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Tang Niu and Lu Jun entered the territory of Taiping Mansion, simply walked to a remote place, ate a mouthful of dry food with them when they were hungry, drank a sip of spring water when they were thirsty, and did not know how far they went out. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The old man who suddenly rushed out, the stick raised in his hand, hit Tang Niu with a snap, not only the old man, but Lu Jun also couldn't believe that with Tang Niu's skills, he could hit this time.

It doesn't hurt to hit the body, the old man's strength is limited after all, even if he sends out a full blow, it's just an extra red mark, if he avoids it, the old man will inevitably fall, at such an age, if he falls like this, the consequences are unimaginable.

"Daddy."

A woman ran out quickly, followed by a seven or eight-year-old child, also carrying a short stick, and staring at Tang Niu and the others with hostile eyes.

"Old man, does it matter?"

Tang Niu held the old man, the old man looked embarrassed, and finally saw that these two people were not the people who broke into the village just now, didn't they hit the wrong person.

"You weren't sent by the government to steal grain?"

Tang Niu shook his head, "Old man, I misunderstood, I just happened to pass by here." ”

"Wrong, it doesn't hurt."

"It doesn't hurt, I don't believe it, a few more hits." Tang Niu's face was naïve, and those people who came out of the village also relaxed their vigilance, even so, the stick was still in their hands.

"Old man, what is this place?"

"In Mijia Village, the men in the village are all surnamed Mi, and everyone else calls me Daddy Mi."

"Daddy, slow down."

While talking, several people came to the front of the village, a woman squatted in front of her door, and kept picking up the rice grains that fell on the ground with her hands, some mixed with some mud, or picked up and put in the palm of her hand, and you can still eat it by washing it with water.

"Those people who left just now are all from the government?"

"Yes, it is the county master who takes the lead, bringing people to urge grain, this year's land harvest is not good, but there is more grain handed in, even if you don't eat or drink, you can't afford to pay so much, not to mention that everyone in a big family has to make a living, there is no way." After speaking, Daddy Mi shook his head again and again, and led the two of them to sit down in front of his house, when it was almost dusk, and there was hardly any green smoke coming out of the chimney of the village.

The child stood behind him, slightly thin, still looking at the two of them with a stick.

"Are you hungry?"

The child didn't answer, just shook his head, the look in his eyes was something that a child of this age should not have, the children of poor families were in charge of the family early, not to mention living in such an environment, not to mention that they had enough to eat, and even the most basic things could not be guaranteed, in order not to be arrested by the government, the adults in the village could only hide in the mountains.

"Take it."

Tang Niu took out a large piece of dry food from his arms and stuffed it into the child's hand, and bought some when he passed through the county seat, for the children here, they may not have eaten this kind of thing at all, take it in their hands, click their mouths, just look at it, and do not immediately take a bite.

"Eat." Daddy Mi sighed after speaking, it's just that adults suffer a little, and the most unbearable thing is the child, which makes people feel uncomfortable to watch.

Take it in your hand, bite a piece carefully, and lick it on the way, for fear that the pieces on it will fall to the ground, "Is it delicious?" The child nodded vigorously, presumably starving, and a piece of dry food was quickly consumed.

"Old man, how much food does a family have to pay?"

"It's all private land here, one acre to two buckets, it's not much, it's this method every year, just because this year there was a big drought, and then there was a flood, the harvest in the field is limited, I didn't expect the government to intensify it, it should be paid indispensably, and it is necessary to pay the tax and silver for transporting grain, and if you can't pay the silver, you can only use the grain to make up, and if you don't have the grain, you can also settle it with silver, like us in a place, where does the village silver come from."

The old man said that the bucket is the official big bucket, a bucket is almost twenty catties, are ground grain, two buckets are almost forty catties, already a lot, the harvest of one acre of land in the Ming Dynasty is only more than 100 catties, if it is a good year, a few people in a family rely on a few acres of land to eat, once it encounters a famine year, it is necessary to tighten the stomach until next year.

"If something like this happens, can't you be accommodating?"

