Hearing the patriarch's words, Mao Yulong frowned, this is not the patriarch suddenly waiting for his mother and son, and taking out 200 acres of paddy fields to support his mother and son.

According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, if you are a talent in the examination, you will have a fame, and you will be considered a scholar. The scholars were not subject to conscription, and did not pay for food and money.

But there is also a limit to the amount of land that does not pay for food, and it is not unlimited, otherwise wouldn't there be no land in the world that is not taxed? The Ming treasury, the officials and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, who will eat?

So at that time, it was stipulated that Xiucai could have 200 acres of land that was not included in the tax payment.

Taxes, taxes, in fact, these are two names. One is the tax that should be borne on the land, which is taxed. One is the endless conscription, which is Fu. Taxes are tolerable, and they are fatal. And according to the Ming rules, those who should be conscripted must bring their own money and food, which requires human lives.

Therefore, as long as you are admitted to Xiucai, although there is no more generous treatment like the examination of lifting people, this is enough to make some people, such as Mao Yulong, make a fortune overnight, at least stable.

Because of this treatment regulation, many landed people surrendered their land to the names of Xiucai or Juren in order not to pay taxes and not to do forced labor. Of course, this is not for nothing, it is to pay half of the output to Xiucaiju.

Even so, it's a huge bounty, and after a year of hard work, there will be half of it left in the end.

You must know that in the current Ming Dynasty, under the external and internal troubles, taxes and forced labor are flying all over the sky, which has made the people's grievances in the northwest where the output is insufficient, and hundreds of people are overwhelmed and rise up. Now the second king of the northwest, he has gathered tens of thousands of horses and horses to break through the sky, and he is roaring in the mountains.

Although Jiangnan is three ripe, it is also overwhelmed, and small poles are everywhere, even in the mountains and forests not far from Hangzhou, there is a pole of the Black Tiger Star.

After Mao Yulong got Xiucai, he didn't have the capital to open a golden finger, so he was ready to find a few tooth people in the spring, and attract a few farmers to donate himself, so that he could collect some fees, and prepare some fees for continuing to study, and at the same time, he could also let his mother and Xiaoya, by the way, and that Xiaohuang live a more comfortable life.

As a result, the share of 200 mu was used up by the patriarch at once, and Mao Yulong absolutely did not believe that he, an orphan and widow who was not welcomed, could suddenly receive the favor of the patriarch, there must be some conspiracy here.

Sure enough, before Mao Yulong could agree or not, the patriarch continued: "Of course, you are now a widow, and you have the money and grain of the court's favor, so you don't want to take the money from those lands, what about the money, the 100 acres of donation money will be handed over to the school in the clan, and the children who are still studying will fill in some books, pen and ink; The remaining 100 acres of dedication can be regarded as the repair and use of our ancestral hall. ”

Then he didn't look at Mao Yulong, and directly tilted his body and asked those masters of the long house: "Brothers and uncles, do you think my arrangement is fair and reasonable?" ’

All the Changfang nodded in satisfaction and praised the patriarch for his fairness.

Everyone agrees with the feelings, because each family has children and grandchildren studying in private schools, and don't pay for it yourself, that is compulsory education before the crossing.

Everyone discussed enthusiastically, and they didn't take the main thing seriously at all, which made Mao Yulong angry, and he was about to argue, but he heard the patriarch say again: "There is another thing, the clan sees that your family is thin, so I decided to pass on a few children to your name, and also give you some incense for the prosperity of Westinghouse." ”

When Mao Yulong heard this, it was impossible to keep a normal heart, and he was angry at the time, is this what is this, is this the rhythm of eating and wiping off his welfare?

Once the matter is completed, not only will they rob themselves of the benefits of being exempted from military service, but the most fundamental thing is that they will have their own family business in the future, and they can also justifiably share it.

Isn't this bullying your own mother and widow and weak, bullying yourself for being young and ignorant? This really makes sense.

But you don't know that in your weak body, you have a strong thirty-year-old heart. Since you are so greedy, then I will let you beat your chickens and eggs.

The anger in his heart could no longer be suppressed, and he had already thrown his creed of cultivating peace of mind outside the Nine Heavens Cloud.

At this time, he finally understood one thing, in this era, it is not as simple as people think, this is more of an era of cannibalism, and peace of mind will not work here at all. If you blindly tolerate it, you won't be able to protect your little sister and Xiaohuang. Fuck his shit and be peaceful, from now on, whoever dares to bite me, I'll bite it back.

Since you are pressing so hard, then don't blame me for being black, I'll dig a big hole now, and I'll bury you together. Let you also have a long memory, reach out? I chopped you up.

So Mao Yulong changed his mind, but he put on a smiling face and said with a smile: "Since the patriarch arranged, of course the kid has nothing to say, but the question of passing the step-heir is not." Although my family is thin, but I am still here, and after I am admitted to school, I will marry a few wives and concubines, and it is better to be self-reliant. Seeing the anger on the patriarch's face, he said with a smile: "As for the real estate, I can agree, after all, as the old saying goes, it is easy not to be in charge." ”

Seeing that Mao Yulong was resolute in refusing his stepson's heir, but he had no objection to the matter of donating land, and he knew that he couldn't persecute people too much, so he forbears it for the time being, and will talk about it slowly in the future.

"Since the matter of the land has been decided, then we will go to the yamen this afternoon to register the land."

Mao Yulong immediately said yes, then looked at the sky, and said with a smile: "If you go now, it will save me from having to go back and forth." ”

The patriarch nodded, then took out a pen and paper: "Then you can write a note." ”

This is also a rule, the dedication is just a cheap advantage of Xiucai's identity, but it can't be faked and turned into true, and it will become his in the future.

So Mao Yulong agreed with a smile, picked up the pen and wrote on the paper: "Today, there is a certain person who is willing to dedicate the land to Mao Yulong's name, and the land should be rented in the ancestral hall of the clan school, and the rest is not counted as evidence."

Such a document was written, in duplicate, one was received by the patriarch, and the other was left in Mao Yulong's house, and then both parties signed and pledged.

This is very enthusiastic, and everyone wants to take advantage of it.

Looking at the ugly faces, Mao Yulong smiled from the bottom of his heart.

When the patriarch signed, he didn't forget to take a look at the young Mao Yulong, who was thrown aside, and when he saw the smile on the corner of his mouth, he didn't know why, but he seemed to see a fox.

I went to the county government office to go through the formalities, of course, this is fake, but the secretary office yamen didn't think so, solemnly collected the land tax, and then handed over a formal land deed to Mao Yulong.

Mao Yulong took these land deeds and went home happily.