Bai family.
Lu San looked happy: "Thank you, Young Master, to Xiaoqiang. Otherwise, our food would have been deducted."
"Yes, if the food is transported to the county, it will definitely be detained." Bai Jiaxuan was also a little lucky.
The grain that Bailu Village wanted to sell was not transported to the county seat, but was sold to Zhou Qiang.
Not only that, but the grain from several nearby villages was also sold to Zhou Qiang to avoid being robbed.
Food from other villages was robbed by soldiers when it was transported to the county seat.
The explanation given: It’s time to pay public food. In addition, if there is a deficit this year, three more loads of grain must be paid.
(Why do you have to go to the common people to make up for the loss of food?
What circumstances caused the deficit?
Is the incident described in "White Deer Plain" also a common phenomenon in other eras?
There should be many similar things. In fact, I can think of many scenes. )
Every village must pay public grain, and in addition must pay three or more carts of grain.
With so much food handed over at once, the people would not be able to survive.
What should I do if I can’t survive?
There is no other way out than to flee into the mountains or force the people to rebel.
"Young master, do we need to pay the public food?"
"The public grain should be paid, but we cannot hand over the grain that is required to be paid in addition."
"Yes, if we pay so much food, we won't have anything to eat."
At this time, Lu Zilin came.
"Jiaxuan, Tian Fuxian is here and wants to see you."
"Tian Fuxian?" Bai Jiaxuan was not familiar with Tian Fuxian.
Tian Fuxian is from Bailuyuan.
He has been hanging out in the county town.
Now, I don't know whose relationship I have got into, and I have become the county magistrate's lackey.
Return to Bailuyuan to collect food, and fish and meat neighbors.
"Tian Fuxian is that one, his hometown is here." Lu Zilin pulled Bai Jiaxuan away.
Ancestral hall.
Tian Fuxian is waiting here, and he also brought two gun bearers.
Tian Fuxian is slightly older than Bai Jiaxuan, with a medium build, and his appearance and temperament make it obvious that he is a bitch.
"Fu Xian, this is Bai Jiaxuan." Lu Zilin introduced.
"My dear, Tian Fuxian, is also from our family. Now I have a job in the county."
A few people exchanged pleasantries.
“You must have heard about the food requisition.
Basically, you two are the most prestigious.
Ask your two families to help us beat the gong to collect food. "Tian Fuxian also carried two gongs in his hand, and handed them to Bai Jiaxuan and Lu Zilin.
"It is necessary to pay public grain, and there is no problem with that, but we don't have the three trucks of grain to pay." Bai Jiaxuan made it clear.
"This." Tian Fuxian hesitated, "Jiaxuan, I will open the skylight and speak frankly.
A while ago, Fang Sheng, a thief, led a counterattack with Qing troops.
Now is not the time to live in peace.
Everyone has to live frugally and make some contribution to the revolution, right? "
After Tian Fuxian finished speaking, he looked at Bai Jiaxuan, but Bai Jiaxuan remained silent and did not reply.
"Well," Lu Zilin answered, "if there is another war and everyone has to flee, we should make some contributions."
"It's okay to contribute, but there's not that much food. If we really had to hand over that much food, everyone would starve to death." Bai Jiaxuan's tone was not very good.
Previously, Qing soldiers attacked Chang'an City.
Even before the war started, there were already so many victims.
Therefore, Bai Jiaxuan does not want another military disaster.
However, if we have to pay so much food, there will be no way for everyone to survive without a military disaster.
This is quite contradictory.
Perhaps the rich should be allowed to contribute more, rather than the common people paying more for food.
Rich people have more points, which affects their deposit figures.
If people who don’t have money pay more, it’s a matter of life and death.
In fact, the same is true for encouraging consumption.
Rich people should still be encouraged to spend more.
Those who have no money want to consume but have no money to consume.
But rich people don’t pay more, and they don’t spend more.
They may also ask: Why should we pay more and spend more?
Not much to say, let’s get down to business.
Tian Fuxian said quickly: "No, no, I will just pay three more carts of food. If we all work together, we can always get it together.
By the way, isn't there a man named Zhou Qiang in your village?
