In the book, I was fed by my sister

"Come on, have a drink of water. It's as hot as a steamer!" Although there had been some minor conflicts before, Song Ran couldn't put on a cold face when he saw Zhu Ximei pushing the cart to deliver food.

Zhu Ximei had learned her lesson last time, so she was still a little nervous when delivering food this time. However, the bright sun made her feel warm inside, as if all the demons and monsters would disappear in the sun.

"This is the harvest of sorghum and corn this year. We have to wait for beans to be harvested. My brother asked me to ask if we can plant rapeseed on half of the land in October so that we can produce more rapeseed oil next year."

"Sister Ximei, please say thank you to your brother for me. I will take back the land and take care of it myself in the future."

When Zhu Ximei heard this, she immediately became anxious: "How can this be possible!"

"What's the problem? This is my family's land." Song Ran said. The government office would not allow it to be abandoned. Unless it was absolutely impossible, she didn't want to sell the land. In the past, she gave it to the Zhu family to grow crops, and she never cared about it. As long as they didn't go too far in distributing the grain, she would turn a blind eye.

"I can't make the decision on this matter. I have to go back and discuss it with my brother." After Zhu Ximei said this, she unloaded the grain quickly, picked up the empty basket and left.

Song Ran looked at Zhu Ximei's back as she ran away, smiled, and thought that these lands would be hers sooner or later anyway, so she was too lazy to chase her and argue.

She spread a worn-out mat in the yard, picked up the sorghum ears one by one, and placed them on the mat to dry. The sorghum had to be dried for several days before it could be taken off.

Recently, every household in the village has been busy working in the fields, and even the naughty children who are usually naughty have been dragged to help in the fields.

Everyone was busy with their work. A horse-drawn carriage passed by the village, causing them to raise their heads and look around for a moment.

The carriage drove from the front to the back of the village and finally stopped in front of Song Ran's house.

The sorghum in the field had been harvested. After three days of exposure to the sun, the sorghum grains fell off with a slight shake. Song Ran and his sister Song Li were beating the sorghum with laundry sticks when they heard someone knocking on the door.

"Miss Song! Miss Song! Are you home?

Song Ran quickly put down the work in his hands and ran to open the door. He saw a strange young man in servant's clothes standing outside the door. He said with a smile: "Miss Song, my name is Ah Fu. Brother An asked me to come to your place to get two baskets of mushrooms."

"Hey, please come in, please come in!" Song Ran warmly invited Ah Fu in, but secretly admired in her heart: This wealthy family is really grand, they even have so many servants. This is the third new face she has met today.

Seeing that the yard was full of various foods, Ah Fu pulled the reins, did not come in, and stood outside the door waiting.

When Song Ran saw this scene, she took the initiative to say, "Two baskets of mushrooms! I'll bring them out for you." As she said that, she turned and went into the house. After a while, she came out with two baskets of mushrooms and placed them on the horse rack.

Ah Fu asked, "Can I take a look?"

"No problem, feel free to check the goods." Song Ran opened the lid, and one basket contained white Pleurotus ostreatus, and the other contained black-skinned Alpinia ternata.

When Ah Fu saw them, his eyes immediately lit up. The two baskets of mushrooms were indeed growing well. No wonder An Ge specifically asked him to deliver them as soon as possible and said that they were something that Manager Wang was in urgent need of.

He couldn't help but take a deep breath of the fragrance as it hit him in the face. He felt itchy in his heart and really wanted to secretly hide some and taste it himself.

"I only distributed two kinds of mushrooms this time. If your master wants to eat other mushrooms, tell me in advance. I have to go into the mountains to find wild ones." Song Ran said, and then took out a small bamboo basket of mushrooms and handed it to Ah Fu. This was originally intended for Anzi, but now he could only give it to the person in front of him.

Although these people are all serving the master, whether they get the job done well depends on how hard they put in.

In such hot weather, she just hopes that everyone who comes to her to do this job can be happy. If people are happy, things will go smoothly. Otherwise, she will suffer.

