Chapter 799 Another Interrogation

The mangy was a little hungry. He was addicted to gambling, and he didn't feel hungry even if he didn't eat all night, but now he was locked in a cell alone, and when he calmed down, he felt very hungry.

But he had already eaten breakfast in the prison, and he had to be hungry until the afternoon before he could eat dinner.

In order to prevent them from being too energetic to make trouble, there is no lunch in the prison, and even water is not given to the man.

Scarlet swallowed his saliva, crawled to the door and screamed again, wanting to order something to eat and drink, but no one paid any attention to him.

The scarlet yelled for a while and then gave up.

It wasn't until the afternoon that someone in the prison brought a bucket and a bowl to distribute the evening food, and then the man swallowed his saliva and rushed to the door to wait. In the end, he watched the servants distribute the evening food to the cell at the corner, and then turned around to leave. Walk.

The scarlet head was startled, and quickly shook the railing and shouted: "Guan Ye, Guan Ye, and me, and me."

The yamen servant looked back at him and seemed to have just remembered him. He dumped the bucket in his hand to show him, tapped it and said: "I forgot to tell the back chef that there is one more person today. Today is not your share. I will do it again tomorrow." Let's eat."

"No, sir, I haven't eaten all day and night, I'm really hungry, please give me a steamed bun."

"Steamed buns? Are you still thinking about steamed buns?" Before the yamen servant could speak, the prisoners in the prison started to clamor and said with a smile: "You may not be able to eat steamed buns outside. If there are steamed buns in this prison, Who wouldn't want to live in jail?"

The yamen servants knocked on the wooden bars of the cell and scolded: "Be honest with me, eat if you want to eat, and pour it back if you don't eat."

Then he yelled at Scarlet Tou: "What do you call it, you won't die of starvation if you don't eat for a day, bear with it, I won't make you a starving ghost."

After finishing speaking, he left with the wooden bucket, and Ren Manitou would not go back no matter how he yelled at the back.

Scarlet head was terrified, even more terrified than the last time when he was caught with a board and pinched his fingers.

This time the board was hit so hard that he felt that his waist was about to be straightened up, and he couldn't see the back, so he always felt sticky and bleeding.

After the last time I was beaten, I still had to take a look at it and give me some medicine, but this time there was no water.

Scarlet was locked alone in the depths of the cell, suffering from pain and hunger, and couldn't help thinking wildly. He hoped that the official would ask him questions at this moment, but he waited until the light from the small window leading to the outside dimmed. Can't wait for someone to mention him.

At this time, Magistrate Tang had just finished flipping through a table of materials. He twisted his stiff neck, got up and stretched his arms, glanced at the darkening sky outside, and asked, "How is that scorpion?" ?”

"As you ordered, I haven't given him water or rice for a day."

Magistrate Tang nodded, thought for a while and said: "Then you go to do one more thing, choose two smart and reliable guards to go to the prison, preferably the guards on duty in the prison, I have something to say Tell them."

Tang county magistrate beckoned to the yamen servant, whispered something in his ear, and then said with a smile: "Go, just find two smarter servants, and after this matter is done, the county will pay for you to eat sheep." Soup."

The yamen servant smiled and saluted, "The little one thanked you in advance."

Magistrate Tang waved his hand with a smile, and walked out with him. He planned to stretch his eyes, "Do you adults often invite you to eat?"

Yamen servant A smiled embarrassedly, "Master Yang is kind and caring for his subordinates."

Magistrate Tang smiled, and thought to himself: Is it because of too much money?

He looked at the county government office in Luojiang County with the last ray of light, nodded slightly, and saw a clerk coming out of a room to salute him, and asked with a smile, "Your county lieutenants and chief clerks have gone home, why are you still here?" Won't you go?"

"The young one is in charge of the documents of the county government. If the adults haven't left, how dare the young ones leave?"

Magistrate Tang looked at him and asked with a smile, "Since you are in charge of the documents over the years, do you usually read them?"

"I will read some when sorting out the materials. Do you need to read any documents?"

Tang county magistrate asked, "How long after your baby is born will it be a book?"

The secretary thought for a while and said, "Not necessarily. Some children come to school after they are three years old, and some children come to school after they are five years old. In some remote places, they even come to school when they are eight years old."

Magistrate Tang frowned, "Not unified?"

"Parents and adults want to wait for their children to stand up before going to school, but as soon as a child is born, there is a record in Lizheng. Every year before the Chinese New Year, Lizheng has to hand in the number of children born in that year."

Magistrate Tang asked, "Are there any records?"

"Yes, but only the number of people. To be more specific, you have to ask Li Zheng," the clerk sighed. "The paper is expensive, and some Li Zheng don't remember the details."

Magistrate Tang asked, "How long does it usually take for a child to be reported to Li Zheng after birth?"

"Within three days to a month," said the clerk, "if a child died a few years ago, some Lizhengs would mark the child off and not report it, and some would make a record and report it according to the facts. The requirements vary, but County Magistrate Yang has very strict requirements on this, every year the children born, their names, and their birthdays must be recorded, and if they die in the middle, they must also be recorded."

This is indeed Yang Heshu's style of doing things.

Magistrate Tang smiled and asked, "Isn't it a small expense?"

"Yes, the cost of paper for the district chiefs every quarter is not small. The request is made by the county magistrate, and the district chiefs cannot be asked to pay for it themselves."

County Magistrate Tang nodded, "But it doesn't matter, Luojiang County is not short of money now, and the grain business alone has made a lot of money, right?"

The clerk smiled embarrassedly.

Three years ago, Yang Heshu used strong means to mix grain seeds and grain trading, which hurt the gentry and big businessmen in Luojiang County, and finally let go of grain trading. Yang Heshu basically doesn't care about food prices.

However, Yang Heshu has always been in the hands of buying and selling grain seeds, but he is not exclusive.

The business is done in the name of the county government, but in the next two years, in addition to the share of the county government, the county magistrate Yang, the county lieutenant, the master book and others all have shares. Even the clerk knows that the Ming governor in Yizhou city All have shares in it.

The clerk glanced at County Magistrate Tang quietly, except for County Magistrate Tang, who obviously had a good relationship with County Magistrate Yang. Family friends, or classmates, the relationship is very good.

It's so good that there are letters exchanged every month. When it is frequent, a letter will be sent back and forth every three to five days.

Magistrate Tang chatted with the clerk for a while, and watched the servants light up the lamps of the county government office, he said, "Find the newborn information that was published in the Qili Village newspaper from ten to thirteen years ago, and send it to you later." Come to me."

County magistrate Tang paused and then said, "I also found out all the official documents from ten to thirteen years ago to and from the county government, as well as the copies of the announcements posted by the county government on the bulletin board."

The clerk's scalp was a little numb, "My lord, it's almost dark today, have you seen so much?"

County magistrate Tang smiled at him, "Don't be afraid, the county is young, just endure it."

Clerk: ...as if he was old.