No matter how enlightened Fei Yinghuan is, no matter how clever Lou is, they cannot make the decision in the Fei family.

The father is the guide for the son, and the old man has the final say on really important matters!

You cannot take the initiative to ask for family division. If your parents are still alive, it would be unfilial to divide the family and divide the property.

Unfilial piety is a serious crime, much more serious than corruption. If you are impeached, you can be dismissed from office without being able to defend yourself.

Without the old man's nod, Fei Rulan wouldn't have thought of marrying Zhao Han seriously.

Then we can only hide Chen Cang.

The mother and daughter reached a consensus and the matter was settled.

Fei Rulan felt relaxed all over, like a bird with its feathers dried in the sun, flapping its wings and flying high into the clouds. She knelt upright, leaned over and kowtowed: "Please give me five acres of land to Brother Han."

"You've even found out how refugees settle down?" Lou said with a smile, "They say girls are outgoing, but you haven't even gotten married yet."

"Please mother make the decision!"

With a bright smile, Fei Rulan kowtowed once again.

There are relevant laws in the Ming Dynasty. If refugees have land in another place, they can go to the local government to apply for household registration.

Periods when a large number of refugees existed, such as when Emperor Chenghua took the throne. In order to solve the problem of millions of refugees, it was not even necessary to produce land deeds. As long as there was actually reclaimed wasteland, the government would register the refugees.

Most of the powerful slaves in the middle and late Ming Dynasty took money to buy property in other places, and then bribed the government to obtain household registration status. However, once their old owners discovered it, they took the deed of sale to the prefecture and county magistrate, and the new status of this powerful slave was

It will be invalidated immediately.

The Lou family donated five acres of land, and Zhao Han could take the land deed and go to the county government to set up his own business.

Lou took some documents and handed one to Fei Rulan: "This is Brother Han's body deed. You can take it."

Fei Rulan took it with both hands, folded it and put it in her arms.

Mr. Lou handed over several more land deeds: "The fields I married are all in Jiujiang. These are the fields under your father's name. They were all donated by the neighbors when I was admitted to the imperial examination. There are only farm bones, no farm skins, and no rent."

If the price is low, you can give it to Brother Han. I will send another family of slaves to accompany him to bribe the master and confirm the household registration of good people."

Donation means that farmers voluntarily give their land to nobles, officials, and gentry, and then become tenants themselves.

The fundamental reason is that after the "One Whip Law", the corvee service was changed to Ding's service money. With more and more people deserting the service, the Ding's service money was concentrated on a small number of farmers, resulting in the amount of Ding's service money that needed to be paid every year.

It actually exceeded the land tax that needed to be turned in.

And officials and scholars can just be exempted from the labor service, so don't they hit it off right away?

A first-grade Beijing official can only be exempted from grain for thirty dan, but can be exempted from 10,000 acres of land. It does not mean that 10,000 acres of land are not taxed, but that the corvee relationship attached to 10,000 acres of land can be directly exempted!

As a Juren, Fei Yinghuan could only be exempted from grain and two dan, but he was exempted from the corvee of 1,200 acres of land.

As a result, many farmers gave their land to Fei Yinghuan for free in order to escape the heavy labor service. However, these lands cannot be taken away at will and can only be leased to the original landowners for cultivation. Otherwise, they will be shameless and their reputation will be ruined.

funeral!

It actually doesn't matter if ten acres of land are transferred to Zhao Han. The government will not change the fish scale list, and those who should evade service can still escape service.

Fei Rulan took the field deed with both hands and carefully put it into her arms.

Mr. Lou took another twenty taels of silver and warned: "These are enough for the refugees to settle down. The master will definitely agree. Don't alarm the county magistrate. The county magistrate has a greater appetite and will inevitably make things difficult."

Fei Rulan accepted the money and kowtowed three times to her mother.

Mr. Lou smiled and said: "When these are done, when you get married in Jiujiang, I will give you a lot of dowry land, and you will not go hungry."

Fei Rulan was ashamed and happy, blushing and said, "Mom is so kind."

Mr. Lou smiled and said, "If you ask your younger brother to escort you and deliver the deed in person, Brother Han will definitely be moved and will hold you in his hands like a treasure from now on."

"Well, my daughter will go to the mouth of the river right now." Fei Rulan turned around and ran away.

Lou shouted: "It's almost night, can't we wait until tomorrow?"

"Go early and come back early," Fei Rulan said.

Mr. Lou smiled and stopped: "If you go tomorrow, you will be looked down upon if you are so impatient. People will think you can't get married!"

Fei Rulan could only go back to her room obediently, tossing and turning all night, unable to sleep.

