286 The little boy leaves home and the boss returns
Similar to the mountain god Qiu Shanwei of Liguo Mountain in Wutong County, the local mountain god of "Jiangjiagou" is also quite sociable. After calling friends, many local Baojiaxian will gather here.
There are all kinds of animals, birds, insects, and monsters, and the small "Jiangjiagou" has quite a charm.
Without aura, you can't feed elves and monsters.
"I also know a thing or two about the issue of ding. In my hometown, if there are people from the neighboring villages who are unwilling to give out dice, they will probably have to pay a sum of money and grain. This is why some villages have a very large number of dice.
Is this also the case with Jiangjiagou?"
Wei Hao asked the demon spirits present in the mountain temple. These demon spirits were all with animal heads and human bodies. They were dressed the same as humans, but they were different in size.
There is a house sparrow whose limbs have not changed well, and the hands exposed from the cuffs are still a pair of wings.
Just listen to it whispering: "Your Majesty, it's not that good."
"Oh? I'm afraid it will cause trouble if I forcefully whip my penis."
Wei Hao was a little strange. If he were to be beaten forcibly, his brains would be knocked out and a civil uprising would be triggered. The magistrate of Wuwen County would be completely destroyed.
"Originally, there were dozens of hills in the county, and hundreds of villagers came together. But I didn't know what evil wind was blowing. A noble man said that 'Jiangjiagou' is of the same lineage as his ancestors, and he should use his own family's name.
We couldn't disturb other people. So we followed the men of 'Jiangjiagou'. Later, we really didn't have enough manpower, so we asked the local big family to contribute. Ding Juren from the county volunteered, invited the clerk, and went to 'Ding'.
Jia Nao' requisitioned the men of the Ding family..."
After talking a lot, Wei Hao also understood the cause and effect from Jia Que'er's mouth.
"'Dong Bohou' seems to be named Jiang?"
Wei Hao was actually not sure about this matter, because he originally decided who would be "Dong Bohou", but there were many candidates, and Jiang was just one of them.
Now it seems that maybe it was someone named Jiang who became "Dong Bohou".
The small "Jiangjiagou" is actually from the same family as the big aristocrats?
If you think about it carefully, it's normal.
As long as there are people alive now, only ten generations of poor peasants are rare. Not to mention ten generations, fifth generations of "poor and lowly" are quite rare.
It is normal for living people to have great wealth in their ancestors.
"Generally, drawing dice cannot delay farm work. How does it work?"
Wei Hao took notes on Jia Queer's confession and continued to ask.
"I hate it when I talk about this. Your Majesty, you don't know something. But the autumn grain has not yet been confiscated, and the county said that there is a subsidy, which can reduce or reduce taxes. Even the land tax, beans and wheat are reduced..."
"This is a good thing."
"fart!"
The house sparrow cursed loudly, "It's a reduction, but no one has harvested the autumn grain. Two heavy rains came, and there was no one to harvest. According to this calculation, the loss was three buckets more than last year. Then when I went to work, it came again.
People open their mouths and make fools of themselves, saying things like taking care of food and housing, giving 'New Year's gifts' during the New Year, and always having a dime of silver. That's what they said. That's what they said. I'm listening to it right under the eaves."
"If you take care of food and shelter, this food should be enough. For a dime of silver, a woman and child can survive for a month."
"But it's in arrears."
"Well, I already heard about this when I came here. Please tell me in detail."
"okay!"
The bird suddenly became energetic: "Your Majesty, those in charge of the granary, the Department of Health and Welfare, the county government, and the military depot are all broken. They were talking about taking care of food and housing, but in the end, only half of the people could live in the fields. Datong
I had to do the remaining half of the paving myself. So before digging into the mountains to quarry stone, I had to cut down the wood first..."
Once he explained it, Wei Hao was really immersed in the situation.
It means that most of the construction site was cleaned up by the men of "Jiangjiagou" themselves.
And after cleaning up, they will only stay temporarily and will leave in the future. This world has nothing to do with them in terms of copper coins.
There is a "hidden trick" in this, that is, the wages for logging and building houses are not included in the calculation.
When I came here, I worked in a quarry, which was considered a labor force. Of course, it was considered a corvee or a labor service.
But as long as there is work, the court has a clear division of labor, otherwise the accounts and projects will not match up.
If you do a little bit of work, you can make a lot of money based on the wages of one person.
After all, if nothing else goes wrong, the original expenses for logging and building houses must have been borne by the court, the county government, or one of the Dong Bohou Mansion, or together.
If the money is left over, it will fall into the hands of the person in charge, but in the accounts, it means expenditure, and it must have been used.
At the same time, as long as the ration subsidies for quarries are increased and extended, the time for logging and building houses will be covered, and nothing can be seen in the accounts.
If this operation is done properly, it is equivalent to turning one penny into two cents. It is also a relatively common and sexy operation.
The people in charge do a great job, but it is always the front-line workers who suffer.
