Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 2627 Kun thief goes to the countryside
The golden pig looked very curious, turned around and asked a fellow onlooker: "Why is the master practicing nursing in this place?"

Seeing that it was a golden pig, that one greeted him too: "Brother Pig is back, this is not the training courtyard, but the training farmer. There is an altar in our village called the Eight Immortals Association. After the rice harvest, the whole village will come together Practicing. The three men with black scarves on their heads are the three senior brothers who perform Jietan. The one on the left is the third senior brother Sha Er, who practices iron head kung fu, using a chain whip in his hand, nicknamed "Iron Chain Magic Whip". On the right, the fat one on the right is the second senior brother, named Ma Jin, who practices iron belly and uses a white wax rod, nicknamed "Nagasaka Golden Spear". The most powerful is the senior brother, the one who is on patrol. His name is Chen Sheng, and he practiced golden bell shields, and his whole body is invulnerable. A few days ago, someone used the fast gun of the thief to try the golden bell shield of senior brother, and fired a gun at senior brother. Guess what?"

As he said that, the man wiped his mouth full of saliva, looked at the golden pig triumphantly, saw that the golden pig was listening attentively, and continued, "Eldest senior brother took the blunderbuss in his mouth with one mouthful. Like chewing fried beans, I swallowed the gunzi. Then I patted my stomach and said, 'There is no salt, it's too bland.'”

The golden pig couldn't help being surprised and said: "Is it really so powerful?"

"That's not true!" the man said firmly, "The whole village was watching at the threshing ground." The three or two idlers watching together also reunited together, and someone pointed to a banyan tree, "At that time Let’s try a shot at that banyan tree first, but the shot hasn’t been removed yet.”

The golden pig pointed to the incense case and asked, "This altar is also the White Lotus Sect?"

"Jing Hun said." The person who didn't interrupt just now said eagerly: "We are not worshiping the White Lotus Sect. It is the tablet of the Jade Emperor!"

Ever since the Wenxiang Sect riot in Shandong during the Tianqi period, the White Lotus Sect, an old folk sect, has become known all over the world.Xu Hongru is also well-known, and various legends about his "magic power" have reached the point of "strange power and chaotic gods".Even in a place like Guangdong where the folk sect is not very prosperous, everyone knows the name of the White Lotus Sect.As soon as the man heard the words "White Lotus Sect", he immediately denied three consecutive times, and then quickly explained: "This time, the Jade Emperor saw the thieves from the lower realm using sorcery to make waves, and ordered the Queen Mother of the West to come out of the mountain to accept disciples and subdue demons." Catching monsters and protecting the Ming Dynasty. Huang Xiangu is a direct disciple of the Queen Mother of the West, and the round fan in her hand is two magic weapons bestowed by the empress. That fan can fan the five elements, and Huang Xiangu is very effective. The woman is practicing the Immortal Formation in the other courtyard of Mr. Li's house. After seven or seven days of practice, she will be successful. At that time, the heavenly soldiers and generals who can move will come to help. Brother Pig, don't your family also practice with Huang Xiangu, she Didn't tell you?" He looked up and down the golden pig again, and then smiled meaningfully.

Although the Golden Pig is only wandering around a few nearby villages, Xiaoyaoyu is also a place where people come and go. They have seen more of the world than ordinary rural folks, and they are only half-believing.But since it was Master Li's idea, he naturally didn't dare to question it.After watching the knife practice for a while, he continued to look for work.

Originally, when the early rice was harvested and the late rice was harvested in May, it was the busiest season for rural day laborers. Harvesting, sunning, threshing, and after harvesting the early rice, it was time to fertilize, till the ground, drain water, and transplant seedlings...to plant the late rice. , A quarter of an hour is not wasted.From early to dark, there is no time to rest.The sun is above the head, and the fields are hot under the feet, but this is also the season when the income of day laborers is the most lucrative and the best food is eaten.Not only is three meals of rice a day enough, but you can also see meat.It is now the end of May, and every family is preparing for the season of summer harvest and summer planting, but those with a lot of land must make appointments for short-term labor in advance, so as not to be caught off guard when they get it.

Golden Pig went to the home of old clients from previous years, called "Please Ann", and actually went to make appointments.To his relief, the demand for labor has not decreased. After the Australians came to "clarify the land acres", although the new land tax promulgated by the Australians is nominally higher than that of Ming Dynasty, but because the property rights are clear, the land tax calculation is clear, and the payment is simple. Need to bear a lot of unexplained additional allocations and apportionments, the burden of many landowners has been reduced. In addition, Australians’ demand for food has increased significantly, and many families have expanded their planting area and increased their employment.There are also some farmers who see that he is a good hand at work, and ask him not to do short-term work, it is better to come to work as a long-term worker, and the salary is favorable.

