A group of villagers invited ten Qin officials into the village, and the village chief raised his throat and shouted: "Your Excellency has arrived, quickly set up a banquet to entertain your lords." Good wine and good meat. ”

The villagers were busy going to Zhangluo, so they had to set up a banquet with wine.

"Wait." Qi Meng hurriedly took a step, stopped the villagers who were about to go to Zhangluo, and saluted with a fist: "Fellow fathers and fellow villagers: we understand your kindness. The matter of setting up a banquet with wine is absolutely impossible, absolutely impossible. ”

"My lord? You don't think we have much food in the countryside, do you? Please rest assured, in order to welcome adults, our whole village goes up to the mountains to hunt, and it is all delicious and game. The village chief hurriedly explained.

"That's not what I mean." Qi Meng hurriedly explained, "According to the Great Qin Law, officials are not allowed to accept hospitality and gifts, otherwise, they will be punished by the Qin Law. ”

"Your Excellency, are you joking? How can there be such a thing? Isn't it just a meal? The villagers were incredulous.

"Absolutely." Qi Meng hurriedly said: "In Daqin, not only officials are not allowed to accept hospitality or gifts, but even the monarch is also allowed. Did you know? King Qin Huiwen once beheaded officials who gave gifts, and King Qin Zhao also killed officials who wanted to give birthday gifts. ”

"This ......" The villagers all widened their eyes, and their faces were not in disbelief, as if they were listening to the Arabian Nights.

The law of Qi is corrupt, and when the officials inspect, they must not only be treated with good wine and meat, but also have to be careful with the waiters, it is best to find a few beautiful beauties, in a word, to wait for the officials all over.

Not only must you treat yourself well, but you must also give generous gifts, and you must make the official history satisfied. Otherwise. There's something good for you.

The officials of the Qin State were the opposite. No hospitality, no gifts, this kind of thing, the villagers have never heard of this kind of thing, to make them believe, it is really difficult.

"Your Excellency, you didn't lie to us, did you?" After a while, the villagers came to their senses.

"In Daqin. This is something that everyone knows. You can not believe it now, but when you know the Qin Law, you will believe it. Qi said hurriedly.

"But, if you come from afar, if you don't eat or drink, isn't that right?" The village chief hesitated.

"Just ask you to prepare some hot water for us, and we can do things if we have hot water to drink." Qi Meng said.

"The officials of Great Qin are really good officials, they don't accept hospitality or gifts. Such a good official, looking at the world. Where can I find it? ”

"It would be nice if the officials of the Qi State could be so incorruptible."

Immediately afterwards, the villagers were full of emotion.

"It is precisely because the officials of Great Qin are incorruptible, and the officials of Qi are greedy, that Great Qin can take the world, and Qi can only perish." Qi Meng was originally a Qi person, and he was the most clear about the affairs of Qi country, and he was also emotionally moved when he heard the emotional words of the villagers.

Under the command of the village chief, several villagers filled a clay pot with hot water and moved out. I also took a few pottery cups for drinking tea.

After Qi Meng thanked him, he said, "Time is pressing, let's not talk more, let's start dealing with official business." Meng Sanhei, Liu Qiwa...... Come out. ”

Several black and short Qi people stood up, a little frightened, their eyes flickering, and they didn't dare to look at Qi Meng.

"Please rest assured, it is a good thing to ask you to come out." Qi Meng smiled on his face and said, "You are all slaves, not countrymen, you don't have a family business, and you can't even save your lives......

These people are slaves in the village, and it is common for them to be beaten and scolded on weekdays, and their lives are not guaranteed at any time, let alone extravagant family wealth. Hearing Qi Meng's words, these people were indignant, their hands clenched into fists, and their faces distorted.

The tragic fate of slaves does not need to be said, everyone can think of it, who doesn't want to become a commoner?

“…… Congratulations, from now on, you are no longer slaves, you are countrymen! Qi Meng clasped his hands into fists and congratulated them.

These people's eyes were round, staring at Qi Meng with an incredulous expression.

"Goo." They made a strange noise in their throats, and they wanted to speak, but they couldn't.

"My lord, is it true?" Suddenly, several people asked tremblingly, their voices trembling.

Slaves are not even people, they can only be regarded as tools, they are the property of slave owners, and the tragic fate of them can be imagined, they are always looking forward to getting rid of the identity of slaves and becoming common people.

"It's true!" Qi Meng took the photo card from the official's hand, handed it to them, and said, "This is your photo post, you have taken it." From now on, you will be the countrymen of Great Qin. ”

"Poof!" These people knelt on the ground, rushed to kowtow violently, too hard, their foreheads hit the ground, and made a "bang" sound: "Lord Xie, Lord Xie." ”

Qi Meng hurriedly helped up with a few officials, and said with a smile: "You don't have to thank me, if you want to thank Qin Fa, thank you." ”

"Xie Qinfa! Xie Qinfa! These people were so excited that they hugged each other and cried loudly: "Woo! ”

The cry was like thunder, as if it was about to cry all the tragic fate of decades to the end.

After a long period of persuasion from Qi Meng, they stopped crying and shouted vigorously, "I am a countryman!" I'm finally a Chinese! ”

Qi Meng smiled and said: "The king has a will, Qi is new, and the first year is exempt." ”

"Exempt?" An exclamation sounded from the mouths of a group of villagers.

