Chapter 251: It's a matter of human life

When everyone saw that Xie Qi didn't speak, they knew what was going on.

"That's it, whatever you want to collect, anyway, everyone has no food this year, so if you want to arrest everyone, you will arrest everyone." After the old man finished speaking, he turned around, shook his sleeves and left.

Anyway, no matter how you say it, it's still the same result, and there's nothing more to say.

When everyone saw that the old man was gone, they all said goodbye to Xie Qi, and soon the people here were gone.

Zhang Tian saw that everyone was leaving, gave up to Xie Qi, and then left here as well.

……

Zhang Tian came back, it happened to be noon, Liu Yun was cooking in the house, and when he saw him coming back, he asked.

"Didn't you say you wouldn't come back at noon?"

"I'll be back when I'm done." Zhang Tian didn't know how to tell the villagers.

Liu Yun looked at him with a sad face, and asked with concern: "What's wrong?" ”

"It's nothing, is the meal ready?" Zhang Tian was reluctant to say.

"Not yet, I thought I wouldn't get vegetables if you didn't come back, but when I came back, I'll go to the vegetable field to get some vegetables and come back to fry."

"Forget it, just get some sauerkraut and eat it." Zhang Tian stopped and said.

When Liu Yun heard him say this, he thought he was hungry, so he went to the kitchen to catch sour cowpeas in the jar according to his words.

After cutting the sour cowpeas into small pieces, I also grabbed some sour ginger and garlic chili, and then poured oil into a hot pan and stir-fried it.

The rice was leftover from the morning, but there was only one bowl, and Liu Yun heated the rice after serving the dishes.

"You eat first, I'll make some gnocchi."

Zhang Tian nodded and went out with the dishes and rice.

Zhang Tian sat in the hall in a daze, thinking about how to tell everyone about this.

Liu Yun got the gnocchi over, saw that his bowl of rice didn't move, and sat down with a pot of gnocchi on the table.

"You've been absent-minded since you came back, what happened, you tell me, maybe I can help you figure it out."

Zhang Tian shook his head, the corners of his lips rose, and he smiled and said, "It's nothing." ”

Liu Yun's face was flat: "We have been married for so many years, can I still not see that you are okay or okay?" ”

Zhang Tian still smiled, then nodded.

"Okay, I'll tell you."

"You say, I'll listen." Liu Yun took a bowl of pimple soup.

"Today, the new town came to us and said that there was a tax increase this year."

"What? And a tax increase? Liu Yun exclaimed, then lowered his voice and said, "Doesn't the mayor know about our situation?" The flood has washed away our crops, and we can't even pay the original taxes this year, and we still have to raise taxes, doesn't this want everyone's lives? ”

"Don't get excited." Zhang Tian said.

"Can I not get excited? What is this going on, I think it is those officials who want to make oil and water, these people are really black-hearted, and they are not afraid of being punished by God. Liu Yun said angrily.

"Don't say this in the future, if someone with a heart hears it and sues you, it won't be good." Zhang Tian reminded.

"I know, I definitely won't say this, but this time it's really too much, even if you don't cut taxes, you have to raise taxes." Liu Yun was really angry.

Zhang Tian sighed, and then continued to tell her.

"The mayor also said that the imperial court wants to arrest strong men."

Liu Yun was stunned: "This is not a war, what kind of strong man is captured?" ”

"The mayor didn't say it, that is, he said that he wanted to arrest people, and maybe the officers and soldiers would come to our side to arrest people soon."

"Raising taxes is arresting people, I really don't know what this is doing, is it possible that you still want to fight?" Liu Yun asked.

"I don't know."

"So what now? I won't be arrested with you, will I? Liu Yun became worried.

"Traditionally, strong men have been caught between the ages of fifteen and thirty. I'm worried about the people in our village, if they are captured, what will happen to those women? ”

"Yes, especially Li Yan, she is still pregnant with a child, Zhang Gazi's child can't walk yet, if there is no man at home, how will they live." Liu Yun also frowned sadly.

The more Zhang Tian thought about it, the more he lost his appetite, put down his chopsticks and stood up.

"Eat! I'm going to go find a big cow, he's got a good brain, and see if he can do it. ”

"What are you going to do now, if you have something to eat and then go over, other people's houses are eating at this time, how bad is it for you to go." Liu Yun grabbed him.

Zhang Tian heard it and felt that it was really not good to go to someone's house when he was eating, but he just had no appetite.

Liu Yun saw it and persuaded: "I still have to eat this meal when I am worried, and only when I am full can I have the strength to think about things." ”

Zhang Tian nodded, although he came back to sit down and eat, but the food was tasteless.

Liu Yun was also worried when he saw him like this, and he was anxious.

After the meal, Liu Yun went to wash the dishes, Zhang Tian sat at the door of the hall, couldn't sit still, got up and walked to Da Niu's house.

When he came to Da Niu's house, he saw that Da Niu and his family were still eating, so he stood at the door and stopped, ready to go back.

"Uncle." Zhang Daniu stopped him, and then came over, "What's the matter with uncle?" ”

"I'll come back later, you eat first." He was afraid that if he said it, people wouldn't even be able to eat.

"Out of the way, come in and talk." Zhang Daniu said.

