Swordsman Fengyunzhi

Chapter 1197
Chapter 130 Four

"My lord, please forgive me, my lord, please forgive me..."

After finishing speaking, the old man kowtowed on the ground a few times, for fear that the other party would cut himself off in a fit of anger.

Not long after, Qingjia Shizhang saw that his head was bleeding from the kowtow, so he kicked him to the ground and scolded him, "Get out of here, I'm here to collect food today, not to see you kowtow!"

Although the old man was bleeding, he was more afraid of collecting grain than the pain. It was only the beginning of August, and some families hadn't finished harvesting their wheat, so they couldn't produce so much grain for the other party to collect.

"My lord, the wheat in the field has not been harvested yet, so we can't produce so much grain."

However, Qingjia Shichang didn't pay attention to his words, but said with a cold brow:
"I'll give you a quarter of an hour. Call me all the people in the village and ask them to take as much as they have. If they can't get food, they will pay with silver."

The old man didn't dare to ask more questions, so he stood up quickly and knocked on doors from door to door. While he was talking about collecting food, he asked them to hide the children. There is an unwritten rule here, there is neither food nor food. For money, the children are paid for. They send these children to the big families to sell, and they will serve as maids and coolies for the rest of their lives. Therefore, after giving birth to children in the village, they usually hide them at home and do not report them. Snatched by these soldiers.

Soon, hundreds of people in the village, big and small, piled up heavy grain bags in the center of the village. Some of them who couldn't afford so much grain put some silver coins and copper plates as collateral.

Chief Qingjia came up to the crowd on horseback, glanced coldly at the group of old and weak women and children, and then sent a few men to start counting the food.

Everyone stood there for an entire hour before the Qingjia soldiers finished counting, but then they were asked to move the food to the carriage, and they left after everything was over.

Li Shi breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this. Fortunately, there was some surplus grain left over from the bumper harvest last year. Of course, some were sold for silver taels. Fortunately, everyone paid the grain tax, and there were no casualties. It's going to be hard again.

Seeing the group of blue armored soldiers drifting away, the blood on the old man's forehead had already congealed. He covered his forehead and waved to the ordinary people on the field, saying:

"It's all gone, it's all gone."

After finishing speaking, he limped towards his home regardless of what they did, because his legs were numb from standing for so long just now, but he didn't dare to move.

……

In the evening, several carriages returned with full loads towards the back door of the Tan Mansion. At the back door, a butler dressed as a servant had already been waiting for a long time. When he saw someone coming, he hurriedly called several guards over.

"Open that door, and a few people come to prepare to unload the food."

"Yes!"

The few guards are not ordinary people, there are many masters in the realm of light, even the butler has a high level of cultivation.

Qingjiashichang got off the carriage immediately after seeing Tanfu. To show his loyalty, he had to lead it himself.

When the group of people reached the back door, it was getting late. When the head of Qingjia saw the ordinary-dressed butler, he clasped his fists and knelt down on one knee, saying:

"My lord, Qinghong Village has finished collecting food, please check it."

The housekeeper nodded, and then with a wave of his hand, several accountants came out of the door and began to count the grains, and the counting was completed in a short while.

Several accountants summed up the accounts, then put together the account books and handed them to the housekeeper.

After the housekeeper took over the account book, he quickly finished reading it. He nodded and ordered the guards of the Tan family to move the conscripted grain bags into the backyard, while he patted Qingjia's long shoulder and said:
"Liu Shi's long-distance running has been exhausting."

Qingjia Shichang's heart trembled when he was slapped like this by the other party. He was afraid that the other party would use too much force. After he regained his composure, he quickly replied: "It's not hard work, it's a blessing for my subordinates to be able to do things for adults."

After the housekeeper smiled, he helped Qing Jia Shizhang up and said:

"It's getting late, why don't Liu Shichang stay and have dinner before leaving?"

However, how could Qingjiashichang dare to stay, he calmed down his trembling heart, and replied calmly:
"Thank you for your kindness, sir. It's just that this subordinate has some other things to do, and it's a little inconvenient. I hope you will forgive me."

"Since that's the case, then I won't send it away. Please do as you please, Chief Liu."

After saying this, Qingjia Shichang took the group of soldiers to leave and left. As for the carriages, they stayed in the mansion. It seems that these carriages are still useful.

On the way back, Master Qingjia still had lingering fears. The plainly dressed man just now was the chief steward of the Tan Mansion, a person who really held the real power. How dare he disrespect him?

Although I am a member of the city lord's mansion, this Yunxi county is not the city lord's final say. The entire Luoyun country knows that the most powerful in Yunxi county is the Ouyang family and the Tan family. I would rather offend the city lord than never Offending the two of them, the six major families are not something small soldiers like them can afford to offend.

……

At this time in Tanfu Mansion, the accountants did not leave, but took advantage of the night to open several granaries. The grain collected from other villages was stored here, and each accountant was in charge of one. , recounted the grains inside.

After confirming that they were correct, the account books of several granaries were finally gathered together and handed over to the housekeeper.

"My lord, all the grain collected in the granary has been counted. This is the general ledger."

After hearing this, the butler took over the account book and glanced at it roughly, then said to everyone:

"Everyone has worked hard, go to bed early after dinner."

"Yes, my lord."

Immediately afterwards, the accountants and the guards left the place and dispersed separately.

After those people left, the butler took the account book and walked towards the study where the Patriarch of the Tan family lived, but he didn't open the door directly, but knocked on the door first, saying:

"Patriarch, the collected food has been counted, please take a look."

"Well, bring it in." An old voice came from the door.

"Yes."

Afterwards, the housekeeper gently pushed open the door, and there was an old man practicing calligraphy in the door. There was a tea table beside the desk. On the tea table were a blue and white teapot and several teacups, but there was only one of these teacups It is full of tea.

The butler walked up to the old man with gentle steps, slowly put the ledger on the desk, and then glanced in the direction of the tea table. He saw that the teapot was still steaming, but the teacup was already cold. Immediately afterwards, he went to the teacup again, poured out the cold tea, made a new cup of tea for the old man, and then put it back.

(End of this chapter)