Chapter 627: Huangyang County has only casinos, but no Yihongyuan

Chapter 627: Huangyang County has only casinos, but no Yihongyuan

A few days later, there was news from Cao Bantou. Sun Shan finally breathed a sigh of relief, holding stacks of information.

If there is no more news from Cao Bantou, he will ask someone else to find out.

Sun Shan took the things and thanked him.

Cao Bantou hesitated and asked hesitantly, "Mr. Sun, I really, really won't be exposed, right?"

Cao Bantou was looking for evidence of his crime and was very sure that he had not been exposed.

Snakes have their own ways, rats have their own ways, and as the team leader, he naturally has ways to find evidence.

What he was afraid of was that Sun Shan would expose his identity, making it difficult for him to survive in the government office in the future.

Cao Bantou thought that if Sun Shan did something wrong and harmed him, he decided to haunt Sun Shan for the rest of his life.

Sun Shan gave him a reassuring look and said with a slight smile, "Don't worry, Captain Cao, you won't be implicated. I investigated these crimes myself and they have nothing to do with you."

Since Sun Shan said so, Cao Bantou had no choice but to nod his head, as he had boarded the pirate ship and could not get off.

Now he can only go to the ancestral temple to worship and ask the ancestors of the Cao family to bless him to take a big step forward.

Sun Shan took Gui Ge'er to visit Zhang Zhubo again.

When Zhang saw Sun Shan, he eagerly took him into his study and asked with a puzzled look in his eyes, "Mr. Sun, what do you want to do? Why are you asking me for information about the government's public land? What are you planning to do?"

A few days ago, Sun Shan asked him to check how much wasteland and government farmland Lord Wei had reclaimed, and to whom they were rented.

He was also asked to check how much government land was left.

Zhang Zhubo is the third in command in the government office, so it would be easy for him to obtain this information.

Upon investigation, it was found that the number of government fields had dropped sharply, and many government fields had been secretly converted into private fields.

Oh, he was derelict in his duty. He didn't even know that the fields were sold right under his nose.

Oh, he is such a failure as an official.

How did the government sell off so much public land without anyone noticing?

The land that Lord Wei had accumulated for more than ten years was gone in just over a year.

None of this matters. The most important thing is where did the money go? His wallet doesn't seem to have grown.

Could it be that someone else in the yamen sold the land secretly without telling him?

Did he pocket the money from selling the land?

Everyone in the yamen kept this secret from him?

Ouch, Chief Clerk Zhang became angrier the more he thought about it.

If Sun Shan hadn't asked him for help, he wouldn't have known that the people in the yamen had already divided up the stolen money.

Zhang Zhubo said angrily: "Mr. Sun, we are from the same village. I, to be honest with you, I didn't know that these public fields were sold. My God, this group of people is too rampant. They actually secretly turned public fields into private fields."

If the chief clerk of the chapter had been given a share of the pie, he would not have been so angry.

Humph, he got nothing and is about to have a myocardial infarction.

Sun Shan was shocked when he received the information given by Chief Clerk Zhang.

I never thought that Magistrate Tang would be so rampant and turn government land into private land so quickly.

Sun Shan made a quick comparison and found that 70% of the government land had become private land.

Then I looked at the various reasons for selling government land, such as the imbalance between income and expenditure of the county government, and the need to sell land to maintain balance.

For example, the government land was approved to build a land temple, Taoist temple, Buddhist temple, etc., but the land was sold before the temple was completed.

For example, in order to expand education and provide education to all, so that more students in Huangyang County could go to school, the government-owned land was sold and the money obtained was used to improve education.

As a result, the county school did not receive any funds, but the land had already been sold.

The government land in Huangyang County is sold very skillfully, and the law cannot do anything about it.

But after seeing all these, even a fool would know that it is harming the public interest for personal gain, abusing public power for personal gain, and enriching oneself.

Sun Shan said nonsense in a serious tone: "Sir, I know you are not such a person. Hey, we encountered... in Huangyang County."

Needless to say, Chief Clerk Zhang also knew that County Magistrate Tang was too greedy.

After a pause, Sun Shan explained, "A few days ago, I had nothing to do, so I went to Guanyin Mountain for a walk. When I came back, I saw a rice field and heard an old farmer say that he wanted to make money and buy the government's land.

I was very surprised at the time and asked the old man again and again whether the field in front of me could really be bought.

The old man told me that the official fields near Guanyin Mountain had been sold out long ago, and if I wanted to buy some, I could only buy fields farther away.”

Sun Shan pretended to be surprised and said, "Sir, I remember when I was in school, the fields near Guanyin Mountain belonged to the government. They were government fields. How come they were sold? That's why I came to you to ask and check."

Zhang Zhubo understood, nodded and said: "When Lord Wei was here, how could the official land be sold? Well, now that Lord Tang is here, it can be sold. Official land can be bought and sold. I thought it was just a small piece, but when I checked, I found that so much was sold. Oh, Mr. Sun, this... "

At this point, Zhang Zhubo became angry again. He treated his colleagues as family members, but they treated him like a fool and did not tell him such important matters.

If I hear the news, I will definitely rush over to buy it.

Oh, Huangyang County has many mountains and little land. Even if you have money, you can’t buy land. Who doesn’t like to buy land?

If he had known that a large amount of government land was being released for sale, Zhang Zhubo would have definitely taken action first.

Zhang Zhubo seemed to have thought of something, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, he lowered his head and spoke in a low voice.

He said mysteriously, "Mr. Sun, do you want to buy it too? Haha, you have a lot of tax exemptions. Haha, buying the land is the wisest choice.

"Haha, Mr. Sun, don't worry. If there is any official land leaking out, I will inform you as soon as possible. We are all family members. If we don't give it to our family members, how can we give it to outsiders? Mr. Sun, are you right?"

Sun Shan looked at Zhang Zhubo who was expecting him, covered his chest, and said against his conscience: "Yes, Zhang Zhubo, you are right."

Sun Shan thought that Zhang Zhubo, a local, seemed to be really being sidelined by his colleagues from outside the area.

Such huge benefits, such an important matter, yet no one reminded him.

Oh, poor Mr. Zhang.

On paper, he is the third in command of Huangyang County, but secretly, he may not even be as good as a clerk.

What could Sun Shan say? He could only say that the local people in Huangyang County were not ambitious enough and were secretly bullied by outsiders.

Sun Shan took the information back to Sun's house.

Sun Dingnan and Sun Dali came to report.

Sun Dingnan said: "Ashan, Yang Xiong has been in Huangyang County all this time and has not responded to Tianfu's plan. These days he has been either playing in Huangyang County or in the next county. He should not have noticed that someone is investigating him."

Since Huangyang County only had a casino but no Yihongyuan, Yang Xiong would occasionally go to the neighboring county to play.

Yang Xiong also planned to open a brothel, but after investigating the environment and the market, he found that there were neither target customers nor high-quality employees, so he gave up.

Huangyang County is too poor, and no one can afford lavish consumption. The slightly wealthier families are all thinking about saving money to buy land and raise their children and grandchildren.

Sun Shan nodded and called Gui Ge'er, "Gui Ge'er, please help me deliver the visiting card to County Magistrate Tang. I will visit him tomorrow.