Sister Han is good at farming

Chapter 128 Don’t cause any trouble?

"Old Fu, has your family sent you charcoal by the end of this year? If so, give me some and we can negotiate the price!"

Before Yuan Pingzhang left the government office, he went to Fu Yuanhao's office to ask him.

Because the grain output increased sharply during the autumn harvest, all of them were commended by the emperor. This commendation was not only published on the national bulletin board, but also a real reward of real money.

This kind of honor is the first in any place, not to mention that they were originally the least promising in the family. Once this award came out, they immediately became very famous in the family. Among their peers, they were even more proud.

This actually ignited their fighting spirit, and everyone vowed to make great achievements in Qingshui County. As a result, the relationship between the second-generation rich, who usually did not submit to each other, was much more relaxed.

Only after hearing Yuan Pingzhang's request did Fu Yuanhao move his eyes away from the documents and look at him.

"Now that you've reminded me, it seems like my family hasn't sent any coal to me yet."

Yuan Pingzhang was stunned. "You don't have any at home? Then I'll go ask Wang Sibo and the others."

Fu Yuanhao stared at his back in a daze for a while.

Last year, the family did send charcoal, but the road was blocked by heavy snow, and it was not delivered until the snow melted and the road became passable. But the amount was not enough for a whole winter. Because they had exchanged some with the villagers in Zaoziling before, they managed to get through that cold winter.

However, no charcoal was delivered this year, which is a bit abnormal.

After thinking about it, he decided to write a letter to his family to find out the reason.

The next day, the county magistrate Fu Yuanhao, the county magistrate Yuan Pingzhang, the chief clerk Wang Sibo, the inspector Shen Zhizui, the deputy inspector Zhang Qiuming and the ambassador of the tax department Zhao Zhen gathered together.

"I heard that no one sent charcoal this year?" Zhao Zhen asked.

"The charcoal sent last year was less than the allowance I use at home. I wrote home yesterday to ask what was going on." Fu Yuanhao frowned.

"It's the same at my house. I thought the charcoal delivery would be doubled this year, but they simply stopped delivering it, and without even saying hello. If it weren't for the monthly salary, I would have thought I was kicked out." Wang Sibo said with a gloomy look.

“No matter how I usually acted in the capital, my family never withheld the amount of charcoal used in my room. But now that I’m outside, things are different.” Yuan Pingzhang waved the paper fan in his hand and laughed at himself.

"I do know a little. Back in October, my father sent me a letter asking me to stock up on more charcoal so they wouldn't have to travel thousands of miles to deliver it to us. He said there was a big case in the capital involving several charcoal-burning villages, and many people were killed. The price of charcoal in the capital and surrounding areas might rise sharply this year."

Zhang Qiuming was immediately dissatisfied, "Why didn't you tell us about this in advance so that we could be prepared."

"You know my family well. My father threatened me every day, saying he would cut off my spending today and reduce my allowance tomorrow. But he has been threatening for more than 20 years and never did anything. I thought it would be the same this time, so I didn't take it seriously. In the past, even if I wanted to eat bird's nest, shark fin and abalone, they would send it to me on horseback without blinking an eye, not to mention the soaring coal prices."

Shen Zhizui kicked the bench with an annoyed look on his face.

"So, we have to use some of our allowance to buy charcoal for the winter? Damn it! I'm going to have to skip a lot of the delicious food at Ruan's Restaurant and Wen's roast duck!"

Zhang Qiuming was full of regret.

"No! I haven't had a meal of Wen's roast duck for three days, and I feel uncomfortable all over! I haven't had a meal of barbecue from Ruan's Restaurant for two days, and my life is not as good as it used to be."

Wang Sibo said with a look of resentment.

Yuan Pingzhang rolled his eyes and said, "It is not necessary for us to save money to get the charcoal silver."

"Instead of saving money, do you want to rob people? I heard that the only people in Qingshui County who know how to make charcoal are the father and brothers of Sinong Langzhong in Zaoziling. They are officials of the fifth rank and I heard that they have a very good relationship with Zhou Zheng. How many of us dare to rob them?" Zhao Zhen said unhappily.

"Speaking of Doctor Sinong, his eldest daughter is a very powerful character! She gave Old Shen a beating just because he stopped them for a while, and then she gave him a green bean drink, which made Old Shen so angry that he couldn't even get angry. Right? Old Shen?"

Wang Sibo raised an eyebrow at Shen Zhizui.

Shen Zhizui snorted coldly and turned his back to him.

When Fu Yuanhao heard Wang Sibo mention Ruan Qingqing, his eyebrows twitched immediately.

"It doesn't matter what kind of mischief we do here, but we must not mess with the eldest daughter of Doctor Sinong's family!

Not to mention that the award we received from the Emperor this time was all due to her, the most important thing is that she was the one Zhou Zheng specifically asked to protect. I think everyone present should have remembered why we came here!"

When this was mentioned, everyone became indignant.

"Even if I forget my name, I can't forget this! I just made a few sarcastic remarks about Zhou Zheng, and then he complained to the emperor!"

"Yes! Zhou Zheng is extremely sinister! No one should mess with him!"

Fu Yuanhao slowly picked up the teacup and blew gently.

"We were sent to the post-disaster reconstruction area for just a few laughs and ridicules. If we touch the people he specifically asked us to protect, you should all think carefully about the consequences!"

Everyone immediately fell silent, with different thoughts in their minds.

"Hey! I don't think we, a bunch of officials, can argue with a little girl. Yuan Pingzhang, from what you said just now, do you have a way to make it possible for everyone to have charcoal barbecue without having to save money?"

Zhao Zhen immediately turned the topic back to the original place.

Yuan Pingzhang put away the paper fan in his hand and said, "That's right! Aren't the people going to pay grain taxes soon?"

Zhao Zhen's eyes suddenly widened and he pointed at him.

"You want to tamper with the grain tax!"

Fu Yuanhao was the first to object. "No! Because Qingshui County has the highest production, I have already increased the grain tax by 10% this year. If I do something else, it will easily arouse public anger!"

Yuan Pingzhang clapped the folded fan against the palm of his hand.

"You don't know this, but when ordinary people pay their grain taxes, they have been doing this practice since ancient times. Generally, they are required to fill the bucket with the tax grain they want to pay and also make it tippy.

Then our officials kicked the hu. The grain that spilled was generally assumed to be loss during transportation and storage. There is a trick to kicking the hu with a tip. The grain that spilled when Lao Zhao kicked it and Lao Shen kicked it was different.

This way, the common people will have to keep their complaints to themselves. We are not trying to cheat them by using the wrong size of hu, we are just charging a little more for the loss during transportation and storage. Even if Zhou Zheng came to investigate, he would not find anything. "

Wang Sibo's eyes lit up, "Great! Old Yuan. This really is you!"

"This is indeed a good idea!" Shen Zhizui also nodded.

"If there is a little more for one person, but for the people in a county... then the extra amount will be considerable!" After Zhao Zhen did the calculation, he opened his mouth in shock.

"Take it easy and don't cause any trouble!" Fu Yuanhao warned without commenting.