When they heard Li Jing say that one tael of silver a month was used to recruit monks, the villagers in the entire ancestral hall were shocked, and they all stood up excitedly, or talked to the people around them, or asked loudly, so it was not lively. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The main reason is that the temptation of one or two pieces of silver is too great, taking Taiyuan Mansion in Shanxi Province as an example, you can buy more than three buckets of rice, or buy two buckets of corn with one stone, you must know that ordinary people's homes, planting rice and paying taxes, the rest is not enough to eat, so you can only change the corn and eat again.

(A family of five, two meals a day mixed with gruel need to consume three catties of grain to barely make ends meet, and a stone of 60 kilograms and 120 catties can make a family easily live for a month, so there are a lot, here mainly refers to miscellaneous grains and corn, as for rice, don't even think about it.) ）

A villager held back his excitement, strode forward, and stood directly in front of Li Jing, "Brother Jing, what you said is true, really give one or two?!" ”

Li Jing nodded, walked to the place where the rice was stacked, pulled over a bag of rice that was cut open with a short blade, leaking out the white flowers inside, and walked in front of everyone with a handful, "If you don't want silver, give three buckets of rice every month!" Everyone is a villager, I don't help you, who do I help! ”

"Brother Jing'er, my old Li family is finally blessed!" Several villagers shouted loudly, staring at the rice in Li Jing's hand, where could they still hold back, "Count me one, count me one!" ”

Seeing that everyone's enthusiasm was aroused, Li Jing said loudly, "The number of monks is fifty, but there is a word in advance, you have to practice on the mountain every day, guard the temple, you can't go home easily, you have to listen to orders, if you disobey, you will immediately go down the mountain." ”

When the villagers heard this, they hesitated, and Li Denggao knew what they were thinking on the side, so he hurriedly came out, "Brother Jing, this drill is not in the army, right?" ”

When everyone heard this, they were silent for a while, yes, although these two pieces of silver are tempting, but if they want to go into battle to kill the enemy in the future, this money is not so easy to take.

Li Jing had expected them to say this, and said calmly, "Uncle Gao, please rest assured, this is the recruited monk soldiers of Huiji Temple, as long as the temple is protected from thieves, it is not a soldier, the master on the mountain is also here, if you don't believe it, you can ask him." ”

As he spoke, he beckoned Zhao Mosheng, who had been standing behind the crowd, to step forward, "Can you ask the master to speak and explain my clan's questions?" ”

Zhao Mosheng nodded at Li Jing, cleared his throat, and saluted, "Ladies and gentlemen, what he said just now is true, my Huiji Temple has been blessed by the Buddha, and it is inevitable that I am afraid of bandits, so I have the approval of the county lord and allow the recruitment of fifty soldiers, if it weren't for Brother Li to speak, this quota would not be able to be divided here." ”

As he spoke, he looked at the crowd, saw that the crowd was silent, and turned to look at Li Jing again.

Seeing this, Li Jing had no choice, and then went to look at the patriarch sitting on the chair, only to see that Li Chujiu was also thinking, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask, "Patriarch, look?" ”

originally thought that Li Chujiu couldn't make up his mind, but when he was anxious, he suddenly saw him get up, "I think it's okay, this is a good thing, it's all my own family, is it possible that he will still deceive us?" It's just that fifty places are too few, can you add more? ”

As he spoke, he complained to Li Jing again, there is little land in this clan, and the Li family in Qinghe is not a big family, and most of the farming places on weekdays are rented by the landlord's family surnamed Wang, the head of the village, and four cents of grain is given every year, plus labor taxes, and there is not much left.

There will be such a way out, where can you not hold on tightly, look at these forward-looking, hesitant villagers, Li Chujiu just hates iron and steel, such a good thing has to hesitate, he really deserves to be poor for the rest of his life, take this money, buy corn, pay taxes and always have a way to live, won't it be calculated? !

Li Jing thought that the patriarch would not support it, but he knew that he was complained that the quota was too small, so he was immediately relieved, "Patriarch, this quota is not set by me, and my nephew and grandson can't add it." ”

Li Chujiu thought about it for a while, but after all, he was a little unwilling, "Tell me, this year's farmland is poor, the big guy can't even pay the autumn tax, and he is about to starve to death, I know Brother Jing, with the blessing of God and Buddha, you will definitely be able to say a few words on the top and take us all away." ”

Li Jing smiled helplessly and shook his head, "Uncle, this kind of big thing is really not something I can talk about." ”

As he spoke, seeing that Li Chujiu was a little disappointed, and seeing the nature of the big guy, he couldn't help but say, "If the big guy really wants to eat this bowl of rice, it's not impossible!" ”

Now Li Jing has more than 6,000 taels of silver, and before going down the mountain, he got three Buddha statues according to yesterday's method, which is at least a small income of 2,000 taels of silver, according to the calculation of one person a month or two silver, even if a thousand people are recruited, in addition to the necessary weapons and equipment, they can last for half a year.

Besides, it won't be long before this place will become a battlefield, and then you will sink into the water and fish, only if you have military power in your hands, those landlords and old wealth, who have a lot of money, let them take it themselves, and are afraid that they will have no money?

It's just that you can't act rashly now, once you recruit too much, you are found by the county, and you report it, if it is considered to be a bad plot, the regular army of the imperial court will come down, and I am afraid that you will only have one way to go to the end of the world.

However, Li Jing came up with a way, after all, they are all villagers, and they can't bear to see bad luck in the upcoming turmoil.

When Li Jing said the idea of self-preservation, the villagers spoke one after another.

"Give money?!"

"That's it, that's it, as long as we have a tael of silver a month, we'll do it!"

"Brother Jing'er, okay, take me in!"

In the past, the land in Shanxi was not fertile, and the grain per mu was only more than two stones, but this year's drought was serious, and the water level in the Hutuo River gradually dried up, and the landlord's family occupied the river water and did not allow others to irrigate.

The yield in the field has been seriously reduced, according to this planting method, it is the blessing of God to be able to hit two stones of grain, not to mention that this year's tax is heavier, the family of five rents the landlord's land to cultivate, planting 15 acres of land a year but saving barely subsistence grain.

Seeing that the day of paying taxes is approaching, everyone is worried that they can't eat, and this time Li Jing opened a tael of silver for a month, where is he still not moved, for fear that the quota is not enough, and he will miss his share.

Li Jing saw that everyone was excited, so he didn't hurry up to implement it, but he didn't know how to write and ink, so he had to ask the clan uncle Li Denggao on the side for advice, "I also ask the clan uncle to help record this." ”

Li Denggao was originally worried about this matter, thinking that he could not study, and he had no power to tie the chicken, and he couldn't pick himself up if he wanted to recruit troops, and it seemed that he couldn't get the two pieces of silver, and he was anxiously thinking about finding a way to let himself eat the silver when he suddenly heard Li Jing greeting.

Suddenly, my eyes lit up, didn't I have a good position waiting for me......

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