boss Zhao Hua said reluctantly, and at the same time symbolically kowtowed three times on the ground.
Su Hao sat steadily and allowed Zhao Hua to kowtow to him. After Zhao Hua finished kowtowing, he said in a pretentious manner: "Yamen Zhao doesn't need to be polite. Get up and talk. Someone, show Zhao Yamen his seat."
The soldiers on the side pulled a bench and put it in the center of the hall. Zhao Hua was stunned for a moment and sat down on the bench helplessly. Other officials asked subordinates questions or asked them to stand and talk.
The subordinates were sitting, and they had to be on decent chairs anyway. How could they sit on a bench and talk back? When Zhao Hua sat there, he looked like a newly enlightened child sitting in front of his teacher to listen to the lecture, with an imposing manner.
It was a little weaker at first.
"Zhao Yamen, it's almost dark today. You came here in a hurry, but what urgent business do you have?" Su Hao asked in a long voice. In fact, in his heart, he already knew Zhao Hua's intention. Zeng Gui
When they left Zhuangzi, the spies from the Yu camp had already seen it. This little trick couldn't escape Su Hao's surveillance.
Zhao Hua calmed down, took a moment to feel it, and then handed over the report: "Mr. Su, the magistrate of Tan County received a report from the villagers that a group of officers and soldiers were operating in the mulberry garden. I don't know what official business they had. I also heard that these officers and soldiers were...
The brothers from the Kanyu Camp under Mr. Su, therefore asked me to come and check with Mr. Su to see if there is anything we in Andong County need help with."
Su Hao nodded and said: "Oh, it turns out it's because of this. I received the emperor's order and came to Huai'an to assist Governor Pan in regulating the river. This survey camp is a soldier surveying the river. What happened today is because
Governor Pan intends to build a channel for the Huaihe River to enter the sea, called the Northern Jiangsu Irrigation Canal. The brothers from Kanyu Camp are surveying the route of this channel."
"Oh, that's it." Zhao Hua said this, but actually he was even more confused in his heart. Could it be that Zeng Fengxian's information was wrong, and that Su Hao and his people were not here to clear their father-in-law's land?
"Master Su, I heard that in addition to measuring the land, the brothers in your department also marked the ownership of each plot. Why is this?" Zhao Hua continued to ask.
Su Hao smiled and said, "Don't you understand? To build a channel, land must be acquired. To acquire land, we need to know who the owner is, so we can compensate the owner, don't you think so?"
"That's true, that's true." Zhao Hua nodded repeatedly, "If that's the case, then the villain has disturbed the Lord's official business, and the villain will go back and report to the magistrate Tan."
"I'm not busy." Su Hao said, "Since Yamen Zhao is here, I just have something to ask Yamen Zhao. Regarding the land dispute between Zeng Fengxian and Hu Lin, Yamen Zhao is handling it. Yamen Zhao knows that Zeng Fengxian's family has
How many acres are there?”
"This... I don't know," Zhao Hua said.
Su Hao said: "Let me tell you, I got the booklet from the grain director about the grain payment in previous years. It is recorded in the booklet that in the past 20 years, the amount of grain paid to serve by the ancestors was calculated based on 1,500 acres of land. Does this mean that
The Zeng family has a total of 1,500 acres of land?"
"Uh... that should be it..." Zhao Hua understood that Su Hao was now going to reveal something. This was exactly what Zeng Fengxian was most worried about. The account books in the hands of the grain chief could not be tampered with. Zeng Fengxian's family concealed the affairs of the fields.
The county government already knew about it, and Zhao Hua knew it very well. Now that Su Hao has singled this out, Zhao Hua really doesn't know how to deal with it.
Su Hao picked up a stack of paper from his hand and said: "This is the record of the survey and mapping done by my subordinates in Mulberry Manor today. Every plot of land has been confirmed by someone and it is accurate. According to this measurement result, the Zeng family's
There are as many as 3,472 acres of land. Does Zhao Yamen know about this matter?"
"This... maybe someone made a mistake. This grain payment is not the responsibility of the villain. I really don't know how to calculate it specifically." Zhao Hua sweated like rain. Who didn't know the number of acres of land owned by these landlords?
Unable to withstand the verification, Su Hao checked all the Zeng family's fields in just one day. Zeng Fengxian was really in trouble.
Su Hao said: "I guess Zhao Yamen doesn't know either. Now I have verified the numbers on both sides. Is the nature of this matter whether Zeng Fengxian took advantage of the flood to seize more than 1,900 acres of land, or has he concealed more than 1,900 acres of land for 20 years?"
Mu of land, could Yamen Zhao go to Zeng Fengxian to ask for confirmation? Also, Yamen Zhao should know better than me how to deal with the seizure of land according to the law, and what is the crime of concealing the land."
"This... I don't understand the law, but I can report it to Tan Magistrate to see how this matter should be handled." Zhao Hua said calmly.
"Zhao Yamen, Zeng Fengxian's family member Zeng Gui is waiting for you outside the door. You can follow him to Zeng Fengxian's home. Tell Zeng Fengxian not to take any chances and give me an explanation as soon as possible. I can spare his life.
It's late. When I hand over these materials to the prefect, I'm afraid he will at least be punished with confiscation of all the family property and three thousand miles of exile for all the men." Su Hao put away his previously indifferent expression and became murderous.
Di said to Zhao Hua.
"Little man... let's go and talk to Mr. Zeng now, ah no, let's talk to Zeng Feng first." Zhao Hua slid down from the bench, knelt on the ground and said to Su Hao. (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature , the novel is better and updated faster!)