Yang Yuanwai saw Wang Xian, and Wang Xian also saw him.
Seeing the culprit, Wang Xian's eyes suddenly turned cold.
Not to be outdone, Officer Yang stared back at him.
Wang Xian pointed his finger like a knife across his throat, and there was a hint of cruelty in his sneer.
Although it was mid-spring in the south of the Yangtze River and the warm wind was intoxicating, Yuan Yuan was feeling cold all over his body and couldn't help shivering...
The carriages passed by each other and drove out a few streets. Yang Yuanwai came back to his senses and immediately laughed to himself. I am not even afraid of the county magistrate. I am afraid of an official?
But then I thought about it, and I was a little worried. Ordinarily, Wang Er should be in Suzhou now, with no way to ask for help, and he was very worried. Why did he come back so soon?
Could it be that he gave up because of the difficulty? How could he be so arrogant? Could it be that he couldn't afford to lose, was so angry, and wanted to retaliate?
The more Yuan Wai thought about it, the more he realized it was possible, so he planned to tell his family not to cause trouble during this period, so as not to become their punching bag.
However, the small episode was not enough to affect Yang Yuanwai's mood. When the carriage drove into the house, his face was full of smile again. Yes, today is a day that must be celebrated. Let's talk about those small things in two days.
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Sure enough, the house was full of laughter and laughter, and everyone's face was beaming with joy. What's even more exaggerated is that, whoever's idea it was, the lights were decorated to make it look like the Chinese New Year!
Dozens of members of the family were waiting for him to come back in the main room. They were excitedly discussing which hills they should want and making their own calculations to see how many acres they could get.
Yang Yuanwai got off the carriage in the sedan hall. The whole family stood up, put on their most affectionate smiles, and used the sweetest words to surround him in the ocean of love, almost drowning Yuan Yuanwai who had not slept all night.
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In the end, it was his younger brother who came to his rescue and said: "Brother is tired. Please ask him to take a rest first and then talk to everyone at lunch."
Everyone agreed: "It's very true, rest is the most important thing, but you can't make me tired..."
Only then was Yang Yuanwai able to return to the back house. He saw the housekeeper coming to greet him and reported in a low voice: "The lord of Suzhou has sent someone."
"Oh?" Yang Yuanwai immediately became alert, "Where is it?"
"He was invited to the master's study."
"You didn't tell me earlier!" Yang Yuanwai took three steps at a time, and as soon as he stepped into the study, he smiled enthusiastically: "Haha, I said why the magpies are always making trouble in the morning, it turns out that Brother Zhang is here."
He is just a long-term follower of Yang Tongzhi, but Yuan Yuanwai does not dare to neglect him at all. He is closer to him than to his own brother.
"Haha, you are so polite." Brother Zhang did not smile, but whispered: "Are you sure that's a magpie and not an old bird?"
"Oh...hahaha..." Yang Yuanwai laughed: "I didn't expect that Brother Zhang also loves to tell jokes."
"I never tell jokes." Brother Zhang still said with a straight face: "I am here to deliver a message to the members of the Communist Party of China on the order of my eldest father."
"Oh?" Yang Yuanwai could only suppress his smile and asked, "What's the matter?"
"It's a verbal message." Brother Zhang said solemnly: "My eldest brother asked me to tell this message to the outsiders intact. The outsiders had better be mentally prepared."
"I'm all ears," Yang said solemnly.
"Okay," Brother Zhang cleared his throat and said, "Yang Jian, you are an idiot. If you go ahead and kill me, you will bring trouble to me! It's not good to offend anyone. You offend the boy named Wang!"
Yang Yuanwai was stunned when he heard this. He couldn't remember for a moment who his surname was Wang? Then he heard the elder brother Zhang continue: "I don't care about your troubles anymore. I've already let people go and let them go. You can take care of yourself. And I would like to advise you."
, if you have any grievances, settle them in the county, and don't make a big deal out of it, otherwise I won't be able to save you, and no one can save you... Also, let Lao Zhang slap you twice for me to relieve your hatred."
After Brother Zhang finished retelling, he saw that Yang Yuanwai was dumbfounded for a long time, so he had to cough lightly and said, "I'm sorry, Yuan Wai." He rounded his arms and slapped Yuan Wai, which made Yang Yuanwai's face deformed.
Brother Zhang slapped him again with his backhand, and his face deformed in the opposite direction, with two bright red palm prints appearing on his cheeks.
However, Yang Yuanwai ignored the nosebleeds and held Brother Zhang's hand, saying in panic: "Brother Zhang, what's going on? How can a lowly official from the second district of Wang make the great master so afraid?"
"It's true that he is a junior official, but his background is tough." Brother Zhang usually had many benefits from Yuan Yuanwai, so he had to remind him: "I can't even offend the old master."
"Ah!" Yang Yuanwai was completely shocked, "How is it possible? Didn't the great master say that he can't offend anyone in the world with less than one hand?"
"It's a pity that he is one of them." Brother Zhang sighed: "To tell you the truth, please don't spread the word... Then Wang Xian got some shitty luck, and Eunuch Zheng actually spoke for him."
"Which Eunuch Zheng?" Yang Yuanwai asked with wide eyes.
"Who else can be Eunuch Zheng?" Brother Zhang said, "It's Ma Sanbao who led my Ming Dynasty navy on three voyages to the West."
"Ah..." Yang Yuanwai's face gradually became swollen, and his expression became more and more ugly as he said: "Eunuch Zheng is the general manager of the palace. How can a person in the clouds of the Ming Dynasty know a little Luo like Wang Er?"