"...During the winter months, there was a snowfall. It wasn't really that big, just a finger thick. As a result, the next day the two mines said they couldn't transport food, so they owed it first. After all, the mountain roads were rugged and the Wenshui River was full.
We can’t go back. So although the two mines are quite resentful, they endure it. Starting from the winter months, the mine’s food and drink will depend on the funding from the miners’ families..."
"Good guy."
I couldn't help but clap my hands, this operation was really blatant.
If it were Wei Jiawan, he would have started fighting with a knife.
Of course, none of the previous county magistrates in Wufeng County were so arrogant.
The road in Dongyue Mountain is rugged, so the explanation is reasonable.
But this is just the explanation given by those who handle it. However, the grain transport teams from the court, county government and even the Hou Mansion have a hard time walking. The old and weak women and children in "Jiangjiagou Dingjianao" bring stuttering food to their sons, husbands and brothers.
Is walking easier?
He didn't give any explanation to me, or put on a high profile, and his old majesty made the old, weak, women and children dare not speak out in anger.
And who doesn’t feel sorry for their husband, son, and brother?
No matter how unhappy it is, we still have to walk through the snow to deliver food rations.
For Wei Hao, this round trip was just a matter of jumping around a few times, and the straight-line distance back and forth was forty miles.
But for the old, weak, women and children, it's different.
Wangshan is like a dead horse, no matter where it is, it will be like this in any rough and bumpy place.
In this way, this is a journey of one hundred and two hundred miles, so we must rest for one or two days.
If you are afraid of risks, then you have to ask someone to take you with you. At this time, the remaining men of "Jiangjiagou Dingjianao" will have to be refused, and they can't all be dispatched. Then they must find ways to find more opportunities.
At this time, Wei Hao didn't even need to listen to Jia Que'er's words to know what the operation would be.
Asking for help requires running errands; if you don’t have rations, you have to borrow money and borrow money. This is not just a matter of villagers doing each other a favor. You have to ask the big family for help.
"...In the twelfth lunar month, a batch of food arrived, but it was not much. The winter clothes we agreed on were thin and discounted. When there was a heavy snow in the twelfth lunar month, they said that the snow was heavy and the horses and carriages were mortal bodies and could not be delivered.
.If you want to deliver it, you need the help of the demon slayer in the county. At this time, you have to collect money..."
The bird chattered a lot, and although it was not very coherent, with sticks and hammers here and there, in general it was clear what was right and wrong.
Wei Hao repeated Jia Que'er's confession to let him hear whether it was the true story. After Jia Que'er was sure, Wei Hao asked him to stamp it.
The bird's claws stepped on the ink pad and made a mark.
Then the bird's paw prints glowed with indigo light, and the entire confession turned into an "iron coupon."
"Gentleman, this paper has turned into fine iron!"
"normal."
Wei Hao smiled and said, "The King of Hell is not interested in anything now. I cut off the yang during the day and the yin at night. I am one of the few people who can communicate with both yin and yang. Don't forget, when I enter the underworld, it is because of 'Da Xia'
Qian Niu Wei Si's envoy is hereditary Zuo Qianhu's identity."
"Then the gentleman doesn't find it strange at all?"
Seeing the dog's expression of incomprehension, Wei Hao touched its head and said, "There is a saying called 'ironclad evidence is as strong as a mountain'."
“Immense proof?”
"Yes, for some people, this 'iron coupon' is heavier than a mountain as long as it sees the light of day. This statement is also what a friend of mine saw elsewhere."
In the world before time travel, there were many metaphors like this.
It's just that here, people's will often makes metaphors and comparisons become true.
Praising Wei Xiangxiang as an indomitable man was originally just a joke, but in the underworld, Wei Hao took advantage of Emperor Fengdu's eyelids and did his best to defeat the five kings of hell.
Many things are not surprising.
Wei Hao has a fiery eye that is more accurate than a polygraph, and nothing Jia Qiaoer says can escape his judgment.
If officials in the human world also have this kind of magical power, they shouldn't use it too easily for conducting overt and covert investigations.
"Who are the officials in charge of recruiting civilians here at 'Jiangjiagou' and 'Dingjianao'?"
"I'm not an official."
There was a weasel sitting on a futon nearby with his hands folded, his legs crossed, his beard gray and white, drooping on both sides. He looked quite old.
"Old sir, tell me?"
The old weasel looked around, and then said to the Baojiaxians around him in a questioning tone: "Then let me tell you?"
"Sir, tell me, tell me, you have a higher seniority..."
Several little weasels were wearing short coats and were not afraid of the cold in the first month. Their hands and feet were covered with brown winter velvet. While talking, they were nodding and bowing to the surrounding people, obviously to help the old weasels to confess their sins.
"Your Majesty, let me tell you..."
While the old weasel was talking, he pulled out a slender copper pot cigarette stick from the back of his neck, and stuffed tobacco into it while talking. As soon as he stuffed it, he wanted to find a fire, but Wei Hao blocked the cigarette pot.
Smoke started coming out.
