In addition to the previous two acres of lower fields, Gui's family house has added four acres of lower fields, four acres of middle fields, and fifteen acres of middle fields under the names of Mei and Mei Duo, and they will also have to pay their own autumn taxes this year, so Gui Chongyang is particularly careful.

On the first day of September, when the village school still had classes in a few days, Gui Chongyang took Mei Xiaoba to the second room and discussed that the two families would go to pay the autumn tax together.

Although the autumn tax payment cycle is March, it will be paid early until the end of winter. If it is really on the list of tax arrears, the government has the right to arrest people and make a board, and Gui Chongyang doesn't want to give Du Li Zheng a chance to play on the topic.

The Gui family is not a big family, but a few acres of land, and there will be no idea of tax arrears. The rice to be paid for taxes had already been prepared, and Gui Chun and Gui Chongyang came out, and the three of them slipped to the village ancestral hall.

Every year, Duri is collecting agricultural taxes here, and this year is no exception.

Before they arrived at the ancestral hall, the three of them met Mei Tongsheng head-on.

Gui Chongyang and Mei Xiaoba are students of the village school, so they stood respectfully and greeted Mei Tongsheng.

Mei Tongsheng looked at Gui Chongyang, and said with a little schadenfreude: "I see that you are also clever on weekdays, but I didn't expect that you are also fat, yesterday was the last day of summer tax payment, you didn't pay it, you are really not afraid of playing the board!" ”

Gui Chun and Mei Xiaoba were blinded.

Gui Chongyang understood that he was yin by Du Li.

The six acres of fields are all harvested in one season, and there is no summer tax involved, and the rest is the fifteen acres of middle fields on the Mei side and the four acres of middle fields on the Yang family, all of which changed hands this year.

The county collects grain tax, and a county is divided into more than a dozen grain chiefs, and a grain chief is more than a dozen lizheng.

The grain tax in Mujia Village is that Du Li is responsible for urging it, the Du family has not urged it before, the Mei family's fifteen acres of land were tax-free before, and the four acres of land of the Yang family were all paid by tenants, and Gui Chongyang did not think about the summer tax.

Du Li Zheng wanted to do something very simple, return the grain tax paid by the tenants of the Yang family, and add Mei's land to the summer tax payment form, and the Gui family became a family that did not pay "tax arrears".

Before, Duri was crowding out two families, and it was a similar method.

Gui Chongyang only has annoyance in his heart, some are right for Du Li, and some are for himself. Annoyed that he is deceiving people too much, using such simple and crude means; I am also annoyed that I have been less vigilant recently.

Something like Xia Tax, as long as you think about it and hand it in in advance, Du Li has no way to do it even if he wants to.

But it's just annoyance, Gui Chongyang doesn't have much fear in his heart.

The grain tax is being paid urgently, supervised by the grain chief, and finally it comes down to the county yahu.

is to use the excuse of "tax arrears" to hit the Gui Chongyang board, and also to gain and lose the county yahufang. There is a Zhong Xiaoguan on the other side of the house, who is Gui Wu's senior brother, and he will not watch the Gui family really take the board.

Gui Chun and Mei Xiaoba became more and more afraid the more they thought about it, and their faces turned blue.

In a peaceful year, every year of famine, there are more people who "owe taxes", and there are reports of boards beating people to death.

Mei Tongsheng looked at Gui Chun and Mei Xiaoba and was very happy, but when Gui Chongyang looked silent, he was unhappy, and snorted coldly: "Don't think about being smart, how can it be so easy to take advantage of cheapness!" With that, he walked away with his hands behind his back.

"Chongyang, go find the fifth uncle!" Gui Chun panicked, and had no other good ideas, so he hurriedly said.

Mei Xiaoba also nodded and said, "Yes, yes, go to the town to hide for a few days, don't let them catch you." ”

Gui Chongyang couldn't help laughing, and said to Mei Xiaoba: "Yesterday was the last day of the summer tax, and today you will arrest someone and beat the board?" Where is the Yamen so fast? ”

Mei Xiaoba scratched the back of his head and said, "But there is Du Lizheng, what if he asks people to come quickly." ”

Gui Chun knew that the people from the yamen were not instructed by Du Li Zheng, but he didn't dare to take risks, and said: "If you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what happens, so you should go to the town to take refuge!" ”

Gui Chongyang wanted to go to the town, but he didn't want Gui Chun and Mei Xiaobabai to worry, so he said in a low voice: "There is Uncle Zhong here in the county office, so there is nothing to worry about." I went to the town to discuss with the fifth uncle, and I couldn't let Du Jiabai calculate us. Don't tell your elders when you go back, you don't have to worry about them. ”

Mei Xiaoba was always Gui Chongyang's words, and he immediately breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I'm scared to death, Du Li is really bad!" Brother Chongyang, let's tell Du Qi that if his father is like this again, we won't take him to play. ”

This is a child's words, but Gui Chongyang still nodded and said, "Okay!" That's it! ”

Du Lizheng refuses to stop, he wants to toss the Gui family, then Gui Chongyang is not a saint, why can't he be angry with Du Qi?

Gui Chun is worried, this is the summer tax, even if he directly finds the county yahu house to make up a sum and avoid future troubles, there is still the autumn tax and the Ding service. What if the Du family does it again?

Gui Chongyang picked the corners of his mouth, whether it was Du Lizheng, who was conspiring and calculating, or Mei Tongsheng, who was gloating, it seemed that they were too idle.

