Looking at Zhu Lin who was standing in front of him, Han Bin's eyes revealed a playful smile."Zhu Lin, it's already so late and you didn't return to your Zhu Village. Why did you come to this county?”
Just as he finished speaking, Zhu Lin bent down and said,"This commoner is here today to apologize for what happened last night. Last night, this commoner lied to County Head Han. In fact, this commoner had 15 million catties of grain in his house, and now there were about 5 million catties of wheat.
These wheat were purchased from Henan more than a month ago. They were prepared to sell them at a high price to make a huge profit in this year of famine. Now, they are willing to sell these wheat to Han County Chief at a price of 1.2 per catty for disaster relief.”
After Zhu Lin finished speaking, he took out a contract from his pocket and bent over to the table. He placed the contract in front of Han Bin, then took two steps back and continued,"If County Head Han doesn't have enough funds now, it won't be too late to give it to him later!”
Han Bin looked down at the contract in front of him, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly."Zhu Lin, what do you mean by this? I don't quite understand what you mean!”
As he spoke, Han Bin reached out and gently tapped the contract on the table.
"County Head Han, please spare my family! I don't dare to go against you. I only hope that County Head Han will let my family off!”
Zhu Lin was on the verge of tears. He lowered his head even more, and his words were filled with pleading!
Han Bin could not help but raise his eyebrows slightly when he heard this. He did not expect Zhu Lin to be so intelligent.
Han Bin looked at Zhu Lin and said coldly,""Alright, sit down! He was already so old, it was not good to keep his head down!”
Zhu Lin only dared to stand up when he heard this, but he still lowered his head.
Han Bin looked at Zhu Lin, who looked scared, and said in a calm tone,"How did you know?"
These words made Zhu Lin lower his head even more. He said in a low voice,"When County Head Han treated us with a tough attitude in the hall today, I felt that something was wrong.
Later, on the way home, he saw that none of the people who gave porridge to the disaster victims knew each other. The commoner was puzzled and asked. Only then did he know that those officials only registered at the city gate.
The real disaster relief is your people. I also know that the soldiers guarding the county government's granary are your people. Without your warrant, no one else can enter the granary, including those officials.
After knowing this, I thought about your attitude towards us in the afternoon. I know that you won't let us three landowners off! Because you are a county magistrate who truly benefits the people, and you have an elite army in your hands.
Therefore, you will not allow the vast majority of the land under your jurisdiction to be in the hands of the landowners. Moreover, the land controlled by the three landowners exceeds 60%. You will definitely use the three of us to establish your authority and then distribute the land in our hands to the people.”
Han Bin raised his eyebrows. He admitted that he had underestimated Zhu Lin. Those who could become local tyrants were not simple.
Zhu Lin was right. This was his goal. Ever since he found out yesterday that the three great landowners occupied more than 60% of the cultivated land in the territory, he had no intention of letting the three great landowners continue to live.
Perhaps the other county heads did not dare to attack these local tyrants, but he definitely did. This was because he had more than 2,000 elite soldiers in his hands. With the firepower and combat strength of the cloned soldiers of the security regiment, he dared to fight against an infantry division of the committee and win.
Of course, this was only a description of the combat power of his security team. It did not mean that he really wanted to fight with the direct troops. After all, there were quite a number of people who were on the same level as his uncles.
He reached out and twirled the contract on the table. He looked at Zhu Lin and said indifferently,""The lives of your entire family are worth five million catties of wheat?”
Zhu Lin trembled as he reached out and took out a stack of yellowed papers from his chest. He handed them over with both hands and said,""This is the land deed for all the fields under my name. County Head Han, please accept it. I only hope that County Head Han can leave the Zhu family's mansion to the commoners!”
Zhu Lin's body was trembling. Between his life and his land, he chose his life. Although this would make the efforts of his three generations go to waste, his current wealth was enough for his three generations to have no worries.
