"That's good." The horse boss squatted on the ground with his head in his hands.

The whole family is tired and tired and tired to get up early and be busy for so many days, inheriting the love of the shopkeeper Li, this year only got 100 catties of surplus grain, and now this handover, they are equal to no grain of grain, and there is a possibility of upside down, how to spend this winter.

Dog Daddy: "This is not our life, how can there be food to hand over the imperial food?" ”

Li Sixi: "That is, the old dynasty will be handed over to the new dynasty, and if the old dynasty comes over again, do you want us to hand it over again." ”

"Li Sixi." Lu Quan couldn't help but shout, "What are you talking about." ”

What is the new dynasty and the old dynasty, this can also be nonsense.

"It's like, don't you want to get better? You can say whatever you want. Muramasa, who was standing where he was and didn't leave, was so angry that he stomped his feet, "If you want to die, stay away, don't pull the big guy to pad your back." ”

Mura Zheng regrets it in his heart now, he knew that he didn't have much to do, and he gave the group of people from the wild pier to Wudun Village.

He originally saw that these people at Ye Wharf had bought the land of Li's shopkeeper, and deliberately zoned Zhuangzi to Wudun Village before people came to the town.

In this way, whether it is to hand over the emperor's grain or to do river work in the future, it will have to go through his hands.

Don't look at the small Xinzhuang people, but this village is basically a labor force that can work, and only a few children are half old, and they can go to the ground in a few years.

There is also Lu Quan, the family bought dozens of acres of land, which shows that there is a little surplus money in their hands.

I heard that they made eel cages at the wild wharf and sold them to Yangzhou, so they had the money to buy land and build houses.

If they are brought to the name of Wudun Village, if the shopkeeper Li comes back in the future, and they Zhuangzi will do the eel cage business again, he will come to say, the idlers in the village can also earn three melons and two dates.

Aunt Ma simply sat on the ground and slapped her legs and cried: "Cunzheng, this grain ...... We don't have to pay this food, we can't let the family starve to death, right? ”

"That's right, Muramasa, we just bought the land, how can we pay for it!" Aunt Li sat on the ground and cried with a handful of snot and tears.

Several women in the village thought of the food that had been left at home for a long time, and they didn't know if it was enough to hand over the emperor's grain, so they felt that the day had fallen, and they couldn't help but cry one by one.

"Alright, stop howling." Mura Zheng patted Lu Quan's shoulder and shouted at the top of his voice, "Do you think that if you Xiaoxinzhuang hand over the imperial grain, we all have to pay it, and no family can be missing." It's okay that you only have three acres of land, but what should you do if you have dozens of acres of land in the village and those big families in the village, and how much grain they have to hand over? ”

In these words, the heart of the village is dripping blood, and his family also has more than 30 acres of land!

Originally, I thought that this year's situation was good, and I could have some surplus grain, but now I estimate that it will be more than half, and I don't know if it will be enough for the harvest next year.

As soon as Muramasa said this, everyone's eyes looked at Lu Quan.

That's right, the Lu family has more than 40 acres of land, which has to be calculated according to this year's tax grain, so how much do you have to pay?

Thirty catties of one acre of land, three hundred catties of ten acres of land, and more than forty acres of land is more than 1,000 catties of grain, which is enough for the whole family to eat for a year when it is replaced with brown rice and wild vegetables.

There is no harm without contrast.

With the Lu family in front, they suddenly felt that the most pitiful thing was not themselves, but the Lu family.

Compared with the Lu family, the imperial grain they have to pay is simply not worth mentioning.

Lu stood behind Lu all over the body uneasily, calculating how much grain he still had at home, and whether he could survive next year's autumn harvest after handing over the imperial grain again.

After Xiaosi fell ill, the brown rice at home was put aside by Qiu.

In the past few days, they have eaten the new rice that has just been harvested this year, and every time they cook rice, they use new rice mixed with brown rice on the other side of the pot.

When the rice is cooked, the first bowl must be dug in the middle of the new rice to Xiao Si, then Xiao Wu, and then the rest is the Xiao Qing sisters three points.

She and Lu Quan ate this half of the brown rice, because it was mixed with new rice, and even the brown rice was not so unpalatable in the mouth.

The first time I ate it, I felt a sweet taste in my mouth.

If it is to hand over the emperor's grain, then the new rice can no longer be eaten like this, and can only be left for Xiao Si to eat.

Otherwise, there will not be enough grain for next autumn's harvest.

Muramasa didn't want to talk too much to the big guy, so he just pulled Lu Quan aside: "Brother Lu Quan, I'll tell you the truth, you have to pay this grain." ”

"But......" Lu Quan rubbed his hands in embarrassment, "You also know that our land was just bought, although we collected the grain, but it was agreed with Shopkeeper Li at the beginning, and Shopkeeper Li sent someone to tow away the grain collected by boat." ”

said that it was towed away by boat, but in fact, it was only a cover made by Lu Quan and Shopkeeper Li.

All the grain of the Lu family and the Li family was sent by Lu Quan to the new shop that Xiao Si bought in the town, and it was well hidden.

The new shop has a large cellar for storage, and the grain of the Lu family and the shopkeeper Li is hidden in the cellar.

This is what Shopkeeper Li discussed with Lu Quan when he left, and he couldn't sell any amount of grain he collected this year, except for handing over the imperial grain, the rest were left to hide.

The Red Tassel Army revolted, the court was corrupt, and no one knew who would kill the deer when the time came.

They ordinary people have to eat no matter who is the emperor, and as long as they have food in their hands, they don't panic.

Not to mention how much grain there is in the cellar, as far as the Lu family's current family background is concerned, they are actually not afraid of paying the imperial grain one more time.

But Lu Quan is not stupid, he can't actively pay food if he has money and food, and when the time comes, maybe if he is targeted, it will be really troublesome.

"I can't help this, whether there is food or not, you have to hand over this imperial grain." Mura Zheng pounded his chest, "I won't tell you, my family also has more than 30 acres of land, and this year I was expecting to be able to feed the children, but now I'm afraid of ......."

The thought of handing over the food in hand makes no one feel distressed.

But what can I do if I feel distressed, if I don't pay it, I will confront the Great Shang Dynasty, and when the time comes, I will give you a remnant of the old dynasty, and that is to cut off your head.

Lu Quan and Muramasa said a few words, and Muramasa informed everyone that after lunch, the big guy went to their village's threshing floor for a meeting.

This year, the task of the river work has also come down, and Xiaoxinzhuang will also participate in the river work.

In the future, if there is something in the village, the people of Xiaoxinzhuang will go to the threshing floor in the village and listen to it, and the village will not notify it alone.

Originally, the two poor masters didn't have to go on this trip, but the village was still working in his brain, and he caught two chickens that lay eggs at home and sent them to the two poor masters. said that Xiao Xinzhuang was a new Zhuangzi, and it was useless for him to talk in a village, so he let these two poor masters run an extra leg.

There is no way to do this, he is not familiar with the people of Xiaoxinzhuang, if he comes to explain this errand, the grain will not be harvested at that time, and he will be responsible for this village.

Now that the poor master is coming in person, there are two poor masters who are so frightened, he will persuade Lu Quan when the time comes, and this group of new accounts in Xiaoxinzhuang will be taken down in the future.

(End of chapter)