Zhang Yan is in charge of Shen Xi in the end.

However, this way of making decisions, although Shen Xi was a little gloating, it was completely unexpected by him.

In February, Chengji County mobilized 3,000 people to repair the dam by the Wei River. Shen Yun was on the list of requisitioned. According to the laws of the dynasty, those who keep filial piety do not need to go, but Zhang Yan has already told the servants.

"Shen Sheng, I know your current situation, it's not easy to work on the river beach. But if you don't go, it is inevitable that some people will say that the county respects things unfairly, so it would be better to follow the usual practice and call for money instead of labor. ”

Although Shen Yun, the errand officer in front of him, didn't know him, but when he said these words, he had the meaning of not leaving without giving money.

Although I had long heard that this new magistrate had managed to loot a lot of money in the county in just a few months, I didn't want it to happen to me today.

After all, he is just a small citizen, and when he meets Liu Qingming, who appreciates him like him, he can still talk well. But when you meet Zhang Yan, who do people know about you?

"How much?"

When Shen Yun said these three words, he even felt a sense of grievance in his heart.

The officer smiled and praised repeatedly: "Shen Sheng is really an acquaintance, there are a few people like you in other places, and they still want to escape the tax mediocrity by keeping filial piety, which is really cunning." I was beaten a lot of boards, but in the end I was much more obedient. ”

"Six hundred yuan, this is not a decimal number, Shen Sheng, can you take it out?"

Hearing the officer's words, Shen Yun was shocked.

It seems that the tone of his slight rebuttal just now is just afraid that he will be caught by this guy and suffer. And when I heard the six hundred texts, I was even more terrified.

Yong tone changed to pay for property, Shen Yun is not unseen. But who heard that a dam would cost 600 yuan. Finance is in lieu of mediocrity, and the contribution is three times the amount of food required by one ding during the construction period.

In the past two years, the wind and rain have been smooth, and the price of grain has dropped a lot, and now it is only more than 50 yuan a bucket of japonica rice. Even if a man works for two months, he only eats three or four buckets of rice.

"Why, can't you take it out? Shen Sheng, I think, you better go to work obediently. ”

Looking at the smile on the corner of the officer's mouth, Shen Yun suddenly realized that this thing was anything but unusual.

first took out 600 wen from the house and handed it to the messenger, and then took the opportunity to send 20 wen over, and asked in a low voice: "Send the master and take it to have a cup of tea, this matter, in Niu'an Fort, there is only one family?" ”

"Naturally, it's more than that."

"My uncle, how are you doing in the county?"

The officer glanced at Shen Yun in surprise, and said meaninglessly: "Okay, he is a celebrity in front of the county honor." ”

The errand officer was actually very unhappy in his heart, you said that he was an inconspicuous household Cao Xiaoguan before, but now he has climbed the high branch of the county. Thinking about it, the guy was still yelling at himself in front of the county honor, and he was really a villain.

thought that he shouldn't have talked too much, but he couldn't help but say such a sentence.

Shen Yun instantly understood his situation.

It seems that Shen Xi wants to borrow the knife of the magistrate to slowly slaughter himself. But, I have to say, very useful.

A catastrophe disappeared into invisibility, but in the end he still lost a lot of money, although Shen Yun was not a miser, but he also felt a little reluctant in his heart.

After all, that's 600 yuan, and now there are more than 400 taels of money in his family, and the old people in Fan's Mansion still send books for him to copy every month.

But no matter how much money is paid, there is such a county that is staring at him all the time, and he will definitely not be able to fill this hole.

Turning around and walking into the house, looking at Shen's mother, who was still busy, Shen Xi sighed.

In June, the Wei River swelled, washing away many dams in Chengji County. The county government requisitioned the people again and went to repair it. Shen Yun was once again in the ranks.

Even if he is a blind man at this time, he knows that this county government is deliberately targeting Shen Yun. It is rumored that Shen Yun paid for the first time, and it was much more than usual. This time, those people in the county tasted the sweetness and wanted to knock Shen Yun again.

Shen Yun has nothing to say about this explanation. Because they're right.

It's just that the money that should be paid still has to be paid, but this time it has risen to 700 yuan.

To give or not to give? Shen Yun didn't know what was waiting for him on the dam where the river was still flooding. So, think about it, it's better to be patient for the time being, and wait for the end of the filial piety period before dealing with it.

In September, the field was rented. Other people's homes are half a liter of a bucket, that is, half a liter of each bucket is used as a supplement for deflated grain and the loss of water. But when it came to Shen Yun, one bucket folded three liters.

After a year of hard work, most of the grain was confiscated to the government, Shen Yun pinched the corners of his clothes, but he forcibly endured the anger in his heart.

In October, the county levied straw mats to pay tribute.

The straw mat is not a precious thing, it is nothing more than uprooting the grass that grows on the ridge of the field, and the straw is selected to be woven full.

But the tribute seat is different. Not only is the straw stalk generally thick, but the weaving technique must also have a pattern, and finally the edge needs to be wrapped with a good red silk ribbon.