I heard that he also had a shop in the provincial capital and made a lot of money, so I asked him to pay more. "
Tian Fuxian set his sights on Zhou Qiang.
This was also reminded by Lu Zilin.
Zhou Qiang lived a good life and made a lot of money every month.
Lu Zilin was so envious.
Lu Zilin was thinking about how to trick Zhou Qiang.
"Why should you let Zhou Qiang have more friends?" Bai Jiaxuan refused, "Besides, he is only a half-year-old child and does not bully others like this.
Again, the public grain can be paid, but the supplementary grain cannot be paid. "
After Bai Jiaxuan finished speaking, he left.
Tian Fuxian and Lu Zilin were left behind, looking a little unhappy.
Lu Zilin rolled his eyes, and bad water came out of his stomach, "Fuxian, where is Zhou Qiang? Why don't you go to his house and have a look? They sell cooked food and wine, and they taste good."
"Then let's go and have a look." Tian Fuxian also wanted to go to Zhou Qiang's house, enjoy the autumn breeze, and ask Zhou Qiang to donate money and food.
Of course, Tian Fuxian can be greedy for money and food donations.
After a while.
Zhou Qiang’s family.
Tian Fuxian, Lu Zilin, and two gun bearers came together.
"Xiaoqiang, come, let me introduce to you, this is from our county, Tian Fuxian, Chief Tian."
"Tian Fuxian? I haven't heard of it, but I have met Magistrate Shi of Zishui County." When Zhou Qiang saw Lu Zilin and others coming, he roughly guessed what was going on.
Zhou Qiang also heard about the food requisition.
This guy Tian Fuxian wants to "help the tyrants do evil" and "suck the blood of his neighbors".
Therefore, Zhou Qiang is ready to flex his muscles.
"What? Have you met County Magistrate Shi?" Tian Fuxian was a little surprised.
"Yes, my wine shop in the provincial capital is not far from the Governor's Palace.
The gunmen in the Governor's Palace often go to my place to buy wine.
I often go to the Governor's Palace.
Once, I went to the Governor's Mansion to deliver wine and meat. I saw County Magistrate Shi working in the Governor's Mansion and chatted with him for a few words.
I have lived in this Governor's Mansion before and I am familiar with it.
I know many of the gunmen inside, and we often eat meat and drink together.
I also met and spoke to the Governor.
The governor is a very kind person. "Zhou Qiang said one thing here and another here and there, not very coherently.
But the meaning was expressed.
Tian Fuxian also heard what was going on.
There was someone Zhou Qiang knew in the Governor's Mansion.
Zhou Qiang also spoke to the governor.
This is unusual, very unusual.
Zhou Qiang is not easy to mess with, he can't afford it!
"So your wine shop is near the Governor's Palace. It's very good. It's very good." Tian Fuxian was a little embarrassed. He was going to show off his power. But before I even started playing, I was scared back.
"Are you here to buy wine or meat? I'll give you a cheaper price." Zhou Qiang was very enthusiastic.
"Here, let's have some wine and meat." Tian Fuxian responded casually.
"Okay." Zhou Qiang quickly drank some wine and cut a piece of meat. "The price of wine and meat has increased recently. I'll make it cheaper for you. Here."
"What? So expensive? It wasn't this price last time." Lu Zilin knew the price was high as soon as he heard it.
"Yes, I said, the price has increased, but I still think it's cheap." Zhou Qiang smiled slightly, showing his white teeth.
Tian Fuxian took out the money, gave it to Zhou Qiang, and left with the wine and meat.
"Fu Xian, why did you leave like this?" Lu Zilin chased after him and asked.
"Zilin, Zhou Qiang lived in the Governor's Mansion?" Tian Fuxian asked.
"Oh, I have lived there. As for what happened with Fang Sheng last time, didn't Mr. Zhu go to retreat from the Qing soldiers?
Zhou Qiang and Bai Jiaxuan went to the provincial capital.
Then, Bai Jiaxuan followed Mr. Zhu to the Qing army camp.
Zhou Qiang lives in the Governor's Mansion and waits for news. "
Tian Fuxian asked hurriedly: "Bai Jiaxuan also went to the Qing army camp?"
"Yes, Bai Jiaxuan followed Mr. Zhu."
"So, the Governor also knows Bai Jiaxuan?"
