Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 1650 Hu Xuefan

"Yes, little one understands."

"The collection of reasonable burdens must be done quickly." Hong Huangnan reminded, "I saw that there are many villages in the report that were in arrears with the reasonable burdens of last year, so I need to remind them. Whether it is money, cloth or grain. Sign up—it’s all useful.”

"Yes. I'll arrange someone to urge you right now." Zhu Fusheng responded quickly.The head office of Dachang Rice Bank in Guangzhou also undertakes the task of collecting "reasonable burdens".They are responsible for the collection, storage and transshipment of the reasonable burdens in various parts of the Pearl River Estuary every year.

After Zhu Fusheng withdrew, Hong Huangnan looked at the long summon list, studied the names on it, and informed the secretary:
"Call Hu Xuefan in first!"

The person who came in was 27 and [-] years old, dark, thin and dry, wearing a "cadre uniform", but with a bun on his head, and he walked with a limp, looking nondescript.

"Chief." Hu Xuefan had a leg problem and couldn't stand at attention, so he could only try to make his standing posture look better.

"Xiao Hu, sit down." Hong Huangnan was very polite to him, and casually threw a cigarette from his white special cigarette to him, "How is it? After going to the countryside for such a long time, the body can still eat. "

"What did you say, chief? It is my honor to serve the Senate and the people." Hu Xuefan was flattered, took the cigarette and nodded and said.

"I won't gossip. Little Hu," Hong Huangnan sat down, "tell me about your visit to the countryside this time."

"Yes, chief." Hu Xuefan didn't dare to smoke in front of the chief, and clamped the cigarette to his ear.Even though he now has a decent and literary name, in fact he was the "Umbrella Shop Xiaohu" who worked as a "grain messenger" under Chen Minggang, the secretary of Lingao Household Office.

After Chen Minggang played on the swing, except for a few who were hanged together with the people who were extremely angry, the rest of the original grain messengers entered the grain collection bureau to give full play to their expertise.Over the past few years, except for a few who went to Fu Youdi's place who were not open-eyed, everyone else became "cadres" of the tax bureau.

"Xiao Hu from the Umbrella Shop" has the ability to "know numbers" and has become a member of the National Taxation Bureau.After the Battle of the Pearl River Estuary, the Executive Committee entrusted the State Administration of Taxation to integrate the land of the local gentry who died and escaped during the operation, and established the Wansheng No. Rent Store, which is a tenant.

Because of this skill, Hu Xuefan was transferred to Guangdong after the establishment of the Wansheng Rent Store and became the "Master" in the Rent Store.His work is no different from the past: inspecting the rent-collecting acres and estimating the approximate yield.As the basic basis for collecting rent from tenants.In addition, he also had to estimate the approximate grain and special product output of those villages in the Pearl River Estuary that had established the "reasonable burden" system, so as to ensure that the "reasonable burden" collection amount was moderate.

He has worked in this position for several years, and it can be said that he knows the crop fields of the villages under his jurisdiction very well.

This time, he was assigned by Hong Huangnan to inspect the counties at the mouth of the Pearl River, inspecting the growth of this year's autumn grain and commercial crops, and roughly estimating the yield per mu of crops in various places.These data are one of the important basis for Hong Huangnan's on-site dispatch.

"Chief, I have already written a report on this matter." Hu Xuefan has undergone many trainings, and now it is not a problem to write a report and fill out the form. "Let me report the general situation first."

The situation in the counties he has been to is different. In some counties, the crops are growing very well, and it is expected that there will be no problem at full maturity, while in some counties, natural disasters have hit the crops.In addition to natural disasters, the sown area of ​​economic crops this year is larger than last year, so the food shortage in Guangdong will definitely become more serious, especially in some wealthy counties in the Pearl River Delta, where food is no longer self-sufficient.It is mainly due to the contribution of the Senate: Guangdong is now the largest raw material supplier and sales market for the Senate, and a large amount of import and export trade has stimulated the planting of cash crops in various parts of Guangdong.

"...In other words, about two-thirds of the fifteen counties in Guangzhou Prefecture are not self-sufficient in food and need to be transported outside."

Hong Huangnan has mixed feelings of joy and sorrow, but he is happy that cash crops are the source of wealth, once Guangdong is captured, it will be a windfall!The worry is that the leading soldiers of the Fubo Army and the cadres of the civil affairs department cannot live by smoking and drinking indigo water.Once the occupation is implemented, in addition to feeding the soldiers, the problem of feeding the local people must also be solved.

"It seems that things are still a little tricky." Hong Huangnan frowned.Hu Xuefan didn't dare to say anything, waiting for the chief's next words.

"Do you think there is any problem with the reasonable burden in various places now? I think there are still arrears from last year. In addition, the rental store has collected rent, is there any potential to tap?"

"There is a problem." Hu Xuefan said hastily, "The main reason is the unevenness of joy and sorrow. In some places, the burden is too heavy. The local liaison officers have been petitioning to lower the burden."

