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New dreams

Xu Fei woke up in a ruined temple.

Dressed in tattered clothes, he still has a broken bowl in his hand.

"What is this?"

"A bowl at the beginning?"

Throw away the bowl and walk out of the broken temple.

As far as the eye can see, there is no green!

The sun was scorching, the earth was dry, and it was a scene of drought.

Leaving the ruined temple, I found a line of rut marks on the ground.

Following the rut prints, the scenery along the way was really shocking to Xu Fei.

Not to mention a single weed, even the bark of the trees has been stripped clean.

After walking for about ten miles, I finally saw a village.

Xu Fei entered and found that although there were many houses in the village, there were too few people in the village.

Even if I saw it, it was some old, weak, sick and disabled.

Where did all those strong young men go?

Don't you all sleep in the house?

Suddenly, there was a loud noise ahead.

Xu Fei leaned over to watch curiously.

Good guys, the official forced the people to rebel against the name!

Several officers and soldiers were pulling a little girl, and her grandmother was desperately trying to stop it.

Because they can't pay the imperial grain, the officials who collect taxes are ready to take her granddaughter away to compensate!

"Official, we have already handed over this year's imperial grain, and we have also paid next year's imperial grain, and we really can't take out the imperial grain for the year after next!"

"No food? Then pull your granddaughter to arrive! ”

“……”

Xu Fei really didn't expect that the tax collection would be received three years later?

Then this court, can it still be saved?

He whispered to an old man beside him and asked, "Uncle, let me ask, what year is it now?" ”

Although the old man was a little surprised, he still answered his question: "Of course it is now, the first year of Emperor Tianshun's calendar!" ”

Xu Fei calculated for a while, in the first year of Emperor Tianshun's Tianli, it was not the Great Yuan Dynasty!

No wonder it's so miserable!

"Young man, I advise you to run quickly!"

Xu Fei hadn't reacted yet, what did the old man's words mean?

Two tax-collecting officers and soldiers came to him and shouted, "What's your name?" ”

"Me? My name is ......"

Before Xu Fei could finish answering, he was pulled by the officers and soldiers, and his hands were wrapped around the rope.

"His Majesty the Emperor wants to build a palace and recruit the people of the world to be conscripted, at first glance, you are a barbarian, you have been conscripted, and it is counted as a quota in this village"

Only then did Xu Fei react, why did this old man let him run away.

Why are there no young men in this village!

Hearing this officer and soldier call him a barbarian, Xu Fei thought back.

The Yuan Dynasty divided the people of the world into four categories.

This fourth category, which is the lowest and most despicable, is the southerners, also called barbarians.

The Nanren, that is, the Southern Song people after the Southern Song Dynasty was destroyed.

In the entire Yuan Dynasty, the status was the lowest, and sometimes it was not even as good as a pig and dog.

No wonder this officer and soldier didn't even listen to Xu Fei's name, so they directly tied him up and wanted to take him away.

Xu Fei just wanted to get angry, and then put away his murderous intent.

Definitely not to do it in the village!

If an officer or soldier dies in the village, the government will arrest the entire village regardless of whether the murderer is caught or not.

Honestly followed this group of officers and soldiers, pulled a grain cart full of grain, and a few little girls left.

He didn't go far out of the village, and Xu Fei didn't have time to do it yet.

When passing by a loess slope, a group of people suddenly appeared on the slope and surrounded this group of officers and soldiers.

"What do you want to do?"

"Don't you want to rebel?"

Eight officers and soldiers with long knives in their hands did not take these two dozen poor people with hoes and wooden sticks in their eyes.

"Official, you can do it, give us a few rations!"

"If there is a big drought today, there is no harvest, and the imperial court collects such a high tax, we really can't live."

These eight officers and soldiers did not want to listen to their nonsense, and opened their mouths to sternly warn that if they did not retreat, they would be killed.

The 20 or so poor people who were forced to be helpless had no choice but to start grabbing grain.

"The mob robbed the emperor's grain, and all of them were killed!"

"Kill!"

A group of scrawny people with hoes and clubs in their hands, who have never had a full meal.

How could you beat these eight officers and soldiers who were strong and had sharp knives in their hands?

It's just when they rush up, and it's still a little imposing.

But when the officers and soldiers hacked two people to death with long knives, the rest of the people immediately panicked, and their momentum disappeared.

