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What does a grain chief do? Not an official, just a professional service. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

In order to complete the grain collection, the government set up grain chiefs in various places, and when it was time to hand over the grain, they only needed to hand over the grain number of each household to the grain chief, and then the grain chief was responsible for collecting and transporting it.

This place is different, the location is remote, although the amount of grain handed over is not much, in order to facilitate the same set up grain chief, there is no benefit, almost killed by someone.

"How?"

"If you take the medicine, you should be fine, and you must not walk around for ten days, so as not to recur the injury."

"Baby, come over and kowtow to your benefactor."

Tang Niu waved his hand again and again, "This can't be helped, this can't be helped." A child came out from behind, a girl, looking at the two outsiders in the room with big watery eyes.

"Her mother, treat my benefactor well."

While several people were talking, the man who had fallen into a coma woke up and could not get up, so he could only express his gratitude in this way.

The woman agreed, but she was still stunned, although she had a heart, but there was nothing to greet her, and there was only one hen left, which originally wanted to keep the eggs for the child to eat, gritted her teeth, and went out to slaughter with a knife.

"Who beat you like this?"

Tang Niu wanted to hear more news from here, the more the better, especially in terms of grain payment and taxes and silver, and vaguely heard Tang Lin mention that most of the things that happened in Taiping Mansion this time were related to this incident.

"Don't mention it." The man was lying there, and there was a burst of numbness on his buttocks, it should be that the medicine worked, but fortunately he met these two people, otherwise, I am afraid that this little life will not be saved.

The girl moved a few wooden benches from nowhere, and Father Mi sat there, "Third child, tell them, what happened, did you see the people who were taken away from the village?" ”

The man sighed, "I took a few people from the village to the county seat that day, all the way non-stop, thinking that I should always get something, so I bought two jars of wine from the saved plate and went to see the master bookkeeper." ”

"The rice grain is long, the grain is ready?" The master squinted his eyes that hadn't woken up yet, looked at the wine in his hand and nodded, and someone came to pick him up.

"This year's harvest is not good, can you be accommodating?" The man asked, leaning over tentatively.

"Accommodating!" The main bookkeeper's face sank after hearing this, "This is the task handed over from above, you people are dragging it out one by one, and it will not be Lao Tzu and the adults who will suffer when the time comes, don't say that I won't remind you, if you don't pay the grain, you will take back your fields."

"That's not going to work, the people in the village live on the fields, wouldn't that drive people to a dead end."

"That's what you asked for, hand over the food according to the deadline, it's a way to live, don't think about anything else, if you annoy adults, no one wants to have a good life." After the master finished speaking, his palm slapped the man's face a few times, revealing his big yellow teeth, and his face was annoying.

The man's fists were clenched, and he wanted to jump over and let out a sigh of pain, of course he couldn't, his arms couldn't twist his thighs, and if he offended this person, the whole village would suffer.

"The villain must do his best, just ask the master to help us delay for a while in front of the magistrate, and the food will definitely be delivered."

"You're the man." The master bookkeeper rolled his eyes, "What you give you is the deadline, it's up to you whether you can do it well or not, remember, you bear the consequences." After speaking, the thick fingers clicked a few times on the man's head, and with a wave of his arm, the two family members came up and blasted out.

"Damn, if Lao Tzu encounters it, he will punch it down, and promise to let him find his teeth all over the ground." When the man said this, Tang Niu was already angry, this master book was too hateful, and he didn't bully honest people like this.

The man sighed, "At that time, I was also angry in my heart, but I just thought that the people would not fight with the officials, so forget it." ”

"How did you get the wounds?"

"After coming out, I am still unwilling, the situation in the village has been seen by the two, not that I don't pay, but I really can't afford to pay, there is still half a year, if I don't secretly keep some, I'm afraid I'm going to starve to death, since they are all here, I simply tried again, so I went directly to the county office."

The man's brows furrowed when he said this, most likely because of the pain coming from the wound, and he was given medicine to stop bleeding and heal the wound, and the wound position was also much more comfortable.

"Don't worry, take your time."

