Tang He glanced at Bai Shancai and said: "The notices have been posted, and we have met with the magistrates of various counties. We have temporarily appeased the tenants who are causing trouble, but in fact we have only contacted half of the fields and tenants now..."
Tang He briefly summarized the work during this period and said: "Now there are more than 18 hectares of land that have been redeemed. Oh, this part does not count the ten hectares of the Zheng family. The rest is because the tenants' emotions are still there.
It was a little unstable, so we couldn’t make the trip.”
Governor Yu frowned, "Master Tang, there's nothing you can do?"
Mr. Tang smiled and said: "There are still some. The excuses they gave are just to maintain stability. Therefore, as long as we appease the tenants and they don't make trouble, these people will have no excuse to delay. If they delay again, then the court will
This will give you an excuse to capture them directly."
He said: "Now we have appeased many tenant farmers and are sure of the twenty-three hectares of land involved. However, we have not signed a redemption contract and are waiting for Governor Yu to take office."
Yu Cishi: "Wait for me?"
He looked at Mr. Tang with some confusion, "Isn't this redemption directly allocated by the Ministry of Household Affairs? Mr. Tang is an inspection official, so he should be able to directly make the decision on this matter, right?"
"Yes, but firstly, this is Qizhou after all, and the one who will govern this land in the future will be Governor Yu; secondly..."
Tang He turned to look at Bai Shan, who was sitting beside him, and said helplessly: "It's all my fault as a junior. He is young and ignorant, and is too soft-hearted and kind. I made a promise that I shouldn't have made without paying attention."
Governor Yu frowned slightly and looked at Bai Shan. He saw that he had a fair and handsome face, sitting there as straight as a bamboo, but his temperament was gentle and elegant. He looked like a young master from aristocratic family, so he raised his eyebrows, half-smiling but not smiling.
Said: "Master Tang should know that I just killed three people, right? Those three people are all local nobles in Qizhou. If I want to administer here in the future, I can't let others bully me. If I give in to them,
, Mr. Tang, there is no need to speak."
"Chief Yu has misunderstood," Tang He said quickly, "He did not make a promise to those nobles."
He glanced at Bai Shan again, and Bai Shan lowered his head in shame. Then he sighed heavily and said, "When he was appeasing the tenants, he saw that they were ragged and frightened, so he
I couldn't help but make a promise to them."
Tang He turned around and said, "Why don't you apologize to Governor Yu soon?"
Bai Shan quickly stood up and bowed to Governor Yu, and said with shame on his face: "I've caused trouble to the adults."
When Governor Yu heard that it was not the gentry or local aristocrats, but tenant farmers, he put one foot on the footstool and asked relaxedly: "Oh? What promise was given?"
Mr. Tang said: "My junior fellow student promised those tenant farmers that even after the land is redeemed, it will still be leased to them. We can sign the tenant lease agreement for next year right now, and the rent collected will never exceed 40%."
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Governor Yu twitched his lips and asked, "You won't make this promise with every tenant in the village, right?"
"No, no, no," Mr. Tang said quickly, "I made it with one village, that is, Da'an Village. He just came back today, and the promise was made today."
He explained: "Unknown to Governor Yu, Da'an Village is the largest village among the villages we have walked through in the past few days, with a total of 167 households and a total of 978 people."
Governor Yu was surprised, "With so many people, within two miles, they can almost form a township."
Tang He shook his head and said: "Unfortunately, there are no villages around it, and this village is not naturally formed. It was moved and organized a few years ago to facilitate the cultivation of these fields. Therefore, it cannot become a township."
A township is made up of ten miles, and most villages are small. For example, Qili Village does not even have a mile, but it still forms a mile with some households in Dali Village. The length of the mile is the people from Dali Village.
A village longer than one mile is a very large village.
For example, in Dali Village, there is not only a big market, but also a Taoist temple, doctors, butcher stalls, and people who specialize in buying and selling grain.
The villagers in their area never go to Baimaguan Town to buy or sell things. They go to Dali Village for convenience, and go to the county town for variety.
Because the distance to the county seat and Baimaguan Town is about the same, even closer than the town.
When Bai Shan saw the geographical location of Da'an Village at that time, he knew that it was a place specially chosen by thoughtful people to isolate them from the world and avoid contact with others.
Generally, such a large village is richer than other villages, but Da'an Village is so poor that you can't even smell the smell of oil. From the elderly to the children, the clothes they wear are all patched and patched, and some young people are in their prime.
, just wearing short jackets, because there is only Da'an Village in that place, and they can't do anything except farming.
Tang He had been a local official, so naturally he could see the key at a glance, so he couldn't help but remind Governor Yu, and said with a smile: "My junior fellow is young and is a bit stupid in reading.
Seeing that they were hungry and poorly clothed, even though we reassured them that they would still cultivate this land in the future, we were still frightened and uneasy. We couldn't help but made such a promise in public, and even foolishly put our name on the post.
Hand them all over."
Yu Cishang looked at Bai Shan seriously, and after a moment he smiled and said: "Master Bai has a kind heart, which is understandable."
Tang He sighed and said: "But after all, these fields are public fields in Qizhou. We are only responsible for redeeming them. How can we go beyond the agency to decide on the rent? So I have to ask Governor Yu."
Governor Yu smiled and said, "It's easy to talk. It's easy to talk. How about this? How about I go to the countryside with Mr. Tang tomorrow?"
He smiled and said: "As long as Mr. Tang doesn't mind me getting in the way, we can go to the countryside together to deal with the matter. This will be quick and convenient, and can also calm people's hearts as quickly as possible, how about it?"
Mr. Tang had a smile on his face and said, "This is what Tang asked for."
"Then we have agreed to go to the countryside together tomorrow."
"Okay, tomorrow Tang will be waiting at the governor's house and we will go to the countryside together." Tang He glanced at the deputy general behind Governor Yu, stood up and said with a smile: "Now that it's settled, I won't disturb Governor Yu's grooming anymore."
Governor Yu also stood up to see him off. After sending him to the door, he said, "Master Tang, you can relax in the backyard. Wait for a while. When I change my clothes, I will come immediately to invite Master Tang to join us for the banquet."
Tang He nodded with a smile and left with Bai Shan.
After leaving the main courtyard, the smile on Tang He's face faded, but Bai Shan's eyes were full of smiles, "Xuexiong Tang, this new governor is a wonderful person, rough and fine, it seems that he is so
If you start killing people, you can definitely control the situation."