Li Xiuyuan knows what the great drought is, and he also knows that people will die if they don't eat and drink water.

But he didn't know what it would be like to die.

Bai Xia's mood was heavy.

She was born in a good era, in the era in which she lived, as long as people were diligent and willing to work, they would not starve to death, no matter how poor they were, there was help from the state.

But here, it is a backward ancient time, and it is an ancient time when it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice.

She has the ability to do it, but she can't use it here.

Not to mention doing business to make money, without capital, it is impossible to do business, finally saved a little money, has not started to develop, was defeated by poverty, if you want to develop, people first have to survive, when survival is difficult, what development is in vain.

"Have you ever seen a great drought?" Bai Xia asked Li Xiuyuan.

Li Xiuyuan shook his head in confusion with his eyes on the fan.

"I've seen it"

Bai Xia's eyes became deep.

To be precise, the original Bai Sanya has seen it.

Her state capital was hit by drought, the grain in the field could not be harvested, the family had no food to eat, the wells in the village were all dried up, and the lack of water made it impossible for the whole village to live, so everyone began to flee to the south, because there was a lot of rain in the south, and their idea at that time was very simple, as long as they could drink a sip of water.

At that time, in addition to their village, many people had fled.

When villagers flee their places of origin, they become refugees, also known as displaced people.

There is no fixed place to live, and everywhere they go, there is no grass, because everything that can be eaten and has a little water has been dug up by them.

Even so, there were people dying of thirst and starvation on the road, and hunger prompted them to eat everything they could, and finally, they finally got to that point......

Bai Xia's eyes were a little dazed.

Those memories buried deep in the mind of the original owner, Bai Sanya, began to slowly recover.

At this moment, a gong suddenly sounded in her ears, which woke her up.

"It is the village gong that summons the villagers to gather"

Bai Xia listened attentively, and there were a total of nine sounds.

"There's something big going on in the village, and all the villagers gather at the ancestral hall," she muttered to herself.

"Let's go, Brother Yuan"

After speaking, she took Brother Yuan'er, locked the courtyard door and walked towards the ancestral hall in the village.

All the ancestors of the Li clan are enshrined here, and when they arrived, there were already a hundred people in the village.

"Sanya, come to the second mother-in-law's side"

Seeing the two of them, Li Erpo hurriedly beckoned and beckoned the two of them to her side, and there were people standing in front of them, and the two of them were so small that they couldn't see what was going on.

"Second wife, what's wrong?"

Bai Xia led Li Xiuyuan to Li Erpo's side and asked in a low voice.

"It's evil, this god doesn't rain, this official who collects grain taxes is here again, this is to force us ordinary people to death" Li Erpo patted her thigh with a bitter face and asked, "What about your mother?" Why didn't you come? ”

"It is a big deal for the official to collect grain taxes, and the whole village has to come over, and if one less household does not come, it may be hated, and two more layers will be looted" Li Erpo hated it in her heart.

These officials are all going to eat people.

He has sinned against them, but he will suffer the sin of the boss.

Bai Xia chuckled in his heart.

It is not only a matter of grain tax, but also a matter of resentment against officials.

She said that when the Lin family went out today, she had an ominous premonition in her heart, could it be that she should be here.

There is an official messenger from Lijia Village who collects grain, but I am afraid that Lin Jia Village will not be able to escape, should the Lin family just hit the muzzle of the gun?

"It's not yet the autumn harvest, why are you here to harvest the grain?"

In the past, Bai Sanya didn't understand, but Bai Xia who came through understood the tax collection system of this era, under normal circumstances, after the autumn harvest, the grain tax was collected according to forty percent, but now it is only the time when the rice is filled, and it is far from the autumn harvest, how can these officials come early?

"Who knows?"

Second Mother Li is also uncomfortable.

There is not much food in the village, not much water in the village.

At this time, I am afraid that the people of their village will starve to death when they collect grain.

After a while, the people in the village basically arrived, and the village chief in front of the ancestral hall nodded to a middle-aged man wearing a duty suit and had straight facial features: "My lord, the people in the village have all come, you see?" ”

The man's sharp eyes scanned the villagers in front of him, and his sallow and thin faces, with a little panic, looked at him with a shrunken head, and every time his eyes fell on a person, the man lowered his head in fright.

None of the villagers at the scene dared to look at him.

"Since you're here, let's start purging people"

As he spoke, he took out a roster from his arms, which shocked the village chief's heart, and hurriedly said, "My lord, what is this for?" ”

In the past, the number of people who collected grain was never counted, and only according to the number of acres of land, according to the amount of 200 catties per mu, and the amount of grain tax on each family was based on the amount of grain tax on this share.

Now the head count makes the village chief feel uneasy.

"The county commander said, the border war is tight, the court needs to raise grain, I came this time in addition to collecting the grain tax in advance, but also brought the decree of the county commander, this year's tax, in addition to the practice of previous years, additional per capita plus a poll tax, ten catties of grain per person, regardless of size"

The official glanced at the village chief and spoke indifferently and ruthlessly.

When the village chief heard this, he only felt that his eyes were dark, so he didn't faint, his heart was skipping and his heart was skipping, he only felt that his throat was dry, and he trembled and said: "Big, my lord, yes, is it wrong?" ”

This is not for them to live.

"The handwritten letter of the county commander is here, do you have any objections?"

The official raised the warrant in his hand, glared at the village chief with a rainbow, and the two officials standing behind him even "rubbed" the ground and pulled out the big knife on his waist.

The sharp blade was cold, and the village chief was scared.

"No, don't dare"

The village chief took a step back, clutching his chest in a cold sweat.

Seeing that the village chief was frightened, the official snorted coldly and turned his head to look at the villagers.

At first, he spoke to the village chief in a small voice, but the villagers didn't hear it, but the official's action of drawing a knife could not be hidden, and at this moment, seeing him, they took a step back one after another, for fear of being targeted by him.

The official nodded with satisfaction, and then began to clear the people according to the roster.

There were about 40 families in the village, the number of people was small, the number of people was lonely, and the number of people was large, there must be one or twenty people.

Soon it will be Li's second mother-in-law's turn.

There are a total of 16 people in Li's second mother-in-law's family, Li Erma's and Li Ergong's two sons, plus four sons and daughters-in-law, six grandchildren, and a large family standing up, it is not abrupt, just because most families in this village are like this, a large family is not separated, and there are countless three or four generations in the same house.

The family stood out, and no one said that people were prosperous.

Soon, the inventory of their homes was completed, and it was Bai Xia's turn.

"Li Lin's, Bai Sanya, Li Xiuyuan"

The official chanted it with his head down, then raised his head and looked sharply at Bai Xia, who was holding Li Xiuyuan, and asked, "Why are there only two of you, the Li Lin clan?" ”