The magistrate Gongsun County is very happy today, and he can describe it as relaxed and cheerful.

The county's pepper base has achieved a bumper harvest, with a hundred acres of pepper base with a pleasant yield, which is nothing more happy than this.

You know, our Gongsun County Magistrate was originally appointed as the county magistrate in Luoyang County, the capital of Sanchuan County. Why did we run from the capital of a county to Wan County to serve as the county magistrate?

Isn’t it just going to the pepper base in Wan County?

Whoever has a pepper base in his jurisdiction has the right to control the peppers in that batch.

Because chili is so valuable, money can no longer be used to measure this thing in Xianyang, because even if you have money, you may not be able to buy it.

It is already a scarce material with no market value, and countless high-ranking officials and nobles in Xianyang City are snatching it.

As a big-name old aristocratic family in Qin, the Gongsun family naturally also has their own industries, including restaurants.

In spring, hundreds of dried peppers in the imperial court were auctioned off. Everyone thought it was spicy and abandoned. Later, this batch of dried peppers was bought by Tianxiaju. What was surprising was that this batch of peppers actually brought amazing wealth to Tianxiaju.

It can be said that countless people regret this and are also jealous.

Chili has created amazing wealth for Tianxiaju, and the Gongsun family naturally sees it.

In order to monopolize the fresh peppers this year, the Gongsun family made preparations early. For the Gongsun family, it is actually not difficult to monopolize the pepper resources, because the clan leader Gongsun Jing is the Minister of Personnel.

All fresh peppers this year come from pepper cultivation bases, so as long as you firmly control the management rights of the pepper base, these peppers will naturally belong to the Gongsun family.

By then, this will definitely bring huge wealth and benefits to the Gongsun family.

The Gongsun family is a large clan with many descendants in the clan. Not everyone can be appreciated or valued by the clan leader. After all, the court is not the court of the Gongsun family. Although the clan leader is the Minister of Personnel and is in charge of the appointment of officials in the court, it is impossible to entrust many clan children with official positions. Therefore, only those who are capable clans can be appreciated and appointed by the clan leader Gongsun Jing.

This time I was able to make such a huge contribution to the clan, so I was naturally able to get the appreciation of my brother Gongsun Jing. It is certain to be promoted to the county magistrate next, and maybe even be transferred directly to the capital to serve.

Thinking of this, Gongsun Rong was even more happy and was in a proud mood.

A great future is about to set sail! Wahaha...

Gongsun couldn't help but feel silly, and his heart was full of expectations and prospects for the future.

Of course, I don’t know that there is a law in the world, that is, once everything is thought too well, the result will often go against your wishes. Whether you believe it or not, things in the world are so wonderful.

"I'll give me some eyes later. Even a single chili can't let those bad people go!"

Gongsun Rong thought about the beautiful things in his heart and saw that the pepper base was ahead, he couldn't help but turn around and remind the officials behind him.

The officials nodded immediately: "Don't worry, sir, my subordinates will definitely keep a close eye on it and will never miss a single chili!"

"Okay, when this matter is done beautifully, you will be rewarded when you go back!" Gongsun Rong said with a smile.

The officials were overjoyed: "Thank you, Lord!"

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Soon, Gongsun Rong brought people to the pepper field. With a wave of his hand, the officials immediately dispersed and guarded the base.

At this time, from the east of the pepper field, several officials led a group of villagers to come to this side. Only then did Li Yang realize that there were always guards in this pepper field, but the officer on duty was on the east side of the base.

The villagers who came back from the east of the base were filled with freshly picked peppers, which were gathered together, and at least nearly a thousand kilograms.

In fact, for the pepper output in later generations, these yields were not much, because later generations could usually produce 3,000 kilograms of pepper per mu. At present, there are nearly 50 acres of land in the east, and only a total of 1,000 kilograms were picked, which was less than the yield of one acre of land in later generations.

However, for the Qin Dynasty in front of us, it is already a good harvest to pick a thousand kilograms of land in the east. Moreover, more importantly, after picking this batch, there will be another batch later.

Looking at so many chili peppers, Gongsun Rong's eyes lit up and he smiled and said, "Has the east been picked?"

Guanmao, who came back from the east, said: "Sir Hui, there are 50 acres of land in the east, with a total of 30,000 trees, and all the red peppers have been picked."

Gongsun Rong nodded with satisfaction and said, "We will pick the peppers from the fifty acres of land here quickly, then weigh them, and send them back to the county government!"

"Here!"

The official took the order, and then immediately turned around and scolded the villagers, "Didn't you hear the county magistrate? You are still standing there and picking it quickly!"

When everyone heard the official scolding, they did not dare to be careless, so they quickly picked it.

Li Yang, He Zhang, and the Yulin Captain who was dressed in regular clothes were naturally regarded as villagers here by the official officers. Seeing that the three of them were standing there without working, they couldn't help but scolded: "Are you three deaf ears?"

The captain was furious and was about to scold him, but Li Yang reached out to stop him. Then he turned to Zhang Liang to ask him about the expropriation of the county magistrate.

Zhang Liang pondered for a while, and finally walked out and said to the county magistrate: "A hundred acres of peppers are about to be picked, but how does this county government collect peppers?"

Gongsun Rong naturally knew Zhang Liang, the headmaster, because his position as the county magistrate of Wan County was stolen from this person. So he smiled, showed a confused expression and said, "President Zhang, why do you still ask such questions now? Do you remember the announcement of the collection of new crops in our county earlier?"

Zhang Liang said: "Subordinates remember that there is a document in the announcement of the county government that new crops will be collected three times the grains according to their weight."

Gongsun Rong said: "Yes, what you said is right. Since you remember, why do you still ask questions clearly?"

Zhang Liang said: "The county government announcement, subordinates remember, but I heard that the imperial court also had differences in the collection of new crops. Potatoes, corn, and sweet potatoes are said to be collected by three times the grains according to weight, while new crops such as peppers are collected by three times the grains of the acres of the field. I wonder if it is true?"

As soon as these words were said, the smile on Gongsun Rong's face froze immediately, and then his face turned cold and he said with an unhappy look: "Chief Zhang Ting, where did you hear these words? How dare you speak so randomly!"

Zhang Liang said: "I heard from others. It is said that the court has a government order that the people can keep 10% of the new crops. Is this true?"

"fart!"

Gongsun Rong cursed, his face suddenly became unstable, and he pointed at Zhang Liang and scolded: "Chief Zhang, do you know what the blame is for spreading rumors about the imperial decrees? This county magistrate is that he was also the county magistrate of Wan County. This time, he will not be investigated for your nonsense, but if you talk nonsense again, don't blame this county for being ruthless!"

"this……"

Zhang Liang was scolded by the county magistrate and couldn't help but feel speechless for a moment, not knowing how to deal with it.

However, at the end, he asked: "In this way, the county magistrate means that what the subordinates hear are fake?"

Gongsun Rong said annoyedly: "Will the announcement issued by Chuang County be fake?"

Zhang Liang did not dare to question any more for a moment, and then looked at Li Yang on the side. It was obvious that he did not dare to stand with the county magistrate by relying solely on Li Yang's remarks.

Because the consequences of this matter are indeed very serious. Regardless of whether it is true or not, the county magistrate will not be able to bear the crime of spreading rumors and public orders.

Moreover, he could not mount Li Yang to confront him, as this would kill this little brother.

So, thinking of this, Zhang Liang had to give up and prepare to retreat.

"Haha, what a great official power!"

However, at this moment, Li Yang chuckled and walked out.
Chapter completed!