What use do I want in this troubled world

Chapter 78 Requisition
At the end of the month, the pests in the field finally came to an end, and the government servants who collected corvee came again.

In the past few days, Yu Hongyi sent people to cat on the hillside at the entrance of the village every day. Once he saw the shadow of an official, he immediately went back to the village to report.

The boy in charge of reporting the letter ran back to the village, whistling to warn.

Hearing the movement, Yu Hongyi hurriedly beat the gongs and drums.

Not long ago, the whole village held a general mobilization meeting, mainly to discuss the regulations for dealing with expropriation.

As long as the gongs and drums sound, it means that "devils" have entered the village.

The juicy young daughters-in-law and maids hide in their homes, and the young and strong must also avoid them.

Although the number of young and middle-aged people in each village is clearly written on the register, it is only a number after all, and the numbers on the register are different from real people after all.

So, you can't come out and wander around.

As soon as the gong sounded, the whole village moved, and then the disabled, women, children and the elderly came out of each house.

Or straddling a basket, or carrying a bamboo basket, holding a sickle and a pry, wearing the most patched clothes, scattered in the fields.

Those who dig wild vegetables, those who wash clothes, those who gather firewood...all of them have sad faces.

Even Iron Tree and his grandfather came out to make up the numbers.

At a glance, they are all old, weak, sick and disabled, so what a miserable word.

Conscripting corvee gave Li Zheng the feeling of authentic warfare.

Everything was ready, Yu Hongyi casually picked up a few bamboo sticks and weaved them absent-mindedly, hoping that there would be acquaintances among the officials who came...

When the people arrived at the gate of the courtyard, Yu Hongyi stretched his neck and looked at the few officials who were walking in front. He didn't know one of them, and his heart felt cold.

"Long time no see, Yu Li." A familiar face entered the courtyard a few steps behind.

Yu Hongyi's eyes lit up immediately, acquaintances are easy to handle.

It was not the first time for Yu Hongyi to bribe officials, he was very familiar with it.

With a smile on his face, he nodded and bowed to welcome the messenger to take his seat, served tea, and ordered Wu Qiuyu and the eldest daughter-in-law to hurry up to fix a table of wine and vegetables to entertain the distinguished guests.

Hearing that he was going to prepare a banquet, the arrogance of the servants softened a little, and they looked like you were sensible.

There is no concept of not taking the people's needles and threads here, not running rampant in the countryside, not fish and meat, and the common people are lucky to burn incense.

They go out on errands and get something for free, which is to think highly of you.

Wine table culture has been an indispensable part of social occasions since ancient times.

The ups and downs of human feelings seem to be hidden between the cups and cups.

However, this time it didn't work, Yu Hongyi tried his best at the wine table, one of them gave 10 taels of bribes, and the other had to pay 15 taels of exempt money, but he only got five places that were exchanged for bribes.

Without him, this protracted war is more tragic, hurting the root cause, men are scarce, and it is difficult to get the number together, and the quota is rigidly set by the superior.

If the gap is too big, they can't do business, and it's small to make money, and if one is not good, it will lose their head.

The ingratiating smile on Yu Hongyi's face became more and more rigid, which was far from what he expected.

During the dinner, the old acquaintance had too much wine and got up to go to the toilet, Yu Hongyi followed him out.

Seeing him coming, the man didn't wait for him to open his mouth, breathed alcohol and said bluntly: "It's not the first time you and I have dealt with each other, and I won't beat around the bush when we say something. In previous years, there is still room for manipulation on this matter, but this year it won't happen." , no amount of money will work.”

In the past, as long as the money was in place, everything was negotiable. Now that the population has dropped sharply, it is difficult for every village and household to meet the minimum quota.

Promising to go out with five places has to be made from the prisoners in custody. After all, it is only a town and there are limited criminals.

And enough places must be reserved for the seven aunts and eight aunts of the pavilion chiefs and squires.

The five quotas allocated to Yantan Village are already sky-high, and there can be no more.

Yu Hongyi's heart sank. This guy is an insatiable greedy man who wants to squeeze people out of his hands. This time, he didn't even give him a chance to bargain. It seems that there is really no room for negotiation.

Wine over three rounds of dishes over five flavors.

Yantan Village was gloomy and misty, and the cries shook the sky.

Hearing the wails outside one after another, Xu Wenfeng lay on the kang and sighed deeply, and said silently: It has nothing to do with you, don't make trouble for nothing, just eat carrots and worry about it...

"Grass, I may be born to worry about riding a horse!" Xu Wenfeng sat up cursing: "Sanmei, come in."

There is a serious shortage of labor force in the new dynasty, and the government regulations are strict. This year, all males who have reached the age of fifteen and under the age of 45 and have no disabilities are included in the scope of service.

Young and middle-aged men who have a good relationship with her, like Ermao and Tieshu, will all be driven to mine in the mountains.

Wu Manguan's age just happened to win the bid, which is really amazing.

Maybe we will never see each other again after this trip, so I can't just sit idly by after thinking about it.

"Second Sister, what are you calling me for?" Hiding in the house, listening to the screaming and screaming outside, Xu Yuqing felt uncomfortable and looked sick. Once the strong men left, only the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled were left in the village. up.

Xu Wenfeng didn't make a sound, set up the kang table, and wrote a small note: "The woman will come later, give it to her."

"Second sister, does she want to ask that noble person for help?" Isn't the identity of that weird person who has never shown his face simple?Xu Wenqing said with mixed joy and sorrow: "Second sister, is that person a man or a woman? How is your friendship with him?"

"Male, casual acquaintance." Xu Wenfeng glanced at her and said a few more words: "The depth of the relationship is not important. The essence of the relationship between people is the exchange of values. To put it bluntly, it is a hidden The transaction is nothing more than what I can bring to the other party and what the other party can bring to me. As long as the law of supply and demand is satisfied, great things can be accomplished with nodding acquaintances.

Don't worry about me being at a disadvantage, I know what price I need to pay. "

Xu Wenqing seemed to understand but nodded, she was afraid that the other party would pretend to be the second sister, and since the second sister had many, she was relieved.

Although he couldn't bear the youngsters of the same village to do hard labor, being an outsider was far less important than his own sister.

"I'm sure, can it be done?" After all, Uncle Li was helpless.

Xu Wenfeng didn't finish his sentence: "Whether it will be successful or not will be known later."

She made two plans, if Second Master Lu couldn't get through, she could only rob people halfway and send them to the Harker tribe to avoid the limelight.

However, escape from military service has been out of sight since then.

Therefore, it would be best for Second Master Lu to settle things down.

Some soldiers from the family chased them to the entrance of the village, weeping and moaning for a long time, the officials were very impatient, if it wasn't for Yu Hongyi's filial piety, they would have to take away these women who were in the way.

"Okay, let me go back!" Yu Hongyi wiped his face and shouted in a hoarse voice, seeing the gang of grandsons who couldn't bear it anymore.

After working back and forth for so many days, but failed to keep a few people, he felt worse than the villagers.

The Yacha took Ding Zhuang away, took away hope, and the whole Yantan Village was lifeless and lifeless.

Yu Hongyi sat in the house with his head downcast and depressed, and didn't go out for a whole day.

(End of this chapter)