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Chapter 52 The Nervous Donkey
After eating the dumplings, Shen Yinxing and Xu Wei moved the tubes of bamboo salt to the car, and then slowly drove towards Changchun City under the expectant eyes of the Xu family.

Obscure month counted, there are about 60 tubes of bamboo salt this time, and it is estimated that it can be sold for more than 60 taels of silver.

Since Da Yuan has just founded the country for a few days, and has not yet paid the salt tax, so there is still a loophole.

Selling salt now is low-cost and high-profit without paying taxes. Simply put, it is two words, huge profits!
The Xu family got a taste of the money they made from selling salt last time. In the past two days, people have been working overtime and overtime overnight, and they are working harder and harder, almost forgetting to sleep and eat.

Obscure Moon summed it up, the same sentence, the money is in place, the people are useless!
Xu Jingyang failed to go to the city with Oogyue this time, but was helping to mix the salt soil with a mixing stick with a frowning face. Mixing the salt soil is physical work, and every time he stirs it twice, he has to shake his sore arm .

Alas, Xu Jingyang sighed, there is no way, after all, he can't offend the finance minister at home
The little donkey pattered all the way towards Changchun City, Xu Wei swung the willow stick in his hand, whipping it from time to time.

Shen Yinxing was sitting behind the donkey cart with her arms in her arms, and beside her were baskets of salt in bamboo tubes. In order to prevent the salt from contacting the air and getting damp, each bamboo tube was stuffed with a rattan cover.

Obscure Moon nestled in Shen Yinxing's arms, and the sun shone warmly on her body, making her drowsy.

The Yangchang small road on the outskirts of Changchun City is relatively narrow, and can only accommodate one vehicle and horse. If there is also a vehicle and horse coming from the opposite side, then one side needs to give way.

From far away, Obscure Moon saw smoke and dust rising from the small road ahead, and faintly heard the sound of horseshoes.

It seemed that the comer and the donkey cart were heading in opposite directions.

Seeing this, Xu Wei drove the donkey cart to the tree next to him early, and waited for the horsemen on the opposite side to pass first.

"Drive! Drive!"

I saw a tall maroon horse first rushing out of the smoke and dust, and riding on the back was a girl about thirteen or fourteen years old. The girl was wearing a felt hat, braided, and whipped, looking heroic and heroic.

Behind the girl was a line of people, and the group of them slapped their whips, looking like they were in a hurry.

This group of people is from the royal family of Inner Mongolia. They came to Dayuan this time to discuss the matter of joining forces to fight against the Qiang people.

And the leading girl is Gejiamu, the little princess of the Gegemu Tribe in Inner Mongolia. She received news yesterday that white wolves are infested in this area. There are few white wolves in the Central Plains, so when she heard the news, she knew which one The white wolf must be her Hu Liena.

She and Snow Wolf Hu Liena grew up together. It can be said that they have a very deep relationship, but for some reason, Hu Liena has disappeared since she entered Changchun City, and she can't find it no matter how hard she looks. I heard that someone found it in this area this morning. There was no trace of the white wolf, that's why he came here in a hurry.

Originally, Wuyue's donkey cart stopped on the side of the road early, and the two would not collide, as long as they waited for others to pass first, and then returned to the road by themselves.

In the end, I don't know why the stupid donkey pulling the cart went crazy, and suddenly ran to the road and kicked at the other's horse.

The galloping horse was like a fired shell, while the donkey was like a gust of wind, pulling the cart and ramming it regardless.

This scene happened so fast that no one expected it.

Xu Wei, who was pulling the reins, was directly thrown away, and Shen Yinxing and Miyue in the car were also thrown back violently with inertia.

Fortunately, Shen Yinxing's reaction was fast enough, she protected Ozuki with one hand, and firmly grasped the edge of the car with the other, so she was not thrown out of the car.

The horse on the opposite side was also startled by the sudden bump of the donkey, its front hooves jumped high and neighed deafeningly.

"Hiss~wow~"

As soon as he was about to collide, Ge Jiamu on the horse's back pulled the reins suddenly, and his whole body and the straight horse's body formed a 90° angle with the ground.

The horse is tall and tall, and the donkey pulling the cart is not as tall as the horse's legs. Now the horse leaping in the air is directly two steps taller than the donkey.

The donkey seemed dumbfounded by fright, and stood there motionless.

The frenzied steed was a little frightened, and smashed towards Obscure Moon on the donkey cart with its iron hoof the size of a bowl.

Obscure Moon: "?"

Seeing the horse's hooves about to fall like a hammer in front of her eyes, Ozuki's heart froze suddenly.