After taking a few sips, the old yellow weasel thanked him: "Thank you, Your Majesty, Thank you, Your Majesty..."
As if being beaten for a moment, the old weasel thought about it for a while before saying: "This 'Jiangjiagou' was mainly taken over by two masters of civil engineering. They no longer live in 'Jiangjiagou' for a long time.
After all, it has been at least sixty-five years. That was when I was young and left home."
After some recollection, I could only sigh: "I guess I have grown up and climbed onto the high branch of a noble person. To say this noble person, the two of them are as good as heavenly beings in Jiangjiagou, and they are even taller than them.
That would be extremely high."
Wei Hao did not interrupt, but he thought with some malice in his heart: The young man left home and the boss came back, and this time he came back with the intention of exterminating the family. He is really a filial son and a good grandson!
"The recruitment of civilian husbands was an official document from the imperial court, and was shared by the county government. Later I heard that the nobleman was from the same family as the 'Jiangjiagou', so he took care of his own family's needs and would not treat them unfairly..."
"..."
Awesome, awesome!
No matter how many times he heard it, Wei Hao still felt it was quite awesome.
"Those two Juren also received benefits when they came earlier. There was no shortage of rice, flour, grain and oil, and they also gave farm tools, all of which were made of iron. Who would have thought that in a blink of an eye, these picks and big shovels would be returned to the quarry? In the house I live in, the head of the house weighs 1,780 kilograms, and now he still has 123 kilograms left..."
The old yellow weasel also complained and chattered for a long time.
However, Wei Hao was not in a hurry and did not rush. He just took notes and took notes.
"When they were hired later, these two candidates made guarantees, saying that the work would include food and accommodation, and there would be no shortage of money and food. During the New Year, there would be a 'New Year's Day', one dime of silver and two cents of silver, there would always be. I thought about it and it was the same. The master of Juren couldn't see any tricks, so he didn't do anything secretly. Looking back now, he was deceived step by step..."
At a critical moment, Bao Jiaxian would dream and appear, or at worst break a bowl at home, which would remind him of his old club.
Who would have thought that this great man could capsize a huge boat?
Wei Hao also secretly laughed in his heart: This is the consequence of not studying. If you want not to be deceived by scholars, you have to study seriously.
Even though there are many warriors in Weijiawan who go to the battlefield without a frown, they never slack off in studying.
Even if reading is like eating shit, you still have to read.
When you reason with people like this, you know in your mind whether your fists and machetes are justified or not.
Although Old Huang Weasel has been practicing for a long time, he doesn't know that the sinister nature of people's hearts changes with changes in the world. In times of peace, the sinister nature of people's hearts is slightly less severe; in times of war and chaos, it becomes even worse.
"The additional labor issues later were all handled by two people. But I also said at the time that they would also help with the two seasons of this year's land tax. The current market situation is probably not a combination of coaxing and deception. Damn it, I was then I still thought that Jiangjiagou had finally produced a few promising people. It really blinded me!"
After blowing out a puff of smoke, the old yellow weasel still felt regretful.
Wei Hao grasped the key point. After recording it on paper, he asked: "Old sir, you just said that the labor force in the winter and twelfth lunar month was taken care of by two people?"
"Yes, there is a document. It's in the ancestral house."
"The two seasons of land tax, that is, summer grain and autumn grain, they also said that they have paid for it?"
"Yes, there are documents too."
"That's good."
Wei Hao nodded and read the confession to Old Huang Weasel, "Old sir, are there any mistakes or omissions in what I wrote down?"
"What the king said is absolutely right!"
"That's alright. Please give me your stamp here, old gentleman."
"okay!"
As soon as the weasel stretched out its paw, it firmly left a paw print. The same indigo light flashed, and the paper gradually turned into an "iron coupon".
Putting the two "iron coupons" aside, Wei Hao smiled and said: "With these two confessions, I can kill those two people now. But we are not in a hurry. If you want to kill, just kill the big fish. I want to know more." Do you know whether this 'Dong Bohou' has the heart of a bear or the guts of a leopard, or he has three heads and six arms, so he dares to be so rampant? Good guy, he colluded with Wuwen County to play such a trick, but fortunately the 'incarnation of national destiny' is no longer here, this If he's still there, it would be easy to bite him to death."
After that, Wei Hao continued to the many "Jiangjiagou" Baojiaxian: "Don't have any worries. With me here, don't say anything about raising people. They are county magistrates. If you win, you will win."
"Your Majesty, I also have something to say!"
"Your Majesty, your Majesty, I have something to confess!"
"King, little one..."
With the examples of the house sparrow and the old yellow weasel, the guardian immortals no longer have worries, and they are scrambling one by one, fearing that it will be too late and too late.
This lively scene stunned the mountain gods. The huge tiger was lying on the side, feeling very emotional. He had never seen such excitement in many years.
Moreover, they were not just wailing and looking like little girls, but they were all excited, dancing and smiling.
In this situation, the thick first-month snow outside seemed not to be a big deal.