On the fifth day of the eighth lunar month, Qian Qing was invisible and slumped in the chair. It was not until Huo Chong entered the house that she quickly stood up, "Senior Brother."

"Thank you for your hard work." Huo Chong praised.

Taxation is about to begin. There are only a dozen households in the village who have not participated in the "Fubao Planting" project, and even these dozen households have honestly prepared copper coins to send to Huo Chong.

Huo Chong had done archiving for hundreds of people, and he was still tired even with computers and other equipment. Qian Qing leaned on the account book alone, and she didn't sleep directly on the table.

Thinking of this, Huo Chong smiled and said, "Lao Qi, do you want to make a small bed for you? You are tired and lie down just by lying down."

"Really?" Qian Qing's eyes lit up. But after a moment she still put away her smile and shook her head, "Senior Brother, forget it."

Qian Qing was a very decent child, and Huo Chong didn't force her. Then he said, "Lao Qi, I will arrange for you a teacher's job next. Children in the village can come to school, recognize some words, and learn some arithmetic. They can help you in the future."

"Okay." Qian Qing agreed quickly. But after a moment she asked, "Senior Brother, you said you wanted to teach me martial arts. When will it start?"

After saying this, Huo Chong remembered the previous agreement. Seeing Qian Qing's appearance as a weak clerk, Huo Chong couldn't help but touch his belly. The eight obvious abdominal muscles were also a bit full at this time.

"Let's finish this." Huo Chong had to say what he often said when he was working in the office.

"Okay." Qian Qing immediately became energetic. Looking at the girl wearing a long dress, Huo Chong could not connect with this healthy but slender image and the girl who had a long single sword at the beginning.

On the tenth day of August, the tax collection took only one day to complete. Captain Li, who came, bowed to Huo Chong, "Mr. Huo, I'm tired."

"Captain Li ran dozens of miles, which is really hard." Huo Chong said casually.

Captain Li stretched his waist wide, sighed comfortably before saying, "Mr. Huo, Magistrate Xu invites Mr. Huo to the county for a banquet on August 15th."

Although I don’t know what Xu Magistrate wants to do, Huo Chong smiled and said, “I must go.”

After seeing off Captain Li, Huo Chong immediately sent his subordinates out to ask how many people from each village were willing to join the second phase of the Zhufubao work. The rabbits grew happily in the quiet rabbit farm and lived desperately. The number had exceeded 500 mark.

Seeing that rabbit meat and rabbit skin are growing constantly, we face a very realistic problem. Forage is important for rabbits to eat, but according to the planning book of the rabbit farm, it is best to feed the rabbit some green feed every day, such as lettuce.

But lettuce is not easy to grow, and people like to eat it. Another food is carrots.

Huo Chong's junior brothers are now acting as office staff, and the ones they can use are those who are pushed to Huo Chong's side by the leaders of various villages. These kids probably still kiss their own family members, but when Huo Chong becomes an apprentice, Huo Chong must make good use of them.

In three days, all these people came back. Three of these boys said that their family was willing to listen to Huo Chong's arrangements, while only five of the others said that they were willing to listen to Huo Chong's arrangements.

I found the list and calculated the land. There were a total of more than 40 acres of land. In addition to Huo Chong's own thirty acres of land, there were nearly 80 acres of land. Huo Chong felt that it should be enough.

But Huo Chong was still not relieved, so he called everyone together and asked, "I want to make a document with these people. If someone asks why they want to make a document, how do we answer?"

A kind of young man was stunned, and it was obvious that more than half of the people had no idea why they wanted to establish a document. People with ideas dared not say anything. Huo Chong looked around and pointed at Zhu Xiulin, who was the same young man as Zhu Xiushan who had left before, "Xiulin, what do you think?"

Zhu Xiulin looked embarrassed. Seeing that Huo Chong had no intention of letting go, he could only forcefully say: "Master Huo, isn't it just that he doesn't regret it?"

"Yes. Then how do you tell them?"

Zhu Xiulin muttered, "After establishing the document, you can't regret it."

"Xiulin, I want to tell others that after I have established a document, I..." Huo Chong said and pointed his chest, "I can't go back on my regret."

The third junior brother Tie Niu was dissatisfied when he heard this, "Senior brother, can't we all go back on our word?"

Huo Chong started the training course, "Third brother, everyone knows that after establishing a document, we cannot regret it. We have to say what we say. What we want to say is that we cannot regret it. Whether they regret it is what they want to say. We cannot say what they say."

Training is a very troublesome thing, and it is not that troublesome. Huo Chong grasped the key point of "not saying what others want to say". In the end, the teenagers and young people found that the core of the matter did not care about what to say, but was "willing to take risks or not."

The third brother was really anxious, "Brother, if something happened to you, aren't we all responsible for what you said?"

