"Oh, you'd think about it." Gu Dagui sneered: "The dividends of the workshop, let's share them with the eldest brother, but every time we take the lion's share, the eldest brother has to prepare a dowry for Brother Xing'er, how much private money can you give me?" Fifty taels would be good. ”

Do you think that the eldest brother has a lot of money?

After hearing this, Chen was finally happy, and sorted out the messed clothes for Gu Dagui and said, "Look at you, I'm still angry, I just asked casually, I didn't want to do anything to you." ”

Phew, Gu Dagui scoffed: "Are you asking?" It's obviously a fight! ”

Gu Dagui felt that he was really wronged, and he had done his best to treat the Chen family, but this mother-in-law had to be suspicious and interrogated every time.

"I'm so unworthy of your trust?" Gu Dagui asked.

Chen snorted and said, "What's the matter, I believe in you the most." ”

Gu Dagui sneered: "Heh, I believe you are a ghost." ”

obviously didn't believe him, for fear that he would raise a child outside, so he kept the family's money and didn't let him have any money at all. As soon as he had the money in his hand, she would go crazy.

However, Gu Dagui understood why the Chen family was like this, to put it bluntly, she was afraid, she grew up in the old Chen family, and she had developed the temper that people were unreliable and could only use silver, so she held the silver.

"I know you're not comfortable in your heart, but that's all in the past, you now have a man, a son and a lot of silver, your life is stable, you don't have to be afraid of anything." Gu Dagui held Chen's hand and said: "I have never disliked you because of your mother's family, if I really disliked you, when the Chen family came to make trouble, I would have already divorced you with a letter of resignation." ”

The Chen family was much more troublesome back then than it is now, the Chen family wiped their necks, and his father was very angry, forcing him to divorce his wife and kicking the Chen family out of the house.

But in the end, he felt that this girl was too pitiful, and since he had married her, he should be good to her...... In the end, the matter of the old Chen family was resolved, and they also fought for more than ten years.

When Chen heard this, he finally couldn't help crying, crying heartbreakingly, making Gu Dagui shed tears, and comforted her: "Don't cry, the matter is over, our family will be fine in the future, with Old Man Xu taking action, the Chen family is ......"

"Yes, the old lady doesn't cry, it's not worth it to drop horse urine for the old Chen family." Chen didn't listen to Gu Dagui at all, it was a handful of tears, he dragged Gu Dagui up, and when he saw that he was still shedding tears, he said in disgust: "It's really useless, a big man, you cry a fart?" ”

Gu Dagui wanted to strangle her: "Lao Tzu is crying with you, do you still have a conscience?!" ”

"Okay, okay, I was wrong." Chen laughed and said, "Let's go, hurry up and eat, but I'm starving to death." ”

It was to push Gu Dagui's door except for the guest hall and walk towards the kitchen.

In the kitchen, Mama Cao has already asked people to cook meals and warm them in the pot, there are vegetables and meat, which are very hearty, all of which are made by congratulatory gifts from neighbors.

The Chen family was extremely hungry, and ate in a big gulp, halfway through the meal, Gu Dagui said: "This time we hurt Brother Xing'er, and we owe the Xu family favors, and when Brother Xing'er and the Xu family girl make a marriage gift and get married, we have to triple the congratulatory gifts." ”

"Triple as much!" To be honest, the Chen family was very distressed, but the Xu family did help their own family a lot, and it was Shengsheng who took over the trouble of the Chen family, so she was reluctant for a while, and then nodded and agreed: "Cheng, do as you say." ”

……

The next day, the master of the ancient prefect's mansion sent a subordinate to Gu Jin'an's house to inquire about yesterday evening.

Chen Zangjin and Chen Zanggu were stopped by Chen's mule cart at ten o'clock in the evening, and they were arrested on the street, and some people saw them.

What Gu Jinan told Gu Dexing to his subordinates was: "It's nothing serious, it's just a group of people who want to fight the autumn wind, it's been solved, and they have gone back to the countryside." ”

After hearing this, the subordinates took these words back and told the master and the ancient prefect.

After hearing this, the ancient prefect only said: "It's okay, you don't need to check again." ”

A group of relatives who fight the autumn wind, as long as they don't make trouble in the open, the ancient prefect won't say anything, and now there are things that make him even more headache.

The emperor's decree has come down, and they Jianghuai provinces want to raise taxes, the original summer tax, autumn tax, population tax, and conscription are already heavy enough, and now they have to raise taxes again, or double, when the ancient prefect learned of the emperor's new order, he was directly stunned, and he has been an old oilman for many years, and a fear also swelled in his heart...... But don't encounter any famine, otherwise, the people will definitely set off the boat of Dachu.

But before the boat capsized, the ancient prefect could only act according to the emperor's order, and summoned the masters, Tang Tongju and the newcomer Su Tongzhi, and told them about the tax increase.

Su Tongzhi was in charge of these, and when he heard this, he frowned and said, "Lord Prefect, I'm afraid this is not easy to do." ”

The ancient prefect said: "This is the emperor's holy decree, if it is not easy to do, we have to do it." ”

He pointed at Tang Tong and said, "Lord Tang will help you, if anyone dares to disobey, they will be arrested." ”

Tang Tongju's face was a little stiff, and he shook his head and said: "My lord, there are only some servants and prison guards under the hands of the lower officials, if they encounter hard stubble, and the number of the other party is still large, the lower officials will not succeed." ”

This sentence is alluding to: This matter may cause some people to fall into the grass or expose the rod, and when the time comes, hundreds or thousands, or thousands of people will make trouble, and his people will not be able to bear it at all.

The ancient prefect said: "This mansion also knows that it is difficult for the two adults, but this is the emperor's order, if we don't do it, we will die...... In this way, the government will greet General Guo from the garrison camp of the city and ask him to send troops to help, even if there is chaos, it can be suppressed quickly. ”

He also said: "Our He'an Mansion is quite good, the people are relatively rich, but the prefectures and counties close to Zhongzhou are not so good, they are very poor, if something happens, they will have an accident in those places first, someone is in the way, we can rest assured." ”

When some places are chaotic, the capital will naturally send troops over, and it will be better for them to be in the places that are not chaotic.

Tang Tongzhi and Su Tongzhi listened, nodded and said, "What the adults said is true." ”

But......

Su Tongzhi asked: "Is the anti-Rong tax too high?" ”

The poll tax is already being collected, but the anti-Rong tax costs one or two silver per person, one or two silver per person, not per household, which is outrageous. And now there are many generations of people living in the same house, and there are dozens of people in the family, and they can't afford to pay this anti-war tax just by paying it, which is simply not a life.

After hearing this, the ancient prefect looked at Su Tongzhi, his voice was a little colder, and said, "Master Su is cautious." ”

Whether it is high or not, whether it should be accepted or not, this kind of thing is not something they can say, this is the emperor's order, and they just do it.

Su Tongzhi also knew that he had lost his words, his face changed, and he hurriedly said: "Lord Prefect forgives his sins, but the lower official has lost his words." ”