The people of Hujia Village still have a good impression of Zhang Zhan, and they don't know what the specific identity of this person is, but after he was rescued, he was able to bring food to the disaster relief so quickly, saying that it was not to repay the favor, and everyone didn't believe it. It's easy to put the icing on the cake, but it's hard to send charcoal in the snow. "It's all here." Village Chief Hu said to Zhang Zhan.

"Two things, the first thing is that the spring tax will be exempted this year, and no conscription will be issued before March." Zhang Zhan said word by word.

The villagers were immediately shocked, exempted from spring tax? No conscription?!

"Taxes and forced labor are exempted, and I can farm with peace of mind in the spring of this year!"

"Thank you, Lord Qingtian! Thank you! ”

"We can live, we can live!"

The villagers were stunned at first, then ecstatic, this time they really cried, and they were even more surprised than the food they had been given before.

Where can the grain distributed compare to the exempted spring tax!

The excited villagers knelt down directly, kowtowing to Zhang Zhan for a while, and kowtowing in the direction of Changning City for a while.

The mouth kept shouting.

Xiao Ayu sat on Wang Erlang's neck, and when she saw that the villagers were kneeling down, she quickly slipped off her brother's neck.

She ran over and wanted to pull up the nearest aunt, but she only ran two steps before Wang Erlang grabbed her arm.

"Ayu, don't run around."

Xiao Ayu's face was full of puzzlement, and her little face was full of confusion.

"Why are they kneeling? Did they make a mistake? "Only those who make mistakes kneel.

Wang Erlang thought for a while and said, "Maybe it's because the spring tax is exempted, the spring tax is tiring!" ”

I think that in the past, in order to pay the spring tax, the family had to work in the fields from morning to night, scrambling to grab the harvest.

It is said that it is a spring tax, but in fact, it is a grain tax to be paid in late spring and early summer, sorghum, spring wheat, broad beans, peas, barley, it seems that there are a lot, but the yield of each is very low, and the amount of tax can be paid only if it is pieced together.

Wang Wulang felt a headache when he thought of the spring tax: "Yes, I'm tired, the third brother became a Ding last year, and we paid an extra stone tax, which can make us tired enough, and we don't have to play!" ”

Wang Sanlang also felt depressed: "We don't have enough compensation for our eternal land." ”

"What is Yongye Land?" Xiao Ayu felt that she had a lot of questions, she couldn't understand anything.

"It's the land given to us by the imperial court." Wang Wulang said.

Wang Erlang simply said to Xiao Ayu, what is Yongye Land.

Dachang Guo stipulates that when a man reaches 14, he will become a Ding, and after becoming a Ding, he can originally get 30 acres of land, of which 20 acres are state-owned land and 10 acres are Yongye land.

State-owned land cannot be bought or sold, cannot be inherited, and lasts from the time of completion to death, and is nationalized.

Yongye land is permanently divided to individuals, which can be bought and sold, leased, and passed on to future generations.

The land composition of the villagers is basically as follows: issued by the state + passed down by the ancestors + cultivated by themselves

It seems like a lot, but there is very little land left in everyone's hands.

I had to sell and change land for various reasons, and I was poor.

Lao Wang's land was distributed by several grandsons after they became adults, but some of them were also sold, and the whole family lived a tight life.

One acre of fertile land can produce one stone of grain, and it is only one hundred and fifty catties, and we don't have much fertile land, and generally the yield per mu is seventy or eighty catties, which is not good.

A man in spring and autumn will pay one stone of grain for each person, and the other unfinished or women will pay one stone of grain for every three people.

It seems that less, added together, is simply unaffordable.

Xiao Ayu was dazed when she heard this, and her two little eyes blinked, trying to understand the content of her brother's words.

But she only remembered one thing, there was very little land in Yongye, and farming was also very tiring.

She raised her two arms and stroked her arms very hard, in the surprised eyes of several brothers, she puffed up her cheeks, and her tone was extremely serious: "Don't be afraid, Ayu will also farm, Ayu will farm together!" ”

Wang Wulang covered his mouth and smiled secretly: "You are too young to farm." ”

Xiao Ayu was anxious: "Ayu's vegetables are delicious!" Now it's even tastier! "With the help of the elf, she poured sweet water, and the vegetables must be better!

Seeing that Xiao Douding was as anxious as a bouncing fruit, several boys in the Wang family couldn't help laughing.

scrambling to appease her: "Okay, well, Ayu's vegetables are delicious, our eternal land depends on Ayu!" ”

Xiao Ayu grinned, so happy that the two little ones shook up.

