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No matter how open-minded Fei Yinghuan was, no matter how clever Lou was, they couldn't make decisions in Fei's family.

The father guides the son, the real big thing, the old man has the final say!

You can't take the initiative to ask for a separation of the family. If the parents are alive, it is unfilial to divide the family and analyze the property.

Unfilial piety is a serious crime, much more serious than corruption. If someone is impeached, he can be dismissed directly, and he has no way to defend himself.

Without the old lady's nod, Fei Rulan would not want to marry Zhao Han in a serious way.

Then you can only keep in the dark.

The mother and daughter reached a consensus and the matter was settled.

Fei Rulan suddenly felt relaxed all over, as if a bird with its feathers dried can fly high into the clouds by flapping its wings. She knelt upright, kowtowed and said, "Mother, please give Brother Han five acres of land."

"You've even found out how the refugees settled down?" Lou said amusedly, "It's said that girls are extroverted, and you haven't married yet."

"May the mother be the master!"

With a bright smile, Fei Rulan kowtowed again.

In Ming Dynasty, there was a relevant law. If a refugee had an acre of land in a different place, he could go to the local government to apply for household registration.

The period when there were a large number of refugees, such as the beginning of Emperor Chenghua's accession to the throne. In order to solve the problem of millions of refugees, the government does not even need to show land deeds, as long as there is actually wasteland reclaimed, the government will apply for household registration for the refugees.

Most of the slaves in the middle and late Ming Dynasty brought money to other places to buy land, and then bribed the government to obtain household registration status. However, once his old master finds out and takes the deed of sale to the governor of the state and county, the new status of this kind of slave will be invalidated immediately.

The Lou family donated five acres of land, and Zhao Han could take the title deed and go to the county government to set up his own business.

Mrs. Lou fetched some documents and handed one to Fei Rulan: "This is Brother Han's body deed, you can take it now."

Fei Rulan took it with both hands, folded it up and put it in her arms.

Mrs. Lou handed over a few more land deeds: "My married land is all in Jiujiang. This is the land under your father's name. It was all donated by the neighbors during the examination. If the income is low, you can give it to Brother Han. I will send a family of slaves to accompany him to bribe the master and get the household registration of the good people."

Contribution means that farmers donate land to nobles and gentry on their own initiative, and then they themselves become tenants for others.

The fundamental reason is that after the "one whip method", the corvee service was changed to a small service worker who handed over the silver. More and more people escaped from the labor force, and the service money was concentrated on a small number of farmers. As a result, the service money that needed to be handed in each year exceeded the land tax that needed to be handed in.

As for officials and scholars, it happens that they can be exempted from military service. Could it be that the two sides hit it off?

A first-rank Beijing official can only exempt 30 shi of grain, but can exempt 10,000 mu of land. It's not that 10,000 mu of land is not taxed, but that the corvee relationship attached to 10,000 mu of land can be exempted directly!

As a Juren, Fei Yinghuan can only be exempted from grain and two stones, but he can be exempted from corvee labor on 1,200 mu of land.

As a result, many farmers donated land to Fei Yinghuan free of charge, in order to escape the heavy labor money. But these lands cannot be taken away at will, they can only be cultivated by the original landowners, otherwise they will be shameless and lose their reputation!

In fact, it doesn't matter if it is transferred to Zhao Han's ten acres of land. The government will not change the fish scale book, and those who should escape can still escape.

Fei Rulan took the land deed with both hands, and carefully put it into her arms.

Lou took another twenty taels of silver, and said: "Refugees settle down, these are enough, and the master will definitely agree. Don't disturb the county magistrate, the county magistrate has a bigger appetite, so he must make things difficult."

Fei Rulan took the money and kowtowed three times to her mother.

Lou said with a smile: "When these things are done, when you get married in Jiujiang, I will give you a lot of dowry, so you will not be hungry."

Fei Rulan was ashamed and happy at the same time, blushing and said, "Mother is so kind."

Lou said with a smile: "If you let your younger brother escort you and send the deed to you personally, brother Han will definitely be moved, and will hold you as a treasure in his hands from now on."

"Well, my daughter is going to Hekou now." Fei Rulan turned around and ran away.

Lou shouted, "It's almost night, why can't we wait for tomorrow?"

"Go early and return early." Fei Rulan said.

Lou smiled and stopped: "Go again tomorrow, you are so urgent, you will be underestimated, and you will be thought that you will not be able to get married!"

