246 People's livelihood
Early in the morning, when Mrs. Chen, who had been reading the Yushui Sect storybook all night, went back to the kennel to get some sleep, she saw many people sleeping on the ground.
Yesterday, those demon people, regardless of men, women, and children, were all lying on the ground at this time, some snuggling together in twos and threes, and some were together in groups.
Chen Taiyi looked at these demons and thought of the livestock in the circle.
The stove that was built yesterday is still there, but it has been set on fire and blackened all around.
The black toilet seat made Chen Taiyi completely give up this toilet.
Not only that, but his thatched hut kennel was also demolished, and even the ground was turned over as if it had been ploughed, and it was dirty and unsightly.
A bunch of hateful people, I'm going to kick you in the ass!
Mrs. Chen thought so, but soon looked at these women-dominated refugees, and could only turn around helplessly, intending to leave here.
There's nothing to do if you stay, you can't really be a plasterer, and there's no food, drink, or shelter.
It's not good to be a beggar.
Chen Taiyi was about to leave, a demon girl smelled the smell of strangers, and when she woke up and saw that it was Chen Taiyi, she happily followed.
Chen Taiyi left the village seventy or eighty meters before turning around and looking at the fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl with double sheep's horns.
"What are you doing with me?"
The girl said happily: "My name is Suckling Sheep!" I fell in love with you when I saw you yesterday! ”
Chen Taiyi shook his head, "No, I like big sisters." ”
The suckling sheep anxiously promoted himself, "I will be able to grow up soon!" ”
"What are you talking about, little sheep?" Shui Hongrou walked over, followed by a few girls who had just woken up but were very energetic.
The suckling sheep quickly argued: "Nothing. ”
Shui Hongrou smiled at Chen Taiyi and said, "Big brother, if you take a fancy to this little lamb?" We'll give it to you for free, and if it's too little, we'll give you this plain sheep too. ”
Shui Hongrou reached out and pulled the girl next to her over and pushed her in front of her.
Su Yang is also a simple girl in her teens, her face was red at this time, and she said nervously to Chen Taiyi: "I am in good health, I am not sick, and there is no smell in washing water, please accept me!" ”
Shui Hongrou said charmingly: "Little brother, if you don't like it, you can pick whatever you want, and it's no problem to take a few more." ”
Mrs. Chen didn't understand, and asked: "If I take them away, they won't have any contact with you here, what if I treat them badly and something happens to them?" ”
Shui Hongrou immediately decided that this was a good person!
"The big brother is really a good person!" Shui Hongrou sighed and said: "Actually, we don't have enough food here, there are many women here, and people outside don't like us, and they constantly want to drive us away from here." ”
"Now don't talk about insects and fruits here, there are not many grass roots left, and if you don't send some people away, the rest won't survive."
"In our hometown, it's actually more bitter than that, and some people are born to be eaten."
Shui Hongrou, like the rest of the people, also includes the vegetarian sheep and the suckling sheep, all of whom know this, even if they are taken away and killed, they can't starve to death here.
Chen Taiyi frowned, "You didn't eat?" I put you here, how can I leave you alone? ”
Shui Hongrou explained: "We were given 100 catties of seed food for each person, but we ate all of them on the way, and now the rest can't last a few days." ”
Isn't it supposed to take care of food on the road? Mrs. Chen wanted to ask this, but quickly thought of many difficulties.
For example, corruption, such as some messy problems.
This is a world of demons eating people!
Except for his own color embryo, what normal person is not afraid of these demons and monsters?!
The monsters of Ten Thousand Demon Ridge eat people, which is something that everyone knows, and it is indeed the truth.
Even if these demons have been castrated and trained, if something goes wrong, who can afford to take responsibility?
The spirit only treats these as toys for himself, and he doesn't need to be afraid of these half-demons at all.
But for the ordinary people and soldiers of Jiangdong, these are ghosts and demons!
Especially those Jiangdong soldiers and their families who have fought against the demons of Ten Thousand Demon Ridge, it can be said that they hate these demons to the core.
Even officers and soldiers will not treat these people as human beings.
