Big businessman and little fisherman

Chapter 161
For Lu Yange's illness, it was in the twelfth lunar month that Qiu Shi allowed him to get out of bed and go out.

After getting out of bed, the first thing Lu Yangge did was to ask his elder sister to boil water for her, she wanted to wash her hair and take a bath.

Lying in bed for the past few days, she felt that she was going to be rotten.

If she didn't wash it again, she wished she could throw away her body.

Qiu couldn't understand that Xiaosi had to take a bath every now and then in the twelfth lunar month of winter, just like Xiaosi couldn't understand that the children in Zhuangzi didn't take a bath all winter.

Fortunately, the Qiu family loves to be clean, and the children in the family, including Lu Quan, are all clean and refreshed when they go out.

Although Lu Xiaosi didn't bathe and wash his hair as frequently as Lu Xiaosi did, the Lu family would still boil hot water in the kitchen every few days, and the whole family lined up to take turns taking a bath and washing their hair.

If the weather is too cold to take a bath, Mrs. Qiu will let the family and several children wash their feet and wipe their bodies every night.

As for the hair of several children, including the adults in the family, they will be washed every few days.

Qiu's love of cleanliness is well-known in the wild docks.

No one thought that the eldest son of the Lu family, Lu Xiaosi, would love to be more clean. I heard that the son of the Lu family washes his face in one basin, washes his feet in one basin, wipes his body in one basin, and takes a bath in another basin.

I heard that when the Lu family moved to a new house, they bought a dozen large and small wooden trays.

In the words of Second Aunt Ma, if the Lu family was as particular about it as Xiao Si, then the pots would have to be stacked in a room.

Ordinary people, the whole family washes their faces in one basin, and they can also wash their hands and vegetables.

Then the whole family uses the same basin to wash their feet, wipe their bodies and take a bath. When soaking their feet in winter, half a basin of hot water fills their feet to the brim.

After washing my feet, the black water was a bit sticky.

The least particular about Ye Wharf is Goudan's house. I heard that his house only has one wooden basin.

I don't know if his family shares the same basin for washing their feet, vegetables and face?There is also Goudan's mother who doesn't like to clean up the house. Goudan never washes her feet or wipes her body when it's cold, saying it's a waste of firewood!

If Lu Xiaosi were to live in Goudan's house, facing Goudan with a runny nose all day long, and his mother who didn't clean up, she felt that she probably wanted to die again.

Just after lunch on the first day of the twelfth lunar month, the two servants entered Xiaoxinzhuang under the leadership of the village official.

Originally there was no such village in Xiaoxinzhuang, because people from Yemao bought the land owned by shopkeeper Li and lived in these households, forming a small village.

This piece of wasteland was originally on the boundary between Jiangjiaba Town and Wuduncun Village. When shopkeeper Li bought the land, he bought the land from Wuduncun Village and Jiangjiaba.

When the wild wharf people moved here, the villager of Wudun Village closed the door, saying that their land was on the border of Wudun Village, and their village would be under the management of Wudun Village.

Lu Quan and the others couldn't understand this matter. Since someone was in charge, they didn't care whether it was under the control of the town or Wudun Village.

In this way, Xiaoxinzhuang became the Zhuangzi of Wudun Village.

Muramasa has been here a few times since the people from Ye Wharf moved here, and he is barely familiar with the big guy.

This is the second time for the two messengers to come. The first time is to check the population of Xiaoxinzhuang and the number of acres of fields. By the way, they will inform the people in Xiaoxinzhuang that the dynasty has changed outside, and the current court is called Dashang Kingdom.

However, Lu Xiaosi heard about Uncle Ding.

Although the Great Shang Kingdom occupied the capital, and Chen Quan also proclaimed himself king in the capital, the old dynasty was not destroyed. The emperor's sons fled to Suzhou Prefecture with civil servants and military generals, and now they are stationed there, proclaiming themselves be king.

The new dynasty ruled Jiangbei, while the old dynasty went to Jiangnan, and the two courts faced each other. No one knew which day the east wind overwhelmed the west or the west overwhelmed the east wind.

Although the old dynasty is still there, Jiangjiaba belongs to Jiangbei, so naturally it belongs to the new dynasty.

And this time the messenger came, they came to urge the emperor to pay.

"Pay the imperial rations?" Everyone couldn't believe what they heard, and shouted, "We have already paid the imperial rations, why do we pay them again?"

The thin poor man looked at the people in front of him: "I handed it over? Who did I hand it over to?"

Everyone shouted.

"Leave it to the town."

"We hand over the grain after we collect it."

"That's right, we have already paid the rations, how can there be any reason to pay the imperial rations twice?"

"Reason, tell me the truth." The skinny poor man stood in front of the crowd with his sleeves on his hips, pointing at the big guy's nose and cursing aggressively, "We didn't see who you gave the food to. Now it's the new dynasty, you Have you handed over the food to our Great Shang Dynasty?"

Has it been handed over to the Great Shang Dynasty?
No.

But their taxes and rations for this year have already been paid, and if they pay again, will there be any way for people to survive?

Although it is said that shopkeeper Li paid the taxes and grains this year, but if he pays them now, do he have to go to Yangzhou to find shopkeeper Li and then pay the tax of the Great Shang Dynasty?

But where did they go to find shopkeeper Li, they all moved to Yangzhou.

Besides, if you look for Shopkeeper Li, he won't admit it.

When shopkeeper Li sold the land to you, it was still in the old dynasty. The tax of the Great Shang Dynasty was paid by shopkeeper Li. There is no such saying!

Thinking of shopkeeper Li, Li Sixi's heart moved, and he rubbed his hands and stepped forward to explain the situation: "You two servants, we just bought this field after autumn, and it will be ours when the grain is harvested. It's not our turn to pay the emperor's grain. Next year, next year we will pay..."

"Nonsence."

The skinny man almost spit on Li Sixi's face, "You can do whatever you say, how can you do that? I don't care who owned the land before, or when you bought it. The last time I came to register the land What did you say when the population was raised? You can say it, this land is yours. If the land is yours, you have to pay the royal rations. If you don’t pay it, you can go to the county jail and talk about it.”

As he said that, he cast a contemptuous look at everyone, "I can tell you, we haven't settled the account with you about the fact that you handed over the imperial rations to the former court. What kind of heart do you feel about handing over the rations to the former court? Are the remnant soldiers and defeated generals from the previous dynasty full enough to fight against our Great Shang Dynasty?"

Saying that, the skinny poor man spat thick phlegm on the ground again, raised his foot and crushed it vigorously: "Bah, go dreaming."

Zhang San also couldn't help but approached flatteringly: "No, sir, you can't say that..."

"Don't say what? You don't even want to pay the emperor's rations. Are you still thinking about the previous dynasty? Let me tell you that this year the new emperor enthroned and amnesty the world. One mu of land only needs to pay [-] catties of rations. This is what His Majesty gave you. For your kindness, you dare to make noise without thanking or talking about it? I think you are against the heavens, so think about it."

As he said, he turned his head and directed the fat man who came with him, "Old Qian, you go and stick that document on the wall. If anyone refuses to pay the imperial rations, then go to the prison and talk to the master."

Mr. Qian, who came with Mr. Slender, took a sympathetic look at the panic-stricken crowd, pasted the document calling for the imperial rations to the courtyard wall of Lu's house, and patted hard.

After posting the notice, the two officials left aggressively, ignoring the helpless villagers.

(End of this chapter)