Peerless pastoral little green plum

Chapter 696
The biggest problem in Lincheng right now is the infestation of bandits.

Just like what the gangsters said before, when life is difficult, they think of becoming a bandit. Everyone wants to be a bandit, so who will make a living with peace of mind, as long as they join the bandit den, they will have food Have you worn it yet?
Right now, the most urgent problem is to solve the problem of bandits.

Pei Baoshan didn't suspect people, and he didn't need people, he immediately handed over the task of suppressing the bandits to Rong Rong, and he led the team to wipe out all the bandits in the villages in Lincheng one by one.

Being tolerant and acting like a bandit, he still has a principle, those who are willing to be exiled to the army, and those who are not, can be killed.

His resolute actions made the bandits emboldened, and some timid ones surrendered obediently without leading troops to suppress them.

There were a lot less bandits in Lincheng, and the common people no longer had to worry about being robbed when they went out.

The refugees were resettled and the public security problem was resolved. The people in Lincheng breathed a sigh of relief. During this period of time, the county town of Lincheng was quite lively.

On Yao Huahua's side, in addition to settling the refugees, she has been thinking about how to solve the problem in Lincheng with County Magistrate Yin.

After all, she is from the 21st century, and she has learned history well before, knowing that no matter which dynasty or generation, the dynasty can last long only if the people live and work in peace and contentment.

During that time, she took Wen Xi and Yin Zhixian wearing common people's clothes and visited around Lincheng.

There are many lands in Lincheng Mountain, and there are many terraced fields in this area, but many fields are abandoned, and the common people have no land to cultivate.

Yao Huahua asked some nearby mountain people, and the mountain people said that these lands belong to the local squires, and if they want to plant land, they have to sign long-term labor contracts with the squires. After a year of hard work, they can't even afford food and clothing. Go up the mountain to chop firewood to sell freedom.

As a long-term worker, you have to be exploited.

Yao Huahua was puzzled: Didn't the imperial court hand over the fields to the common people for planting?Why are the local gentry in Lincheng so overbearing?

After returning to the county seat, Yao Huahua asked County Magistrate Yin to call the gentry from each town together for questioning.

But the squires also had many reasons. When the dynasty opened, these lands belonged to the squires, and there was a contract on them. The squires had the right to dispose of these fields. It was up to them to decide how much tax to collect.

In the county yamen, Yao Huahua looked at the potbellied squires in Lincheng, and thought that the squire Lin in Shihua Town was an angel.

"Are you just watching the common people go hungry? You already make a living by renting and selling land. If you don't rent out the land, will you just leave it as a wasteland?" Yao Huahua asked.

"What does that have to do with me? There are only some thugs who refuse to sign the contract, and most of them are willing, otherwise we would have starved to death."

"Aren't you insensitive?" Yao Huahua asked, "No wonder Lincheng is so poor. You all took up the land. The common people have no land to plant, so you won't get any benefit in the end."

"Lingcheng is poor, that's the magistrate's business, what does it have to do with us?" one of the squires said.

"What if we must let you give up the land?" Yao Huahua asked.

For the first time, she put on the airs of the general's wife.

The gentry looked at each other, and finally said: "Mrs. Pei, that's impossible. We can lower the land rent, but it's impossible to let it go."

In the end, these squires also hinted that Yao Huahua invited their family to be guests, and they would definitely entertain them graciously, and their family would have whatever they wanted.

The implication is that they want to win over Pei Baoshan and let Pei Baoshan cover them.

Yao Huahua sneered, said she knew, and then sent the gentry back.

(End of this chapter)