Tang He glanced at Bai Shanhou before saying: "The notice has been posted, and we have met with the magistrates of the counties, and temporarily calmed down the troubled tenants, but in fact we have only contacted half of the fields and tenants now..."
Tang He briefly summarized the work during this period, and said: "Now there are more than 18 hectares of land that have been redeemed and bought back. Oh, this part does not count the ten hectares of the Zheng family. The rest, because the tenants are still emotional. It was a little unstable, so it didn't work out."
Inspector Yu frowned, "Is there nothing Mr. Tang can do?"
Master Tang laughed and said: "There are still some. The excuse they give is just to maintain stability. Therefore, as long as we appease the tenants and they don't make trouble, these people will have no excuse to procrastinate. If they procrastinate, the court will The side has an excuse to take them down directly."
He said: "Now we have appeased many tenant farmers, and we are sure about the 23 hectares of land involved. It's just that we have never signed a redemption contract and are waiting for Inspector Yu to take office."
Governor Yu: "Wait for me?"
He looked at Mr. Tang with some doubts, "Didn't the Ministry of Households directly allocate funds for this redemption? Mr. Tang is also an inspector, so you should be able to directly decide this matter?"
"Yes, but firstly, this is Qizhou after all, and in the future it will be Governor Yu who will govern this land; secondly..."
Tang He turned his head to look at Bai Shan who was sitting on the side, and said helplessly, "It's all my fault. He is young and ignorant, and he is too soft-hearted and kind-hearted. I made a promise that I shouldn't have made without watching."
Inspector Yu frowned slightly, looked at Bai Shan, and saw that his face was fair and handsome, sitting there as straight as a bamboo, but his temperament was gentle and elegant, and he looked like a son of a family, so he raised his eyebrows, a smile that was not a smile He said: "Master Tang should know that I only killed three people, right? Those three people are all local gentry in Qizhou. In the future, if I want to administer here, I can't let people bully me. If I give in to them , Master Tang doesn’t need to speak anymore.”
"Inspector Yu misunderstood," Tang He said hastily, "He didn't make a promise with those gentry."
He glanced at Bai Shan again, and Bai Shan lowered his head in shame. Then he sighed heavily and said, "When he was comforting the tenants, he saw that they were dressed in rags and panicked, so he Couldn't resist making a promise with them."
Tang He turned his head and said, "Quickly apologize to Inspector Yu."
Bai Shan quickly got up and bowed to Inspector Yu, and said with shame on his face, "I have caused trouble for the adults."
When Inspector Yu heard that it was not those gentry and local clans but tenant farmers, he put his foot on the footstool and asked relaxedly, "Oh? What promise did you give?"
Master Tang said: "My junior promises to those tenant farmers that the land will still be leased to them after they buy it back, and they can sign the lease agreement for next year immediately, and the rent collected will never exceed 40% .”
Governor Yu twitched the corners of his mouth and asked, "You won't make this promise with every tenant in every village, right?"
"No, no, no," Master Tang said hastily, "I made it with one village, that is, Da'an Village. He just came back today, and the promise was made today."
He explained: "Inspector Yu doesn't know that Da'an Village is the largest village we have visited in the past few days, with 167 households and 978 people in total."
Inspector Yu was surprised, "So many people, nearly two miles away, can almost form a township."
Tang He shook his head and said, "It's a pity that there are no villages around it, and this village was not formed naturally, but was relocated and organized a few years ago for the convenience of farming these fields. Therefore, it cannot become a village."
Ten miles make up a township, and most villages are small, like Qili Village, which doesn't even have a mile. It still forms a mile with some households in Dali Village, and the head of the village is a person from that side of Dali Village.
Like a village of more than one mile is a huge deposit.
For example, in Dali Village, there is not only a big market, but also Taoist temples, doctors, meat stalls, and people who specialize in buying and selling grain.
The villagers in their area never go to Baimaguan Town to buy and sell things. They go to Dali Village if they want convenience, and go to the county town if they want to be rich and diverse.
Because the distance between the county seat and Baimaguan Town is about the same, even closer than the town.
When Bai Shan saw the geographical location of Da'an Village at that time, he knew that it was a place specially chosen by someone with a heart, in order to keep them isolated from the world and have less contact with others.
Generally such a big village is richer than other villages, but Da'an Village is so poor that you can't even smell the smell of oil. From the elderly to the children, the clothes are all patched and patched. , directly wearing short jackets, because there is only Da'an Village in that place, and they can't do anything except farming.
Tang He used to be a magistrate, so naturally he saw the key at a glance, so he couldn't help reminding Governor Yu at this moment, and said with a smile: "My schoolboy is young, and he is a bit stupid in reading. Seeing that they had no food to eat and no clothes to cover their bodies, even though we reassured them that this land would still be cultivated by them in the future, they were still apprehensive and uneasy. Handed it all over."
Inspector Yu looked at Bai Shan seriously from top to bottom, and smiled after a while: "Master Bai has a kind heart, which is understandable."
Tang He sighed and said: "But these fields are public lands of Qizhou after all, and we are only responsible for buying them back. How can we set up the rent on behalf of others, so we have to ask Governor Yu."
Inspector Yu laughed and said, "It's easy to say, easy to say, how about this, how about I go to the countryside with Mr. Tang tomorrow?"
He said with a smile: "As long as Mr. Tang doesn't dislike me for getting in the way, we can go to the countryside together to deal with this matter. This is quick and convenient, and it can also calm people's hearts the fastest, how about it?"
Master Tang smiled all over his face, "That's what Tang can't wish for."
"So we have agreed to go to the countryside together tomorrow."
"Okay, tomorrow Tang will wait in the governor's mansion and go to the countryside together." Tang He glanced at the lieutenant behind Yu governor, got up and said with a smile, "Since it's settled, I won't bother Yu governor to clean up."
Inspector Yu also got up to see him off. After sending him to the door, he said, "Master Tang, you can relax in the backyard. Wait for a while. After I change my clothes, come and invite Master Tang to the banquet together."
Tang He nodded with a smile, and took Bai Shan away.
After leaving the main courtyard, the smile on Tang He's face faded, but Bai Shan's eyes were full of smiles, "Brother Tang, this new governor is a wonderful person, with subtleties in roughness, it seems that he It is very sure to control the situation with some hands-on killing."