"We know him. Bai Jiaxuan has met the governor."
Tian Fuxian was silent.
He didn't expect that in a small Bailu Village, several people had met and talked to the governor.
"Fu Xian, actually this is nothing. I also met the governor, but I didn't speak to him." Lu Zilin's words stimulated Tian Fuxian again.
Although Tian Fuxian has been to the provincial capital several times, he has never met the governor.
Seeing that Tian Fuxian didn't speak, Lu Zilin asked: "Fuxian, what should we do about the food collection?"
"There is no rush to collect grain. Let's collect grain from other villages first." Tian Fuxian was a little unsure and did not dare to forcefully collect grain from Bailu Village.
Tian Fuxian didn't stay long. He had a meal at Lu Zilin's house and left.
Went to other villages to collect grain.
We’ll talk about Bailu Village later.
Not a few days.
Tian Fuxian came to Bailu Village again to collect grain.
Because other villages have objections, why not collect grain from Bailu Village?
Therefore, Tian Fuxian had to come to Bailu Village to collect food and could not care about anything else.
Similarly, the requisition of too much grain immediately aroused a backlash from the villagers of Bailu Village.
A group of people came to Bai Jiaxuan's house and asked Bai Bingde to take the lead in making trouble.
Bai Bingde is not stupid, he knows how to shoot the first bird.
Whether it succeeds or not, the leader will be settled by Qiu Hou, so Bai Bingde refused.
But Bai Jiaxuan's eyes lit up.
He wants to take the lead.
He felt that it was okay to break into the Qing soldiers' camp last time, and it would be okay to lead the trouble this time.
So, midnight.
Bai Jiaxuan had just gotten up and was about to use chicken feather letters to contact people to cause trouble.
At this time, there was a knock on the Bai family door.
There was also a chicken-feather letter stuffed inside.
"Who is it?" Bai Jiaxuan asked in a low voice.
"The goods have arrived!" someone replied.
Bai Jiaxuan was shocked when he heard this. He understood what was going on in an instant.
Chicken feather post!
The three words "The goods have arrived" are the secret code.
This is the chicken feathers used by villagers from all over the country to go up to the mountains to suppress the bandits when bandits were causing trouble.
The chicken feather letters are all in the hands of the village chiefs and usually placed in the ancestral hall.
This is a message spread by the chiefs of other villages.
Bai Jiaxuan didn't expect that someone would use the chicken feather letter earlier. (Other villages were requisitioned earlier, and some people couldn’t wait any longer and took the lead. In the TV series, the leader was Bai Jiaxuan.)
Bai Jiaxuan said nothing.
He walked to the door and picked up the letter. He didn't open the door or open the envelope because there was no letter inside.
The people outside seemed to have heard the commotion and said again: "There is an uprising in Jiaonong, Sanguan Temple. Before noon tomorrow, three gunshots will sound as a signal."
"I know." Bai Jiaxuan replied softly.
Footsteps sounded outside.
The messenger is gone.
"Who took the lead?" Bai Jiaxuan returned to the room thinking.
"Jiaxuan, what's wrong? What happened?" Xiancao asked hurriedly.
"It's nothing, just go to sleep."
"What are you holding in your hand?" Xiancao saw the chicken-feathered letter.
"Nothing." Bai Jiaxuan hid the letter.
"Is it a chicken-feather letter?" Xiancao said straight away.
Bai Jiaxuan was shocked, "How did you know?"
"I heard my dad say it. Jiaxuan, what is the chicken-feather letter talking about?"
Bai Jiaxuan hesitated for a moment, knowing that he couldn't hide it, "Someone wants to rebel against the peasants."
"The peasant uprising? Is it because of the grain requisition?"
"Yes, Tian Fuxian came to collect food. He collected so much that everyone had no way to survive."
"Jiaxuan, our family's food is enough even if we pay it, so we'd better not make trouble." Xiancao doesn't want Bai Jiaxuan to make trouble, because those who make trouble have never had a good ending since ancient times.
Bai Jiaxuan thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "We have to do this."
"Don't you think about the baby in your belly?"
"I'm doing this for the sake of the baby. You go to bed first, Xiancao."
Bai Jiaxuan thought about it for a while and then went out again.
