Lonely non-good minister

"Then forget it." Song Yuan knew her weight, she only came here for food production, why bother to provoke those rich gentry with connections?If the relationship behind them is related to their own family, is it possible to offend them in order to increase food production?
Mu Lin smiled: "Generally speaking, except for the increase in grain production, Leping is not bad at all."

"To pass? The food production is insufficient, how to solve the food and clothing of the people? The local food production in Leping is not enough, and the price of food must be very expensive. With the income of ordinary people, I am afraid that they cannot afford high-priced food. If they cannot fill their stomachs, they will definitely breed disasters. There must be a lot of petty theft in the heart of a person."

Mu Lin nodded: "Indeed, since Huo Ying came here, he has already dealt with seventy or eighty theft cases."

Sure enough, those rich gentry lived without desires and desires, completely caring about the life and death of the people, and the magistrates were in cahoots with them, and the people of Leping were also in great trouble. When I was young, I was happy to collect money, and I didn't think about how to live without the fields.

Song Yuan twitched the corners of his mouth, and drank another cup of tea: "I don't know where my house is, I may have to meet a few people later, I have to change my clothes."

"I'll let someone take the young master there." Mu Lin summoned a yamen servant and asked him to take Song Yuan there.

Huang Yue and others were settled, Song Yuan told them to rest first, and he invited Mu Lin to meet these Leping rich gentry.

Seeing her appearing in brocade clothes, Mu Lin pursed her lips: "Isn't the young master's outfit too ostentatious?"

"It's okay, the material is not good, I don't feel comfortable wearing it." She didn't take it seriously, but Mu Lin felt that he was too delicate.

The wealthy gentry had been waiting for a while, and when they saw the two of them coming together, they glanced over Mu Lin and then stopped on Song Yuan. Although they knew that the magistrate sent by the court was young, they did not expect to be so young. child.

"Everyone has been waiting for a long time." Song Yuan clasped his fists and politely gave way to Mu Linli to sit down, and then he greeted them all to sit down: "It has been rainy for several days, please trouble you to wait in the rain for a long time, please come here, there is nothing else It just means that I came all the way and saw a lot of cattle and sheep outside the city but no shepherds, and I was a little curious about how these cattle and sheep are placed at night and how they are managed on weekdays?"

We all know that she came to Leping to increase food production, so the wealthy gentry would ponder over every word she said before answering, so it took a while for someone to say: "I don't know, these cattle and sheep will return by themselves at night." As for the pens, the little people will circle the pens in their own fields, and when the sun sets, someone will go to count them."

"So that's the case, but the cattle and sheep are raised free-range, aren't they afraid of going to other people's land?" She had a sincere face, and there was no trace of bad intentions in her serious face.

For this reason, the answer is faster this time: "Of course not, each family only grazes on its own field, and will never take any more land from other families. If the crops are trampled, you only need to show evidence. We will all pay compensation."

"Oh, that's how it is." Song Yuan expressed her affirmation of their approach, but she also knew that the evidence that can be recognized by these wealthy gentry is not easy to obtain, and I am afraid that it is often the farmers who suffer.

Mu Lin was listening on the sidelines, and he didn't intervene to ask questions, nor did he have the slightest interest in these questions from Song Yuan.

"How many cattle and sheep can be raised each year to ensure that the family's money is not too small? Is there a big impact in the event of a natural disaster? I heard that cattle and sheep are also immune to diseases. Does Leping have a skilled veterinarian?" She asked seriously.

The attitude of the rich gentry was also very good, and they answered politely: "In Leping's situation, only five cows can be raised per mu of land. This is the season of abundant rain. If there is a natural disaster, you can only buy food and fodder at high prices. Now, as for the epidemic, the cattle and sheep pens will be sprinkled with quicklime every month, and the cattle and sheep of each family will not touch it, so it is rare to encounter it, and if it does, it can only be resigned to fate."

"It depends on God's blessing to eat." Song Yuan said with a sad face: "You have done a good job in these methods, but the veterinarian in charge of the epidemic is absolutely indispensable. Although the imperial court does not support you to raise livestock, but now they are Once you do, you can’t ignore it.”

Mu Lin, who had changed her attitude, was caught off guard. Didn't this person complain just now that the rich gentry raised cattle and sheep, which led to the high food price and the people's suffering?Why did you change your face while talking?
"Young Master means"

Song Yuan blinked: "What do I mean?"

She had no other thoughts at all, and a group of wealthy gentry were a little confused. They hurriedly shook their heads to express that they had no other intentions, and they all agreed vaguely.

"I just came here, and I don't know many things. I only thought about these things today. If I encounter something I don't understand, I will continue to ask for advice. I won't keep you today." She stood up and clasped her fists. All quit.

After they left, Mu Lin asked, "Master, do you want them to keep raising cattle and sheep?"

"Otherwise? I'll just kill their cattle and sheep?" Song Yuan put his hands behind his back: "I am the magistrate, and the magistrate wants to make profits for the people. The poor people are the people, and the rich gentry are also the people. They It’s just that they understand business better than ordinary people, and it’s not like they made a big mistake, so there’s no need to target them.”

Mu Lin didn't agree with this. The existence of the rich gentry in Leping has affected the people of Leping. If they are not eliminated, how will the people take back the land for farming?How did they fulfill the requirements of the court?
"Did Master Mu eat?" Song Yuan asked suddenly: "I'm really hungry, I have to go eat first, if Master Huo comes back, please trouble Master Mu to send someone to tell me, I always have to say hello yes."

She left, and Mu Lin became more and more depressed.

Huo Ying, who had been busy all day, had just returned to the yamen when he saw Mu Lin standing in the porch with a sullen face, looking like he was waiting for him.

He had no choice but to go around: "Master Mu, what's the matter?"

"The prime minister is reporting on his duties." Mu Lin took a deep breath: "He called all the rich gentry to the yamen and asked a lot of questions."

Huo Ying was slightly surprised, and asked with a smile: "Master Mu is not satisfied with Mr. Jun Cheng?"

He saw it, and Mu Lin told the truth: "We were transferred to Leping to increase Leping's grain production. These rich gentry are the moths of Leping, but the county magistrate cares about the cattle and sheep of these rich gentry everywhere, and doesn't care about them at all. Keeping the imperial court's request in mind, I think he is just here to make a fuss about his achievements, and how to meet the imperial court's request depends on us."

"Because you are the face substitute of the royal children, so Master Mu is not fair?" Huo Ying saw through his careful thoughts: "If it is someone else who came, maybe what Master Mu said is right, but if it is the county magistrate My lord, then I have to remind Master Mu that this man is best at soft knives, don't be stabbed to death by him and be grateful to him."