Chapter 256 Hidden Field

When chaos broke out in the county office, Yin Liang was still calmly talking to the manager of the Song family among the Wei family, and they were talking about the Song family buying land with a lot of money.

Yin Liang didn't care about the money, he just laid out the land. He took out the drawing and squinted at it for a long time, twirling his beard and muttered: "Ten miles due south of Mangling, and just west of Huiguo Town, there are fifteen hectares of fertile land. The landowners have accumulated arrears in the fourth year of Tianbao.

If you evade paying taxes, judging from the tax rolls, this place must be ownerless."

This is actually the Hidden Field among the Guo Huan people.

The manager of the Song family became a little embarrassed and said: "I heard that the county is currently opening up wasteland. The head of the family only wants new fields in the northeast of the town."

"Isn't fertile farmland better?" Yin Liang laughed, with a smile like a vendor trying to coax a child with candy, "The land I'm talking about happens to be connected to the fields of Luhun Villa. The land is fertile and the water source is abundant. Or is it adjacent to the barren fields?

The same price is given to the Song family."

"Although this is good, I'm just afraid of offending..."

The Song family originally wanted Xue Bai to reclaim the wasteland for the poor farmers, but they did not expect that Xue Bai actually set aside the Guo family's fertile land. This was obviously intended to sow discord. However, the market price of more than 6,000 guan was nearly 200,000 guan.

And if there is a land that is hard to come by, this little steward would not dare to refuse it on behalf of his master's family.

"What's so scary?" Yin Liang asked: "What's the status of Song Taigong? What's the status of a county lieutenant? Can't take a piece of hidden land? What's the status of Guo Huan?"

During the five months when he followed Xue Bai to Yanshi, he had secretly measured the acres of land in the county. Not to say accurately, but at least he had an idea. He knew that although the fertile land had been owned by the Guo family, the land in the county had not been touched for many years.

After re-creating the register, it turns out that the Guo family actually does not pay any taxes, so it is a "hidden field".

"I have no control over this matter." Manager Song said, "What happened outside?"

Yin Liang didn't hide anything and said, "I don't know what's going on. It just so happens that we can get the Guo family's actual land register and see how much tax he has owed over the years."

"Is the county captain really going to take action?"

Yin Liang smiled meaningfully, nodded, and said, "Who told Guo Lu to never turn to the Shaofu?"

At this moment, Du Wulang rushed in furiously, spread out a thick book, placed it in front of Yin Liang, and said, "Sir, guess how much the Guo family has to pay?!"

The steward of the Song family raised his eyebrows when he heard this conversation. After he returned, he quickly told Song Mian what he had seen and heard today.

"really."

Song Mian was so surprised that he was actually very surprised. He thought that Xue Bai was bragging when he said he wanted to deal with Guo Huan, but he didn't expect that he would take action so quickly. It was quite reckless.

He had copper business dealings with the smugglers in Wuyang, and knew that they were helping Xue Bai to cause trouble at the county office, which made him feel like we were all in the same boat. Xue Bai was indeed meaningful and expressed his sincerity.

From this point of view, this land can be obtained, but I am not sure whether it can be achieved.

"By the way, they are all having a banquet at the Guo family's home today?" Song Mian couldn't help but wonder how determined Xue Bai was in dealing with Guo Huan, and ordered: "Go and watch and see how they react."

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The Guo family was large and luxurious, but the singing and dancing in the house were not very good, and Xue Bai found it boring.

When it comes to dance and music, after all, today’s saints are at the highest level.

Most of the time at the banquet was spent listening to Taigong Guo talk about the important ministers of the Taiyuan Guo family in the court, but in fact no one knew how much friendship they had with the same surname.

"Xue County Lieutenant Ke has heard of Guo Gong Qianguan, the Protector of Anxi. His cemetery is in the North Plains of Mangshan Mountain in Luoyang County, not far from here. Guo Gongguan worshiped the champion general, the right Weiwei general, the deputy governor of Anxi, and the four

The governor of the town, the general manager of Shuozhou, Tongping Zhangshi, was granted the title of Shangzhu State, Duke of Lu State, posthumously presented to General Zuowei, Governor of Liangzhou."

It's very bluffing to say something like this. They all bear the surname Guo, and they are buried close to each other. Guo Qianguan was indeed one of the people with the highest military exploits during the Kaiyuan period.

Starting from Guo Qianguan, we also talk about the current Jiannan Jiedu envoy Guo Xuji and Zuo Xiaowei general Guo Yuanzhen. In short, they are all famous figures.

Xue Bai listened, and with a thought in his mind, he asked: "Does Taigong Guo know General Guo Ziyi?"

Taigong Guo was stunned for a moment. After a member of his family spoke to him, he whispered in a low voice: "So there are such heroes in our Taiyuan family."

After muttering, he laughed and said: "The county lieutenant is talking about Ziyi, who has made great contributions in Anxi these years! Do the county lieutenant and him know each other? What a coincidence, they are both members of the same family."

Xue Bai smiled in agreement, thinking that her name was "Ziyi", and the newspaper sent by Yang Wei said that Guo Ziyi had been transferred from Anxi to Shuofang this year, and she even went to Yang Wei's house to send gifts during the New Year.

After the ceremony, he mentioned the huge stone cannon built by Xue Bai.

Although they share the same surname as Guo, their kinship may not be as close as that between him and Xue Hui.

