Chapter 545 Autumn Grain

Seeing Xu Qiaozhi so nervous, Shi Qinming quickly comforted his fellow villager: "Madam, don't be nervous. Young Master Liu is angry and has nothing to do with his wife. He broke up with people from the provincial government and had a big fight, so he is still sulking now!"

When she heard the people in the province and the mansion, Xu Qiaozhi only knew to call out "Emperor's Holy Ming", but after he came out of Anlou Village and followed Liu Peng, her knowledge was completely different from the past: "Is it the province and the mansion together?"

"The main thing is the people who came from the food industry, they speak too rudely!" Shi Qinming replied: "Mr. Liu was still talking to them in a nice voice at first, but they spoke more and more rudely. Mr. Liu was so angry that he turned over the table."

The grain road is the food road. There are twenty roads in Shandong, but the grain road is the first among these twenty road roads. In addition to the governor, the inspector, the governor, and the inspector, the four top figures, the food road has the greatest power, and holds the power of money and grain in the province, and speaks the most effective.

Xu Qiaozhi couldn't help but be surprised: "Why did Mr. Liu turn over the table with the people sent by the Grain Bureau? What's going on?"

Shi Qinming smiled bitterly and said, "It's not for this autumn grain! Mr. Liu argued with reason. Several minor officials sent by the grain channel said that Mr. Liu was ungrateful and lawless. Mr. Liu was also a good-natured, but even if Mr. Liu had no contribution to this disaster, he was a little hard-working. The big figures in the province didn't take him seriously at all, so he had to have an attack."

Xu Qiaozhi remembered the letter Lin Yalan wrote at the first time. She couldn't help but lose her life and asked quickly: "Mr. Shi, the masters in the provincial government are not so confused? The disaster has not passed, why are they busy collecting autumn grain? Isn't this year's autumn grain exemption? Even if it is not completely exempted, it should be at least half!"

Xu Qiaozhi really didn't expect that the disaster in Shandong has reached such a serious point this year. The masters in these provinces and the mansions still collect autumn grains as usual. Isn't this going to force people to the dead end?

Xu Qiaozhi can be said to have seen how serious the disaster in Shandong is. Although Changyi is the best area, many people died of cold and hunger. As for Zhanhua County, where Wei Yujun is located, it is a real hell on earth.

It is said that the emperor’s kindness is vast. Everyone thinks that there will be a chance since the autumn grain this year, but the government will not give people a way out.

"yes!"

Shi Qinming's opinion is similar to Xu Qiaozhi. He also felt that these masters in the provincial government were too inhumane, but he also knew that this was not the original intention of these masters.

Whether it is the capital or the border town, they all rely heavily on Shandong's transport of rice and beans. This major disaster in Shandong put the entire Ming Empire on the verge of collapse. In particular, many border towns have been owed for many months in one go. So as soon as they see that this year's autumn grain harvest has been harvested, the big figures in the capital put a lot of pressure on the province to transport rice and wheat as soon as possible.

In the Ming Dynasty, the most important political achievement of officials was the "Running Rice and Wheat". No matter how beautiful other aspects were, the "Running Rice and Wheat" was not qualified, and it would still fall.

Since the capital has directly pressed the pressure to the province, the province will naturally double down and transfer the pressure to the prefecture. The prefecture is afraid of not completing the above tasks, and then pressurizes itself again on the basis of the pressure from the province and then decomposes it to the prefectures and counties below.

The result is that the money and grain that the county and county have to collect below are theoretically almost the same as the autumn grain in normal years. Some county and counties even have additional taxes. When they think of these chaos, Shi Qinming said angrily: "These masters live a very comfortable life. I don't know what the situation is like in our East Three Prefectures!"

It is not an exaggeration to describe the situation in the three eastern prefectures and even the entire Shandong as a whole. It should have been a rest with the people at this time, but the result of this repeated pressure has become that it is not even a little food for the people in Shengping. Xu Qiaozhi suddenly felt that Liu Peng became cute: "Is Mr. Liu so angry that he finally turned the table up because he fought with the food bureau and finally turned the table up?"

Shi Qinming nodded and said, "Wait later, the wife goes over and comforts Mr. Liu, so that he can stop sulking!"

"Thank you, Mr. Shi, I will turn around and make a pot of tea for him first." With Shi Qinming's information, Xu Qiaozhi already had a clear idea: "Thank you, Mr. Shi."

But at this time, Shi Qinming suddenly remembered something: "By the way, madam, I forgot to say something. I have inquired about your family in Changyi. Everything is fine. No matter whether it is Ling Zun Ling Gaotang or Ling, nothing happened, and there is still..."

Shi Qinming paused for a long time and finally said that he had a name: "An Changsheng is also very good. He has married a bride. I heard that the bride is now pregnant."

When Xu Qiaozhi heard the news from Shi Qinming, he was full of joy. However, when Shi Qinming said this, Xu Qiaozhi felt that she had returned to the hell on earth in Anlou Village. Apart from fighting a bloody road in the raging fire, Xu Qiaozhi could no longer find a way out.

