The Summoning World of the Great Qin Empire

Chapter 1097 An Accident Happened
This is the trend of the times and cannot be diverted by individual will.

Meng Tian, ​​Zhuge Liang, and Zhao Yun served as followers, and Fusu, dressed in black brocade, led them out of the city.

The [-] mu of fertile land to the west of Jinyang City, Fusu already asked clearly last night, rice is still planted here.

On the land of Qin State, as long as it is suitable for planting rice, almost all of them have been planted with rice.

Fusu and the others rode horses to the fertile soil in the west, and saw a golden ocean stretching directly to the edge of the sky in the distance.

The people in the field shouted and were threshing millet.

Fusu turned over and got off the horse, grabbed a handful of millet that had just been plucked, and peeled it open with his hands, revealing the rice grains inside.

The farmer here originally wanted to scold Fusu, but seeing the clothes Fusu was wearing and his extraordinary temperament, he didn't dare to say much, and just smiled at him.

"This year's harvest is good. Is this your own land, or is it rented?"

The old farmer said: "Returning to the master, this is my own land. A few years ago, my eldest son returned the land with military exploits. Later, when my son retired from the army, the imperial court gave us rice seeds and said to plant this land." Things can definitely be harvested.”

If someone in the family is in the army, they can naturally be exempted from taxes, which is also the preferential treatment of these soldiers by the imperial court; but once they leave the army, they have to pay taxes according to regulations.

The poll tax in ancient times was very scary. He didn't care whether you had a fixed income or not. As long as you had a head, you would have to pay a tax unless you escaped into the deep mountains and old forests and broke away from the household registration of the imperial court. No taxes are payable.

But if this is the case, he will become a savage without household registration, and everyone will kill him at will.In other words, these people did not receive the protection of feudal law, and they were innocent and meritorious for killing them.

"Oh?" Fusu was very happy, and continued to ask: "The one who went to the court is after taxation, but there is still food left."

"You can eat the next season's grain harvest, and you can still have some surplus grain. This is a gift from the emperor." The old farmer said excitedly, his eyes were red.

"In the early years, my son was in the army, so I was exempted from taxes, but there was still not enough food."

At that time, millet was grown, and the yield was naturally not as good as that of rice.

"Now the imperial court is giving us free rice and corn. I heard that in a few days, the imperial court will give us some free potatoes to plant. I heard that these things have already been harvested in the capital. I saw a group of merchants selling them a few days ago. , the little old man also bought some at home."

"Indeed." The sense of accomplishment in Fusu's heart naturally goes without saying.

Fusu bid farewell to the old farmer, got on his horse, and continued walking towards the distance.

"Who knows that every piece of Chinese food is hard work." Fusu couldn't help but read a poem when he touched the scene.

When Zhuge Liang and the others were about to speak with a smile, they did not expect the emperor to read out the next line of his poem:
"There is no idle land in the world, and the peasants still starve to death."

"Snapped--"

As soon as this remark came out, Zhuge Liang and the others slapped their faces fiercely as if they had been slapped out of thin air.

"Kong Ming, what do you think of this poem?"

Zhuge Liang bit the bullet and said: "Although my Daqin is at war with the outside world, as long as we are willing to endure hardships and work hard, we will not starve to death."

Fu Su reined in his horse, pointed to the distance and said: "Farmers are the hardest people in the world. The foundation of the empire lies in agriculture. When Zheng He brought back crops such as potatoes and corn from overseas, I felt that Feng He is a prince, and he deserves his name!"

"If there is no rice, potatoes, and corn crops, how many people will starve to death this autumn."

"Emperor Shengming!"

Fu Su shook his head: "No matter how wise I am, I'm still only one person."

"My lord! My kind lord! I beg you, please reduce some taxes. I'm willing to be your cow or horse!"

At this moment, a very ear-piercing sound came from a distant field ridge, Fusu and others immediately followed the sound.

Zhuge Liang frowned tightly, thinking who is looking for death?A county sheriff was dismissed the day before yesterday, but he did not expect to hear such a voice again today.

The worst thing for the emperor is that the working people can't survive.

Looking for the sound, I saw a young woman kneeling on the ridge of the field, weeping sadly; around her, a well-dressed man, leading some strong men, was carrying away the threshed millet in the field. .

Fu Su asked curiously, "What's going on here?"

Zhao Yun immediately got off his horse, stepped forward and asked loudly, "What happened?"

The well-dressed middle-aged man heard someone scolding, turned his head and was about to start scolding, but suddenly saw a mighty man staring at him, swallowed the words in his mouth in fright, and faltered: : "This is the property of my Li family. They rented and planted my land. Naturally, we should take the grain."

Zhao Yun looked at it, and there were exactly ten bags of rice in this field, and those strong men were carrying six bags, and they became angry immediately, frowning and said: "According to the laws of my Great Qin, the two taxes are two tenths. The tenant rents the land of the nobles, at most one-tenth of it, and this field produces ten generations of millet, and you actually took six bags, what is the reason?"

"What's the reason?" The middle-aged man sneered and raised his chin: "In Jincheng, my Li family is the sky! If I rent and plant my Li family's land, I will take away six tenths of the output. Where did you come from, bedbug? Your turn to talk?"

"Believe it or not, I just need to say one word, sir, and you won't be able to see the sun tomorrow!"

"Presumptuous!" Zhao Yun was angry, murderous all over his body, his eyes were blood red, the middle-aged man wanted to yell a few times, but he had never seen such a terrifying person, who was so frightened that he sat on the muddy ground, wow shouted.

"Hmph! What a big Li family! I want to ask, which Li family is there in Jincheng?" A figure flashed in front of Zhao Yun and asked in a cold voice.

"Boy, listen carefully! My patriarch, Li Gui, is the father-in-law of our Great Qin General Longxiang, Guan Yu and Guan Yunchang. How many heads do you have to cut off? How dare you use force against the steward like this?" At this time, a middle-aged man in a green shirt The scribe came over and said with a calm face.

Fusu took a look at this person, and couldn't help asking: "Are you a person with fame?"

A person with fame refers to a person who has taken the imperial examination.

"No... that's right!" The Li family official who was sitting in the field frightened, with his butt stained with mud, stood up, looked at Fusu proudly and said, "This Mr. Zhou Kou Zhou, who was born in Chunwei , is already in high school, and now I just happen to be idle at home, and in a few days, I will go to the capital to become an official, and a little finger can crush you to death!"

"Bold!"

Just after Steward Li finished speaking, the man flew upside down, and before he landed on the ground, his body had already been cut into several sections.

Meng Tian's eyes shot out like flames, staring at Zhou Kou.

(End of this chapter)