You must know that 70% of the land in the entire Niujia Village belongs to him.

Now the imperial court can still collect taxes, although the people have been exploited, but a big landlord like him can't escape.

Niu Bin thought that he would buy grain and pay taxes this year, but he didn't expect to encounter such a good thing as tax exemption.

This made him feel for the first time that the current emperor was a benevolent monarch.

However, just as Niu Bin was calculating how much grain he could save this year.

Du Peng suddenly clapped his hands, and several captains of the Governor's Mansion brought a bunch of jars and jars, and then placed them in front of the villagers.

The villagers looked at these things blankly, not knowing what the adult was going to do.

"This thing is called white sugar, and it was developed by a strange person."

"The emperor and His Royal Highness the crown prince remember the hardships of the people's lives, so I specially bring some for you to use to increase nutrition."

As he spoke, Du Peng opened a jar, took out a handful of white sugar, and then asked the captain to bring a cup and hot water, and poured the white sugar into the cup.

Then I demonstrated it myself, put the water in the cup, shook it gently, and drank it all.

Then he asked the lieutenants to ask Niu Bin's servants to find many cups, bowls of butterflies, and boiled water.

As before, put the white sugar in a cup and pour in boiling water.

Then please taste it.

At this moment, the dazed faces of the villagers instantly turned into incomprehensible astonishment.

"What is this white sugar for? Does this increase nutrition? ”

"Put this thing in water, drink it, what's the nutrition of that? Or give some wheat to the benefit. ”

"Shhhh Isn't it just a glass of water, what's there? ”

"Shut up, I haven't heard of this thing, it was specially given to us by the emperor, if you dare to talk nonsense, be careful to judge you as a big rebel."

Villagers who have been digging in the soil for generations.

I can't believe that His Majesty the Ninety-Five Venerable will bring them nutritious things to eat so well.

However, due to the reason of their vision, they were all a little worried, and they didn't know if they could eat these things brought by Du Peng if they were soaked in water.

If you force it to eat, you will inevitably have a stomach upset, and if you don't do it well, you will get a serious illness.

But if you don't drink it, it's like what those few people said.

If you don't know what to do and don't give your majesty face, you may be arrested by these captains.

"Alas, it smells so good."

When the villagers hesitated, several villagers with foreign surnames couldn't help the hunger and thirst in their stomachs.

He took the cup from the lieutenant's hand and took a sip of it.

When the sugar water was in their stomachs, they felt that the water was so sweet, a sweetness they had never enjoyed.

It's not enough.

The villagers took the sugar water from the captain's hand again, and this time they didn't drink it all, but slowly tasted it.

It's so delicious, it's so sweet.

These villagers with foreign surnames were drinking and drinking, and some of them couldn't help but fall tears.

Some villagers thought they were crying because the sugar water was too unpalatable.

Unexpectedly, after the villager surnamed foreign swallowed the sugar water, he knelt down directly towards Du Peng on the high platform and kowtowed.

"Thank you to the emperor and His Royal Highness the Prince, please drink such delicious water, I will definitely be good in the future and farm for the emperor and His Royal Highness the Prince."

Today's illiteracy rate is 95 percent.

Ordinary people who have never read a book can't say anything beautiful.

But the sincere words of gratitude from these villagers with foreign surnames made the other villagers understand what he meant in an instant.

Then everyone stepped forward and took the sugar water from the captain's hand.

Hundreds of bowls of sugar water were quickly snatched up by the people, and after drinking the sugar water, everyone's faces showed shock.

At the same time, it is still unfinished.

But they still knelt down to Du Peng, who represented the imperial power: "Thank you for inviting us to drink such delicious fairy water." ”

Niu Bin, who was pouring tea for Grandpa Li, heard the words of gratitude from the villagers.

His hands shook uncontrollably, and he almost poured hot tea on the old eunuch's body.

It stands to reason that a person like Niu Bin who is a master in officialdom.

There will be no gaffes because of everyone's roar.

However, although Du Peng went to the high platform, he first announced the tax cut, and then invited the people to drink sugar water.

Usually, a foreign official, before the famine comes, is eager to show favor to the people and buy the hearts of the people.

The only possibility is to use the power of the common people to deal with the silent landlords and squires.

After beating it, play a hand to open a warehouse and release grain, and quell the civil unrest that may be caused by the famine.

Therefore, as the largest landlord in Niujia Village.

Niu Bin was extremely scared at this time, for fear that in the next second, Du Peng would order the lieutenant of the Governor's Mansion to arrest him first.

However, the unexpected happened again.

After accepting it on behalf of His Majesty, after the villagers from Niujia Village bowed down, Du Peng asked everyone in a loud voice: "Everyone, how do you feel the taste of this sugar water?" ”

"It's delicious in the world, I've never drunk such sweet sugar water in my life."

"After drinking this sugar water, I feel that I have all the strength in my body, let's go and pick up ten acres of water now, and we won't be tired at all."

Without hesitation, the villagers said all the words of praise they could think of.

This white sugar is a rarity in the capital, not to mention the poor and remote mountain villages here.

I saw the villagers praising the deliciousness of the white sugar water and swallowing their saliva.

Du Peng smiled slightly and asked again: "Then do you want to drink this delicious sugar water every day in the future?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the threshing floor instantly became silent.

For Du Peng's question, even a fool will give an affirmative answer.

However, the villagers of Niujia Village, who have lived at the bottom for a long time, know a truth, the village master Niu, occasionally invite everyone to eat some leftovers.

Generally, it is when something good happens, so it is suddenly kind.

But one day, suddenly everyone will be gathered.

Ask if there is anyone who wants to eat his family's leftovers all the time.

It is very likely that the lord wants people to work hard for his family in vain.

And Du Peng, who represents the emperor, gave everyone such a delicious sweet sugar water.

He also said that he could drink it all the time in the future.

The purpose is probably not only to make people work, but also to make everyone work hard.

It is still the early years of the Ming Dynasty, and the era when a bowl of rice can be exchanged for a life is far from coming.

In this season when you can barely fill your stomach.

No one will give away their lives for the sake of appetite, and they will not be able to do it.

Du Peng originally planned to use the villagers' answers to tell the true purpose of his trip.

I didn't expect the reaction of the crowd to be so cold.

After the excitement in some people's eyes faded, they even raised their guard looks.

Du Peng didn't know that the villagers were scared of this Niu Bin before.

So I'm still recalling if I said the wrong thing just now.

Just when he was in embarrassment, struggling with whether to directly announce his true intentions.

The villager surnamed Wai, who was the first to taste the sugar water just now, suddenly asked worriedly:

"My lord, I want to drink this sweet sugar water every day, but I don't know, what do I want to do for you?"

(End of chapter)