Ruoyun saw that the woman was crying endlessly, so she had to take out a hundred taels of silver from her body (space) with her backhand, shook it in front of the woman and said: "This sister-in-law, you see that I have silver, I said that I will take care of you, I will talk about it, you get up first!" ”

The woman was dazzled by the silver in Ruoyun's hand, she had never seen such a big silver ingot, looking at the big silver ingot, she suddenly stopped crying, and her face was full of shock.

In fact, Ruoyun has a lot of silver tickets on her body, and a hundred taels of silver ingots is only a drop in the bucket for her, but Ruoyun knows that this villager definitely doesn't know the silver tickets, so she took out the silver, it seems that the effect is still good, at least these women don't cry.

"You, you mean, you're going to give us the silver and make us pay the taxes?" The woman choked up.

"The silver is easy to say, as long as you explain the matter to us clearly!" Chu Ziheng walked over and said.

"This, this!" The woman hesitated, first, she couldn't speak clearly, but she didn't dare to speak, so she could only search for her in the crowd with her eyes, "Dang, boss!" ”

was called out by his own woman, and walked out of the crowd a man who was also dressed in tatters, and his body was a little rickety because of perennial labor, he was also a little overwhelmed, flattered his hands, and shouted at the fifth master Mao, "Fifth uncle, what do you think about this?" ”

That Fifth Master Mao looked at Chu Ziheng and Ruoyun for a while, as if he was measuring whether the identities of the two could support such a big thing, until he saw Chu Ziheng nodding firmly at him, and then gritted his teeth and said: "Two, this is not the place to talk, go to my courtyard and say!" ”

Then he said to a taller young man: "Big pillar, you lead people to watch these people, don't let them go!" ”

Everyone was about to leave, and suddenly heard a loud knocking sound in a car behind Aunt Hua sitting, and the big pillar hurriedly ran over, lifted the curtain, and shouted in surprise: "Cao'er!" ”

Then I saw that Da Zhuzi's face was red, and he said angrily in his eyes: "Didn't I say it, next year I will save enough money to send it to your uncle, and they will sell you!" ”

"What's wrong with Ozuki?" Fifth Master Mao asked.

"Fifth grandfather, there are a few girls from Xiaolin Village in the car, tied up!"

"Then put it down quickly, Xiaohong and her mother, you go and help!" Mao Wuye instructed, you don't need to ask to know, the girls in this car must be the girls that Aunt Hua bought in Xiaolin Village.

Ruoyun and Chu Ziheng saw a few elderly women, walked to the car, and then put down the six young girls from the car.

They all had red, swollen eyes, and had apparently been crying for a while.

Chu Ziheng's face was gloomy when he saw this, there are seven or eight families who want to sell their daughters in this Maojia village today, and there are these six people in this Xiaolin Village, plus some villages in the back, there are so many people who want to sell their daughters in one day, and the lives of the people are really living in dire straits!

When they arrived at Mao Wuye's house, Ruoyun and Chu Ziheng knew that this Mao Wuye was the patriarch of the Mao family and the village chief of the village.

The head of a village's home is said to be a relatively wealthy family in the village, but at this time, it seems that this family is not much better than Mao Dazhuang's family, although the house looks good, but there are few furnishings in the house.

The tea served was only white water, and there was not even a tea powder in it, but the other villagers were very happy to see that they could drink a sip of hot water.

Chu Ziheng couldn't wait to ask the question in his heart.

Mao Wuye sighed and slowly said something that made Chu Ziheng even more angry.

It turns out that the people of Binzhou a few years ago can still live a good life, although not to mention how rich, but as long as the average family is diligent and willing to work, they can also ensure that they have no worries about food and clothing, and now Chu Ziheng and Ruoyun saw the houses of Mao Dazhuang's family and the village chief's family were built in those years.

But just four years ago, taxes suddenly increased, and the original rule of collecting ten taxes and three taxes was suddenly changed to collecting ten taxes and six taxes.

There was a full thirty percent increase in taxes, and the people's lives suddenly became difficult, and some people went to the government to protest, but the government said that this was the emperor's will, and they just did things according to the rules.

If the questioning is ruthless, they will be severely beaten by the officers and soldiers in the government, and some will even be locked up on charges of disrupting official duties.

As the saying goes: the people don't fight with the officials! The people are very illiterate, they don't understand those truths at all, and they don't dare to cause trouble, and when they see someone being beaten or imprisoned, they don't dare to speak up.

