The little boy trotted all the way back to the stockade and came to the square, where there were many clansmen, and they all gathered here today: "Fujishu, why are you back?" ”

"Where are Miao Miao and Ah Miao, patriarch grandpa, I asked, Tian Da said that it was the prefect of Canglan Mansion, the prefect of Shao."

"Governor Shao?" The gray-haired patriarch squinted his eyes and took a puff of his cigarette, he was very displeased with this group of people, four men, with a girl, what does this mean? It can be seen that the people who came this time are even more unreliable, what a thing!

"Well, that tall, good-looking, good-looking little lady." Speaking of this, Fujishu touched his head, his face flushed, although the other girl was also beautiful, but that girl was very gentle, and they still admired the heroic little lady.

"Ahem, cough, cough......" The old patriarch smoked a hookah all his life, and the soil had no neck, but he almost didn't choke to death by the smoke, and after coughing for a long time, his face was red, and then he asked: "What do you say?" ”

"I, I, I......" Fujiki was so surprised, Patriarch Grandpa, what's wrong with you?

"Who do you say the prefect is?" The patriarch raised his voice suddenly.

"That's it, it's that good-looking little lady." Fujiki swallowed, a little afraid.

"You mean Shangguan is a little lady?" The patriarch's voice was full of disbelief.

"Fujiki, have you been deceived? How can it be a little lady? ”

"Yes, yes, how can a little lady be an official?"

"Fujiki, they must have lied to you that you were a child, so they lied to you."

Everyone is talking about it, and the content is nothing more than that it is impossible for women to be officials, what should women in the Central Plains be like, they don't know, and they were not so closed a few years ago.

Fujishu's face was red again, but this time it was not blushing, but angry, he couldn't help but pull his neck and shout: "I heard Tian Da say this with my own ears, Tian Da, you don't know each other, it's the Han who exchanged cloth with Miao Miao's mother." ”

"When I was watching, I saw Tian Da, and it seemed that a tall little lady was talking all the time, and then the others did it." The stone pan that was monitoring on the mountain couldn't help but make a sound, he was afraid of being discovered by the other party, so he was far away, and he couldn't hear what they said, but it was always after the woman finished speaking, and the others immediately went to work, which he could always see.

The voice of the discussion stopped abruptly, and Ishipan was a reliable man, and his words were much more credible than Fujiki.

"Didn't hear what to say?"

"I didn't dare to come closer, that tall little lady was very alert, she should have practiced." Shi Pan said that it was a little embarrassing here, the woman was not only alert, but also very active, and seemed to be looking at the terrain, but the little lady looked at the terrain? She still can't draw a map?

"So, the woman is the one who leads?" The patriarch was still incredulous, how could this be?

"Of course, Tian Da said, that's their prefect."

"Nonsense, the prefect is the fourth grade on the Han side, how many men can't be officials in their lifetime, can she do it as a young lady? Don't ask him how he knows that the other party is young, just look at Fujiki's reaction.

"What to do? People are waiting! "The vine tree is a little anxious, and it really shouldn't be to leave people there.

"I'll take a look." The patriarch was so curious that he had to take matters into his own hands.

Over there, Tian Da and the others were anxious, and the green shirts and green sleeves were even more unhappy, their little lady wasted so much effort to come over, and she was so lazy, sure enough, she was a mountain village man, and she didn't know how to be polite.

On the contrary, Shao Yunhua was very happy, she carefully observed the surrounding terrain and the attic with her eyes, little by little memory, so that she was familiar with her chest, especially when she observed the attic, when she was on the mountain, she found that the attic was very exquisite, but now when she took a closer look, although the small bamboo building was exquisite, it was quite old, although it was cleaned up, it could not cover up the yellowing place.

