"I'm afraid not," the middle-aged man known as Uncle Seven shook his head, "Those princes are unprofitable, they must have a plan for what they do, and now drive us out of the mountains and kill us again, what can he get?" ”

"However, we people, who want money but no money, food but no food, and don't kill us, but still use food to support us, what is he going to do?"

In fact, all the people are now in a state of panic.

Some of the persecutors were more persecutive, thinking that the rebels drove them out of the mountains just to rob the young women, and the rest had to be killed.

After all, most of the chaotic soldiers slaughtered the village in the past, and they did this.

Only a very small number of people who are more sensible, such as "Seventh Uncle", can calm down and think about it, if the soldiers are just to rob women, then they will rob them directly in the mountains, and the rest of them will be executed on the spot, so why bother to drive out all the men, women, and children and kill them outside.

Isn't this taking off your pants and farting?

"Uncle Bai Qi" is named Bai Qi, although he is only forty years old this year, he is highly senior, and he is very knowledgeable, and he is already the head of the Bai clan.

Seeing the old nephew ask, he glanced at the group of nephews, grandchildren, and great-grandsons squatting in front of him, all of whom were full of expectation.

"Ahem," Bai Qi coughed twice, lowered his voice and said: "We have no money and no food, but we still have the strength to do it, now that there are few people in Guanzhong, what is the use of those princes occupying so much land?"

Their ultimate goal is to produce food in the fields so that they can recruit more soldiers and conquer larger territory.

So he caught us out so that we could farm for him. ”

"But it seems good to have fields to plant," muttered a young man next to him, "It's better than the ones we have opened up in the mountains." ”

When they hide in the mountains, they will also find a place with some dirt and open a little mountain field.

However, the yield of such a mountain field is very small, and it is not enough for people to eat, so it is necessary to add some wild vegetables and leaves to barely support it.

"You're stupid!" The white-haired old man next to him slapped the young man on the back of the head, "How can there be a chaotic army that doesn't rob women?" When the time comes, they rob your daughter-in-law and ask you to farm for him, and in the end they won't let you eat enough, will you do it? ”

"Wouldn't that be a slave?" The beaten young man rubbed his head and said hatefully: "If they really dare to do this, I will fight with them." ”

"This is just one of them," Bai Qi sighed: "Let's think about it, since Dong Zhuo hijacked the emperor into Chang'an, in just a few years, there have been several masters in this pass.

Every time it changes hands, it is accompanied by burning, killing and looting, and in the end, it is our people who suffer.

Who knows how long the Lord of Guanzhong can stay here now?

If he can't stay, he will be beaten by other princes in the future, and we people will not be able to run fast, and we will be slaughtered again.

We're already in such a difficult situation, how can we still bear it. ”

"What Uncle Seven said is oh, then what should we do?"

"I think it would be better to grit my teeth and flee to Shu with those people."

"Yes, it's too late to escape now, there are so many soldiers guarding outside, we can't run away."

"But will you become his slave?"

According to legend, in ancient times, slaves were the private property of slave owners, and any female slave needed to serve their masters unconditionally, and male slaves needed to farm and work for their masters.

Are you going back to that era?

At this time, a group of soldiers in full armor suddenly entered, and the "whoosh" of the armor pages was terrifying.

"By the order of the king, come and read the contract," said a centurion officer, "the king has an order, and every man, woman, and child, may be allotted ten acres of fertile land."

Households are self-farming.

At the time of harvest, they are taxed at the rate of ten taxes, and if there is labor, they are paid.

The term of the contract is 100 years, and then the descendants of the children and grandchildren can voluntarily choose whether to renew the contract.

That's about what it means, do you understand it? ”

The scene was silent, and they naturally heard it clearly, but no one believed that there would be such a good thing.

Ten taxes are paid as soon as taxes are paid, how can there be such a benevolent contract in the world?

It is even more unheard of that there is a pay for hard labor.

In short, the better it sounds, the more it looks like a fake.

"Do you understand everything?" The centurion roared impatiently when he saw that everyone was silent.

"I understand, I understand," Bai Qi suddenly stood up and said, "Master Jun, where are you signing?" When will we measure the land? ”

"You are a person who knows the times," the centurion smiled at Bai Qi and said: "You can sign now, and you will be given a measure of land as soon as you sign it, how many people do you have in your family?" ”

"The old father and mother, plus my husband and wife, and a son and two daughters, a total of seven."

"Seven people, that is, seventy acres of land, can you cultivate it alone?"

"My son is eighteen years old, and my wife and father can help me, so I should be able to."

"Okay, sign now, sign and measure the land for you, if you are as happy as you, it will save us from bothering here."

Everyone in the Bai family couldn't help but be surprised when they saw Bai Qi's attitude become so deferential.

Then everyone understood that this was a delaying tactic.

If they do, the soldiers will always be on their guard.

But they obediently signed the contract, and sooner or later the soldiers would relax, and then they would be able to find a way to escape.

What kind of king is that, who will paint such a big pie, pay one out of ten taxes, and pay money for servitude?

Are we all stupid?

"I sign, I sign, my family of six."

"I'll sign too, I'll give us the land to plant, I'm impatient."

"Master Jun, thank the king for us for giving us the land."

The Bai family, who had figured it out, suddenly became enthusiastic and squeezed forward one after another.

The centurion was already happy enough to get rid of the people, and they didn't have to stay here all day like the jailers.

"Okay, well, come one by one, don't squeeze, you all have a share, as long as you are willing to cultivate, the land is there."

The Bai clan imprisoned in Qixian Village was the first gathering point for large-scale contracting, and immediately literate people led them to measure the land, set up land deeds, and chose an empty village around the field for them to live in.

The Bai family was pleasantly surprised to find that each family also distributed corn seeds according to the land they had signed.

Of course, they can't farm without giving them seeds.

In the next few days, the whole clan tacitly turned over the so-called land, but no one was reluctant to plant the seeds.

They were supposed to run away after the guards let their guard down, and they couldn't get the seeds out of the ground.

If you keep it around, you can also use it as food on the road.