delicious little cook

Chapter 748 Bargaining with the Saint

The little eunuch who had been ordered to run all the way, so Bai Kou and his group did not encounter any obstruction or interrogation, and they arrived at the imperial study room smoothly, and directly entered the small bedroom through the small door under the corridor, but inside, the small bedroom and the study The main hall is connected, but they carry things, so it is naturally the door under the corridor.

It is said to be a small dormitory, but it depends on what it is compared to. Anyway, Bai Kou thinks this dormitory is bigger than the three rooms she lives in. After all, it is a palace, so it has to be square and square.

There is a place at the entrance where the palace maids deal with miscellaneous matters. There is a partition door, and a couch is around it. On both sides of the couch, there are three-legged candlesticks. The front of the couch faces the small door leading to the study room. Most of the saints rest here when they take a nap, but if they continue to walk past the couch, there is a corner full of various cabinets, which store complete daily necessities. Clean Clothes Footwear.

To be honest, there is nothing to tidy up, but Bai Kou still tidied it up, pushed the mirror behind the screen, hung up the large and medium-sized clothes hangers, hung the hooks and hanging baskets on the screen, opened the cabinet and put the small clothes The clothes were packed in baskets, and the coats were sorted by quality. After all, it was a temporary resting place. It was normal that there were few things, but the little eunuch who was taking care of him asked for a few more small baskets for later use. For the occasional sundries, Bai Kou also left a round pier as a laundry basket.

After everything was cleaned up, the extra items were moved to the door, Bai Cai stood on the porch and waited, and it didn't take long before he saw Sheng Jia.

The saint walked all the way and saw Bai Kou standing in the corridor, so he stopped.

"Well, it's rare for a little girl to enter the palace. Go, follow them down to wash your hands, and serve me tea."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Bai Kou bent down deeply, followed the little eunuch leading the way to prepare.

The sage walked into the imperial study, took a few notebooks from the desk, and then went to the small dormitory, where he sat on the couch to read, but he didn't go inside to see how it was tidied up.

Bai Kou washed her hands and came back. The tea stove and the mountain spring water for making tea had already been prepared. Through the partition of the light gauze, she was boiling water at the door, while the saint was reading the memorial inside. Neither of them spoke. Only Eunuch Xi served in the room. The eunuchs were all standing in the corridor.

When the tea was ready, Bai Kou brought it over on a tea tray, and Eunuch Xi cleaned up the memorial on the couch table and asked Bai Kou to put down the tea tray.

The sage picked up the teacup, the tea soup was clear, and the floating tea stems and tea foam were all thrown off. He blew on the cool air, took a few sips of tea carefully, and then put the teacup back on the couch.

"How is the progress of Gu Yun's lawsuit now?" Without warning, the saint asked this question.

"Return to Your Majesty, I'm looking for Maoer Yazi, a villager in Hedong, all over the city." Bai Kou was waiting for this questioning, otherwise why would she come to the imperial study from the queen's palace.

"Haven't found it? You don't have any clues?"

"Currently missing, our Elder even made a secret call and asked the news dealers on the black market to find someone, but there was no good news yesterday, and there were piles of people looking for him on the street where he often messed around. His so-called friends said He hadn’t seen him since he returned to the village for the Chinese New Year. When the officials sent him to the village, because of the chaos at the scene, Mao Eryazi’s family members all told when he hadn’t seen him, and the villagers didn’t even know, but they were encouraged by him. It was Mao Eryazi who said that there are rich people in the city who are willing to pay a higher price, and the villagers were moved by the words, so they collectively broke the contract."

"Hmph, a group of ignorant and unruly people, don't even think about how there is such a good thing in the world. They have been poor for so many years, and suddenly their land is worth money? There is no mine vein under that piece of land, what is it worth? Greedy, too greedy! "

"Your Majesty, the villagers have been illiterate for generations. After being poor for so many years, they suddenly found improvement. They are just happy. They have more trustworthy acquaintances to tell them that there are more generous and rich people who are willing to pay better prices. They can count on the villagers They are moral and trustworthy? No, no, no, they only worry that they are slower than others and earn even a penny less. But then again, from their perspective, it is too difficult for them to see the trap behind it at a glance, or It is better to strengthen education. Originally, our son wanted to wait two or three years until the situation stabilized and a school would be built in each village, but now that they are making trouble, it depends on his mood whether the school can be built or not. In addition, in terms of plan, a large piece of land near the water is to be built as a factory. The first batch of workers in the factory come from these villagers. , It’s harder than going to heaven to repair it.”

