He was silent for a moment, and decided not to expose this matter, and also to avoid other village chiefs reacting and asking what the chances of success were!
He looked at the other villagers and said, "You all heard what Village Chief An said today. What do you want to say?"
The village heads of Donggou Village and Xigou Village were the first to say: "Our two villages...will wait until Village Headman An finishes planting, and then we will plant!" Quan Yang and Cao Fang said with embarrassed smiles on their faces.
Hao Chang from Lingjia Village was also a shrewd man, but since he wasn't the first to refuse the experimental planting, he didn't want to offend Jiang Kexin, so he said slowly, "Since all the village heads and Village Chief Cao are waiting to plant next year, why don't we all join in next year? It's nice for everyone to keep each other company!"
Quan Yang and Cao Fang gritted their teeth and cursed him behind his back for being cunning and treacherous.
Next up was Baying Village. Ding Jin pondered for a moment and didn't respond immediately. He said to Ke Xin sincerely, "Village Chief An, I can't make the final decision on this matter alone. Let me go back and discuss it with the villagers. I'll get back to you as soon as possible. How's that?"
Ke Xin nodded: "Okay, it would be best if you could give me an accurate answer before the New Year!"
After the new year, she will count the land, apply fertilizer and grow seedlings.
So far, among the six villages, only Baizhao Village has not spoken. Ke Xin looked at Bai Feng, the village chief of Baizhao Village.
"Village Chief Bai, what do you mean?"
After careful consideration, Bai Feng made a decision: "Our village will join you. After all, we only have fifty households in our village, and we don't grow much grain each year. Besides paying taxes, we don't even grow enough to eat. It doesn't matter anymore. At worst, we can just tighten our belts and go hungry for a year, and then we can continue working next year!"
Ke Xin was slightly surprised: "Is this the decision you made? Don't you need to go back and talk to the villagers?"
Bai Feng smiled bitterly, "No need. The people in our village have always been united and trust me, so the decisions I make are what they make."
It seemed that he was quite competent as the village chief, otherwise why would the villagers support him so much? She really wanted to give this village chief a thumbs up.
"In that case, let's plant crops together in our two villages. If we succeed, we'll all prosper together. If we fail, we'll all have to eat coarse food together!"
Bai Feng was happy and nodded heavily: "Okay."
Everything had been almost resolved, and Cen Jiu Ming did not say what he wanted to say. Instead, he stood up and said goodbye with the other village heads.
Ke Xin returned to her room and told Liu Feiyang what had just happened: "This county magistrate is quite strange."
Liu Feiyang scratched her nose and said with a smile, "How can the village chief possibly invite this county magistrate?"
"Yeah, that's right. You want Puping County to govern several towns, so why did you choose Jinping Town alone?"
Liu Feiyang sighed softly: "It's not difficult to understand."
So, he counted on Kexin's fingers and explained, "First, your pepper planting is a big bait. Not only Jinping Town wants to plant it, but the other towns must have heard about it and want to plant it too. So this little rumor has reached the ears of the county magistrate."
"Secondly, Magistrate Cen came here for two purposes. The first was to test you, and the second was to take this opportunity to curry favor with you and establish a relationship with the Liu family."
"Thirdly, if the peppers you grow are truly more profitable than growing grain, then that will be a credit to him. This will help him climb the ladder faster. Add to that the connections he has with the Liu Mansion, and he'll have a promising future!"
"As for the fourth one... I guess Magistrate Cen will come looking for you again!"
He deliberately didn't say what the fourth reason was, and Ke Xin couldn't guess it. However, his analysis just now was very accurate. Ke Xin pondered for a long time and was still hesitating whether to get acquainted with the people in the government. After all, the new emperor was also afraid of collusion between officials and businessmen.
"My husband, collusion between officials and businessmen has been a taboo for the royal family since ancient times. It's better for us not to get too entangled with the government officials, lest your cousin become suspicious!"
Before she could finish her words, Liu Feiyang shook his finger and said, "My lady, you are wrong. What the emperor cares about now is not the collusion between officials and businessmen, but the protection of officials and the formation of cliques for personal gain."
"From what I know, the treasury is not full. My cousin is too busy managing the treasury now. Instead, he is concentrating on eliminating the remaining followers of Prince Rong and Prince Ling. Only when things are almost settled can he spare some time to replenish the treasury!"
Ke Xin was shocked. It was a good thing that she was wearing the body of a peasant girl. If she had traveled through time and space to become a concubine... she would probably not survive a day.
After hearing what her husband said, she finally understood that the emperor was short of money!
"Based on past experience, if the Emperor is short of money, shouldn't he target wealthy people like you? Then confiscate your property? That way, the money would be quick and easy, and he could also take over many of your shops and properties!"
Liu Feiyang sneered, with a hint of disdain in his eyes: "I can't rule out this possibility, but my Liu family is not easy to bully!"
"Besides, his throne isn't secure yet, so he wouldn't dare act rashly against our family. Besides, there's no need to do anything about it right now!" Liu Feiyang played with Kexin's little hand and explained, "The emperor wants money, so we'll just have to find a way to give it to him. Besides, our family has been a great success, so he won't be confiscated or exterminated as you think. The worst-case scenario is just some silver!"
Ke Xin pulled her hand back and snorted, "What if the emperor supports a merchant and lets you two hold each other back, and he benefits from it?"
"That's even better, we can retire with honor!"
satisfying:.....
Playing tricks on people can really make people collapse. In such a short period of time, she didn't know how many times her brain had burned out!
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