Chapter 833 Duke Yan's Promise [Happy Dragon Boat Festival, alkaline rice dumplings are delicious]

This time, Mr. Qiong gave a more affirmative answer: "Taifeng Town is the place where the bandit camp was exposed as a spy. I really want to go and take a look."

The student didn't expect him to give a positive answer and was stunned with joy.

A student nearby reacted faster than him and shouted, "It's confirmed, Mr. Jing's place of study is Taifeng Town, Baofu County, Dongming Prefecture!!"

The shout was earth-shattering.

When people heard this, they sent their servants to rush to Baofu County and the two counties adjacent to it to buy houses, shops and land.

Unfortunately, they were a step too late. The day after Master Jing and Master Xun recognized each other, Duke Yan sent a pigeon to inform the local government...

People with non-local household registration are prohibited from purchasing land, houses or shops, but non-local families who donate money to support the township martial arts hall can buy 30 acres of wasteland and a house in Baofu County and two neighboring counties.

After buying the wasteland, it would be best if you are willing to pay local farmers to turn it into fertile fields.

But shops and good farmland cannot be purchased.

If you are a wealthy family with non-local household registration and want to do business, you can cooperate with the locals.

Such an arrangement can prevent the local people's property from being encroached upon, and also allow wealthy people from other places to help the local people make money.

In order to prevent outsiders from taking over land with the help of locals, locals are also required to limit purchases. Those who buy more than ten acres of land must have their money sourced.

Anyone whose money has an unknown source will be detained and punished.

Even if you have no problem with the source of money, local people are not allowed to purchase more than 100 acres of land in the next two years.

After all, there are rich and poor people in this place. If you rich people see that Baofu County has developed and start hoarding land on a large scale, causing a large number of poor people to become tenant farmers, that would not be good.

Xia Shuli, Zheng Qimin, and Shen Jiaoyu, who was pretending to be unconscious, all hurriedly ordered their men to "rush to Taifeng Town to buy houses, shops and land, even if the price is several times higher."

"The two neighboring towns of Taifeng Town and the county seat of Baofu County also need to purchase properties. Go and do it quickly. Buy as much as you can. If you can't use them for your own use, you can use them to do favors and build relationships."

They were like hungry wolves seeing meat, eager to devour it.

Therefore, in an instant, at least hundreds of servants from the area outside Wu Garden ran out.

Unfortunately, they were no match for the Duke of Yan.

The Duke of Yan allowed Xun Laojiun to come out today to clarify the matter, but by the time they rushed to the city gate from here, it was already time to close the gate.

Therefore, even if the servants rode their horses as fast as they could, they were unable to leave before the city gates closed.

"Mr. Jing, Mr. Jing, I would like to sign up to go to the countryside with you to do practical work. I beg you to have mercy on me and agree to it!"

"Sir, I also want to go to the countryside to do practical work. I beg you to not give up and take me with you!"

Some smart students asked to go with us.

After all, as long as they can stay with Master Jing for a year or two, their reputation will be improved, and no matter what they do in the future, it will be easier.

Of course, there are also half of the students who want to do practical work... They have just been scolded by the two elders and have made some progress.

Master Jing said, "If you want to go with us, you can write a petition, stating why you want to go with us and what you want to do to benefit the people after you arrive in the countryside. After you write it, send it to the Wuyuan sentry post. I will read it one by one and select a group of students to go with you."

"Agreed, Mr. Jing agreed to take our students to the countryside!" The students were extremely surprised and shouted one after another, spreading the good news!

"When will you leave for Taifeng Town, sir?!"

Master Qiong: "I will not leave until the accounts of the materials raised by the Xiangwutang are settled."

"Sir, the amount of materials that everyone has raised for the Township Martial Arts Hall is huge. Will these materials be embezzled?!" A student asked loudly, his eyes red, and shouted: "Throughout the ages, there have been countless corrupt evildoers. Although you are a famous scholar, there are also many corrupt scholars. Can you guarantee that you will always be innocent?!"

