Chapter 028: Captured Alive
Ps. Tonight, I wish all couples happiness and happiness, and single dogs will find their true love as soon as possible.
Today there are only more than 3,000 words, and there is no way, so much has been written. Let's look a little less and hurry up to open the house, but we should also pay attention to safety measures and don't kill people.
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Xiao San'er is 18 years old this year, and in a little more than a month, that is, in October, he will be able to share 20 acres of Yongye field and 80 acres of mouth field. Among them, after the Yongye field is cultivated every year, one acre will be owned by Xiao San'er personally, and the mouth field will be returned to the government after Xiao San'er's death.
If he inherits his father's business, he is also a mason under Guo, and it is not bad to build walls and tiles for each family during the farming slack. But he was too playful, and he couldn't learn the craft before the age of eighteen.
And if he continued to practice his father's craft and taught the field as a part-time businessman, Xiao San'er could only get half of the Yongye field and the mouth field. If you don't count Yongyetian, this is on the same level as the disabled population.
This is not good, whether it is Yongye Field or Koufen Field, it is a chicken that can lay eggs - and there is no need to feed food.
The Tang Dynasty's equalization system has completely abolished the granting of land for slaves and maids and ploughing cattle, but the large households among the Shu people and the nobles in the court often control dozens or hundreds of people, like livestock, who have been slaves and maids for generations, and the lowly population must always contribute labor value to their masters, right?
Since a good man was given a flat land once he reached the age of eighteen, and a woman was widowed but could get thirty acres of land without starvation, the peasants did not think of leaving the land to their descendants, but sold it to the local rich and powerful to subsidize their families.
After all, there is a limit to the amount of land that a person can cultivate, and it will be wasted for future generations.
When he arrived at Xiao San'er, he had already made up his mind. Although only one acre of Yongye Land became permanent to him every year, he was still able to directly rent all the 100 acres of land to the local people who had many slaves and maids but did not have enough fields, and 20 acres of Yongye Land could be sold in advance at a reduced price.
Whenever I think of my cloth clothes, I change my body and start to eat "tenant rent", Xiao San'er is happy but has an inexplicable sense of emptiness. What can farmers do if they don't farm? Moreover, if you rent out this 100 acres of land, you will no longer be able to participate in the industrial and commercial industry, otherwise the field will be recovered, and the old men who rent the land will not let go of themselves.
But the rent of this 100 acres of land is not enough for his expenses. Because of the influence of the Juntian system, taxes were collected in the early Tang Dynasty on a Ding basis. If there was no forced labor that year, Xiao San'er needed to pay the court two stones of corn, two feet of silk silk, and three taels of silk, and a contract of 200 yuan.
Two hundred dollars is not much, but one hundred acres of land, now deflation, he can get only nearly two rents, who let him just a cloth cloth? This is still when his household registration is outside Guo and there are many good fields. If the land is narrow and barren, not only will the land be divided into less than one mu, but the tenant rent per mu will also be reduced.
What's more, to enjoy the rights of the Juntian system, his obligation is to become a government soldier, led by the 16 guards of the Beijing Division. Once there is a war, Xiao San'er must bring his own food and weapons (and farm tools) to go out with the army, and this part of the risk is completely borne by the nearly two yuan.
Fortunately in recent years, Datang has a god and solved the famine problem with His Majesty. Otherwise, the harvest will be bad in the famine, let alone rent, so let's run away from the famine.
As for where to flee? Xiao San'er didn't know either. He only thought that when the field was completed, he would sell 20 acres of Yongye land at a low price to the landlord near the field site.
I heard the mud monkey in the hall, who was one year older than him, say that he sold it to the family of Mr. He, who grows tea in the south of the city, last year, and sold it for 17 times. The mud monkeys were also free for a few days. Later, I heard that the mud monkey donated the money to the hall master, so he was promoted to the youngest "black-robed protector" and transferred to the main hall to enjoy happiness, and Xiao San'er never saw him again.
Last year was still in the famine, although there are gods and the emperor's protection, but the price of the field is definitely not as good as this year, this is two months ago the hall master personally said to Xiao San'er. Xiao San'er believed the hall master because his cousin Fat Chicken was a powerful person, and even Fat Chicken listened to the hall master - Fat Chicken told him that this was out of respect, because the hall master was very righteous.
Perhaps, in the future, I will be like a mud monkey and go to the main altar to enjoy happiness, right? I don't know what kind of scene is there......
This evening, according to the instructions of his cousin Fat Chicken, Xiao San'er followed a four-wheeled carriage out of the city gate. The four-wheeled carriage, at most, runs outside Guo, and it will definitely not go too far.
Sure enough, Xiao San'er followed for a short time, and saw the carriage parked at the door of a restaurant. Shifang Building, this restaurant Xiao San'er knows that it is the largest restaurant outside Linqiong City, only slightly smaller than the Cloud Sleeve Building in the city.
There were no shops along the Nanhe side, and Xiao San'er hid behind a tree to observe secretly. I saw a six- or seven-year-old child jumping out of the car under the yellow candlelight of the cow horn lantern hanging from the porch of the restaurant. Then a man and a woman got out of the carriage with a long box, seemingly a family of three.
The doorman of the restaurant nodded and greeted very enthusiastically, Xiao San'er paid attention to the clothes of the three people, and saw that the woman had some white silk on her body, and although the other two fabrics reflected a faint luster, they were pitch black under the yellow light.
"It seems to be a businessman, on weekdays, I see that these Shifang Lou always engage in some scholars' Taoism, and I thought it was so high, but I didn't expect to treat this copper-smelling rich businessman as an uncle......"
