In the middle of the fifth month of the lunar calendar, the wheat harvest begins, and the summer grain begins to be collected.

The peasants in Shangbai Village finally panicked, because the news of recovering the tax arrears of previous years had been confirmed from the old Baiyuanwai.

Because the five Bai Fu brothers ran away, the old white staff had to use the armor protection law and temporarily arranged a group of "heads" to be responsible for tax collection.

The armor protection method was founded by Wang Anshi, ten households are one guarantee, five guarantees are one big guarantee, and ten guarantees are one guarantee. He participated in military training during his off-season, was responsible for maintaining law and order in the countryside, and participated in the suppression of anti-thieves at critical moments.

Then, the law added a tax reminder function.

Ten to thirty households of the people, take turns to choose a Bao Ding to be the head of the first, specifically responsible for tax collection, so it is also called the head of tax collection, the head of the reminder.

The "urging heads" are not permanent, and only when large-scale tax reminders are needed, some peasants are temporarily selected to serve as the leaders.

With the change of the old and new party disputes, the law of armor protection is also constantly changing. In the Song Huizong period, Cai Jing came to power, and then introduced a new law, and the armor protection law was also fully restored.

Outside the Bai family's mansion, a group of people knelt down at this moment.

They are all farmers with more men in their families, and they were arranged to urge them to pay taxes in a daze, and they didn't even know that there was such a thing as "urging heads" before. After all, it had only been two years since they recovered, and they inquired about the old people in the village, only to know that the "urging head" was similar to the wheel of the yaqian.

"Come in, don't cry."

A group of urging leaders were led into Bai's house to meet the old white man who was basking in the sun.

"Spare your life!"

The moment the two sides met, the leaders knelt down one after another, crying and begging to let them live.

The old white officer also looked sad and looked like he was about to cry at any time. He let the servants support him, and stood up tremblingly: "The government wants to urge food, what can I do?" You are only sharing the endowment, but our family has to share and buy money, and buy money, which is a hundred times more than the money and grain you pay. ”

A reminder said: "My family has paid the grain tax every year, so I smashed the pot to sell iron, and also paid the field tax, where is the tax arrears?" ”

The old white man said: "The court wants to collect taxes, but I don't care about you." When I do the main book, I can still help you hold it down. But now the main book is Zhu Er, who is a thief who recruits An, how can he care about the life and death of the villagers? My family Erlang, although he is a priest, he can't speak. ”

The Urges suddenly cried even harder, and they already felt that death was near.

The old white man said, "Try your best to urge food, and if your family does not have enough money and food, let them borrow money." I can only help as much as I can, and the interest is reduced by two cents compared to previous years. Within three years, it will not be returned, and maybe the villagers will be able to tide over the difficulties. Also, if you are allowed to do things, you will not be ruined. As long as things are done properly, I will carry them for you. ”

After saying softly, the old white man's foreign language tone hardened: "If it is not done properly, you will be exiled to the army according to the law, and you will weigh it in your own hearts!" ”

The clever head has already understood what it means.

It's nothing more than letting them be wicked people, and the old white people take the opportunity to lend, and then annex land by usury.

This wicked person, they must do it, or they will wait to be exiled from their homes!

It's easy to talk about it, these urges finally left, and there was nowhere to vent their grievances.

"Alas!"

The old white man sighed and sat alone in the shade of the tree, watching the leaves sway in the wind.

He has a vested interest, and the older he gets, the more conservative he tends to be, and he doesn't want to toss like this. Even if he can take the opportunity to merge after tossing, it will greatly damage his reputation.

The leaders were urged to leave the Bai family, and soon the news spread throughout the village.

It was the wheat harvest season, but the farmers were not happy, and the whole village seemed to be shrouded in gloom.

The old white man was afraid of an accident, so he instructed the servants: "The strong men of the tea garden, select twenty people to go down the mountain, and patrol everywhere day and night." Bring guns and sticks, and stop anyone making trouble immediately! ”

Shangbai Village is okay, but Xiabai Village has already jumped with chickens and dogs.

