The sun sets, and the distant sky is gradually swallowed up by the darkness of the night.

At this time, the small courtyard of Zhao Furui's house was still hot.

The old and young masters who got Zhao Furui's message all rushed over.

In the center of the small courtyard, in order to add some light to the surroundings, Zhao Furui specially asked his eldest son to light a bonfire.

The raging flames burned, and the flames lit up and extinguished, and at the same time illuminated the figures of the people gathered in the small courtyard.

Zhao Furui took out a thick book out of nowhere, and at this moment, he patiently looked at the contents of the book.

As he flipped it, he coughed his throat with a majestic and serious expression.

Hearing the movement, everyone in the small courtyard, who was still a little noisy, immediately quieted down.

"Everyone is a member of the Zhao family, I hope you will be diligent, keep in mind the rules of the Zhao family, do not forget the ancestral family teachings, and safeguard the interests of the Zhao family,"

"Next, I will name them one by one according to this roll call, those who have not arrived and those who arrive late will be regarded as the unworthy descendants of my Zhao clan, more than three times, except for the Zhao clan———"

Zhao Furui's momentum strengthened violently, and at the same time, he stared at the people around him with cold eyes, "Fellow clansmen, do you have any objections to this proposal?" ”

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Everyone's eyes converged on Zhao Furui.

"Ahem, everyone be quiet,"

"Today, due to the special situation, I, Zhao Furui, have appeared as the patriarch of the Zhao family, and I am at home to hold a temporary family meeting,"

One after the other, drowning out the fragmentary noises inside, gradually twisting into the same sound.

Seeing this, Zhao Furui clenched the book in his hand with both hands and nodded with great satisfaction.

"That being the case, the roll call begins,"

Everyone was stunned by Zhao Furui's momentum, and they didn't think about what to say, but a few old people in the clan on the side shouted desperately, "The patriarch proposes, and we naturally have no objections." ”

The old man's voice directly broke the silence.

The others reacted and shouted the same thing behind the old man.

"To"

“………”

Every time he heard someone answer, Zhao Furui would use the cinnabar pen in his hand to draw a line on his thick notebook.

"Zhao Zongshen"

"To"

"Zhao Zongqi"

Zhao Furui closed the book in his hand heavily, handed it to the eldest son on the side, glanced at the people in front of him, and said in a deep voice,

"The Zhao family, holding a clan meeting, should be one hundred and twenty people, but it is actually one hundred and twenty people, and no one is absent,"

"Now, the clan meeting is officially convened."

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The Zongzi generation is finished, the happy word generation is finished, the blessing word is praised, the good word is finished, and the Ming character is finished.

"Smack———

The officials of the county government will collect summer taxes from all the people in Changle County, including the additional taxes, and they must pay them all.

"There is no room for negotiation on the matter of taxation, everyone go back, if there is a shortcoming, you must prepare as soon as possible, if the official comes three days later, it is still not enough, then the male in the family will be directly taken away by the official to serve as a tax deduction,"

"As for when it will be released, only God knows!"

With Zhao Furui's low shout, the Zhao clan meeting held in the evening officially began.

Zhao Furui went straight to the topic, and the first thing he said was the question of the collection time of Xia Fu that Zhao Fuji revealed before.

Three days later, on June 26.

Zhao Fuji on the side stretched out his hand and touched Zhao Fuxiang, pretending to be casual on the surface, but in fact his heart was full of self-satisfaction, "Second brother, you see, I'm right, this time the tax collection is ahead of schedule,"

"Fortunately, our Zhao clan has been prepared for a long time, the patriarch is wise, and he let us prepare more food early, and now every household has food in store, so this tax will not be blind."

Because when the news of Jiafu came down, it was just in time for them to sell fish in Wow Village.

The implication is that if you are arrested, you will not know the end of life and death.

Zhao Furui's words were extremely serious, even if most of the people around him had already felt it, but in the face of such words, it still caused an uproar among everyone.

Zhao Fuxiang looked at Zhao Furui with a bad face in a daze, and wisely did not make a sound.

This is also the reason why everyone is noisy, but they are not panicking.

Zhao Fuxiang was staring at Zhao Fucheng right now, and only nodded perfunctorily at what Zhao Fuji said.

Fortunately, Zhao Fuji's purpose is not very pure, and more is to show off with Zhao Fuxiang.

The villagers relied on the river fish to buy and sell, and when they had surplus money in their hands, they would more or less go into the city to buy more grain for preparation.

Their Zhao clan was even admonished by Zhao Furui in private, and basically, every household had stored food.

Although there is not much food, but with the summer harvest in front of us, it is enough to cope with this summer endowment.

It stands to reason that with his troubles, Zhao Fucheng did not make a lot of money because of the river fish.

