"Yu County has worked hard!"

When Yang Congyi drove to Jiangkou Village, it was already an hour later, and he saw Yu Yu and a group of officials and servants resting under the dojo tree, Xue Li was accompanying him, and there were many onlookers beside him.

"Lord Yang rushed back from Jinhua all the way is hard, and the officials admire it!" Yu Yu stood up to greet him.

"I should have come back on time, but unfortunately I miscalculated the distance from Jinhua to Yiwu and delayed a lot of time. Is the village okay, Yu County Order? Yang Congyi walked under the tree.

"Fortunately, Xia Guan came to the village at noon, and told the people who were waiting to receive the money that after Lord Yang went to Jinhua to withdraw the money in person, the people could understand." Yu Yu smiled.

"There is a Laoyu county order." Yang Congyi said with a smile.

Before leaving Yiwu yesterday, I was afraid that I would not be able to come to Suxi in time today, so I specially explained to Yu Yu, asking him to come to the village before noon to appease the people who were waiting to receive the money.

"Did your trip go well?" Yu Yu asked with a smile.

"It went well. The money is already at the entrance of the village, and it is troublesome for Yu County to send some people to move here. Yang Congyi replied, and then said to Xue Lizheng: "Xue Lizheng, you can go and call the villagers to collect the money." ”

Xue Lizheng's face was happy, and he quickly responded, and walked quickly to the villagers gathered on the side, telling them the good news, and asking them to split up to inform the others.

Yu Yu stretched out his hand to summon a team leader and asked him to immediately take someone to the village entrance to move money.

After a while, shouts came from all over the village, conveying to each other the good news that they could receive the money.

A quarter of an hour later, more than a dozen officials carried five boxes and followed Qingchen to the dojo where the villagers had gathered.

As soon as the box was put on the ground, Yang Congyi took Yu Yu to the front of the cash box, ready to distribute the money according to the roster.

"Yu County Order, how much arable land each household has, and how much money should be given, are they all calculated?" Yang Congyi asked in a loud voice in front of the villagers.

Yu Yu replied: "I have already checked it clearly and calculated it." As soon as he finished speaking, a man stepped forward and handed over a roster.

Yang Congyi took it, opened it and took a look, only to see that the record on it was quite clear, each family has a few acres of land, a few people, how much money should be given this time, there are records, the fly in the ointment is that each family only has the name of the head of the household, and the others are male or female, old or young, there is no record.

"Is there no dispute that the number of acres of fields registered in each book is verified?" Yang Congyi read the information of dozens of households from beginning to end.

Yu Yu replied: "If there is no dispute, this is impossible, the land in the village has been cultivated for hundreds of years, some of the land has been barren and planted, planted and barren, many people's acres of land are more than recorded by the household department, and the number of acres of land we have approved in the register is subject to the number of acres of land tax collected by the household department every year, and it has been explained to the villagers." ”

Now that the county government has checked it clearly and made a decision, Yang Congyi doesn't want to interfere too much, if it is not based on the amount of cultivated land to pay the field tax, each household does not know how much more cultivated land to report, and the measurement of cultivated land is not something he can interfere with.

"Fellow villagers, the amount of cultivated land you have paid the field tax and the number of acres has been checked clearly, so we will next release the money for lending cultivated land according to the checked amount. This time the money issued to the villagers has copper coins and silver, may not have used silver in many folks, I am here to explain to you, one or two silver can be exchanged for two copper coins, we issued copper coins today, has always been calculated according to a thousand copper coins, that is to say, a tael of silver is worth two thousand copper coins, for the sake of convenience, today try to issue silver, to exchange for copper coins, and then exchange after the issuance. Is there anyone who doesn't get it? Yang Congyi faced the villagers and explained loudly.

Seeing that the dozens of people in the audience did not speak, I don't know if they understood or not, but there were some whispers from the crowd of onlookers on the sidelines.

Xue Lizheng hurriedly shouted: "My lord just said, there is a lot of money to be distributed today, copper coins are not easy to count, first fold them into silver and send them to everyone, if you don't want silver, don't rush to leave after receiving the money, and the adults will exchange them for copper coins for you." Got it? ”

"Yes."

"Got it."

The villagers who were waiting to receive the money nodded one after another, indicating that they understood.

Seeing that there was no problem, Yang Congyi immediately instructed Qingchen to open the cash boxes arranged in a row on the ground, except for the small boxes she was holding in her hand.

A moment later, in a roar of amazement, a cash box containing fifty taels of silver ingots, a cash box containing small broken silver ingots, and three cash boxes full of copper coins were all opened and presented to everyone.

Looking at the greedy eyes of the officials, Yu Yu waved his hand and told them to withdraw from a zhang away, not to approach, leaving only two officials to assist in the distribution of silver taels and copper coins.

Seeing that everyone's eyes were attracted by the money box, Yang Congyi immediately picked up the roster and said loudly: "Now start to receive money, the first household, Niu is honest, three acres and eight points of cultivated land, and seventy-six yuan of money, which is converted into a total of thirty-eight taels of silver!" Which one is the cow is honest, come and get the silver. ”

When he was young, an old farmer who looked to be in his sixties with gray hair walked out of the field, he had never seen so much money, he was probably shocked, and walked to the cash box with a blank face before stopping.

