"Didn't you pay the tax two months ago, why do you still have to pay it now?" After listening to the words of the injured man, Zhao Dahai couldn't help but ask in surprise, the injured man's name was Chen Youliang, and he was the eldest son of his second aunt's family in the next county.

"Those dog officials said that this time the tax on the suppression of the widow was set by the king of Zhongwu, and whoever did not pay it would be punished as a general widow."

Chen Youliang reached out and touched the wound on his leg, the pain was so painful that cold sweat ran down his cheeks, and he gritted his teeth and said, "The King of Zhongwu loves the people like a son, and has never levied harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes on the military households of the Xiaowu Army. ”

"This is not necessarily, as the saying goes, seeing is believing." As soon as Chen Youliang's words fell, a middle-aged man squatting in the shade of a tree in the courtyard opened his mouth, and said coldly while smoking a dry cigarette, "I heard that the goods on the dock of the city are Zhongwu Wang's, and now they are robbed and burned, and Zhongwu Wang will definitely find a way to make up for this loss." ”

"I also heard about this incident, because these goods belong to King Zhongwu, so Wei Li arrested and killed them this time in order to recover the goods that were stolen by people from nearby villages and towns, and many people were beheaded as fellow Japanese criminals."

Immediately, another middle-aged man agreed, and said regretfully, "It's a pity, many of them are young offspring, and the family doesn't dare to mourn, so they can only carve a wooden head and secretly bury it with the corpse at night." ”

At this moment, Luo Yong's face turned pale, and he subconsciously glanced at Li Yuntian, and saw that Li Yuntian's face was sinking like water, and he suddenly secretly complained in his heart, God knows how these villagers suddenly changed the topic and pulled the matter to Ding Haiwei.

"Our county has also levied a tax on the suppression of widows, and today I saw in the town that the people of the county government have posted notices, asking all households to raise taxes within half a month, otherwise they will be arrested and put in prison if they miss the plan of King Zhongwu to suppress bandits."

At this time, Zhao Erhai remembered something, and said with some indignation, "The usual taxes of those households are heavy, and now how can you live after the tax is paid!" ”

Zhao Erhai's words resonated with the villagers at the scene, and they discussed with each other, all of them thinking that this tax should not be paid.

Although the people of Zhaojiatun do not have to pay this tax, they are cold in their mouths and teeth, and they are not comfortable after witnessing those households being forcibly levied miscellaneous taxes, and they may not be able to guarantee that this kind of thing will fall on their heads in the future.

"If it weren't for Wei Li to take all the descendants of our tun to deal with the inspection of King Zhongwu, I am afraid we would have to pay this tax this time."

Soon, a slightly mocking voice sounded in the crowd, and Yin Yang said in a strange manner, "I went to Weili to do business in the morning, and I heard that Weili was very generous this time, as long as those descendants don't talk nonsense and wait for King Zhongwu to leave, each person can receive a hundred catties of new rice, we are a blessing to King Zhongwu!" ”

Zhao Dahai saw that the people at the scene gradually began to express their dissatisfaction with Li Yuntian, and he was about to open his mouth to stop him in a hurry, but Li Yuntian waved his hand slightly, so that he had to swallow back the words that came to his mouth, and sat aside nervously.

"New rice? It's been a long time since we've eaten new rice! ”

"It would be good if King Zhongwu came two more times, and we can eat white rice every month."

"I heard that yesterday the county set up a table full of delicacies from the mountains and seas at noon yesterday to feast on King Zhongwu, and it cost at least one hundred taels of silver, but King Zhongwu only moved a few chopsticks, and the rest was poured as swill, which cheapened the beggars who guarded the swill buckets."

"A hundred taels? I heard that it was two hundred taels, and King Zhongwu only moved one chopstick for a dish, and no matter how delicious the dish was, he would never take a second bite. ”

"It's good to have money, it seems that the rumors outside are not false, and the goods on the docks of the city are indeed those of King Zhongwu."

……

The villagers at the scene suddenly boiled and talked about it, making the atmosphere at the scene gradually become lively, and at the same time, they also said a lot of gossip about Li Yuntian in the market.