Coupled with the large population of his family, there is not enough food at the moment, why not worry?

Looking at Zhao Fucheng, who was sitting next to Zhao Furui and the other core members of the clan, the other party was arrogant at this time, like a winning rooster.

After the display was over, Zhao Fuji turned his head and continued to show off with the others to satisfy some obscure thoughts in his heart.

…………

Zhao Fuxiang felt that Zhao Fucheng was not right.

Zhao Furui, who was interrupted, was not angry, he looked around, and saw that everyone was at a loss, so he sighed, "Everyone, do you all think like this?" ”

Everyone looked at each other and nodded one after another.

Yes, isn't the river fish trade over?

Zhao Fuxiang frowned, and before he could figure out the doorway here, Zhao Furui opened his mouth and said the second thing,

"There is another thing, which is about the previous sale of river fish,"

Before he finished speaking, he was directly interrupted by the old man on the side, the old man looked at Zhao Furui, and his tone was puzzled, "Patriarch, it stands to reason that the fishing moratorium is now here, and the river fish cannot be fished, why is it now about the river fish trade?" ”

"What the county government lord means, the price of river fish has risen before, and the original miscellaneous tax will not be counted, let us pay a miscellaneous tax according to the current price of river fish."

As soon as Zhao Furui's words came out, he directly stabbed the hornet's nest.

With a "buzz", the surrounding people who could still sit immediately moved.

How can it still be related?

"Quiet"

Zhao Furui swept the people in front of him with cold eyes and said, "Today, I went to the county government with Li Zheng again,"

“…………”

There are a lot of people, the voices are mixed, and there are even more people who have anything to say right now.

Zhao Furui's ears were annoyed by these sounds, and he couldn't help but rub them.

"What do you mean? Do we have to pay back taxes? ”

"The river fish trade has been handed over in May every year, and now at the end of June, what do you need to make up?"

"Master County Ya, didn't you mean to bully us."

"How?"

Zhao Fuji was no longer calm before, frowning bitterly, "The money from selling river fish has bought grain." ”

Grain basically has to be taxed, and now he has to take out some of it and hand it over to the government, Zhao Fuji only feels that his heart hurts.

Zhao Fuji pulled Zhao Fuxiang in a excited tone.

Zhao Fuxiang clapped his hands and signaled Zhao Fuji to calm down and calm down.

"Don't be angry, since the patriarch said this, there is no room for turning around," if there was Zhao Furui, he would not have said this now.

The miscellaneous tax on river fish was finally settled, and as long as the fish were caught, every family had to pay it.

Miscellaneous taxes must not be paid.

If you don't pay it, the government will come to arrest people, and when the time comes, the Zhao family will only be more miserable in the future without men.

Zhao Fuxiang is different, who let their family have other income, and it is not difficult to pay the money for river fish.

But he can't show it on his face, otherwise, being jealous is small, making people laugh nonsense, and leading to other troubles is true.

pretended to be depressed and complained with Zhao Fuji for a few sentences, and revealed the matter.

It was also at this time that Zhao Fuxiang knew why Zhao Fucheng could behave so calmly when he spoke just now.

"Second brother, that's the case, the miscellaneous taxes related to river fish, in previous years, the money was small, and the money was divided according to the head of his family, but now due to the increase in the price of river fish, the previous division is not good,"

Speaking of this, Zhao Furui rubbed his palms embarrassedly in Zhao Fuxiang's puzzled sight, "This time, it was an order from the county government lord to ask Shangwa Village to pay taxes directly according to the amount of fish." ”

…………

After the clan meeting, Zhao Fuxiang got up and planned to go home with everyone.

Before taking it and leaving, he was deliberately left behind by Zhao Furui.

Zhao Fuxiang thought about it, "Then, what do I need to do?" ”

Zhao Furui said bluntly, "Second brother, when you were before, because of some things, you directly occupied the riverside land of Zhao Fucheng's family, so you are afraid that you will have to bear more taxes on river fish." ”

After all, the output of two pieces of land is far more than one piece of land, and if Zhao Furui doesn't mention it, other clansmen or villagers will be dissatisfied if they know about it.

Zhao Fuxiang understood what he said, and he asked Zhao Furui, "But, where does every household know how many fish they have caught?" ”

How many people are less, and there is more or less money from selling, who will know if they are not their own family?

Zhao Furui hurriedly waved his hand, "Don't be too accurate, the approximate number is about the same, besides, there is a fixed number of fish that can be caught in the fishing area in the past." "Even if you have more people in your family and catch more than a certain number of fish in one place, you won't get anything.

Zhao Fuxiang......

So that's it!

No wonder, Zhao Fuxiang suddenly felt that Zhao Fucheng would be so relieved, it turned out that the bulk of the miscellaneous taxes related to river fish was on him!