She will be eighteen years old next year, and she would have been married to another woman long ago. Even if a leftover woman at such an old age is not a widower, it will be difficult for her to find a suitable husband, and she will most likely have to marry a decent family.

In this case, why not find someone you like? No matter where he comes from.

Fantasizing about leaving the family and living a happy life in Jiujiang, Fei Rulan was still smiling even when she fell asleep.

The next morning.

Fei Rulan called her maid Xiyue and ran to find her brother next door: "Ruhe, come with me to Hekou Town quickly."

Fei Ruhe asked: "Sister, do you know about Brother Han?"

"I know that Mom already has an idea. Please accompany me to find him." Fei Rulan said.

Fei Ruhe said happily: "That's great, wait until I change my clothes."

He called Fei Chun and hung the bow and arrows on his back. Fei Ruhe walked and said, "When I meet Zhao Han, I want to learn archery skills with him. I have made rapid progress recently!"

"Brother Han has never practiced archery, why don't you compete with farmers in plowing the fields?" Fei Rulan complained.

…

Dingsheng Building, kitchen.

"Master, there has never been enough pepper," said chef Peng Zhengxiang. "We have used up all the locally produced peppers. Now that Ehu Town has set up a banknote, the peppers shipped from Zhejiang have become more expensive.

Can’t you teach me some non-spicy dishes?”

"No problem," Zhao Han warned, "the price of peppers is getting higher and higher, and there will definitely be many farmers planting them next year, so there won't be a shortage by then."

Peng Zhengxiang smiled and said: "I left a lot of pepper seeds and asked my nephew to plant more than ten acres of them next year!"

Zhao Han was teaching new dishes when he suddenly heard Fei Ze say: "Brother, the young master and the eldest lady are here."

Zhao Han threw down the spatula, took off his apron, and followed Fei Ze upstairs.

When I walked into the private room, I heard Fei Rulan say: "You guys go out first."

Fei Chun and Xiyue left immediately, leaving Fei Ruhe standing stupidly as a light bulb.

Fei Rulan said: "You also go out."

"Me?" Fei Ruhe looked confused.

"Yes, you go out too." Fei Rulan repeated.

Fei Ruhe was confused and left the private room muttering.

There was only a man and a woman left in the house. Fei Rulan's heart was pounding. She blushed and took out the document: "Please accept it."

Zhao Han didn't understand what it meant, so he took it and took a look, and immediately looked strange.

I finally broke free from the shackles of morality, and now I am favored by Lou's mother and daughter!

The body deed and land deed documents had been left in Fei Rulan's arms for a long time, still carrying the body fragrance and warmth of her daughter's family.

Can't refuse.

Fei Rulan has given up all her reserve and scruples. How should she deal with rejection?

Suddenly, Zhao Han figured it out, smiled warmly, and stared at Fei Rulan with tender eyes.

A person who is determined to rebel, how can he be so coy in his emotions? Isn't he worse than a girl in a boudoir?

Fei Rulan didn't dare to look at him, lowered her head and turned around and said, "I'm going home first."

Zhao Han suddenly reached out and pulled her back into his arms, hugging her tightly: "Do you know what I want to do?"

This was a pun, but Fei Rulan didn't understand it, and was embarrassed and afraid: "You... let me go."

"Let me hold you for a while." Zhao Han closed his eyes, smelling the fragrance of the girl's hair, and his whole body became relaxed.

It's really relaxing. He thinks too much every day and his nerves are always tense. Now he doesn't have to worry about it anymore.

Fei Rulan's whole body was stiff. Let alone hugging a man, she had never even touched a man's hand. Feeling the body temperature of Zhao Han and the warm breath coming from her ears, Fei Rulan's body gradually softened, as if Stepping on cotton feels like floating in the air.

The two of them didn't speak anymore, they just hugged each other quietly.

"Bang bang bang bang bang!"

Suddenly, Fei Ruhe slammed the door: "Sister, what do you want, haven't you finished speaking yet?"

"I am leaving!"

Fei Rulan pushed Zhao Han away fiercely, turned around and ran away with a red face, like a frightened deer.

Two days later, Fei Lin, the general manager of Jingxingyuan, personally accompanied Zhao Han to the county government to settle down.

People from the Fei family must come forward, otherwise they won't be able to get it for twenty taels of silver. If the government doesn't know the details, it won't easily set up a household for the refugees, for fear of offending any big family in the county.

They came to the county government office and spent two taels of silver to bribe the disciples. They soon met Mr. He, the county magistrate.

The county magistrate has been replaced, so naturally the master will also be replaced.

The master's name is He Can, he is about forty years old, and he agreed to go have a drink with great honor.
To be continued...