He Shaoyun had no choice but to say helplessly: "Come according to the rules, remember to light, don't kick Hu badly." ”

In fact, He Shaoyun meant to kick lightly, kick less food, and other people's people lost too much.

The grain that fell on the ground would not be accounted for, and when the day's work was over, they would clean the grain on the ground, put it in their pockets, and then divide it in half with the grain chief. If you are ruthless, you will have more than a dozen stones of grain in your pocket a day, and at least seven or eight stones of grain will be put into your account, and these clerks will have hundreds of taels of silver in their accounts during the grain collection season. The officials of the Ming Dynasty were poorly paid, but people still sharpened their heads and drilled into them. Because there is too much gray income here, if you enter a place with oil and water like a house, an ordinary official will have an income of two or three hundred taels of silver a year, and his small life will be nourishing and moist.

In the evening, the villagers who had paid for the grain dispersed one after another. He Shaoyun and the others packed up their tools and began to settle accounts. On this day, a total of more than 617 stone of grain was collected, and 506 stone of the treasury needed to be released. It rose by one hundred and eleven stones, which is the same as in previous years. But after cleaning the grain on the ground, there was only less than 50 stone in the end, and Yu Debing was not satisfied.

"Chief He, you have to ask the family members to use more strength, according to the previous year, more than 600 stone of grain, at least 600 stone of loss. This is all food for both of us! ”

He Shaoyun is now in a dilemma, thinking that after becoming the grain chief, he can be less exploitative of the people and have a good reputation. But where did he think that he couldn't do it at all, if he didn't agree to the demands of these officials, he would inevitably offend these people. Now that Lord Liang is there, maybe they won't do anything to him, once Lord Liang leaves. If something happens to them, these people will definitely fall into the ground. The only thing he can do now is to try to be as good as possible to these villagers on the premise of not offending these officials, and to exploit as little as he can.

Therefore, He Shaoyun had no choice but to reply: "These family members of mine have been trained, and I am afraid that they will not have a light weight under their feet, and they will kick and break the measuring tool and delay the collection of grain." If you have any experience in the book office, you can teach them now. ”

Yu Debing is really hard enough, he really let people fill a bunch of grain and start to demonstrate it to the families.

After taking stock of the accounts and putting the grain into storage, He Shaoyun invited Yu Debing to live in his house. Yu Debing didn't dare to relax at this time, if there was any mistake in the grain depot, this sin would be a big one. So he refused He Shaoyun's invitation and said that he would be on duty in the warehouse tonight. After He Shaoyun left two family members to accompany him on duty, he went home.

After He Shaoyun went home and had dinner, he sat at the dining table sighing and was in an irritable mood. He Zhiyuan saw that his father's situation was in trouble. So he asked, "Father's first grain collection today didn't go well?" ”

He Shaoyun sighed heavily and replied, "It's not a mess, but I'm afraid I'll be poked and scolded in the future by someone." ”

Then He Shaoyun described today's situation to his son.

After listening to his narration, He Zhiyuan said: "Father, you are too weak today, which makes Yu Shuban feel that you are easy to talk and bully. You want to reduce the burden on the villagers, but you may end up doing bad things with good intentions. I estimate that Yu Debing will do something more excessive tomorrow, and I will take a few people to the scene of the grain collection tomorrow, if he goes too far, I will not let him have a good time. ”

At two o'clock the next day, He Shaoyun took people to the scene of Zhu Chendian's grain collection. At this time, Yu Debing was directing the handymen to take the weighing utensils outside. He Shaoyun saw that all those Hu had changed their styles. The general Hu is a big bottom and a small mouth, and the center of gravity is down, but today Yu Debing has replaced it with a small bottom and a big mouth. This is another means for the officials to exploit the people, and this kind of Hu has not changed much in volume. There is a lot of grain scraped down by nature at the top mouth, and the bottom is small and the mouth is large, and the center of gravity is on the top, which is inherently unstable, and it is easier to kick it.

He Shaoyun naturally knew this method, and thought to himself that as his son expected, he was even more aggressive today.

"Yu Shuban, today with this kind of large mouth dungeon, this dwarf grain can scrape out half of five liters, which is twice as much as the original small dendrum. I am afraid that this will cause dissatisfaction among the people, and if it provokes a civil uprising, it will not end well. He Shaoyun reminded.

"Chief He Liang, you are too cowardly. Those villagers are all timid and afraid of the main households, and besides, no one has concealed the news now. If you really check it, you can't say who suffers. Yu Debing replied.

He Shaoyun remembered that his son said that he was too weak, and this time he was determined to be stubborn: "Yu Shuban, I don't agree with you using this kind of big mouth." But if you insist on using it, and thus provoke the people to make a mess, Lord Liang blames it, and I have to tell the truth. ”

"Why do you bother? Only you know about this, as long as you don't say it, how can Lord Liang know. Just use today to make up for yesterday's losses, and change it back to Xiaokouhu tomorrow to ensure that nothing will happen. Yu Debing didn't dare to go too far, and finally gave in.

He Shaoyun snorted coldly and ignored him.

