Chapter 362: Intervention, the mystery of the farmland

Author: Taiqing Yaodao

Chapter 362: Intervention, the mystery of the farmland

The summer wind is so hot that it ripples on the calm lake surface, but it can hardly bring a hint of coolness.

There was a short easel in front of Li Xuan, and he was sitting sideways on the grass.

In front of me is a charming turquoise lake. I sit leisurely under the shade of the trees and lightly sketch the lake.

In a very short period of time, the extremely vast rippling lake appeared in Li Xuan's paintings.

At this time, a burst of rapid horse hooves came galloping from the west side of the road, instantly shattering all the tranquility.

After finishing the painting, Li Xuan immediately handed the fine pen to Cheng Yan on one side, then turned to look at where the horse's hooves came from.

Summer rice floats, exuding the unique aroma of rice.

One after another, strong men were quickly harvesting the large field in front of them.

In a short period of time, hundreds of acres of land have been pushed forward flatly.

More than a thousand big men, holding sharp sickles, quickly harvested acres of rice.

The huge horse's hooves stepped heavily on the road, bringing up countless dust, and then stopped in shock in an instant.

Immediately, a Tsing Yi palace guard jumped off his horse and quickly came to Li Xuan.

A bamboo envelope was handed over.

Cheng Yan immediately stepped forward to take it, then quickly opened the envelope, took out the tissue paper inside and handed it to Li Xuan.

Li Xuan spread the tissue paper in front of her eyes and carefully read every word on it, with a sneer unconsciously showing at the corner of her mouth.

"Sure enough, it's still moving. It seems that they finally understand what I'm doing here!" Li Zhu nodded with satisfaction, then took the fine pen from Cheng Yan's hand and wrote it on the thin paper.

I wrote a few sentences on it and put it back into the bamboo tube.

"Tell Xiong Yan, everything will go according to plan, don't be anxious, everything is under control." Li Xuan did not look back, then spread out a piece of rice paper again and started sketching on it again.

Only this time, what he drew was a map of the entire Jinhua County fields.

If there are knowledgeable people here, they can tell at a glance that the painting Li Xuan painted now is definitely not simple.

With just a few strokes, the entire Jinhua County area has been outlined in his pen.

Roads, villages, lakes, and even fields were all drawn, and then detailed numbers were written on the corners.

No one knows what these numbers represent.

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"What are you doing, what are you doing? This is the Xu family's land. No outsiders are allowed to enter." A series of arrogant and unreasonable voices came from not far away.

Then he shouted sharply: "What do you want to do? Are you going to stop the imperial court's summer harvest, or are you going to rebel?"

Hearing this, Li Xuan put down her pen in a funny way, and turned her head to look eastward.

Suddenly, they saw Qi Guang, who was wearing a light blue robe, holding a spear, and carrying a crossbow, with a stern look on his face. He looked fiercely at the family guard who stood in front of them with a savage face and an unknown family guard.

Li Xuan picked up the pen and rice paper and walked out towards the place where the quarrel occurred.

There, a group of family guards wearing ocher-colored robes were firmly blocking the Wuzhou soldiers headed by Qi Guang.

Even though they represent the government, even though they hold sharp blades, the family guards opposite still refuse to give in at all.

"Take three steps back, raise your shield, raise your crossbow, thrust forward, and thrust forward!" Li Xuan's calm but extremely cold voice came from behind.

The two parties quarreling with each other immediately stopped involuntarily, and the other party's family guard was just about to curse.

At this moment, they saw that the Wuzhou soldiers who were standing opposite them all retreated like water.

Without hesitation, they raised their shields and raised their crossbows. The sharp crossbows in the hands of the soldiers were all aimed at them in an instant.

Behind these crossbows, long spears were stretched straight up, and the sharp spear blades were already aimed at the guards blocking the road, with a trace of blood flashing in their cold eyes.

The air became extremely chilly in an instant.

"Misunderstanding, it's all misunderstanding!"

A shrill voice suddenly came from behind, and then a middle-aged man of average height, wearing the official uniform of Renyong, a ninth-rank imperial general, rushed over quickly towards where Li Xuan was.

Seeing the cold look on Li Xuan's face, endless fear had already flashed on the other person's face.

Immediately, rolling and crawling, he had already rushed to the sharp blade and shield.

Looking through the gap between the sharp blade and the shield, the visitor saw Li Xuan, and he bowed his hands with a nervous look on his face: "My lord, please forgive me, but because a lot of the rice at home is not yet ripe, so I ordered them not to let outsiders in before leaving.

Enter the stampede at will, I don’t want to accidentally bump into the prince.”

"Excuse me, what kind of crime are you forgiving!" Li Xuan sneered and walked forward, her eyes falling on the person who came.

With a chuckle, Li Xuan glanced at the ripe and fragrant rice in the distance. She couldn't help but shake her head and said: "Do you want me to forgive them for their collision, or do you want me to forgive your nonsense?

