Volume 1 The Quiet River Section 18 Autumn Taxes

With the sound of "huh" and "huh", the wooden stick of the fat man on the left swept over first. Zhao Hong, who was in a hurry, couldn't care so much, and when the empty fish basket was thrown to the ground, he had already raised the fishing rod horizontally with both hands, and immediately blocked the wooden stick swept by the fat family. The huge momentum of the violent collision between the wooden stick and the fishing rod shook Zhao Hong's arm a little numb. When he had just knocked open the wooden stick that had been swept away, and Zhao Hong's numb arm had not yet eased up, a wooden stick from the thin man on the right had already been chopped off on his head.

After fighting for his life in the last war, Zhao Hong's physical strength or agility was not comparable to when he was studying, just when the wooden stick was about to split Zhao Hong's head, I saw Zhao Hong bend down with agility, and the wooden stick that was chopped diagonally brought a gust of cold wind over Zhao Hong's head.

While narrowly avoiding the wooden stick chopped by the thin man on the right, Zhao Hong had already raised the fishing rod quickly. Taking advantage of the gap between the two family members' attacks, Zhao Hong, who suddenly jumped up more than two feet high, had already raised the fishing rod high behind him, and after picking up a large circle, he smashed it at the fat family's head. Seeing the fishing rod smashed towards him, the fat man hurriedly raised the wooden stick to resist, and the elastic fishing rod suddenly hit the wooden stick heavily, due to the inertia, the bamboo rod in the front section did not stop immediately, but bent over the 60-degree angle and hooked it, and immediately knocked heavily on the fat man's head. I only heard a scream of "ah", and the fat man involuntarily abandoned the wooden stick, then took a few steps backwards, and then fell to the ground without standing firmly. He rolled on the ground with his head in his hands, and then tried to struggle to get up. At this time, the blood from the wound flowed down the fat man's wound, forming a series of ditches. Another thin man witnessed the tragic situation of the fat man, and he was a little hesitant at this time, holding a wooden stick in his hand, but he also took a few steps back to remain vigilant.

Seeing this, Qin Lei was also taken aback, and then he remembered that Zhao Hong was the battle hero of Baoji Village, and he killed four or five thieves by himself in the last defensive operation.

"This time it's a lesson for you." Qin Lei pointed at Zhao Hong and said viciously to Zhao Hong, "If you dare to seduce my sister in the future, you should be careful for me!" ”

After threatening Zhao Hong, Qin Lei reluctantly spat out at the thin family. "Let's go!"

Immediately, he turned around and left, and the thin man hurriedly followed the master with a wooden stick, and before leaving, he turned his head and glared at Zhao Hong fiercely.

At this time, only the fat man who fell to the ground and covered his wound was left, and it took him a while to wake up from the pain with blood on his face, and he found that he was alone in front of him, while Zhao Hong was holding a fishing rod and looking at him fiercely. Seeing that the situation was not good, the fat family turned his head to look, but only saw two backs that had already walked away. The fat man hurriedly covered his head and hurried to catch up.

"Don't leave me!" With this shout, the figure of the fat family gradually blurred in Zhao Hong's sight.

After this fight, Zhao Hong's heart became cold and cold, and he was depressed all the time. If you want to say that Qin Lei's behavior is not supported by the pavilion chief, he doesn't believe that he killed Zhao Hong. The attitude of the Qin family was already obvious.

"Don't bully young people into poverty!" This sentence is quite good, but the fact is that rich and powerful families often bully young and poor. After all, even in socialism with developed information, there are very few people who can have the vision to engage in venture capital, let alone the decadent feudal era. For example, Zhao Hong was very amazed by Itakura Yang's ability in his previous life, and when Taizu of the Red Dynasty was still a poor student, he was able to decisively marry his daughter. It's a pity that Itakura Yang Fu has a shallow life, neither he nor his daughter can wait for the day of the founding ceremony of the Red Dynasty, and as a result, he made a wedding dress for others in vain.

In this era of the late Eastern Han Dynasty, it is said that Xu Zijiang also had an ability similar to Itakura Yang, his "capable minister who rules the world, and a traitor who is in troubled times." "It has been praised by the world for a long time.

