Farmer’s Little Girl

  Chapter 484 Private Use of Public Instruments

  In Jiangding Village, there are indeed a few escorts collecting grain there. As the magistrate of Luojiang County, Yang Heshu has not brought many people, but many can use them.

  Anyway, the yamen for the big festival didn’t open. He simply used public implements for private use. He took out a part of the reward money and directly requisitioned the servants in the yamen.

  Even the county's master book, secretary, etc. were pulled out by him and went to the countryside to collect grain.

  As for where the county government got so much money, of course he paid it in advance.

  Yes, these grains were purchased under the name of the county government, because as the magistrate of Luojiang County, according to court laws, he could not do such business in Luojiang County.

  Of course, if he randomly chooses a subordinate, it is okay to put the business under his name. In fact, many officials do this.

  So when the masters and squires of Luojiang County put out a lot of money for Yang Heshu to buy food, they thought that Yang Heshu was for private use.

  The master book, they did not complain at all to help, because according to officialdom, this kind of thing is not only for the audience, but also for the participants.

   Didn’t you see that the county magistrate came out with the reward money first?

  Some people offered higher food prices, and the villagers were not stupid. Naturally, they sold the food to the county government.

  The grain merchants who are waiting to harvest grain in the big villages are confused, this...isn’t this fighting for profit with the people?

  Even if the former county magistrate Fu had been in Luojiang County for many years, he was not so overbearing, and he robbed them directly for food.

  You must know that when Fu Xianling was greedy for money, he would at most dare to ask them to mix two shares.

The local grain merchants in Luojiang County were shocked.

  Then they couldn’t help but become angry, but this is their own county magistrate after all. Of course, they can’t get rid of people without asking, so several grain merchants discussed in private and decided to invite Yang Heshu to have a meal.

  Of course, before that, I have to talk to the county prime minister and the master book.

  As a result, the county magistrate came to look for them in person.

  Yang He Shuyu said earnestly that he is not trying to compete with the people for profit, he just doesn't want the low prices to hurt the people. If they insist on low prices, the prices of food sold must be lowered accordingly.

  Yang He wrote: “There is no reason to collect grain from the peasants at a low price and then sell it at a high price.”

  All grain merchants: "...sir, isn't this business like buying low and selling high? We charge at low prices, and there is nothing wrong with selling at high prices."

  Yang Heshu smiled and said, “Of course it’s okay to buy low and sell high, but if the low is too low, the high is too high.”

  He said: "No matter what other places in this county, but under the jurisdiction of this county, I don't allow this to happen."

  All food merchants:...

  The two sides finally broke up.

  Although Yang Heshu is the county magistrate, he has only come here. He has only been in office for half a year. In the past six months, he has done nothing extraordinary except for the credit of cattle, and he is still very young.

  Even if he is an official, everyone always subconsciously thinks that the hairless boy is not reliable.

  So his power in Luojiang County is really inferior to the magistrate Fu, who just came back then.

  The grain merchants did not put Yang Heshu in their eyes, and when they returned home to discuss, they also sent people to collect the grain. After collecting the grain, they found it difficult to collect the grain at the price of less than eight cents.

Because Yang Heshu’s little belly chicken intestines was so irritated by them, as soon as he returned to the county government, he asked the officials to call in the townships and asked them to beat the gongs and drums to inform the villagers below that the county government was buying millet, and a ten cents worth of money. Wheat is fifteen words and a bucket.

  Not all Lizheng will listen to Yang Heshu, after all, some Lizheng has a good relationship with grain merchants.

  It may even be a family member, or simply my family.

  But there is no notice here. As soon as you beat the gongs and drums in the next door, you will know it here, so it didn't take two days. Luojiang County's upper and lower villages, even remote villages such as Qili Village, will know, let alone other places.

  As a result, the grain merchants were even more unable to receive grain.

  They were not in a hurry. After waiting for two days, they found that Yang Heshu had mobilized half of his staff to collect taxes, and half of them continued to purchase food outside.

  And this time, Yang Heshu also spent money to invite a lot of people. These people were the gangsters who used to collect protection fees everywhere in the county.

  I don’t know when they actually listened to Yang He's book. They were hired to guard, carry and transport food.

  All food merchants:...

   Seeing that the county government was about to collect the excess grain this year from the villages, they couldn't help but buy it.

  If the family does not live, the other families can only fight to end, and all of a sudden the price is raised for ten cents.

  But at the moment, I don’t know why. The villagers are still unwilling to sell the grain to the grain merchants, or prefer to sell it to the county government.

  No way, the grain merchants gritted their teeth and raised the price of grain by one more article, which happened to be one more article than the county government's.

  This is where someone sells the food they have in their hands.

Yang Heshu smiled when he saw it, and said to the farmers who still insisted on selling grain to him: "How can you have money and not earn it? You also sell the grain to them. If they dare to lower the price, you will sell it to me again. It’s a lot more money for this fight."

  As soon as everyone heard it, they dragged their grains to line up at the purchase points of grain merchants.

  Grain merchants, of course, will not suffer in vain. The purchase price has been raised here, and the price of grain in the grain shop there has also risen, directly increasing by five cents.

Yang Heshu was furious after hearing this, and said to Wan Tian: "Look, I said they are profiteers? The price of the purchased grain has only risen by two cents, and the price of going out from the grain store has directly increased by five cents. And it is still different. The grain shops went up together, up to the county seat and down to the grain shops in the townships... They made up their minds and felt that the county couldn't take them anymore."

  "Master, what can you do with them?"

   "I can't," Yang Heshu sneered: "This county will not avenge private revenge, nor will it use public tools for private purposes."

  The master book who took the account book back and forth couldn't help but pause, and secretly said: You have asked us to help you buy food. Is this not for private use?

  "My lord," the master book pretended not to hear what their master and servant said, holding the account book, and said: "This is the account book for the purchase of grain."

Yang Heshu opened it, looked at it, and nodded: "Very well, let people clean up the small house on the side of the county government, open a small door on the wall facing the street, and let it go. The county government wants to sell food. Gu Yidou twelve essays, wheat one bucket and eighteen essays, each person is limited to one bucket per day."

  The main book's eyes widened.

  Yang Heshu continued: “Choose a few old staff to take care of them personally. There will be no people in the county who they don’t know. Remember, those who have bought it once are not allowed to buy again within a day.”

  Only one thought in the main book, Yang County Order deserves to have a big backing, not only can he use public tools to buy food for everyone, but also use the county government’s house, and the county government’s people will sell him food!

  (End of this chapter)