Zhou Yiran pulled the rice in the bowl in two bites, and then went out to bring a chair out for the village chief to sit on.

"Uncle sit." Da Niu said to the village chief.

Zhang Tian looked at this, nodded and sat down, and then said to the big cow sitting on the bench.

"I'm in town today."

"Hmm." Da Niu answered, seeing the village chief like this, he knew what was going on, and he was waiting for the village chief to say.

"The mayor of the town said that the tax will be raised this year, and the people of the court will also arrest the strong men."

Zhou Yiran, who was cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, frowned when she heard this.

"If they are like this, they will also raise taxes, is their heart black? And what to do with catching strong men? Going to war? ”

"I don't know this, I haven't heard that there is going to be a war, who knows what this is trying to do." Zhang Tian had a sad face, "I will come to collect taxes in two days, and now there is no food at all in the family, so I can only use silver to offset it when the time comes." It's just that I don't know when the specific time is, our village is just a few of you of the right age, and when you are taken away, then it is estimated that there will be a few women left in this village. How do you say? ”

After listening to this, Zhang Daniu probably knew what the village chief meant, and wanted to ask himself if there was a way.

He thought for a moment, and then said, "Village chief, if the court wants to arrest people, they can't hide from it." ”

"Yes, you can't hide, you can't live in hiding with your wife and children, if you are caught like that, it will be a death sentence." Zhang Tian said.

"So serious?" Zhou Yiran felt that this place was different from the criminal law of the ancient world that she knew.

In the past, when she watched TV series, she caught a heavy board and then continued to be a soldier.

It's terrible to be caught here and put to death directly.

Zhang Tian glanced at Zhou Yiran, and then nodded.

"Yes, it's that serious."

"Then you can only obey." After Zhou Yiran finished speaking, she thought of a solution, she looked at the village chief, "Can it be solved with money?" ”

"Ten thousand taels for one person." This was said by a big cow.

"Then let's go! Maybe you become a general, and I can be a general's wife. Zhou Yiran said jokingly.

Now there are no 10,000 taels of silver in the family, and they haven't sold her.

Zhang Daniu's face darkened, and he glared at her: "You don't have to worry that if something happens, I will never come back..."

"You are so capable, how can there be an accident, Zhang Daniu, you have to believe in yourself, you can. But then again, can you really spend 10,000 taels of silver to replace people? She just wanted to make sure.

As long as it is confirmed to be true, she can borrow it shamelessly.

Isn't there still Zhou Qing, Zhou Qing can't do her... She can go to Chen's mansion to borrow it, at most take some risks.

"Yes." Zhang Tian said.

Zhang Daniu looked at Zhou Yiran, and guessed what she wanted to do.

Hearing the words of the village chief, she breathed a sigh of relief and went to the kitchen.

……

Stormy town.

Zhou Qing suddenly received a letter from Xiangchu asking him to return to Beijing, and left before he had time to say goodbye to Zhang Daniu and his family.

At the same time, several members of the Liao brothers also received the letter and subsequently evacuated here.

……

Zhou Yiran came out of the kitchen, didn't see the village chief, and walked over to Da Niu.

"We have a few thousand taels of silver at home, and we want to borrow some from Zhou Qing, so we can redeem you."

Zhang Daniu's face darkened, and he frowned and said, "It's as if I sold my body." ”

"Anyway, it's almost the same, I don't want you to be taken away, I can't do without you." She held Da Niu's arm and looked at him with both eyes.

Zhang Daniu sighed and touched her head with his other hand.

"We'll see when the time comes, if the rest of the village is taken away and I stay alone, it will definitely not be good."

She knew that this was not good, it would put Da Niu in an embarrassing atmosphere, but what could she do, whether it was a war or not, the court would definitely do something to arrest people like this, there would definitely be danger, and she couldn't let Da Niu go.

Da Niu looked at her sad face and said with a smile: "Aren't you going to be the general's wife?" For the husband to achieve it for you. ”

She glanced at Da Niu: "I'm joking, who is rare that general's wife, I just want you to be in front of me." ”

Zhang Daniu hugged her and patted her on the back.

Quanzi came over, just saw it, immediately tilted his head to the side, and then said with his mouth open.

"The two of you are too tired, just hug each other in broad daylight."

She quickly pushed the bull away, blushed and ran into the house. Seeing her like this, Da Niu smiled, then turned around and walked over to Quanzi.

"What's the matter?"

"I want to ask you if you want to go to the mountains, my daughter-in-law is resting, I want to take advantage of this time to go around the mountains." Quanzi promised Chen He not to go into the mountains to hunt, but he still couldn't help it.

"Okay, then you wait for me later, I'll get the bow and arrows."

"Okay, you tell your daughter-in-law, let her not tell my daughter-in-law." Quanzi grabbed the big cow and said.

Da Niu nodded, and Quan Zi let go.

After the big cow went in, Miao Zi didn't know when he came behind him.

Miao Zi pulled the hem of his father's clothes with his hand and whispered, "Dad, you are disobedient again." ”

Quanzi was startled, turned his head to look at his daughter, rubbed her head, and said, "Dad can't go into the depths, besides, your mother's body needs to eat some good supplements." ”