There are seven townships around Qingzhou City, and the distance is not too far.

And where Liu Yuanwai is located is Data Township, which was also one of the popular attractions in Qingzhou before there was no banditry.

The tower in this big tower township is quite old.

Not to mention thousands of years, going forward is the Warring States Period.

It is probably equivalent to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, but at that time there were no Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, but a full forty-two countries.

That's why the history books here are called Forty-Two History.

The founding emperor of Dali is equivalent to the status of a political brother in the forty-two histories, ruling the world and setting the name of the country as Li.

The book is the same text, the car is the same track, and so on.

To some extent, the historical process is relatively similar.

The most famous mountain tower in this big tower township was built in Qingguo in the Warring States Period, and the old site is the innermost ancient city in Qingzhou.

Originally, it was used as a watchtower, and it was built to a full 11 zhang, which is nearly 40 meters high.

Chen Ze was still quite interested, so the first stop when he went to Data Township was to take a look at this mountain tower.

Recognize the way first, and then bring the big girl over to have a look.

It's just that the road to Data Township is really bumpy, and I don't dare to drive too fast, otherwise it is easy to overturn.

Chen Ze lifted the curtain and took a look at the road conditions, the road was narrow and potholes.

I don't dare to ride a horse too fast on this kind of road, and if I am not careful, I will have to turn over on my back.

When the cement is ready, be sure to pave the road.

After marching for about half an hour, I saw a figure, many people were working in the fields, and the people of the special service team went over to ask, and came to Chen Ze's carriage and said: "Young master, this is Data Township, I heard that the villager said that if you want to go to Guanshan Tower, you have to walk the mountain road for at least one hour." ”

When Chen Ze heard this, he resolutely refused.

In order to see the tower, it takes two hours to climb the mountain, and it takes at least one hour to come down, which is too much of a toss.

"I'm not going."

Chen Ze directly lifted the curtain and walked out, got out of the car and glanced at the people who were busy, and couldn't help but sigh secretly.

At a glance, both men and women, young and old, were thin and skinny, working there under the scorching sun.

The situation in the countryside is similar, and when I went to Xiaozhou Village before, most of the people looked relatively thin.

"Yuanyasu, follow me to the ground, the others are guarding here."

Everyone should be, Chen Ze pulled Li Yuankang and walked up to the ridge.

At first glance, it is all rice, and it doesn't seem to be too bad.

Fortunately, the drought has not had much impact on Qingzhou, and it should be able to grab a wave of harvest this year, but the situation in the future is uncertain.

However, no matter how good the food grows, it has little to do with the people who work in the fields.

At least seven or eight of the achievements of this grain levy are gone.

But in the current situation, Chen Ze felt that the Great Chu Imperial Court might add fuel to the fire and increase taxes.

This is between September and October.

The use of disaster victims and heavy taxes to force riots in the eight southern states first depends on how the palace responds.

This matter is really important to Chen Ze.

If you want to carry out construction and development with peace of mind, you still need a relatively peaceful environment, but the current situation is ...... It's a headache.

The Luzhou side is still in the period of changing defenses, and the palace side has not shown any hostility, nor has it taken any action to change the defense, which is relatively restrained.

The Great Chu court should not dare to force it too hard, after all, there is still Jin Liao in the north, and if there is a fight here, there may be a knife in the back over there.

In addition, there are forces such as the Beiliang Huo family and the Zhongzhou Lu family that can affect the situation.

I feel that it should still be able to hold on for a year and a half.

But the situation is inherently ever-changing, and the only thing Chen Ze can do is to seize time and rise between this peaceful vacuum as soon as possible.

I shook my head slightly, and I didn't think about the big picture for the time being.

I came to a farmer and asked where Liu Yuanwai's house was in Data Township.

The farmer hurriedly pointed the way, and spoke cautiously.

Visiting the people?

There's no need for that at all.

Besides, this Chen Ze is dressed in angry clothes, at first glance, he is a child of a rich and noble family, maybe he is looking for a friend outside Liu Yuan, who would say that other people's are not good?

Isn't that asking for trouble for yourself?

Compared with this, Chen Ze is more concerned about water conservancy.

Waterwheels can be seen from afar, but they can only deliver water manually, which is not efficient, and the cultivated land area is limited.

I asked about last year's harvest, and the yield of about one mu of land was about two stones, that is, the yield per mu was more than two hundred catties.

The fields are also divided into grades, and they are divided into thin fields, middle fields, and beautiful fields.

The cultivators could only occupy the thin fields.

After all, it is the south, there is plenty of water, and last year was a bumper harvest.

Think about the fact that one acre of land has been pumped for seven or eight years, and there are still forty or fifty catties of grain left, and this peasant family has only six acres of land, and it is estimated that there will be about 300 catties of grain left after the grain is requisitioned.

And these 300 catties of grain, the whole family has to eat for a year.

The reason for surviving is that the eight characters are relatively hard.

Chen Ze didn't say much, said goodbye and left, got in the car and went directly to Liu Yuanwai's house.

Not in a very good mood.

The situation of this peasant family shows how serious the land annexation is.

When the Great Chu was first founded, in order to appease the people, the first emperor allocated the treasury to encourage the production of wasteland.

According to Lu Qingyun, when Great Chu first founded the country, there were about ten acres of land per capita.

And the tax is not high, about 30%.

The per capita land and tax revenues now are even more exaggerated than they were at the end of the Great Sui Dynasty.

At the end of the Great Sui Dynasty, there were still five acres of land per capita, and the tax revenue was only sixty percent!

It's only been a few years since it became like this, and it's really a magical reality.

Daqing has to like it when you see it!

Finally there are more cubs than me.

When he got to the car, Chen Ze took out the information collected by the investigation team and read it again.

Liu Yuanwai, whose real name is Liu Fudong, is now thirty-seven.

After the initial investigation and the records of the Qingzhou Yamen, Liu Fudong only had 170 acres of land in his hands last year, and there were three tenant farmers.

However, after verification, Liu Fudong had at least 1,600 acres of land in his hands and 46 tenant farmers.

And that's just what can be found.

There is no doubt that it is tax evasion.

I don't know how many people have suffered from blood mold.

Like the farmer just now, he must have suffered, otherwise there would be no more land in his hand than this.

Probably because the family can't eat enough to pay taxes and grain, and if they can't eat enough, they can only borrow from Liu Fudong, and after borrowing, they can't afford to pay it back, so they can only use the land to pay off the debt.

After coming and going, the land in the house went to Liu Fudong's hands, and in the end, when there was no land, he could only work for Liu Fudong as a tenant farmer.

After a while, he came to the gate of the Liu family's compound, and the house was quite magnificent.

The nursing home at the door saw so many people, dressed in style, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask what was the matter.

The people of the special service team directly showed their waist cards.

"The prince came in person, and asked Liu Fudong to go out quickly to greet him."