Han Bin reached out and took the land deed from his hand. He flipped through it a few times. Zhu Lin's family had a lot of land, more than two million mu in total. According to the price of land in this era, one mu of land was worth about three to five oceans. This two million mu of land was worth nearly ten million oceans.
"Tsk tsk! Lu 'an County only has a total of about 10 million mu of cultivated land, and you have more than 2 million mu, accounting for nearly a quarter of it. The annual output is close to 500 million, about 250,000 tons!”
Han Bin clicked his tongue in wonder. Zhu Lin misunderstood and hurriedly said,"County Head Han, I didn't lie to you. This commoner really only had so much food in his house. At the end of spring this year, he had sold off a large amount of food in his house and was preparing to empty the granary to store this year's new grain. Who knew that there would be a sudden flood at the turn of spring and summer, so there was only so little food left.”
"Alright!"
Han Bin interrupted Zhu Lin's words and then said,"I know about this!"
Han Bin did know because his father had also bought a large amount of land in his hometown in Fenghua. Two months before the autumn harvest, he would sell off a large amount of old grain to prepare for this year's new grain.
Zhu Lin heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this. He was afraid that Han Bin would not believe him and still want to kill him.
Han Bin thought for a moment, then looked at Zhu Lin and asked,"This county will accept your land, but this county will not take it for free. The general affairs department of the county government is lacking a deputy section chief. Are you willing to accept it?”
Han Bin felt that this old man had something up his sleeves. He had actually seen through his plans. This person was also able to judge the situation and know when to advance or retreat. He would keep him by his side to observe. If he could be used, he could use him.
"It is my honor to be valued by County Head Han!”
Zhu Lin was instantly overjoyed when he heard this. He had guessed that Han Bin definitely had a powerful backer behind him. Who wouldn't want to have a backer?
Seeing the joy in Zhu Lin's eyes, Han Bin thought for a moment and decided to give him another sweet date. Thus, he looked at him and said,"Don't be in a hurry to thank me. There's one more thing. If you're interested, I can let you do it. If you're not interested, then forget it!”
Zhu Lin didn't even hesitate when he heard this and said,""County Head Han is willing to honor this commoner, that is my fortune. If there is anything, just tell me!”
"The county has established the Red Star Group here. However, the official office location has not been decided yet, nor has it been officially established. However, the Red Star Group has already begun to recruit a large number of employees.
The disaster victims outside the city were the ones. The county was preparing to develop its industry in Lu 'an. When the time came, the Red Star Group would provide food and accommodation. The county would provide meat for its employees, and they would need a large amount of meat every day.
However, there were no large-scale farms around Lu 'an. There were only scattered farmers. This was not possible. If you're interested, you can open a large-scale breeding farm. The county wants all the livestock and meat in your breeding farm.”
These were the sweet dates that he had given Zhu Lin. Moreover, in the future, he would indeed need a large-scale breeding farm. If he could buy a large amount of meat from the surrounding farmers, it would be fine. However, that would raise the market price of meat.
It was already difficult for the commoners to eat some meat. If the price of meat was raised a little more, the number of times the commoners ate would have to be reduced. This would not do!
Zhu Lin was overjoyed when he heard this. He was originally very depressed. The Zhu family's foundation for several generations had been lost in his hands. In the end, he did not expect Han Bin to actually let him set up a breeding farm and want all the meat.
"County Head Han is willing to favor this commoner, how can this commoner not know how to appreciate favors? I'm willing to build a farm!"
Zhu Lin hurriedly said to Han Bin. Han Bin then smiled and said,"Good! In that case, you should go back and prepare for this matter first. In addition, your appointment as the General Affairs Division will be delayed for some time. Tomorrow, the county will send you the appointment letter first, but when you take office will wait for the county's notice.”
Zhu Lin didn't have any objections. He thanked him profusely and left. Han Bin went back to sleep after reading the documents for a while.
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