Crossing the Ming Dynasty to be the magistrate

Wen Yu asked Liu Guihua again: "Where did you get this batch of feed?"

A hint of indignation flashed across Liu Guihua's face: "My lord, we used to send people to purchase in the whole county of Mengyang, but now we only collect in the three villages of Yazhu Village, Zhaojia Village, and Jinxi Village."

Wen Yu noticed her expression and couldn't help but feel a little strange.Except for Yazhu Village, those two villages are far away from the breeding farms. Even considering the transportation cost, they can’t just collect there, so I asked: “What is there to say, but those two villages provide The quality of the feed is good?"

Liu Guihua replied: "It's all bean dregs and weeds. They were originally used to feed pigs and chickens in the village. What's good? It's the same everywhere. It's just that our sisters here, except for me and a few from other places, They are all from Zhaojia Village and Jinxi Village."

It was only then that Wen Yu recalled that these two villages were indeed located closer to the Tiger Village at that time, and they were the first to suffer when the Tiger Village went down the mountain to rob them.

Liu Guihua said again: "Because of the orders of the adults, the sisters did not dare to stop them when they moved out of the house. But later they heard that we spent money to collect feed from the whole county, and they came to make trouble every day. At first, they threatened , Then the whole family went out together, came here to cry, saying that our group has no conscience and doesn’t know how to help the family. We were so troubled that we had no choice but to promise them that we would only collect feed from them in the future.”

Liu Guihua gritted her teeth angrily: "That's all, it's nothing more than spending a few more shipping fees, but they even stole a small amount of catties from me. Last time, weeds were used to pretend to be pig grass, and the pig's stomach was ruined. Let's go On the contrary, the theory goes the other way and says that we give too little money to bully them! No one will eat that kind of waste in the good times now, if it weren’t for the fact that we are all women and don’t want to show up in public, we would have gone to get it ourselves!”

Wen Yu frowned, he didn't expect such a problem, and comforted him: "If this matter is resolved, I'll send someone to those two villages to talk about it."

Liu Guihua shook her head and said resolutely: "Don't bother me, Mr. Wen, you have helped us a lot. We are a group of women doing business, and we will always encounter various difficulties in the future. We can't ask for everything. Even if they Be restrained, after all, the bloodlines are constantly being cut, so there is no guarantee that something will happen in the future. We will find a way to solve this matter ourselves."

Wen Yu respected her character, and only said that if she had any difficulties, she could come to the county government to find him at any time.Liu Guihua was very grateful again, and Wen Yu got up and went back to the house before it was too early.

On the way, Wen Yu kept thinking that although the family members of those women were hateful, the scope of suspects was narrowed down a lot in this way.

Now there are two possibilities. One is that people from two villages in Jinxi Village of Zhaojia Village were poisoned during the preparation of feed; the other is that someone poisoned the feed in the farm.

Wen Yu is more inclined to the first one, because the farm was carefully selected by everyone before, backed by a remote mountain and far away from human habitation, and the government officials usually go around every now and then, the risk of frequent poisoning is too great, and it is easy to be discovered .Then the most likely thing is that the feed was poisoned before it was shipped to the farm.

"I still have to go to those two villages tomorrow..." Wen Yu said to herself.

Suddenly, "Meow~~" a meow woke him up, and he lowered his head and looked, "Are you... for nothing?" Wen Yu couldn't believe it, isn't this the kitten Fu Geer raised?If it weren't for the cat's fur color is too individual, he really wouldn't be able to recognize it. When he first came to Mengyang, he remembered that it was just the size of a palm. Now it is as fat as a ball, and it is much bigger than ordinary cats. .

Seeing Wen Yu, he glanced indifferently, ignored him, and squatted on the ground to lick his paws. "Your Excellency, do you know Cat Overlord?"

"!!" What the hell is the cat bully?

Seeing Wen Yu's surprised expression, he explained with a smile to the yamen servant behind him: "I don't know where this cat came from. Not to mention that it is fat and has a domineering personality. In just a few months, the male cats in the neighborhood around here have been killed by it." Defeat, the mother cat will become its best friend."

Wen Yu's expression was complicated. He himself had just gained a foothold in Mengyang. The cats in his family had already unified the cat world. Is the most promising member of the Wen family now actually Bai Bai...

Thinking of this, he knelt down and picked up the fat cat: "Little Overlord, I will escort you home for dinner."

Bai Bai didn't resist, and meowed lazily, with an expression that seemed to say "get up and go back to the palace".

Wen Yu laughed, finally able to let go of her worries and relax.

The next day, just after Wen Yu had finished her breakfast, she heard a servant report that Mr. Xu, the inspection department, asked to see him.Just as he was about to go out, he simply got up and went to the door to meet Xu Jing.

Seeing Wen Yu, Xu Jing showed a smile: "I have nothing to do today, I want to go shopping in the city and buy some things, so I will drop by to see you."

The yamen servants behind Wen Yu couldn't help complaining in their hearts, the place of business is the same as the county yamen, the west and the east of the city, where is the way, Mr. Xu thought we adults would just say, you two have such a good relationship, we have long been used to it.

Wen Yu didn't know anything about this, and happily replied: "It just so happens that you go out of the city with me to investigate the case." Then he told him what happened, and Xu Jing readily agreed.

The two first went to Jinxi Village, which was crossed by a small stream. The stream was clear and transparent, and the sunlight reflected golden light on the water surface, hence the name of the village.

The head of the village was an old man who seemed to be in poor health. When he saw Wen Yu and Xu Jing, he invited them into the house respectfully.

Wen Yu didn't talk nonsense, and asked straight to the point which companies were currently providing feed to the farms.

The head of the village replied: "My lord, there are only seven families in our village."