After clenching his fists for a while, Xu Qiaozhi's mood finally eased. She could understand why the man married a new man. After all, she was also arranged by fate to become Liu Peng's outdoor room. This may be God's will.

After all, the two are destined to be a couple for life!

Therefore, Xu Qiaozhi smiled bitterly. She felt that Liu Peng was sulking in the study seemed to be more important: "Is Zhong Chang better?"

"It should be fine!" Shi Qinming did not go to Changyi in person to find out the situation: "I just heard that he was a little tight after marrying the one. Now he still owes a sum of money in Donglai Money House. I glanced at it casually. He happened to be on the list of levies submitted by Donglai Money House. If the wife wants to start and end well, she will ask for love in front of Mr. Liu."

There is such a thing! The money was borrowed by Xu Qiaozhi before leaving home, but at that time Xu Qiaozhi didn't expect such a major change in fate, so Xu Qiaozhi smiled and said, "Thank you, Mr. Shi, I'll go back and change my clothes first!"

Shi Qinming never understood why Xu Qiaozhi had just changed into a new dress, but she changed her original thorn hairpin and cloth skirt, and she only applied a little gouache. He could only attribute all this to the natural change of women's minds.

Several guards were guarding the door of the study, but when they saw Xu Qiaozhi carrying a pot of tea, they quickly opened the door. A little guard also lowered his voice and said, "Little Madam, the young master's anger has been relieved a lot. Please persuade him quickly!"

Xu Qiaozhi didn't speak, but walked in with a teapot. Although Liu Peng was so arrogant, she sat in front of the desk with her brows locked. Seven or eight books were placed randomly on the desk, but Liu Peng couldn't read any of them.

She didn't smash things, didn't beat women, and didn't vent the fire on others. Xu Qiaozhi suddenly found many advantages for Liu Peng. She quickly raised her hand, closed the door of the study, and then fiddled with the tea set in the study.

Neither of them spoke, but when they saw Xu Qiaozhi's moving figure, Liu Peng's expression calmed down more and more. There was a little reluctant smile on his face. However, when Xu Qiaozhi brought the tea cup over, Liu Peng shook his head and said, "Qiaozhi, I'm afraid I can't sleep all night when I drink such a strong tea now."

Seeing that he was willing to speak, Xu Qiaozhi became happy for no reason and even forgot about the unhappy thing: "Mr. Liu, Sister Yalan wrote to me today!"

"Sister Yalan?" Liu Peng took a long time to remember who Lin Yalan was: "It's the little girl who rushed out of Anlou Village with you and Wei Yujun?"

He had a deep impression of Wei Yujun, but he didn't have much impression of Lin Yalan. Xu Qiaozhi immediately recounted the content of Lin Yalan's letter: "Yalan's family has achieved good harvest this year, and she harvested two and a half stones of grain. Moreover, when the county's public servants came down to collect grain, they turned around and ran away as soon as they heard her name, saying that it was about autumn grain. We will talk about it next year!"

Liu Peng was worried about Qiuqi. He couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard Xu Qiaozhi say this: "My name is not as effective as Sister Yalan. Now the provinces, the governments and even the counties regard me as a clay man. They all forgot that although I am kind to others, I also have 180 lives on my hands!"

Liu Peng had more than 180 lives, but in fact he had more than 1,000 lives. However, the great masters in the provincial government were not unfaithful, and the fact that he had transported rice beans was too important, so he put pressure on Liu Peng.

Xu Qiaozhi didn't know these inside stories. She just said: "But the provincial government came to talk about this matter to Mr. Liu, which means that Mr. Liu is very worthy in their hearts. Mr. Liu will not nod, and the autumn grains of the East Three Prefectures cannot be collected this year."

"It's just me nodding..." Liu Peng couldn't help but sigh: "This year, the autumn grains from the East Three Mansions cannot be collected."

Xu Qiaozhi moved a stool and sat opposite Liu Peng and said, "Young Master Liu, don't nod, the East Three Mansions can't continue to suffer any more this year!"

This sentence is the truth in Xu Qiaozhi’s heart!

Liu Peng still shook his head. This was the first time he talked about the officialdom to Xu Qiaozhi: "Today, the grain bureau sent two officials to the grain bureau, but they were actually representing the governor, the governor, the governor, the governor, and the inspector, and insisted that I promise not to interfere in the collection of money and grain from the East Three Prefectures. The autumn grain from the East Three Prefectures must be no different from that of the whole year. This is not too much to take me Liu Peng seriously!"

Speaking of this, Liu Peng's voice was almost roaring. He told Xu Qiaozhi: "I don't interfere with the autumn grains of the East Three Mansions at all, and let them collect the autumn grains. Although it has made the people of the East Three Mansions suffer, after they collect the autumn grains, what do I eat and drink? I have put more than one million stones of money and grain outside!"
Chapter completed!