There is also something hanging outside the small bamboo building, normal such as those migrating little ladies, everyone will hang some peppers, corn, and even dry some sweet potatoes or something, it may not look good outside, but it can show that there is no shortage of food here, and it can be eaten, there is no food outside, and there are a few clothes that look like just linen clothes, which shows that the days are relatively poor, Shao Yunhua is a little relieved.

The patriarch of Canglan came on foot, and saw the two figures in front from a distance, all scarlet, and sighed in his heart that the child did not know, this is the official robe, the scarlet official robe, which is worn by the fourth-grade and fifth-grade officials, so the vine tree is not lying, it should be the prefect of the fourth grade, look at the height, if it is a man, it is still a little short, if it is a little lady, she is indeed taller.

Walking in, it is indeed a dragon and phoenix among people, with an extraordinary bearing, the woman in the front is tall and tall, with long eyebrows and tiger eyes, obviously only men have eyebrows and eyes, but because of the meat on the nose and the goose egg-shaped face, with a white porcelain-like skin, there is no sense of disobedience at all, and she is an outstanding character.

"Which one is the prefect?" Although the old man knows the official robes, but Shao Yunhua and Shui Dai's official robes are crimson, he is not sure, although Shao Yunhua is outstanding and dazzling, but when he takes a closer look, another little lady who is a little shorter is also different, willow eyebrows and apricot eyes, but there is not a watery affection inside, but a streamer flashes from time to time, a symbol of wisdom, and his bearing is generous, and he is by no means a layman, so he is a little uncertain, although Fujishu said that he is a tall little lady, but he has the impression that this kind of robe sleeve is a civil official, and the tall little lady is more like a military general.

"This official is exactly." Shao Yunhua smiled on his face: "The old man is ......"

"It's not Shi Xin, the patriarch of the Canglan clan, please also ask Shangguan to please." Sure that there were only ten people in their group, the old patriarch was quite confident.

"It's better to be respectful than to obey." Shao Yunhua was very polite.

The group followed the old patriarch in, and at this time, Shao Yunhua saw the crowd walking around, was it really hidden at the beginning? However, what these people are wearing, including the jewelry on their heads, is very ordinary, all good things can be shown, and the materials are not abundant, Shao Yunhua's heart is even more bottomed.

When I came to the patriarch's house, there were no privileges here, so it was a bamboo building, but in the center, and there was a large courtyard in front of the house, with some tree stumps and some small wooden stools, which should be used by the people in the village for meetings.

Entering the patriarch's house, the house was very clean, but it still could not hide the shabby fact that there was a table in the house, there were tree stumps, the tables were old colors, the tree stumps were still new, the walls of the house were still hung with animal skins, and there were only coarse porcelain teapots and four tea bowls on the table.

"The cold house is shabby, please don't dislike it." Shi Xin spoke politely, but he didn't pour tea, although Shao Yunhua was outstanding, but the traces of pampering could still be seen, he didn't think that the other party could drink this tea, and he was too lazy to move.

"It's a little poorer." Shao Yunhua was not polite at all.

The patriarch choked and didn't know how to answer.

"This official came this time to discuss with the patriarch about the collection of tax and forced labor." Shao Yunhua was not polite at all, there were few people with her at the beginning, which was to prevent them from being defensive and let them not find anyone, but now that they have met, she has no intention of softening.

"What did Shangguan say about this?" The patriarch was stunned for a moment, and then sank his face, since you went straight to the point, I don't need to be polite.

"The Canglan clan is my people of Daqin, and paying taxes is a matter of course."

Seeing that Shao Yunhua was fierce, the Canglan patriarch was silent for a while, and said, "What Shangguan said is true." He turned his face and shouted, "Stone plate." ”

Shi Pan's face darkened, but he still answered in a low voice.

After a while, the stone plate came in again, this time followed by a woman, the woman held a tray in her hand, which was a delicate and gorgeous brocade cloth, quite heavy, enough to have two horses, Tian Da looked greedy, he changed three meters of cloth for his own lady, and used nearly ten taels of silver, and now the value of these two pieces of cloth is at least two hundred taels away.