Xiao San'er remembered that the mud monkey had told him that after selling Yongye Tian, the mud monkey also wanted to go to the third floor of Shifang Building to have a good time and experience the taste of a rich man. However, he was asked by Dr. Jiu to recite a poem before he could go up, and even if he only went to the second floor, he had to be literate, and in the end he could only return in a huff.
The junior in this restaurant can't get in. His house was not far from here, only about a quarter of an hour away, but he was not prepared to go back. This evening, his cousin should have come over to take him to have some fun, but because of this family of three (Shu Hui: You have to say it again!) And there was a long delay.
Even the Pan Family Golden Building, which closes early on weekdays, has also delayed closing, thinking that this time he is hanging a rare fat sheep, if he loses it, I am afraid that he will suffer some flesh and skin. And once the deal is completed, the hall owner is happy, and maybe he can reward him to go to a few small halls in the oil flower shop to have a good time.
Thinking of the cousin's cousin's hall, the plump cousin, and the tender cousin who will be able to start picking up customers in two or three years, Xiao San'er only felt that the thin cold of autumn was instantly dispelled.
Since these people lived in the Shifang Building, there was no reason to leave in the middle of the night. Xiao San'er rubbed his hands, as if he was afraid that the ten-square building, which covers an area of more than ten acres, would disappear out of thin air, and took a few more fierce glances before hurriedly running towards the city gate.
He has to report the situation here to the hall master, and he will have to copy the path later, and he can't be encountered by a "black stick" like his cousin in advance, otherwise his credit will be greatly reduced.
As soon as he ran a few steps, a blurred shadow suddenly passed from the corner of his eye, and before he could figure out what it was, Xiao San'er involuntarily threw himself on the street. Then a heart-piercing pain came to his mind from his right calf, and he felt like the bones had been cracked by the blow.
A pair of black leather boots stamped with tiger-shaped animal patterns stepped into the moonlit range from the shadows of the shops selling Lingnan roasted taro on the street, and slowly paced in front of Xiao San'er, who was so painful that his mouth was open but he couldn't make any sound, and his right foot was lightly lifted, and Xiao San'er, who kept rubbing his head against the ground, kicked it over, and a thick palm picked up a walnut-sized iron pellet from the position where Xiao San'er was covered under his body before.
Xiao San'er looked at the tall man in front of him, but he only had pain in his mind, and he couldn't think anything else.
"Help me!" After a little smoothing out of his breath, he hoarsely begged for help, unaware that this person was the culprit who caused his current miserable situation.
The handsome man with phoenix eyes and square forehead was unmoved, and the hard soles of his boots stepped on Xiao San'er's soft abdomen.
Dusting off his robe, the man lifted Xiao San'er's neck and walked leisurely towards the open door of the Shifang Building. At this moment, Shu Hui and the three of them had already gone upstairs, only Ao Guang ordered the doorman, and if someone looked for him, he would take him directly to his residence.
By the time Shu Hui and the three of them finished their dinner, two more moments had passed. Ao Guang returned to his room and saw a man in a black coat and an ivory buckle belt wrapped around his waist in front of the desk, drinking himself in front of two plates of side dishes. Seeing this person, he was finally moved, who had always been expressionless:
"Third brother, why are you!"
The mysterious man didn't like him very much, and said in a slightly mocking tone: "Big brother, don't you still think that the second brother can come?" Two months ago, because you wanted to go back to Beijing to meet your sister-in-law at the Queqiao meeting, and do what you said about "romance", the second brother just ran away, and now it has been less than ten days since you returned to Beijing. ”
Without waiting for Ao Guang to speak, he continued: "Last year, it was the fourth brother, and it doesn't matter if the fourth brother hasn't started a family yet." It's the second brother this year, isn't it my Ao Yan next year? I don't want to be complained by your brother and sister, my own wife doesn't care, and I want to fulfill the love of others. ”
"So I heard that your eldest brother is temporarily short of people here, so my brother and I took the initiative to ask Ying to come over." Between the words, he seemed to admire his wit very much.
Ao Guang was a little embarrassed when he heard this, and there was even a trace of shame oozing from his white face.
He was about to defend something, but he suddenly reacted, and immediately exposed Ao Yan's lie: "You don't want to trick me, I contacted the secret agent to ask for additional manpower to protect the young master's travel, and provide convenience in the pavilions and state cities along the way, it was only three days before and after, do you want to say that you flew over?" ”
Seeing that he failed to bluff his eldest brother, Ao Yan didn't feel embarrassed at all, and changed the topic stiffly: "Oh, do you see that little bastard lying on the ground?" I see that he has been sneaking around with you, and he will have to be interrogated later. "I don't mention why I suddenly appeared in Linqiong.
Seeing this, Ao Guang was helpless, probably knowing that the third brother had a task in his body, and he couldn't reveal it to his colleagues without the consent of his superiors, even if he knew that his superiors would definitely agree.
He squatted on the ground and looked at Xiao San'er, and when he saw that he could still breathe, he lifted the person to his hand and prepared to go out, and explained casually: "This day, the number of rooms is either rich or expensive, and it is not easy to disturb, especially not to disturb the young master." ”
When he turned around, he saw that Ao Yan was still only drinking and drinking, and had no intention of keeping up, so he couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly: "If you want to find me later, you will go to the stable." Don't leave if you don't want to, there's still a lot to ask you when I get back. ”
As for the young master's safety here, Ao Guang was actually not very worried. The strength of the black arm Ao Guang had seen it, kneading stones was as easy as kneading flour.
All he was worried about was that it would be difficult to defend against hidden arrows.