"This is?"

"We farmers don't have much to thank you for, but we hope the steward will accept this basket of mushrooms."

Ah Fu smiled so much that his eyes couldn't close. He took the basket of mushrooms, took out a red cloth bag and handed it to Song Ran, "This is the money for you, please keep it. I'll pay for it next time."

After Ah Fu left with the mushrooms, Song Ran excitedly opened the red cloth bag.

Song Li also came over curiously. When she saw the silver ingot, she couldn't help but exclaimed: "Wow, what a huge pile of silver!"

Song Ran said happily: "This is an ingot of five taels of silver, the income from our mushroom sales this time. Xiaoguai, do you know what this means?"

Song Li also laughed happily, "We can earn back the money we spent on buying the donkey in two times!" She really wanted to sit there every day and do nothing but grow mushrooms so that she could make money every day.

The people working in the fields raised their heads again and watched the carriage leave Song Ran's house again.

"A relative of the Song family?"

"They are from the north, fleeing famine. What kind of relatives are they?"

"What's that for? Are you here to harvest sorghum?"

"Who's driving a horse-drawn cart to harvest sorghum? Get to work. We have to finish harvesting corn in the next few days. We'll be harvesting rice soon."

The sorghum and corn in the field were still competing for the last ray of sunlight. The hurried sound of horse hooves stood out among the sounds of sickles cutting grass.

The official from the government office arrived at Lihua Village on a tall horse, exhausted and bringing disturbing news: the land needed to be remeasured and the tax burden needed to be re-determined.

"You want to remeasure?"

Li Wanshu nodded in response, "That's what the official told me."

"Oh, village chief, we have to hurry. The rice is almost ripe. We don't have time to wait." The villagers began to talk among themselves, feeling very anxious, fearing that after the re-measurement, they would have less food in their pockets.

"I'm here on horseback today to let you know. Someone will be sent tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. Please wait for a day or two."

Hearing this, the landlords and gentry felt even more uneasy.

Mr. Jia's face was so gloomy that water could be squeezed out of it. The sound of tea dripping on the table seemed to be his inner voice: "This kid is really courageous. He is a new official and dares to touch this area."

In their eyes, no matter how great the imperial power was, it could not reach the county level, and "the only way for the village to govern itself" was their golden signboard. If an outsider dared to touch the land, it would be like plucking hair from a tiger's head.

"Who is this new county magistrate?" someone asked tentatively.

"The fourth son of Yang Zhongliang, the Left Vice Minister of Rites." A country gentleman answered casually.

"Do you need someone to pass a message to the capital?"

"The Minister of Revenue's mother, Madam Gu, is still recuperating in Feng County."

"I'm afraid this has touched the old man's sore spot."

"Call all the village heads and teachers from nearby private schools! Have them all go to the government office to meet the new county magistrate."

*

"Sir, this is an invitation from the Gu Mansion. Several village chiefs are already sitting outside." Zhang Gaopeng presented the invitation with a worried look on his face.

He knew that this invitation represented pressure. As soon as the county magistrate gave the order, people from all sides came to exert pressure the next day.

The new order encountered a lot of resistance in its implementation.

Yang Yihe frowned and thought deeply. These landlords and gentry had obviously affected their interests, and they were trying every means to put pressure on him and even joined forces with the grassroots people to create trouble.

"Does the government office have enough troops at the moment?" Yang Yihe turned to Zhang Gaopeng, wanting to deploy a response strategy.

"One Qianzong, 130 soldiers, 69 of whom are city guards, 61 soldiers stationed in various garrisons, and 32 officials from the government office."

"30% of the soldiers guarding the city will be transferred, and only one soldier will be left on duty at the garrison. All the officials except the prison guards will be transferred. Divide them into groups of four to five people and station them in various towns and villages." Yang Yihe gave the order decisively.

"grown ups!"

"I have written a secret report and it will be executed first. If there are any problems, I will take full responsibility." Yang Yihe said in a firm tone and with a determined look.