Not long after, the Guo family's concierge came over to report that someone was coming from the county office. After that, several miscellaneous officials rushed in and shouted that there was trouble at the county office, interrupting a banquet that had a good atmosphere.

"Prison robbery?!"

Lu Linghao looked ugly. As a county magistrate, what he hated most was trouble. The quarrel between Xue Bai and Gao Chong was severe enough last time. He finally calmed down the situation and would never tolerate it again.

"Quick! Go back to the county office."

Putting down his wine glass, Lu Linghao immediately stood up and left. As he rolled his sleeves, he turned around and glanced at Xue Bai. Although there was no evidence, he could still realize that the matter was related to the county captain who refused to settle down.

Guo Taigong quickly called over Guo Huan and said: "The county has not seen such unruly people in decades. Please bring the part to help the county officials."

Buqu is also a type of domestic slave, responsible for farming and providing various errands for the master's family. In the Northern and Southern Dynasties or the early Tang Dynasty, he would also join the army with the master's family, that is, he was a servant. Guo Taigong was old and spoke in an old-fashioned way, so he was also called "Buqu"

, in fact, the most you can do is scare the untouchables with a stick.

"Yes, uncle, don't worry."

Guo Huan hurriedly followed Lu Linghao and left.

Xue Bai was still the most polite, saying goodbye to Mrs. Guo calmly and agreed to attend the banquet next time.

The county officials rushed back to the county office with a crowd of people, only to see a mess all over the ground. The officers fell to the ground rolling and wailing one by one. The county jail door had been opened, and seven or eight important criminals had escaped.

"What happened? Who dares to rob the prison?!"

No matter how angry Lu Linghao was, the prisoner had disappeared. Only the gentry and common people who had arrived gathered around and offered their opinions.

Everyone rushed to the backyard and found that the thieves dared to steal even the county office. Even the official documents had been dug out and scattered everywhere.

Xue Bai then stepped forward and picked up a book, flipped through it for a while, suddenly frowned, turned around and ordered: "Bring the tax book!"

Yin Liang was originally hiding in Wei's house, but happened to come out and asked hurriedly: "Young Master, what happened?"

"The acres and the taxes don't match up."

"let me see."

The two people spoke loudly, which quickly aroused the curiosity of the onlookers, who all raised their heads and whispered: "What happened?"

Du Wulang came out from behind the bamboo garden with a scared look on his face and said loudly: "The thief is gone? What is this? Show me too... Hey, the fields of Guo Lushi's family add up to hundreds of hectares?"

But I remember that I only paid the tax for twelve hectares this year, right?"

His performance was also based on his experience during the Chunwei riots. When he spoke, he looked at the small landowners with little wealth in the crowd. These people were more established and knowledgeable than ordinary farmers, but they were far inferior to the wealthy gentry. They

In fact, they are the backbone of Yanshi County’s annual tax payments.

Du Wulang is not afraid of people revealing that he is performing. The most important thing in making trouble is the atmosphere. As long as the atmosphere is ignited, people will not care about the details. He is not afraid of eye contact, and his sincere eyes can encourage the other party to vent their emotions.

"What?!"

"Guo Huan, a big business owner, pays the same amount of taxes as me?!"

"Look..."

Lu Linghao and Guo Huan were still interrogating who came to rob the prison and who they robbed. They put on very majestic expressions. Suddenly they heard dissatisfied accusations from the crowd. At this time, they could no longer stop the circulation of the book.

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"Calm down!" Guo Huan shouted: "That's not the case. The county has not measured acres for several years. Taxes are still collected according to the young crop roll in the 15th year of Kaiyuan."

"Then is this the Young Miao Book recreated by Guo Lushi?"

"This...isn't."

Recently, Guo Huan only measured the fields of ordinary farmers and found many small hermit households. However, he did not intend to register the fields according to the current acres to avoid tax being levied on the family's fields. He always thought that Xue Bai would be transferred soon.

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"Please listen to my explanation. It's not that taxes have not been paid on these fields, but that they are in the name of the original landowners..."

"Some people occupy nearly a thousand hectares of land, but they only pay one-hundred acres of tax; some people have less than a hundred acres of land, but they pay higher taxes. Is it fair?" Someone suddenly shouted like this.

Du Wulang couldn't help but chuckle after hearing this, knowing that once the atmosphere gets heated, explanations are of no use at all. For people, venting their emotions is the most important thing.

"Yes, the Guo family has too many hidden fields. This matter is absolutely unreasonable!"

"..."

When Song Mian arrived, he saw exactly such a noisy scene. Xue Bai had forced Guo Huan into a dilemma. Either admit in public that these fields did not belong to the Guo family;

of taxes.

"Mr. Song is here!"

"Everyone, why don't you listen to what Mr. Song has to say."

The chief of Shouyang Academy sounds ordinary, but in fact he has a wide network of contacts, and the Song family is not short of high-ranking people, so Song Mian has a high reputation in Yanshi County.

At this time, everyone looked at him with expectation. Some people thought that Mr. Song was of high moral character and would speak out for justice. Guo Huan thought that Song Mian should know the truth of death and coldness, and should not sit back and watch Xue Bai insult the Guo family like this.

Guo Huan wanted to shout out, "Xue Bai is provoking all high-ranking families this time. We should unite."

However, facing his expectant gaze, Song Mian turned a blind eye and turned to look at Xue Bai.

"I believe in the county captain!"
To be continued...