The sun is setting, and the sky is full of red glow.

Su Xiaomei sewed the last stitch, collected the thread, shook off the cheongsam she had sewn by herself, and looked at it, still a little dissatisfied: "It's too long and my hands are raw, I used to make a cheongsam in two days at most, but now it takes five days to sew it." ”

"Miss, it's not slow."

The maid Ping'er comforted on the side: "This is the clothes you sewed with your own hands, and the master will definitely be very happy." ”

"How do you know?"

Su Xiaomei said lightly, but she was very satisfied with this girl's cleverness.

Ping'er was just about to say it, when footsteps sounded, and Li Chuan walked in through the moon gate.

"Sir!"

Ping'er hurriedly saluted, and her little face was flushed.

"It's coming!"

Su Xiaomei also said hello, but she felt a little awkward.

There is no other reason, I really don't know what to call Li Chuan.

In this era, people are also particular about addressing each other.

If it doesn't matter, it's fine, but the relationship between Li Chuan and Su Xiaomei is a little unclear, if it is put in a few hundred years, it is easy to explain, a pair of lovers, primary school students know to find a girlfriend.

can be placed in this era, but there is no bone lover this kind of relationship.

So, the salutation becomes a problem.

Li Chuan is not embarrassed when he arrives, and it is no problem to call Su Xiaomei's name directly.

Su Xiaomei was in a difficult situation, she couldn't call her name, and the title became a problem.

Li Chuan nodded at the two, his eyes fell on the gown held by Su Xiaomei and Ping'er, and said with a smile: "This gown is finally sewn, I'll try it on Ming'er, I think my little sister's craftsmanship won't be bad." ”

"That's nature!"

Ping'er hurriedly said: "It's the first time that Miss has personally sewn clothes for someone!" ”

Su Xiaomei's face froze, and she glared at Ping'er angrily, really a little speechless.

It's really open-mouthed, and it's just a brain.

The first time I sew a shirt, can I wear the shirt I sewed?

Fortunately, she knew that this girl was for her own good, and Su Xiaomei didn't blame him.

The corners of Li Chuan's mouth also twitched a few times, the first time he sewed clothes, can he wear the clothes he sewed?

But the next day, he still put on the long shirt sewn by Su Xiaomei.

Su Xiaomei has been under a lot of pressure recently, and her nerves are also a little sensitive in some things, whether it is the first time to sew clothes, and whether this long shirt is sewn well or not, he must wear it, which is not only a comfort to Su Xiaomei, but also an affirmation.

In the afternoon, Li Chuan sat in the class room for a while, and when he was about to go out, Lu Congliang came.

"I've seen adults."

Lu Congliang bowed his hand, looking a little tired.

Li Chuan waved his hand and said, "But something?" ”

Lu nodded and replied: "The lower official has found two Tongzhi and the servant, and has borrowed 250 stone of rice and 250 yuan of money, may I ask your Excellency how to deal with it, is it distributed to the military households, or is it going to the treasury first?" ”

"How much were you given?"

Li Chuan asked, but he was not very satisfied.

Which of the two acquaintances and the two acquaintances is not wealthy, but they only give such a small amount of money and food, which is really too picky.

Lu Congliang replied: "Lord Shi and Master Cui each borrowed 100 yuan of money and 100 stones of rice, and Master Jiao borrowed 50 yuan of money and 50 stones of rice. ”

Li Chuan nodded, didn't say anything more, and said: "You count how many military households have paid grain to the imperial court, and the money and grain are all distributed, so the money and grain are so convenient that the family can't get a stone of grain, so they won't keep it." ”

Lu Congliang responded, so he went to arrange the preparations.

……

There is a strange phenomenon in the Ming Dynasty, although the common people and military households are eager to own their own land, the reality is that both the common people and the military households are more eager to become tenants of the gentry and wealthy families or farm land for the guards and officers.

The reason is simple, the tax of the tenants is much lower than that of the imperial court.

Without self-cultivation, there was no need to pay taxes to the imperial court.

Of course, with the exception of the former Li and Su families, tenants of small landlords, who did not receive tax exemption privileges, were much more difficult than yeoman farmers, and had to bear not only the taxes of the imperial court, but also a lot of taxes.

The military households in Tuolin Town are very envious of those military households who farm for the officers of the guard, although the tax is not low, but it is much lower than the tax of the imperial court, even if they can't eat big fish and meat, but at least they can fill their stomachs.

In fact, no matter how high the taxes of the imperial court were, they were not as high as the taxes of the landlords.

The point is that there are too many apportionments below, which add up to a bit scary.

The yeoman farmers and military households did not know the doorway inside, and they all thought that it was a tax from the imperial court.

When Lu Congliang took the little officials and came to Tuolin Village with money and food, in addition to numbness, there was also a hidden hatred in his eyes, which made him feel very uncomfortable, and he had the urge to turn around and leave.

"The grain has been distributed, the money has been distributed, and hundreds of households have come over."

Some of the officials shouted loudly, and the eyes of the soldiers were full of contempt.

The military households were a little confused, and they couldn't figure out what the situation was.

The hundred household officials quickly rushed over, the hundred household officials in their thirties had a big belly and a big mouth, a portrait of a landlord bully, seeing Lu Congliang and a group of small officials, his fat face trembled a few times, and he said with a smile on his face: "I've seen a few adults." ”

Lu Congliang waved his hand and said: "The commander let Master Li know that the military households are having a hard time, and arrange for the official to send some money and food over to the military households to improve their lives. ”

“……”

Baihu officials were a little confused, and they couldn't understand what was going on in this world.

When will an official as big as a commander care about the life and death of these military households?

It's hard to live by yourself, why doesn't the commander care about himself?

"Why don't you go soon?"

Lu Congliang frowned and snorted.

"Yes, yes, yes!"

The hundred household officials reacted and hurriedly flew away.

It's hard for him to eat so fat, but he can run faster than a monkey.

Soon, a group of military households ran over noisily, all of them came to see when they heard that they were going to send money and food, but all the military households didn't believe that the officials would have such good intentions, and they only came to see it with the intention of just in case.

When the other two hundred household officials heard the news, they also rushed over.

Lu Congliang had already made a roster, and distributed money and food by household on a per capita basis.

Several hundred households twitched, and their faces were a little ugly.

For such a thing as distributing money and food to military households, according to the custom, the money and food should be handed over to them and distributed by them, but now the adults have personally led the small officials to distribute them, and they know what this means with their butts.

Blatant distrust!

How can the faces of the hundred household officials look good.

Although Lu Congliang saw it, he didn't bother to pay attention to them at all, although there were only a few hundred officials, although they were also seven grades, but the hundred households in the seven grades of the health center were not as good as a scholar's identity.

As for what kind of virtue these people are, Lu Congliang knows very well.

Command the things that the adults handed over for the first time, if this can be done badly, there is no need to mix it up in the future.

Therefore, in order not to make mistakes, Lu Congliang personally led people to directly distribute money and grain to the hands of military households, in order to prevent these hundred household officials and general flags and small flags from going up and down.