Chapter 118: Nanyang Taishou's Decree

In the following time, Qin Yue and Xu Lan talked for a long time, but Zhou Yukun, who didn't know why, was a little drowsy when he heard it, after all, he didn't understand what they said at all.

I don't know how long it has been, Zhou Yukun has fallen asleep on the table without any image. Qin Yue, who sent Xu Lan and the others away, returned to the room to take a look, and found that Zhou Yukun, the bastard, had slept so soundly, you must know that you were busy all night last night, and you have to deal with the affairs of the village when you get up in the morning, which almost exhausts me to death!

The more he thought about it, the more angry Qin Yue became, walked to Zhou Yukun's side, kicked Zhou Yukun's chair away, and directly made Zhou Yukun sit on the ground.

Hearing only the sound of "whoosh", Zhou Yukun immediately bounced up from the ground, and then looked around blankly, and made a vigilant movement with both hands: "Who, who is the one who attacked me!" ”

Seeing Zhou Yukun's funny appearance, Qin Yue couldn't help but feel a little funny: "It's me, seeing you sleep so soundly, it makes me a little unhappy!" So I'll punish you a little! ”

Hearing Qin Yue's words, Zhou Yukun helplessly put down his hands and argued with a wry smile: "It's not that I want to sleep, it's just that I don't understand what you say, and I can't listen to it, who made me a general, and you are a strategist!" ”

Qin Yue didn't refute, but sat down next to Zhou Yukun and said seriously: "Since you can't listen to the complicated things, then I'll make a long story short and introduce you to the situation in the village." ”

Zhou Yukun also knew that Qin Yue was so persistent in telling himself about this matter, so he definitely needed his own help. Thinking that Qin Yue had helped him so much last night, Zhou Yukun couldn't refuse anymore, so he nodded and asked Qin Yue to continue.

So, Qin Yue tried his best to explain the matter from beginning to end. In fact, the thing is like this, this Dingxi Village and Dingdong Village are both subordinate to Nanyang City, and the Taishou of Nanyang City does not know where the idea came from, and he actually implemented a policy in various villages in Nanyang.

The content of the policy is about the peasants' taxes, saying that half of the villages may be exempt from this year's taxes, but the condition for this exemption is that today's grain production is higher than that of the neighboring villages. The village with a slightly lower production had to pay taxes for both villages.

When Qin Yue came to Nanyang about a year ago and heard about this decree, he really didn't laugh off his big teeth, he wondered how this Nanyang Taishou came to be, he didn't have any brains at all! On the surface, this decree seems to promote the competitiveness of individual villages in order to achieve the goal of increasing food production, but the actual situation is far from optimistic.

Because, this Taishou didn't think at all, when a certain village was compared to other villages, he would have to bear the huge taxes of the two villages, and the harvest of the whole year would be almost exhausted just by paying taxes, plus a year's clothing, food, housing and transportation, how much money would be left to prepare for the competition in the second year.

Therefore, if this development continues, it will only be a vicious circle, the strong villages will become stronger and stronger, and the weak villages will become weaker and weaker, and it may even lead to the weak villages giving up their plans to farm and turn to other industries, or leave Nanyang to survive in other cities. No matter how bold the conjecture is, it is very likely to provoke a popular uprising, which will make the city send soldiers to suppress it, and the final consequence will be the loss of labor and money!

Doing more harm than good...... No, it can even be said that there are only disadvantages and no advantages of how the decree was passed by the above, Qin Yue can't figure this out, then he can only guess that the ruler of Jingzhou, Liu Biao, is actually a waste wood!

After that, Qin Yue told about the situation in Dingdong Village. He said that when he arrived in the village, it was in chaos, and many people no longer wanted to continue farming, and were ready to find a way to live elsewhere. The reason is obvious, they lost the previous year and forced to pay twice as much tax.

And the thief incident that Xu Lan said before also happened roughly in this situation, after all, some poor people really can't live, so they can only do this kind of thing of stealing chickens and dogs.

After a period of turmoil, about a third of the people in the village moved out, and only a few slightly wealthier villagers remained, after all, this is their hometown, and they do not want to leave unless they are forced to leave.

After that, Zhou Yukun also roughly understood that it was Qin Yue, who had just moved in, that gradually made a name for himself, making the people in the village regard him as an immortal, thinking that he was an immortal sent by God to save the village.

So, this is the matter of Xu Lan coming to ask for advice two months ago, when he wanted Qin Yue to ask for some rain for the village, and the drought for several days had dried up the crops to death. Qin Yue, who couldn't bear to see the villagers suffering again, could only go to the top of the mountain to cast a spell, causing a light rain to fall nearby.

However, this is only a palliative treatment, and Qin Yue told the villagers to water all the manure in their thatched houses into the fields one by one. With absolute trust in Qin Yue, the villagers did everything without asking the reason. Sure enough, the crops in the field grew as long as possible, and Qin Yue's status rose higher and higher!

Later, there was today's incident, Xu Lan and the others found that the crops in Dingxi Village were sick two months ago, but now they have become extremely luxuriant, faintly surpassing their momentum. Moreover, Xu Lan also noticed that each of the villagers in Dingxi Village has some strange-shaped tools in their hands, which can quickly remove weeds in the fields, which makes the crops grow extremely vigorously.

According to the villagers of Dingxi Village, it seems that there are also two strange people in their village, who they call "Yellow Fairy Chang" and "Yellow Fairy"! And that strange tool seems to have been made with their help.

So, Xu Lan came again and wanted Qin Yue to help them change this situation of being surpassed. After learning about these situations, Qin Yue didn't refuse them, but just said to give him some time and let him think of a way, and sent Xu Lan away!

Hearing this, Zhou Yukun's curiosity surged up again: "How about it, then have you thought of any way now?" ”

Looking at Zhou Yukun's expectant gaze, the corners of Qin Yue's mouth curled, revealing a malicious smile: "Of course, and your help is indispensable in this plan of mine!" ”

"Ahh Zhou Yukun got goosebumps when Qin Yue laughed, and he always had a bad premonition in his heart. "This ...... I don't know how to farm or anything, and I can't do anything if you want me to help! ”

Qin Yue waved his hand again and again: "Of course I know this, so I want you to help me go to Dingxi Village to find out about the enemy." As the saying goes, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent is the only way to win a hundred battles! This glorious and difficult task is handed over to you! ”

Zhou Yukun frowned and was about to refuse, but the scene where Qin Yue stayed up late to help him analyze it came to mind again, which made him sigh and reluctantly agree. "Just go, but you'll have to make it clear what I'm going to investigate!"

Seeing that Zhou Yukun agreed, Qin Yue was also quite surprised, this guy is usually not so easy to talk to, and he can't use a lot of rhetoric he has prepared. However, he didn't think much about it, and continued to say to Zhou Yukun: "The target of your investigation, of course, is the two 'Huang Daxian' and 'Huang Fairy' who popped out of nowhere!" Also, by writing down what their strange tools look like, I might be able to find some of their weaknesses! ”