Chapter 216

Master Bai invited everyone to sit down in the front hall. The servants quickly served tea, and the housekeeper went down to arrange lunch.

It is said that it is impossible to drink water at home. Naturally, you have to eat and talk.

County Magistrate Fu is used to it, because every time he goes to the countryside, either the chief of the village or the local gentry and landlords entertain him, he can't go to eat in the family with the worst conditions, can he?

Master Bai also has great experience in entertaining officials going to the countryside. He first asked about the situation in other places, and then asked about the current arrangements in the county. He said that he would cooperate with the county's policies and do a good job in summer and autumn harvest.

Speaking of the harvest, county magistrate Fu had a headache and turned to ask the mayor and village head about the situation in the village.

The chief sighed and let the village head say.

Things at home can be fake, but the crops in the field grow there. He just wanted to say that the situation is very optimistic, which must be believed by county magistrate Fu.

As soon as he walked into the field, he looked at everything.

One of the two most severely damaged areas in Qili Village is by the river. Just now they have just come here from the other side of the river. County magistrate Fu must have seen it.

Seeing the chief sighing, the village head took a silent look at man Bao, then sighed and began to cry for poverty.

Old Zhou tou didn't know the fancy intestines of the village head's nephew. He thought the village head was right, so he sat aside and nodded.

In fact, the situation of Qili Village is better than that of the villages and towns that magistrate Fu had visited before.

Therefore, he was even more worried because of the large scope of the disaster.

After thinking about it, he looked at master Bai and sighed: "the state capital ordered all counties to gather the displaced victims. Although Luojiang county is on the wrong side, many refugees have also poured in. And they are all from Yizhou, and there are always relatives and friends who have gone over. Therefore, many refugees have been taken in and under the jurisdiction of the city. "

Master Bai nodded to show understanding.

"Some refugees have brought home money and can temporarily cope with daily consumption, but most of them escape empty handed. Unlike other natural disasters, the flood is urgent and fierce. Many people have not had time to bring out things, so they have been cooking relief porridge in the city, but this is not a long-term plan."

After the rain stopped, master Bai asked people to send two loads of grain to the county government. Other landlords did the same, which can be regarded as support.

Although these donations add up, they are still a drop in the bucket for the refugees in Luojiang county.

Therefore, magistrate Fu hinted that the grain in the county government treasury was almost exhausted. Next, if you want to relieve the disaster, you can only apply for opening the granary in the county.

Each county has granaries, which are used to deal with natural disasters, but to open granaries and release grain, you must apply to Shangzhou.

Even if the target is the local people, what needs relief now is the foreign refugees. I'm afraid the local people will have opinions.

Therefore, magistrate Fu asked them to pay attention to the words and deeds of the villagers. It's best to persuade them to love boundless.

Of course, he doesn't just care about the refugees, regardless of the local people. This time, the county government has a subsidy for those houses that collapsed in the flood.

He also saw the moldy rice and wheat just now. Basically, it is the same in other places. When houses collapse, the grain is basically damp and moldy.

Although in theory this kind of food won't kill people, it's not good to eat too much.

At present, the county government can only subsidize those families whose houses have collapsed. If you want to expand the scope of subsidies, I'm afraid you have to help people like master Bai.

Master Bai heard that he was implying that these landlords would donate grain again. This time, it was mainly aimed at the local people.

He pondered for a moment. In fact, it was good for them landlords.

For example, he is from Qili Village, and most of the food he donated will be distributed to the villagers of Qili Village, which can not only help the villagers, but also give him and accumulate virtue for the Bai family.

Anyway, I was going to donate another batch. It would be better to donate it to the villagers outside my house, so master Bai nodded and answered, saying that he would cooperate with the county's policies.

When the topic opened, master Bai also let go. After pondering for a moment, he couldn't help asking the question of autumn tax.

Although the bottom of the Bai family is thick, the disaster is also very serious.

The Bai family owns more than Qili Village, baimaguan Town, other villages and towns in Luojiang County, even Brazil county and Yizhou. Therefore, he has been affected unevenly and widely.

Well, although he has few family members, he raises a lot of servants. Slave nationality also has to pay a certain tax. The disaster is so serious that the imperial court really doesn't consider reducing or exempting autumn tax?

County Magistrate Fu paused. He wanted to talk about this topic with master Bai in private, but when he saw the master winking at him, county magistrate Fu understood it after a little thought.

He and master Bai privately say that it is confidential, but here it is semi public. Both of them have advantages. The advantage of the latter is that he can accumulate a certain favor and prestige among the people in the countryside.

"In Yizhou, the directly damaged states and counties can be exempted from tax." even if the imperial decree did not come down, county magistrate Fu knew it would be OK, not only because of the serious disaster, but also because Wei Zhi came to relieve the disaster.

Wei Zhi is a Secretary Supervisor and is famous for his integrity in the court.

"But for other states and counties that are not so seriously affected, such as Luojiang County, if the state capital doesn't report it, it's too difficult to reduce taxes."

Compared with Yizhou, the disaster in Brazil county is not too serious. At this time, people are worried. County magistrate Fu guessed that the assassin would not reduce the autumn tax in order to look good.

This guess was made by magistrate Fu who met in Brazil twice to figure out his meaning.

It can be said that in terms of performance requirements, the wishes of county magistrate Fu and Wang Jishi are just the opposite.

Unfortunately, Wang Jishi was the superior of Fu County Magistrate.

Hearing the topic of tax reduction and exemption, Lao Zhou, who had been drooping his head, couldn't help but cheer up and looked at county magistrate Fu.

If taxes can be reduced or exempted this year, other families don't know. Their old Zhou family will certainly survive and won't be particularly sad.

But when I heard that the assassin was not willing to report, old Zhou tou and the village head were disappointed again.

The chief looked at the two people who put everything on their face and didn't speak.

Man Bao and Bai Shanbao also listened with interest. She already knew some worldly sophistication and knew that county magistrate Fu could not report such a thing beyond the assassin.

She followed with a sigh.

Bai Shanbao also sighed.

The two children sighed loudly. County magistrate Fu looked at coke and asked with a smile, "what are you sighing?"

Man Bao said, "let's change an assassin who wants to reduce taxes like you."

Old Zhou's head was so frightened that he stretched out his hand to cover her mouth and repeatedly apologized, "adults make atonement, children don't know the greatness of heaven and earth, nonsense..."

Fu county magistrate was also startled, but he didn't care very much. He smiled and said, "you don't have to take children's words to heart."

Bai Shanbao also said to her, "it's hard to change the assassin's history. If you want to change the assassin's history, you might as well think that an official bigger than him will come to us. You can directly mention it to him at that time."

Man Bao took off his father's hand and nodded again and again, "yes, yes, the county magistrate is smaller than the assassin, so the county magistrate should listen to the assassin. It's good to have another official bigger than the assassin, and the smaller one should listen to the larger one."

Magistrate Fu and master Bai thought at the same time.