Thinking that these soldiers might go to Fujiao Village to collect taxes, Li Qin couldn't help but be a little anxious, and he asked: "What if the common people don't have money to pay taxes, will they arrest people?" ”

He didn't know the consequences of not being able to pay taxes, this kind of thing was handled by Li Tian in the past, and it was up to him to deal with it later, after all, the burden of the family and the village would gradually turn to him!

The servant on the horse's side felt a little strange, he looked at Li Qin, and thought: "This Li Gongzi's ability is not small, but he is inevitably worse in terms of sophistication, as if he is not a local." ”

The servant said: "Our Fuping tax collection is different from other places, it is the army that goes down first to scare the people, if the people can't afford to pay, they will leave home and hide first, and when the army goes down for the second time, they find that the people have run away, and the taxes can't come up, so they will give up, and the people will come back after a while." ”

The servant who drove the car also said: "Yes, our Fuping is different from other places, if the people are forced to be anxious, they can do anything, and the county magistrate does not dare to force it too hard, but he is afraid that the people will move out, so he has to come up with such a strange way." ”

Li Qin was a little relieved at this time, he understood that the reason why the county commander came up with such a peculiar trick was to put it bluntly, he was looking for himself to get under the stairs. The county magistrate also knew that the poor people couldn't pay their taxes, but they were afraid that they would be forced to rebel, even if they didn't rebel, if the people fled and moved out, Fuping would have a small population, and if the people moved away, he couldn't stand it as a magistrate, so he could only find a way to find a way to go down the stairs by himself, and the real taxes were borne by the rich, which could be regarded as robbing the rich and helping the poor.

Looking at the army running away, Li Qin said: "The poor can't pay their taxes, so they can only rely on the rich." If my guess is correct, in less than two days, the county commander will go to your master and tell him that if he doesn't come up with some food to raise the soldiers, then the Huns will go south, and everyone will be finished as soon as the city is broken, which is called jade burning! ”

The servants said in unison, "How did Gongzi Li know?" ”

The servant on the horse's side then exclaimed, "Yes, every year. The county magistrate really said the words "jade is burning" to my master, and the villain heard it with his own ears, could it be that the county magistrate also told Li Gongzi? ”

Li Qin smiled and did not answer, he saw that the army was far away, so he re-entered the avenue and took the servants out of the city.

Leaving the county seat of Fuping, because of the herd of sheep, and Li Qin's riding skills were not good, he could only hurry slowly and walked for a long time, and then he saw Fujiao Village from a distance.

Li Qin put his hand on the pergola and looked over, and saw that there was no trace of the army in the village, and thought: "I don't know if I didn't come, or if I have already left." He urged his mount and trotted toward the village, and the servants behind him also picked up speed.

After a while, Li Qin frowned, and saw that no one came out of the village, so many of them were sheep and carts, but no one came out to see the excitement, that can only mean one thing, that is, the army has come, and it has been scared, and now the villagers are gathered in their own homes to discuss what to do!

Hitting a horse into the village, as he expected, when he came to the door of his house, he saw that the villagers were really gathered at the door of his house, and craned their necks to look into the courtyard.

Li Qin shouted: "Folks, I'm back!" ”

Outside the yard were women and children, hearing Li Qin's shout, they turned around together, and saw that Li Qin was riding on a tall horse, followed by a big car, followed by a group of fat sheep, the women and children were all surprised, and the children ran over shouting, calling Uncle Li, and some children even ran to the back to touch the sheep!

Hearing the commotion outside, the men in the courtyard all looked out, Xu Xiaoni's eyes were the sharpest, and he shouted: "It's Brother Qin who is back, Brother Qin came back on horseback!" Screaming, he squeezed out of the yard.

Li Tian was sitting in the middle of the crowd, discussing things with the villagers, he stood up and looked out, and saw that his son was really riding on a horse, he was surprised and asked, "Horse!" Whose horse does my son ride? None of the villagers around him could answer, but they followed Xu Xiaoni out together.

Xu Xiaoni ran to Li Qin's side, stretched out his hand to touch the black horse, and he shouted excitedly: "Brother Qin, where did you get the horse, it's so majestic to ride it!" ”

Li Qin kicked off the stirrup, turned over, and said with a smile: "It was sent by Patriarch Liu in the city." What are you doing at my house, but discussing the payment of taxes? ”

Xu Xiaoni's face darkened, nodded, and when he mentioned paying taxes, the joy on his face disappeared, and his hand was put down, and he no longer touched the horse.

Li Qin squeezed into the crowd, and when he saw Li Tian coming out, he said: "Dad, I'm back, I've got a lot of property, if there are any troubles, my son can settle it, don't be in a hurry." Seeing that his mother He also came out of the yard, he called his mother again.

Before Li Tian could speak, Zhao Bajin squeezed over, crying and mourning, and said, "Nephew Li, Uncle Zhao is sorry for you, I let you get four stones of grain, and I really don't want to go!" In the past two days, he was very sad about this, although Li Tian didn't blame him, but he himself blamed himself endlessly, blaming himself for being so debted at the beginning.

