The days passed day by day.
Bailu Village returned to peace.
After the ancestral hall was repaired, everyone gathered in the ancestral hall and set off firecrackers to celebrate.
"Everyone contributed to the construction of the ancestral hall this time." Bai Jiaxuan expressed his thanks.
After the ancestral hall was completed, Bai Jiaxuan was able to secure his position as clan leader.
Lu Zilin also wanted to cause trouble for Zhou Qiang, saying that Zhou Qiang did not pay for the repair of the ancestral hall.
However, Lu Zilin flinched when he saw Zhou Qiang's cold eyes.
I don't know when Lu Zilin started to be afraid of Zhou Qiang.
Zhou Qiang's new home was built slowly due to many requirements, and it still takes time.
However, no one dared to cause trouble.
I didn't see Lu Zilin, a fellow villager, trying to cause trouble, but he was beaten into a pig's head by Zhou Qiang.
No one in the village dares to mess with Zhou Qiang.
The villagers saw that there was a lot of work at the construction site and wanted to do something to make some money, so Zhou Qiang also let them go.
There are more people surrounding Zhou Qiang every day, more than the people who go to the shelter.
Lu Zilin, a native of the country, has no prestige and only has a few friends around him.
On the hilltop of Zhou Qiangbao, some potatoes and Jerusalem artichokes were planted.
Potatoes are potatoes.
Jerusalem artichoke can be used to make pickles, or you can eat some as a staple food.
Both crops are drought tolerant.
Zhou Qiang has already hired long-term workers.
In a nearby village, there was a man in his twenties named Pang An.
His father fell ill, spent all the family money, and left.
The poor are too poor to open the pot, so they go out to look for work.
Zhou Qiang came back from the provincial capital once and met Pang An.
After chatting for a while, I felt that Pang An was good, so I accepted it.
Pang An came to Zhou Qiang's house early every morning to work, worked all day, and returned home in the evening.
Pang An is married, has a wife and a baby.
Pang An does not live here with Zhou Qiang.
Of course we eat at Zhou Qiang’s house.
The treatment given by Zhou Qiang was the same as that of others, neither kind nor mean, neither more nor less.
After having a permanent job, Zhou Qiang's life became more comfortable.
Either stay in the provincial capital for a few days or go hunting in the mountains. Most of the work at home is left to the long-term workers.
Carrying a spray gun.
Riding on his horse, Zhou Qiang entered the mountains.
Zhou Qiang has a horse.
He used to travel by donkey cart.
Later, I bought a horse and rode to the provincial capital.
Zhou Qiang is thinking about buying a box cannon and a big knife one day, so that the equipment will be complete.
When Zhou Qiang goes hunting in the mountains, he mainly does it for fun and doesn't care what he can catch.
Sometimes, I bring back some pheasants and hares.
Sometimes, Zhou Qiang can even get a wild boar.
No bandits were encountered.
Maybe it's because of poverty.
There were no bandits in the direction Zhou Qiang entered the mountain.
Bailu Village lived a peaceful life.
One day.
The peaceful life in Bailuyuan was interrupted.
Because Lu Zilin had to collect taxes, check the acres of land, and collect a head tax.
Note that tax is added.
We have to take money out of people's pockets again.
This is another rhythm that will drive the common people to death.
Bai Jiaxuan asked Lu Zilin: "Did you eat a hole?"
In Bai Jiaxuan's eyes, Lu Zilin, a native, does nothing but eat and drink.
This is exactly the same as before, when the county was in deficit and collected three more carts of grain.
Lu Zilin's shelter is not a formal government agency.
People who work here don't get paid.
The county will share 70% of the additional tax, the warehouse will share 20%, and the security office will share 10%.
In fact, this 10% is not too small.
"No, what nonsense are you talking about?" Of course Lu Zilin would not admit it.
Soon, news of the tax collection spread.
Many villagers came to Bai Jiaxuan's house.
Everyone doesn't want to pay more taxes and wants Bai Jiaxuan to take the lead in making trouble.
But this time Bai Jiaxuan didn't want to come forward.
Bai Jiaxuan took the lead in the previous Jiaonong uprising. If it weren't for Mr. Zhu's letter, Bai Jiaxuan would have died.
This tax collection, if Bai Jiaxuan starts to cause trouble again, he will definitely die.
Therefore, Bai Jiaxuan pretended to be sick and hid.
Lu San stopped everyone at the gate and said, "The patriarch is ill and is rolling on the bed in pain."
Good guy, Bai Jiaxuan's disease in Lu San's mouth is not serious.
In fact, Bai Jiaxuan and Zhou Qiang were drinking in the yard.
"Chief, can we pay the poll tax?" After hearing about the poll tax, Zhou Qiang made an excuse to come to Bai Jiaxuan's house and eat noodles made from fairy grass.