The old man sighed, "Those who are officials don't care about the life and death of the people, they just hope to be able to collect the grain as soon as possible, and think of ways to let you pay it every day, if there really is, who is willing to live in Tibet every day, a few days ago, the grain chief took people to a trip, which did not make people beat, and now they haven't gotten up." ”

"What can you do if you don't pay it, you can still force people to death!" Tang Niu stood up when he heard this, and his voice increased, in addition to the old man, there were other villagers on the edge of the village, and several children looked at with envy that there was only a small piece of dry food left in their hands, what is the taste of biting in their mouths, it must be particularly delicious.

"If you don't hand over to the government, you will arrest people, and those who are arrested are young and strong, and they will be beaten if they can't eat enough every day, and when they come back in the end, they will be wasted, there is no way, but if there is a little way to live, they must think of a way to hand over the food, so that people can come back." After the old man finished speaking, there was a faint sound of a woman's low sob.

"What's wrong with them?"

"The men in the family have been arrested, and they haven't been sent back in more than ten days, and everything that can be sold has been sold, and there is still not enough money to ransom people, what can I do!" The old man couldn't help but sigh after speaking, looking at it, there were only a few dozen people in the entire village, and the status of the old man who attacked Tang Niu in the village should not be low.

"Why don't you sue the people for such oppression? The officials of the Taiping Mansion don't care, there is also the capital, and the emperor. ”

The old man just shook his head, "The rules were originally made by the imperial court, and if you sue it, it will be a white accusation, and in the end, you still have to live your life, and you have to pay the same food." ”

"Dad, Dad, go and see, Mi San is afraid that it will not work."

"Yesterday was fine."

Father Mi quickly stood up, and the group followed the woman straight to the middle of the village, pushed open the wooden door, and a strange smell came out, there was a jar of boiling medicine on the fire, and by the faint light, the bowl was pitch black and I don't know what it was, and the strange smell came from the jar.

There was a person lying on the kang, his head drooping, there was a pool of blood on the ground, and there were still blood marks on the corners of his mouth, "Third child, hold on, you will definitely be able to get through." ”

"Dad, think about it, the man will be scattered without this family."

"These days to kill, beat people like this, there is no medicine, how can it be done."

"Let me see."

Lu Jun stepped forward, his wrist was on the man's wrist, the quilt was lifted, a foul smell came, Tang Niu hurriedly took out the fire fold from his arms, and then he saw that there was a layer of black stuff on his buttocks, I don't know what it was.

"What is this?"

"Herbs picked from the mountains are said to cure external injuries."

"Nonsense." Tang Niu stepped forward, took out the dagger from his arms, and carefully removed the herbs on it, the wound position was white, and some places were already infected, if the injury could not be treated in time, it would not survive for a few days.

"Daddy." The woman looked at the dagger in Tang Niu's hand, and Father Mi nodded, although he didn't know what the other party was going to do, it could be judged from the contact during this time that the two were definitely not bad people.

"The carrion of the wound must be cut off first, and then the medicine to heal the wound and stop the bleeding will be used." Don't underestimate Lu Jun, the sissy is just the surface, it seems that she is timid and doesn't like trouble, once the people around her are in trouble, they will also have no hesitation, coupled with superb disguise and magical footwork, you can always find an unimaginable side in this person.

"I have."

Tang Niu took out the healing medicine he used with him from his arms, Father Mi stood below and nodded repeatedly, and then looked at the woman with the same grateful, maybe he really met a nobleman.

"Leave it to me."

Lu Jun jumped up in a flash, and in an instant he was in front of Tang Niu, and the dagger was roasted on the fire fold, so as to avoid injury when touching the flesh, stabbing, the dagger fell on it, and the man couldn't help but move.

"Hold on, don't let him move."

Tang Niu held the fire fold in his right hand, and quickly pressed it with his left hand, Daddy Mi and the woman came over to hold the man down, and then looked at Lu Jun, the technique was flexible, and the sharp dagger kept turning in his hand, as the blood flowed out, the carrion was cleaned up, and the lid on it was unscrewed, and all the brains fell on it.

After the injury was treated, Lu Junfei jumped down from above, the quilt was slowly covered, and the woman looked grateful, at this time she wanted to know more about the man's injury.