Chapter XXIX
As a person of later generations, Yang Ming naturally also has his advantages, at least he is well-informed, what willow body, Yan body, Wei tablet, etc. are all involved, but it belongs to the kind that can write but is not proficient, you want him to say that he must be able to say that he is the Tao, but it is difficult to compliment people to do, at least in his current situation, the words he writes are not much special except for being a few points better than his peers. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The wolf opened the edge, and gradually dissolved the slenderness with clear water, and then absorbed the black and shiny ink Yang Ming's wrist was lucky, and for a while, the pen was gone, and the three italic typing of "Journey to the West" had already jumped on the paper.
"Good!" Suddenly, a good word sounded outside the door, and the voice was mixed with joy and pride, who is not the old man?
When I opened the door, I saw the old man, grandma, father and mother, and even Xiao Yang Lan standing outside the door.
And these three words also opened a new chapter for the old Yang family......
Early morning!
Birds happily swayed in the trees, waking up the whole village.
Because of yesterday's rain, the weather didn't seem to be so hot, although it was the end of summer, but the slightest coolness along the way made people unable to help themselves, so I wanted to lie down in the bed and sleep for a while.
The old cow was reluctantly put on the ox cart, saying that the ox cart was actually a wooden board and two cart wheels, full of white rice swaying towards the county seat.
The mountains are far away! Zhuangzi is about forty miles away from the county seat, and there was nothing at the beginning of walking its road, but it began to heat up after a while, and then it began to sour, and gradually began to soften, looking at the old father and their enthusiastic appearance Yang Ming was a little entangled, and after walking for such a long time, how many of them were not tired?
The old cow's speed also slowed down, and the uncle was distressed to untie the ox cart for him, and let it eat some grass and move again so that it could continue to drive. After being untied from the ox cart, the old cow mooed happily, it seemed that he didn't like this feeling very much, and the feeling of being free and unfettered was really good.
Yang Ming found a fairly clean stone and sat down, it was very cool, and by the way, he took off his shoes to breathe.
"Yo! Isn't this the boss of the Yang family? "A few men hurried up, all of them were acquaintances in the village, carrying a lot of things on their backs, it seemed that they wanted to go to the city to exchange some money, although almost every town has a market, but the price is two or three layers less than in the city, or go to the city to work hard, it is just some foot strength, and the extra silver can be exchanged for a few feet of linen.
"It's Brother Wang Chun! Why, did you get so many mountain goods into the city? The uncle hurriedly stepped forward to say hello, all the villagers in the township often get together on weekdays to put a few words on the dragon gate array or something.
"yes, get some bamboo shoots to change some salt for the family!" Wang Chun walked over with a smile, and saw Yang Ming sitting on the stone, and immediately became more energetic, he heard about Yang Ming yesterday afternoon, after all, they were all in the same Zhuangzi, and the rumors spread quickly, especially with Zhang Ershu, several witnesses, and the Yang family had a scholar, and the matter had already been spread to a household name.
"Brother Ming, hehe, are you also entering the city?"
Since Yang Ming entered the school, no one calls him a dog anymore, and the name Ming Ge'er is indeed more catchy than the dog egg.
"Huh!" Yang Ming replied to him with a smile, he said hello, but he was helpless, he was about to hurry again, his feet were still hurting, and he didn't have the time to deal with people at all.
So the team was a little larger, hurried slowly, and finally came to the west gate of the county seat at noon.
Entering the city is required to pay a poll tax, not much, a person a copper plate, at least this rule has not changed for many years, being blessed in Shu, there is Dujiangyan and Longfuchuan (Fujiang) under the developed water and land transportation, so that the light of Hongcheng overshadows many states and counties, after all, there has been a big man here, Chen Ziang!
I didn't see the ancients before, and I didn't see the one who came after him. In Jinhua Town, Hongcheng, there is still the former Chen Ziang reading platform, Yang Mingdao wants to go and pay homage, but this team of people is really not suitable today, and he is not very old, and it is impossible for him to let him wander around alone.
The most important thing is that Hongcheng can also be said to be an important transportation hub from Chengdu to Yuzhou (Chongqing), which is naturally a lot of people, and it is not lively to enter and exit at the city gate.
Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are people, there are naturally entanglements of interests, and everyone has a living livelihood, some of them eat meat and drink every day, and some are very embarrassed and half-hungry.
Fortunately, there is this Dujiangyan in Shu, as a natural barrier, the water source is vast over the years, the harvest is good, for the peasants, although it will not be Zhong Ming Ding food, but it will not starve to death.
The guards at the city gate saw Yang Ming and his party from a distance, and the old cow mooed and pulled the cart and finally came to the city gate.
"Four big coins for a family of four, five big coins for a head of livestock, and ten big coins for a cart of mountain goods!"
Before the people arrived, the tax money was shouted out, Zhang Cheng is also a veteran of the city gate, relying on the past God of Wealth to collect some extra money, life is very good, not only can you cut two catties of meat every three or five to go home, but also can make a pot of wine.
In fact, this is also a common practice, and it is said that it is okay to charge a little more forbearance, but the poll tax of four big dollars was added to nineteen by him, which is a bit too much, you must know that a bucket of rice is only a hundred and ten yuan, which is the price of a whole bag of high-quality white rice.
"What? Nineteen big bucks? "Uncle was also taken aback, so much money is also a lot of wealth for him, don't look at the small number, it is also for rich people, for people like him, it is more than half a year's salt money, how can he not be surprised.
"That's right, it's nineteen big coins!" Chang Cheng smiled happily and glanced at the soldier next to him, and the soldier came to collect the money.
The uncle was also anxious, and immediately shouted: "What kind of tax is this, doesn't it say that only the poll tax is paid?" ”
When the soldiers saw him say this, they probably felt that this was really a bit too much, and looked back at Changcheng to see how he dealt with it.
Zhang Cheng felt that he couldn't hang up on his face at this moment, and a mud leg still shouted to himself, and said in a non-yin and non-yang manner: "The rules of the door?" I'll teach you the rules! If you don't pay the money today, you can go back and forth wherever you want! ”
"Isn't there no royal law?"
Uncle didn't let him enter the city if he didn't pay the money, he panicked, and it didn't matter if he muttered a few words on the Zhuangzi on weekdays, but this was the gate of the county seat, and he muttered that it didn't matter, and other farmers who had been overpaid taxes also began to coax, and in a blink of an eye, a lot of people gathered at the gate of a huge city.
There are more and more people, livestock, passing cars and horses are congested for a while, not to mention entering the city, and there is no way to even go out of the city.
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