Walk out to the backyard.
Bai Jiaxuan wakes up Lu San.
"Young master, what's wrong?"
"Look at this."
"Ji Fei Xin? What happened?"
"I just received a letter with chicken feathers. Someone wants to turn over the peasants for an uprising."
"What? A peasant uprising? Who started it?"
"I don't know. Third brother, please go and notify these households in our village. There is an uprising in Sanguan Temple. Before noon tomorrow, three gunshots will sound as the signal."
"good."
"Remember, don't show your face."
"Everyone will know it's me even if I don't show my face." Lu San smiled and walked away with excitement on his face. He was delighted to do something so bold.
Not long.
Someone from Lu Zilin's family is here.
"What? Someone is going to rebel against the peasants?" Lu Zilin received the news. He's always well-informed here.
After dawn.
Lu Zilin found Tian Fuxian.
"Fu Xian, this is bad, something is going to happen, someone is going to cause trouble!"
"What? Someone wants to rebel against the peasants?" Tian Fuxian was surprised, "Do you know who it is?"
"I don't know. I just know that it was a chicken-feathered post. I don't know who was responsible for it."
"Is that so?" Tian Fuxian pondered for a moment, "It doesn't matter if I don't know. As long as I keep a few respectable people in each village under control, the other people won't be able to accomplish anything big."
Tian Fuxian thought of a solution in an instant. He is also quite quick-witted.
It's just that wisdom is not used in the right way, but is used in how to deal with the common people.
(PS: The common people seem to be "unforgivable". All dynasties seem to regard the common people as enemies, and they all think about how to deal with them.)
"You're here, Fu Xian, you're here, otherwise you would have been able to walk out without saying anything." Lu Zilin looked admiring.
Because Tian Fuxian's method is very effective.
This is just like herding sheep. As long as the leader is controlled, the flock will be controlled.
Tian Fuxian looked confused: "But who sent the chicken feather letter?"
"Listen to my dad, the chicken-feather letters are in the hands of the clan chiefs of each village, hiding the ancestral halls. When I think about it, I will call all the clan chiefs and take out a pair of chicken-feather letters. Isn't it right?" Lu Zilin asked. good idea.
Tian Fuxian was overjoyed when he heard this, patted Lu Zilin on the shoulder, gave a thumbs up, and praised: "What a talent!"
"That can't compare to you, Fuxian." Lu Zilin flattered.
"Zilin, as long as you pass this hurdle, I will recommend you to the county magistrate as the clan leader. Even if everyone in Bailuyuan disagrees, I will let you take the position of clan leader."
"You see you said that I am very unpopular, at least half of you agree." Lu Zilin boasted. There are not many people who support him as the clan leader, and they are all just cuckold friends.
Maybe for Lu Taiheng's sake, there could be a few more people, but they wouldn't be as good as Bai Jiaxuan.
"Let's go to Bai's house and ask if the chicken feather letter from Bailu Village is still there." Tian Fuxian suspected that Bai Jiaxuan was the one who started it.
Just when these people are busy.
Zhou Qiang is already in the provincial capital.
He knew that requisitioning food would inevitably cause conflicts.
Zhou Qiang was too lazy to participate.
I'm just coming to the provincial capital to stay for a few days and take care of the business here.
On this day, Captain Zhang from the Governor's Mansion came. He is Governor Zhang's bodyguard.
"Brother Zhang, are you here?"
"Is Xiaoqiang here too?" Captain Zhang has a beard and a rather forthright person. He also has extraordinary skills and great marksmanship.
"Yes, there has been a food levy in the village recently, so I came here to hide and relax."
"A food levy? What's going on?"
"Brother Zhang, let's have a drink together, and I'll explain it to you in detail." Zhou Qiang said as he asked people to prepare wine and food, "Recently, the county requires each village to hand over three more carts of grain.
It is the additional grain that is paid after the public grain is paid.
If the people pay this extra food, they won't be able to survive.
So, someone wants to cause trouble. "Zhou Qiang said briefly.
"Is there such a thing?" Captain Zhang was a little surprised, but he didn't take it to heart. He ate and drank with Zhou Qiang for a while, bought a lot of wine and meat, and left.
(End of chapter)
