Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 8
"I wonder if the two of you have any clever strategies?"

Guo An stopped and followed the words of Ning Deyou and Qinong.

Seeing this, Ningde was overjoyed, and hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "Qi Xianzun, there are more than 1 households living outside the city, and more than 800 hectares of land!

Even if the county lord takes us to inspect the [-] mu of land every day, it will take a year to inspect it once.

The county lord only needs to order me to wait for the household officials to do such tedious and rough work as inspecting the household registration of the fields. How can he bother the county lord every day?
Moreover, the county venerable has condescended to go to the village to inspect the village in person, and the grain chiefs, ri chiefs, and armor chiefs of each ri need to go up to see the county lord.

The county lord can just take this opportunity to learn more about the situation of the fields and households in each village and village! "

Hearing this, Guo An smiled slightly, "I'm going to the village this time, I just want to use this free time in the yamen to learn about the living conditions of the people under my Wanping County. It doesn't mean much."

Ning Deyou and Qinong froze slightly.

Guo An looked up and sighed softly at the group of farmers who had been following them and keeping a distance from them.

"However, since these farmers already know that the official and you are coming, let them come over and ask some questions!"

Now, Ning Deyou and Qi Nong's face tightened again.

However, Guo An was face to face, and the two of them couldn't do any small tricks, so they could only order an official to invite those armor chiefs and food chiefs from far away.

"Xiaomin Wang Shilai came to see the county lord!"

"Xiaomin Ning Daguang sees the county lord!"

"Xiaomin..."

The visitors were all a group of old men over sixty years old, Guo An didn't want to provoke them for no reason, so he quickly bowed his hands slightly in return.

"Guo An, the magistrate of Wanping County, has seen all the elders!"

"Guo Xianzun is the magistrate of Wanping County, we are waiting for you, please don't do this!"

"That's right, Mr. Guo County Zhesha and others..."

All the elders were shocked by Guo An's actions, and their faces were full of fear.

"Although I am the county magistrate, I am only superior to you in terms of official position. And here, you are the elders of the younger generation. When you see the elders, you should be respected by the younger generation!"

Guo An quickly replied, these elderly people are not only the local tyrants of the villages, especially those food chiefs, they can also go directly to Beijing to find the old Zhu for an interview, which is even more difficult to mess with.

Immediately, after another humility, he returned to the topic.

"I don't know if the county lord is here this time, but what's the point?"

An old man with a kind face asked respectfully to Guo An.

Guo An explained in a harmonious voice: "Fortunately, Guo An was valued by His Majesty and all the superiors, so he was hastily appointed as the magistrate of Wanping County. The two people in the house, with the yellow book and the fish scale book, had a good understanding of the conditions of the villages and lis under the administration of Wanping County.

Only in this way can we start to govern Wanping County. "

"I see!"

All the elders breathed a sigh of relief.

"Guo Xianzun just took office, so hardworking, tireless, for the sake of the tens of thousands of people in Wanping County, the people of Wanping County are blessed!"

"As long as the common people don't poke Guo An's back, Guo An will be satisfied!"

Ning Deyou and all the elders could not help but change their expressions.

"Guo Xianzun's words are serious. A good official like Guo Xianzun who loves the people like a son is too late for me to respect and love him!"

"That's right, that's right. I and the people of Wanping County are not foolish people, so I know good officials..."

"Haha, thank you elders for your love!"

Guo An laughed happily, stopped talking, and asked the old man who spoke first: "I wonder how many acres of land Ning's family has now?"

"It's a joke to make the county magistrate Guo laugh. As the food chief here, the old man has the most acres of land in his family. There are ten acres of official land and twelve acres of private land!"

Guo An nodded slightly, and continued to ask: "I don't know how many acres of land the family with the fewest acres here has?"

Hearing this, several people in Ning Daguang and Ningde had doubts in their eyes, but now Guo An has the yellow book and the fish scale book in his hands, and they can't hide it if they want to.

"Returning to the county, the family with the fewest acres is the Zhuzi family, a family of four, with only three acres of official land and two acres of private land!"

"Only five acres of land, is it enough for their family of four to feed for a year?" Guo An asked again.

"Reporting to the county lord, how can we untouchables get enough to eat, as long as we don't starve to death, we are lucky!"

Ning Daguang laughed at himself.

"What if there is no food to eat?" Guo An continued to ask.

"If there is no food to eat, then eat wild vegetables, eat tree roots, and then go to the river to catch fish, and eat whatever you have. Or, you can also work for some big families. In the end, you have to sell yourself to some rich and powerful people. s home……

However, Beiping Mansion was fortunate to be granted land by the King of Zhongshan, and basically every household has official land to cultivate, so there really won't be any starvation to death! "

It seemed that Guo An, the newly appointed magistrate, knew nothing, and Ning Daguang had nothing to hide.

"call……"

Guo An exhaled slowly, and asked again: "I don't know if there are cattle in Ning's family, and what farm tools do you use for plowing the land on weekdays?"

"Reporting to the county lord, the old man's family only has two farming oxen. As for the agricultural tools used for farming, they are all agricultural tools such as plows, carts, shovels, rakes, shovels, shovels, hoes, and sickles..."

Ning Daguang explained in detail.

Guo An listened in a daze, some understood, but some didn't.

"Guo An is ashamed. He only cared about learning classics since he was a child, but he is not very familiar with these farm tools. I wonder if Guo An can see these farm tools?"

What a strange magistrate!

Ning Daguang and several people in Ningde were stunned, a little confused about the newly appointed magistrate.

However, the legs of these people who had already stood were trembling, and they were very happy to go back to rest for a while.

"It's an honor for the old man, the county lord please!"

"Old Ning is too polite!"

However, before Guo An and Ning De could reach Ning Daguang's house, they saw a somewhat familiar yamen servant running over in a panic from a distance.

Before they got in front of Guo An and Ningde, they started shouting, "The county lord, the county lord, something big happened!"

"What made you so flustered?" Guo An asked.

"County respect... County respect..."

The yamen servant's face turned red, he took a few deep breaths, and then hurriedly said: "Just now the Shangguan of the chief envoy issued a decree, His Royal Highness King Yan ordered each prefecture and county under the Beiping Prefecture to reclaim [-] hectares of land within two years. !"

"Cultivate [-] hectares of land in two years?"

Guo An's expression changed.

As for Ning Deyou, Qi Nong and others on the side, they just opened their mouths!
"[-] hectares of land, how is this possible?"

"[-] hectares, how can we reclaim it with only tens of thousands of people in Wanping County?"

Ning Daguang, Wang Shilai and other old people also had distressed faces.

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(End of this chapter)