Zhou Qiang likes the oily noodles made from grass jelly.
Bai Jiaxuan took a puff from his pipe, frowned, and said helplessly, "I'm afraid we have to fight."
"Oh? Patriarch, why don't you get a chicken-feathered letter and start an uprising again?" Zhou Qiang joked casually. Since he beat Bai Jiaxuan, he has become more casual when talking to Bai Jiaxuan.
"If we can't do it, if we do it again, people will die." Bai Jiaxuan seemed to be scared to death.
"Chief, if the villagers pay taxes, they may have a difficult time."
Bai Jiaxuan nodded and said nothing.
Facing the government's tax collection, Bai Jiaxuan, the clan leader, had nothing to do.
Individuals are unable to resist the overwhelming trend.
"Xiaoqiang, come and eat some fried noodles!" Xiancao made the noodles and greeted him warmly.
"Thank you, sister-in-law. Sister-in-law, the fried noodles you make are more delicious than those made by provincial city noodle restaurants."
"If it tastes good, eat one more bowl."
"Okay, I'll eat six bowls today." Zhou Qiang was not polite. When he came, he was not empty-handed. He took a lot of wine, meat, and tofu. "Third brother, would you like a clove of garlic?"
"I have it." Lu San also came back to eat.
"Then add more spicy food. The spicy food will make it more fragrant."
"okay."
Zhou Qiang started eating with a sigh of relief.
The villagers outside could not see Bai Jiaxuan, so they could only go to Lu Zilin.
"This is the county magistrate's order. It's official business, and there's nothing I can do about it." Lu Zilin was determined to collect taxes.
What mission did Lu Zilin do?
It is to help the government and plunder the people's fat and anointing.
A bitch like him is destined to be stabbed in the spine and scolded by the villagers.
(PS: If the Japs come, Lu Zilin must be a traitor, lackey, and traitor. Lu Zilin’s friends, Bai Xing’er, Sang Laoba, and others, must also be traitors.)
The government needs to suck more blood from the people.
The common people will not be able to survive if their blood is sucked any more.
This is an irreconcilable contradiction.
This has been the case since ancient times when officials forced the people to rebel.
In the TV series, Bai Jiaxuan planted opium poppies, and when they were mature, he cooked opium and gave off a fragrance that was smelled by Bai Xing'er.
Bai Xing'er had smoked cigarettes and knew it was opium, so he hurriedly told Lu Zilin.
Lu Zilin called Bai Jiaxuan to the security center, pointed at Bai Jiaxuan's nose in front of everyone and asked, "What are you growing? Opium!"
It is illegal to grow opium.
Bai Jiaxuan explained that it was delivered to a drug store.
Lu Zilin said on the spot, "We also want to plant." This made it clear that they were going to break the law together.
Bai Jiaxuan did not agree with everyone planting it together, saying, "The drug store cannot collect so much opium."
When Bai Jiaxuan said this, he offended the public.
"Why can Bai Jiaxuan make a lot of money growing opium, but we can't?!"
At this moment, the villagers didn't care that Bai Jiaxuan was the clan leader, nor did they care about Bai Jiaxuan's previous contributions.
As long as the villagers' own interests are involved, they will definitely be "ungrateful and bully the weak and fear the strong."
So, under Lu Zilin's instigation and instigation, the villagers planted poppies regardless of Bai Jiaxuan's obstruction.
This can be regarded as a change of direction to solve Lu Zilin's tax collection problem.
Bai Jiaxuan unintentionally helped Lu Zilin a lot.
It's different now.
Bai Jiaxuan's smoke seedlings were plowed.
Bai Jiaxuan did not boil opium, and it did not cause the problem of 'you grow it, but we are not allowed to grow it'.
There is no Bai Jiaxuan to transfer the 'irreconcilable contradiction'.
Lu Zilin was the wild dog that Tian Fuxian roasted on the fire.
Lu Zilin is from Bailu Village.
Now he helps outsiders and bullies his neighbors.
The reputation of Lu Zilin, and even the Lu family, was rotten.
The reputation of the Lu family that Lu Taiheng had maintained for many years was gone.
"Pay taxes, you must pay taxes!" Lu Zilin, accompanied by his friends, announced to every household.
"No!"
"If you want a poll tax, there is no way!" The villagers refused to pay and overcharged the tax.
But, obviously this is not possible.
The gun bearer came quickly.
They go door to door "grabbing food", and if they don't hand it over, they will arrest them directly.
"No!"
"How can we survive if the food is taken away?"
"Give me a way to survive!"
"Lu Zilin, you beast!"
"Lu Zilin, you are not a human!"
"Lu Zilin, you must die a happy death!"
