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Zhao Hanzhang nodded, "Thank my uncle for me and say that I will accept their love. However, the situation in Xiping County has been decided now. Since the Fan family girl is not used to living in Wubao, don't force her to stay. I will see you next time when I come back." Take her away."

Evergreen responded.

Zhao Hanzhang asked: "No one in the clan bullies little girls, right?"

Chang Qing immediately said: "The Fan family is a loyal and righteous person. How can we bully someone when it is too late for the family to treat them favorably?"

Zhao Hanzhang was relieved. When he returned to his old house, he asked his servants to pack up some gifts for Fan Ying.

Although the Fan family is not from Xiping County, Magistrate Fan has been the county magistrate in Xiping County for several years. This time, in order to defend the city, only one member of the family died. Whether she thought about it or not, Fan Ying was related to Xiping County. stable.

Although Zhao Hanzhang is not afraid of the trouble caused by differences, who would go out of his way to find trouble if it saves trouble?

Zhao Hanzhang tapped the table unconsciously with his finger. He thought about everything and confirmed that there were no mistakes or omissions before going to rest. He went back to Shangcai full of energy the next day.

She marched all the way straight to Shangcai County.

Magistrate Chai originally thought that today was still a hopeless day, but was caught off guard by her killing him. He was surprised and happy, and immediately took Chang Ning out to welcome her.

Magistrate Chai was relieved when he saw the person she brought back, "Sanniang, you are finally back."

Zhao Hanzhang bowed his head and said, "Hanzhang is lucky to have lived up to his command."

Magistrate Chai County quickly raised his hand to support her, asked her to take a seat, and asked: "Tell me how the war is going. How is the situation in Xiping County?"

Although he had received a lot of news during this period, he still wanted to hear from the rightful owner.

Zhao Hanzhang described it to him, and then talked about the casualties of the people she took away this time.

They were real casualties, so she couldn't return the full force to Magistrate Chai.

Magistrate Chai County had already expected it. In fact, after hearing about the battle situation in Xiping, he thought it would be good if Zhao Hanzhang could return half of the people. Unexpectedly, the casualties were not very heavy, and he was already very satisfied.

Zhao Hanzhang casually mentioned the compensation for the fallen soldiers, and Magistrate Chai casually agreed, "The county government will be responsible."

Zhao Hanzhang was satisfied and then mentioned his family.

Magistrate Chai immediately said that she could take people away at any time.

Magistrate Chai wanted to get up and see off the guests, "Sanniang returned triumphantly. She must have missed her family. I won't stop you from reuniting. Are you going to have someone take you to see Madam and Erlangjun?"

Zhao Hanzhang said: "No rush, no rush. Although the threat from Xiping has been lifted, I wonder what's going on with Aoyang?"

Judging from the news Zhao received, the fighting was still going on in Aoyang, and the situation was still very bad.

Magistrate Chai sighed, "The Huns haven't retreated yet, so the situation is not good."

"Are there no reinforcements yet?"

"An army came down from Yingchuan, but..."

Zhao Hanzhang: "Just what?"

"Oh, it's just that they don't have food and grass, and Gao Yang needs to take care of it. I was just about to tell Sanniang that the governor ordered each county to raise food and grass, and add 20% of the autumn tax to each ding. Sanniang, look at your manor..."

Zhao Hanzhang: "... County Lord, you know that this time I led the troops to quell Xiping. I provided all the food and grass myself. These thousands of people have a lot of food and grass for ten days. There is not much food left from the summer harvest. Autumn harvest... well, let’s not mention it.”

Magistrate Chai looked at her silently.

After a long while, Zhao Hanzhang asked: "How many troops and horses are there from Yingchuan?"

"I heard that there are three thousand people, and they are all very hungry. If there is no food and grass, how can they work for Ai Yang?"

Zhao Hanzhang glanced at the people in the hall.

Qiu Wu cleverly led the people to retreat, but Chang Ning did not move.

Zhao Hanzhang didn't mind either. He approached Magistrate Chai and whispered: "County Lord, the governor has iron ore in his hands, only three thousand soldiers and horses. Will he not be able to afford it?"

When Magistrate Chai heard this, he couldn't help complaining to her, "But it's all the governor's private property, and I and other subordinates can't take it."

In the past, Magistrate Chai County would never have said these words to Zhao Hanzhang, because she was his major taxpayer, and how hard it would have been for him to question the justice of paying taxes with a major taxpayer.

But now Zhao Hanzhang is the actual person in charge of Xiping County. Obviously, Xiping County also has to pay taxes. In this way, the two of them can be regarded as brothers and sisters. Zhao Hanzhang does not have the name of county magistrate, but he has the responsibility of county magistrate.

Magistrate Chai sighed, "Although we escaped the war in Shangcai, the summer tax is quite heavy. If the autumn tax is added, more people will flee."

As for why the land that was well cultivated was abandoned the next year?

Naturally, it was because the people who farmed the land could not pay the taxes and abandoned the land and ran away.

These abandoned lands will be automatically taken back by the county government after a certain number of years, or they will disappear unknowingly.

"But if you want to collect the autumn tax, you have to wait until after the autumn harvest. It will be winter by then," Zhao Hanzhang said thoughtfully, "Can the Huns be able to siege the city? The dilemma will be solved by then, or..."

Magistrate Chai whispered: "Breaking the city?"

Then Shangcai will be in trouble.

Magistrate Chai became confused, "Then should I send the autumn tax in advance?"

Zhao Hanzhang glanced at him and asked him what he wanted to give. She still wanted to drag him into refusing to pay, so she said: "Water from afar cannot quench the thirst of the near, and it takes time to collect taxes. If the county prince knows the people around the governor, why not make some insinuations?" , the top priority is to defeat the enemy, why not take some money from the governor's office and drive away the Huns first with Yingchuan's troops."

Magistrate Chai began to think deeply and couldn't make up his mind for a while.

Zhao Hanzhang didn't force him. Anyway, there was still some time before tax payment. Seeing that it was getting late, she stood up and left.

When she walked out of the gate of the county government office, it was almost dark. When she arrived at the other courtyard, there was only hazy light left, and she could barely see people's faces clearly.

Mrs. Wang had been guarding the gate of the other courtyard for a long time. When she saw Zhao Hanzhang coming on horseback, she burst into tears and ran over with her skirt in hand.

Zhao Hanzhang quickly jumped off his horse and caught the person, "Mother."

Wang touched Zhao Hanzhang again, then touched the bandages on her palms and wrists to see, "Is she injured?"

"No," Zhao Hanzhang denied, "It's for the convenience of holding the sword, so that my hands won't be worn. Mom, do you think I'm jumping around like I'm injured?"

Mrs. Wang then started to laugh, but tears were still streaming down her face, "You don't know how scared I am. There have been rumors in the city these days. They all said that Xiping County was breached, and the rebel army massacred the city, and many people died. Even Zhao’s Wubao..."

"No, no, these are all rumors. Didn't I tell you when I left? Don't listen to outside news. Just listen to Mr. Ji."

"But Mrs. Zhao sent out the fire. How dangerous would it be to send them out?" Mrs. Wang was worried and touched her again, "Are you really not hurt?"

"No, I swear."

Mrs. Wang was not willing to let her swear, so she took her home and said, "Come in quickly, Mr. Ji and Erlang are waiting for you to eat. We have been waiting since we knew you were back in the evening, but it was already dark." just came back……"