Li Xiujie only said "Think about it", but actually he didn't take these invitations seriously.If you want to live for a long time, it's better to go to the master's house, at least you are from the same family, so you have more or less a caretaker, and how much money can you save for a long time?He has also suffered a lot in these years: when the master's family said it nicely for many years, how much money he gave a year, food and clothing belonged to the master's family; when he came to the master's house, he wanted money for everything.At the end of the year, when the big account is calculated, it is not bad to get [-] to [-]% of the wages.What made him most reluctant was that besides farming and doing work, the master's family also used them as slaves. There were heavy and rough jobs in the mansion, and they were asked to do them for many years without even a reward.

Fortunately, after this circle, he has filled up the next two months, and his salary is better than before.He figured that after these two months of work, he would be able to save a fortune.I can go to Dongguan to buy a few "cough suppressant pills" - it is said that the medicine is the most effective in curing cough, and it works immediately after taking it.It's just that the price is expensive, and a pill costs fifty cents.

My wife begged for Huang Xiangu's incense ash to be effective, but it couldn't cure the root cause, and it only took a few days to take one dose.And he doesn't want his wife to "practice" every day. He always feels that there is something wrong with this "practice". What's wrong!
The extra money from the purchase of medicines should be saved first, and when the family reclaims it again, they can use the money to engage in activities and relationships, and they can also reclaim more than ten acres of land, which will become their own tenant land, so he will You don't have to rely on day labor to make a living like this anymore.If my mother can cure her cough and asthma, and the family can help her, Lianniang can borrow some silkworm cocoons from the silk warehouse to reel silk, earn some money, and the family can be more generous...

On the way back, the sun shone on his face, making it very hot, but Li Xiujie didn't feel uncomfortable at all.This hot and spicy feeling is rare to make people feel comfortable. People who have hope in this day also have energy—although everyone said that whether it is Ming Dynasty or Song Dynasty, whoever comes or does not have to pay taxes and pay the food.Unexpectedly, the arrival of the Australians actually made his life much easier.He thought that since he was going to do farm work, he had to go to the market to buy some new farm tools.

The most important agricultural tool for rice harvesting is a sharp sickle.Naturally, he always had this item at home, so it was easy to use.It's just that he saw the new Australian farm tools in a shop in Xiaoyao Market a few days ago. They are really steel and good, and they are easy to use.It's just that the thing looks very light and thin, which somewhat makes him suspect that it is "not durable".As far as the price is concerned, it was originally very expensive, but now it is not much different from an ordinary scythe.

A few days ago, he heard people who bought it say that Australian agricultural tools are very strong and not as delicate as he thought, so he also planned to buy one, so that it would be easier to work with - after all, he would have to give it to him in the future. Doing work in my own land!

Thinking of this, the golden pig felt very happy, and rushed back briskly.When he was approaching Lijiawei, he saw a small boat coming from the river, heading towards the village.

The rivers here in Dongguan are criss-crossed, and boats are often used for transportation. It is very common to have a small boat.But the people in this ordinary boat caught his attention.There were three or four young people squatting or sitting on the bow, talking and laughing loudly.

From their short hair and double-breasted jackets, the golden pig knew immediately: this is the "fake hair" coming!
Speaking of the thief Jin Zhu, he had seen a lot when he was working as a part-time worker in Xiaoyao Market.At the beginning, Kun Bing arrived at Xiaoyao Market on a small steamer that was emitting black smoke.All the merchants and residents in the market fled, only the owner of the market stayed behind with a few servants to take care of the errands.The Kun bandit rested for an hour at the ruins and then boarded the boat and left.Didn't buy anything, didn't confiscate anything, just asked the market owner's steward to sweep a few large pots of boiling water for supply

Later, he saw people from the "tax bureau" coming to the market to collect taxes, and they also came to Xiaoyao Market on a small steamer under the guard of a group of soldiers.That is to say, from that taxation, Australian silver dollars and bills began to circulate - because the tax collectors did not recognize silver and copper coins.There was a panic among the shops, and no one knew where to find the "Australian money". Fortunately, a grocery store in the market had a sign saying "Exchange Agency" not long after.

Later, last winter, the Australian "work team" came here to "clear property and tax" again. This time, there were many more people. Under the protection of soldiers, he went to the countryside to measure the land.At that time, the home of the work team was located in the market.Tents were set up against the pier, and the pier was full of boats and small steamers with cannons.The golden pig was also called to work, helping to unload mysterious wooden boxes from the supply ship, all of which were written "Secret" in black paint.

Later on, the kun thieves didn't show up much, although occasionally there were a few fake kuns who went to the market to do errands, or the passing kun boats docked to beat the shore.I don't see anyone in the country anymore.The common people breathed a sigh of relief, this "kun" is finally over.

The common people don't care too much who is the emperor and who is the magistrate.But starting from the old habits, I was very afraid of seeing "officials" coming to the countryside-as long as these people showed up, they would either lose their money or be beaten, and nothing good would happen.

What are these "fake hairs" doing here?The golden pig felt nervous for a while.Going down the river is Lijiawei!
(End of this chapter)