However, after collecting ten taxes and six taxes, the people only have forty percent of the grain left, and the food and clothing of the whole family has become a problem.

In the first year, you can still pay the taxes tightly, but in the second year, many people can't pay them, if you pay all the taxes, the family will not even have food rations, and those who have not paid the taxes will be caught and deducted from the taxes.

At the beginning, everyone had no resistance to catching strong men, anyway, it was not to go to war, but to do some hard work, which could save the family's rations, and it could also offset the taxes, which was not a bad thing.

Therefore, there are many people who are willing to catch strong men and not pay taxes!

Who knows, there was a village where ten people were arrested that year, but in the end, only one person survived.

The one who survived still sneaked back by himself, and when he returned home to be tortured, he was not like a human ghost or a ghost, and his mind was not normal.

People fell into a huge panic all of a sudden, and later some gossip came out, saying that few of the people who were captured would survive, and that if they went, they would be sent to death.

Now people are scared, and they try their best to pay the taxes, so as not to let their men be arrested.

This vicious circle has caused the people in Binzhou to become poorer and poorer, and life is becoming more and more difficult.

The daughters of poor families are worthless, and they will marry in the future anyway, and now they can only sacrifice their fathers and brothers in order to keep the family.

This Aunt Hua is specialized in this business, she will come to the village every month to collect people, and today it happened that Chu Ziheng and Ruoyun met.

Chu Ziheng listened to the words of the fifth master Mao, his face was very gloomy, the local government was so bold, dared to fake the name of the emperor, expropriated violently, and privately arrested the people to be strong men for their use, it was simply a big rebellion!

"Isn't there anyone who is going to tell you? The emperor's tax on Da Chu is two out of ten! Chu Ziheng asked unwillingly, can't such a big thing, such a big Binzhou not spread at all?

"Collect ten taxes and two? Isn't it three out of ten? Mao Wuye said in surprise, it was the first time he had heard of such a low tax.

Chu Ziheng's face was even worse, Da Chu had changed the policy of collecting ten taxes and two taxes ten years ago, and these local officials dared to raise taxes privately, damn!

But the most hateful thing is that it is now the governor of Binzhou, although those officials raised taxes in the past, they didn't dare to go too far, just added one percent, but this Zhizhou actually did it to the point of outrageousness, and increased the tax by forty percent, which made the people live!

"Ten years ago, the emperor changed to the policy of collecting ten taxes and two taxes!" Chu Ziheng said sullenly, he felt that his face was hot at this time, it was because their Chu family did not do a good job and did not take care of the people on this side!

"Ten years ago, ten taxes were charged two!" Mao Wuye almost jumped up from the stool in surprise, they had never paid such a low tax.

"In this way, this policy of collecting ten taxes and six taxes was not set by the emperor?" Fifth Master Mao asked.

"No, we are from the capital, we know, the emperor has been trying to find a way to reduce the people's taxes, and he will not set such a high tax!" Chu Ziheng said.

"However, why were all those who went to the capital to complain were arrested and put in prison?" Mao Wuye said.

"You mean someone has sued?"

"Yes, over the years, many people who can't survive have gone to Fucheng and the capital to complain, but they have all been arrested, some have been killed, and some have not been released yet!" Mao Wuye said suspiciously.

Chu Ziheng and Ruoyun knew in their hearts when they heard this, it must be that there are still people in the capital of Binzhou, otherwise this kind of thing would not have been suppressed from above-

After breakfast, Chu Ziheng and Ruoyun rode out of Maojia Village on fast horses, and Chu Ziheng couldn't wait for a moment to solve this matter.

Hurry up, and it took less than an hour for the two to arrive at Bingcheng, the state city of Binzhou.

After entering the ice city, the two of them went directly to the leisurely residence of the ice city, after all, the villagers like Mao Wuye knew limited things, and they still had to inquire more clearly.

Ruoyun remembered that the leisurely residence in Bingcheng was opened by her and the Jin family of the Binzhou family, so they wanted to inquire about the Jin family first, after all, the Jin family could know much more things at this level than Mao Wuye.

When I arrived at the door of the Ice City Leisurely House, although it was morning time, several shops in the Leisurely House were still quite lively.

Ruoyun saw the shop he was familiar with, and his heart was a little more relaxed.