"Yes." Huo Chong replied cheerfully: "There are still people who plant some beans in the ground, and no one has ever planted them. They can grow in the fields where they can grow well. We don't know, and we don't know. Since we take the lead, we have to carry them. If we can't carry them, what else can we carry them!"

The third brother said excitedly: "Brother, we have packed the seeds and harvested them. If we don't plant them well, we will still give them the money to plant them. We have too much responsibility."

Huo Chong said firmly: "Three, do you think this is not right? If you really don't grow it, will you feel uncomfortable? We will still have to pay compensation to others at that time, which will make people embarrassed."

The meeting ended with a bad end. At least the third brother obviously could not accept Huo Chong's arrangement. But Huo Chong didn't want to say too much. At least the third brother was not yet mature enough to be responsible for a research and development project. And Huo Chong had to do too many projects that needed to be developed in the future. It seemed that he needed to prepare to find other candidates.

The next day was August 15th, and Huo Chong got up early in the morning to go to the county town. The gift was ready, which was a set of rabbit leather lining.

A pound of cotton is sold in Shandong for 60 cents. It costs about one tael of silver to make three sets of clothes a year, summer, spring and autumn clothes, and winter clothes. The benefits of rabbit leather lining are very obvious. This thing can be reused and not restricted by clothes. If there is a matching part in the spring and autumn clothes, you can directly use it.

Huo Chong is very confident in his blending technology. Even if it is not as good as modern technology, it can last for at least a few years. After using rabbit skin for a few years, it will only be softer. The cotton in the cotton coat will not work for two years.

I thought that Xu Magistrate would have a banquet, but I didn't expect that after I arrived, there was only an old acquaintance sitting in Xu Magistrate's house. Looking at Xu Youlin who had not seen for a long time, Huo Chongxi said, "Brother Xu, I thought I had offended you, and you wouldn't see me again."

Xu Youlin smiled bitterly, "Brother Huo, I just had something wrong at home. I had to go back. In fact, I have to thank Brother Huo for relying on the money you made me make, the family matters were finally resolved."

"What's wrong? Can I have something to help?" Huo Chong asked.

Before Xu's Magistrate Xu came back, Xu Youlin pulled Huo Chong down and sighed: "It's not the last time. I don't know who told me about the fraud. The brothers in the other churches in the gang said that I couldn't count on me and wanted to give up my master. I could only carry Brother Huo out. Thanks to Brother Huo's job as an official. My family wrote me a letter, and I was so relieved."

Since this matter has nothing to do with Huo Chong, Huo Chong asked about the matter related to him, "Who lied to Brother Xu? Can't you say it?"

Xu Youlin shook his head, but talked about other topics, "The brothers who fell from our gang said, Brother Huo, have you become the celebrity in front of the Fourteenth Master?"

"What a joke." Huo Chong smiled and said, "Who is the Fourteenth Master? How could he take me seriously? What the Fourteenth Master cares about is Liulihuo."

The two chatted for a while while talking and laughing, and Huo Chong asked if he could bring his goods to Jiangnan to sell. Xu Youlin sighed: "Jiangnan doesn't like Brother Huo's wine. Jiangnan likes rice wine made of glutinous rice. The glass cup is okay. Although the glass fire can be sold, according to Brother Huo, you don't have much in your hands now."

Huo Chong did not have much left, but Huo Chong felt that if he could grow potatoes in Jiangnan, he would definitely make a big profit if he made wine. But how could he install a trustworthy person in Jiangnan? This is probably more difficult than buying land in Jiangnan.

Just as he was thinking, footsteps came from outside. Huo Chong and Xu Youlin both stood up and waited for Xu Magistrate to come in.

The man in the official uniform strode into the living room, but Huo Chong didn't recognize him at all. He could only judge from his official uniform that he was a sixth-rank official. Xu Magistrate, who was a seventh-rank official, followed behind the official. After seeing Huo Chong from the sixth-rank official, he shouted: "This is Brother Huo."

"I'm here Huo Chong. I wonder what this brother is called?" Huo Chong asked.

"Let's talk about this later. Brother Huo, I came here this time under the order of the Prefect Li, and asked Brother Huo to create another 30,000 kilograms of glazed fire as soon as possible."

Huo Chong was stunned, not knowing what was going on. Seeing that Xu Magistrate had no intention of speaking at all, Huo Chong could only answer: "It will take some time to build 30,000 kilograms of glazed fire."

The official from the sixth rank showed some ridicule on his face, "If Brother Huo is worried that he will not receive the money, there is no need for this. County Magistrate Xu said that this money will be treated as Brother Huo's tax. In the future, when Brother Huo pays taxes, he can use this to offset the tax."
Chapter completed!