"Is this a tax?" Shao Yunhua asked knowingly.

"Shangguan made a hard trip, this is for Shangguan." Shi Xin said again: "We have high mountains and long roads here, and it is difficult to transport them out even if we pay taxes, what does Shangguan think?" ”

"Not how." The smile on Shao Yunhua's face faded: "This official is a minister of Great Qin, you are the people of Great Qin, and it is natural to pay taxes and conscription, and there is no mountain and high road that is far from being transported." ”

"The people of Great Qin? How could Great Qin ever be a citizen of me? "Before the patriarch spoke, the stone plate was already full of resentment?

"Oh?" Shao Yunhua raised his eyebrows, how could I, Daqin, ever treat you badly? It is not easy for you to live in the mountains for a long time, and taxes are always low. "Since he is here, Shao Yunhua's homework will naturally be done, otherwise he will not prepare for two more days.

"Downgrade?" The patriarch and Shi Pan exclaimed together.

"Naturally, since the first emperor of Great Qin, I have practiced virtue and politics for the people who have lived in the mountains and wilderness for a long time, and reduced the level of taxation, including forced labor, and the ordinary land boundary is rented twenty percent, but the mountain people are one and a half, and the ordinary people have two months of forced labor, and the mountain people are one month." Shao Yunhua paused: "When the Supreme ascends the throne today, the mountain people rent half of the children. ”

"Half percent?" The old patriarch stared at his slightly cloudy eyes, completely in disbelief.

"Exactly." Shao Yunhua smiled and bowed, and he was free to turn over the glory.

"In that case, we are naturally willing to pay taxes." The patriarch immediately understood this account, if it was half a rent, it was absolutely feasible, and these two pieces of cloth were enough to pay taxes for a year.

"Patriarch Shi, then you will count all the people in the village, enter them in the register, and the number of acres of land." Shao Yunhua didn't express his joy, paying taxes or something is not the point, nor is it the goal.

"Why do you need to count people?" Shi Xin's heart suddenly rose high, is there anything else that can't be harsh on taxes and miscellaneous taxes? Those Han people are the best at playing this hand, and they started to talk about it well, but the result changed.

"As I said, the supreme benevolence and mercy of the people eating salt is too expensive, so today's salt is no longer bought and sold in various □□, but by the government, and each person in each household registration has a ration of one hundred catties of salt a year, and this hundred catties of salt is three copper plates per catty." Shao Yunhua smiled, ordinary people, they can't eat a hundred catties a year, which actually brings out the salt of pickled vegetables, and completely cuts off the possibility of smuggling salt to make a fortune.

"Is there such a good thing?" The patriarch exclaimed, a large part of their poverty was due to the high price of salt, and if salt was so cheap, they could save a lot of money for other things.

"The Supreme Edict has announced to the world, hasn't Patriarch Shi noticed that the price of salt is cheap in the past year?" Shui Dai interjected.

"It's cheaper, but it's not the price." The stone pan replied that he had been deceived.

"This policy has only been exercised for more than half a year, and there is not much salt left in every household, and the price has not dropped immediately, which is reasonable." Shui Dai explained.

"Since this is the case, it is natural that they are willing to register, how can it be counted as conscription? Anything else? "The patriarch felt that he was dreaming, in the past it was all layers of exploitation, how can it be all good now? At that time, their ancestors were not mountain people, but they were also forced here, and this is why they multiplied.

"Naturally, there is still something to do." Seeing that their faces changed, Shao Yunhua hurriedly said: "The old man over fifty years old can go to the local government every year to receive five taels of silver as pension silver. As for young children, they can also go to the government's office, and there are scholars who teach them to read, write, and count. ”

Now the patriarch and they are completely dumb, and the stone pan looks at the sky outside, and the sun is also coming out of the east? There is no red rain, is it that the rooster will lay eggs?