"It's not just you who thinks it's strange." Brother Zhang smiled bitterly and said, "My eldest brother can't figure it out either." He paused and said, "But my eldest son will never admit a wrong person. It is indeed Eunuch Zheng. That is Emperor Yongle.
The most trusted minister, even His Highness the King of Han has to respect him, so my eldest son will naturally give him face and let the matter go."
"How could this happen?" Yang Yuanwai slumped on his chair and murmured: "Who can offend the Three Treasures Eunuch?"
"Don't worry too much." Brother Zhang comforted him and said, "Who is Eunuch Zheng? How could he care about the trivial matters in your county? My elder brother told me that you should do whatever you want in the county.
He teaches Wang a lesson, and as long as he doesn't torture him to death, everything will be fine."
"That's good, that's good..." Yang Yuanwai nodded slowly, and couldn't help but said with great joy: "Fortunately, the contract has been completed, and it won't help if he comes back."
"That's good." Brother Zhang nodded and said, "I don't want anything this time, so you can take care of yourself." After saying that, he said goodbye and left.
Yang Yuanwai hurriedly sealed the money and said a few words of gratitude before sending Brother Zhang away. I don’t know what to thank him for? Thank him for beating me into a pig’s head?
It was almost noon when I sent Brother Zhang back. The banquet had been prepared and his family was waiting for him. His brother came over to invite him to dinner, but saw that both sides of his face were swollen like cakes...
"What's up, brother..."
"It fell." Yang Yuanwai said angrily.
"You can only fall on one side, why did you fall on both sides?"
"After falling, I hit the wall again." Yang Yuanwai said angrily: "What the hell are you asking!"
"Are we still going to eat?" His brother thought to himself, and he probably wouldn't eat.
"Eat your shit." Yang Yuanwai took the bamboo hat handed over by the butler, got into the carriage, and said to the driver: "Go to Yuan Yuan's house!"
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In that room, Wang Xian also returned to the Yamen.
As soon as Wei Zhixian saw him, he burst into tears. He grabbed Wang Xian's collar and said, "You came back half a day early, why did you do this?"
"My subordinate has been working day and night." Wang Xian saw that he was agitated and did not swat his hand away.
"Then the sky is unkind," Wei Zhixian said with tears, "The land was sold just yesterday."
"Just sold it?" Wang Xian asked in surprise: "Didn't you ask the teacher to sell the land a long time ago?"
"The elder has always insisted on refusing to sell at a low price. It was not until the county town ran out of food and the people started to riot that he had to compromise." Wu Wei sighed at the side.
"Alas, you still don't believe me." Wang Xian sighed and said, "Have you forgotten my original promise?"
"I haven't forgotten what you said. You promised at the beginning that you would just sell the official farmland, not really give it to them. You just let them pass it by, and then take the farmland back when our food arrives." Weizhixian added.
He sighed: "But those big households are as greedy as wolves. How can they spit out what they eat? I'm worried that if you make a mistake, the county will suffer huge losses."
"What if there is a knife hidden in the meat?" Wang Xian sneered: "Those Zhongshan wolves will vomit if they don't want to!"
"How do you say it?" Wei Zhixian perked up.
"Bring the deed." Wang Xian stretched out his hand. Wei Zhixian quickly opened the drawer and took out the deed that he regarded as a shame.
Wang Xian read it carefully and said with a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, the main terms have not changed!"
"Of course," Wei Zhixian said with a wry smile: "I have never forgotten your words. Even if I want to preserve a glimmer of hope, I don't dare to change the terms you set."
"Yeah." Wang Xian nodded excitedly, pointing to the terms in the deed and said: "I'm afraid they only bought the two thousand acres of mature farmland and not the eight thousand acres of fake farmland! Now that they've eaten it all,
Just wait until you have a stomachache."
"Fake land?" Wei Zhixian and Wu Wei both stared wide-eyed and asked, "What do you mean?"
"Is it Sanada?" Wang Xian asked back: "Are there any traces of terraced fields on the hills planned on the drawings?"
"It's just a barren mountain." Wu Wei understood a little and said with bright eyes. "What does Sihu mean by not allowing the people to continue to open fields?"
"But it has been written into the contract." Wei Zhixian is a gentleman after all. He shook his head and said: "How can the government break its promise to others?"
"We didn't say we can't open it, we just won't open it temporarily." Wang Xian said calmly: "There's nothing we can do about it because April is here."
"April is here?" Wei Zhixian was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly said: "Yes, we must stop work."
April is called 'Silkworm Moon' in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. As the name suggests, it is a key month for silkworms to spin silk and make cocoons. The so-called royal government is based on farming and mulberry farming, which means sericulture and weaving. Especially for the first generation in Zhejiang and Zhejiang, it is of paramount importance.
Big deal. Almost every household in the south of the Yangtze River raises silkworms. Silkworm rearing is a delicate job. Silkworm seedlings are delicate and sensitive to temperature, humidity, smell, and sound. Once silkworm farmers take care of themselves and fail to take precautions, they will suffer losses. So raising silkworms is also a laborious job.
, at this time, the whole family has to work together to take care of it day and night, and there is no one on the street.
For this reason, the government clearly stipulated that weddings and funerals were not allowed in Canyue, and no noise or noise was allowed. Even couples sleeping together, visiting friends, and talking loudly were prohibited. As for the government itself, taxes and lawsuits were also suspended. It was also stipulated that in addition to
All the necessary personnel on duty should go home to take care of the silkworm babies...