Wen Yu was surprised: "Oh? Why are there so few?"

The head of the village smiled wryly: "These seven families are the families of the women in the farm. Originally, the whole village supplied goods. Later, these families felt that the farm was their own daughter's property, so they should make money for themselves, so they decided to Spoiling at other houses every day. Now we have a good harvest, and the money given by the farm is not too much, and in the end everyone stopped doing this.”

Then this is equivalent to a monopoly, Wen Yu complained in her heart.No matter what, once a monopoly is involved, the profits will be huge. It is estimated that those people have made a lot of money during this period.

"Your Excellency, you want me to bring those families." After hearing some rumors, the village chief probably knew that there was something wrong with the feed, so he asked.

Wen Yu thought about it, but still refused.Even if the seven family members were interrogated one by one, they would not be able to ask anything for a while, and they might startle the snake, so let's investigate secretly again.

Just when Wen Yu and Xu Jing got up to leave, suddenly there was a knock on the door, and the chief of staff answered the door.

A mother and daughter walked in from the door, the younger one was fifteen or sixteen years old, with a beautiful face, wearing a lotus root pink dress, wearing gold hairpins, it could be seen that she had carefully dressed up.

Seeing Xu Jing, the girl's eyes lit up, and she saluted the two delicately: "Minister Qin Mei, I have seen the county magistrate inspector."

The chief frowned, and scolded: "Mrs. Zhao! The county magistrate is here to deal with business, what are you two doing here!"

The village woman, that is, Mrs. Zhao curled her lips at him in disdain, and then said to Wen Yu and the two with a flattering face: "Didn't my eldest girl be sent back after being rescued by Mr. Xu? I was just thinking about it with my second daughter." Come thank Master Xu."

As he spoke, he pushed Qin Mei forward: "Quick, take out the things."

Qin Mei shyly handed a package to Xu Jing: "My lord, the girl made a set of clothes for my lord, thank you for saving my sister."

The two of them acted so clearly that the people present were not blind, and they all knew what it meant to the mother and daughter.This is also normal, Xu Jing has an official position and has not yet married a wife, and he is one of a kind, many women in Mengyang are secretly thinking about him.

For some reason, Wen Yu felt a little uncomfortable, inexplicably felt that the thing in Qin Mei's hand was an eyesore, so she turned her head and said nothing.

Xu Jing had been in a bad mood since they first spoke. Although he didn't remember who these two were, his intuition told him that Wen Yu was not very happy at the moment.

Wen Yu was not happy, so he also had a cold and handsome face, and said to Qin Mei expressionlessly: "The ones who saved your sister were the brothers from the Inspection Department and the Yamen who rushed forward. I just sent her here by the way. You don’t get rewarded for your merits, since you want to thank you, let’s make a piece of clothing for each of those brothers.”

Xu Jing himself came out of the mountains of swords and seas of fire, that is to say, he was a little more peaceful by following Wen Yu, but now his face turned cold, and the people around him fell silent in fright.

The two walked out of the village in this way.The situation in Zhaojia Village is similar. It is the family members who provide the feed, and they can't ask anything.

Seeing that there was nothing to gain, Wen Yu went back home. Xu Jing observed Wen Yu's face along the way, looking a little cautious.Wen Yu met his eyes a few times, seeing him like this, couldn't help but laugh.

I am really...the more I live, the more I go back. This is no different from kindergarten children who are better than me or better than him.

Thinking of this, Wen Yu cupped his hands at Xu Jing: "It was my fault before, I was in a bad mood and vented my anger on Ji Qing, please forgive me."

Seeing him showing his face, Xu Jing breathed a sigh of relief: "It's okay." After a while, he continued: "Actually, I'm quite happy with you like this."

Wen Yu: "...?" It seems that Ji Qing is also childish, I think so, he is not old, and surrounded by subordinates, there is probably no one to talk to, so I should spend more time with him in the future.

That's how Wen Yu made up his mind.I don't see anything wrong with this development at all.

The two were about to walk out of Zhaojia Village when they bumped into a group of people, to be exact, a few teenagers were bullying a child.The group of teenagers were about the same age as Wen Qiong, and the kid didn't seem to be ten years old, and he didn't fight back when he was pushed, beaten and insulted. Wen Yu and Xu Jing hurried forward to stop them, and the teenagers rushed away.

The child watched them leave, patted the dirt on his body, walked up to the two of them, thanked them, then turned around and was about to leave.

Wen Yu pulled him back, knelt down and asked him, "What's your name? Why did they beat you? Where are your family members?"

The child was stubborn and refused to answer at first.

Wen Yu said helplessly: "If you don't speak, I'll take you to the head of the village. I think he must know."

The author has something to say: about the year

I have emphasized three or four times in the article that the year is good, just to let everyone have an idea that everything Wen Yu is doing now is really based on the current good weather.

In ancient times, the dependence on rainfall and weather changes was extremely serious, especially in the Ming Dynasty, because the Ming Dynasty actually responded to natural disasters relatively negatively, and there were relatively few projects such as water control and embankment repairs. This is probably also the Ming Dynasty One of the reasons for the serious uprising.

In fact, this is more reflected in prices. For example, during Wanli, the harvest was relatively good most of the time. At that time, it was recorded that 1 tael of rice and silver = 2 shi, and other oil, grain and meat were very cheap.In the later period, especially during the reign of Chongzhen, China encountered a catastrophe rarely seen in hundreds of years. At that time, the price of rice exceeded 2 taels and 1 shi. It is no wonder that the common people could not live on.

Speaking of which, I'm really my own mother. If Wen Xiaoyu had changed the difficulty to hell mode, he wouldn't have time to fall in love!