"Lu Zilin, whoever gets stabbed a thousand times will be struck by lightning on that day!"
Lu Zilin led the way.
The villagers' food was robbed.
At this moment, what the villagers hated was not the man who carried the gun and grabbed the grain, but Lu Zilin.
The villagers cried for their fathers and mothers, and Bai Jiaxuan heard it, but Bai Jiaxuan did not come forward.
It's not that Bai Jiaxuan doesn't want to stand out, it's that Bai Jiaxuan knows that if he stands out, he will die, and it won't be of any use.
The arms cannot twist the thighs.
If Bai Jiaxuan comes forward, he will be crushed to pieces by the overwhelming momentum.
Lu Zilin became the villagers' punching bag.
At the gate of Lu's house, someone splashed urine and defecated.
Not only did the Lu family have a bad reputation, but their home also had a bad reputation.
This is the price Lu Zilin pays for being a bitch.
"Zhaopeng, don't go out to play these days." Lu Taiheng was afraid that someone would attack his eldest grandson.
"Why can't you go out?"
"Because your dad did something bad."
"What bad thing did my dad do?"
"He did something as bad as lightning."
one night.
Lu Zilin had just come out of Widow Li's house.
He didn't go far when he was beaten with a stick.
He covered his head and threw him into the pig pen.
Morning.
Only then did someone see Lu Zilin in the pig pen.
"Come on, someone, Lu Zilin fell into the pig pen!"
Lu Zilin was sleeping peacefully, but when someone woke him up, he discovered that he was sleeping in a pig pen.
"Which bastard did this?"
"I'm a bastard"
Lu Zilin didn't have time to get out of the pig pen, and he started to curse loudly because he was smelly.
But without even cursing, a sow became unhappy.
"Hmph" twice, he hit Lu Zilin with one head and shit on Lu Zilin's head.
Lu Zilin didn't pay attention and took a few bites.
"Hahaha" the onlookers roared with laughter.
Lu Zilin's embarrassed look made them relieved.
Lu Zilin, the bastard, finally got his comeuppance.
"Bai Xing'er, Sang Laoba, you two are so stupid, why don't you come and help me!" Lu Zilin was angry.
"Lu Xiang, you'd better get up by yourself, it stinks so much." Lu Zilin's friend didn't even help Lu Zilin.
Because of this food requisition, Lu Zilin also attacked his friends and friends without mercy.
The reason why Lu Zilin was ruthless was because the more he collected, the more he would get a share.
Lu Zilin was too dark-hearted and greedy for money, leaving no room for others, and he himself had no way out.
Lu Zilin had no one to help him, so he struggled and fell a few times in the pigsty before climbing out of the pigsty.
This time, Lu Zilin ignored the curse and went home in embarrassment.
"I want revenge!"
"Whoever bastard hits me, I'm going to kill him!"
"Damn it! How dare Bai Xing'er and Sang Laoba not help me?"
Lu Zilin was at home, cursing.
He seemed to only dare to scold at home.
"You bastard, shut up!" Lu Taiheng finally couldn't bear it anymore.
"Dad, someone is hurting me, and I want revenge."
"Repay this shit!" Lu Taiheng shouted angrily, "Go and quit this shit town later. Don't do this immoral thing again."
"I can't resign. Dad, do you know how much food I can share this time? This is the number." Lu Zilin's shelter can share 10% of the tax, and Lu Zilin got a lot of food.
"How many?"
"this number"
"What? So many!" Lu Taiheng was shocked.
"Yes, Dad, I have hidden this food in the shelter. I will bring it back quietly in the evening."
"Then be careful, don't let anyone see you." Lu Taiheng didn't let Lu Zilin resign.
The Lu family's family tradition is like this, so it's not surprising that Lu Zilin behaves like this.
It didn't take long.
Lu Zilin wandered around the village with his gun carrier.
Lu Zilin wanted to find someone to beat him.
Zhou Qiang’s family.
Zhou Qiang is selling wine, meat, and tofu.
Lu Zilin came with a gun bearer, waiting for an opportunity to retaliate.
"Zhou Qiang, tell me, was it you who hit me last night?"
"Lu Laoji, what do you want to do? Are you wronging a good person? Believe it or not, I will go to the provincial capital to sue you!" Zhou Qiang's eyes flashed with coldness.
Lu Zilin and Zhou Qiang looked at each other and suddenly got scared, "I'm just asking, it's fine if it's not you."
Lu Zilin left.
"Bah, you bastard, you will die a good death!" Zhou Qiang cursed like other villagers.
Lu Zilin was not far away and could hear it.
But Lu Zilin pretended not to hear. He was used to being scolded like this. But he didn't care, he got more benefits.
Turned around a few times.
Lu Zilin couldn't find the person who beat him.