If it wasn't for the order of the imperial spirit to send these demons to Jiangdong, most of these demons would be killed on the way.
"That's ......"
Mrs. Chen thought about it for a while, and the reason for the current situation was her own boring lust.
"Forget it, take your time, I'll stay here for a while."
Shui Hongrou's eyes were as tender as water, and the girls next to her quickly crowded to Chen Taiyi's side, surrounding him and blocking his back road.
Su Yang said happily: "I'll accompany you!" ”
The suckling sheep hugged Chen Taiyi tightly, "I'll help you work and be a maid for you!" ”
"I'm Hualu!"
"I'm Yamaga!"
"I'm a young sheep!"
"It's a leather cow!"
Chen Taiyi was pulled to the camp by these beautiful girls, and soon the rest of the demons also came over to talk.
Jiangdong only sent castrated and domesticated demons, and the women were basically young girls, even if they were slightly older and smaller, they were all beautiful ones.
If it's not pretty, it won't be sent.
In addition to the beauties, there are also several males.
There are very few of these men, and they are all castrated, and the ones that can directly distinguish between gender and appearance have been deliberately chosen.
For example, the old village chief with a cow's head and hooves, an uncle with a long's head and a cockscomb, a fat man who doesn't know what a bird's head is, and a young man with a snake's head.
These four demon people are not fertile, and at the same time, they lack even the ability to survive.
After Niu Hoi learned Chen Taiyi's words from Shui Hongrou, he also trusted Chen Taiyi's character.
The main thing is that except for the young people in front of them, everyone they meet has a strong hostility or malice towards them, or they are vigilant and fearful to drive them away.
Because I don't have a choice, the teenager in front of me is the only option.
"Big brother, you're a good guy." The village chief Niu Hoof looked at Chen Taiyi seriously, and took out a small cloth ball from his arms, "This is the scales I have hidden privately, and now we are about to run out, can you exchange this thing for some food?" ”
The cow's hoof opened the cloth ball, and it was covered with fish scales.
Chen Taiyi felt the demonic aura, but felt very weak, not a treasure.
"What is this?"
Niu Hoof said solemnly: "This is the scale of the demon general!" ”
Demon General...... Chen Taiyi frowned and thought about it, as if he was a foundation building monk corresponding to the human race.
It feels so weak.
Chen Taiyi thought about it again, the owl monster used to be a demon general.
When I think about it, I feel much stronger.
But the scales of the demon general......
"Feel this...... I can't sell for a lot of money. Chen Taiyi was really uncertain at this time.
Niu Hoof said with a resolute face: "No matter how much money it is, as long as it can be exchanged for a hundred and ten catties of grain, a few can survive!" ”
The surroundings were quiet, and Chen Taiyi didn't understand it very well, but he also felt that the atmosphere at this time was a little heavy.
"Well, then I'll go to the city and ask, a hundred catties of grain will definitely be exchanged, the grain here is very cheap, I'll see if I can exchange more things."
Chen Taiyi took the fish scales and left the wasteland under the eyes of everyone.
Shui Hongrou also wanted to follow, but she was afraid that the identity of the demon would be too much of a hindrance.
Chen Taiyi soon quietly entered the county town of Jintie near Jinwang City.
There are many people coming and going in Jintie City, and many people are busy going to work in the early morning, as well as various vehicles transporting goods, and the continuous shouting along the way.
For more than a decade, the population of various parts of Koto has been recovering and exploding, causing congestion in various areas.
Reiki has nothing to do with most people, there is no suppression of all kinds of famous and decent people, and the rhythm of life of the people in Jiangdong is still very tight.
Chen Taiyi walked into a pawnshop, walked to the second window and handed over the fish scales, "How much can the scales of this fish demon be sold for?" ”
It was obviously not the first time that the guy had encountered this kind of thing, so he first wiped it with a wet towel, and after watching the color change after the wet towel was wiped on a stone, he looked at Chen Taiyi.
"There's not much demonic energy anymore, even if ordinary people hold this thing, it's fine, five dimes."