This has been going on since he took office.Especially for him, a "knowledge" who holds great power, the "liaison officers" of each village will come to complain and petition every time the "reasonable burden" is collected.Liaison officers in some villages also come to present native gifts from time to time, implying that as long as they can reduce the "burden", they can send a considerable amount of "thank you money".Several times, mulberry paper bags wrapped in white flowers and silver have been stuffed into his hands, and gold bracelets and silver pancakes have also been stuffed into the lychee baskets and cured fish chickens that were brought to him.Once the liaison officer invited him to "drink tea" and simply brought a big girl.Said that as long as he is willing to "smile and accept", even the house and furniture will be "purchased".

This kind of good thing has almost happened to the staff of Wansheng Rent a Store and Dachang Rice Bank, which undertakes "reasonable burden".But Xiao Hu didn't dare to be tempted.He experienced the "Qing Zhang Tian Mu" movement in Lingao back then, and later participated in the "Qing Zhang Tian Mu" campaign in various counties in Hainan as a "cooperative person", and he knew that the chiefs were not only cruel and ruthless, but also well-informed.So I dare not even take more lychees.Every year, a few unlucky people always go missing in the rice shop and rental store. Everyone keeps silent about it, but everyone knows where they went.

However, over the past few years, he has somewhat "friended" with the liaison officers in various villages. It is true that some villages are heavily burdened. The chief always disagrees.Because the amount of "reasonable burden" for each village is actually "punitive" in nature, those who have resisted or resisted more intensely have a heavier "reasonable burden".It's somewhat "political".

Seeing that there was an opportunity at this moment, he brought up the matter again.

Hong Huangnan didn't speak, Hu Xuefan felt more and more interesting, and said: "Although these villages resisted Wang Shi back then, after all, it has been a few years, and besides, those who offended Tianwei were big families and gentry, now they are all wiped out, It is unreasonable to put this extra burden on ordinary people."

"You're right, but I can't decide on this matter." Hong Huangnan said, "Leaving this aside, is there any potential for renters to tap?"

The two incomes of "reasonable burden" and "rent storehouse" can collect about [-] shi of various grains in normal years, and about [-] taels of cash crops and cash.This income is Hong Huangnan's main source of income in this Guangdong strategy.He felt unsatisfied and wanted to tap the potential.

"To be honest, it's not impossible, but..." Hu Xuefan paused cautiously before continuing, "The Wansheng is now divided [-]-[-] with the tenants. Wansheng also bears the land tax. If this condition is changed to other Zhuangzi, it will cost four. Sixty cents, and those who want fifty or five cents are iron rents. If you want to tap the potential, change it to forty-six or thirty-seven, as long as there is no disease or disaster, the tenants can live-but do this, do this..." He He murmured and did not continue.

Hong Huangnan fully understood what he meant: doing so would damage the name of benevolence and righteousness of the Senate.

"Understood, I'll think about it again." Hong Huangnan hesitated a bit, he knew that most people in the Senate cared about "reputation", and probably would not agree to such a thing that would harm the hearts of the people.He suddenly asked again: "Do you know the situation in Sanliang City?"

Hu Xuefan thumped in his heart, and quickly responded, "I know."

"I read Dachang's report. The reasonable burden of Sanliang City is delayed for several months every year. Do you know the specific situation?"

Hu Xuefan nodded: "I know about this. The situation in Sanliang City is different from other places. The biggest income there is mat grass, and there is no way to collect grain. The reasonable burden is silver. I heard people in this industry say: every year It takes less than half a year for the mats to come down, dry them, and weave them into mats before they can be sold. It is really difficult for them to pay on time."

"I see." Hong Huangnan nodded, "Go."

"Yes, my little one will leave." Hu Xuefan was a little nervous, and even the words in the past popped up.

The next person to be summoned was Li Cunfa, the "liaison officer" of Sanliang City.

Li Cunfa is a small grass merchant, who used to live his life in Sanliang City relying on the breath of heaven and earth.The local mat business is monopolized by the Luo family. Li Cunfa can only do the lowest-level purchase work. He has been busy purchasing mats and can only sell them to the Luo family's firm. He can only earn a living for his family after a year of hard work. .

After the Australian broke Sanliang City and bloodbathed the local gentry, he made peace with the monk and came forward to maintain order and became a "liaison officer".After the Australians withdrew, Li Cunfa became the de facto mayor of the town. In addition to regularly collecting "reasonable burdens" from the whole town every year, he also had to urge food for the Wansheng.He is the leading figure in the town.

Hearing that a chief wanted to summon him, Li Cunfa murmured secretly that he had not been innocent in the past few years.After Luo Tianqiu fell from power, he took advantage of his status as a "contact person" to collude with Taoist monks, and actually monopolized the matting business in Sanliang City.

(End of this chapter)