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Chapter 18 Mother-in-law!please listen to my sophistry
"Are you... Dong Xun?"

Huo Guang never thought that he would meet Dong Xun here.

and!

The other party was still guarding the horses in the racecourse.

Shouldn't she be in Dong Zhongshu's place and listen to his grandfather's lectures?
Huo Guang didn't know why Dong Xun was here, but he didn't go forward when he heard her yelling at him to stop.

"Why are you here? I'm Huo Guang who put forward different views with Mr. Dong that day. You should still have some impression!" Huo Guang looked at Dong Xun, puzzled, but also curious.

Unexpectedly, a woman who looks weak and weak can actually ride a horse!

Even Huo Guang can't ride a horse yet.

Dong Xun, who was riding a horse, looked a little heroic.Hearing Huo Guang's words, he took another look at him.

It seemed that he recognized Huo Guang.

So, he came to Huo Guang on his horse, turned over, jumped off the horse, and stood in front of Huo Guang.

"Why are you here?" Dong Xun looked at Huo Guang and asked.

However, Huo Guang frowned and said: "I should be asking you this, right? I was kicked out by Mr. Dong, and I couldn't listen to the lecture, so I just wandered around. You are not like me, why are you riding a horse here?" playing?"

For Huo Guang's question.

Dong Xun shook his head and explained: "It's raising horses, which can cover corvee and various taxes."

Raising horses?

To put it bluntly, it is the Ma Zheng of the Han Dynasty!
The Han Dynasty encouraged the people to raise horses, and one horse could be worth the corvee of three people.If you raise more, you can also reduce various taxes.In the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, in order to fight against the powerful cavalry of the Huns, Ma Zheng gave the people a lot of benefits.

of course.

No matter how great the benefits are, they cannot be compared with the aristocratic families in the upper class.

Like Huo Guang and Mrs. Wei, they were born in the family of generals and princes, and they did not suffer from corvee at all.

Naturally, there is no need to raise horses.

"Oh!" Huo Guang nodded thoughtfully, as if he had thought of something, so he asked, "Hey, I remember that you are not the granddaughter of Dong, why do you still need to raise horses?"

Dong Xun led the horse, motioned Huo Guang to go to the shade, and then said: "My father is only the adopted son of Grandfather, and has no blood relationship. In addition, Grandfather's advice a few years ago caused a disaster, and he himself was demoted to a commoner. How could he care about it?" us."

The Han Dynasty is still very realistic.

Even for a general like Li Guang, after losing a battle and being demoted to a commoner, even a guard of Ba Ling would dare to step on him!
What's more, this was still the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who emphasized martial arts over literature.

Even if you are a great talent like Zhu Fuyan, in the eyes of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, at the critical moment, you are just an abandoned son.

"Okay." Huo Guang nodded, looked at the newly built horse farm, and asked, "Is this horse farm newly built by the imperial court?"

"Ok!"

Dong Xun nodded.

Folk raising horses does not mean keeping them at home.

Those raised at home are cattle.

The imperial court will build a horse farm, and then those who want to raise horses can choose a few horses to raise in the horse farm, so as to offset the corvee.

of course.

If you have money on hand and some power, you can of course raise horses yourself.

The question is, do ordinary people have money?Can the raised horses go to the fields to plow the land?Certainly not!If it weren't for the benefits brought by the horse administration of the Han Dynasty, who would the common people be willing to raise horses?
anyway!

This is not the only way for private horse raising tax credits.

There is another one!
It is to go to the racecourse to select stallions and mares to raise, and is responsible for breeding issues.

In the Hexi area, there was even a wave of raising horses, and people would get together in their spare time to exchange ideas on raising horses.Later, the imperial court attached great importance to this phenomenon, and regularly held seminars on horse breeding.

Huo Guang felt a little embarrassed when he saw that Dong Xun just nodded and didn't speak.

What can I say?
Seeing the girl's thin figure, Huo Guang rubbed his forehead and asked, "By the way, why did your family let you have a girl to raise a horse? What about your family?"

"I have to do farm work. I'll watch it during the day, and my mother will watch at night." Dong Xun said with her head down.

Huo Guang frowned slightly, and asked, "Do you still come to watch at night?"

"Yes." Dong Xun nodded first, and then said: "This is a horse assigned by the imperial court. We are responsible for raising it. If something happens, we will be held accountable."

Breed horses!

It can offset corvee, tax cuts, etc.

So the same.

Once there is a problem with the horses I raise, the court will be held accountable, and even ordinary families may not be able to bear it.

"How many horses does your family raise at this racecourse?" Huo Guang asked.

"Three!" Dong Xun said, "In addition to this one horse, there are two more ponies. When they grow up, the family can get a lot of money!"

talking room.

Huo Guang looked at Dong Xun's clear eyes, and seemed to be a little excited.

That feeling.

Just like when I first started working in my previous life and received my salary for the first time.

Excited with some anticipation.

It's just that as time goes by and age grows, the feeling slowly disappears.More, it is like the little monster in Langlang Mountain in the animation.

The hair that is falling out day by day, and the edges and corners have been smoothed by life.

finally?
There is only a pair of empty eyes left, and the life is dragging on.

Huo Guang looked at Dong Xun and asked, "Hey, you know how to ride a horse, right, you can."

He was talking, when suddenly a strange voice sounded, interrupting his words.

"Female female female"

What is this sound?It sounds like the cry of a pig farmer who eats the pig.

After the sound sounded, the two turned their heads to look at the same time.

I saw a woman wearing old linen clothes made of ramie, with a tired face on her vicissitudes of life, striding towards the two of them like a man.

Huo Guang was still thinking about who this woman was.

Dong Xun, who was beside him, complained slightly, "Mother, why did you come here? I'm almost starving to death."

mother?
This woman turned out to be Dong Xun's mother?

Ok
I saw Dong's mother holding something like a plate in front of Dong Xun in her dark hand, spitting and cursing: "I haven't slept well yet, so I got up and cooked for your family. Your grandmother urged you too. Also reminded. If you don’t do anything, just watch a horse and starve you to death.”

Dong's mother is a peasant woman, and she has no scruples when she speaks.

Huo Guang listened to Mother Dong's words, but his eyes were all on her hands.Of course, it wasn't because of the food on the plate, but because of the black mud in the fingernails.

This is normal.

How many clean nails can there be in a peasant woman's fingernails?
Moreover, in addition to calluses, most farmers have cracked fine lines covering the entire palm, just like the cracked lines of porcelain after exposure to the sun.

Dong Xun took the food and started eating.

Dong's mother at the side also glanced at Huo Guang, and then asked Dong Xun, "Who is he?"

"Grandfather's recording disciple, I heard it there for two days when I was teaching, and I know him." Dong Xun said while eating.

Huo Guang felt that it was time to say hello to Dong's mother.

otherwise!

Standing next to him was a little awkward.

After thinking for a while, he said, "Hello, Auntie, my name is Huo Guang, and I am the younger brother of General Huo Qubing."

"Huo Guang?" Mother Dong muttered something, as if thinking of something, and asked, "You are the one who peeped at my daughter when Father Zhong was talking, and then said some outrageous things to Father Zhong when he was caught. A naughty boy lying on the bed for two days angrily!"

Finished!

Even Dong's mother knew about peeping at her girl in class.

Huo Guang felt a little at a loss for a moment, and said awkwardly: "I didn't, I didn't. I didn't peek at your daughter."

(End of this chapter)