No, brother, it was that stupid donkey who ran over to provoke you, why are you stepping on me?

Seeing that I'm small, I'm easy to bully, right?
Still unreasonable?
Seeing that the horse's hoof was about to step on the people in the donkey cart, Ge Jiamu, who was riding on the horse, clamped the horse's back desperately, signaling it to stop quickly.

You must know that the horse's horsepower is so powerful that if the horse's hoof is stepped on like this, it can directly penetrate the chest and back of women and children, and then trample them into a mess of mud.

The frenzied horse's eyes were already red, and it didn't listen to the master's order at all, and just raised its iron hoof and smashed it down so high.

This scene frightened everyone. Seeing that the matter was irreparable, Ge Jiamu quickly closed his eyes, unable to bear to see the coming bloody scene.

However, what happened next surprised everyone.

After the hammer-like horseshoe slammed down heavily, Shen Yinxing, who was holding the moon, subconsciously blocked it with his hand, and then lightly blocked the fatal blow.

Everyone rubbed their eyes.

What?
Nothing happened?

Everyone rubbed their eyes again.

Yes, indeed nothing happened.

The horse's crazy iron hooves were gently blocked by a woman with her hand. The key point is that her movements were very casual, as if she was catching a small stone flying in the air.

Everyone present was stunned.

A woman directly resisted the mighty iron hoof with her hands?
Simply unheard, unseen.

But this extremely absurd scene just happened before my eyes.
The frantic bay red horse also frightened Miyue quite badly, her little face turned pale.

Shen Yinxing was very angry that her precious daughter was frightened, and she looked at the bay red horse with a chill in her eyes.

The chill was extremely cold, as if it came from the abyss of hell.

The perception of animals is sharper than that of humans, and the mad bay red horse felt the coercion from Shen Yinxing.

It was a very terrifying aura, a murderous aura cultivated in a sea of ​​corpses and blood.

Being stared at by that kind of eyes, it seemed that he was the one who was strangled by the throat in the next second.

Therefore, the bay red horse stopped being crazy, raised its hooves high, lowered them lightly, and then acted as if nothing had happened.

The stupid donkey was also shocked by the murderous look on Shen Yinxing's body, so he didn't go crazy, and obediently pulled the cart back to the side of the road.

Seeing this scene, Ge Mujia and Lu Yue were also stunned.

ah?What just happened?

At the same time, a group of uninvited guests came to Hongshu Village, which also lived not far from the outskirts of Changchun City.

The person in the lead was a poor man from the government office, followed by a team of guards armed with sticks.

Hongshu Village is a small village in Hebei Province. The people in the village live by growing herbs and cotton in the saline-alkali soil.

The young men in this village were taken away by Daxing to fight against the Japanese, and then all the men died on the battlefield, and the rest were orphans, old, weak, sick and disabled. According to the words of the second steward of the Gongsun family, they were these people Very nice to bully.

After King Yuan took charge of Hebei, he didn't feel particularly sympathetic to these war orphans. After all, they fought for Daxing, not for Dayuan.

Because no one in the village is a soldier, the taxes in Hongshu Village are different from those in villages that implement the military land system. The taxes in Hongshu Village are very heavy, and various miscellaneous taxes are paid every three days.

The villagers of Hongshu Village saw the guards coming from a distance, and immediately realized that they were coming to collect taxes again, so they quickly hid in the house.

And when those experienced guards saw this situation, they stepped forward to smash the door without saying a word, and then broke in to drag him out.

Half an hour later, more and more villagers from Hongshu Village were pulled out. If they walked slowly, they would be hit with a stick on their backs.

Not long after, there was a wailing sound in the sky above the village.

The village head of Hongshu Village rushed over on crutches after hearing the news, waved his hands repeatedly and said, "Master! Master, what are you doing? Didn't you just pay the taxes a few days ago?"

"It used to be a food tax, but now we have to collect military rations. Your village needs to collect [-] shi of military rations according to the regulations. Today, there must be no less than one grain of the [-] shi of military rations."

"Three hundred stones!?" The head of Hongshu Village turned his beard pale when he heard this: "This year, the salinization of the land has become more serious, and there is basically no harvest in the field. People are living on the old grain from previous years. Now the grain is stored. It's almost finished, not to mention three hundred shi, I can't even make up thirty shi!"

Before the village chief finished speaking, a guard yelled: "Boss! They still have food in storage! We searched a lot, and these unruly people just don't want to pay the food."

A servant is moving out half a bag of grain from a family's house.

"Master, that's our last ration for the winter!"

A thin old farmer is trying to grab the grain back.

