By the time the new grain is dried and put into the warehouse, autumn has arrived. As far as Sun Yuan knows, the last years of the Ming Dynasty were the most serious moment of the Xiaoice River period, and if it was in the later life, August would be the time when the autumn tigers were raging, but now the wind blowing over makes people feel cold and piercing.

Looking at the thin and shabby cotton clothes on his body, Sun Yuan couldn't help but smile bitterly and shrank his shoulders. He is also a small white-collar worker who has lived in Beijing for many years, and his ability to tolerate cold is good. But when I encountered this kind of wet and cold weather in Jiangnan, I still couldn't stand it, and I felt that the whole world had become wet, as if it had been embroidered.

In order to resist the cold, you can only keep moving.

Finally it was time for the evening grain, generally speaking, the imperial grain tax of the Ming Dynasty was divided into two types: summer grain and autumn grain, the summer grain was in the wheat ripening season, and the autumn grain was harvested yellow grain. Among them, the autumn grain is particularly important, accounting for almost half of the entire financial revenue of the Ming Dynasty, as for the commercial tax, Emperor Chongzhen was completely exempted by the landlords and bureaucrats after overthrowing the great eunuch Wei Zhongxian.

The northerners rode horses, and the southerners rode boats. Rugao is located in the core area of the Yangtze River Delta, and the water network is vertically and horizontally distributed. This time he went to the county seat to pay the tax, and Sun Yuan and more than 20 people from the same village drew a small sampan with each word, and set off for the county seat with the newly harvested millet.

Because he was not worried about his son, Sun Li still entered the city with Sun Yuan. In fact, after this period of exercise, Sun Yuan's body is much better than before. Coupled with his doting son, he can see meat at every meal, and obvious muscles have appeared on Sun Yuan's chest and arms and thighs, and he can easily carry a marijuana bag.

This surprised him, knowing that even in modern society, when he was healthy, he was not much better than he is now. It can be seen that strength is such a thing, as long as you may endure hardships, you can practice it in the first half of the month.

Her current strength is still the smallest in the village, and it is not even comparable to that of an ordinary peasant woman. Even if her mother is so old, she can easily carry a burden of 200 catties and walk more than ten miles.

Rugao's official warehouse has one at the west gate and one at the east gate, and the official warehouse where the villagers of Quanshui Tai receive grain is only the east gate granary.

This place was originally a fire temple, and it is said that it suffered a fire in the early years of the Apocalypse, and several Taoist priests in the temple also died in that fire. It is about to see that this temple is very large, and it is convenient to transport by a small river. So the government requisitioned this place, built a large warehouse, and made it an official warehouse.

Even now, decades have passed, and traces of fire can still be seen on the walls of the warehouse.

Sun Yuan and the villagers in the same village rocked the boat to the door of the warehouse, weighed them one by one, and received a voucher, which was considered to be the end of this year's autumn grain. At the beginning, he remembered the records in the historical materials of later generations, and was worried that the officials of the yamen would deduct catties and catties, but he didn't want to, everything went quite smoothly.

After paying the imperial grain tax, everyone was happy in their hearts. Some people say that this year is also luck, the official family's grain collection bucket is not too big, and they don't make a big kick, so we have saved at least dozens of catties of grain. It's really the blessing of Huode Xingjun, let's wait for a few pillars of incense for Xingjun.

Hearing his proposal, everyone said yes, shouted, and walked towards the northeast corner of the granary.

Speaking of drenching and kicking, and thinking of the records in relevant historical materials, Sun Yuan couldn't help but laugh. As for Huo De Xingjun's blessing, he didn't think much of it in his heart. When the people pay the grain, the government uses a big Hu as a measuring device, and the people put the grain into the Hu, and then weigh it to calculate their share of the grain. The grain pile should be packed up according to the pointed pile type, and some of it will go beyond the wall, and then the warehouse bucket level will kick it with a few feet. Naturally, the overflowing grain should be filled like the pockets of the officials themselves, and the people who paid for the grain should not be allowed to sweep it back.

In fact, before entering the county seat, the people in the village had already prepared incense wax paper money, and even Sun Yuan's mother was not exempt from vulgarity. Seeing that everyone went over to burn incense, Sun Li also asked Sun Yuan to go with him.

