Su Xi looked at the farmers who were working in this hundred acres of fields in full swing, and looked at them although their hair and clothes were soaked with sweat, their faces were full of satisfaction, perhaps, for ordinary people, happiness is so simple, there is no vigor, only plain.

In this era, taxes were severe, and the life of the peasants was far less easy than that of modern peasants, who worked hard all year round, not only to see the heavens to eat, but also to watch people eat.

When the heavens are announced to be beautiful, when there is no harvest, they can't even solve the problem of food and clothing, and they have to bear the taxes of the state and the rent of the landlord.

"Good owner." Along the way, every time Su Xi walked to a place, the villagers working on the side would stop what they were doing and say hello to her.

Yes, these people who worked in Su Xi's newly bought world were all villagers from nearby villages, and they panicked when they learned that He Yuanwai sold the land, because it would mean that they no longer had land to plant, maybe every year, they should become a homeless person, or because they couldn't pay taxes, they were forcibly arrested to serve as soldiers and go to the battlefield, like Chen Yang's family.

"Have you heard? Recently, the imperial court is fighting a war to recruit soldiers, and one person from each household must be a soldier. "In Songhua Village, which is only five miles away from Songyuan Town, everyone is talking about it.

"I heard that there was a fight with the desert country in the north, but isn't it far away from the north? Why should there be conscription too? Sister-in-law Liang also took a bite, but the work of picking beans in her hand was not left behind.

"Who knows, the tax was just collected the month before, and the army will be conscripted at this time, and no one will be allowed to live!" Aunt Qian also said, as soon as the tax is collected, it will take away 30% of the year's harvest, and then pay 50% of the rent to He Yuanwai, I just hope that this winter will not be like the previous year's two-and-a-half month blizzard, otherwise I don't know how many people will starve to death and freeze to death, and they don't know if they can have a harsh winter again!

"Grandpa, it's not good, the imperial court is going to recruit soldiers." Chen Yang ran to his home on his short legs and hurriedly told the information he heard at the entrance of the village.

"Rest, why did you run so late? Wipe your sweat. Chen Yuer used the handkerchief in her hand to gently wipe the sweat from running.

She looked at Chen Yang gently and said the news she heard outside, her younger brother is good at everything, but he is too jumpy, he will run away at every turn, and he doesn't know where to run before he comes back, and he is still sweating, and now he is talking about conscription in the imperial court.

"Conscription?" Grandpa Chen repeated in a low voice, as the saying goes, eventful autumn, this autumn has not yet arrived, why is there war again? How did it spread to their town so quickly?

"Yes, grandpa, they all said that they wanted to be conscripted, and no one in any family had to be a soldier, and if no one went, they had to pay five taels of silver, otherwise they would be imprisoned." Chen Yang overheard the information at the entrance of the village today.

"Five taels of silver? So much? Grandpa, what are we going to do? Chen Yu didn't want the pot in his hand at this time, threw it on the stove casually, and asked Grandpa Chen nervously.

"It's okay, you two don't worry, grandpa is here for this, you are still young, don't worry about these things." Chen Duan's kind and silent Chen Yang's head said.

Their family is old and young, where did the strong men come from to be soldiers? But these five taels of silver, how can they take out the last meal without the next meal?

He heard everyone talking about these news on the street the day before yesterday, and he didn't want to bring them back to his home and bring haze to these two sensible children, but he didn't expect to be heard by Chen Yang so soon, it seems that he can't accompany them for a few days.

The three grandparents and grandchildren still had dinner happily, it seemed that the news did not affect their lives, the night was late, and there was only one husband to play the night, but today it is no longer peaceful.

"Papapa

"Too, what's wrong? I'm sleepy. Chen Yang said in a daze.

"If you're sleepy, sleep a little longer, it'll be fine." Chen Du patted Chen Yang's back and coaxed in a low voice.

"Grandpa" Chen Yu was dressed neatly and walked in from her room, she didn't know anything like her younger brother, and she knew that tonight's things were definitely not simple.

"Xiaoyu woke up? Watch your brother, protect him, don't come out later, no matter what happens, remember, no matter what happens. Chen Du instructed.

"Grandpa" Chen Yu wanted to say something more, but he saw Chen Duan hurriedly go out, and did not forget to close the door, with the increasingly urgent knocking sound, Chen Duan trembled and took down the door bolt and slowly opened the door.

"Why did it take so long to open the door?" The officers and soldiers outside the door saw that Chen was late, and said loudly.

"Guan Ye is angry, the old child is not old, his ears are not very good, so he came slowly, Guan Ye, you have a lot of adults, and you are angry." Chen Duan hunched his back, bent over, and said.

"Anger? The third watch is on duty in the middle of the night, you are still wasting your time, how can you get angry? After finishing speaking, the officers and soldiers who took the lead kicked Chen Duan to the ground.

Seeing that Chen Duan was lying on the ground because of his movements, the leading officers and soldiers wanted to go up again to make up for two more feet, but were stopped by the deputy beside him: "Boss, get down to business." ”

Fortunately, the assistant reminded him, otherwise if he kicked people to death, he would not be able to complete the task, and he would not be stripped of a layer of skin by the master when he went back?

"Old man, what about your family? Where did it all go? Why are you the only one who comes out? Xiao Zhang walked up to Chen Du and squatted down, and said.

"Adult, there are only three people in the second child's family, and in addition to the little old man, there is a grandson and a granddaughter, both of whom are still children." Xu was the reason for being kicked, and Chen Duan was weak.

"Kids? Why don't you call them out? Don't you have the prime of life in your family? Xiao Zhang kicked again, but this time the kick was much slower than just now.

"Official, the children are too young, the officials are too mighty, the little old man is afraid of scaring them, cough" Chen Duan said Finally, he couldn't stop coughing.

"Small? Are you going to pay the money? Take out five taels of silver, and Lao Tzu will believe your words, no matter how big or small, this matter will be over. Xiao Zhang leaned down and said to Chen Du.

"Five taels of silver? I bought the little old man, but I didn't have it, otherwise the official would take the little old man away? I volunteered to be a soldier! In the last sentence, Chen Yu suddenly said loudly, shaking back the footsteps of Chen Yu, who couldn't bear to see him being beaten, about to step out of the door.

"No money? You don't have any money, what a fart? You are an old guy with half of your legs buried in the ground, and you still want to be a soldier, do you think it is a blessing? Come on, call me, call me if you don't have money, and at the end of the fight I will see if there is any money. Xiao Zhang waved his hand, and the subordinates behind him walked towards Chen Du, punching and kicking him, and after a while, only Chen Du's muffled snort and the sound of his feet slapping flesh were left in the small courtyard.

"Stop y'all of you." An angry voice rang out. (To be continued.) )