Zhang Yanzhi also wanted to wipe a handful of tears and pretend to be pitiful.

It's a pity that his pretentiousness was ruthlessly interrupted by the big girl, and she only heard her say indifferently:

"Your business has nothing to do with the village, please leave immediately."

"This" Zhang Yanzhi didn't expect that the other party had no sympathy at all, and he fed the dog so many words, only to see that the weather suddenly became a little gloomy, and he had an idea:

"In such weather, it is really not advisable to stay outside for a long time, I want to disturb the village for a moment or two, and then set off when the weather is better, of course I will be rewarded." As he spoke, he rummaged through his baggage, but actually took out a bag of candy from the space-time ring and threw it on the ground, while he took two steps back to make a harmless gesture and motioned for the children to get it.

After all, children are children, where can they endure seeing good things, and without waiting for the eldest sister to stop them, they have already rushed up and grabbed the candy.

The formation surrounding Zhang Yanzhi fell in an instant, leaving only the eldest sister and a slightly older man and a woman.

If Zhang Yanzhi makes trouble now, they will all be finished.

Of course, he couldn't do that, not to mention that he couldn't do it to children, and then what good would it do him?

He just smiled and watched.

The bags were filled with some of the cheapest and cheapest bulk candy in supermarkets, wrapped in low-quality colored plastic paper.

But it's such a candy, and these kids have never seen it before.

They were so excited, and they imagined that the candy that the emperor ate was like this.

The children unwrapped the gorgeous coat with all their hands and feet, only to see that it was colorful and very beautiful, and they did not hesitate to take it into their mouths without waiting to smell the sugar fragrance.

"It's so sweet!"

"It's delicious!"

"I've never tasted this before!"

"How can there be purple sugar in the world?"

"My dog has eaten royal candy for the rest of his life!"

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Hearing the discussion of the children who eat sugar, even the two children next to the eldest sister were a little unable to stand.

The two of them secreted saliva uncontrollably, but their mouths were empty, and they could only swallow saliva constantly.

The eldest sister heard the sound of saliva on both sides, and even she herself was a little moved. If it weren't for the fact that she couldn't pull it down, she wanted to try the fantastic candy too.

And she knew very well that almost everyone had eaten the candy surnamed Zhang now, and if she drove him away at this time, everyone would definitely be unwilling, so she had to say:

"Go back to the village first, and let the village chief decide."

Hearing that the child's head was soft, the corners of Zhang Yanzhi's mouth turned up proudly.

Then the group of children happily 'charged' Zhang Yanzhi and went back to the village.

The road was full of barren fields, and the once regular fields were overgrown with weeds taller than people, and only a little land was still cultivated in the center of the village, but the rice was also sparsely grown and unspirited.

There is also something abnormal in the village, the stilted building made of bamboo seems to be all their property, the upstairs and downstairs are empty, and the villagers' activities are not visible.

Zhang Yanzhi suppressed the doubts in his heart, stopped the eldest girl who wanted to take him to see the village chief, pointed to the black sweatshirt and pants on his body and said:

"I'm wearing a sneaking suit to escape from the pirates' den, so can I change my clothes before I see the village chief?"

Soon, Zhang Yanzhi appeared in front of the old village chief in the scholarly costume of Zhang Danfeng.

The old village chief was old with a cane, and the wrinkles on his face almost covered his eyes, and he didn't know how many years he had lived, as if he could return to the west at any time.

But after he saw Zhang Yanzhi, his eyes flashed with an imperceptible gleam, and he was very enthusiastic about him:

"This son, he is polite, I don't know what happened to your village?"

Zhang Yanzhi told him what he had just fooled the child again, but this time no one interrupted him to be pretentious, and the pepper that had been prepared in his sleeve wiped his eyes, and a few tears fell:

"Please take in the old village chief"

Zhang Yanzhi also thought of some excuses, who knew that the village chief had already interrupted him:

"Childe is not allowed to reward his face."

So refreshing? This made Zhang Yanzhi hesitate, feeling bored, and asked:

"I see that there is a lot of wasteland outside the village, and the population in the village is also sparse, somehow?"

"Ahh

"To tell you the truth, it turns out that there are more than 500 people in the village, and life is quite passable. But a few years ago, the imperial court began to increase the 'Liao salary', which is nothing, but the hateful corrupt officials and corrupt officials are pretending to be powerful, and many people can't bear it and become fugitives;"

"This year, the imperial court opened another 'salary', but everyone couldn't afford to pay it, and the fat goose prefect (1) took the opportunity to arrest all the men and women in the village to serve and pay (2), and even the old son and daughter-in-law did not escape, so now only the old, weak, sick and disabled are left in the village."

So miserable? Zhang Yanzhi knew about the 'three salaries' at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and the famous traitor in modern times, the program of the Manchu Yan X year, once said: The Ming Dynasty Wanli Chongzhen period paid too much tax, especially the addition of 'three salaries', and exhausted the fishing led to its demise.

Although Yan Xnian's cynical views have been sprayed on the Internet, the actual situation of the 'three salaries' is likely to be the same as that of Lijia Village now, and the insignificant few cents of taxes in the eyes of the emperor's ministers have actually been magnified by corrupt officials and corrupt officials at all levels when they are actually added to the peasants, to the point that they are unbearable.

At present, Lijia Village in the south cannot stand being given only the 'second salary,' and if the 'third salary' is added in the future, the village may be wiped out; this is still the south, and the north will only be even worse."

The constant outbreak of peasant uprisings in the north seems to have this cause.

And Zhang Yanzhi has just added the 'three salaries' to the 'second salary' in the Ming Dynasty, and it is easy to infer the era in which it appeared: it is now the middle of the Chongzhen Dynasty.

Zhang Yanzhi, who knew the era, was not complacent, but his mood was even heavier: this is an era of turmoil, a dark era, an era of traitors and bears, and an era of barbarism overpowering civilization......

Are you ready for such an era?

"It's old and talkative, you should let your son rest first." The old village chief thought that what he had just said had made Zhang Gongzi feel so heavy, and he hurriedly called the eldest sister on the side to take Zhang Gongzi to the stilted building to rest.

The children who were eavesdropping nearby cheered, they probably didn't understand the heavy taxes, they only knew that the village chief had finally agreed to take in the eldest brother, the one who gave them candy.

Along the way, Zhang Yanzhi, who followed the eldest sister, didn't say a word, and even the children gathered around to watch the excitement without any reaction.

When he got to the house, he didn't do anything, he was thinking about this era.

Licking Manqing's toes is definitely not good; The Ming Dynasty is like this, it is difficult to save, and pig teammates are much more difficult to deal with than god enemies. What should I do......?

(1) Fat Goose Prefect: In ancient China, the honest officials were supported and loved by the people, and the people expressed their respect and nostalgia for the honest officials with affectionate nicknames. For corrupt officials, the people also call them by nicknames according to their characteristics, so that they will be infamous for 10,000 years. is called the official of the Fat Goose Prefect by Village Chief Li, and it is estimated that he is obese, and second, he is very corrupt, like a fat goose.

(2) The textile industry in the south is developed, but the manpower is seriously insufficient (the labor force is tied to the field), and the young people of Lijia Village are actually arrested by the official to work for private individuals.