Fei Rulan could only obediently go back to her room, tossing and turning all night, unable to fall asleep no matter what.

She will be eighteen years old in the coming year. If she were another woman, she would have already been married. For such an older leftover woman, even if she is not a widow, it is difficult to find a suitable husband, and most of them can only be married to a decent family.

That being the case, why not find one you like? Whatever his origin.

Fantasizing about leaving the family and living a happy life in Jiujiang, Fei Rulan was still smiling when she fell asleep.

next morning.

Fei Rulan called the servant girl Xiyue, and ran to the next door to find her younger brother: "Ruhe, follow me to Hekou Town."

Fei Ruhe asked: "Sister, do you know about Brother Han?"

"I know that Mother has already made up her mind, you should accompany me to find him." Fei Rulan said.

Fei Ruhe happily said: "That's good, wait for me to change clothes."

Calling Fei Chun and hanging the bow and arrow on his back, Fei Ruhe said as he walked, "When I see Zhao Han, I want to learn archery with him. My young master has made great progress recently!"

"Brother Han has never practiced arrows, why don't you compete with farmers in plowing the field?" Fei Rulan complained.

...

Dingsheng building, kitchen.

"Master, the peppers are not enough," said the chef Peng Zhengxiang, "We have used up all the peppers produced locally. Now that Ehu Town has set up a banknote, the peppers shipped from Zhejiang have become more expensive. Can't you teach me some non-spicy dishes?"

"No problem," Zhao Han warned, "The price of pepper is getting higher and higher. Next year, many farmers will plant it, and there will be no shortage."

Peng Zhengxiang said with a smile: "I left a lot of pepper seeds, and let my nephew plant more than ten acres of them next year!"

Zhao Han was teaching new dishes when he suddenly heard Fei Ze say, "Brother, the young master and the eldest lady are here."

Zhao Han dropped the spatula, untied his apron, and followed Fei Ze upstairs.

Walking into the private room, Fei Rulan said, "You go out first."

Fei Chun and Xiyue left immediately, leaving only Fei Ruhe standing stupidly like a light bulb.

Fei Rulan said, "You go out too."

"Me?" Fei Ruhe looked confused.

"Yes, you go out too." Fei Rulan repeated.

Fei Ruhe was confused and left the private room muttering.

Only a man and a widow were left in the house, Fei Rulan's heart was pounding, she blushed and took out the paperwork: "Please accept it."

Zhao Han didn't understand what it meant, and took a look at it, and his face was weird for a moment.

After finally breaking free from the shackles of morality, now she is favored by Lou's mother and daughter!

The body deed and the land deed document were kept in Fei Rulan's arms for a long time, and they also carried the body fragrance and residual warmth of her daughter's family.

Can't say no.

Fei Rulan has already gone all out, let go of all her reserve and scruples, how should she deal with rejection?

Suddenly, Zhao Han figured it out, showed a warm smile, and stared at Fei Rulan with tenderness in his eyes.

A person who is determined to rebel is not even as good as a boudoir girl in terms of emotions.

Fei Rulan didn't dare to meet his gaze, she lowered her head and turned around and said, "I'll go home first."

Zhao Han suddenly stretched out his hand, pulled her back into his arms, hugged her tightly and said, "Do you know what I'm going to do?"

Fei Rulan didn't understand the pun, and she was ashamed and afraid: "You...you let me go."

"Let me hug you for a while." Zhao Han closed his eyes, sniffing the fragrance of the girl's hair, his whole body became relaxed.

It's really relaxing, he thinks too much every day, and his nerves are always tense, so he doesn't need to worry about it now.

Fei Rulan's whole body was stiff, not to mention hugging the man, she hadn't even touched the man's hand. Feeling the body temperature of Zhao Han and the warm breath coming from his ears, Fei Rulan's body gradually became limp, as if she was stepping on cotton, or floating in the air.

The two of them didn't speak any more, they just hugged each other quietly.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

Suddenly, Fei Ruhe slammed on the door: "Sister, what's the matter, haven't you finished?"

"I am leaving!"

Fei Rulan pushed Zhao Han away fiercely, turned around and ran away, blushing like a frightened deer.

Two days later, Fei Lin, the chief manager of Jingxingyuan, personally accompanied Zhao Han to the county government to settle down.

Members of the Fei family must come forward, otherwise twenty taels of silver will not be able to deal with it. If the government doesn't know the details, they won't easily register the refugees, for fear of offending some big family in the county.