After hearing this, the sage silently nodded in approval.

"This accident happened a little strangely. It's really unreasonable to say that no one is behind the scenes. Otherwise, how dare a mere gangster fight against the first-class son of the noble family headed by Duke Ye's mansion?"

"Your Majesty, there are not many people who can oppose our first-class families. The top-level families can be counted one, two, three, four, but this is even more puzzling. No one cares about it, our son took his brothers and ran to enclose the land to open up wasteland, and immediately someone was jealous and wanted to make trouble? What did you do so early? Snatching things from other people's hands can have a dream at night or something?"

"So you think the troublemakers are from the same circle?"

"Not necessarily in the same circle, but at least at the same level, Your Majesty, and this is not the opinion of a servant alone, but the common opinion of our son and his group. When Manager Rong rushed back to report the news in a panic, our son and Cheng That's how Wang reacted."

"Well, now that the lawsuit has reached a stalemate, what does Gu Yun think?"

"According to the principle of voluntariness, since the whole village of Hedong Village is going to break the contract, then break the contract, ask the villagers to pay the compensation, and this business will end."

"Is this trying to kill the villagers? How can they pay for it?"

"If we can't pay it, who can we blame? We deserve this loss? Why? His money didn't come from the wind, but he earned it from the factory. Rewards are never relentless, just like those big mirrors during the Chinese New Year, which received an unprecedented response. They were driven out by the workers who worked hard throughout the Chinese New Year. Afterwards, everyone who participated was a leg of lamb and a big fish. Heads are given. We definitely have clear rewards and punishments, come and go voluntarily, rushing is not a business, but you think we are being taken advantage of and slaughtered casually, then I'm sorry, let's go to the court, since the law is written in black and white, we must respect the law The law, after the lawsuit is over, sue them for damaging the reputation of others, and then start a new lawsuit to see who goes down first."

"You are full of resentment."

"of course!"

Bai Kou suddenly yelled loudly, Eunuch Xi was startled, and the sage also stared, but Bai Kou didn't seem to notice at all, and continued talking non-stop.

"Those villagers have been farming for generations. Why should we rent their land and hire them as farm laborers? If we want to use their experience in farming to do a long-term agricultural experiment for us and cultivate high-quality grain seeds, as long as we get the grain, we will Grab the lifeblood of the population and use the limited land to produce as much food as possible. As long as the food is sufficient, the population will grow naturally. In addition, in such a large country, there are disasters in different places every year, and there is food in the heart Don't panic, you don't have to worry about the disaster relief. As long as the victims have enough to eat, everything is easy to talk about. If the court reduces taxes in a timely manner, the people will be grateful and set up a longevity tablet at home. Our son is going to be a Jinshi and a career. , if he can gain experience in farming now, it will definitely be good for him to become an official outside in the future. Those local gentry should not think that they are local snakes and just want to fool the local officials. What's more, if they really produce high-quality grain What kind of big landlord would think that the output of his land is too much? Do you dare to think of six hundred catties of grain per mu?"

"...Some are not too daring." The saint's face was full of confusion, a little tempted, and he thought how could this be possible.

"Dreams still exist, what if they come true?"

The saint stroked his beard, pondered for a moment, and flicked his fingers on the couch.

"Little girl, you were almost taken into a ditch by you."

"The servant dare not, the servant is wronged."

"Do you still dare to say that you are wronged? You have said so much, does this mean that you want to end the contract?"

"Before the villagers broke the contract, they really thought so, but the villagers didn't want to cooperate anymore. The twisted melons are not sweet. Why bother? They are not the only farmers in the world. If you think about it, you can always get it from other places. Farmer here."

"Where is the village head of Hedong Village left behind by Yingtian Fuqiang? Gu Yun went to talk to him? Has it been formally negotiated? The contract is terminated, and the villagers compensate for the loss?"

"That's not true. Isn't this anxious to find that boy Mao Erzi? Only after he was found did he find out whether he did it purely as a prank for fun, or if someone really instructed him behind the scenes."

"That's right, this person hasn't been found yet, and now we are sure that these deluded and deceived villagers are really planning to break the contract and not cooperate?"

Bai Kou heard that the meaning of these words was not quite right, she slowly raised her head, looked straight at the saint, and blinked a few times.