Their leader was a man who looked a little more athletic.

He shouted to the crowd, "Don't be afraid, many of us can beat them!" ”

It's a pity that no matter how fierce he looks on the outside, he is still a poor peasant in essence.

How can it be a trained, with a sharp knife in hand, an opponent of officers and soldiers!

Seeing that a few more people were about to die, Xu Fei picked up a few stones and secretly made a move.

First he knocked out the long knives in the hands of the officers and soldiers, and then broke their knees, leaving them all lying on the ground.

After that, he was beaten to death by this group of poor peasants.

"Okay, we won!"

While they were celebrating, only the man in the lead noticed that someone was secretly helping them.

shouted loudly to the surroundings: "I don't know which hero helped us?" ”

Listening to his shouts, Xu Fei walked out slowly.

"Is that you?"

Seeing Xu Fei's appearance, he was a little puzzled.

In his conjecture, the person who can save them, even if not a majestic knight, should be a strong man with five big and three thick.

"What, you're suspicious of me?"

Xu Fei shot another stone out of his hand, slashed through his ear, and sank deep into the ground.

Seeing this, the other party no longer doubted, and hurriedly saluted: "Thank you for helping us!" ”

"I'm Tian Dagen, thank you here!"

Others also reacted, and it turned out that this person had secretly helped them, and they also expressed their gratitude.

Xu Fei waved his hand and said, this is just a trivial matter.

Then, I asked about their identities.

Unexpectedly, Tian Dagen told Xu Fei that they were the villagers of Tianjia Village just now.

Due to the drought and the exorbitant taxes, they really couldn't survive, so they came up with the idea of grabbing the emperor's grain.

Xu Fei said: "Have you thought about it, what should you do after you rob this tax-collecting grain team?" ”

"Will the government send officers and soldiers to encircle and suppress you?"

But Tian Dagen said that he couldn't manage so much anymore, and if there was no food, they would have to starve to death.

Then, there was a complaint: he said that he died of his father when he was one year old, his mother died when he was seven years old, and he had three older brothers, all of whom were dragged into forced labor and never came back.

He's already the only one in the family, so there's nothing to be afraid of.

As for the rest of the village, Tian Dagen said: "Before I came out, I had already discussed it with everyone.

After robbing the grain, they will go up the mountain and fall into the grass together.

In this way, everyone can have a way to live. ”

"Alas~"

Hearing his words, Xu Fei couldn't help but sigh.

"Where are you going to lead the people in the village?"

Tian Dagen replied: "Fifty miles away from here, there is a mountain stream, and there are many caves where we can live. ”

Thinking of the old, weak, sick and disabled in the village, Xu Fei can imagine how difficult their lives will be in the future.

So, he decided to help them.

This time the dream began, and the interval was relatively long, so Xu Fei recovered a lot of strength.

It is more than enough to deal with the officers and soldiers who may arrive.

Xu Fei said to Tian Dagen: "You don't have to take the villagers to the grass to fall into the grass. ”

"If the government sends officers and soldiers to kill you, I can also help you solve it."

But Tian Dagen shook his head: "Thank you, but the real reason why we can't live is the tax that the imperial court has to collect!" ”

"Even if you dodge it today, you won't be able to hide it tomorrow."

"So, I decided to go up the hill and fall into the grass."

Harsh government is fiercer than a tiger!

Xu Fei thought about it and felt that what he said made sense.

In that case, it is necessary to come up with a solution once and for all.

Taxes cannot be resisted unless there is a rebellion.

So, what if the tax collectors don't come?

Then it's not tax resistance!

Xu Fei suddenly thought of a good way and said to Tian Dagen: "It's better for us to pretend to be a group of robbers!" ”

"Specializing in robbing and killing tax collectors!"

"Those people who killed the government didn't dare to come out to collect taxes, how about it?"

Tian Dagen was also frightened by Xu Fei's idea, and asked rhetorically: "Then what if the government sends a large number of officers and soldiers to come out to encircle and suppress us?" ”

"How many officers and soldiers can the government send?"

"At least five hundred!"

Xu Fei grinned: "It's only five hundred, just kill them together!" ”

Tian Dagen was stunned, and asked again: "What if it is the imperial army?" ”

Xu Fei smiled: "Then run!" ”

"The enemy advances and I retreat, do you understand guerrilla tactics?"

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(End of chapter)