Three Kingdoms, at the beginning of the game, recognize the thief as the father, hit the spectacle,

"However, regardless of being an aristocratic family, I see that most ordinary people in Lujiang still use this kind of steamed rice as their rations. My father sometimes uses this kind of grain to make porridge when helping the poor. It shouldn't be too expensive..."

Somewhat uncertainly, Qiao Ying frowned subconsciously after hearing the other party's question.

She grew up with a golden spoon in her mouth and was a daughter, so she hardly ever worried about livelihood and the like, and she may not be much clearer about some people's livelihood issues than Zhang Yan.

However, as a local snake in Wancheng, although she is not sure about some things, after so many years of life, she is still able to provide Zhang Yan with a lot of information on some details as a channel.

Just like now, because of the other party's words, Zhang Yan has determined his first small goal after arriving in Lujiang.

"Although Ying'er is a girl, she is also from the Qiao family after all. Ying'er may not know much more about what the common people eat than her husband."

"However, like our meal, probably not every household can afford it casually."

Looking down at the remaining dishes on the table, Qiao Ying also knew that their meal today was a lot cheaper than when they were in Luoyang, but the three of them had four pieces of grilled fish, two plates of green vegetables, and four catties of steamed rice. , obviously also exceeded the daily income of an ordinary family of five, and it must be much better than ordinary people's food.

Recalling when she was young, she had heard stories told by some servants who had just been bought back at home. Qiao Ying, who knew a little about the rural life near the Lujiang River, just pursed her lips lightly, feeling a little uncertain. He told his husband about it.

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"If I remember correctly, I once heard a servant who was given a surname in my family say that when he was young, although he could eat every meal, he definitely didn't think about eating meat."

"Even a small miscellaneous fish that weighs less than half a catty can be exchanged for a bucket of rice, or sold for five or six dollars, so that a family of four or even five can eat for a day. This is not a small amount. "

"According to what the servant said, the happiest thing when I was a child was to go fishing with my father on the river during summer slack, or to dig rabbit holes on the hillside outside the city with my brothers in winter... because this often It means that it is not easy to eat some meat for dinner that day."

"Ah, I'm so envious, I've never seen a live rabbit."

"If it's a meal like ours today, maybe we can eat it once a month, it's a good family..."

Gently embracing Zhang Yan's arm, Qiao Ying leaned on the other's shoulder like this, watching her husband pay for the meal, and tipped some change to the waiter, making the waiter look grateful, The attitude towards everyone has also become more respectful and kind.

But beside her, Zhang Yan sighed subconsciously after hearing this, and his expression became a little gloomy.

"The daily ration for a family of five is only two kilograms?"

"I can only eat meat once a month, or is it the most worthless fish?"

To be honest, this situation is almost the same as what Zhang Yan expected before, and even a lot better than he imagined.

However, for him, such a standard of living could be called "rich" in the Eastern Han Dynasty, which was really unacceptable to Zhang Yan.

Why can't the people afford to eat?There must be many answers to this question. Lack of productivity and backward production methods are undoubtedly one of these answers.

Among these answers, the exploitation of the aristocratic family and the oppression of the bureaucratic class will undoubtedly make the living standards of the people gradually slide down the edge of the food and clothing line.

Aristocratic families are different from aristocratic families. There may indeed be "moderate" aristocratic families like the Qiao family in Lujiang: I eat a mouthful of meat, and you drink a mouthful of soup. At least you won't starve to death like this.

But apart from the Qiao family, the rest of the big and small aristocratic families in Lujiang are undoubtedly a group of monsters that are more greedy and bloody than the capitalists.

At the very least, as a capitalist, in order to reduce their production costs, they will not let their "cattle and horses" not have enough to eat and cannot exert their original production capacity.

And for a feudal family, it is not too rare to go fishing.

"Take it as my first goal when I came to Lujiang. Let everyone have enough to eat and eat meat every meal, even if it's cheap fish or chicken."

"Developing armaments and striving for world hegemony are not something that will happen in a short while, but by this time next year, even if it is through borrowing food, I will make this goal come true."

Looking at the flattering waiter in front of him, Zhang Yan thought silently.

Chapter 9 Yamakoshi?

Secretly made up his mind, Zhang Yan finished paying for the meal in this way, and planned to take the two of them upstairs to rest for a while.But what he didn't expect was that after just a few minutes, an uninvited guest quickly appeared in his field of vision.

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2 8 ⑤ (vi) zero 3 [-]

"Hum hum hum~"

On the street, a young man dressed as a southern minority was humming an unknown song, looking a little cheerful.

But after seeing that man with a pure Han face, many people in Wancheng began to detour from a distance, and at the same time, some shops on the street quickly closed their doors, obviously unwilling There are too many intersections with people like the other party.

Looking at the repulsion of those men, women and children after seeing him, the man not only did not feel ashamed at all, but felt a faint pleasure welling up in his heart, as if those people were so afraid of his existence.

Maybe it's really scary.

Zumer is very happy today, very happy.

In the more than 20 years since his birth, he has never been as happy as he is today.

Walking a little proudly on a road in Wancheng, seeing those who looked down on him in the past are now retreating, even a few days ago, with the help of his godfather, he opened meat for the first time. Mo didn't even feel the strong refreshing feeling now.

A little arrogantly looking at the young women on the street, Zu Mo looked for his target while doing business.

Anyway, his surname is Zu now. Since he has the surname Zu, no one in Lujiang, or even in the entire Jiangdong area, would dare to show the slightest bit of hostility towards him.

Anyway, his surname is Zu now. Since he has the surname Zu, it doesn't matter what his surname was before.

As long as someone dared to touch him, his godfather's tens of thousands of "armies" would come to Lujiang to let these guys see what would happen if they offended him.