Sun Yuan was not impressed by this matter, after all, he had received many years of materialist education and was already a staunch atheist. Smiled, about to refuse. But when I think about it, I can even encounter this kind of thing, which shows that there is still a mysterious power in this world that no one knows.

In an instant, the worldview that had been formed for many years was shaken.

He nodded, and walked with his mother towards the northeast corner.

According to the mother, the northeast corner of the granary was originally the location of the main hall of the Fire Temple. Although after a fire, the entire temple was burned to the ground, but it is strange to say, the shadow of Huo De Xingjun was imprinted on the wall, what is this not a fairy manifestation?

Therefore, every year on the day of the autumn grain, the people will come to worship.

Hearing her say this, Sun Yuan was interested.

When I looked at the ground, I saw a tall figure on the wall in the northeast corner, but it was faintly visible, and it stood out in a faint black.

Sun Yuan lowered his head and pondered, and suddenly smiled. I think that there was a statue of a god before coming to this place, probably because of the cover of the statue, the wall was not blackened, and then it was regarded as a miracle by the people.

A few pillars of incense were lit in front of the humanoid trace, and about sixty or seventy people knelt in front of them and kowtowed, muttering in their mouths.

The paper money burned brightly, so lively.

After figuring out the origin of this humanoid thing, Sun Yuan also lost interest. But his mother pulled him beside him and said, "Yuan'er, when my mother came to pay taxes last year, I also knelt down to worship Huo De Xingjun, you were so seriously injured a while ago, my mother thought you wouldn't be able to." Unexpectedly, but alive. It must be blessed by the gods. Hurry up, get down on your knees and kowtow a few times. ”

For the immortal Buddha, Sun Yuan has always held the attitude that you can not believe but not be in awe. Moreover, it doesn't matter if he can make his mother happy with a few kowtows.

Just as he was about to kneel, someone next to him said: "But Sun Yuan of the Sun family has not seen him for several years." I used to be as thin as a monkey, but now I'm a lot stronger. ”

"yes, it's a bit like a good offspring now."

"Well, the children of the Sun family seem to be eighteen years old this year, and it is time to eat a long meal. Looking at his skeleton, maybe in two years, he will be a qualified banker. ”

Hearing the people next to him talking about how strong he had grown, Sun Yuan felt a burst of joy in his heart.

"What kind of farmer is good, just because people are unproductive farmers like you. To tell you the truth, the boy of the Sun family can read and write, and he just passed the county exam a few days ago and became a student of the county master. Now it's a serious reading relationship. ”

"Yes, I've heard that too. The children of the Sun family are now promising, and they may not be able to take the test in the future. When the time comes, the people of our village will also have light on their faces. ”

As he spoke, someone came up to greet Sun Yuan.

Sun Yuan naturally returned the salute politely one by one.

Seeing that his son was complimented by everyone, Sun Li's face was full of light, and he said repeatedly: "That is, a child, I can't afford to be praised by uncles and aunts, don't praise him." ”

At this time, a gust of autumn wind blew, and the flames of paper money "whirred" loudly, and black confetti flew into the air and fluttered in all directions.

The two officials ran over, carried sticks into the crowd, and scolded: "What are you doing, what are you doing, whoever burns the incense and candles, if there is a fire, it will lose his head." If you want to burn incense and go to the temple, you don't see what kind of place it is? ”

A farmer was hit in the head with a stick, and immediately his face was covered in blood, and he couldn't help but scream loudly.

Everyone was timid, and at the same time they retreated, and Sun Yuan's mother actually stood at the front of the team.

The servant's subordinates were ruthless, and he casually whipped a stick at Sun Li's leg.

He used the red-headed water and fire stick in the yamen, which was made of hardwood, and judging by his momentum, he wanted to directly break his mother's legs.

Sun Yuan was a brave and ruthless person in his previous life, and when he saw that his mother was going to be bad, he raised his eyebrows, and immediately jumped up, and with a side kick, he hit the jaw of the official and kicked him directly to the ground.

waited until this kick came out, and Sun Yuan shouted in his heart: bitter, impulsive, impulsive!