After they dismounted, a guy who welcomed the guests took the initiative to come and lead the horse, Ruoyun and Chu Ziheng asked him to bolt the horse to the door, and then walked into the Zhiwei Fang.

The shops in this ice city are incomparable to those in the capital and Jiangnan, but they are also second to none in this northland city, Ruoyun and the two walked directly to the counter, Chu Ziheng said to the shopkeeper inside: "Please ask Jin Sanye, just say that the old man is visiting!" ”

This Jin Sanye is the head of the Jin family's generation, Ruoyun has never seen each other, it was Du Jingyuan and Qiu Feng who came to sign a contract with him, but this time there is a reason for it, and they can only act as old friends once!

However, when Chu Ziheng said to invite Jin Sanye, he only felt that there was a sudden silence around him, and then he heard some whispering voices.

"They actually came to find Jin Sanye?"

"At this time, there are still people who come to find this Jin Sanye, the courage is really not small!"

After Ruoyun and Chu Ziheng heard the whispers of the people around them, the two glanced at each other and couldn't help frowning!

"Ahem, the two of you originally came to find Jin Sanye, but unfortunately, Jin Sanye is not here now!" The shopkeeper saw that Ruoyun and Chu Ziheng had extraordinary temperaments, so he replied patiently.

"Oh, then I don't know where Jin Sanye is at this time?" Ruoyun asked.

"The two of you go out from this street, go to the right and go to the head, and you can reach the Jin family's mansion, where the third master of Jin should be!" The shopkeeper squinted and smiled.

Ruoyun and Chu Ziheng only felt that there was something in the shopkeeper's words, and just wanted to ask, they saw that the shopkeeper's face suddenly changed greatly, and his face was full of smiles, and he jumped out of the counter in a flash!

"Butler Hua, you're here, hurry up and invite inside?" The shopkeeper said flatteringly to a tall and fat man who had just walked through the door.

"Oh, Xiao Gu, it's nothing, my wife asked me to take charge of the accounts for these two days!" The tall fat man said, looking up.

"Accounts, it's easy to say, it's easy to say, I've already calculated the accounts, and the money is ready, I'll bring it to you!" The shopkeeper looked like a dog-legged man with a hunched waist.

Ruoyun looked at the shopkeeper's dog-legged flattering appearance, and couldn't help but be angry from her heart, the people she used in the leisurely house have always been close and cordial but not flattering, and the leisurely house implements the word leisurely very well, and does not meet and please customers, and always makes customers feel at home.

At this time, the shopkeeper behaved like this, and Ruoyun only felt that the shopkeeper had lost her leisurely face.

And when she heard that the shopkeeper was going to show the silver and the account book to this tall and fat man, she suddenly felt that the situation was even more wrong, who was this man, and why did she look at the account book where she lived leisurely?

"Excuse me, this gentleman is the Jin family?" Chu Ziheng stepped forward and asked, because Youranju cooperated with the Jin family, and only the Jin family could read the account books.

"Hmph, Jin family, blind your dog's eyes, open your tricks and take a look, this is the head of our Zhizhou Mansion!" The tall fat man shouted in a commanding voice.

"Little third son, shut up! Speak Sven Point! The general manager of the flower said to the little guy next to him in a weird manner, and then said to Chu Ziheng with a smile: "This son, who is talented in Xiahua, is the chief manager of the Binzhou Governor's Mansion, I don't know where the two of you came from, where do you want to go?" ”

However, although he said this to Chu Ziheng, his small eyes were squinting in the direction of Ruoyun, shining with obscene light.

Chu Ziheng was furious when he saw this, Ruoyun was his reverse scale, this person dared to look at Ruoyun so obscenely, he would never allow it.

When Chu Ziheng was about to make a move, this flower was talented but let out a strange cry of "ah", covered his eyes with his hands, and began to wail, looking very painful.

The people were shocked, especially the shopkeeper, who was grateful to beckon someone to help this tall and fat Hua Youcai.

At this time, Ruoyun took advantage of the chaos to pull Chu Ziheng out.

"Yun'er, what are you?"

"Now is not the time to teach them a lesson, I estimate that this Hua Youcai is the brother of the person surnamed Hua, and he can come to us to check the accounts leisurely, there must be something strange in it, let's go to the Jin family first to have a look!"

Chu Ziheng nodded when he heard this, and the two of them led the horse and went in the direction of the Jin family. R1152