Liu Pei felt that his life was sad, but someone had a sader life than him! That is the father and son of Niu Bajin and Niu Mangu, who have settled in Guyuan. Since the father and son bought off the little official and settled in Guyuan, those days are not as good as day by day!

First of all, this is to blame Daddy Niu for his bad luck and ignorance of the time. Since the Xiaoice River climate began to break out during the Wanli period, the climate in Shaanxi and Shanxi has been very unstable, not to mention the cold weather, and the drought is severe!

Niu Bajin had already noticed this when he was at home, but he thought it was just a short-term phenomenon. But as a result, it has been in this state all year round. And in these two places of Shanxi and Shaanxi, farming depends on the sky for food, how can you grow food without rain? What's even more unfortunate is that this place in Shaanxi is even more drought than Shanxi!

Daddy Niu spent most of his wealth to buy 20 acres of land, and also spent money to buy a lot of farm tools, but he didn't even get the capital back! It is a bit too much to say that there is no harvest of grains for several years in a row, but it is also a gourd that will eventually harvest two scoops! Especially this year, Shaanxi is even more drought, and the harvested grain will be enough for two people to drink porridge!

Then there is the extortion of officials and all kinds of taxes. There are very few yeoman farmers in Guyuan, and most of them make a living by renting other people's land. Home-grown farmers account for only about one or two percent of all peasant households. But they have to bear more than eighty percent of the taxes paid in the entire Guyuan County! That's a terrible number!

In addition, the officials and officials used their hands when collecting taxes, as well as a series of means of drenching and kicking, so that the tax was more than a few percent! And those big families are symbolically paying some taxes, and it's over! Compared with the two, the lives of the small people are extremely pitiful!

What's more, the surrounding areas of Guyuan County also bear the task of supplying grain and forage to the border army, which is equivalent to a tax specially prepared for those yeoman farmers, so the silver that Daddy Niu has accumulated before is constantly disappearing! The days are getting more and more embarrassing.

If these things are bearable, the last thing is hard! It's the little official who Daddy Niu bought off at the beginning, and now he's starting to blackmail them!

Originally, Daddy Niu thought that the little official didn't have the strength to blackmail him. But what I didn't expect was that the little official had a playmate who grew up as a soldier in Guyuan County. And this man has already achieved the position of a small flag, and a group of brothers under him follow.

That little official used the power of these people to extort cattle from time to time. And this little official doesn't ask for much every time, one or two taels today, three or four taels tomorrow. Every time I step on the edge of the cow eight pounds of tolerance! It can be seen that this little official is also a shrewd person!

This method of cutting meat without pain made the money bag of eight catties of cattle quickly dried up. This situation made Niu Bajin a little crying without tears! One of his plans is to settle his youngest son and put the family's fields on the right track. Then he will get a wife for his youngest son. Then he will go back to his hometown to look for his eldest son and second son. But judging from the situation in front of you, not to mention looking for your two sons and begging for a wife for your old son, you will be almost out of food for the two of you! But he has already taken root here, and with the field, he tied up the cattle and couldn't get out for a while!

Today, Niu Bajin took his son to find a job carrying bags. Two people worked hard for a day and got a pitiful dozen copper coins! Niu Bajin couldn't stand the old son's pleas, and took him into a dilapidated tavern, ready to drink some wine.

Niu Mangu is no longer the half-sized son he used to be at this time! He wandered with Niu Bajin for a few years, and in the past few years, he has grown into a sturdy young man. In the days of darts, the days of cattle full of grain are merry. Because the proprietor is still more generous to these dart masters for the safety of the goods! So it's common for them to eat meat and drink wine while they're darts. But Ushimanya fell in love with the taste and feel of sake. Niu Mangu was really hungry today, so he begged Niu Bajin to drink a little wine to satisfy his hunger.

Niu Bajin couldn't resist his son, touched the copper coin in his waist, and got into a tavern on the side of the road. There is no junior in this kind of tavern at the bottom, only a shabby-dressed, old boss who looks like a dying boss.

Eight catties of cattle only need a plate of boiled beans in salt water. A tavern at the bottom like this doesn't expect to sell any good food at all, that is, a few things

Farmhouse dishes of the pass. But the people who come here are people from the bottom of society, and what they need is not food, but the muddy spirits. A liquor that can make you forget the pain of life for a while!

Niu Bajin took the overjoyed Niu Mangu into the tavern, and the father glanced at the only table of guests in the tavern, then touched the money bag, and finally asked for two pots of wine. In fact, he hasn't drunk wine for a long time, and he is also very greedy.

The father and son found a corner and sat down, and slowly drank the wine in front of a plate of boiled beans in salt water. Waiting for a sip of turbid wine to enter the stomach, the father and son both let out a sigh of relief. I think this is probably the most lively time in recent times.

When the two of them had each eaten half a pot of wine and their spirits were distracted, they noticed another table of guests in the tavern, eight or nine people talking in a whisper around a table. However, Niu Bajin was keenly aware that these people should all be soldiers, but he didn't know why they were all wearing civilian clothes. But Niu Bajin doesn't care, according to the default rules in the bar, no one will interfere with anyone.

Niu Bajin was lost to two people, and he was reluctant to drink the wine quickly. Niu Mangu took a sip of wine and turned it around carefully in his mouth before swallowing it, and then sighed with satisfaction, and then said slowly: "This day is the day of people's lives!" Dad, when are we going to be a head in these crying days? I think it's better to sell the land, let's go and be a swordsman! What a jolly day! ”

Niu Bajin scolded in a low voice: "Stupid words! What's so good about the days when the knife licks the blood? There is no tomorrow today! Now that your two brothers are not here, and I don't know if they are dead or alive, then I count on you to inherit the lineage of our old Niu family! ”

Niu Mangu muttered dissatisfiedly: "It's okay to ask for the mother-in-law!" How can our family please the mother-in-law these days? Besides, it's not impossible to be a swordsman to please your mother-in-law! ”

Niu Bajin took another sip of wine, sighed and said: "Third child, you are still young and don't understand the difficulties of the world!" ”

Niu Mangu sniffed and stopped talking. In fact, when he was a swordsman, he had heard a lot of swordsmen end up, especially those well-known swordsmen! Because they have more enemies, and many come to seek revenge!