The man sighed, "This time I have seen it, what is the entrance to the north open, don't come in if you don't have money, don't say it's to see an adult, but it's a little louder, and it was beaten with a stick, and finally it was carried back, if it wasn't for the two of you, I'm afraid this little life would be gone." ”

The woman came in carefully with the boiled chicken soup, the corners of the man's mouth moved slightly, and he didn't say anything, it's not easy for women, it's too difficult to run this family.

"Drink, slow down, Dad, the meal is ready, fortunately there is half a jar of wine left at home, otherwise I really don't know what to take care of my benefactor."

The woman was waiting on the side, the chicken soup was carefully fed into her mouth, Father Mi got up and said to Tang Niu and the others: "The third child, there is nothing good here, I just hope that the two of you will not dislike it." ”

In the dark room, only a faint fire came from the kang hole, and a basin was placed on the table, which was stewed meat, and I don't know what dishes were put in, and the girl sat at the door, looking at the table from time to time, most of them were attracted by the aroma.

"Come here."

Tang Niu beckoned, in this situation, even the best things can't be eaten, the girl shakes her head, she is naturally timid, and she is harmful, Daddy Mi is happy, "Baby, come here." ”

Hearing Daddy Mi's voice, the girl dared to come over, Tang Niu took out a large piece from it and put it in front of the girl, "Eat, it's fragrant." ”

Daddy Mi poured the wine full, this is a rare thing, if it weren't for the woman's tight hands, I'm afraid she would have drunk it a long time ago, Tang Niu picked it up, it was just ordinary rice wine, took a sip and slowly put it down, "Dad, if anyone dares to take care of this matter, does anyone dare to stand up?" ”

"Stand up?" Dad looked at Tang Niu with a puzzled expression.

"Yes, stand up and sue the officer."

"I'm afraid it won't work, this is a rule set by the imperial court, even if it's stricter, it's always not a big mistake, I'm going to sue the official today, I'm afraid I'm going to have to suffer in the future." Dad waved his hand again and again, not cowardly, the whole village added up to hundreds of people, these hardships can always pass, once you really offend those people, the hard days are still to come.

"If you are really a good official, you will think about the people, and you will not do this kind of thing for your black hat, with this kind of official, how can the people have a good life."

Dad sighed, "The two benefactors are also well-intentioned, the people here have been living on the fields for generations, and it is okay to have something to eat, and they don't dare to ask for too much, but they blame us for being poor and short-sighted." ”

Tang Niu's face sank, and he wanted to say something, but Lu Jun hurriedly interrupted, "Old man, how many villages like this are there here?" ”

"There are no less than a dozen, we are better here, from here on, it is even more pitiful, that great drought, the ground is cracked, not to mention the delivery of grain, I am afraid that there is no food left."

Lu Jun nodded, Mijia Village is just a microcosm, it has not yet reached the point of despair, the patience of the people has reached an astonishing level, even so, they still try all kinds of methods, and even hand over their rations, among which there is a side of fear of the government, and there is also a side of loyalty.

The people's love for the Ming Dynasty far exceeds that of other dynasties, even if life is difficult, there is still hope for the court, the most important point is Zhu Yuanzhang, a good emperor who cares about the people of the world, the tax in the early Ming Dynasty was relatively low, once the famine year, the court will inevitably issue a reduction decree.

There is a dead silence in the village, how many people do not have a fire to cook, how many people can only spend the night hungry, no matter what, there is hope in life, the fields are still there, the home is still there, and the people are still there.

Tang Niu and Lu Jun fell silent, and the girl carefully gnawed the meat hanging on the bones, still holding it in her hand and licking it constantly.

"It's not a way to go on like this, there is no evidence, even if we find people to follow us to complain, in the end, we can't move those people without evidence."

Lu Jun smiled, "My lord said that the darkness before dawn is often the most difficult to overcome, as long as you carefully verify, you will definitely be able to find out the evidence of the other party's crime, and no one will want to deny it at that time." ”

Tang Niu nodded, "I don't know if the adults have arrived, they should be able to find the marks left on our road." ”

"Regardless of that, if you keep walking inside after dawn, you should be able to find out more."

"Okay."