Chapter 1056 Changping County Lord 4
Two days later, Butler Xiao and Butler Lin came to reply.
This has always been uneven, and it has become even worse in the past two years. There are rumors that the Huns will attack sooner or later, so many people are eager to sell when they hear that someone is willing to buy a shop for the first time. In less than two days, seven or eight shops on one street have been purchased, and the remaining few are still negotiating prices, hoping to lower the prices.
Butler Xiao seemed to be experienced and steady, and he answered clearly and clearly. He said that when he bought the whole street, he would not be able to use up the one thousand taels of silver, but he would still have fifty or sixty taels left, which could be used for decoration and renovation.
After hearing this, Xining nodded: "That'll be hard work."
Butler Xiao also said that all the big families and officials in the county sent people to find out when the county lord would prepare a banquet.
In half a year, when the cold winter comes, and before the New Year is over, the Xiongnu will break through the city, and they will even have a banquet.
However, the banquet is not without benefits. For this banquet, each family may prepare gifts. Even if there were no gifts, she would still like to meet some wealthy families.
So he said: "I have been here for more than five days. It is a bit too hasty to hold a banquet now. If word spreads, it will be said that I am enjoying myself wantonly, and it will spread to your Majesty. This is not good."
After saying this, Butler Lin immediately wiped tears with his sleeves.
Xining looked at him doubtfully: "Steward Lin, why are you crying?"
Butler Lin wiped the moist corners of his eyes with his wide sleeves, and said in a choked voice: "I am very happy. The county master has finally grown up, understands etiquette and knows how to retreat."
Xining smiled, well, if he was the body owner, he would have happily agreed. However, it is not easy to survive until now. Foolish people are lucky.
Butler Xiao thought for a while and came up with an idea: "The summer solstice will be in half a month. The lotus flowers should be blooming in the pool in the yard. Then we can hold a lotus appreciation banquet."
Just three or five lotus leaves in the bare pool? But it's only early summer, and the leaves are growing very quickly. Even if there isn't even a lotus flower by then, so what? The people who came here didn't come just to see the flowers.
Xining nodded in agreement, and then asked: "In addition to sending melons, has County Magistrate Zhou said anything else in the past two days?"
Butler Xiao replied: "No."
Xining smiled: "Okay, it's okay, you all can go down."
Butler Xiao and Butler Lin bowed and left. In the yard, Butler Xiao called out to Butler Lin.
Butler Xiao bowed: "I would like to ask Butler Lin, what did the county master mean just now?"
Butler Lin was confused: "What do you mean?"
I don’t know how this county manager got his job. It is said that he used to be the steward of the Qinling Prince’s Mansion, but he didn’t expect to be so slow... Butler Xiao secretly rolled his eyes in his heart, and still said in a good voice: "It was the county owner who finally asked County Magistrate Zhou to send melons. Things.”
Butler Lin thought about it for a moment: "Oh, maybe I'm worried that I've run out of melons. Just ask someone to buy some more melons."
Butler Xiao was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and watched Butler Lin walk away carelessly.
What does this mean? The county leader asked if he said anything besides sending melons. This is what ordinary people have heard, but when the county leader says this now, the connotation is very important.
When County Magistrate Zhou sent someone to deliver melons, he secretly stuffed twenty taels of melons into him.
Butler Xiao thought about it. After returning, he picked up a bamboo slip and thought about it for a long time, but finally didn't write it down. Call your nephew directly and send a message to the county magistrate's house.
After hearing what the county leader asked, County Magistrate Zhou walked back and forth three times with his hands behind his back, and said to Butler Xiao's nephew: "Go back and tell Butler Xiao that I know about this matter."
He bowed and left. County Magistrate Zhou waited until Butler Xiao's nephew left, and immediately called the two of them, took the Linyi County map and the tax account books for several years, got on the bullock cart, and went to the county lord's mansion. Xining was leaning on the couch, holding a small fan and fanning himself slowly and leisurely. When I heard that Magistrate Zhou was coming to see me, I put down my small fan and went to the living room to meet him.
When County Magistrate Zhou saw the county lord arriving, he immediately knelt down and saluted.
After Xining sat down, he asked: "Mayor Zhou, please sit down."
After County Magistrate Zhou took his seat, Xi Ning ordered people to watch tea.
After taking a sip of tea, County Magistrate Zhou thought for a while and asked: "The county magistrate is new here. I don't know if he has adapted to the climate here and whether he is used to it."
Xining smiled: "Whether you are used to it or not, you have to live this life. Since County Magistrate Zhou is here, it must be for official business, and just to greet you. County Magistrate Zhou is also a busy person with official duties, so No need to be polite, just get straight to the point.”
County Magistrate Zhou immediately understood that the county leader was not as young and incompetent as the rumors said. Now that I can let out the words and anticipate that he will come, there is really no need to say any more irrelevant words.
There are 300 staple food households in Changping County, which means that all taxes in Linyi County belong to the Changping County Lord, so when the Changping County Lord comes, he should bring these.
County Magistrate Zhou only sent a few melons and said nothing else. Just waiting to see what the county lord will do and when he will send someone over.
As a result, Butler Xiao, who was the internal response, sent someone to convey the message secretly. County Magistrate Zhou thought that if the county owner was not a difficult person to serve, he might as well come over in person. When the results came in, it turned out that the county boss was just waiting to see the tax revenue.
So he had no choice but to ask people to open the map and describe the situation of Linyi County, such as its location, boundaries, population, corvee labor, etc.
After the introduction, he raised his hand, and two people came over carrying a basket with tubes of bamboo slips in it: "This is the tax account book of the past ten years. Please check it with the county magistrate."
This is a clear temptation, but Xi Ning is not afraid: "Give me the one from last year."
I took the bamboo slips from last year's tax collection and they were quite heavy.
Xining slowly opened it and took a closer look. Although the owner of the body is uneducated and has no skills, he can still recognize the basic words, so it is not difficult to prepare tax records.
She read slowly: "Tax three thousand three hundred and twenty-one taels."
There was a problem with the first item. She smiled and said: "Linyi County has three hundred households, but the tax is only an ordinary township. It is really a good place with outstanding people."
County Magistrate Zhou replied calmly: "The crops here are single and few, which is why the Xiongnu invades from time to time. However, when the Lord of Changping County comes, you must be a noble man. If you can count on the blessing of the Lord of Changping County, It will definitely make a big difference here, and I hope the tax revenue will be better this year.”
Neither humble nor arrogant, good!
Xining continued to read, and at the end, after all expenses were removed, there was only more than one hundred taels of silver left.
More than a hundred taels of silver, haha, is enough for the expenses of the county lord's mansion.
"I've finished reading this, and there's no need to read the others." Xining lifted the opened bamboo slip, and Ping'er next to him immediately took it and stepped aside.
This account must have been used to enrich one's own pockets, and the other accounts must also be in disarray. After all, the mountains are high here and the emperor is far away, so it’s good to have people there, and I’m also thinking about taxation, haha!
Before County Magistrate Zhou could relax, the Lord of Changning County asked: "How many troops are there guarding here, how many officials are there in the government offices, and how many servants each tribe has to provide?"
County Magistrate Zhou was stunned and turned to look at the master who was brought next to him.
(End of chapter)