The laws of Qi are corrupt, the princes and nobles, and the wealthy families are changing their methods to increase the endowment, and the excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes are like cattle hairs.

At first glance, they heard that the Qin State was going to be exempted from taxes for one year, which was tantamount to a fantasy for them, and they were not shocked.

"Yes, it's exempt." Qi Meng affirmed with a smile, and continued: "The second year and a half will be paid, and the third year will be paid in full." ”

"My lord, how much is this?" The village chief stroked his forehead and asked with some hesitation.

"Yes. It won't be too much, right? Will it be darker than the princes and nobles of the Qi country? "The villagers are undecided.

"But please rest assured, Daqin's taxes are fixed, and no one can change them. Not even the king. Qi Meng smiled and said, "Great Qin's taxes are not high. It's twelve. ”

"Twenty percent? So low? The villagers were overjoyed. All rejoiced.

In the past, Qi was exploited layer by layer, and nine out of ten of the income from their labor was stripped away. What's more, not only is all the income from labor exploited, not to mention, but also has to be reversed, which is amazing.

Twenty percent of the tax, for the Qi people, this is unheard of. The unheard-of low taxes are unheard of, and they can't do it if they don't rejoice.

"You new countrymen, you are exempt from three years." Qi Meng pointed to Meng Sanhei, who had just become a countryman.

"Long live you!" Meng Sanhei and they raised their arms and cheered.

The slaves had just been given their own bodies, and their families had no money to spare, and it would be too harsh for them to pay the gifts. Exempt them from taxes for three years, as they should be.

"Long live you!" The villagers were overjoyed, raising their arms and cheering, all of them smiling, even happier than the Chinese New Year.

"Daqin's tax is a fixed number. Except for the words of the government, it is your own. Even more. Qi Meng encouraged him and said, "You can work hard to take care of the crops, and if you can't eat enough surplus grain, you can raise livestock and poultry, and eat more meat, which is good for your body and bones." ”

"That's, that's." The villagers readily agreed.

Some people began to think about how to serve the crops, and they must work harder than serving women.

"In order to make it easier for you to grow crops, Daqin will issue you ploughing cattle and iron farming tools." Qi Meng's words made the villagers even happier.

"Ploughing cattle? Haha, this is good. We have meat to eat. Some villagers cheered loudly, their faces full of joy.

"Yes. The beef is delicious, and we're in for a treat. Immediately, there was a chorus of echoes.

In the Warring States Period, looking at the world, only the Qin State fully implemented the cattle farming technology. In Qidi, it is not that there is no use of cattle for farming, but it is very rare, and it is not popular, far from reaching the level of popularity in Qin. In the eyes of the Qi people, ploughing cattle is not an indispensable agricultural tool, but meat.

"Eat? You know how to eat? Qi Meng's face was blank, and he said in a deep voice: "According to the law of Great Qin, it is a crime to hurt the cattle cultivator!" ”

"Ahh This is also a punishment, huh? An exclamation sounded, coming from the mouths of a group of villagers, all of them in shock and disbelief.

"That's right. Whoever dares to harm the ploughing ox will be punished. Qi Meng made a face and said: "The ploughing cattle are inspected once a year, and if they are not old in the future, they will be punished with a cane." The slaughter of ploughing cattle must be approved by the government, and officials must be sent to supervise on the spot. Anyone who slaughters cattle privately is punished! ”

These words are full of power, murderous and palpitating.

"Then I still don't want it, I don't want it." Some villagers immediately retreated.

"yes, no. Where is this ploughing ox, this is the ancestor, I don't want to suffer this sin. A chorus of echoes rang out.

"Don't? That's not going to work, you have to ask for it, you have to ask for it. If you want it, you have to raise ploughing cattle. Qi Meng's words were very arrogant and unreasonable.

"How can there be such a reason? Don't we want to make it yet? The villagers denounced in unison.

"I ask you, how many days will it take you to plow the ground with oxen for one day?" Qi Meng asked in a deep voice.

"Three days, not four days, not even five days." The villager thought for a moment and replied.

"One man and one ox plough the land for one day, which can be worth three or five days for you, so why not?" Qi Meng's face was very gloomy, and he said coldly: "If you don't want to be hungry, you have to use oxen to plow." If you want to eat meat and drink wine, you need to plough with oxen. You all know that the Qin country is rich, and the Qin people in Guanzhong eat meat and drink wine, which is true. However, such good things did not fall from the sky, but were obtained by the Qin people in Guanzhong who desperately tended to the crops and used oxen to plough them. ”

These words were reasonable and well-founded, and no one could refute them, and the villagers were speechless.

"My lord, but we don't know how to raise cows?" In the Warring States Period, ploughing cattle was very expensive, where would these Qi people raise cattle.

"It doesn't matter, Daqin will guide you to raise cattle." Qi Meng stretched out his right hand, and an official hurriedly handed him a bundle of bamboo slips, Qi Meng took it in his hand and shook it, and said: "This is the 'Ten Methods of Raising Cattle', and how to raise cattle is all on it." Great Qin will send officials to supervise this matter, and if you have any questions, you can ask him. ”

"I see, that's fine. With ploughing oxen, it is much stronger, and we will have a good life. The village chief took the lead.

"yes." The villagers figured it out and echoed in unison. (To be continued......)