The next day, at Songjiang Mansion.

Xu Fan and Xu Ying came to visit Governor Lin as agreed.

Tian Baiguang was very attentive and invited the two distinguished guests into the guest room and served them tea personally.

But as soon as Governor Lin came in, he asked him to go out and cool off.

After the dejected Judge Tian left, Lin Run smiled at the Xu brothers and said, "There are no more strangers waiting. Can you guys give us your bottom line?"

He has never liked beating around the bush. Yesterday, he said a few more words because Lord Xu was present, but today he was unwilling to waste any more words.

"Since my brother has come to see the Zhongcheng, he naturally has to explain everything." Xu Fan looked at Xu Ying. After sending his father to bed last night, he had already explained everything to his third brother.

As the saying goes, brothers quarrel within the walls, but they can still defend themselves against external humiliation. Although the two of them had deep conflicts, they were still able to unite against external humiliation at this time.

"This is all the land my Xu family owns." Xu Ying took out a thick stack of land deeds from his sleeve, presented them to Lin Run with both hands and said, "Please, Zhongcheng, if there is any land that obstructs the river, just take it away."

"My father said that all the land is considered as a donation from the Han family to the Zhongcheng." Xu Fan then generously said, "You are not allowed to ask the Zhongcheng for compensation."

Lin Run was stunned at first. He didn't expect the Xu family to be so upright. He wondered how Songjiang could become such a difficult place. Could it be that all the previous governors were flatterers?

But when he flipped through the pile of land deeds, he was completely disappointed.

There were quite a few land deeds, more than a hundred in total. But the largest piece of land was less than a hundred acres, and the smaller ones were one or two acres. Adding them together, how many thousands of acres would that be?

What the hell is this? Are you kidding me?

You know, the taxes in Songjiang were all paid by the Xu family, and the prefects and county magistrates didn't even get a share of the money. And you told me that your family only has a few thousand acres of land? !

"It's 5,300 acres in total, all accumulated by my Xu family from generation to generation." Xu Fan said with emotion, "I looked for it last night and was really shocked. I didn't expect that a little bit of sand can make a big thing, and we can actually accumulate several thousand acres of family property."

"Don't worry, Zhongcheng. All the money I've earned these days has been earned through the official salaries of the four of us, father and son. It's legitimate and you don't have to worry about its origin." Xu Ying also looked frank.

"Hahahaha..." Lin Run laughed and couldn't stop laughing. He had to put down the pile of deeds, stood up and laughed out loud.

It's like seeing the most ridiculous thing in the world.

Xu Ying's face turned red from the laughter. She glanced at her elder brother, but saw that Xu Fan looked normal and didn't look embarrassed at all.

"Alas, I really need to practice more." Xu Ying sighed secretly, lowering her head and not daring to look at the governor who was laughing so hard.

"Why is Zhongcheng laughing?" Xu Fan asked with a smile.

"I laugh at your Majesty for not recognizing Mount Tai. You have such a clear and bright prime minister, but you choose to go and find Gao Huzi instead." Lin Run took out a handkerchief to wipe his tears and said with a smile:

"If I were in charge, I would definitely let the prime minister work till the end of time, and I would make the Ming Dynasty shine forever, with peace and prosperity, hahaha!"

I tried to hold it in but couldn't hold it in any longer.

Xu Fan and Lin Run had only met a few times before, and this was the first time he saw that this handsome young governor, who didn't look like a capable person, had such a sharp-tongued side.

Xu Ying was even more dumbfounded, wondering how could such a gentle man speak so harshly?

But since you, the Xu brothers, have the day off on the first day of the month, you cannot blame the governor for having the day off on the fifteenth day.

They were the ones who humiliated others' IQ first, so they cannot blame others for humiliating their fathers.

But now that things have come to this, we can only grit our teeth and hold on.

"Of course, the Han family also has some textile businesses, and the revenue has been good in recent years, but this is indeed the only land they have. If Zhongcheng doesn't believe me, you can go and check it out." Xu Ying couldn't help but add in a low voice.

