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Chapter 443 0439 [Is there going to be a war? 】

Time flies by and it’s October.

The second day of October.

People in the north began to prepare for the autumn harvest.

Although the State of Qi had implemented the system of dividing one person into one mu throughout the country long before the summer harvest, and exempted many excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes, the people still had no spare money in their hands.

In addition to paying taxes on the grain harvested in the summer, the remainder must be kept for winter and as seeds for the coming year.

In ancient times, seeds were a costly expense for farming.

One acre of land often requires one to two bushels of seeds.

As for the grain harvested in autumn, part of it should be used as reserve grain to be eaten before the summer harvest, while the other part is disposable money.

After all, the north is not as good as the south. Based on the 20 acres of land per person, even if one masters the rotation method, the autumn harvest will only be one crop of soybeans or sorghum, which can only cost three or four dan at most.

They were all taken away by Xicheng.

Note that the above is still the case of good weather throughout the year.

The army moved here two months ago. During the slack period, he helped out for a few days and earned a hundred cents in wages.

Chen Fu carried a large bag of silage and walked along the loess path towards the military camp not far away.

Mad dog!

Although half of the crops in the fields were burned during the summer harvest due to the attack of the Jin, His Majesty also exempted Zhending Mansion from summer taxes and only collected half of the autumn taxes.

Because this place borders Yuzhou of the Jin Kingdom, it has suffered from wars, so there are not many people there, less than a hundred households.

If officials of the Inspectorate want to be promoted, they must catch corrupt officials. There is no other way.

Han Zhen abolished them all with a wave of his hand, and returned all the land and other assets to the original people.

According to today's food prices, one stone is only a lot of money.

Where is the land?

In addition to salaries, year-end dividends can also make their lives comfortable.

It sounds reasonable, but in fact Hebei is suffering from wars and floods in the Yellow River. Many people's land has been transferred or transferred to reclaim wasteland. Where can I get the land deed, it is equivalent to open robbery.

The Crafts Bureau is headed by Tong Guan, which mainly produces ivory, horn, rhinoceros, jade, gold, silver, bamboo, rattan, decorative paintings, carvings, weaving and embroidery and other handicrafts. All the required materials are directly allocated to local households, forcing the people to household supply.

As the autumn harvest is approaching, the busiest people are not the officials in various places, but the inspectorate.

Zhao and Song were wealthy, and the city of Tokyo was prosperous, but these had nothing to do with the poor people at the bottom.

It's a pity that the military camp was built too quickly, otherwise I could have a good year just by doing work.

Everyone knows that the Inspectorate is a sword in the hands of officials, used to check and balance them, but no one dares to harbor resentment.

After deducting the costs of seeds and grain reserves for the coming year, as well as the loss of agricultural tools, two ounces of money will eventually fall into the hands of the people.

This colleague, let me lend you my head!

Because of this, civil and military officials secretly gave the officials of the Inspectorate a nickname.

In the event of a natural disaster or military calamity, it would be nice to be able to ensure that there is food to eat, let alone two dollars to spare.

This is not what Han Zhen said, but comes from Wang Anshi's poem "Hebei People".

Although there are few people, the farmers do not have many acres of land.

For example, the making bureau, the Yingfeng bureau, the man-ship bureau, the lucky bureau...

As soon as this provision came out, the Inspectorate and other officials were destined to be on opposite sides, without any possibility of reconciliation.

It is conceivable how miserable the people in Shandong, Hebei and other places lived under the rule of Zhao Song before this.

The five members of Chen Fu's family were allocated thirty acres of land.

This is the income of the people under the rule of Qi State after the implementation of the sharing of land between farmers and farmers and light corvee and low taxes.

Later, when Li Yan came to power and took over the Xicheng Office, he began to amass money unscrupulously. Not only the common people, but also the properties of many landowners, big and small, were confiscated.

