The seat of Mianzhou County is Brazil, where a large number of officials, gentry and local tyrants are gathering at this time, and it is already evening when Master Bai arrives.
Instead of staying in an inn, he found a friend and stayed at his friend's house.
There is a high probability that the landlord's friends are also the landlord's. As a local landlord, the other party's news is much better than that of Master Bai who rushed over from Qili Village.
He was very happy, and happily asked the people to prepare wine and food, and said to Master Bai: "I don't know whether it is the luck of God this time, or intentional intentions, but we are all beneficiaries, and it is worth celebrating." Fan, come on, let's not get drunk tonight."
Master Bai clinked a glass with him, and asked, "Why would Mr. Wei think of coming to our Mianzhou?"
Mianzhu is not the main disaster area, he is so busy with disaster relief, so he shouldn't have come to them.
After taking a sip of wine, the friend smiled and said, "It is said that when Mr. Wei went out to relieve the disaster, he met two victims squatting on the side of the road and talked about Mianzhou. They went out from Mianzhou. Mr. Wei heard that there are also people here. Many people were affected by the disaster, so they made a temporary decision to come here.”
He lowered his voice and laughed: "But I always feel that this is too coincidental, maybe it was done by someone with a heart."
Master Bai first thought of magistrate Fu, but he didn't dare to say, "I don't know who it is?"
"Who knows? Maybe he is a person who is dedicated to serving the people. Anyway, he is not our Lord Inspector." The friend leaned on the chair, and he was more used to sitting cross-legged. Bai Li was no outsider, so he sat up cross-legged and said : "He has just been in office for the second year. If there is no accident, I am afraid that he will have to stay here for another four years. You don't know, as soon as the flood happened, he asked us to talk, and several companies in Brazil donated several times one after another. Yes, one donation is more than one time.”
Speaking of this, he was full of resentment, and said: "I have donated five times so far."
Master Bai was taken aback, "So much?"
"Our governor's master is still too small. We have jointly suggested before that we should ask him to write a letter to reduce or exempt some taxes. We dare not say that there will be no exemption, at least pay less. Guess what happened?"
Master Bai shook his head.
"He was talking nonsense with his eyes open, saying that the situation in Mianzhou is good, and we shouldn't compete with the people in other states and counties. After all, the money and food are nothing to us, but they are life-saving things for the victims of the disaster outside. Huh, he looks kind, but he calls us heinous." The friend said: "Yes, the money and food are not enough for us people, but our clan has been here for generations, whose family No poor relatives?"
"The disaster in Mianzhou this time is not as serious as outside. Except for some people who were killed or injured, most of their houses were saved, but the most important thing is that the crops in the fields were not saved." He said: "If taxes are reduced or exempted, everyone should tighten This year will be over after the waistband is over, but if he doesn’t reduce it, the autumn tax alone will crush people to death. They didn’t die from the flood, but died from man-made disasters. They are trying to push Mianzhou into a desperate situation.”
"Hey, it's not as serious as you said. At this time, the imperial court is staring at Jiannan Dao. He dares to force the people to death like this. Before we move, the imperial court will not spare him."
"snort!"
"So the matter is settled?"
"Not yet, Mr. Wei just arrived in Brazil yesterday, and today he went out for inspection with others, and may go to other counties tomorrow to check the situation, will you come with us?"
Master Bai always felt that it was too easy for Mr. Wei to come, and wanted to follow the situation, so he nodded.
The friend laughed and said, "Then we will go together. By the way, how is the situation in Luojiang County?"
"Listen to what you said, in terms of disasters alone, our place is worse than yours, but County Magistrate Fu is willing to work hard, not only the refugees who entered the city were appeased, but also those whose houses collapsed were subsidized, and the hearts of the people fell. It is more uniform and more optimistic than yours.”
The friend was curious, "How much food did you donate?"
"Not much, just twice. The first time I donated them to the victims. I only donated three dans. The second time I donated 12 dans. Basically, they were distributed to the most severely affected villages in Qili Village and Dali Village. villagers."
Zuo Yanming was even more surprised, "No way, your county magistrate didn't stop him at all?"
Master Bai smiled and shook his head.
Zuo Yanming clicked his tongue in amazement, "No, I remember that magistrate Fu of yours is also quite fond of money, ahem, although it won't oppress the people, it's unreasonable not to leave such things behind."
Master Bai pointedly said: "Our county magistrate Fu has high ambitions and wants to go further."
Zuo Yanming understood immediately, his eyes lit up, he leaned over and lowered his voice and asked, "Tell me, is it him?"
Master Bai said: "Don't talk nonsense without evidence."
"Okay, if you don't say it, don't say it."
The two drank wine for half the night, and rushed to the gate of the city to gather early the next morning.
There are quite a few people accompanying them. After all, tax exemption is a big deal, especially for squires with prosperous families or many servants.
Master Bai is not very famous in Mianzhou, mainly because he chose to live in the deep mountains and old forests, and his reputation is not obvious, so when he joined in halfway, not many people paid attention.
But the strange thing is, Master Wei saw him at a glance, and called him to his side to say, "You are Bai Li?"
Bai Li was taken aback, and bowed nervously, "It's Bai, I don't know what your lord has ordered."
Mr. Wei laughed and said, "It's not enough to order. I heard magistrate Fu mentioned you, saying that you are a well-known good person in Luojiang County, so I want to see you."
Master Wei asked with a smile: "I heard that this disaster, you not only fully paid the rent of the tenants below, but also donated a lot of money and food to the people affected by the disaster?"
Bai Li breathed a sigh of relief, bowed his head and replied: "This is what Bai should do. Bai lives in Luojiang, and his neighbors come and go. You can't just see them suffer and remain indifferent, right? It's just a little effort Forget it, it’s a drop in the bucket, if you want to help them, you’ll have to get the help of magistrate Fu, Lord Inspector and Lord.”
Master Wei smiled and said: "Don't worry, if the situation in Luojiang County is as you said, the imperial court will definitely not ignore it. This time I came to Jiannan Road to lead the disaster relief. If the victims don't settle down for a day, I will They will not return to court for a day."
When everyone heard the words, they saluted together, "Your Excellency is blue, the saint is benevolent."
"A sage is very kind..." Wei Zhi said this meaningfully.
Wei Zhi didn't let Bai Li go down, but let him go with him. It has been nearly a month since the disaster, and the house has basically been cleaned up, so there is nothing to see.
Wei Zhi mainly looked at the conditions in the field, and unless someone deliberately took him to see a field in good condition, it would be impossible to fake it.