"Seventh uncle, King Zhongwu had a meal with us in the barracks at noon yesterday, and the room specially added vegetables, but it was just some chicken, duck and fish, where are there any delicacies from the mountains and seas, don't believe the boundless rumors outside."

Seeing this situation, Zhao Dahai couldn't hold back any longer, and couldn't help but say to the middle-aged man who said that the county had set up a table of 100 taels of silver for Li Yuntian, he had personally experienced this matter, and he couldn't let others slander Li Yuntian's innocence, and then looked at the emaciated man who said that he had received a hundred catties of new rice thanks to Li Yuntian's blessing and said, "Fifth uncle, you went to Weili, you should know what happened yesterday." ”

"What the sea said is right, King Zhongwu did have lunch with them, but it was just chicken, duck and fish, and it was only more than one or two silver, and the gang had already eaten in their lives, but then they let go of their belly and ate it violently and almost didn't die."

When the people in the courtyard heard this, they all looked at the emaciated man, and the emaciated man took out a dry cigarette and lit it, and said to Zhao Dahai with a smile while inhaling:

"Dahai, you are so bold, you dare to bring it up in front of King Zhongwu to go home and take care of your family, at that time, you can frighten the descendants present, thinking that you will be pulled out as a deserter and cut off your head, I don't think that King Zhongwu will let you back, this time I am afraid that Weili will not dare to call you back, you can be regarded as a blessing in disguise."

"Boss, you're back from the barracks?" Hearing this, the middle-aged woman couldn't help but show a look of surprise, Zhao Dahai didn't say anything about it before, and then asked the emaciated man happily, "Fifth brother, is this true?" ”。

"You don't know about it yet?" The emaciated man was stunned for a moment, he thought that Zhao Dahai would tell the family about this matter as soon as he came back, after all, this was a good thing.

"Mother, wasn't it busy at home before, I forgot about it." Zhao Dahai originally wanted to wait for Li Yuntian to leave and then tell his family about this good thing, but now that he saw that the emaciated man had poked this matter out, he said with some embarrassment, and at the same time glanced at Li Yuntian, and said that he would like to thank Li Yuntian more for his understanding.

"That's great!" The middle-aged woman suddenly looked very happy when she heard this, which meant that the family finally had a pillar of support.

The villagers at the scene also congratulated the middle-aged woman, this time in the village, whether it is a military household or a military household, as long as the young people are forcibly recruited by Weili, and some of the old, weak, sick and disabled in Weili are driven home, Zhao Dahai is really lucky to come back, and the others don't know when they will be able to go home.

Obviously, there is such a big thing in the Ningbo City Shipping Division, and Dinghaiwei will definitely strengthen the protection of the Ningbo Shipping Division in the future, and the people on the roster may be difficult to be put back.

The so-called regular military households and military households are two different categories of people in the military households, generally speaking, it means that the regular military households send people, and the military households provide money and food to support the army.

This time, there was such a big thing in Ningbo City, Zhao Yang naturally did not dare to slack off, he knew that the imperial court would definitely send a large official to Dinghaiwei to investigate thoroughly, so he forcibly recruited young people from the regular army households and the military households to escape responsibility.

Li Yuntian silently looked at the festive scene in front of him, his brows furrowed slightly, Zhao Dahai was attached to the military household, and he didn't have to enlist in the army, but he was still forcibly recruited by Dinghaiwei, although this matter was done by Zhao Yang and others in private, but in the end, the people still put the account on the imperial court.

"The food is going to be cold, everyone sit down." Li Yuntian didn't want to pay attention to Zhao Yang's private recruitment of military households, and smiled and beckoned the people in the courtyard to sit down, and at the same time asked the accompanying military doctor of the Wutang to treat Chen Youliang's leg injury.

The three tables were soon full, and as they had been in Dinghaiwei yesterday, Zheng Liang, Qin Kangmin, Zhang Quan, and Fang Youdao sat on the left and right sides of Li Yuntian, and Zhao Dahai's fifth and seventh uncles and the middle-aged man who had smoked dry tobacco were crowded on a bench opposite Li Yuntian.