He shouted at the top of his lungs, and at the end, there was even a hint of malice in his voice.

Master Jing looked at him.

The student did not retreat, but met his gaze, gritting his teeth and choking with sobs as he said, "I am from Zhongyuan Prefecture. Three years ago, Zhongyuan Prefecture was hit by a disaster, and not only did the imperial court not provide relief, but the local government officials even smuggled away the grain from the local granary in order to save their own lives!"

Although after Emperor Wuxing ascended the throne, he executed a large number of officials in Zhongyuan Prefecture who emptied the government granaries during disasters to save their own lives, this student no longer believed that there were people in the world who would not be tempted by huge amounts of supplies.

Boom boom boom!

Boom boom boom!

The drums beat urgently, and Deputy General Zhen shouted: "The Duke of Yan is here!"

The messenger under his command repeated the call several times.

When everyone present heard this, they were startled and hurriedly knelt down in the direction where the voice came from: "Wei Min/Student, I greet the Duke of Yan, and wish you the best!"

The title was hereditary and he was the only duke of the highest rank bestowed by Emperor Wuxing. Not to mention them, even Prefect Fei had to kneel down and kowtow to him.

Duke Yan got out of the carriage, his eyes like golden rays, passing through the crowd and falling directly on the student who was speaking, saying: "Students will participate in the registration, accounting, and subsequent spending of donations. Every month, the Provincial Administration Office will publish the details of each expenditure, and you can check the details every month."

"Students can sign up to become accountants of the Township Martial Arts Hall and check the accounts every month. If they find that the Township Martial Arts Hall's expenditure details do not match those published by the government, they can report it to the Liang Family Army Camp, to Mr. Jing, or directly go to the Duke of Yan's Mansion in the capital and find this notice to publish it."

The Duke of Yan did not speak loudly due to his physical condition, but no one dared to make a noise when he spoke.

After he finished speaking, Lieutenant General Zhen ordered his messenger to repeat these words ten times.

Everyone in the area outside Wu Garden heard it, and they were all shocked and excited... They met Duke Yan, and Duke Yan came out personally to give them a guarantee!

The student who questioned him still felt that it was not enough and continued to shout: "Duke, the capital is thousands of miles away from here. I am afraid that students like me will be dead before we even reach the capital. How can we go to the capital to report the corrupt thief to you?!"

Duke of Yan: "Before I leave, I will select a group of people and give them a life-saving token. Those who receive this token must check the details of material expenditure every month. These people do not know each other, and there are quite a lot of them. It is impossible for all of them to become accomplices and protect the corrupt. Can you rest assured?!"

Deputy General Zhen's messenger repeated the call.

After hearing this, the student from Zhongyuan Prefecture kowtowed three times to Duke Yan: "On behalf of the people, I kowtow to thank you, Duke!"

He did not give his own name, which made those who wanted to scold him for taking advantage of the opportunity to become famous swallow the words that were about to come out of their mouths.

Master Jing, Master Xun, Deputy General Zhen, Duke Yan and others also felt a little satisfied with this student, and this student also won himself the opportunity to become a supervisor.

After all, the first requirement of the Duke of Yan in selecting supervisors is anonymity... If everyone knows that you are a supervisor, everyone will come to bribe you, then how can you be a supervisor? Wouldn't you become an accomplice in a moment?

Boom boom boom!

Boom boom boom!

The drums started beating again, and Lieutenant General Zhen shouted, "Farewell, Duke Yan!"

Everyone in the audience knelt and shouted: "Wei Min/Students respectfully send off Duke Yan!"

Duke Yan got on the carriage, and the carriage slowly drove into the gate of Wu Garden.

After the carriage disappeared, Captain Zhu shouted, "Get up!"

Only then did everyone dare to stand up.

This is the pomp and circumstance of the powerful and wealthy. If you don’t have this kind of pomp and circumstance, you can’t suppress others, so even the Duke of Yan has to perform these scenes.