"Hmph, a bunch of mud-legged people, dare to look down on me, digging food and digging in the soil for a lifetime, but I can't catch up with my harvest today!"

Zu Mo spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm to the side of the road with a sound of "Ho", Zu Mo thought a little arrogantly.

Today he came to Lujiang Wancheng to collect money, or to say that he came to Lujiang County, one of the best big cities, to collect offerings.

Weighed the money bag in his hand, and there were three gold cakes of medium size in it, each of which weighed three or four. practical.

These are all his gains today, or in other words, the "protection money" he blackmailed from a few small gentry in Wancheng.

The people of the Zhang family gave it today, and gave three taels of gold, which is quite obedient. They can ask for a little more next month. Is money more important or food more important.

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The Zhao family... the people of the Zhao family actually ran away, but for their "local powers", it is not necessarily a bad thing for the fat sheep to run away.

If you have the ability to run, you have to be prepared to be caught and slaughtered for meat.

Zu Mo thought silently.

According to the rules set by his godfather, Zu Lang, the big and small gentry in Jiangdong have to pay offerings to their "Yuemin" every month. The offerings range from a few taels of gold to no more than ten catties. The peace and security of their environment, the protection money they are afforded.

And if someone dares not to pay the money, the tens of thousands of "Shanyue" people fleeing in the [-] mountains in Jiangdong will let them feel how fragile their family status is in front of Bingfeng.

But, then again, the money is not much, at least the amount of tens of thousands of dollars per month is not much for an ordinary family.Therefore, in order to spend money to eliminate disasters, not to mention those small families, even many big families that have been passed down for hundreds of years choose to pay them on time, just for the sake of a safe life.

It's just that if someone dares to be ungrateful, it's time for Zu Mo and his thousands of brothers to show their talents.

Even depending on the seriousness of the matter, his godfather Zu Lang may also do it himself.

For example, the Zhao family who ran away today, on the bright side, because the other party did not want to bear their own offerings, and at the same time did not have the strength to protect their own property and fields, so the choice of moving did not seem to be a big problem.

But as a newly promoted bandit tycoon in Jiangdong, how could Zu Mo let the other party leave Jiangdong so easily?

All are not fools.

Run one today and one tomorrow, and it won't take too long for Zu Mo's source of income to gradually dry up like this.

In order to protect his own interests, and at the same time to defend the authority of his godfather "Zu Lang", such things as killing chickens and monkeys will naturally happen in Lujiang, a remote county where the sky is high and the emperor is far away.

After Zu Mo went back today, he planned to let thousands of people under his command look for the Zhao family's chariots and horses near Lujiang, and at the same time stop the other party before they left Lujiang, and take all the property into their own.

As for the people from the Zhao family...

Hey, he, Zu Mo, has just started eating meat not long ago, and now is the time to become addicted.

Of course, as we all know, things like authority are always relative.When facing a group stronger than oneself, the strong will become weak in an instant.

For example, these bandits with the name of "Shanyue" have no deterrent effect in large counties such as Wu County, Kuaiji County and even Yuzhang County, but for counties like Lujiang and Danyang As far as the city is concerned, their words are still very useful.

After all, although Lujiang River seems to be thriving on the surface, the world is peaceful and prosperous... But in this southeast barbarian land, peace must have a prerequisite.

Until today, he has visited the shops of several big and small families in Wancheng, and he has received a lot of offerings.Not far ahead is a property of the Qiao family, which is also his last stop today.

And speaking of the Qiao family, they are the top "clients" of local powers like them, so they can't neglect the other party.

Subconsciously laughed, Zu Mo also knew that this Qiao family is a local giant in Lujiang Wancheng, and it can be said that it is one of the best in the entire Lujiang...

But so what?

No matter how rich and powerful you are, why don't you have the machete in Lao Tzu's hand?

Laughing and walking into a shop of the Qiao family, Zu Mo remembered that it seemed to be a post house that provided accommodation for travelers, so he didn't care about it at all, so he went in carelessly.

Afterwards, his somewhat dry and hoarse voice, at the same time with a little obscenity, rang at the door of the post house.

"From the Qiao family, don't you hurry up and deliver this month's offering to me?"

Chapter 10 Bandits!

"worship?"

Hearing that voice like a landlubber, Zhang Yan just saw a man of his own age rushing into the post house, and subconsciously frowned.

Since he came to the era of the Eastern Han Dynasty, whether it was social occasions or other situations, he had been in contact with some dignitaries with status and status. Therefore, for this kind of guy who almost had the words "rogue" written on his face, he did not like it. Long time no see.

On the other side of him, the waiter, who was still a little happy before, changed his face suddenly after seeing the celebrity man, and then took a step forward, blocking Zhang Yan and the two girls behind him. stand up.

"Ok?"

Seeing this action, Zhang Yan felt a faint liking for the other party in his heart.

"Young master, please hurry up and take your family upstairs to rest, and don't come down if you have nothing to do."

An extremely deep voice rang in Zhang Yan's ears, and he saw that the waiter walked over to the man who looked like a "living ghost" after whispering a few words to himself.

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"General Zu, there are too many people here, please come with me..."

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In a vague way, Zhang Yan only heard the other party call the man General, and was a little surprised for a moment, how could this big man be a general by himself.But before he had time to think about it, he found that Qiaoying behind him also tugged on his sleeve, and then he leaned on his shoulder and whispered something:

"Husband, go upstairs."

"He's from Yamagoshi."

Those two simple sentences were like gnats babbling, making Zhang Yan feel itchy in his ears.

Afterwards, when Zhang Yan heard the words, he suddenly realized who the young man who just entered the post house was.

"Hey... who am I supposed to be, it turned out to be those disgusting people..."