"Your Majesty, do you want to mediate?"

"Yeah, I'm here to mediate, do you like it?"

"Your Majesty's mediation, of course our son has nothing to say, but what do the villagers mean? The walls are covered with grass, and the wind blows on both sides. Who knows if they have agreed in person, and they will change their minds later."

"If I come forward to mediate, if the villagers dare to turn back on their promises, it is a serious crime of deceiving the emperor. The death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime cannot escape. All men, women and children will be exiled by me, and the land of Hedong Village will be assigned to Gu Yun. Okay?"

"But this is the punishment method for the villagers after they really backtracked, and it has nothing to do with their current behavior." Bai Kou rubbed his hands, with a look of bargaining.

"Okay, stop acting, tell me your conditions, how can you accept the mediation? Those villagers are also my people, Gu Yun has suffered a lot, but I can't just watch Gu Yun treat the villagers Forced to die, the palms and backs of the hands are full of flesh, I have to take care of both sides."

"It would be great for His Majesty to personally mediate, but the servant cannot be the master of the prince, so the servant can only tell him what your majesty wants, and accept the conditions of mediation. Naturally, the prince will give you the discount."

"Make it up, make it up again." The sage said dryly, and took a few sips from the teacup, "You are an imposing shopkeeper, but you can't be Gu Yun's master in business matters? My time is limited, Hurry up, let's talk about the conditions, otherwise I will do as I see."

The sage's intimidation worked well, and Bai Koo immediately stood at attention.

"The villagers have no morals and integrity. We don't take the blame for education, but the court has to bear it. Therefore, please give us a tax reduction. The requirements are not high. Our son now enjoys the tax of Juren, and it is enough to give him the tax of Jinshi."

"Tax cuts?! Well, I've said a lot before, and here's the point!"

"Since the crown prince passed the Juren examination, he has never received any donations from anyone. The land under his name has been bought with serious money. No one has used the land to rely on him in exchange for tax relief. Even this Hedong village he They all spend money to do things, but he never thought of taking advantage of the loopholes to find loopholes and try his best to evade taxes. Now that he has suffered such a big wrong, and he is asked to back down and accept mediation, is it too much to give him some benefits?"

"Hey, did you ask me instead?"

"The slaves dare not, the slaves are just conveying the meaning of our son."

"Is this what Gu Yun meant again?"

"The son is the master and the boss, so naturally everything is up to him."

"Well, he is also the one to blame."

"Then, will you give me any benefits?" Bai Kou looked at the saint expectantly.

"You won't accept mediation if you don't give benefits?"

"If the imperial court insists on mediation, the son will still accept it as a minister, but, it is inevitable that he will be in a bad mood. I am afraid that the good plan before will have to be discounted. Why should he be angry and suffer losses without any compensation, and he is not allowed to terminate the contract. What? He can’t do it if he doesn’t want to play anymore? Doesn’t the cooperation have to be voluntary?”

The sage picked up the teacup and drank the tea in one gulp, breathing heavily.

"Okay, okay, I'm afraid of you, and give him the tax amount of Jinshi for five years."

"Only five years?"

"Too little? Tell him to pass the Jinshi examination next year."

"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty!"

"When you go back, remember to tell Gu Yun that you will go to Yingtian Mansion tomorrow, and the governor will preside over the mediation between the two parties. Please sign quickly to prevent any further incidents."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I must convey the exact words!"

"Okay, it's getting late, go outside and get the reward and go back."

"Farewell, servant girl."

Bai Kou finished the ceremony in a proper manner, and went out the same way. Someone had already been waiting outside the door with a purse for a reward. Bai Kou accepted the purse, and then took out another dime of silver and stuffed it into the other party's hand. Both parties said goodbye to each other beamingly. , and the little eunuch who sent Bai Kou out of the palace was also rewarded by her, and they all wished her well.

The coachman who was carrying Bai Kou took a long nap, and finally saw someone come out. Seeing her smiling, he gave the little eunuch a reward, and immediately got out of the car and opened the curtain.

"Everything is going well?"

"Perfect."

The driver's body shook, and he regained his energy immediately. The exhaustion of waiting for so long seemed to be swept away, and he drove back home happily.

Bai Cai sat in the car, slowly closed his eyes and lowered his head as the car shook.

Talking to the emperor and bargaining is not easy, she is also exhausted.

(Author's words: 8000 daily update is really too much...)
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