Lord Moyu was forced to open

"Eighty kilograms? Are you kidding? Didn't the county say we have to pay 90%?

We only get about 200 kilograms of harvest from one acre of land in one season. After paying the tax, we only have about 20 kilograms left. Where is there enough food? "

After the old man finished speaking, others nodded.

"Yes! There is only so much left at the end of the year, and life is becoming increasingly unbearable!"

The young man's face darkened, but he quickly returned to normal and asked: "Since the income from farming is so low, why don't you go to work in the city and stop farming?"

The money you earn from work should be able to buy a lot of food, right? "

The elder and other villagers smiled bitterly when they heard this: "You can earn a lot by working, but it's harder!"

"Harder?"

The young man was puzzled.

The old man nodded and explained: "Now that we farm, the annual harvest tax includes not only field tax, capitation tax, border military tax, land tax, water tax, etc.

If we farm land, whether we farm it ourselves or work as sharecroppers for others, these taxes will be included in the 90% tax we pay every year.

We still have more than twenty kilograms of grain left.

But if we don’t farm and go to work, even if we don’t farm, we still have to pay none of these taxes, and because we don’t farm, we have to pay more.

It is very likely that all the money will have to be paid in taxes throughout the year and there will be no money left.

What's more, it may not be enough, and you have to owe the Yamen. "

The young man was really shocked this time and hurriedly said:
"You no longer farm, why do you still pay so much tax? And what is the border military tax?
There are also land taxes and water taxes that I have never heard of?
Does the court have these taxes? "

The old man sighed, shook his head and said helplessly:

"The official of the Renyamen said that the imperial court deployed heavy troops in the north, so as to keep the Huns out. However, the heavy troops cost a lot of money for eating horses and chewing horses every day, so the imperial court increased the border military tax.

This is also true when we think about it. After all, the border troops are fighting the Huns at the border, and we can't starve them no matter what.

Just hand it over.

As for the land tax and water tax, the officials said that these are the property of the imperial court. If we want to use them, we must water them. Otherwise, we are not allowed to use them, so we have no choice but to pay them.

As for why we still have to pay taxes if we don’t farm, according to Guan Cha, if we don’t farm, someone else will do it. Since we don’t farm, we have to pay all the taxes. This is the reward for others to help us farm. Otherwise, you have to grow your own.

And if you earn more money by working, you will naturally have to pay more taxes. "

Click!

With a crisp sound, everyone subconsciously looked over and saw that the young man had crushed the pottery bowl in his hand.

Sanwazi, who was standing behind the old man, opened his mouth and was about to say something.

The young man stood up suddenly and shouted angrily:
“Corrupt officials go too far!

Pretend to pass on the imperial tax policy, set up private taxes, and force the people to death!

Damn it! "

At this moment, the young man no longer looked as weak as before, he looked like an angry lion, with terrifying momentum!

Sanwazi, who was about to ask him why he crushed his bowl, subconsciously closed his mouth when he saw this, swallowed, and hid behind the old man honestly.

The old man was stunned for a moment when he looked at the young man with this appearance, and then a look of wariness slowly appeared on his face. At this moment, he realized that he might have made a mistake. How could someone with such momentum and spirit be able to do that? Maybe a refugee?

So what are they here for?

Why pretend to be a refugee?
What's the purpose?
The old man was very curious about all this, but he kept silent and didn't ask. Having lived to this age, he knew that sometimes knowing too much was not a good thing.

Curiosity can really kill people sometimes!
If you don't mind your own business, you'll live longer!

After the young man was angry, he saw that the old man's face was no longer as friendly as before, but he was wary, even if he knew that their disguise was probably seen by this shrewd old man.

He looked around, and simply stopped trying to hide it and said straight away: "Old man, let me tell you the truth, we are not refugees living here, we are..."

However, before he finished speaking, the old man immediately interrupted him. "Stop! Little brother, the old man doesn't care who you are and he doesn't want to know who you are. Little brother, you were just thirsty when you came to our village. The old man just gave you two drinks of water. Now the old man and everyone want to Go to the fields, you can do whatever you want.

We bankers don’t understand anything, and we don’t get involved in anything! "

After saying that, the old man immediately turned around and wanted to leave. Other villagers also noticed something was wrong and turned around to leave.

Now the young man's claws were numb.

"No! Master! Listen to me!"

"I won't listen, I won't listen. I'm deaf and can't hear anything!"

The old man started trotting directly with the hoe on his shoulder, and other villagers hurriedly followed.

The more the young man shouted, the faster the old man ran. He looked nothing like an old man in his fifties or sixties.

The young man was stunned for a moment, then realized what he was doing, shook his head with a wry smile, and hurriedly called for his group of men to follow him quickly.

Following all the way, the young man followed the villagers to the fields of the people in Huangshan Village. Seeing the young people following him, the old man suddenly stopped and looked back at the young man with a look of helplessness on his face and said: "Brother, you are a young man. Please, please stop following us, okay?
We are not curious about what you are going to do, and you don’t tell me what you are going to do. Just pretend you have never seen me, and we will pretend we have never seen you. We are just ordinary people, and we really can’t get involved with big shots like you. during the incident.

Please be kind and let us go! "

Seeing the pleading look on the old man's face, the young man's eyes were complicated.

These are the people at the bottom, they are poor, distressed, timid, and cowardly.

Try your best to avoid all possible dangers.

Just so that you and your family can live a better life.

They just want to live, such a humble dream, but there are always people who will use various means to continuously oppress and squeeze them, so that they cannot even realize such a humble dream!
Taking a deep breath, the young man looked solemn.

He stretched out his hands and grabbed the old man's hands, held them tightly, looked directly at the old man, and said seriously:
"Old man, you don't have to be afraid, I won't harm you, think of it, I'm here to help you!

We are people sent by the emperor. The local officials are bullying you without telling the emperor. The emperor knew about it and sent us here. Don't worry!

Next, we will make the decision for you. We will deal with all those landlords and county magistrates!
after! Everyone can live a good life!

We want to divide the fields for everyone! Tax cuts!
We want everyone to have enough to eat in the future! "

"Have a good meal?"

The old man repeated these four words blankly.

The young man nodded heavily: "Yes! Have a full meal!"

Seeing the young man's serious look, the old man unconsciously believed him and asked in a low voice: "Then can we have porridge in the future?"

"can!"

The young man affirmed!
"Thick porridge?"

"can!"

"No need to eat wild vegetables anymore?"

"No need to eat!"

"That's good...that's good..."

The old man showed a smile and smiled happily.

However, the young man almost shed tears and said loudly:
"Old man! Not only do you not have to eat wild vegetables! You can drink thick porridge! You can also eat white flour steamed buns in the future! You can also eat meat!"

"What? White flour steamed buns? Meat? Where can we eat?"

The old man's surprise and disbelief made the young man clench his fists, and he wanted to kill all the evildoers in this county even more!
"You can eat it! You can eat it all!"

...(End of chapter)