The most common ending of most swordsmen is a guest death in a foreign land. The few who were alive were also covered in wounds. Even missing arms, legs, and eyes abound! There aren't many swordsmen who can die in bed.

Niu Mangu has personally seen a living old swordsman! The old swordsman was lame and lame, and his whole body was covered with knife wounds. When it was cloudy, he rolled in bed in pain in the rain, but he didn't have the money to buy medicine! He made a living by raising horses in a carriage shop. That is also Niu Mangu has been walking darts for several years, and the only old knife man I have seen who has lived to wash his hands and not dry!

Niu Mangu thought of this and didn't plan to talk about it anymore. He saw that there were only two pots of wine on the table of the eight or nine people not far away, so he whispered to Niu Bajin and smiled: "Dad, look at those people, eight or nine people drink two pots of wine, how can they drink this?" ”

Niu Bajin waved his hand, signaling Niu Mangu to stop talking nonsense, and then said in a low voice: "Don't look at those people wearing civilian clothes, in fact, they are soldiers, but they don't know what they are planning to wear civilian clothes?" In fact, it is not easy to be a soldier, not to mention that the commander deducts military pay on weekdays, and also helps the officer to do day labor, and the family can't even eat a few meals! And I heard that the newcomers Lu Jing and Master Lu changed the rules of providing one pawn for three dings, and changed it to one ding for one pawn, and the government subsidized those who were insufficient. Now these days as soldiers are even more sad! ”

Niu Mangu said inexplicably: "This is a good thing! In this way, our people's lives can still be a little more lively! ”

Niu Bajin sneered and said, "You know a fart!" The above says that the tax of Sanding is reduced to one ding, and the following must be the money and grain of Sanding as before! It's just that the extra money and food are in their pockets! Look, sooner or later those soldiers will have to make trouble! Ay? Maybe these people are wearing civilian clothes and they are discussing the matter of making trouble! ”

Niu Mangu raised his eyes to look at the sky and thought hard about the news he had received in the past few days. And I did recall that Master Lu did make a notice. As a young man, Niu Mangu is full of energy, but whenever he has free time, he will go to the streets to wander and get some fresh news back. That's why Niu Mangu remembered this news among the many news.

Niu Mangu understands when he thinks about it

It's why Daddy said that. Those senior officials who were born as jinshi had no idea what was going on. They think that the world is rotating in the palm of their hands, and they prove that they are the smartest people in the world when they are admitted to the Jinshi. Nothing can be hidden from them.

But what they didn't know was that in the ordinary situation of three dings supplying one ding, although the people worked hard, and although the soldiers were not full, they would not be hungry after all. The family is still alive. When he gave the order, the officials at the grassroots level below would collect as much money as they had originally collected, but the extra part would not be transferred to the soldiers, and would go directly into their pockets.

The people don't care, because they have been bearing this tax unchanged, but the soldiers are different, and when they give an order, they immediately lose two-thirds of their income! The original income was already very small after layers of peeling into the hands of the soldiers, and that pitiful military salary could only make the whole family half hungry and half full! Now that more than half of the money has been subtracted, how can it be enough for the soldiers and their families to live a stable life!

Those officials never thought that the common people would rebel if they didn't have enough to eat. But the soldiers will rebel if they don't have enough to eat! What's more, they are trained, they have been on the battlefield, and they have seen bloody soldiers! These people are not so easy to get along with!

Thinking of this, Niu Mangu lowered his body, stretched his head towards Niu Bajin, and whispered: "Dad, do you think they are preparing for an alarm?" ”

Niu Bajin glanced at the group of people, took another sip of the wine in his hand, and said, "God knows! But who cares? Ignore them and drink. ”

Niu Mangu heard what his father said, so he retracted his body and slowly drank with beans. The two of them drank wine and whispered about the unfortunate harvest in the field and the happy life they used to live as swordsmen.

Soon, the two small flasks were emptied by the two men. Both of them smashed their mouths in their hearts, held the beans on the plate in their palms, and walked out of the tavern while eating. Both of them are in a good mood today! It's a pity that there are only one or two good days like this once or twice a month.

Niu Mangu chewed beans and followed his father out of the door. He knew that Daddy was bent on finding his eldest brother and second

Elder brother. In fact, a few years ago, Niu Mangu still thought that his eldest brother and second brother might still be alive. But after he and his father went out for a few years, he saw the sinister way of the world, and he no longer had confidence that his two brothers were still alive. He lives by himself, he didn't understand anything when he first came out, if it weren't for his father pulling him and taking care of him, I'm afraid that the bones would have rotted!

The two of them returned home, and Niu Mangu began to boil porridge for dinner. After making it, Niu Mangu looked at the thin porridge water, which made him even more dissatisfied! In the past, when he was out on the dart, Niu Mangu was used to eating three meals of dry rice. If you want him to go back to the days of two meals a day, one dry and one sparse, he really can't stand it!

It has been a few years since this kind of two meals, and he has completely relied on the oil and water in Niu Mangu's stomach, which has also made his dissatisfaction reach the extreme!

Just after they had left the tavern, the men were sure that there was no one in the hotel before they resumed their business. If Niu Bajin father and son are familiar with the heads of the army, you will find that although the eight or nine people sitting here are all wearing civilian clothes, they are actually officers above the small flag. It's just that today they deliberately dressed as ordinary people to come to this tavern for a party.

A middle-aged man at the head said, "Where did you just go?" ”

A big man with a short beard next to him said, "Stir everyone up the night after tomorrow!" ”

The middle-aged strong man said: "Yes, yes, that's it!" That is, the night after tomorrow, everyone will encourage all the brothers of each family to make a good fuss! ”

As soon as his words fell, everyone whispered, "Yes, it's going to make a fuss." ”

"yes, I can't live if I don't make trouble!"

"Where do these dogs care if we live or die!"

The middle-aged man waved his hand, motioned for everyone to stop, and then said: "Make trouble, don't make too much trouble, what we are doing is not to kill officials and rebel!" ”

Someone immediately said, "Brother Wu, don't worry." We brothers all understand this! Let's not do anything rebellious! ”

This is another person who asked, "Brother Wu, are there many people we are contacting this time?" ”