When they came to the county government office, they bribed the doormen with two taels of silver, and they soon met Mr. He, the county magistrate.

The county magistrate has changed, so naturally the master has also changed.

The master's name was He Can, he was about forty years old, and he agreed to have a drink very flatteringly.

Zhao Han behaved very well and didn't say a word the whole time.

After drinking for three rounds, Fei Lin explained the purpose of coming, tore off the body deed in person, and took out the land deed, saying: "This brother Han is quite appreciated by the master, and has promised to return his identity. There is also a land deed, please let the master do it for you, and show your noble hand Help set up an account."

He Can glanced at the document, and suddenly asked, "But that boy student Fei Han who was expelled?"

"How does master know?" Fei Lin asked in surprise.

He Can said with a smile: "Tongsheng's expulsion is a big deal. The old man of your family invited the county magistrate to have a drink in person. I was also with me at the time. I was also on the county school side. I saw the expulsion with my own eyes. I can't remember it." That's weird."

Fei Lin took out the silver: "Master please accept it with a smile."

He Can glanced at it, just ate the food and stopped talking.

Sitting on the ground and raising the price, I think the money is too little.

Zhao Han could only pay for it out of his own pocket, and made up another ten taels, and said with a smile: "Master, please take it to drink."

"It's easy to handle." He Can immediately accepted the silver.

Full of wine and food, He Can took them back to the county government office and quickly wrote the account notes.

At this moment, He Can slapped his head violently: "Oh, the big seal is with the county lord, you can pick it up after the new year."

Fei Lin was dumbfounded for a moment, and turned to look at Zhao Han.

Zhao Han understood in his heart that he could only take another ten taels of silver: "Master, please hold your hand high."

He Can accepted the silver taels again, and explained with a smile: "The big seal is really with the county lord, next time I will find an opportunity to get it and stamp it."

Zhao Han said, "We can wait for a few days in the county seat."

"It's hard to say when." He Can was still perfunctory.

Zhao Han was furious, and wanted to stab this guy to death, he had never seen such an insatiable greed!

Things that can be done at the market price of twenty taels have already increased to forty taels, and they are still unwilling to be satisfied after receiving the money.

He just knew that Zhao Han was an expelled Tongsheng, so he felt that there must be something else hidden. Seeing that Zhao Han was generous, he wanted to continue asking for bribes until Zhao Han's bottom line was revealed.

Zhao Han suppressed his anger, cupped his hands and asked, "I don't know how to get the account card?"

"There is still one hundred taels more, and all the houses of the county government must be managed." He Can said.

Where did Zhao Han get the one hundred taels, and he immediately spread his hands and said, "Return the money, I won't open an account anymore."

"What money?" He Can began to play dumb.

Fei Lin finally couldn't help it anymore, and asked angrily: "Master He, aren't you afraid of offending the Fei family? Zhao Han was brought home by Fei Juren himself, and Fei Juren is now the county magistrate!"

He Can smiled and said, "I don't know what you are talking about."

Of course he is not afraid of this guy, Fei Yuanyi personally visited the county magistrate and erased Zhao Han's childishness, obviously there were conflicts within the Fei family.

Seeing that they couldn't afford a hundred taels, He Can tried again, "Fifty taels?"

Zhao Han didn't answer, but just glared at this person.

He Can sighed and said, "That's all, I'll give you another ten taels. You'll be waiting at the inn in the county town, and it will only take a few days. I'll find an opportunity to get a big seal from the county master."

Zhao Han took out ten taels of silver, but refused to hand it over: "In three days' time, I will come to the county government office to get the account card, and I will give you these ten taels then."

"You can wait at ease." He Can said with a smile.

After the two left the county office, He Can immediately repaired a letter and summoned an official: "Take a boat to Fei's house in Ehu immediately, and give this letter to Old Master Fei."

This guy is extremely black-hearted, knowing that the Fei family has conflicts, he even secretly tipped off the news.

If Fei Yuanyi is willing to pay, he will immediately turn his back on Zhao Han, refuse to open an account, and swallow the money he has already received.

If Fei Yuanyi didn't want to pay, he would accept the last twelve taels and hand over the account slip to Zhao Han.

He won't favor anyone, Master He only has money in his eyes!

(Tomorrow at 12:00 noon, I hope you can give me a first order. By the way, ask for a monthly pass.)

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