After the gate of the courtyard was opened, another day's grain collection began. As Yu Debing expected, except for the anger and turmoil at the beginning, it didn't take long for calm to return, and for the villagers, it has become a habit to accept the obedience. As long as they are not forced to the point where they cannot survive, they are not willing to rise up and resist.

He Zhiyuan took a few family members to observe outside the grain collection crowd, listening to the people who had paid the taxes and grains scolding and walking out. Through inquiry, he learned about today's grain harvesting with Daqihu.

He Zhiyuan stopped an old man who handed over grain and asked, "This old man, what is the difference between using a big mouth and a small mouth?" ”

The old man glanced at He Zhiyuan and said, "Young man, you haven't experienced this kind of thing, I don't understand, I used to use Xiaokou, one stone of tax grain to prepare one stone and two buckets of grain, and those two buckets are considered losses." Now with Dakou, there is more grain scraped down, and it is not enough to prepare three buckets with one stone. I heard that this was the idea of the official master in the yamen, and the old men who were officials in the past few years have become darker and darker. ”

For ordinary people, there is no difference between a small bookstore in the yamen and an official master, and they are all masters that ordinary people dare not provoke.

At this time, some of the surrounding people were scolding the official, and some were scolding the grain chief, saying that He Shaoyun was now the grain chief, and he had forgotten the poor villagers in the past.

He Zhiyuan felt very uncomfortable when he heard this, and gradually had the idea of dying in black in his heart. He called a family member and asked, "Liu Yuanji, I remember that your village came to pay taxes and grain today, right?" ”

"Yes, my dad and my brother are at the back of the line." The man said.

"I'll give you an errand, do you dare to do it?" He Zhiyuan asked.

"What errand?"

He Zhiyuan whispered to him for a while. Liu Yuanji said: "If it weren't for the face of the master, I would have wanted to do this a long time ago, young master, you can look at it." ”

After speaking, Liu Yuanji found a secluded place to change into people's clothes, replaced his father, and lined up with his younger brother to pay taxes and grain.

After that, He Zhiyuan also arranged it and waited to watch the play.

It was close to noon that it was Liu Yuanji's turn to pay taxes and grain. At this time, He Zhiyuan had already made arrangements, and He Shaoyun also knew He Zhiyuan's plan.

He Shaoyun glanced up at Liu Yuanji and began to read: "Liu Mang, medium-sized, pay taxes and grains for seven buckets and three liters of six he." ”

Qi Yuanji agreed, picked up a bag of grain and walked to Hu. glanced at the big mouth, stared at Yu Debing and asked: "Why is it a big mouth, doesn't the government stipulate the use of small mouths?" ”

"The rules have been changed, and from today onwards, we will use Dakouhu." Yu Debing said.

"Changed? How do you say change it? I heard that it was still a small mouth yesterday. Liu Yuanji then asked.

"Where do you kid have so many problems, if you change it, you change it. Yesterday was yesterday, today is today. Yu Debing said impatiently.

In order to get evidence, Liu Yuanji did not continue to entangle with him. Instead, he took his pocket and poured food into the hut until it was piled up on a tip above the mouth and could no longer be poured. At this time, the family who helped collect the grain had already flashed to the side, Yu Debing had already seen that this kid was not pleasing to the eye, and when he saw that everything else was flashed to the side, he grabbed the copper ruler and simply scraped off the grain in the mouth.

Liu Yuanji shouted: "Stop!" How can you waste food so much!? ”

It's a pity that it was already a step too late, and the grain still fell to the ground.

When Qi Yuanji bent down to pick up the grain on the ground, Yu Debing said again: "Don't pick it up, don't pick it up, it's all loss." ”

"There are two buckets of grain that fell on the ground, but have they all become wastage? You've gone too far! Qi Yuanji shouted.

The surrounding people saw that Liu Yuanji took the lead in speaking their minds, and some people ridiculed: "Yes, how can there be so much loss? Do you all have rats in your warehouse? ”

"I say it's attrition, it's attrition! What are you yelling about? Yu Debing shouted to everyone.

After speaking, he took two steps back, and then flew up and kicked towards Hukou, and was kicked over due to excessive force, and most of the grain was spilled.

Liu Yuanji and his younger brother hurriedly went to pick up the grain on the ground, and at this time Yu Debing was still shouting: "Don't move, everything on the ground is loss!" ”

This time, Liu Yuanji was completely angry. He turned back to the people around him and said: "Everyone is commenting on it, this scraping down is a loss, Hu is kicked over, the food spilled out is still a loss, this official is still unreasonable." ”

At this time, He Shaoyun said to De Bing: "Yu Shuban, forget it." Let him pick it up, it's too much. ”

At this time, Yu Debing straightened his neck and said: "This is the rule, the food that falls on the ground is a loss." Hu overturned, he deserved to be unlucky! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a stone flew from behind the crowd and hit him in the right eye impartially. At the same time, another voice shouted: "Kill this turtle bastard!" ”

Yu Debing covered his eyes with his hands in pain and squatted down, and at this time, the angry crowd rushed forward, some smashed tools, and some kicked Yu Debing with their feet.

For a while, the scene was chaotic......