The old farmer's surname is Zhang, and he also has an old wife at home, as well as a son and daughter-in-law who have just gotten married.

As soon as he entered the hospital, the enthusiastic Zhang Laohan called everyone in the family out, and without waiting for Li Nan and others to refuse, he vacated his son's new house and let them go in to rest.

Although Li Nan resigned for a long time, the other party was gracious, and finally had to live in someone's new house.

When it was time for dinner, although there were not many dishes on the table, it looked like the New Year, and a chicken was specially killed for Li Nan and others.

Sitting at the table, looking at this kind and hospitable family, Li Nan couldn't help but be a little moved, and immediately asked: "Uncle Zhang, in fact, I have a bit of identity and wealth in Changsha City, I don't know if you have any difficult things or any wishes?" If you don't violate the laws of the Empire, I can do it for you. ”

Hearing Li Nan's words, Zhang Laohan's family didn't react, but Fu Yuechi, the little girl, instantly became excited, and hurriedly reminded: "Uncle, hurry up and mention it, he is very rich!" ”

Zhang Laohan looked at Fu Yuechi, who was more anxious than himself, and said with a smile: "Hahaha, I didn't entertain you to repay you, even if you meet other people in the village today, they will treat you like this." ”

"Oops!" Seeing this old man give up the promise of Li Nan, the king of a country, Fu Yuechi sighed with hatred that iron could not become steel.

His sister's elbow turned out, and Fu Qingfeng hurriedly glared at her, "Hey, you're enough, he's your brother-in-law!" ”

"Brother-in-law? You admit it! Fu Yuechi finally caught her sister's pigtails, and hurriedly complained to her father: "Dad, you see that my sister is too unruly, she has made a private decision for life!" ”

Although Fu Tianqiu still had doubts about whether Li Nan was the emperor or not, he was willing to believe that it was true from the bottom of his heart, if that was the case, his daughter would be the imperial concubine, and he would also be a relative of the emperor.

Hearing Fu Yuechi's complaint, Fu Tianqiu couldn't help but shake his head and sighed: "This stupid girl! ”

Everyone sat around the table to drink and eat, the atmosphere was very harmonious, Li Nan took a sip of wine, pointed to the furnishings in the room and asked: "Uncle Zhang, look at the furniture and objects you have here are all new, could it be that they have just been replaced?" ”

"Li Gongzi doesn't know anything!" After drinking a few bowls of wine, Zhang Laohan was drunk, and he talked more, and immediately began to talk.

"I am not a local, my ancestral home is Hangzhou, and I moved here later......"

Speaking of his hometown of Hangzhou, Zhang Laohan and his wife suddenly had tears in their eyes, in fact, they are not to blame, but this city is too much disaster and difficulty.

After Qin unified the six countries, set up a county at the foot of Lingyin Mountain, called Qiantang, belonged to Huiji County, this is the prototype of Hangzhou, and even at that time it was still a beach infested with the river tide, and the West Lake had not yet been formed.

During the Sui Dynasty, because of the opening of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, Hangzhou jumped to "the throat of Wu Yue, the strength of the river and the sea", and established its status as a transportation hub in the lower reaches of the entire Qiantang River. "Water leads to Hui suit, land controls the mountains". This important geographical location has promoted the rapid economic and cultural development of Hangzhou.

During the Song Dynasty, Hangzhou became one of the most populous prefectures and counties in the south of the Yangtze River, with a prosperous economy, textile, printing, winemaking, and paper industries, and further development of foreign trade, and it was also one of the four major commercial ports of the Great Song Dynasty.

Everything has advantages and disadvantages, and Hangzhou, as an important town in the south of the Yangtze River, is also a place of many disasters and difficulties.

Not to mention it, let's just say that the rebel army led by Fang La, after capturing Hangzhou, began to kill the officials of the Song Dynasty.

It is recorded in the history books that it is a few words, but it is not known what will happen when an undisciplined army pours into a bustling city.

Later, the Song Dynasty sent Tong Guan and the most powerful Western army to conquer Fang La, and attacked and killed Fang La's rebel army in Hangzhou for several months, driving Fang La's rebel army out of the city, during which countless people were unjustly killed.

If a person like Zhang Laohan can survive from Hangzhou, he is already an extremely lucky person, but then he has to bear the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes imposed by the Song Dynasty several times.

If it weren't for the later Northern Expedition of the Imperial Army and the occupation of the Jiangnan state capitals of the Song Dynasty, I am afraid that these people would have lived an even more miserable life.

After talking about the hardships, Zhang Laohan talked endlessly about the benefits of the Chinese Empire.

The Chinese Empire's treatment of ordinary people can be said to be good to the bone, in fact, not to mention these Han people, even if it is a slave in Jiaozhi and other places and a savage in the tribe, as long as they become citizens of the empire, they will also be treated preferentially.

When the new immigrants first arrive, they will be given their own land, of course, only the right to use but not ownership, and the policy of all land being state owned is the foundation of the state.

Houses, farm tools, seeds, necessary furniture, kitchen utensils and other necessities of life were all given by the empire in the early stage, and the first three years were levied 11 taxes according to the number of acres of apprentices, and after three years, they returned to normal and paid 13 taxes.

It sounds like this tax ratio is higher than that of the Song Dynasty, but in fact, it is not, because the peasants in the Chinese Empire only need to pay this kind of tax, so if it is calculated, the life of the peasants will become much easier.

Li Nan has not gotten along with these ordinary people at the grassroots level of the empire for a long time, and it is rare to be together today, and everyone chats very happily.

Just as everyone was talking and laughing, Li Nan, who had amazing five senses, suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves outside the village, which sounded like there were at least twenty or thirty horses.

If it was late today, and this was not a traffic artery, Li Nan couldn't help but have doubts in his heart, but he didn't say it, but soon, Zhang Laohan and others also heard the sound of horses' hooves.

"Bell! Clang! Clang! Without waiting for Li Nan to ask, he heard a bell ringing.

Li Nan asked curiously: "It's dark this day, what are you busy with at night?" ”

"Haha, it's nothing, it should be the one I said a few days ago." Zhang Laohan greeted his son: "Quickly send these guests to the new house, and my father will go to the village entrance to have a look." ”

Zhang Laohan hurriedly walked out of the courtyard and ran to the entrance of the village, after Li Nan and the others were sent to the new house, the lively and active Fu Yuechi immediately proposed: "Brother-in-law, sister, let's go and have a look, right?" ”

In fact, there is no need for Fu Yuechi to say, Li Nan also wants to see what happened.

The martial arts of the three of them were not bad, and the courtyard more than one meter high jumped over with a slight jump, and a few people quietly rushed to the place where the fire gathered at the entrance of the village while it was dark.

Li Nan took the Fu family sisters to the entrance of the village, only to see more than twenty soldiers wearing patrol battalion uniforms standing opposite the villagers, and the leader was wearing the rank of imperial second lieutenant on his shoulder, looking like he should be a platoon commander.

Seeing that the villagers had almost arrived, the second lieutenant platoon commander said to everyone with a solemn expression: "The safe birth of the two heirs of the emperor is a great joy, but because His Majesty the emperor has not returned from his patrol, the celebration of the whole country is still brewing. As a citizen of the empire, you have endured the great imperial grace over the years, and it is time to repay Your Majesty! ”

After some words, the person who came said the real purpose: "What to do, someone should have informed you a few days ago." Then don't talk nonsense, every family in the village has to pay according to the capitation, one imperial silver dollar per person, let's start! ”