"Yes, the suspension of work in Canyue is justifiable!" Wu Wei said with a smile: "According to regulations, the county government should suspend tax collection and litigation in April and rest with the people! This 'levy' includes tax collection and husband collection!"
"What should we do about the victims?" Wei Zhixian asked.
"They are still working for relief, but they are raising silkworms at home. The government will give them silkworm seeds and rations, so that they can concentrate on raising silkworms and hand them over to the government for raw silk production." Wang Xian had obviously made a plan before saying: "Last month
, I asked a few money and grain merchants to go to Hangzhou, Jiaxing, and Huzhou to buy a large number of silkworm seeds..."
"Did you expect this day to come?" Wei Zhixian glared at him.
"My subordinates are not gods," Wang Xian said with a wry smile, "I am just worried that if something goes wrong, there is a remedy."
"Calculate defeat before you expect victory, eh, not bad, not bad." Wei Zhixian no longer delved into these details. Now as long as he can recover the losses and prevent the government from breaking its trust, he will thank God for burning incense. But he is a gentleman after all,
Be true to your words and be resolute in your deeds. I feel that since I have signed a contract, not fulfilling it is a breach of trust, "What should I do if the Silkworm Moon has passed? Things that have been decided cannot be delayed again and again."
"If the Silkworm Moon is not released, the problem will be solved." Wang Xian patted his chest and said, "Of course, we still need a notice from the eldest master."
"What notice?" Wei Zhixian asked.
"Isn't the Grand Master sad that the people of Fuyang are complaining about you?" Wang Xian said with a smile: "As soon as this notice comes out, the hearts of the people are guaranteed to be intact, and they will all come to the Grand Master!"
"Stop being so secretive!" Wei Zhixian's heart was scratching his head and he urged: "Hurry up and tell me!"
Wang Xian then told the content of the notice, which made Wei Zhixian and Wu Xiaopang dumbfounded...
"This, this is too cruel..." Wu Wei was stunned and said: "You are trying to kill them!"
"Good!" Wei Zhixian said excitedly: "It can not only solve the chronic problems of people's livelihood, but also let the food of those big households fall into the hands, and also relieve the county... It's really killing four birds with one stone, what's the use of it?
No!"
He immediately drafted it himself and wrote two notices. After printing, he asked someone to post the first one first! Then he gave the second one to the copy office to copy 500 copies each and post them throughout the county!
Coming out of the signing room, Wu Wei asked in a low voice: "The elder said he could kill four birds with one stone, why did he only say three?"
"Little Fatty, do you really have martial arts?" Wang Xian turned around, pinched his cheek and said, "I can't tell."
"..." Wu Wei nodded dejectedly. "I learned a little bit about the three-legged cat from my father."
"The real person doesn't show his face." Wang Xian smiled and lowered his voice and said: "This is the fourth sculpture of the great master."
"That's it." Wu Wei said clearly. He knew that the eldest man looked like a gentleman, but he was very revengeful. So the fourth eagle was to get a chance to take revenge.
Wang Xian let go of his hand, put his arm around his neck, and walked out of the back office laughing.
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During the farewell of the Yang family, all the members and outsiders gathered together again, but the atmosphere in the hall was completely different from yesterday.
The faces that still retained the contentment were all clouded with clouds. There was no way, looking at Yang Jian's face that had been beaten into a pig's head, even those who usually had a grudge against him would inevitably feel the sadness of a rabbit dying of a fox.
After listening to Yang Jian tell what happened, the mood among the members became even worse. They all couldn't figure it out, how could Wang Xian know Ma Sanbao?
"This is going to be troublesome." Yu Yuanwai said worriedly: "With Zheng He's support, Wei Zhi County still won't make a list with us?"
"What are you afraid of?" Wang Yuanwai said nonchalantly: "Didn't you hear what Lao Yang said, who is Eunuch Zheng? He won't care about coming to our county. As long as we don't make a big fuss, we can do whatever we want."
"That's right." Li Yuanwai nodded and said, "We don't need to panic. During this time, I ask my family to be careful and not to give others a hand. What can the government do to me?"
"There will be no problems with our fields..." This is what everyone is most concerned about.
"It will be fine." Wang Yuanwai said decisively: "Wei Zhixian has already put a big seal on the contract written in black and white, and he himself can't even repudiate it!"
"That's right." Everyone nodded and said, "The contract in the government must be acknowledged even when it comes to Emperor Yongle."
"There is one more thing, have you ever thought about it?" Yu Yuanwai whispered again: "Wang Xian is back, will the grain ship be far away? I heard that there are fifty grain ships with 400 ingredients...each ship has seven
Eight hundred shi, even if we count 700 shi, we still have 35,000 shi of rice...our 50,000 shi of rice must not be devalued."
Everyone was sweating immediately. In the past two months, there has been a spring famine in Fuyang, but the big households are happy every day. Because the price of the 50,000 shi of grain they have stored is rising to the sky. It can be sold for 7
Eight coins per dou, that is, seven or eight taels of silver per stone, don’t think it’s too expensive, there’s nowhere to buy it if you have the money!
This allows them to experience the pleasure of rapid asset appreciation, and their moods naturally fly to the clouds. But as soon as the rice from Huguang arrives, the price of food will definitely fall, at least by half, and how much money will be lost...
