The Jiading Port was built according to the civilian and military docks.
Su Cheng's ambition was not small.
However, he didn't have much money.
The Republic of China had just been established, and Jiading County had been destroyed by Zhou Wanhao, Qian Dahai, and the others. There was no financial surplus at all. Otherwise, there were too many things that Sucheng wanted to build.
Now, the main focus was on the construction of the main road and the port.
There was no surplus food left.
After inspecting the construction of Jiading Port, Su Cheng returned to the county government.
As soon as he returned to the county government, Secretary Huang Xin handed a document to Su Cheng and said,"County Head, this is a fight between a landlord and a peasant in the Ma Ting Police Station!”
"The Ma Ting Police Station has already dealt with it, but the landlord is still making a fuss!”
Mating Town was a town street under Jiading County, and the Mating Police Station was a sub-station.
Huang Xin was the girl that Su Cheng had saved previously.
Because the girl was smart and could be considered a good candidate, Su Cheng kept her by his side as his secretary.
Su Cheng took the document and looked at it.
According to the contents of the report, the landlord Zhang Minghong had given the farmer Zheng Lin a very heavy tax on his land. As a result, Zheng Lin was unable to pay the full tax. Therefore, Zhang Minghong wanted to snatch Zheng Lin's daughter as a slave to offset the tax. Zheng Lin naturally refused, and a conflict broke out between the two sides.
During this conflict, Zheng Lin's injury of Zhang Minghong had also alerted the Ma Ting police station. The police station had arranged for the police to be dispatched to persuade the two of them and had both parties resolve the matter. At the same time, because Zheng Lin had injured someone for a reason, they temporarily did not detain him.
This was not a very appropriate way of handling things, but it was still acceptable.
After all, it was the Republic of China in 1927, and the laws were not perfect yet.
However, the landlord Zhang Minghong was still demanding that the police station arrest Zheng Lin, the farmer who injured him. At the same time, he also requested Zheng Lin's daughter to enter the Zhang residence as a slave to offset the taxes.
Su Cheng looked at the document and roughly understood what had happened. He frowned slightly and said,"It seems that the conflict between the landlord and the peasants caused the peasants to pay too much land rent and taxes.”
"And this is a serious land conflict.”
"Little Xin, how about this? Come with me to Mating Town. I want to deal with this matter personally!”
"Alright, county head!" Huang Xin nodded.”
The next day.
Su Cheng and Huang Xin drove to the police station in Mating Town.
When Ryan, the inspector of the police station, learned that Sucheng had arrived, he did not dare to be negligent. He quickly went out to welcome him. When he learned that Sucheng was here for Zhang Minghong and Zheng Lin's case, he immediately took the initiative to report the relevant situation clearly.
Ryan sighed and said,"Now that the farmers have such heavy taxes and poor harvests, they can't pay the expensive rent of the landlord at all!”
"Even in a year with a good harvest, the farmers 'lives are not good!”
Most of the land was in the hands of the landlord, so how could the common people have a good life?
Su Cheng nodded." I roughly understand the case. Call Zhang Minghong and Zheng Lin to the police station. I'll handle this matter personally!"”
"Yes!"
Very quickly.
Zhang Minghong and Zheng Lin were brought to the Ma Ting Police Station.
Zheng Lin looked at Zhang Minghong, an honest farmer who was over 30 years old. His head was wrapped in bandages. Clearly, he had been beaten up.
Upon seeing Su Cheng, the landlord Zhang Minghong immediately pounced forward and said,""Mr. County Head, I heard that you're wise and mighty. You have to stand up for me!”
"How can there be such an unruly person? He owes me land rent and taxes, and he even beat me up arrogantly. Look, my head is bleeding!”
"Unruly people like Zheng Lin should be dealt with seriously. Otherwise, they will rebel.”
Farmer Zheng Lin was trembling. It was his first time seeing a county head like Su Cheng. He was a little afraid and couldn't say a word for a long time. He could only look at Su Cheng with eager eyes.
Zhang Minghong was a little smug. He felt that Su Cheng would help him this time…
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