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Zhao Hanzhang came back with a full load, and many people came to see them off.

It can be seen that Zhao Changyu has great prestige in the clan and is very popular. Although he is dead, his shadow can still protect them.

Many people held her hands and cried, allowing her time to take her mother, brother, and fiancé home to see her.

Zhao Hanzhang agreed one by one, and then left with the twenty-nine newly acquired servants and various boxes and cages given by the clan members.

In the end, they did not choose to leave, but chose to follow Zhao Hanzhang.

When they were arrested for no reason and under Zhao Hu's hands, they thought about escaping all the time, but when they came to Zhao Hanzhang and she really asked them to leave, they hesitated again.

Leaving means that they will be captured and sold at any time, and the next owner may not have the character of Zhao Hanzhang.

Yes, although they only said a few words, they have already determined that Zhao Hanzhang has moral character and at least treats them as individuals.

So after discussing with their families, no one of the eight families chose to leave.

Zhao Hanzhang went to Shangcai with his servants and property.

Oh, and Zhao Ming, the world outside is in chaos now. Although Xiping is very close to Shangcai, Zhao Song is not at ease, so he asked Zhao Ming to bring an escort to escort him. He must be sent to the Zhuangzi in Shangcai before he can rest assured.

Zhao Hanzhang also accepted it happily. She still had something to ask Zhao Ming.

She and Ji Yuan rode forward, sandwiching Zhao Ming one on the left and the other on the right, and asked curiously: "Uncle Mingtang, what is the relationship between our family and the county magistrate of Shangcai?"

Zhao Ming said: "It's not bad. Your grandfather was granted the title of Uncle Shangcai, and all his fiefdoms are in Shangcai. The local county magistrate should naturally be more polite to us."

Zhao Hanzhang asked, "Do you think I should go and see my parents? As you know, I gathered some refugees on the way here, and I have to register them as naturalized people."

Zhao Ming thought for a while and then said: "You are observing filial piety and you are a girl. You don't have to show up in person. You can just let the housekeeper do the errands. However, since you have decided to stay in Cai Shouxiao, there will be many things that you need to rely on the county magistrate in the future. You can do it." I sent some small gifts to the county prince’s wife and daughter.”

Zhao Hanzhang asked her ultimate goal, "Then do I want all the refugees I have gathered to be naturalized, or..."

Zhao Ming glanced at Ji Yuan who was riding next to him, and said meaningfully: "It depends on how many people you think you can support. Now the court's taxes are not low, and they increase every year. By the way, there were new taxes last year." There is an added item called cow dung tax.”

"Your village is so big, it must raise a lot of cattle, so the tax is not low." Seeing that Zhao Hanzhang seemed to have something to say, Zhao Ming said: "If there are no cattle, five households in one mile count as one cattle, and they need to merge, and the tenants and their families The servants will follow the same example."

In other words, every fifth household that does not have a cow will be taxed one cow's dung.

Zhao Hanzhang: "...will we also have to pay taxes on human feces in the future?"

Zhao Ming smiled slightly and said, "I heard that the envoy has this plan."

Zhao Hanzhang decided that the people she took in would be 64% hidden, 60% hidden, and 40% registered!

It's too much. He doesn't care about people's food and drink. He even cares about Lhasa.

Ji Yuan also listened to the whole process. He stayed with Zhao Changyu all the time. He had only seen and understood Xiping's hometown in documents and letters. For more specific matters and rules, he had to ask the people here.

And Zhao Ming is obviously the best candidate.

Fu Tinghan was riding behind, his eyes sliding over the road and the nearby mountains and fields. Zhao Erlang kicked the horse's belly and ran up, following curiously, "Brother-in-law, what are you looking at?"

Fu Tinghan turned to smile at him and said gently: "Looking at the trend of the roads and mountains, I want to correct the map."

Zhao Erlang was not interested in this and simply ignored the question and asked his own question, "Brother-in-law, will we live in the manor from now on?"

Fu Tinghan nodded, "Yes."

"Are you going to take my sister away after that year?"

Fu Tinghan raised his eyebrows and asked, "Who told you?"

Zhao Erlang pursed his lips and said unhappily: "My new brothers told me that you want to take my sister away. From now on, I have to go back to Wubao to study and live with them. I don't want to study. I don’t want you to take my sister away either.”

Zhao Erlang asked: "Does it mean that if I don't call you brother-in-law, you can't take my sister away?"

Fu Tinghan: "...No."

Zhao Erlang stared at him angrily.

Fu Tinghan looked at it and smiled and said: "Don't worry, if your sister doesn't want to leave, I can't pull her away." But if she wanted to leave, he would naturally not stop her.

When Zhao Erlang heard this, he was happy and called his brother-in-law back.

Seeing that he was stupid, Fu Tinghan reached out and touched his head and said, "I will give you a test when we return to the other hospital."

"What is a test?"

"Just playing some games," Fu Tinghan said with a smile, "very fun games."

After returning to Shangcai, Zhao Ming only stayed one night before returning to Xiping. Before leaving, he left Zhao Hanzhang a few letters from the Zhao family for her convenience.

Zhao Hanzhang sent Zhao Ming away with a smile on his face, turned around and pulled Ji Yuan up. They were going to Gaoyang to bring back everyone and everything.

Fu Tinghan didn't go. He wanted to take a look at all Zhao Hanzhang's existing fields and shops, and then draw them for her after counting them, so that everyone could arrange for the people to be brought back.

There were many people in Aoyang, a lot of luggage, and many carriages and horses. It was eye-catching for such a large team to leave Aoyang, let alone enter Shangcai.

When they entered the manor, the magistrate of Shangcai County knew about it.

A government official came to report, "I heard that there are thousands of people traveling on horseback and carriages?"

"So many? Could it be that you are falsely reporting the number?" The county magistrate said: "The number of thousands of people is comparable to the migration of a clan. Could it be that the entire Zhao clan in Xiping has moved here?"

"But I didn't come from Xiping, I came from Aoyang."

The county magistrate frowned, "Hai Yang? If it's not a clan member from Xiping, then it's a refugee who has been gathered together?"

The county magistrate was startled, shuddered and asked, "Is the Zhao family going to rebel?"

The staff was silent for a moment, and then said quickly: "Don't panic, Lord County. It may be a misunderstanding. There may not be a thousand people. Duke Zhao has a very high reputation, and the Zhao family is also a loyal minister of two generations. This kind of thing should not happen."

Seeing that the county magistrate was still worried, he lowered his voice and said, "Besides, Mr. Zhao only has one granddaughter and one stupid grandson. Who would rebel?"

When the county magistrate thought that it was true, he immediately felt relieved and scolded the government officials with a snort, "You must have misread it, or you are deliberately falsely reporting the numbers. Just one girl and a stupid brother, how many people can you have?" You just want to blow things up so you can show off your merits in front of the county, right?"

The county magistrate was angry that they were scaring him, so he kicked out the government officials after scolding them.

The yamen officer went out with a gloomy look on his face. When no one saw him, he couldn't help but spat. "Grandma, even if he overestimated, there were still a lot of people. There were so many people, and there were carriages and horses surrounding them." It took me a long time to reach the end.

If there are not a thousand people, there must be seven or eight hundred people.

In fact, Zhao Hanzhang's current population, including the original tenants and long-term workers in Zhuangzi, is almost 1,500.

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