Is it a crime of disrespect?"

"It's a crime of disrespect. When did a lower official commit a crime of disrespect?" The other party's eyes were wide open and he looked at Li Xuan in disbelief.

"Now, as the king of Nanchang County, I have been ordered to serve as a special agent in Wuzhou to supervise the summer harvest. I think you should know the official documents of the county. In this case, lying to the officials and the king is a crime of disrespect."

Li Xuan looked at the visitor indifferently and said coldly: "This is the land of Wuzhou. I can definitely sentence you for disrespect and imprison you for three hundred miles."

Having said this, Li Xuan smiled faintly and said: "I know that the local aristocratic family has extensive connections, which may be able to eliminate this crime of disrespect. I can let you do this, provided that everything you do can catch up with me."

The king sent you to Muzhou...the distance between Muzhou and Wuzhou is exactly three hundred miles."

"Muzhou!" The visitor's eyes suddenly opened wide with horror.

At this moment, he already understood what Li Xuan was going to do.

Li Xuan is killing him.

The uprising of the Tianyin Sect in Muzhou happened within ten months, and being imprisoned in Muzhou for the entire period was tantamount to direct death.

Even if he has enough connections to eliminate the guilt, as long as Li Xuan sends the person to Muzhou, it will be useless for anyone to say anything.

"Your Majesty, spare my life! Spare my life!" The other party immediately knelt down in front of the shield, and then said with tears in his eyes: "Your Majesty, I have no intention of obstructing Your Majesty, but I really don't need it in this field."

Please help with the harvest, I have enough people in my family."

"I never meant to force my way into your home to harvest. You don't have to be so pretentious."

Li Xuan waved his hand, and the soldiers around him immediately put away their crossbows.

At this time, Li Xuan pointed to the Xu family guards opposite and shouted: "Go, disarm their weapons, and search them carefully to see if there are any contraband on them, and if there is anything related to the Tianyin Sect."

Hearing Li Xuan's instructions, Xu Ge breathed a sigh of relief.

He had a head-on confrontation with a current prince, Benzhou Biejia. Even he had been preparing for a long time.

But I'm still a little nervous.

Li Xuan looked at Xu Ge again and said softly: "If I remember correctly, you should be Xu Ge, the captain of Chengxun Renyong."

"Your Majesty, Xu Ge, pays homage to the Duke Qianqiu." Xu Ge bowed deeply to Li Xuan.

Li Xuan nodded slightly, and then said: "You should have seen the official documents from Jinhua County. I don't ask you anything else. You are also an official. I believe you also know what is happening in Wuzhou now."

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"I understand." Xu Ge's face twitched slightly, but although he fell to his knees, he had no intention of admitting his mistake.

Li Xuan raised his head, looked at the countless acres of his family's fields, looked at the rice swaying in the wind among the countless acres, and said softly: "If you don't want my people to harvest for you, that's no problem, but the problem right now is

, Tianyin Sect will not give you this time.

If you insist on harvesting at home, then in three days, officials from the county government, Hu Cao, will come to your home to copy the land tax, is that okay?"

"It's feasible. Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will definitely not delay the county government's summer tax payment." Xu Ge breathed a sigh of relief. He couldn't believe that this matter in front of him, which originally seemed to him to be extremely complicated,

Since it's so easy to solve.

"That's good." Li Xuan nodded with satisfaction, then looked behind him: "Sir Zhou!"

"Your Majesty is here." Zhou Wei, the official of Jinhua Household Cao Division, immediately stepped forward and answered with his hands raised: "What are your orders, Your Majesty?"

"Check, how much land tax does his family need to pay?" Li Xuan asked lightly.

"Here!" Zhou Wei took out the household department he carried with him, and then raised his hands to Li Xuan and said: "Report to the King, Renyong Colonel Xu Ge has one thousand acres of land in his name, and according to the law, he will receive sixty-seven bushels of dendrobium, six

One hundred and sixty-seven buckets, eight thousand three hundred and thirty-three kilograms."

"Yes, the Secretary's calculation is still very accurate." Li Xuan nodded with satisfaction, then turned to look at Xu Ge, and said in a cold voice: "After three days, you need to prepare 8,333 kilograms

New grain, remember it is new grain, if there is any mistake, I will imprison you directly to Muzhou."

"I obey the order!" Xu Gechang breathed a sigh of relief. More than 8,000 kilograms of grain, which is only 30 acres of land, can be harvested in one day.

"Turn out the drawings and stamp them." Li Xuan's expression suddenly changed, and then she looked at Zhou Wei.

Zhou Wei was slightly stunned, but quickly took out a drawing from the household tax account book and handed it to Xu Ge.

"My lord, what do you mean?" Xu Ge didn't take Zhou Wei's pen at all. Instead, for a moment, his face darkened and he looked at Li Xuan coldly.
To be continued...