If you don't know how to do it, you have to find someone who knows how to buy it.

The value of a tribute seat in previous years was often around 300 Wen. After all, the material is not valuable, only labor, and a skilled craftsman can make such a tribute in three days.

But this year has changed again, and those who can't weave tribute mats need to pay money directly to the county government, and the county government will find craftsmen to weave.

That's not all, Shen Yun was knocked hard again because of this. A mat in other houses is 400 Wen, and when it comes to him, it is 500. He was also assigned three mats, and this came and went, and the family's money was not more than one or two.

Although Shen Xi knew that Shen Yun had been given a lot of money before and after, he didn't know exactly how much it was. Now that he had blackmailed Shen Yun for more than three taels of silver, he felt that he had forced Shen Yun to a dead end, and he was overjoyed and came to Niu'an Fort with a few errands.

Unlike the last time he lost face in the village, this time he returned to Shen Yun's door, and Shen Xi was out of the limelight.

Along the way, he kept greeting every villager he met, as if he couldn't call all the villagers to the door of Shen Yun's house.

When he arrived at the place, Shen Xi pointed triumphantly to the door.

"He asked me to lose a lot of money that day, and you all saw the end. I, Shen Xi, am also a face-saving person, how can I let such a little beast be humiliated. If you don't listen to good words, let you see what means I, an old guy, have. ”

"Shen Yun, get out of here, there is something to look for you in the county."

In the house, Shen's mother's heart was tightly pinched, looking out through the hole in the window, seeing Shen Xi's triumphant appearance, she looked at Shen Yun worriedly.

Shen Yun shook his head, signaled Shen's mother to rest assured, and walked out of the door alone.

Looking at Shen Yun's appearance, Shen Xiden burst out laughing: "I said, when you see me, why do you need to see an enemy." Besides, I have come today for business, not to ask you to copy the book of Rausch. ”

Thinking of the fold of copying the book, and thinking that he was finally able to let out a bad breath today, Shen Xi didn't have much shame.

"Tell me, what taxes are you going to pay? When you open your mouth, I know what to say? ”

Shen Yun looked at Shen Xi with disdain, which made Shen Xi's heart more and more annoyed.

"The year before last, Liu Xianzun, thinking that you were in the filial piety period, so before you did not collect your taxes such as Ding Yan and Ding Juan, Hu Cao recently checked the accounts and found that this matter was not in accordance with the norm, and you need to pay to make up for it."

"Tell me, how much?"

"It's not much, two years of tax money and then convert some profits, and you can give 300 yuan."

Although it was only three hundred, this number had already made the people of Saddle Fort exclaim.

You must know that for a family of five, the annual money of Ding Juan and Ding Salt is only about 40 yuan. After all, even if cloth and salt are commonly used, the family will not use much throughout the year.

How many people are in Shen Yun's family?

The tax money for two years is only twenty or thirty yuan, and this time, it has increased tenfold. Even those in the city who lent money abroad were not so ruthless.

In fact, when he said three hundred words, Shen Xi was a little weak in his heart. Such a high profit, even in the name of the government, is a little too dark. He was afraid that the people of Niu'anbao would come out and make a fuss.

However, now it seems that these people are all frightened by themselves.

"Then you can directly tell me if there are any other names in the county that you haven't thought of, and say them together. Save yourself from having to worry a few people running to the village every day, but I'm fine, I'm afraid that a few people will be tired and panic. ”

Shen Yun didn't take out the money for this, but stared at Shen Xi and spit out such a sentence.

Shen Xi wanted to find a name, but there were only so many of them every year. Make up names, don't talk about yourself, even if Zhang Yan comes, he doesn't dare, that's a matter of losing his head.

"Where did you come from so many words, if you want to pay for it, you will pay for it, how can you know about the affairs of the county." Shen Xi, who had nothing to say, could only use such empty words to perfunctory.

Shen Yun smiled, it seems that even if they do bad things, after all, there is a Qinzhou Mansion above their heads, and there are some things that are too much, and they still dare not do it after all.

walked into the house, took three hundred coins and strung them with grass stems, walked out and threw them to Shen Xi: "Since there is nothing else to do, then I won't invite a few people to drink tea in the house." ”

Shen Xi looked at the back of Shen Yun turning around and walking towards the courtyard, and suddenly felt that he was still a little unhappy in his heart. couldn't help but shout at the inside: "Don't be arrogant, little beast, see how I slowly concoct you." ”

After shouting, he still felt angry, turned to look at the onlookers, and warned arrogantly: "See clearly, this is the end of going against me." Whoever dares to get close to this little beast in the future will be my enemy. ”

Under the frightened eyes of the villagers in Niu'an Fort, Shen Xi slowly walked out of the village with two errand servants.

At this moment, everyone finally knew why Shen Yun was approached by the county officials twice in three days. also gradually understood that when he saw Shen Yun in the future, he should hide far away like seeing a plague god.