Jiangxi, Nghe An, Da Yu Village.

The village is not large, with about 30 households.

Surrounded by mountains, the forests are revered, and the mountain road goes out winding and winding.

Looking along the mountain road towards the village, you can see large and small rice fields scattered around the village. The grains of the rice in the field are full, and the yellow and clear grains bend the rice grains.

This year will be a good harvest.

The scorching sun is shining, and the rolling heat wave seems to be emitting on the ground, making people feel like they just want to stay under the shade and don't want to move.

In the field, an old man shouldered his farm tools and prepared to walk to a big tree not far from the rice field. It seems that he has finished his farm work here and is ready to go to the shade of the trees to enjoy the shade.

It's a bit of an exaggeration to call him an old man. He is only in his thirties, because he usually does heavy farm work and has little oil and water supply. It is exposed to the scorching sun all day long, and there is no maintenance. Therefore, people in their thirties live to be nearly fifty or sixty years old.

At this moment, the "old man" who was close to the shade of the tree found that there was also a person enjoying the shade here. Naturally, he walked over, laid down the shovel he was carrying on his shoulder, and sat down on the wooden handle.

"King Wood, have you heard? There was a rebellion in the south. After the old man sat down, he turned his head to look at the person in the shade of the tree and said.

"Oh, it's Third Brother Liu! Scared me. Wang Damu suddenly came back to his senses and said.

"That's when you noticed that it was me? What are you thinking, thinking about women? Haha..."Liu Laosan laughed.

"Miss your sister." The Great Wood King said angrily.

"Haha... I don't have a sister to think about for you. Liu Laosan smiled.

"What did you just say?" Wang Damu asked.

"I said there was a rebellion in the south, did you hear that?" Liu Laosan said loudly to Wang Damu.

"I heard. I heard from the servants of the rich man Li that they have all entered our Jiangxi. Wang Damu replied.

"Not really. Listening to what the village chief said, the imperial court may increase taxes again. Liu Laosan sighed, turned his head to look at the yellow Chengcheng millet hanging in the rice field and said: "This thief, I finally have a good year." I also thought that when the harvest was complete, I could sell more grain, and then buy a few more pieces of meat for the boy in the family to eat, so that he could grow some meat. ”

"Hey, it's not possible, it's definitely going to be added. Don't think about buying any meat, it's good that this year's harvest can survive the tax increase. Listening to the servants of Li's rich family, what he was most afraid of was that he had to catch a strong man. Wang Damu lowered his voice unnaturally.

"Catch the strong man? No way. Even if you want to catch it, you shouldn't come to a remote place like us to catch it. Liu Laosan said in horror.

"Hopefully!" Wang Damu sighed and replied.

The sun was still blazing, and the sun was shining through the gaps in the dense foliage. The cicada chirping, which had just stopped, was noisy again.

A few days later

Most of the rice in the fields has been harvested.

"Bell... Clang... Clang... Bell..."

The village resounded with the sound of a rapid golden ring, and the families were told to gather in the village's barn.

Liu Laosan came to the threshing field with everyone in the village, only to see the village chief, two officials standing next to the general Jia, and seven or eight people with knives and guns, wearing Qing soldier uniforms, standing there talking.

As the people of the village continued to gather, the village chief saw that everyone was almost there, so he no longer waited.

"Everybody be quiet and listen to me." Liu Shiman, the village head, waved and shouted.

Liu Shiman's words fell, and everyone looked at him quietly. The village chief is really insignificant in the eyes of the people of the yamen, but for the villagers who rarely even go to the county seat, the village chief is a piece of heaven above them.

"These days, everyone must know that there are thieves in the south. The imperial court has spent a lot of money and grain in order to quell the rebels, and now the treasury is empty. For this purpose, a 'thief tax' is levied. ”

"I don't know how much to collect?" Someone in the crowd in front of Liu Shiman asked anxiously.

Everyone knows how much to raise taxes, but no one knows how much to raise. Sooner or later, they will have to suffer this knife, and the villagers just hope that this time the court can cut lightly, so that they can have a chance to eat a few more bowls of dry rice.

"Each household receives seven coins of silver, and one stone of tax grain." Liu Shiman said a little helplessly.

Although Liu Shiman, as the village head, can be exempted from taxes and grain, broken silver is still not exempt. The weight of the miscellaneous tax this time completely exceeded Liu Shiman's expectations, which exceeded the summer tax of the imperial court.

As soon as Liu Shiman's words came out, the villagers were in an uproar. Many people wanted to scold the court directly, but they didn't dare to make a mistake when they saw that there were officials and Qing soldiers here, so they had to desperately scold the thieves.

However, what the villagers didn't expect was that Liu Shiman's next words were even more difficult for them to accept.

"In addition to collecting money and silver from the imperial court this time, every household with two members of the Ding family needs to send one member of the Ding to defend against the enemy."

"What..."

At this moment, someone finally shouted calmly.

"Village chief, can you give more money and food, and don't go out of the staff?"

"Yes, Shangguan said it. As long as the person who can give ten taels can be exempted from the Ding Membership. Liu Shiman replied.

"Ten taels..."

Ten taels of silver is not worth mentioning in the eyes of officials, and it is an easy thing for a rich man, but for a peasant household who only cultivates those two acres of land with his back to the loess facing the sky, it is really an astronomical amount. Even they themselves think that even if they sell themselves, they are not necessarily worth ten taels.

Ten taels is enough to discourage many people, and they can only accept the court's draw knowing that they will die. Borrowing money may be able to avoid this disaster, but after nine out of thirteen, life is worse than death in the days to come.

No one dared to resist, for those who dared to rebel against the orders of the imperial court would surely behead their entire families. The official even warned Liu Shiman without concealing that if he dared to have a village, he would be directly slaughtered by the soldiers and horses from the imperial court. Therefore, Liu Shiman also advised the villagers not to lose big because of small things.

……

"Daddy, you must come back. I'm waiting for you to come back with my dog. Liu Laosan's wife and son cried and sent them all the way away, just to be able to see Liu Laosan a few more times.

Since ancient times, a few people have returned to the battlefield, and they have been crying alone.

For the sake of his son and wife, Liu Laosan could only accept his fate and pay the "flat thief tax", but he went with the Qing army that levy Ding.

"Boom..."

A cannonball explosion sounded, and the powerful wave of qi directly threw Liu Laosan, who was in a panic in the battlefield, up and fell.

Liu Laosan only felt that his eyes were dark, and a tear flowed from the corner of his eye at the moment he lost consciousness.

"child, I'm sorry, it looks like I can't go back."

"Bang... Bang... Bang..."

At this time, the sound of artillery on the battlefield finally stopped, but it was the continuous sound of gunfire.

"Damn, this thief is so shameless with firearms, how can this battle be fought." Fu Heng, who was looking at the battlefield situation, couldn't help but burst out and scolded.

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