Wei and Jin Cooks

  Chapter 137 Partitioning and Going Together

  Wang rambled and dragged Zhao Hanzhang to the dining room. There was a group of people waiting there, and the four children stood with Zhao Erlang.

   Zhao Erlang saw his sister and ran up immediately, "Sister, I want to pick you up, but they won't let me go out."

   Zhao Hanzhang looked him up and down, "Have you grown taller?"

   Zhao Erlang also found that he seemed to need to look down at his sister, and his eyes suddenly lit up, "It seems so, sister, I'm amazing."

   "It's very powerful." Zhao Hanzhang looked at the other four children, who rushed over with Zhao Erlang, who were standing by and watching.

   Zhao Hanzhang smiled at them, stretched out his hand and took the little girl's hand and said, "Wubao is safe, you can rest assured, I'll take you back in two days."

   The four children breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly saluted and thanked them, "Thank you third sister."

   Zhao Hanzhang had something to tell Mr. Ji, but when he saw a table of dishes, he sat down and had a meal with them first.

   After eating and sending them away, Zhao Hanzhang and Ji Yuan moved to the study to discuss matters.

  The two exchanged information about the other party. In fact, they had communicated during this period of time. Ji Yuan naturally knew that Zhao Hanzhang was in control of Xiping County.

Mr. Ji pondered, "So, Zhao Zinian is willing to cover for the girl?"

   Zhao Hanzhang nodded, "Uncle will not interfere in Xiping County affairs for the time being, we can do it according to our own wishes."

   "What is the girl's mind?"

Zhao Hanzhang said: "It is too expensive to build a fort in Shangcai, and my grandfather devoted all his clan to build the fort of Zhao's family. I want to build the same one. Not to mention the money spent, it will take a lot of time. Instead of this, it is better to get one directly, and Xiping County can be operated as a fortress."

   "It's not easy for the court to know about this."

   "The imperial court is afraid that it has no intention to pay attention to us at this time," Zhao Hanzhang said about the information Zhao Ming received. Now Luoyang is in chaos inside and outside, "I really paid attention, and Uncle Ming, he will take care of us."

  Ji Yuan agreed after thinking for a while. With Zhao Ming around, they could retreat completely, and even Zhao Ming would not suffer much damage.

   Well, it may be a little bad in terms of reputation.

   Once the court finds out, they can just put the matter on Zhao Ming's head. For example, Zhao Ming has no intention of political affairs and is lazy and slippery, so he will leave the matter to his family to deal with...

   This kind of thing will be criticized in Dajin, but it will not be questioned. Maybe some people will think that this is the style of celebrities.

   After all, this wind has always been erratic, even Ji Yuan is sometimes unsure of the world's wind direction.

   Ji Yuan asked, "Can I invite Er Niangzi and Erlang to live in the county seat?"

   "No," Zhao Hanzhang said: "It's not the time yet. If they go back to Xiping, they can only live in Wubao temporarily. I will be restricted at that time, so they still stay in Shangcai."

   When she has a firm foothold in Xiping County, she will pick up people.

   "Shang Cai here..."

   "I have to ask sir," Zhao Hanzhang said: "Autumn harvest, and also, don't be stingy, as long as there are suitable refugees all recruited, if there is no arrangement here, they will be sent to me in Xiping."

  Xiping registered a lot of land without owners, and now she is short of people.

   "Do you want slaves captured by soldiers?"

   Zhao Hanzhang thought for a while, sighed and nodded, "Sir, just buy it if it suits you."

   Soldiers arresting and selling people is a major feature of this era. Many troops rely on this to generate income. If Zhao Hanzhang does not buy them, they can sell people to Jizhou or even Bingzhou.

   Those two places are messier.

  Mr. Ji remembered something, "Hide the newly bought people. I heard from the magistrate of Chai that the prefect's office asked for an increase in the autumn tax, we..."