But he was also shocked, and some people who had thoughts in their hearts did not dare to do anything to Lu Zilin.
night.
Lu Zilin came out of Widow Li's house again.
A "touch" sound.
Lu Zilin was knocked unconscious again.
This time it was Zhou Qiang who beat him.
During the day, Lu Zilin wronged Zhou Qiang.
Zhou Qiang felt that he could not be wronged in vain, so he beat Lu Zilin.
I was too lazy to touch Lu Zilin, so I just let him walk here.
It didn't take long.
The lame man came on patrol at night.
The lame man is the night watchman in Bailu Village.
His family had no land, so he made a living by doing night patrols.
My legs and feet are not straight, and I am a little lame.
This can be regarded as a way of survival for the lonely elderly people in Bailu Village.
He saw Lu Zilin lying on the ground.
"No! Lu Xiangyue collapsed at Widow Li's door!"
The lame man's voice alarmed the nearby villagers.
Soon someone ran over and pointed.
Lu Zilin fell at Widow Li's door. Everyone knew what happened.
Widow Li also came out at this time.
She pretended not to know what was going on, "Why is Lu Xiang Yue here?"
"Widow Li, are you tired of tossing Lu Xiang and making Lu Xiang fall asleep as soon as he goes out?" someone said sarcastically.
Usually, everyone still saves some face.
Now, Lu Zilin has become a street rat, and everyone wants to beat him.
Everyone stopped hiding Lu Zilin's bad thing and began to scold him.
"Yes, Widow Li, why don't you take it easy?"
"Widow Li is very capable. Let's try it another day."
"Widow Li has an appointment with Lu Xiang."
"Lu Xiangyue is too busy and exhausted. Don't wake him up, let him sleep!"
Everyone started cheering.
After a while.
Bai Jiaxuan is here.
Zhou Qiang pretended not to know what was going on and came too.
"What are you doing? You haven't woken up Lu Zilin yet!" When Bai Jiaxuan came, Lu Zilin hadn't been woken up yet. Everyone was busy watching the jokes.
Bai Xing'er and Sang Laoba slowly went up to wake up Lu Zilin.
"What's wrong with me?" Lu Zilin was in a daze.
Looking around, Lu Zilin finally woke up. He was beaten again.
"Who did this?!"
"I'm a bastard," Lu Zilin cursed again.
"Okay, stop scolding and go back quickly." Bai Jiaxuan looked at Lu Zilin and Widow Li coldly and left.
Bai Jiaxuan knew what was going on, but he didn't want to care about Lu Zilin's troubles.
This can be regarded as Bai Jiaxuan's openness to Lu Zilin.
If Lu Zilin were an ordinary person, Bai Jiaxuan would definitely punish him severely.
Although everyone scolded Lu Zilin, more and more people were without food.
From ancient times to the present, it is really not easy for ordinary people to live!
What should I do if I can’t survive?
Selling land!
Those who have land sell land!
The land was sold to Bai Jiaxuan.
Bai Jiaxuan did not take the opportunity to lower the price and gave him more grain.
Lu Zilin also wanted to take the opportunity to buy land, but Bai Jiaxuan raised the price. Lu Zilin didn't want to pay more, so he didn't buy it.
Bai Jiaxuan is still more benevolent and righteous than Lu Zilin.
How can landless villagers survive?
You can only beg on the streets.
Someone from Bailu Village went to the county town to beg for food, dragging his family with him.
The final fate of these people is that their children are sold. It would be best if they can sell them themselves, otherwise they will die.
Could this poll tax be a tax on people’s heads?
Zhou Qiang heard about this.
He hesitated, but decided to take care of it.
Bai Jiaxuan's family.
"Head of the clan, I will provide you with food. You can find the villagers who are begging for food in the county and ask them to work for me. I will keep them fed."
"What kind of work can I do for you?"
"Didn't I rent a hilltop? Let them plant potatoes and Jerusalem artichokes on the hilltop." Zhou Qiang's hilltop is too big. He only planted a little bit before, and there are still many areas that have not been planted.
"Okay, I also want to find them. They are all members of the same clan and cannot be ignored." Bai Jiaxuan also wanted to help his neighbors tide over the difficulties.
What about the corresponding Lu Zilin?
Lu Zilin was at home, counting the people's wealth and wealth. There were too many to count.
Lu Zilin didn't care if someone starved to death.
Lu Zilin is a typical landlord.
There are many landlords like Lu Zilin.
There are very few like Bai Jiaxuan.
On the hilltop rented by Zhou Qiang, people came to farm one after another.
They are not afraid of being tired, but they are afraid of starving to death.
Zhou Qiang was willing to give them a bite to eat, which was giving them a way to survive.
Zhou Qiang is their savior.
(End of chapter)