"This is really a troublesome thing." Yang Yuanwai wiped his sweat and said, "We can't let the price of food fall!"
"How is it possible..." The members discovered that he not only had a pig's head, but also a pig's brain. "If we have a good relationship with the county, we can even control the county magistrate. There is still hope. But now everyone surnamed Wei hates us.
It’s impossible to help us raise the price.”
"There's nothing to hesitate about." Li Yuanwai said, "While the people don't know yet, hurry up and ship the goods separately! You can earn whatever you want!"
"Okay." Everyone nodded, and Yu Yu said, "If you want to sell as much as possible, do you have to lower the price?"
"At least six liang and one stone." Li Yuanwai thought for a moment and said, "But don't show off until the end. If you can sell one stone at a high price, you can earn a little more!"
"I got it." Everyone stood up and wanted to go out, but they saw Li Yu and Li Xiucai hurried in as if they had seen a ghost. They didn't bother to say hello to the elders, so they said anxiously: "Dad, something bad is going to happen!"
"Calm down!" Li Yuanwai felt a little embarrassed and scolded: "How can I teach you normally!"
"..." Li Yu pursed his lips depressedly and whispered: "The child is shocked."
"You will be an official in the future. No matter what happens, you must stay calm." Li Yuanwai then straightened his face, picked up the tea cup, took a sip, and said, "Let's talk."
"The county government posted a notice saying that because silkworms are taboo in April, the government will suspend taxes and lawsuits and rest with the people! Therefore, it will suspend farming for one month. In response to the disaster, the victims will no longer be married and will instead raise silkworms for the government..."
'Pfft...' Mr. Li took a sip of water and sprayed it firmly on his son's face. His voice changed and he said, "What?" Because he was too excited and choked on his saliva, Mr. Li coughed violently.
The hall immediately exploded, and the expressions of the members and outsiders were so wonderful!
"This is so shameless!" Wang Yuanwai said angrily: "You deceived us of our food and then you don't admit it in the blink of an eye!"
"Despicable!" Yang Yuanwai was so angry that he trembled and said: "If you just sign and use the seal and don't acknowledge the account, does the person named Wei have any credibility?" After a pause, he said: "If a person has no faith and cannot stand, he is not a person!"
"Beast, bastard!" Mr. Li finally regained his breath with the help of his son. His face was still purple from holding back and said, "It's so shameless! How can a person be so shameless?"
"Can he stop work at will?" Everyone looked at Yang Yuanwai and Wang Yuanwai. The contract was signed by the two of them, so they should be familiar with the terms. "What do you think of the contract?"
"There is a limited delivery date in the deed." The two members said with great injustice, "If you don't believe me, take it out and take a look!"
"Quick, take it out!" Mr. Li took out the key and handed it to his son.
After a while, Li Yu took back the deed that was kept by the Li family. Everyone came up to take a look and saw that the delivery date was clearly written on the third item... There were five batches, one batch of 2,000 acres, and the third batch was divided into five batches.
One batch will be delivered on the fifth day of April, the second batch will be delivered on the fifth day of May, and one batch will be delivered every month after that.
Wang Yuanwai saw this and said loudly: "Let me tell you, we looked carefully at that time and there was no problem!"
"Haha, if you have this, you won't be afraid of them cheating!" The non-members said with an uneasy smile: "The worst case scenario is to file a lawsuit with the province. The government must accept the contract made by itself! Otherwise, how can we win the trust of the people?"
But Yang Yuanwai seemed to remember something. He turned to the last page of the contract, read one of the clauses carefully, and suddenly panicked: "It's broken..."
After everyone heard the words, they all looked at the clause and saw that it read:
‘The performance of the above terms shall be premised on not violating national laws, public order and good customs. If situations that violate national laws, public order and good customs occur or may occur, both parties have the right to waive or postpone the performance of the terms.”
"What does this mean?" Many people didn't understand.
"That is to say, in these two cases, they have the right to waive or postpone the performance of the contract..." Li Xiucai explained in a low voice.
"Can they use this this time?" the members asked with wide eyes.
"It is an unwritten law of the two Zhejiang provinces that the government of Canyue suspends taxes and lawsuits. It is forbidden for people to go out and concentrate on raising silkworms. It is also a good custom." Li Xiucai sighed: "It can be used."
"Can't they just delay?" The little hope that had just been ignited outside the members was extinguished by a splash of urine.
"What's even more frightening is," Li Xiucai's mind was spinning quickly and he said with a dark face: "After raising silkworms, it's time to collect the summer tax again. After collecting the summer tax, it's time to compile the yellow book. After compiling the yellow book, it's time to collect the tax again.
It’s time for the autumn tax. After collecting the autumn tax, it’s time for the victims to go home... The government can always have reasons to delay!”
"This..." The outsiders' hearts trembled when they heard this, and Yu outside the door whispered: "From March to October, the government does not recruit civilian husbands. But that is for the people of this county. This time, the civilian husbands who open fields are from other counties.
The victims who came have no land and business in this county, so they can’t be expropriated without reason, right?”
"In order to start work, it's not enough to just have people from the people, but also people from the government to organize and supervise the work!" Li Xiucai said with a bitter face: "Wei Zhixian can definitely say that the yamen is busy collecting summer taxes, busy compiling yellow books, and so on.
In order to collect the autumn tax, we can’t spare the manpower to organize the opening of fields... we can still postpone it.”