A Husband Who Traveled Through the Famine and Developed a Chronicle

After seeing off the officials, the village chief could no longer sit still.

First, I went to the old patriarch’s house and talked about the government’s food tax.

After hearing this, the old patriarch almost lost his temper.

"These worms and mice are trying to kill us."

The crutch hit the ground hard, and the old patriarch was so anxious that the whole room was full of anxiety. The government just didn't want to see them well. It was difficult for them to live a good life, but they had to increase taxes.

"Let me ask you clearly, is it really the emperor's order?"

He was anxious and angry, and a little unconvinced.

Didn’t you say that the emperor has changed for the better?How could you issue such an order when you have become someone who loves the people like a son?
"That's what the official said"

“Not only that, the capitation tax is also high.”

The old patriarch was surprised: "How much have you grown?"

The village chief gestured with his fingers, and the old patriarch asked in disbelief: "How much?"

"Half money" the village chief smiled bitterly.

For a family of more than ten people, that's quite a few taels of silver.

In previous years, it would take at least one or two years to earn it back.

Although life is getting better now, it still takes half a year to save so much money. If this news is exposed, people in the village will probably go crazy.

There are still many people who don’t have this kind of money at home.

"finished"

The old patriarch sat down dejectedly. The court suddenly increased taxes, fearing that something big would happen.

He has lived longer, and his wrinkled face is stained with memories. The more he recalls, the uglier his face becomes.

"Let everyone prepare money and food, so as not to offend the government." He looked very solemn.

The corner of the village chief's mouth twitched, and he said with visible distress: "Can you really give me so much food and money?"

"Give" the old patriarch was decisive, his cloudy old eyes were full of wisdom at this moment.

The village chief moved his mouth, knowing that the government wanted to collect grain and had no choice, especially this time when he specified the amount of grain and money to be collected. Even if he wanted to hide some grain, it would not work.

"By the way, Miss Xia has three hundred acres of land. When it comes to paying grain taxes, her family has the most. Please tell her personally."

The good life in the village is thanks to her, so I can't help but say hello.

After the village chief finished talking to the old patriarch, he went to Xia's house.

Bai Xia is getting older, and the two maids are also girls. It is difficult for the village chief to come to the door, but what he wants to say is of great importance, and the village chief cannot say it outside the door, so he has to find Yu Dahai and talk to him. Let them prepare early for the food tax issue.

The village was still immersed in the joy of the autumn harvest, but this joy did not last long before the village chief was shocked by the news.

This year's harvest is [-]% more than last year, but the extra [-]% cannot support the grain tax collected by the government.

As soon as the government's order came out, the people in the village felt like they were mourning for their heirs. They didn't even bother to talk when they went to work every day.

The Bai Xia family has a big business and a lot of taxes.

The grain tax alone is 600 jin, and when converted into silver taels, it is [-] taels.

Yu Dahai reported to Bai Xia that the commercial taxes of cloth shops and grain shops have also increased. Recently, more and more people have come to work in the cloth shops, and they all want to weave more cloth in exchange for money so that they can pay the capitation tax.

"Intensify the sales of grain, and everyone will definitely rush to grab grain now."

There is a sense of tension throughout Xuzhou that a storm is coming.

Just a few days after Bai Xia came back, she received such news.

If the people have no food in their hands, there will be chaos.

The government was aggressively harvesting grain, and it was obvious that Xuzhou was going to be in chaos. Maybe as Li Xiuyuan said, the Xuzhou governor planned to use Jizhou as a pledge of surrender so that he could join the Liang Dynasty.

However, Bai Xia prefers that the Xuzhou governor has his own ambitions.

Once he is really allowed to capture Jizhou, I'm afraid he will not be willing to be a vassal of King Liang.

Time flies.

A few days ago, people from the government came to inform them of this year's tax collection standards. Today, they came to the door with their household chores and went door to door to collect taxes. Cars and carts of grain were taken away, and boxes of silver jingled. , it’s everyone’s hard-earned money.

Watching the officials take her away, they were unable to do anything.

The most spectacular thing is Bai Xia's side.

Although she did not change her residence in the past three years, she expanded a lot and built a warehouse.The government came several times to collect [-] kilograms of grain.

Perhaps because they saw the grain that Bai Xia pulled out, the villagers in Dou'er Village didn't even feel that their hearts hurt so much, and instead looked at Bai Xia's face.

Maybe this is the mentality that as long as someone is miserable than me, I won't be so miserable!
The government comes and leaves quickly.

There is no need to weigh the grain when weighing it, just put it directly into baskets, with lines drawn on the baskets. One basket weighs one hundred kilograms, which is very fast.

After leaving Douer Village, we went to other villages.

Dou'er Village has become rich in recent years. Although everyone feels sad, they can still survive as long as they live the same life as before.

Other villages were not so lucky.

Cries, curses.

Even though he was far away, Bai Xia always felt the roar of the people in his ears.

"Where did they receive it?" Bai Xia asked.

As early as when the government started collecting grain, Bai Xia sent someone to keep an eye on it, with Yu Dahai taking full responsibility.

"The villages under Qingyang County will be harvested in two days."

"Have you found out where they sent the food?"

"Looking in the direction, it should be Xuzhou Guancang"

"almost"

Bai Xia nodded, a total of 6 kilograms of grain, plus the grain collected from surrounding villages, Qingyang County has at least hundreds of thousands of kilograms of grain.

Of course, these grains cannot be made cheap for the government in vain.

On the day when food was recovered from all villages and towns in Qingyang County, a big event happened in Xuzhou.

The official warehouse was stolen.

The door lock was intact and no one was caught, but the food inside was missing.

When Governor Xu got the news, he was arranging the next plan. Hearing this, he ignored the next arrangements and hurried to the official warehouse. He saw that the granary was clean and not even a grain of grain could be found.

"Check, send me a message." He barely managed to faint, and was so angry that he gritted his teeth.

The officials took action and began to find out who had stolen the food.

However, who has the ability to steal millions of kilograms of grain without anyone noticing?

Officials searched all over Xuzhou City, but found nothing.

The instigator, Bai Xia, had already returned to Douer Village.

Xuzhou was in chaos.

It gets messy very quickly.

A large amount of official food was stolen, causing panic throughout Xuzhou.

Yu Dahai walked in a hurry.

"Miss, it's not good, the government has issued a compulsory conscription order, ordering at least two people from a family to serve."

He ran so hard that his forehead was covered with sweat, and he had a bad feeling in his heart.

This is how the chaos started in Ganzhou at the beginning. They also charged high grain taxes. If they couldn't pay the grain, they would use people to offset it.

Now the government has no shame at all and goes directly to the village to arrest people.

When they arrest people like this, it goes without saying that they are going to fight.

These common people have no training, and if they are sent to the battlefield, they will die.

Bai Xia had long thought of such a day.

"Invite the village chief"

"By the way, invite the old patriarch here too."

Now the official officers who caught young men only went to a few other villages. Bai Xia couldn't control other villages, but she must keep Dou'er Village.

She's been here for a long time, maybe now's her chance.

Her eyes were slightly lowered, and her expression was deserted.