However, during the Republic of China, it was not Itakura Yang and He Zizhen's cousin Yuan Wencai who had this ability and luck, and as a result, both of them failed to recover their investment for various reasons. Therefore, even for wealthy and powerful families, the immediate situation that can be seen in front of them is reassuring, so the right match is still the most important form of marriage in this era. Even in the future era of communism, how many people can see the potential of the future?

In the days that followed, Zhao Hong became much more cautious when he went out. Usually the fruit knife does not leave the body. Even if Qin Mi's maidservant Yun'er came to look for him, Zhao Hong tried his best to find all kinds of reasons not to go to the river for a date. And so half a month passed.

Mid-autumn has arrived, and the subtropical high has shifted southward due to the circulation of the earth's atmosphere, which has brought a high autumn atmosphere, and at the same time, the crops have turned into ripe fruits. The families were able to harvest their crops quickly. The collection of the autumn tax of the Later Han Dynasty was also launched.

The tax system of the Han Dynasty developed to a certain extent on the basis of the Qin Dynasty. Among them, the poll tax is divided into two categories: oral tax and calculatory tax, which is also called oral money, and calculatory tax is a poll tax levied on adults; The field tax has gone through a process from light to heavy, from heavy to light; The industry and commerce of the Han Dynasty have been developed to a certain extent, so the tax of industry and commerce has also become an important source of tax revenue for the country.

Although the taxes in the Eastern Han Dynasty were not very heavy on the surface, they still needed to pay a poll tax. In the later years of the dynasty, corruption was rampant due to very inefficient administration. As a result, the loss of tax revenue in the intermediate link is too large, and the part that can be effectively used is very small, which will inevitably lead to an increase in the total tax revenue. The widening gap between the rich and the poor and the serious land annexation have made the burden of the poor increasingly serious. This eventually led to foreign invasions and peasant uprisings, which further increased government spending and further tax revenues, which in turn led to more people joining the peasant revolt, creating a vicious circle. Usually this is how normal dynasties die.

Zhao Hong, as a scribe, naturally had to participate in the taxation of Baoji Village. Several families have been successfully collected, and it will soon be the turn of Li Laohan's family in Zhaixi. I Hong followed everyone to the door of Li Laohan's house.

With the sound of "ping-pong", one of the Qin family's family began to smash the dilapidated door of Li Laohan's house vigorously.

After a while, the door was opened, and an old man with a white beard and a cane opened it tremblingly. Zhao Hong had also met Li Laohan before, and according to the villagers, Li Laohan was less than 50, but he was older than the 70-odds of later generations of socialists.

I saw that his wrinkled face was covered with furrows, and the long-term hard work had bent Li Laohan's waist early.

"Pavilion chief. Adult, food. It's all there. My family, already ready. All right. Li Laohan stumbled and said to the people who collected taxes. Ahem... Li Laohan hurriedly raised his upper arm and covered his mouth with the back of his hand, it was obvious that Li Laohan had a serious lung disease. Immediately, everyone rushed into Li Laohan's house, and Zhao Hong also walked in behind the pavilion chief.

Zhao Hong walked to the withered home of the ragged Li Laohan's family. Looking up, you can see that there is a large hole in the roof, but it has not been repaired in the slightest. And there are almost no living utensils in the house, and this situation is like heaven and earth compared to Pavilion Chief Qin's home. The Qin Pavilion Chief's house is a deep courtyard with high walls, vermilion and willow green. Li Laohan's house with four walls of the house has such a big hole, I really don't know what to do with their family when it rains. Zhao Hong couldn't help but mention that their family was a little worried.

It seems that they are really the owners of Baoji Village, but the division of labor is different. Zhao Hong felt that the division of labor of Qin Tingchang was mainly to get rich first, and then drive a potential rich person like Zhao Hong to get rich, and then eliminate poor households like Li Laohan. Finally, the grand goal of Baoji Village to achieve Datong society was achieved. While thinking about it, Zhao Hong walked behind Pavilion Chief Qin while holding the grain collection account book in the stockade.

Flashing through the door, a little girl with a horn on her head suddenly appeared, she was only about eleven or twelve years old. The thin body of the little girl seems to be blown down by a strong wind. At this time, she stared at a pair of big eyes, and was looking at the group of people who suddenly appeared with a frightened expression.