Wei and Jin Cooks

   Chapter 304 Inquiry

   At this time, he could no longer think about whether Zhao Hanzhang and the others had other goals, and he reached out and grabbed the cake in her hand and stuffed it into his mouth.

   Zhao Hanzhang saw that he was eating ferociously, and for fear that he would choke, he quickly took off the water bladder from the horse and handed it to him.

  The young man didn't even look at it, he just ate the biscuits.

   He took a few mouthfuls before slowing down a bit.

   Zhao Hanzhang sent the water bag a little further, and then he took it and poured himself several sips of water.

After drinking the water, he looked down at the biscuits in his hand and pondered for a while, then tore a circle around the place he had bitten, leaving most of the biscuits in his arms, and then tore off the torn biscuits. gag.

   He raised his eyes and stared at Zhao Hanzhang, and asked vaguely: "What else do you want to ask? Ask."

   Zhao Hanzhang raised his eyebrows, pointed to his chest and asked, "Do you want to save this cake for dinner?"

   Youth said: "I still have my parents, wife and children at home. This is left for them."

   His face was a little sad, and he sighed: "My parents are old, and the children are still young. They may not have eaten for a long time."

   Zhao Hanzhang thought for a while, took two more cakes from his bag and handed them to him, "Take them back and give them to eat."

  The young man took it immediately, put it in his arms, his eyes were full of tears, and he could not wait to kowtow to Zhao Hanzhang, "Thank you very much, thank you very much."

"What's your name?"

   Youth said: "The youngest is called Wu Sheng, the second child in the family, you can just call me Wu Erlang."

   "Why did you just run away when you saw us?"

   Wu Erlang said embarrassedly: "You all rode high-headed horses and came straight to me. I thought you were fighting a chaotic army."

   Don't say that Zhao Hanzhang doesn't believe it, and Magistrate Gao doesn't believe it either. Where did the chaotic army come from not with people with hula la behind them, but with more than 20 neat horses?

   They look like a noble person, okay? Still a regular gentleman!

   Zhao Hanzhang stared at Wu Erlang suspiciously, "Really?"

   Wu Erlang nodded seriously, "Really!"

   Zhao Hanzhang smiled and didn't delve into it, and asked, "It's only the middle of July, and the autumn harvest is still a while away. Now I'm running out of food, what should I do after that?"

   Youth said: "What else can I do, I can only eat the weeds first."

   Zhao Hanzhang asked, "How many acres of land are planted at home, can you guarantee food when the autumn harvest is over?"

   This kind of question is not a secret, and the young man is happy to answer it, so Zhao Hanzhang quickly knows how many acres of beans, how many acres of rice, and how many acres of wheat have been planted in the youth's home.

   Actually, the situation in Suiping is not very good.

  The Huns who fled last year entered in disorder, and everyone in the village panicked. They were either being robbed or were on their way to avoid being robbed. Therefore, the farming time was delayed, and the wheat was not planted a lot, and they were not so caring.

  In terms of wind and rain, the yield per mu this year is not bad, but they don’t grow much, and the Governor He has given such a heavy tax.

  So after harvesting, everyone found that once the taxes were paid, there was basically no food left at home.

   In other words, they worked hard for a year, and the grain tank was still empty after paying the taxes.

The young man was also a little resentful. He faintly noticed that Zhao Hanzhang and the others were high-status people, so he could not help but bring out some words in his words, "For the nobles, it is just a sentence, but for us, we need to spend all our money. of."

   Zhao Hanzhang nodded in agreement and sighed slightly.

   Seeing that she seemed to agree, and that Langjun beside her did not object, Wu Erlang couldn't help being surprised, and finally couldn't help asking: "Who are the lady and Langjun?"

Zhao Hanzhang smiled and said: "It's just ordinary people, but we just came from Xiping, there are many people working in the fields over there, but there is no one to be seen here. I want to ask one or two."

   Who knew that she would scare people enough before she even opened her mouth.

   Wu Erlang also thought that he had overreacted just now, and smiled embarrassedly.

   He saw that it was getting late, so he got up and said, "I have to go home. My parents, wife and children are still waiting for me to bring food back."

   Zhao Hanzhang let him go.

   Waiting for him to leave, she sighed faintly, turned around and said to Magistrate Gao and others, "Let's go, let's go to Suiping County."

   But they still slowed down. Zhao Hanzhang not only started to pay attention to the people on the road, but also to the crops in the fields on both sides.

   In the fields as far as I can see, nearly half of the fields are overgrown with weeds, and many of them are directly wasteland and have not been sown.

   Zhao Hanzhang sighed deeply when he saw this situation, "This kind of situation is the autumn harvest, and the situation will not be much better."

County magistrate Gao nodded again and again, "This year, because of the summer tax, many people have left their homes, so the land will be abandoned. Alas, they are also afraid. If the autumn tax is the same as the summer tax, then they have little way to survive. , I'm afraid there won't be many people left in the county by then."

   As he said, he aimed at Zhao Hanzhang with his small eyes.

   Zhao Hanzhang glanced at him, did not make a promise immediately, but said: "It's getting late, let's find a nearby village to settle down."

   County magistrate Gao was not discouraged, Zhao Hanzhang did not immediately refuse, which means there is hope.

  God knows how much he envy Xiping County. She said that the tax amount given above will be reduced.

What are the    county governors and county chiefs doing?

   is not only to manage the counties under its jurisdiction and make the counties pay taxes, they also have the duty to protect the people of the counties.

   Therefore, Magistrate Gao hoped that Governor Xian would reject the tax quota assigned by He Shishi. He had written about this more than once, but it was useless.

   The county magistrate not only did not reduce the amount, but also increased taxes for Xiping and Shangcai when they paid insufficient taxes.

   Now that the county chief has been replaced by Zhao Hanzhang, the county magistrate Gao feels that the autumn tax can be eagerly awaited.

   Zhao Hanzhang naturally knows what Magistrate Gao means. If she only supports one county, she may consider it, but she now has ten counties under her control. If Suiping is exempted, the autumn tax of other counties will be exempted?

   She originally thought that the situation in other counties other than Xianyang and Xiping was much better, but now it seems that she is still too optimistic.

   Devastated!

   Zhao Hanzhang restrained the horse and looked at the low and dilapidated house in front of her. She turned her head to look at Qiu Wu.

  Qiuwu brought people into the village, and after a while, he brought someone out, "Girl, the village chief's house is above. They are rich families in their village. They have a better house, so they should be able to stay overnight."

   "Yes, yes, our village chief's house is the best." The man enthusiastically led them to the village chief's house, holding five cents of money tightly in his hand.

   For the five pennies, he not only took them outside the village chief's house, but also enthusiastically knocked on the door for them.

   But there was no need for him to knock on the door, Zhao Hanzhang could see the courtyard through the low fence even if he was leading his horse.

   There were a lot of people inside, it was very lively, no, it was very noisy. One of them was held on the ground and looked very familiar.

   (end of this chapter)