Gui Chun was not worried that Gui Chongyang would go to the town alone, so he wanted to follow, and was persuaded by Gui Chongyang. You can't go out in three people, you won't go, and the elders in the family will be worried.

Gui Chun asked Mei Xiaoba to go with Gui Chongyang, and Gui Chongyang nodded in response.

Gui Chongyang and Mei Xiaoba went out of the village directly, today is the first day of the ninth month, not the market day, the two walked halfway to catch a hitchhiker, and it was already lunch time when they arrived at the west set.

On the fifteenth day of junior high school, whether it is a school hall or a county school, it is a day for students to rest, and if Gui Wu is fine, he should be at home.

However, because it was a meal, Gui Chongyang did not take Mei Xiaoba directly to Gui Wu's house, but went to the nearby Baiwei Xiang Food Shop. He didn't specifically look for Guiqiu, and directly ordered a few servings of food.

When the food was almost finished, Gui Chongyang said to Mei Xiaoba: "You go and ask Second Brother Qiu which shop is on duty today, go over and tell him, let him go to the fifth uncle to find me, I will go to the fifth uncle to talk first." ”

Because Prime Minister Guiqiu has three shops, he looks at them from time to time, and Guiqiu is not seen in this one, it should be in the other two, but I don't know which one, so Gui Chongyang said so.

Du Li is targeting the entire "Xigui", so Guiqiu also has the right to know.

Gui Chongyang settled down directly without Du Lizheng, and the household registration of Gui Wu and his wife is the same, Gui Lizheng is not a fool, so he can naturally find out the relationship between the Du family in the yamen.

Knowing that the Gui family has a relationship in the Yamen, and making such a fuss, it seems like a temptation.

Who knows what Douri will do next time? Gui Wu and Gui Qiu are in the town, and they may not be too peaceful.

Mei Xiaoba immediately responded, and went out to find someone without mentioning it.

Gui Chongyang came up with a recipe and went to Gui Wu's house.

Gui Wu happened to be at home, and he was drying books in the yard with his hair scattered. Seeing Gui Chongyang coming, Gui Wu was not happy and surprised, and said, "But the Du family or the Mei family is making trouble again?" ”

On weekdays, the Gui family comes over, and they all come on market days to buy by the way. I went to the non-market day today, so Gui Wu directly thought that there was something at home.

Gui Chongyang said: "Du Li is doing tricks, and the Gui family has become a family of 'tax arrears', but the county government has Uncle Zhong, so it should be fine." ”

Gui Wu heard this, but laughed "haha".

Gui Chongyang also laughed and said, "He should know the relationship between the fifth uncle and Uncle Zhong, but he still makes such a show, it's really ridiculous." Speaking of this, he turned solemn again: "I'm afraid that he has a backhand, and the fifth uncle still doesn't want to underestimate the enemy!" ”

Gui Wu shook his head with a smile and said: "I'm not laughing at this, the imperial court has issued an order on August 25 to exempt Xuzhou from floods with 43,893 stones, including Tongzhou, no need to find Senior Brother Zhong, Du Zhong is also tossing in vain." ”

"Ahh This time, I was surprised that it was replaced by Gui Chongyang, and I was puzzled: "Although the rain in Tongzhou is heavier this year, there is no flood." ”

Gui Wudao: "What's so hard to guess, there are many big landlords in Tongzhou now, and after getting the news that the imperial court wants to be gracious, it makes us also suffer a 'great grace'." ”

"Haha!" Gui Chongyang couldn't help laughing: "Du Li is going to die of anger this time!" ”

Gui Wu smiled and nodded, but frowned: "In the final analysis, it was the Du family who cheated the Gui family back then, and the Gui family hasn't said anything yet, and it really doesn't make sense for the Du family to chase after them." It seems that their family is too idle, so they will have the kung fu to stare at the Gui family, hum! "In the end, it was a bit ruthless.

The uncle and nephew glanced at each other and made a decision.

There are many large landlords in Tongzhou, which has advantages and disadvantages, but it does not prevent the uncle and nephew from using their strength to deal with Du Lizheng.

"Fifth uncle, can Zhang Fu's details be revealed?" Gui Chongyang remembered something.

After suspecting that Du Li was from Jinling from the "Taishi Cake", Gui Chongyang told Gui Wu.

It's not easy to find out about the Du family, but there is an old man of the Du family in the town, who is Zhang Fu, the big shopkeeper of the Du family's shop. The Du family runs a cloth village, and it is from Susong that cloth is sold.

Gui Wu nodded and said: "Zhang Fu is from Songjiang, and Du Li is halfway through, although he didn't ask if Du Li is from Jinling, but he knows that Du Li is from Jinling." The cloth sold from Jiangnan every year is the ship arranged by the people in Jinling. Speaking of this, he couldn't help frowning: "When it comes to official ships, it's not easy to investigate in detail for a while." I can only wait for the next time the goods arrive in the south and then ask someone to check in detail. ”

After saying this, both the uncle and nephew were silent.

What is Jinling? It was the previous imperial court, where powerful and hundreds of officials gathered.

Those who can arrange people to sell Songjiang cloth all the way must have some power. If it is really a person from the official family, Du Li has such a backer, and it is not something that the uncle and nephew of the Gui family can shake.

Time is running out, and both uncle and nephew feel that time is not enough.