The Yingfeng Bureau was actually not bad. It mainly harmed the landlords, wealthy businessmen, and gentry, while other institutions harmed the people at the bottom.

Fear is on the one hand, but on the other hand the officials are indeed compensating them in other ways.

Fortunately, the military men in the military camp are kind-hearted, and the surrounding people can use the silage to rent cattle and donkeys to plow the fields. The rent for one day only costs one bucket of silage, and the people are responsible for the feed for the cattle and donkeys themselves.

At first, when Yang Jian was here, the food situation was not so ugly. The reclaimed land continued to be cultivated by the people, and the income was 50/50 of the people. This was equivalent to turning a large number of people into tenants, but at least they could still get 50% and barely survive starvation.

Whoever is caught will be bitten.

The full name of Xicheng Office is Kuotian Office in the West of the City. It was set up by the eunuch Yang Jian to confiscate property without land deeds.

Chen Fu is a farmer from Caogupu in the west of Zhending Prefecture.

After Han Zhen invaded Tokyo, Wu Min, Zhao Ding, He Li and others immediately signed a letter requesting the abolition of these institutions.

At this time of year, it is a good time for officials of the Supervision Office to improve their performance.

If a whole country can support a city, how can it not be prosperous?

[Old and young come to the south when there is a good harvest, and the southerners have nothing to eat in a good year. 】

The Xicheng Institute was just one of the institutions used by Song Huizong Zhao Ji to make money. There were more than a dozen institutions like this, large and small.

Zhu Meng was in charge of the Yingfeng Bureau and collected gold and silver gangs and flower and stone gangs in the south.

Feed for cattle and donkeys is easy to get, it’s just a matter of cutting more grass, and it’s definitely a good deal on your own.

As I was walking, I heard the sound of wheels behind me.

I turned around and saw that it was Ma Liu from Dongpu next door.

Ma Liu drove a donkey cart loaded with baskets of vegetables and asked, "Dafu, are you going to the military camp to rent cattle?"

"Yes."

Chen Fu nodded.

Ma Liu waved his hand: "Throw the fodder into the car, and I'll help you take it a ride."

"Thank you, Brother Six."

Hearing this, Chen Fu walked over with a smile, put the silage on his back on the donkey cart, and followed the donkey cart.

Looking at the vegetables on the donkey cart, Chen Fu said with envy: "Brother Six, you deliver so many vegetables to the military camp every day. Are you afraid that you will make a lot of money?"

"I just earn some hard-earned money and barely make ends meet."

Speaking of this, a hint of vigilance flashed in Ma Liu's eyes, completely losing his previous enthusiasm.

Ma Liuyuan's family also had a hard time, but he was courageous and quick-thinking. After learning that the military camp was moving, he took the initiative to ask if he wanted vegetables.

After getting a positive answer, he gritted his teeth, sold all his family's fields, bought a donkey cart to collect vegetables, and then transported them to the military camp to earn the difference. Although I don’t earn much per kilogram of vegetables, I can’t afford the large quantities, and I need them every day.

In one month, I can earn seven or eight dollars.

Chen Fu curled his lips and said, "Sixth brother didn't tell the truth. I saw my sister-in-law buying a deer leg at the market not long ago. She must have made a lot of money."

Being exposed in public, Ma Liu looked a little embarrassed and sneered: "It's just a little more than farming. That prodigal bitch, I'll beat her up when I get back."

Since the army moved here, many smart people in the surrounding area have made a lot of money by relying on the military camp.

After all, there are more than 30,000 people, and it costs money to eat and drink.

Chen Fu sighed: "It's a pity that I am stupid and have no capital."

Ma Liu said: "What am I doing? The real rich are the tofu shop and the pig-raising gang. This Qiu Ba gang is really rich. They eat twenty or thirty pigs every three days."

"How much does it cost to have so many pigs?"

Chen Fu took a breath, his face full of shock.

