"Ladies and gentlemen, eat it while it's hot! Otherwise, if it is cold, the taste will not be good. "The old village chief has a kind and kind appearance, and it is difficult for people to feel disgusted with him.

Xu Muchuan glanced at the old village chief and a few big men behind him out of the corner of his eyes, and after a moment of silence, he nodded and thanked: "Okay, thank you for the old man's trouble." ”

Xu Muchuan saw that those big men looked like their throats were tumbling, although he was very curious, but he didn't ask. Just silently followed the rice and wild vegetables sent by the old village chief.

If Xu Muchuan refused, then it would be very impolite for the old village chief and the villagers. It will even make the villagers think that Xu Muchuan looks down on the food they sent.

Therefore, no matter what the villagers were salivating, Xu Muchuan silently took the breakfast.

"Okay, then we won't disturb the nobles to rest." Then, the old village chief turned around and left with these big men, as if there was something important to deal with.

Fu Hengsheng and Yun Changqing entered the wooden house with rice and wild vegetables and put them on the table.

Xu Muchuan followed closely behind Fu Hengsheng and the others, walked into the room and said, "Since it is a kindness from the villagers, don't waste it." ”

"Childe, wait, I'll take a look first." Fu Hengsheng looked up at Xu Muchuan and said cautiously.

Xu Muchuan was stunned and nodded tacitly.

So, with his experience of so many years of experience, Fu Hengsheng carefully looked at the colors of the rice and wild vegetables, and tested them with various tools.

A quarter of an hour later, Fu Hengsheng turned to Xu Muchuan and said, "Childe, it shouldn't be poisonous." However, the villain suggested that Childe should not eat it, and put safety first. Let's go to the carriage at the head of the village to get some dry food! ”

Xu Muchuan glanced at the rice and a bowl of pasted wild vegetables on the table, and was silent for a long time and just sighed: "Alas! Don't let the villagers see it, put it in a bag and bury the food! ”

"Yes, Childe." Fu Hengsheng said with a serious face.

On the side, Yun Changqing saw Xu Muchuan with a gloomy expression and said, "Teacher, this is an extraordinary time. We can only be extremely careful, and we must not be slack. ”

"Well, I know. It's just a waste of food for the villagers. Xu Muchuan didn't know what Yun Changqing said, but now that it had just begun, it was inevitable that he would feel a little uncomfortable in his heart.

An hour later, Yun Changqing secretly took some dry food from the carriage stationed at the head of the village and came back, while Fu Hengsheng followed Xu Muchuan every step of the way, fearing that Xu Muchuan would be unexpected.

After a while, Xu Muchuan and the others ate some dry food and filled their stomachs.

"Changqing, you can take care of Brother Wen here, I'll go out and have a look." Xu Muchuan turned his head to look at Wen Ruofei who was lying on the wooden bed, and said solemnly.

"Rest assured, teacher, Changqing understands." Yun Changqing nodded heavily.

Then, Xu Muchuan and Fu Hengsheng walked out of the room.

"Why don't you see villagers on the streets? Where have they gone? After Xu Muchuan walked out of the room, he glanced at the road, but he didn't find half a figure.

Fu Hengsheng squinted his eyes, his earlobes moved slightly, and said softly: "Childe, there seems to be some voices over there." ”

Xu Muchuan looked in the direction of Fu Hengsheng's finger: "Let's go, let's go over and have a look." ”

The sun is shining and the mood is warm.

Xu Muchuan and Fu Hengsheng were walking on the country road, and some shadows slowly appeared in their eyes.

"It seems to be planting rice ......" Xu Muchuan glanced at the busy men and women in the fields in the distance, and muttered to himself.

So, Xu Muchuan and Fu Hengsheng unconsciously quickened their pace and walked in the direction of many fields.

In the seemingly vast fields, almost the entire village is busy planting rice in the fields. The old village chief of Compal Town stood on the path in the field, supervising the villagers.

"Old man, with so many crops, this year's harvest will definitely be very good!" Xu Muchuan walked behind the old village chief and asked with a smile.

Hearing Xu Muchuan's voice, the old village chief hurriedly turned around with his crutches, and grinned: "It turned out that the nobles came, why did you come to the place where our inferior people worked." Noble people, hurry back to the village and take a rest! I'll get this clothes dirty, but I'll do well. ”

The old village chief has lived to this time, and he has always been well-informed. He can see from the clothes of Xu Muchuan and others that he is not an ordinary person.

"Old man, how was last year's harvest?" Xu Muchuan directly avoided the old village chief's words just now, and immediately changed the topic and asked.

As soon as he heard the word harvest, the old man's deep eyes suddenly dimmed a little.

"Nobleman, I won't tell you, the harvest! The past few years have been very good, and every year has been a bumper harvest. But...... Alas! The old village chief bowed his head slightly and shook his head lightly and sighed.

"But what?" Xu Muchuan frowned, feeling that something restless seemed to be about to emerge.

The old village chief sighed a few times in succession, but slowly spit out: "Don't look at the bumper harvest in our Renbao Town in recent years, but we have to give fifty percent to the big landlords in our town, and the government has to collect forty percent of the tax." Alas! There are more than 500 people in our village, where is there enough food for this percentage! ”

The more Xu Muchuan listened, the more shocked he became, the landlord received fifty percent, and the government actually received forty percent!

Fu Hengsheng, who was standing behind Xu Muchuan, also raised his eyelids, and couldn't stop glancing at the people who were busy in the fields.

"Old man, the landlord reaps fifty percent? I don't know what to say about this, after all, the villagers rented the fields, and everyone has known about it for a long time. But...... But how can the government collect forty percent of the tax, this is ridiculous! According to the national law of our northern abyss country, taxes are levied according to the prosperity of each place, but at most it is only 20%. This ......"

In fact, Xu Muchuan had already believed the words of the old village chief in his heart, but he still couldn't help asking.

In his heart, Xu Muchuan even thought that the economy of Renbao Town was so depressed, if ninety percent of the taxes were paid, then what would the villagers of Renbao Town usually eat?

Just now, when a few big men saw a few bowls of white rice, they looked hungry, and Xu Muchuan seemed to understand something.

"There's no way, we're the county lord above our heads, if we don't pay forty percent of the tax, I'm afraid we can't say if we can keep this percent of grain in Renbao Town!" The old village chief couldn't help but wipe the tears in his eyes and said helplessly.

Xu Muchuan couldn't help but squint his eyes, and said to himself with some anger in his heart: "Forty percent tax? If it is really as the old man said, I am afraid that the head of your dog as a county official can be hung around the neck for a long time. ”