"Don't worry, our hospital came to Songjiang for another thing, which is to survey the land!" But Lin Run suppressed his smile, and said with a clear and firm look:

"Until every acre of land in Songjiang Prefecture is measured and registered, this court will not leave here!"

The Xu brothers' faces changed immediately. Xu Fan stood up immediately and finally couldn't hold back and said, "It turns out that Lin Zhongcheng is Xiang Zhuang dancing with a sword to target Pei Gong! The water conservancy project is fake, and the real purpose is to target us!"

"What is the origin of Le Qing's words?" Lin Run looked at Xu Fan without blinking and said, "All the land of the Xu family is here. How can this court target you? I just want to check other people's land. Why are you so excited?"

"This..." Xu Fan shot himself in the foot and was speechless for a moment.

"Yes, of course our Xu family is not afraid. My brother is worried about Zhongcheng." Xu Ying also stood up and fought side by side with his eldest brother. Lin Run said:

"The people of Songjiang are unruly and unkind. Once those unruly people are given an opportunity to take advantage of it, they will surely stir up trouble. By then, the situation will be out of control, and the chancellor will probably be impeached by the censors!"

He also specifically pointed out the Paw Patrol that his eldest brother used to raise.

"Thanks for the reminder." Lin Run nodded gratefully to Xu Ying and said, "We must be prepared for the worst."

As he said this, he shouted to the outside of the door: "Someone come!"

Tian Baiguang, who was wandering outside the door, hurried in, bowed and asked, "What do you want, Zhongcheng?"

"Take our royal banner and rush to Taicang. Order Zheng Yuanshao, the military governor, to mobilize 2,000 soldiers and arrive at Huating within three days. No mistakes!"

All I heard was Lin Run giving orders in a stern voice.

The Xu brothers' faces turned pale. They were not stupid and naturally would not believe that this was Lin Run's sudden idea.

I'm afraid Zheng Yuanshao's army has already been ready to go, just waiting for his order.

Tian Baiguang's face also turned pale, and his pointed and thin head was covered with a layer of fine beads of sweat.

He is an official of Songjiang Prefecture. How did he end up standing on the front line against the Xu family?

Oh, fate, you are so cruel!

But he was now a commissioner seconded to the governor's office, so how could he disobey orders? He could only get up obediently and go to the secretary who was in charge of the governor's seal to ask for the flag and warrant.

At this point, the Xu brothers had nothing more to say. They looked at each other, bowed to Lin Run and said goodbye.

"Since Zhongcheng doesn't appreciate it, we brothers won't bother him anymore."

"But Zhongcheng will understand sooner or later that we brothers are the ones who really care about you."

"Thank you." Lin Run suddenly remembered Zhao Hao's irritating tone and imitated it.

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When Xu Ying said goodbye and left the mansion, her face turned green.

"Brother, this is different from what you said?" Xu Ying said with a bitter face: "The Lin man didn't come here for these thousands of acres of land. He wants to take away our family's property!"

"Don't panic, this is just a mutual test." Xu Fan said calmly: "My father and I never thought that we could get rid of him with a few thousand acres of land. But he wants more, which is wishful thinking."

"Then what should we do? He is going to mobilize troops to attack us by force." Xu Ying was still panicking.

"Don't be afraid. We still have time to fight him slowly." Xu Fan sneered and said, "So what if he's a governor? He's only worth 50,000 or 60,000 taels of silver."

"Brother, are you saying?" Xu Ying suddenly realized, "ask someone to impeach him?"

Xu Fan nodded.

"Okay, I'll prepare the money right away." It was the first time that Xu Ying paid money so happily.

It seemed that the governor's anger had put him under real pressure.

"No rush." ​​Xu Fan had experienced it before, so he was much calmer. "The censor must have a reason to bite someone. Let him do it for a while, and when he goes too far, find someone to deal with him."

ps. Third update. That's all for tonight. I slept too late last night, so I went to bed early.