"Hold on," Zhao Hanzhang recalled that Zhao Hu, who also owed taxes and did not pay, couldn't help but sighed in his heart. Sure enough, it was interests that determined the position. She decided to be friendly to the magistrate of Chai County, so she said: "According to the registered Let’s prepare for the autumn tax, but don’t rush to give it to him, I still want to see if the prefect is willing to pay for the soldiers.”

   This will affect her next path.

   "Although it is difficult to pay taxes in Shangcai County, it can still be paid to some extent. The girl's Xiping County..."

   "I didn't plan to pay it," Zhao Hanzhang said: "I have posted a notice to exempt the autumn tax in Xiping County."

   Ji Yuan was surprised, "How is the girl going to explain to the prefect?"

   Zhao Hanzhang said: "Write an official document and ask the Governor's Office for help, and ask for money for disaster relief."

  She said: "Xiping County doesn't even have a magistrate, who can he hold accountable?"

   Zhao Ming?

   But Zhao Ming was removed, she did not believe that he could find someone who could protect and manage Xiping County well.

   Ji Yuan couldn't help sighing, "It's just the right time for a girl to be born."

   If it weren't for the chaos in the world, Zhao Hanzhang's operations were completely courting death, but when the world was in chaos and the news was not available, the soldiers and horses in her hands became the magic weapon for victory.

   "I don't know how the Chai County magistrate will choose."

  Changning is also persuading the magistrate of Chai, "Xiangjun, although Zhao Sanniang has bad intentions, she is right on this matter, and the tax increase can be kept private for the time being."

   He said: "This autumn tax is said to be raising soldiers, but in the end, most of them are in the hands of the governor."

   But the magistrate of Chai didn't have the guts to rebel against the governor, so he hesitated, still hesitating, "If the governor gets angry..."

   "Your Majesty, how can the governor still have the energy to manage these matters at this time?"

   "What if the account is settled after the autumn?"

  Changning said: "Shangcai has heavy taxation, serious population loss, or disasters, poor harvests, or being hit by refugees. Any reason can be, as long as it gets through this year, and next year's affairs will be discussed next year."

  Chai County magistrate meditated.

  Chang Ning saw that he was still hesitant, and said: "Xianjun, the situation in Xiping County is more serious, Zhao Sanniang will definitely not be able to pay the increased taxes, you have an alliance, and even if the governor gets angry, someone will follow along."

   "Zhao Sanniang doesn't have a name, so if the governor wants to get angry, he can only aim at Zhao Ming," Chai County magistrate said: "But will Zhao Ming be afraid of him getting angry?"

   Zhao Ming may not be afraid, but can he not be afraid?

  Chang Ning was silent for a while and then said: "If the autumn tax is increased, I am afraid that more people will escape this year, and life will be more difficult next year."

   The county magistrate of Chai drank a glass of wine irritably, and finally broke the can, "Let's talk about next year's affairs next year."

   Chang Ning sighed.

   The next day, when he knew that Zhao Hanzhang and the others were going back to the manor, he hesitated for a long time, but he still represented the county magistrate to send them off.

  Chang Ning stood beside Zhao Hanzhang and sighed while looking at the people who were harvesting in autumn, "This autumn and winter, I don't know how many people will leave their homes and leave the land they depend on for survival."

   Zhao Hanzhang raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, and knew the decision of the county magistrate Chai. It seemed that he still did not dare to form an alliance with her.

   Zhao Hanzhang turned around and gave a salute to Chang Ning, saying, "Sir has done his best, and the people of Shangcai County will be grateful to him when they know it."

   Chang Ning twitched the corners of his mouth and thought sarcastically, only future generations can know whether his decision is right or wrong, after all, even he himself is not sure whether it is right to do so.

  As a staff member of the county magistrate, he was implying that the big taxpayers in the county hide their income from their households, which is simply against professional ethics.

  Changning wanted to go back to his hometown a little bit, but he wondered if the county magistrate would allow him to resign.

Good night

   (end of this chapter)