According to Xu He's arrangement, in the afternoon, everyone should find a shady place to fish.

But after eating, Lu Heng refused to leave, so he chatted with the old man at Granny Liu's house for a while.

Xue Yongzhi and the others were bored, so they took the children on the boat for a ride, leaving only Xu He and two women, as well as Wu Decao and the others.

During the chat, Xu He learned how this Granny Liu's son and daughter-in-law died.

It turned out that just three years ago, at that time, the bandits led by Lei Jun were entrenched in Qinhu Lake.

Because there are many islands on the sandbar of Qinhu Lake, and the water and grass are continuous, it is difficult for the government to clean it up.

Later, even the Yamen Clerk's Office, which collected taxes, refused to come.

At this moment, all the villages around Qinhu Lake have become the world of bandits.

In the summer and autumn, as soon as the food came down, the bandits drove the boats from village to village.

The bandits also know the truth of fishing with all their might, so every time they come to grab food, they still leave food for everyone to live.

However, although the county clerks no longer go to the countryside, the taxes that should be paid every year are still quite a penny.

Seeing that the bandits and the government all had to pay for food, even the rich families in the village couldn't bear it.

So three years ago, when the grain was about to go to the ground, He Liangchang was anxious to discuss with the old and young people in the village, saying that he wanted to protect all the young and strong in the armor, and this year when the thieves came to the door, everyone would not pay it to the death, and it would be a big deal.

The son of Granny Liu's family also participated in the young and strong team, but in the end, I don't know who leaked the news.

One night, the thieves came to the door and killed all the young people who participated in the self-defense in the village, and Granny Liu's daughter-in-law was also insulted by the thieves that night.

Since then, no one in the village dares to argue with the bandits, until the bandits pour out of the nest and are exterminated, every summer harvest and autumn harvest, the villages near Qinhu Lake must hand over two copies, one to the thieves and one to the government.

"I cried during that time, and when it came to the green and yellow stalls in the spring, everyone was dazzled with hunger, and drooled when they looked at the seeds, but we didn't dare to eat them, for fear that if we ate the seeds, we would starve to death in the coming year."

"I don't know how many people in the village, because they couldn't stand the hunger, they finally ate the seeds, and as a result, before the summer harvest, the whole family starved to death!"

Lu Heng was surprised: "Then why don't you go somewhere else to make a living?" ”

As soon as she said this, everyone looked at her incredulously, among which Xu Hexin said, this female of the British government family is too ignorant of the world.

The dynasty was very strict with the management of the hukou.

In order to prevent the flow of people and cause instability to the society, the Great Wei Dynasty strictly ordered people not to leave their hometowns casually.

If you want to go out to do business or something, it is very troublesome in these years, not only to have the guarantee documents issued by the local Lijia, but also the road guide issued by the government.

If it is found that this person does not have a guarantee document and a road guide in the field, and after verifying that he is right, Bao Jia will be jointly and severally liable, if this person is a traitor, the crime is extremely evil, and the neighbor is sitting at home, and the disaster will come from heaven, and the next day he may be exiled to the border by the iron rope!

Talking about this, Granny Liu saw that it was not early, so she said apologetically: "Distinguished guests are resting at home, and the old man went to the drying field to pay the grain and came back, and he is still eating at my house at night!" ”

Naturally, everyone would not bother anymore and got up together.

At this time, Lu Heng opened his mouth and said to Xu He: "Let's go to the drying field too, shall we?" I haven't seen the villagers pay for food yet. ”

"What's so nice about paying for grain?" Xu He immediately objected.

Lu Heng's face suddenly collapsed when he heard this, and for the first time, he unexpectedly begged Xu He: "Just go and take a look!" ”

When Xu He heard this, he couldn't help but laugh when he saw that she wanted to pretend to be pitiful and awkwardly holding the shelf, so he nodded and said, "Okay, then go and see!" ”

Anyway, although the subordinates of the Xue family only followed from afar, but today they all showed their faces in front of the grain chief and the lieutenant chief, and the other party also knew that his party was not easy to mess with, and he would never cause more trouble.

Why is Xu He so worried?

It's because the scene of accepting grain in ancient times is the dirtiest and dirtiest, I have learned it in "Collecting Three or Five Buckets Over", there are many cats in it, Lu Heng, a little white who doesn't know the suffering of the world, is estimated to be able to blow up his lungs when he sees it.

So Xu He asked her about the third chapter of the law before leaving: "It's okay to go, but I have something to say first, if you see something unhappy, please don't be strong!" ”

Lu Heng saw that Xu He agreed, so much careless, nodded again and again: "No, no, I'll take a look from afar!" ”

Gu Hengbo naturally knew Xu He's worries, and she was also tired of this kind of thing, so out of sight was pure and said: "Xiaohe, you take Lu Gongzi to have a look, I'll read a book here!" ”

When Xu He heard this, he said that it was okay if you didn't go, so when he saw that Granny Liu was ready, he asked Wu Decao to help push the wheelbarrow cart and go to the village to dry the field with food.

Although Wu Decao is a scholar, he has always regarded the words of the gold lord as a guideline, and he doesn't care about his public identity, as soon as he lifted his robe, tucked it on his waist, and bent down to follow Granny Liu out with a wheelbarrow.

But he was not diligent and did not distinguish between grains and grains, and he had just pushed two steps, and he was panting, and he was not as vigorous as a seventy-year-old man.

Lu Heng's poisonous tongue fired again: "Xu He, you are really useless, you are tired of becoming a dead dog after just two steps!" ”

Finally arrived at the drying field, only to see a group of people around the field, the crowd set up a table, on which sat a few officials dressed in green shirts, Xu He knew that this was the county yahu house officials and white servants, and the few people sitting next to them, Xu He was all familiar, wasn't it He Liangchang who kicked the door at noon today?

The so-called grain chief was in the early years of the dynasty, and the grandfather was worried that when the taxes were paid in summer and autumn, the corrupt officials would take the opportunity to exploit the people, so he patted his head and came up with a good idea...... Govern good people with good people.

What does that mean?

That is, a county will be divided into a number of grain districts, among which the rich households with the largest land yield and the best reputation are the grain chiefs, who are fully responsible for the collection of taxes and grains.

Note that it is a collection, that is, these grain chiefs are not only responsible for collecting taxes, but also sending taxes in kind to the places appointed by the imperial court.

In the past, it was directly sent to the capital, but in recent years, the summer and autumn grain of Nanzhili only needs to be sent to the Changying warehouse in Huai'an Prefecture.

One more thing, since Yingzong moved the capital to Beijing, the Grand Canal was used as a golden waterway for transportation, and all the grain in the southeast region was transferred to Beijing through the canal.

Due to the smooth access of Huai'an, Xuzhou, Dezhou and Linqingshui roads, the grain was first concentrated in these four places, and then transported to Beijing.

Huai'an, Xuzhou, Dezhou, and Linqing were set up as four transfer stations along the canal as tribute and grain collection by the national dynasty, which played a very important role and were called "the four major Cao Cangs" by the people of the time. In particular, Huai'an Changying Warehouse and Xuzhou Guangyun Warehouse are the largest, and there is an ambassador and a deputy envoy in parallel. ”

To get back to the point, next to that group of people, there are also [Hu] used by large and small officials to weigh grain.

These are the standard weight, the grain is loaded in, there is no need to weigh, as long as the pile tip is full, it is the standard weight of the Hu.

At this time, Granny Liu stopped the car and said to Wu Decao, who was out of breath and almost collapsed: "Thank you, son, just go and weigh yourself, you wait under this big tree for a while, and I will cook bean soup for you to cool off when you go back!" ”