As soon as she was happy, she forgot to ask, what is forced labor?

Before Xiao Ayu could remember, Zhang Zhan spoke again.

After everyone calmed down, Zhang Zhan continued: "The second thing is about the fight between your village and Shanyang Village. ”

The villagers all looked at Zhang Zhan, hoping to hear good news.

Zhang Zhan said: "We have investigated this incident clearly, and the fault is not you. ”

The few officials left by Zhang Zhan did not just stay, but were also responsible for investigating the matter here.

On the way back, Wang Chuanman and the brothers had already made things clear, but they couldn't listen to one side of the story, so they naturally had to investigate in many ways.

The results of the investigation are similar to what Wang Chuanman said.

The people of Shanyang Village were easy to eat, and later several families who were prescribed to give their children were not happy, so they simply thought about going to Hujia Village to steal the children.

Because they heard that Hujia Village picked up a child and ate that child, the people of Hujia Village would definitely not make trouble.

In Shanyang Village, when Zhang Zhan asked about this incident, a man said with hatred: "We can't get by, they even pick up children inside!" But if they give us the stuttering stuff, we will not rob it! ”

"That's right, their Hujia Village is the poorest village, and over the years, our surrounding villages have helped them a lot. Now that they are suffering, let them share 100 catties of grain, but they only give 50 catties of land, how can we swallow this breath! ”

"That's right, our two villages are so close to each other, and we don't have a lot of contacts. They would rather give a girl they don't know than give us a way to live, they forced us! ”

"They killed a few of us, and they wanted them to pay for their lives!"

"They also asked us to compensate for the money, Lord Qingtian, this is the most unjust thing in the world!"

The people of Shanyang Village became more and more excited, and even asked Zhang Zhan to severely punish the group of white-eyed wolves in Hujia Village.

This act of beating a rake made Zhang Zhan and his party stunned.

How can you say that?

Not only those who have eaten children say this, but even those who have not eaten, including some clan elders with some prestige, in addition to being sad, they also said that they are not at fault.

After Zhang Zhan's investigation, when he left Shanyang Village, he was in a very heavy mood.

What he originally thought was that such a vicious practice of eating a child should be severely punished.

It's a pity that the officials below reminded him that this belongs to the category of the people not holding officials accountable, and it is more handed over to the local clan or squire for trial.

If there is no grievance to complain about, it can only be stopped.

At most, they will be arrested and imprisoned for a few days and reprimanded.

He originally thought that not everyone in Shanyang Village would be able to change their children, and there would always be some people who were unwilling.

But when he asked, "Who wants to report and avenge their grievances?" I can call the shots for him. ”

Everyone in Shanyang Village was silent.

Including some women who had cried to him so much that she asked her to report her father-in-law and father-in-law, but she shook her head vigorously.

"This adult, you can't catch it, how can you live without a man in the family!"

He had a cold face: "They are people who can ignore their own flesh and blood, do you really want to forgive?" ”

The women whimpered and did not dare to cry, but no one answered.

The child is gone, and the man can't be gone.

He is a chasm, and he can manage this matter, but he cannot stretch his hand too long.

In the end, he couldn't get angry, so he directly asked the official to tie up those who went to Hujia Village to make trouble, and sent them all to the county seat.

Even if the matter of Yi Zi eating can be discussed later, they go to other villages to make trouble, but they kill people in their own village, and they are also guilty of ironclad crimes.

Recalling this, Zhang Zhan looked at the villagers of Hujia Village with a simple face, sorted out his mood a little, and said: "Shanyang Village took the initiative to pick quarrels and provoke trouble, and injured your people in Hujia Village, which is a felony. You did not take the initiative to provoke, and it was for self-preservation, and it is not your fault that the snake nest was dispatched, so your village is not guilty. But—"

As soon as Zhang Zhan's words changed, everyone became nervous, for fear that he would say something.

"But Shanyang Village took the initiative to provoke first, in addition to the compensation you proposed for the cost of soup and medicine, Shanyang Village will be responsible for your conscription before June, and if there is a conscription from the imperial court, they can do it for them."

As soon as the words fell, the villagers' eyes widened.

Forced service before June!

The men in their village can have at least 6 months of recuperation, which is a good thing that they can't ask for.

"My lord, are you telling the truth?" The villagers trembled, mainly to ask, what he said, does it count?