Bai Zongmin held a whistle stick in his hand and summoned the tenant Zhuang Ding to speak: "I have paid a lot of money and food to the government, our family is not happy, no one should think about living well." You all keep an eye on which family has finished harvesting the wheat and immediately go to the door to urge the grain. If the family does not have enough money and food, they will take them to borrow money, and if they are disobedient, they will demolish the house and rip the house! ”

Forced by the obscenity of the little white staff, those villagers in Xiabai Village wept and harvested wheat one by one.

When the wheat is dried, it has to be sent to the little white staff.

The whole village has been exploited by Bai Zongmin for many years, and the third-class households no longer exist. The slightly wealthier fourth-class households took out their family savings and were able to pay the assessed taxes in full. Ordinary fourth-class households, in order not to borrow usury, can only sell their land at a low price.

As for the fifth-class households, those who have land sell their land, and those who do not have land sell their bodies, almost all of them have become customers who are dependent on Bai Zongmin.

No one dared to resist.

Those who dared to resist either fled to other places, or they had already died.

In the whole of Xixiang County, the situation is similar.

In villages large and small, all kinds of tragedies were staged, and many peasants fled into the mountains, but no one took the lead in rebellion for the time being.

……

A small boat, docked in a bandit village.

A bearded man in a silk coat found the villagers after getting off the boat and said: "I am a friend of the owner of Yang Village, I have something to enter the cottage, quickly lead the way!" ”

Half a day later, this person met Yang Jun.

Yang Jun asked, "Which way are you friends?" I can't remember. ”

The bearded man swept towards the others, and said in an arrogant tone: "Let them step down, the matter is very big, and only tell the owner of the village." ”

Yang Jun waved his hand and said, "Yang Ying stays, and the others go out." ”

There were only three people left in the room, and the bearded man identified himself: "I am the person who wishes the master of the book, and I only came to ask one word, why don't you do anything to Shangbai Village?" ”

Yang Jun didn't dare to slack off, and replied: "There are people outside the county who are old white, and if I rob Shangbai Village, Heifeng Village will not be at peace." ”

The bearded man sneered: "In the county office, the magistrate sits in the first place, and I wish the master to sit in the second chair." Only these two chairs, and the rest of the officials, are all small minions. I wish the master the support of the book, what are you afraid of? ”

Yang Jun didn't beat around the bush, and asked directly: "I wish the master to speak, how many times have you taken it seriously?" I'm afraid it's not like I'm a gunman. ”

The bearded man did not answer directly, but threw out the bait: "The dirty goods of Heifeng Village must be sold to Bai Zongmin first, and then sold to the merchants in the county." Those businessmen smuggled, who dared to bypass the Zhu Zhu book? As long as you rob the Black Wind Village and kill the old white staff, I will introduce you to businessmen in the future, and I wish the master book to support you and not be the wreckage of Bai Zongmin! ”

As soon as these words came out, Yang Jun stopped talking, and was actually seriously thinking about the pros and cons.

This guy usually has brains, and he also boasts of righteousness, and he has a bit of a woman's kindness.

However, it is easy to forget the righteousness!

If the benefits are enough, his brain will also be broken, and his IQ can be described as plummeting.

The tea smuggled in Heifeng Village and the stolen goods robbed by Heifeng Village all need to be shipped by the middleman outside the little white staff. The promise given by Zhu Zhuzhu is to bypass the middleman and let the cottage trade directly with the businessman.

This kind of operation must have an official background, otherwise it will not last long.

And Zhu Zhuzhu is a person in the official mansion, he can become the backer of Heifeng Village, and even help Heifeng Village wash his name.

"Big brother, promise." Yang Ying couldn't help but say.

Yang Ying has always been in charge of foreign trade, and he knows how much money that little white man makes by being a middleman.

Yang Jun wanted to agree to this, but he was afraid of causing bad consequences, so he sat there and suffered from gains and losses, hesitating and hesitating.

"I ...... Let me think again. "Yang Jun has a hard time coming up with ideas.

The bearded man said, "You think slowly, and I don't rush you." Just a word of caution, in twenty or thirty days, the wheat harvest should be finished. After the summer grain is delivered, there is not much money and grain left in the village, and you can't grab that much if you go to grab it. Leave! ”

This person said he would leave, leaving the Yang brothers stunned.

