Big businessman and little fisherman

Chapter 162 Pretend
"This is what to do." Boss Ma squatted on the ground with his head in his arms.

The whole family has worked so hard for so many days, working from dawn to dusk, and thanks to shopkeeper Li, they only got a hundred and ten catties of surplus grain this year. Now that they have handed over, they have no grain of grain, and they may have to pay back. how to live.

Goudan Dad: "This is not about our lives, how can there be food to pay the emperor's food?"

Li Sixi: "That's right. After the old dynasty is handed over, we need to hand over the new court. If the old court comes over again, do we have to pay it again?"

"Li Sixi." Lu Quan couldn't help shouting, "What are you doing blindly?"

It is also nonsense to talk about the old and new dynasties.

"That's right, don't you think it's okay? You can say that casually." Muramasa who stood where he was and stomped his feet angrily, "If you want to die, stay away, and don't drag the big guy into your back. "

Now the village is regretting it in his heart. If he had known that he would not be a big deal, he would have merged the group of Ye Wharf into Wudun Village.

Originally, he had seen people from Ye Wharf bought shopkeeper Li's land, so he deliberately rowed Zhuangzi to Wudun Village before people from the town came.

In this way, whether it is to pay the emperor's grain or do river work in the future, it will all go through his hands.

Regardless of the small population in Xiaoxinzhuang, this village is basically full of laborers who can do work. There are only a few children who are half-grown and will be able to go to the fields in a few years.

There is also Lu Quan, whose family bought dozens of acres of land, which shows that they have some spare money.

It is said that they weave eel cages at the wild wharf and sell them in Yangzhou, so they can buy land and build houses with money.

If they were brought under the name of Wudun Village, if shopkeeper Li came back in the future, his village would start the eel cage business again, and he would say that the idlers in the village could earn a lot of money, right?

Second Aunt Ma simply sat on the ground, slapped her legs and cried loudly: "Cunzheng, this food...we don't have to pay for this food, we can't let the whole family starve to death, can we?"

"That's right, Cunzheng, we just bought the land, so there's no food to pay!" Aunt Li sat on the ground, crying with snot and tears.

Several women in the village thought of the food that was left over with great difficulty at home, and they didn't know if it was enough to pay for the emperor's food. They felt that the sky had collapsed this day, and they couldn't help crying in groups.

"Okay, stop howling." The villager patted Lu Quan on the shoulder, and shouted loudly, "You think that you Xiaoxinzhuang will pay the royal rations, and we will all have to pay, and the whole family must pay. You only have three acres of land. Fortunately, what about Lu Quan and those big households in the village who have dozens of acres of land, how much grain they have to hand over, have you calculated it?"

These words, the heart of the village is bleeding, and his family has more than 30 mu of land!

At first, I thought this year would be a good year, and I would have some surplus food, but now it is estimated that it will be more than half of it, and I don’t know if it will be enough for the harvest next year.

As soon as Cun Zheng said this, everyone looked at Lu Quan in unison.

That's right, the Lu family has more than 40 mu of land, which is calculated according to this year's tax and grain, so how much does it have to pay.

Thirty catties for one mu of land, three hundred catties for ten mu of land, and more than 40 catties of grain for more than 1000 mu of land. If replaced with brown rice and wild vegetables, it is enough for the whole family to eat for a year.

There is no harm without comparison.

With the Lu family in front, they suddenly felt that the most pitiful person was not themselves, but the Lu family.

Compared with the Lu family, the royal rations they have to pay are simply not worth mentioning.

The Lu family stood anxiously behind Lu's whole body, calculating how much food the family still had, and whether they could survive until next year's autumn harvest after paying the imperial food again.

After Xiao Si fell ill, Qiu put all the brown rice at home aside.

In the past few days, they have been eating new rice just harvested this year. Every time they cook, they use new rice mixed with brown rice in the pot.

When the rice is cooked, the first bowl must be dug in the middle of the new rice and given to Xiao Si, then Xiao Wu, and then the rest is three points for Xiao Qing.

She and Lu Quan ate the half of the brown rice, because it was mixed with new rice, even the brown rice was not so unpalatable in the mouth.

When I ate it for the first time, I felt a sweet taste in my mouth.

If it was to pay the emperor's rations, then the new rice could no longer be eaten like this, and could only be left for Xiao Si to eat alone.

Otherwise, the grain would not be enough for next autumn harvest.

Village Zheng didn't want to talk too much with the big guys, so he just pulled Lu Quan aside: "Brother Lu Quan, let me tell you the truth, you have to pay the rations."

"But..." Lu Quan rubbed his hands in embarrassment, "You know, we just bought the land. Although we collected the grain, we agreed with shopkeeper Li at the beginning, and shopkeeper Li sent someone to use the grain collected. The boat was towed away."

It was said that it was towed away by boat, but in fact it was only a cover made by Lu Quan and shopkeeper Li.

All the food from the Lu family and the Li family was sent by Lu Quan to the new shop bought for Xiao Si in the town, and it was well hidden.

The new shop has a large cellar for storage, and the food of the Lu family and shopkeeper Li are all hidden in the cellar.

This was discussed with Lu Quan when shopkeeper Li left. No amount of grain collected this year can be sold. Except for the royal grain, the rest will be kept and hidden.

The Hongying army revolted, and the court was corrupt. No one knows who will die when the time comes.

These ordinary people have to eat no matter who is the emperor, as long as they have food in their hands, they don't panic.

Not to mention how much food is in the cellar, as far as the current family property of the Lu family is concerned, they are actually not afraid to pay the imperial food one more time.

But Lu Quan is not stupid. If he has money and food, he can't actively pay the food. At that time, maybe it will be really troublesome if he is targeted by someone.

"I can't do anything about it. Regardless of whether there is any food or not, you have to hand over the imperial food." The village is beating his chest, "To tell you the truth, my family also has more than 30 acres of land. Eat a full meal, now I'm afraid..."

No one would feel distressed at the thought of handing over the food they got.

But what can I do if I feel distressed, if you don't pay it, you will fight against the Great Shang Dynasty. When the time comes, I will give you a remnant of the old dynasty, and that will be a matter of cutting off your head.

Lu Quan and the villager had a few words, and the villager informed everyone that after lunch, the big guys went to the threshing floor of their village for a meeting.

This year, the task of the river engineering has also come down, and Xiaoxinzhuang will also participate in the river engineering.

In the future, people from Xiaoxinzhuang will go to the threshing ground in the village and listen to it. The village will not come alone to notify.

Originally, the two poor men didn't have to make this trip, it was because the villager was doing his best to catch two chickens that lay eggs at home and gave them to the two poor men.It is said that Xiaoxinzhuang is Xinzhuangzi, and his words may not work for a villager, which made these two poor masters make an extra trip.

The village is helpless, he is not familiar with the people in Xiaoxinzhuang, if he is responsible for this errand, if the grain cannot be harvested by then, his village will have to take responsibility.

Now that the messengers came in person, there were two messengers who were so frightened, and he would convince Lu Quan at that time, and the group of new accounts in Xiaoxinzhuang would be taken down in the future.

(End of this chapter)