"Get out!" The guard turned around and kicked the old farmer to the ground. The old farmer was about to get up in pain, and he beat his head with a stick. The guard reprimanded as he beat him, "Anyone who dares to interfere with official duties will be arrested and served in the yamen!"

The surrounding villagers dared not speak out, and could only let the wolves plunder.

"Boss! All the collected food is here!" A guard patted the basket used to hold the food.

The leader of the poor man saw that there were not three baskets of food found in the entire village, and frowned: "These gangsters must be hiding something! Hit me!"

With an order, those who did not pay enough food were taken to the open field to be beaten with sticks.

Seeing this scene, the village head of Hongshu Village trembled with anger.

At this moment, the second housekeeper of Gongsun's family came over with several loads of grain, and the person following him was Lao Mengtou.

Gongsun's family is a well-known family in Hebei, so it is natural to give some face to the second housekeeper.

The poor man cupped his hands at the second housekeeper and said, "Why did you come to the countryside today?"

The potbellied second housekeeper stepped forward and whispered a few words to the poor man, and the poor man immediately ordered his subordinates: "Stop beating, stop, the second housekeeper of the Gongsun family has something to say."

As soon as the messengers stopped, the women cried and stepped forward to help their family members who had been beaten half to death, causing chaos on the field.

"Followers, please be quiet and listen to me." The second housekeeper shook the stack of deed papers in his hand: "Ming people don't speak dark words. Today I am here to reclaim the land. Everyone sell the land deed to me." In exchange for grain, five stones of rice per mu, it’s almost the Chinese New Year, so everyone pays their taxes so that they can have food for the New Year.”

After hearing this, the villagers said angrily: "One mu of land is only given five stones of rice. You are taking advantage of the fire to rob, and you are robbing it openly!"

The second butler waved his hand: "You don't grow anything in the saline-alkali land, so you just collect some herbs. There are already a lot of five-shi rice, so don't be ungrateful!"

The villagers fell silent after hearing this. The land is the lifeblood of farmers. Even if they survive this time, they will have no land to plant in the coming year. How can they live.

Seeing that all the villagers bowed their heads and said nothing, no one acted.The leading poor man turned around and ordered, "Keep beating me until the gangsters have enough food."

The government and the local tyrants sang together, the purpose is to force the villagers to hand over the fields in their hands, and it is also under the guise of expropriating military rations. There is no flaw on the surface. This method is really clever.

As soon as the words came to an end, the servants raised their sticks and beat the villagers again. An old farmer had been beaten into a coma. Seeing this, his wife had to go back to the house to get the title deed, and handed it to the second housekeeper with tears in her eyes. After paying five shimi, he immediately handed over the army rations, and only then did he save the man.

Seeing that there is no way to escape today, the villagers also sold the land deeds one after another, and handed over some food to the poor man.

The second housekeeper, who was collecting the land deed, was delighted, and his swollen belly was sticking out, like a blood-sucking locust.

The villagers looked gloomy. People who lost their land were refugees. Although the land they had in the past was also saline-alkali land, they could grow crops anyway, but now they don't even have land. How can people live.

The second housekeeper is now smiling, he is going to use this method to acquire and merge a large number of saline-alkali lands, and then use it to try to refine the soil salt. If he can successfully refine it, then he has done a great job, and he will be appreciated by Patriarch Gongsun in a short time. Then become the chief steward.

The big butler with a stern face all day long was always pushing him down, which made him really unhappy.

Now that there is a large area of ​​saline-alkali land, I will arrest another Xu family member and force him to ask about the production method, and then we will all work together.

"You guys come here." The second housekeeper beckoned to the servant behind him: "You guys and Lao Mengtou go to live near Xu's house together, and then bring someone who can make earth salt."

All servants: "No!"

Hongshu Village is not far from Erlitun, and the family members soon rushed to the only way that Xu's family must pass to go to the saline-alkali land.

Then they lurk in the grass one by one, waiting for the appearance of their prey.

At this moment, Xu Ajiu, who was walking alone to the campsite with the salt on his back, came into the servant's field of vision.

"This man seems to be the son of Captain Xu. I usually see him going in and out of the salt-boiling tent. He must know how to make earth salt!" Old Mengtou lying on the grass pointed at Xu Ajiu road.

The servants nodded: "Well, that's him. He looks thin and weak and is easy to bully. I think he will recruit anything if he is frightened."

After the plot was over, they decided on the victim, and while there was no one around, they rushed towards Xu Ajiu.

　I feel unwell and feel dizzy after finishing a chapter. I am not very satisfied with this chapter. I will revise it in the morning.

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