"Chen Jing, counting your five newly married daughters-in-law, there are a total of six people in your family, and you need to pay one hundred and fifty household taxes!"

"According to the law of the dynasty, if you do not pay your household tax on time, you will be reduced to a pariah and distributed to the frontier land."

"Even your five daughters-in-law have to go to Qinglou to be women!"

Chen Jing looked at the few officials in front of him with angry eyebrows, and only felt a headache.

In order to alleviate the imbalance between men and women, the government implemented a system of "polygamy", in which a man married at least three daughters-in-law, and a household tax was levied according to the size of the family.

Therefore, the larger the population, the heavier the pressure on household taxes.

But Chen Jing's family, in addition to the old father who died tragically at the hands of the mountain bandits, also had five new daughters-in-law.

Behind Chen Jing stood five young women in tattered clothes, all of them sallow-faced and skinny, but they still couldn't hide their beauty.

They cowered and stood behind Chen Jing, and when they heard that they wanted to be women, they immediately trembled with fright.

Chen Jing sighed: "Official, the grass people don't deliberately don't pay household taxes, but there are so many mouths waiting to eat at home, and the small people can't help themselves, my five daughters-in-law are so thin and weak, they can't do any heavy work, the official is doing well, give me more time?" ”

"More time?"

When the leading official heard this, he couldn't help but raise his voice.

"Now that the day has come, you dare to delay any longer?"

"Daredevil, you have eaten the gall of a bear's heart and a leopard, come, take them all, take them to the government, and wait for them to fall."

With this order, the officials flocked to the court.

Before he could react, he wanted to arrest Chen Jing and his five daughters-in-law.

"Husband, save me, I don't want to be sold, I don't want to be a woman."

The five women screamed in horror and struggled desperately, but to no avail.

"Adult, adult, it's not that the small ones don't give, it's really the small ones who are penniless."

"Please, give me three more days, just three days, and if you can't pay it then, it's not too late for you to take me again."

Chen Jing kept struggling, trying to break free, but he couldn't do anything.

"You can't complain about us, boy, it's all your own doing."

The official at the head sneered and wanted to take people.

"Slow down, sir."

At this time, a group of croppers rushed over.

The leader is none other than Chen Honghai, the owner of Chenjiazhuang.

Chen Jing recalled the memories of the original owner and remembered the past about this person.

This person is over seventy years old, with a high seniority, and is the most powerful and highest-status person in Chenjiazhuang.

"Bold, are you going to do the opposite?"

The officials stared at this group of menacing croppers, and immediately pulled out the long knife at their waists and looked at Chen Honghai with a wary expression.

"How dare you." Chen Honghai waved his hand again and again in horror, and said with a smile on his face: "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, the old man just wants to intercede for him." ”

The official frowned and scolded: "You still dare to plead and don't pay household tax, what else is there to say." ”

"This kid is not very capable, he married five, and the household tax is high, but he is also to blame."

"What the official said is what he said, what he said." Chen Honghai nodded with a wry smile and secretly gestured to Chen Jing.

Seeing the situation, Chen Jing hurriedly stepped forward and explained: "My lord, the grass people were not poor people before, and recently, there was a sudden change in the family, and all the money was robbed by the mountain bandits, and poor my father was also brutally killed by the thief." ”

At the mention of these, Chen Jing's heart couldn't help but feel a sense of powerlessness.

Chen Jing's father was a doctor who used to help the world, and he treated his neighbors and was well-known and had medical ethics. The days before were indeed much better than those of ordinary people.

The month before, the government ordered a blind date to be held, allowing unmarried men to choose women.

At least three of them are selected to marry. Those who were not selected were either sent to the Qinglou or sent to the frontier to be women in the army.

His father was the most kind-hearted, and when he saw the suffering of the five women who were not chosen, he let Chen Jing take them home.

I never thought that as soon as I brought it back, I had a sudden accident, suffered a robbery, and my father was brutally killed by the mountain bandits.

"How can such a thing happen?"

When the official heard this, his expression softened slightly.

"For the sake of Lord Chen, I will give you another eight days, and when the time comes, we will be no wonder."

With that, he waved his hand, signaled for the people to be released, and left with his men.

"Thank you, owner. If it weren't for you, we wouldn't be doomed. ”

Chen Jing saw that the servant was gone, and hurriedly bowed to the owner of the village and thanked him.

In the troubled times, everyone is thankful that they can be optimistic about themselves, but I didn't expect someone to stand up and speak for themselves, this kindness is enough to make Chen Jing remember it.

If he hadn't stood up, the officials wouldn't have listened to his explanation.

"Jing'er, I can only help you get here, you think about it, how to get enough 150 wen in eight days to pay this household tax."

The owner sighed and looked at the five women behind Chen Jing, a little helpless.

"I know the owner, you can relax, I will definitely hand it over on time."

When Chen Jing heard this, he also had a headache, and nodded again and again.

"It's time like this, in my opinion, you will secretly dispose of two of them, and we will help you find a way to fund you, and we will hand it in this year."

Zhuanghu Chen Dalong hesitated for a moment, couldn't help but pull Chen Jing aside, and whispered to him.

When Chen Jing heard this, he couldn't help but look up at the five women.

"I'll think about it again."

Chen Jing couldn't give up, and shook his head again and again.

"We've come to this point, you can think about the rest."

With that, the owner and the others shook their heads, turned around and left.

After everyone left, Chen Jing turned around, forced a smile, and said to the fifth girl: "It's okay, go back to the room, I'll figure out a way." ”

"Now that there is no rice or food at home, there is not even anything to eat, everyone should rest, and there is hope for life."

With that, Chen Jing also entered the room together.

The moment he closed the door, Chen Jing was dumbfounded, and his eyes were about to pop out.

The five women actually took off all the coarse cloth clothes on their bodies at the same time, revealing their skin as white as jade.

Suddenly kneeling in front of Chen Jing.

Chen Jing swallowed a mouthful of saliva unconsciously, and the whole person was stunned.

Their lives are almost gone, what are they trying to do with this?