Qingchen stood behind the money box containing the large silver ingot, and the other two officials, one standing behind the broken silver box, and the other behind the box full of copper coins.

Thirty-eight taels can only be given to scattered pieces of silver.

I saw that the official guarding the silver box waved to the villager who received the money and shouted, "This way." Then he leaned over and took out seven silver ingots, large and small, from the box.

"Three big ones, ten taels each, this one is not too big or not too small, and the smallest one or two, a total of thirty-eight taels, you take it." The officer explained, and handed the silver ingot into the hands of the villagers.

The villagers took the seven silver ingots with trembling hands and held them tightly in their hands, for fear that they would suddenly grow wings and slip away.

After taking a few steps into the crowd with difficulty, he suddenly turned around and bowed to Yang Congyi and said, "Thank you, sir, may you live a long life!" ”

"Put away the money, don't lose it." Yang Congyi looked at the old man who was already excited and didn't know how to walk and smiled.

After Niu honestly returned to the crowd, Yang Congyi raised the list and immediately said: "The second household, Wang Gui, cultivates four acres and six cents, and pays ninety-two yuan, which is converted into a total of forty-six taels of silver. ”

As soon as the words fell, a person from the crowd immediately walked out and walked straight to the front of the silver box.

"Wang Gui?" And he took out of the silver chest, six ingots of silver.

"Yes, it's a villain." The villager stared at the white silver and hurriedly replied.

"Put it away, four big forty taels, one big one is not too big and not too small five taels, and the smallest one tael, a total of forty-six taels." The official explained clearly and handed the silver ingot into the other party's hands.

The villagers took the silver, were overjoyed, and hurriedly nodded their heads to Yang Congyi, Yu Yu, and the officials, and then returned to the crowd.

The distribution of land requisition money continues.

"The third household, Ke Lao Liu, cultivated two acres and nine cents, and issued fifty-eight yuan, which was converted into a total of twenty-nine taels of silver."

As soon as Yang Congyi's words fell, one person walked out of the crowd impatiently.

The officials quickly took out the silver and handed it into the hands of the other party one by one.

After half an hour, the vast majority of the villagers had finished distributing their silver, but there were still a few households, and there were really no scattered pieces of silver, and the fifty taels of silver were difficult to break, so they could only promise to pay them tomorrow.

None of the villagers who had received the money left, and all of them stood quietly in the field, as if they had something else to do.

"Those who want to exchange copper coins, come one by one."

As soon as Yang Congyi's voice fell, two villagers rushed to the cash box one after another.

As soon as the other villagers saw that two people grabbed it at the same time, they were afraid that they would not be able to exchange it for copper coins one step behind, so they also grabbed the money bag.

Without waiting for Yang Congyi to say something to stop him, the villagers who were waiting for the money to exchange rushed up and surrounded them.

When the head catcher outside the scene saw such an unexpected situation, his face changed greatly, and he immediately rushed forward with the officials, hurriedly pulling the villagers who were still squeezing forward, and at the same time roared loudly: "Stand back!" All stand back! ”

But the villagers rushed up and made a lot of noise, where could they hear their shouts.

Seeing that the tearing was ineffective, the officials raised the knives in their hands, used the knives as sticks, and swung them at the villagers beside them.

It was the county lord and the officials from the capital who were surrounded, and the officials could not afford any mistake, so they were very heavy, and in an instant, the villagers screamed again and again.

"Fucking stand back! Disperse! Whoever squeezes it again, Lao Tzu will use the knife! The head catcher was sweating profusely, his muscles were exposed, and he roared loudly.

The villagers who were beaten fled from the officials who were chasing them with their heads in pain, and more than a dozen villagers dispersed in an instant.

But there were still more than 20 villagers who were not beaten in the back, and they were still desperately squeezing towards the cash box, ignoring the wailing and shouting behind them.

The head catcher looked up, and he couldn't see the county lord and the adults from the capital, and he didn't know where they were squeezed to. Disperse! If you squeeze Lao Tzu again, you will use the knife! ”

A few villagers heard the sound of the knife coming out of its sheath, and when they were scrambling forward, they looked back and saw that the official had really drawn his knife, and in a panic, they hurriedly retreated.

But there are also villagers who don't hear the words of the team leader, and are still scrambling forward, pushing others forward.

When the head catcher saw such a situation, he did not hesitate anymore, and slashed at the back of a villager who was desperately scrambling.

The knife slashed, bringing out a string of blood beads, and a piercing scream rang out.

"Spread out! If you don't disperse again, Lao Tzu will kill someone! The headcatcher raised his knife and roared.

See blood! Killed!

They are not afraid of anything, they are afraid of seeing blood, they are afraid of death.

The villagers who rushed forward turned back in horror and saw the bloody knives and the fallen villagers, stayed where they were for a moment, and then scrambled to scatter away, away from the officials with knives.

The crowding and riots that took only a few breaths were over!

The head catcher who raised the knife saw the pale face of the county lord, and also saw the tightly knit brows and clenched fists of the adults from the capital.