"Big brother, don't think about it anymore," Yang Ying instigated, "With the support of the Zhu Lord, the goods in the village can be sold to merchants in person, which will make a lot of money!" I wish the master book to be our backer, the official and bandit family, which one are you afraid of? ”

Yang Jun was already moved, but he shook his head and said, "You don't know, the old white man is powerful in the county outside, and it won't end well if he robbed his house." ”

Yang Ying analyzed: "Why did the master book let us go to Baicun, and clearly said that he was going to kill the old white officer?" It's nothing more than the county government is also on fire. The magistrate is a chair and doesn't care about anything. I wish the main book is the second chair, Bai Erlang is the third chair, and many leaders are also looking towards Bai Erlang. If the main book wants to control the county government, he has to fire and Bai Erlang. That's why he asked us to rob and kill. As long as the old Bai Yuanwai dies and the Bai family's money and grain are robbed, Bai Erlang will be unstable in the county office! ”

"I understand that." Yang Jun said.

"What's so scary?" Yang Ying said, "Let's fire and Yao Fang, many leaders in the cottage have grievances. You have to let them vent their grievances, let them go to Shangbai Village to rob goods, and let them go to Shangbai Village to kill people and set fires. When the time comes, the anger will be spilled, the money will be robbed, and they will be happy, and they will not be obedient to the eldest brother? ”

"That's right!" Yang Jun's eyes lit up, and he was worried about the leader of the village.

The impact of the fire is too great, these days, there is anything to say in private, Yang Jun's prestige as the owner of the village has plummeted, and something must be done to stabilize people's hearts.

As long as you rob Shangbai Village and kill the old white staff, you will have the following benefits:

First, I went online with the main book of Zhu and obtained an official backer, maybe I can slowly wash it away.

Second, no longer let middlemen make the difference, and cottages can trade directly with merchants.

Third, he grabbed a lot of money and food from the Bai family.

Fourth, let the bandit leaders vent their grievances, stabilize the hearts of the cottage people, and enhance the prestige of the villagers.

With these four benefits, Yang Jun has been carried away and no longer thinks about the serious consequences caused by this matter.

……

"Bai Fu, the village wants to see you!"

"It's coming, it's coming!"

Tired of his body, White Ford followed the leader up the mountain, and his heart was so happy that he was finally going to get through.

Seeing Yang Jun, Bai Fudner bowed his head.

"Sit down," Yang Jun asked, "I heard that you are from Shangbai Village?" ”

Bai Fu immediately gritted his teeth and said: "I did a lot of pickled things for the old white man, but in the end I couldn't please him. He gave a few of my brothers and set up an errand before the ya, which was forced to die, so the whole family could only go into the mountains and fall into the grass. ”

Yang Jun asked, "How many nursing homes are there in the old white family?" Is there a good man with a gun? ”

Bai Fu recalled carefully: "I don't often enter the Bai family's mansion, and there seem to be a few nursing homes...... By the way, there is a man surnamed Gu in the tea garden, and his hair is gray. Although I don't know what the origin is, he must be a practitioner, and he escorts tea to the Bai family every year. He also gave birth to three sons, called Gu Da, Gu II, and Gu San. Gu Da died of illness two years ago, Gu Er worked in the county government as a gray coat, and Gu San stayed in the tea garden to work. Nagu San was only sixteen or seventeen years old, and he could also use guns. ”

Yang Jun asked again: "Which is the most convenient place to kill in the courtyard wall of the Bai family's mansion?" ”

"To the north, it's high, so I put up a ladder and rushed in." With a fierce look in his eyes, he already knew what the bandits were up to.

Yang Jun nodded and said, "Very good, you will be the guide when the time comes." In addition to the old white man's family, the village is relatively wealthy, you also have to point it out. After the deed is completed, not only will you be rewarded, but you will also be promoted to be the leader. ”

Bai Fude said excitedly: "Thank you for the help!" ”

Yang Jun said: "Go down, your brothers, don't farm again, so that you can rest for two days to recuperate." ”

Bai Fu walked to the door, suddenly turned around and said, "Owner of the village, I ...... I want to grab a woman. ”

Yang Jun was happy, and asked with a smile: "Is it the old white man's daughter?" ”

"It's a widow in the village," said Bradford. ”

"A widow has promised you." Yang Jun is very generous.

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