The man who smoked dry tobacco was Zhao Dahai's second uncle, and like the fifth uncle and seventh uncle, he was Zhao Dahai's own uncle who had not come out of the fifth suit, and they thought that Li Yuntian and the others were rich businessmen at this time, and they never imagined that the person at the same table with them would be a member of the second rank or above of the Ming Dynasty.

Li Yi'an, Luo Yong and other officials in the Zhejiang officialdom gathered around one table, and the other table was the elders of the Tunli and the elders of the Zhang family, and on this occasion, a junior like Zhao Dahai could not be on the stage at all.

Originally, Zhao Dahai asked Zhao Sanhai, who came back from collecting firewood, to invite the patriarch, although the patriarch went to Ningbo Mansion a few days ago, but this is a courtesy that must be fulfilled.

"Good wine!" Lei Ting and Keiko Yamaguchi were responsible for pouring wine for the people at Li Yuntian's table, and when the entourage slapped the mud of the three jars of wine, the courtyard was suddenly filled with the aroma of wine, which made Zhao Dahai's uncles at the scene light up and praised one after another.

The people of Zhaojiatun naturally couldn't imagine that what Li Yuntian brought was the tribute wine from the local government to the palace, which was difficult for even the civil and military officials of the imperial court to drink, not to mention the rural villagers in Zhaojiatun who could only drink some inferior loose wine.

"It's hard to drink, everyone is free." After picking up the liquor in the wine glass in front of him, Li Yuntian said to everyone present with a smile.

"To Mr. Li!"

"To Boss Li!"

Seeing this, the people present raised their wine glasses to Li Yuntian, Li Yuntian smiled and took a sip before putting down the wine glass, and the rest of the people dried up one after another.

"It's good wine."

"I'm afraid that even the magistrate and the commander of the guard won't be able to drink this kind of good wine."

"Why does this jar of wine cost two taels of silver?"

"Two-two? I think it's at least ten taels! ”

"Where is this wine, it's simply a jade liquid!"

……

Zhao Dahai's uncle and the elders in the village had a long aftertaste after drinking, and they were full of praise for the wine.

Li Yi'an, Luo Yong and the others secretly felt funny in their hearts when they heard this, they drank the tribute wine brought by Li Yuntian, which was priceless in the market, and it was not something that could be bought with money, in fact, a small magistrate and the commander of the guard could look up to it.

Because of Li Yuntian's kind attitude, he talked and laughed with the people of Zhaojiatun without the slightest arrogance, which made the atmosphere at the wine table gradually relaxed, and the people of Zhaojiatun were happy to chat with Li Yuntian.

Unlike Li Yuntian, Zheng Liang, Li Yi'an and others were drinking there silently, and the officialdom was highly hierarchical, how could they dare to be presumptuous in front of Li Yuntian.

Originally, Li Yi'an, Luo Yong and other people from the Zhejiang Third Division were still worried that those people in Zhaojiatun would say something that should not be said, but Li Yuntian just chatted with everyone about family life, such as how many people in the family, how old the little grandson is, whether the children are married, etc., which made them secretly relieved.

"Auntie, my father was beaten by the dog's leg of the town's pickpocketing family last week, they took those fish and didn't give money, said they would take it to honor King Zhongwu, and threatened to denounce my father to go to sea." Just when the atmosphere of the scene was relaxed, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl ran in crying and said to the middle-aged woman.

Hearing this, Zheng Liang, Li Yi'an and the others couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then looked at Li Yuntian with concern.

In just half a day, there were several groups of people who did evil under the banner of Li Yuntian, which was too infuriating, and it was completely ruining Li Yuntian's reputation, not to mention Li Yuntian, even if any of them encountered this kind of thing, they would be furious, and no one wanted to be so inexplicably betrayed by the black cauldron.

To the surprise of Zheng Liang and the others, Li Yuntian's face was not shocked, and he couldn't see any of his feelings, but one of his actions had already expressed his anger to the outside world, that is, Li Yuntian picked up most of the remaining half of the white wine on the table and drank it all.

From the beginning of the banquet, Li Yuntian only drank half a glass of liquor, but this time he drank most of the glass at one time, and it was obvious that he had been angered by these black pots. R1148