Li Qin saw Zhao Bajin's eyes full of red silk, he was so old, but there was a sign of crying, he hurriedly said: "Uncle Zhao must not blame himself." Because it is true that you have four stones of grain, but because of this, you have one more horse, twenty fat sheep, and a cart of property, which are all due to you, Uncle Zhao. The patriarch Liu felt that he had treated me badly, and invited me to his house for a drink, and the two of us talked very happily, and the brothers were commensurate, and as soon as the patriarch Liu was happy, he gave me a lot of good things. ”

Because the treatment of Liu Sheng's sweat and blood BMW involves medical skills and prescriptions, everyone in the village knows that he will not treat horses, and it is troublesome to explain, so he will find another reason, as for the specific situation, when he talks to his father and mother at night, he can push it on the old fairy in the dream, saying that the old fairy taught him, and this explanation is enough.

Whether it was Zhao Bajin or the villagers, they were all surprised, even Li Tian and He felt incredible, just calling him a brother and a brother, he would give away so much property, that Liu patriarch was too generous! But the thing was right in front of them, and everyone couldn't help but believe it, and they went over to look at the horses and sheep, and everyone was amazed.

Li Qin said to Li Tian: "Dad, these things were given to me by Liu Sheng, and I will tell you again in the evening." By the way, the tax collectors have been here, how much tax will they have to pay this year? ”

Li Tian looked at the black horse and listened to his son's question, then he came back to his senses and said, "It's not that you are allowed to pay taxes, but you are paying taxes in the autumn." Now it is a donation, called a donation against thieves, and the county order is afraid that the Huns will go south, so it is necessary to save food and pay in advance and prepare early. ”

After a pause, the sadness on his face increased greatly, and he shook his head and said: "In previous years, I could cope with the past, but this year I am afraid that it will not be possible, our whole village has to go out and hide, there are too many donations to do, and it costs thirty stone corn!" The corn he said was unhulled, not the kind of hulled polished rice that Liu Sheng gave to Li Qin.

Xu Laoni said on the side: "There are only thirty-three households in the village, and each household has to pay nearly one stone of grain when it is apportioned. ”

Li Qin frowned, pointed to the flock of sheep outside, and asked, "How many stones of corn is worth for such a fat sheep?" ”

Zhao Bajin still couldn't change the problem of fast mouth, and without waiting for Li Tian to answer, he sighed and said: "This is a good fat sheep, but it's not like my skinny sheep, any one is worth two stones of corn, this is still the price of the spring famine, and it should be placed after the autumn harvest, it is worth more!" ”

Xu Laoni said: "Yes, that Patriarch Liu is so generous, these things he gave you are more than the property added to the four or five villages near us!" ”

Li Qin thought to himself: "Although there are many of these things, if they are compared with sweat and blood, I am afraid that they can't even compare to a single horsehair!" ”

Turning around, Li Qin squeezed out of the crowd, jumped into the car, and shouted at the villagers: "Folks, isn't it a bit too much for the official to ask us for 30 stone of grain donation?" ”

It's good that the villagers didn't listen, but when they heard the number of thirty stones, they were all angry, and shouted in unison: "It's too much, I can't pay it at all, if we do, we can't get by!" ”

Xu Xiaoni shouted: "But that's it, it's a big deal, let's be robbers too!" When the honest people are bullied by the officials, but if they become robbers, they rob the officials! ”

Xu Laoni was shocked, covered his mouth, and said angrily: "Loser, if you say such things, you don't want to die!" ”

Li Qin continued: "But if you don't hand over everyone, you have to leave home to hide, there are old and young in every family, how can you live without your homeland, you have to delay farm work, the harvest will be reduced, everyone's son will be more difficult, there will never be a respite and recuperation, I, Li Qin, as the son of Lizheng, have the obligation to solve problems for everyone, and I can't watch everyone suffer!" ”

He pointed to the sheep and said: "I brought back twenty fat sheep this time, one is worth two stones of grain, and my Li family has all donated grain from our village, and I will hand over fifteen of them, so everyone will not have to flee!" ”

When the villagers heard his words, they all froze, almost not believing their ears, Li Qin wants to donate grain for everyone? Fifteen sheep, that's a huge number!

The servant who drove the sheep was anxious, he pulled Li Qin's shirt under the car, and said: "Li Gongzi can't, now the spring famine is coming, the sheep are cheap and expensive, such a good fat sheep is only worth two stone grain, and it may not be able to sell it, but if it is fed to the autumn, it will be worth more, maybe give birth to a lamb, wouldn't it be more, you should donate grain now, the loss is too great, you can't do it!" ”

Grain is good to preserve, but also can be used as seeds, in the spring famine season is the most expensive, is a life-saving thing, is the hope of the year, although the mutton is beautiful but only a luxury, in the spring famine this special time period, is not comparable with food. Li Qin handed over the sheep at this time, which is equivalent to selling it cheaply, he no longer cares, but others feel sorry for him!

Li Qin ignored him, arched his hand at the villagers, and said: "Fellow villagers, I, Li Qin, treat everyone like my own relatives, blood is thicker than water, and the sheep are gone, and then I can earn it, but if everyone is fleeing, who has an accident, how can I bear it?" Don't say anything, it's settled! ”

The villagers still couldn't believe it, after all, the number was too big, and Li Qin's loss was too great!

Suddenly, Li Tian said loudly: "My son is righteous, rich and noble does not forget his fellow villagers, he is worthy of being a good son of my Li family, and he has not embarrassed his ancestors!" Folks, my Li family has made up my mind about this sheep, and no one is allowed to say anything else! ”

Li Tian spoke, and the villagers dared to believe it, and they were all grateful, and some women even cried.

Xu Xiaoni squeezed to the side of the car, pushed away the servant, took Li Qin's hand, and shouted: "Brother Qin, Brother Qin......" was excited, and he didn't know what to say!

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