Ma Liu said with admiration on his face: "However, although these Qiu Ba gang are well fed, they are really desperate for their lives when fighting. They say that the Jin people are tough, but they were beaten by the Qingzhou Army a few months ago. It is said that they were chopped off. The heads are piled up in mountains."

Chen Fu said: "I heard that if you serve as a soldier for a month, you can get a salary of 500 yuan, and if you chop off a head, you will be rewarded with four knives. I don't know whether it is true or not."

"Really, an Orion was recruited into our shop. When Xiu Mu came back a while ago, he said he could eat three dry meals a day."

"Oh, my body is too weak, otherwise I would have applied for it."

"Listen to my brother's advice, this soldier can be used as he wants. After all, swords have no eyes on the battlefield. Now the officials are benevolent and have allocated fields to us, and exempted us from many miscellaneous taxes. Farming can also fill our stomachs." Ma Liu said sincerely. advised.

"That's true."

Chen Fu nodded and said with a smile: "My family still owed Zhang Yuanwai's family more than ten thousand dollars in debt, but when the government came, they immediately canceled it. Zhang Yuanwai didn't even dare to let out a fart."

"The officials are thinking of us now, but good times are yet to come."

Ma Tou laughed, his eyes full of longing for the future.

While talking, a military stronghold appeared at the end of the loess road.

On the wall of the village, groups of soldiers wearing black armor were constantly patrolling back and forth.

On the cement fort, you can vaguely see the shaking figures.

A chilling air rushed towards his face.

Although he had been here several times, Chen Fu still felt flustered.

"Master Jun, I'm here to deliver food."

"I...I'm here to rent cattle."

All the way to the gate of the military camp, the two said tremblingly.

"Just go in."

After carefully checking the bullock cart, the gatekeeper waved his hand.

After hearing this, the two men drove the donkey cart into the military camp.

Da da da!

At this moment, a rapid sound of horse hooves came from the distance.

Chen Fu turned around and saw three black armored cavalrymen galloping towards them. There were two bird feathers stuck on the sides of these cavalrymen's helmets.

"Urgent report, urgent report from Shuozhou!"

Approaching the military camp, a cavalry leader raised a token and shouted at the same time.

"Let go!"

Seeing the token, the soldier guarding the gate changed his expression slightly and immediately said hello.

Rumble!

The three cavalrymen rolled up clouds of smoke and rushed straight into the military camp.

Seeing this scene, Chen Fu looked worried and said: "Is there going to be another war?"

"Who knows."

Ma Liu shook his head and warned, "Don't meddle in other people's business."

"Ah."

Chen Fu nodded and walked towards the bullpen.

……

Within the handsome tent.

Han Shizhong was sitting in the main seat, listening to the reports from the soldiers of the scout battalion.

"Commander Commander, Shuozhou discovered a large number of Jin cavalry, numbering no less than three thousand, heading straight for Daizhou."

"Probe again and report again!"

Han Shizhong's expression remained unchanged and he ordered.

"Order!"

The soldiers of the scout camp responded loudly.

Yu Jun sneered and said: "The Jin people are addicted to plundering. They harvest once in the summer and again in the autumn. They really think that our Yuzhou army is a soft persimmon!"

"You are all handsome, the last general invites you to fight!"

Xiaowu said loudly.

Han Shizhong looked at the map, thought for a moment, and then said: "I will give you five hundred light cavalry, plus three thousand infantry, each carrying four firearms, and go into battle lightly. You must arrive at Mount Wutai three days ago to ambush the Jin soldiers!"

"The last general takes command!"

Xiao Wu's eyes lit up and he responded loudly.

"Yu Jun!"

"The end will be here."

"You lead two thousand heavily armored infantry and follow behind to rush for reinforcements at any time."

Han Shizhong was not a reckless man and made two plans.

Even if Xiaowu can't stop the Jin cavalry, there is still Yu Jun's heavy armor battalion.

(End of this chapter)