Chapter 140: A Precursor to Collapse

"That's good. Remember, there's no going to happen like that again, you know?"

Liu Kezhuang gave a warning, and then took Huang Zhen back to the front of the team.

The previous quarrel seemed to be a breeze, and after a slight ripple, it calmed down again, and the people who were still in line did not know that the two men were coming.

Of course, in order to be able to enter the field, Liu Kezhuang also bought two certificates from others for ten taels of silver, so as not to arouse the suspicion of others and cause the entire mission to fail.

When he entered the field, Liu Kezhuang scanned the scene inside, and felt strange: "Why are there so few shops in this field?"

It wasn't that he had this doubt, but it was because it was a place of disgrace, and it was supposed to be a place for merchants to circulate, but there were not many shops, and most of the people who entered flocked to another exit.

It seems that it should be a checkpoint under the jurisdiction of the Huaxia Army.

"May I ask the boss, what are they doing here?" Liu Kezhuang was suspicious, but he walked to a shop and asked the boss inside.

The proprietor of the shop was a little old, his hair was gray, and his body was quite shriveled, and he sat in front of his chair even when someone came to ask for the price.

Seeing the other party's attitude, Liu Kezhuang had no choice but to put down a silver ingot in front of the other party's eyes.

The boss then said, "Of course, they plan to emigrate." ”

"Is it to escape the war?" Liu Kezhuang thought thoughtfully, and Huang Zhen also learned to be obedient, not as irritable as before.

The boss nodded and replied, "That's right." After all, Mongolia is coming, if you don't take advantage of this time to escape, will you still stay here and wait for death?"

"That's just as well. After all, Chang'an is also thousands of miles away from here, and even if you arrive in Chang'an, how can you survive if you are not familiar with the place?" Liu Kezhuang raised his doubts.

"You mean harming the people? Just that Lu Wende, it's okay if you don't want our lives, and you still want him to protect us? It's really ridiculous!" the boss snorted lightly, but there was contempt in his words.

Liu Kezhuang was surprised for a while, and Huang Zhen beside him was also full of doubts, revealing the meaning of "What is going on?" in his eyes.

Taking a deep breath, Liu Kezhuang continued to ask, "Why is this?"

"You're not a local, are you? The man snorted lightly, and when he saw Liu Kezhuang nodding, he said, "Otherwise, I wouldn't have known about the reputation of this harmful to the people." ”

"Harm the people, what do you mean by this?" Liu Kezhuang became nervous, feeling as if he had touched on some facts that he couldn't know.

Judging from the title, it is obvious that this harm to the people refers to Lu Wende, the prince of Chongguo, and Lu Wende, as a general, will be called like this, which is really strange.

The man said: "In the name of the military, how can it not be called harming the people by forcibly seizing the land of small people?"

"What's going on?"

The corners of Huang Zhen's mouth trembled slightly, and his face obviously became shocked.

Liu Kezhuang's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he asked in a low voice, "Is it the Gongtian Law?"

"That's right! If it weren't for this damn public land law, how could I lose my 300 acres of land?" The man opened his mouth and scolded: "I just don't know when this harmful public will die, so that the hatred in my heart can be eliminated." ”

"Alas. If it weren't for Najia's Dao, how could this Gongtian Law be a disaster in the world?

Liu Kezhuang sighed, as soon as the Gongtian Law came out, I don't know how many things were provoked, and in the end, it was also a troublesome crowd of ministers, Jia Rudao gave up, but how could the planted roots be so easily eradicated?

It is still rooted in people's hearts and grows tenaciously.

"But hasn't this public land law stopped? Haven't your lands been returned?" Liu Kezhuang continued to ask.

The man said, "Return the fart." I was happy when I heard about the abandonment, but after a while, I found that my land had become the property of the Lu clan at some point. ”

"Didn't you sue the official?" Huang Zhen interjected.

"Sue the official, then Lu Wenhuan is the governor of Xiangyang Mansion, are you asking me to sue him? Isn't it stupid?" The man replied: "I still have some industries here, and I can only rely on this shop to get by." But as it stands, it won't last long. ”

"What's going on?"

Although Liu Kezhuang was helpless in his heart, even if he wanted to solve it, he couldn't do anything.

The only thing he can do now may be to gather evidence so that he can bring down that Lu Wende.

The man sneered and complained, "Hmph. It's not the six plagues of Nalu yet. I don't know what he thinks, but he actually wants to take away 40 percent of our income, saying that it is to be used to renovate the army? Hmph! There are not a few more warships, but the consumption in the restaurant has skyrocketed by more than 10 times! No, just yesterday, the owner of the porcelain bowl seller opposite committed suicide. Left his son and ran away to Junzhou!"

"So cruel?"

Huang Zhen gasped, he really couldn't imagine that this would happen.

Liu Kezhuang shook his head slightly, but he began to worry about Huang Zhen, you must know that the weight of taxes in the Jiangnan area is higher than this, reaching more than half, and there are even six-four, seven-three shares.

It was only because the Jiangnan area was twice a year, even if it was divided into seven or three parts, it could maintain its life, so it barely rose up to rebel.

"In that case, then why don't you go to Junzhou?"

In the past, he really saw the willingness of many people to immigrate to Junzhou, so he asked again.

"Don't go, no money! If I have five dollars, I will also go to Junzhou, where can I stay here to suffer?" the man snorted, his words full of chagrin.

Liu Kezhuang came to his senses, remembered the two certificates he had bought from others before, and asked, "Five yuan money?"

Because of the rise in prices, now one tael of silver is equivalent to three pieces of money, and thirty pieces of money buy two certificates, but it is expensive.

"That's right. This proves that it was also caused by the six plagues of Nalu. Seeing that he could not control the flow of people, he had no choice but to come up with this policy. It is said that only by buying this thing can you immigrate to Junzhou, otherwise you will be regarded as a traitor, and if you are caught, you will be executed directly. In desperation, everyone had to pool money together to avoid being executed. Isn't it?" said this, the man also had a sad face, obviously choked by the oppression of this kind of policy.

It's better to die than to live.

No matter what, as long as you can live, there is at least a glimmer of hope, and if you really die, there is no hope at all.

Hearing the other party's complaints, Huang Zhen and Liu Kezhuang were also related, and they didn't know when they would return to Xiangyang, this scene was really amazing, making them realize that if they didn't take action, they were afraid that the entire Great Song Dynasty might collapse.