Chen Taiyi was not convinced, "So little? Grain is a penny a pound, and five dimes can buy fifty catties of grain, I don't sell it! At least one dollar! ”
The guy smiled and said, "When is the old yellow calendar?" Tell you, now the grain is ten catties a penny, since the prince of Eryan occupied Zeguo, the grain of Zeguo has been transported to Jiangdong! ”
"The rice and noodles in Zeguo are much more delicious than the coarse grains in Jiangdong, more and cheaper, and no one wants the grain in many places when it is rotten!"
"These five dimes can buy 500 catties of grain, what, can you sell it or not?"
Mrs. Chen's eyes widened, if it was a pound of grain and a penny, wouldn't the money tax she had set several times more?
Jiangdong set not only a grain tax but also a money tax for the peasants.
The land is divided through rewards, and then they are allowed to farm and pay for service.
This thing......
Chen Taiyi quickly thought of Jiangzhou Ding, as long as Zeguo has Zezhou Ding, the land aura of Zeguo will be sucked away, and then Zeguo's grain production will go down, and the grain on both sides will not be so different.
The guy saw that Chen Taiyi was stunned here, so he shouted, "Do you sell it or not?" Sell or roll! ”
"!" The shopkeeper in the store raised his hand and hit the guy on the head, "How do you talk?" Dogs look at people's low garbage! ”
After the shopkeeper knocked on the guy, he quickly said respectfully to Chen Taiyi: "This uncle is going to sell this scale, right?" I see that this thing is in good condition, and it is the material of the Zezhou Water Demon, it must be good to use it to refine medicine, what do you think of Eryuan? ”
Chen Taiyi looked at the shopkeeper and knew that the shopkeeper looked cute, so he gave a high price.
"Yes, it's sold." Chen Taiyi agreed proudly.
The shopkeeper quickly accompanied the smile and sent money to Mrs. Chen.
Just as Mrs. Chen thought, the shopkeeper really gave up the profit because he saw Mrs. Chen's beauty and cuteness.
Of course, it's not only that, because whether it is the accent or the tone of speech, as well as the aura revealed on his body, this young man is definitely not an ordinary person.
Now Jiangdong is mixed, and the shopkeeper doesn't want to offend people, so he gave a real price that he would earn less.
Chen Taiyi did not go directly to the demons, but went home and found Feng Linglong.
"Lady, you can arrange it, and find an excuse to reduce or exempt those farming money taxes."
Feng Niangzi asked curiously: "Why do you want to reduce taxes?" Isn't it good now? ”
Chen Taiyi didn't want to explain, because sometimes it was very troublesome to explain, "Let's just say that we just occupied Zezhou, and now the whole world is celebrating, and the farmers who farm here in Jiangdong are exempted from money tax and grain tax for one year!" That's it! ”
Feng Niangzi knew that the finances were very abundant, and said with a smile: "Okay, if there is less, it will be less, and it is not a thing, I will go back and talk to the East Palace, and let the prince talk about this matter." ”
Chen Taiyi said: "Okay! Then I'm busy! ”
Feng Niangzi saw that Mrs. Chen was busy with government affairs, so she took the opportunity to say: "Since the king wants to reduce the taxes of the people below, why don't you encourage all kinds of talents?" ”
"All talented people can be tax-exempt according to the rank quota, so that there can be more miscellaneous slaves, and secondly, it is convenient for the king to choose some beautiful women from them."
Chen Taiyi thought it was good, "That's it!" Whether it's Jiangdong or Zezhou, or even the demons, you can participate! Whoever has achieved high artistic achievements should be praised! ”
"Yes!" Feng Niangzi agreed, and just about to ask some more things, she saw that Chen Taiyi had already run away.
There was nothing else to do, and Mrs. Feng quickly went to arrange tax exemptions and talent matters.
Talent, Art...... These are certainly good.
It's just that the aesthetic standards here must be judged by Chen Taiyi's preferences and aesthetic standards.
The problem is that Chen Taiyi's aesthetic level and artistic appreciation cells are really indescribable.
It is said that it encourages the artistic atmosphere, but for the Zeguo art circle, whose artistic level is much higher than that of Chen Taiyi, I am afraid that it is forcibly accelerating in the direction of what he likes.