Chapter 216 Inspiration

  Master Bai asked everyone to sit down in the front hall. The people hurriedly had tea while the butler went down to arrange lunch.

  I said it was going to drink water. Of course, it is impossible to drink water as simple as that. Naturally, I have to eat and talk.

   County magistrate Fu is accustomed to it, because every time he goes to the countryside, it is not the town chief or the squire and landlord who entertain him. He can't go to the poorest people's home for dinner, right?

  Master Bai is also very experienced in entertaining officials who go to the countryside. He first asked about the situation in other places, and then about the current arrangements in the county, indicating that he will definitely cooperate with the county's policy and do a good job in the summer and autumn harvest.

  Speaking of the harvest, the magistrate Fu had a headache, and turned to ask the chief and the village chief about the situation in the village.

  The chief sighed and asked the village chief to speak.

  The things at home can be faked, but the crops in the ground are there. He just wants to say that the situation is optimistic, and that would have to be believed by the magistrate Fu.

  As long as he walks into the ground, he will look at everything.

  One of the two most severely damaged areas in Qili Village was right by the river, and they had just walked here from the river side. Madam Fu must have seen it.

  The village chief sighed when he saw the lichang, glanced at Man Bao calmly, then sighed and started crying poorly.

  Lao Zhoutou didn’t know what the village chief’s nephew had. He felt that what the village chief said was right, so he sat aside and nodded repeatedly.

  Actually, the situation in Qili Village is better than the situation in the villages and towns where Madam Fu has visited before.

  Because of this, he is even more worried because the disaster area is so large.

After thinking about it, he looked at Master Bai and sighed: "The state government has issued an order to let the counties gather the displaced victims. Although Luojiang County is in a remote area, many refugees have also flooded in. All of them are from Yizhou. There are always relatives and friends who have defected, so now the city and under its jurisdiction have taken in many refugees."

  Master Bai nodded to express understanding.

"Some refugees brought their family resources to temporarily cope with their daily expenses, but most of them escaped empty-handed. Unlike other natural disasters, the flood came quickly and violently. Many people did not have time to bring things out, so the city has been We are cooking porridge, but this is not a long-term solution."

  Master Bai sent two loads of grain to the county government after the rain stopped. Other landlords did the same, which was regarded as support.

  Although this batch of donations has accumulated a lot, it is still a drop in the bucket for the refugees in Luojiang County.

  So the county magistrate Fu hinted that the grain in the county government office was almost depleted, and the next disaster relief was to apply for opening a granary in the county.

  All counties have granaries, which are used to deal with natural disasters, but to open the silos to release grain, you must apply to the state.

  Forget it if the target is the local people, but now it is the migrants who need relief. I am afraid the local people will have opinions.

  So the order of County Fu asked them to pay attention to the attitudes of the villagers, and it is best to persuade them, love is boundless.

  Of course, he does not only care about the refugees, regardless of the local people. This time, the county government has a subsidy for all the houses that collapsed in the flood.

  He also saw the moldy rice and wheat just now. Basically, the same is true in other places. When the house collapses, the grain is basically damp and moldy.

  Although in theory this kind of food won’t kill you, it’s not good if you eat too much.

  With the current capacity of the county government, it can only subsidize those families whose houses have collapsed. If you want to expand the scope of subsidies, I am afraid that people like Master Bai will have to help.

  Master Bai could hear that he was suggesting that they, the landlords, donate food again, this time mainly for the local people.

  He pondered for a moment, but it was actually good for them, the landlords.

  For example, he is from Qili Village, and most of the food he donated will be distributed to the villagers in Qili Village. This will not only help the neighbors and villagers of the village, but also give him a good reputation for the Bai family.

  Anyway, I originally planned to donate another batch. It would be better to donate to the folks outside the house, so Master Bai nodded and agreed, saying that he would definitely cooperate with the county's policy.

  The topic opened, and Master Bai let go a little. After a moment of indulgence, he couldn't help but ask the question about autumn taxes.

  Although the Bai family has a solid foundation, the disaster is also very serious.

  Bai’s property is not limited to Qili Village, Baimaguan Town, other villages and towns in Luojiang County, and even Brazil County. He has property in Yizhou area. As a result, his damage was uneven and the scope of the disaster was extremely wide.

  Well, although he has few family members, he has a lot of children. The slavery also has to pay a certain tax. The disaster is so serious, does the court really not consider reducing or exempting autumn taxes?

  The magistrate Fu paused. He wanted to talk to Master Bai on this topic in private, but seeing the master winking at him, the magistrate Fu understood after a little thought.

   and Mr. Bai said privately that it was confidential, but here it was semi-public. Both have advantages, and the advantage of the latter is that it can give him a certain degree of goodwill and prestige among the villagers.

   “In Yizhou, the directly damaged states and counties are definitely tax-free.” Even if the imperial decree does not come down, Fu County Order also knows that it must be possible, not only because of the serious disaster this time, but also because it was Wei Zhi who came to the disaster relief.

  Wei Zhi is a secretary superintendent, and he is known for his fairness and integrity.

   "But other states and counties that are not as severely affected, such as our Luojiang County, if the state capital does not report, it is too difficult to reduce or exempt taxes."

  Compared with Yizhou, the disaster in Brazil County was not too serious. At this time, people were panicking. Fu Xianling guessed that the provincial governor might not reduce or exempt the autumn tax in order to look good.

  This guess was made by Madam Fu who went to Brazil for two meetings and tried to figure it out.

  It can be said that in terms of the requirements of political performance, the wishes of the Fu County and Wang Cishi are exactly the opposite.

  Unfortunately, Wang Cishi is the boss of the Fu county magistrate.

   Hearing the topic of tax reduction and exemption, Lao Zhou, who had been hanging his head all the time, couldn't help but lift up his spirits, looking at the magistrate Fu.

  If taxes can be reduced or exempted this year, other people don’t know that they will be able to survive the Zhou family, and life will not be particularly sad.

  However, I heard that Mr. Shi Shi was not very willing to report, and Lao Zhoutou and the village chief showed disappointment again.

  Li Chang glanced at the two people who put everything on the face, and said nothing.

  Man Bao and Bai Shanbao also listened with gusto. She already knew that some people were so sophisticated, and knew that Fu Xianling couldn't report this kind of thing beyond the governor's history.

  She followed and sighed.

  Bai Shanbao also sighed.

  The sighs of the two children were not too small. The magistrate Fu looked at Coke and asked with a smile, "What are you sighing?"

  Man Baodao: "Let’s change a governor to a governor who wants to reduce or exempt taxes just like you."

  Lao Zhou was so scared that he stretched out his hand to cover her mouth, and repeatedly pleaded guilty, "The adults atone for their sins, the children don’t know how to speak gibberish..."

  Fu county magistrate was also taken aback, but he didn't care too much, and said with a smile: "You don't have to take it to heart for children."

  Bai Shanbao also said to her, “It’s so difficult to change the governor's history. Thinking about changing the governor's history, it is better to think that there will be a bigger official than him to come to our place, and then we can directly mention it to him.”

Man Bao took off his father's hand and nodded repeatedly, "Yeah, yeah, the county magistrate is smaller than the governor, so the county magistrate must listen to the governor. Then another official who is bigger than the governor will be fine. You must listen to the officials."

  Fu County magistrate and Bai Master thought at the same time.

  (End of this chapter)