"Are you...Dong Xun?"
Huo Guang never expected that he would meet Dong Xun here.
and!
The other party is still guarding the horses in the racecourse.
Shouldn't she be at Dong Zhongshu's place, listening to his grandfather's lectures?
Huo Guang didn't know why Dong Xun was here, but when he heard her yelling at him to stop, he stopped moving forward.
"Why are you here? I am Huo Guang, who proposed different opinions to Mr. Dong that day. You should still have some impression!" Huo Guang looked at Dong Xun, confused, but also curious.
I didn’t expect that a woman who looked weak and weak could actually ride a horse!
Even Huo Guang can't ride a horse.
Dong Xun, riding a horse, looks a bit heroic. After hearing Huo Guang's words, he took another look at him.
He seemed to recognize Huo Guang.
So, he rode his horse to Huo Guang's side, turned over, jumped off the horse, and stood in front of Huo Guang.
"Why are you here?" Dong Xun looked at Huo Guang and asked.
However, Huo Guang frowned and said: "I should be asking you this, right? I was kicked out by Mr. Dong. I couldn't listen to the lectures, so I just wandered around. You are not like me, why are you riding a horse here?" Play?"
Regarding Huo Guang’s questions.
Dong Xun shook his head and explained: "It's about raising horses, which can offset the corvee and various taxes."
Raising horses?
To put it bluntly, it was Ma Zheng of the Han Dynasty!
The Han Dynasty encouraged people to raise horses, and one horse could pay for the labor of three people. If you raise more, you can also reduce various taxes. During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, in order to fight against the powerful cavalry of the Xiongnu, Ma Zheng gave the people a lot of benefits.
certainly.
No matter how great the benefits are, they cannot be compared with those of the upper class families.
Huo Guang, Wei and his wife were born into families of generals, ministers, princes, and princes, and were not subject to the hardships of corvee service at all.
Naturally, there is no need to raise a horse.
"Oh!" Huo Guang nodded thoughtfully, as if he had thought of something, so he asked: "Hey, I remember you are not Dong's granddaughter, why do you still need to raise horses?"
Dong Xun led the horse and signaled Huo Guang to go to the shade, and then said: "My father is just my grandpa's adopted son, and he has no blood relationship. In addition, my grandpa's advice a few years ago caused trouble, and he himself was demoted to a commoner, so he couldn't care less. us."
The Han Dynasty was still very realistic.
Even a general like Li Guang, after losing the battle and being demoted to a commoner, would not even have the guts to step on him by a Ba Ling Guard guard!
What's more, this was still the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who valued martial arts over literature.
Even if you are a great talent like Zhu Fuyan, in the eyes of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, you are just an abandoned son at the critical moment.
"Okay." Huo Guang nodded, looked at the newly built horse farm, and asked, "Is this horse farm newly built by the imperial court?"
"Um!"
Dong Xun nodded.
Raising horses among the people does not mean raising them at home.
If you raise them at home, they are cows.
The imperial court would build horse farms, and those who wanted to raise horses would choose a few horses to raise in the horse farms to offset the corvee.
certainly.
If you have money on hand and some power, of course you can raise your own horses.
The question is, do ordinary people have money? Can the horses I raise go to the fields to plow the land? Definitely not! If it weren't for the benefits brought by the horse administration of the Han Dynasty, who among the common people would be willing to raise horses?
anyway!
This is not the only way private horses can be tax deducted.
There is another kind!
That is, you go to the racecourse to select stallions and mares to raise, and you are responsible for the breeding issues.
In areas like Hexi, there has even been a craze for raising horses, and people will get together in their free time to exchange experiences on raising horses. Later, the imperial court attached great importance to this phenomenon and would regularly hold exchange seminars on horse breeding.
Huo Guang felt a little embarrassed when he saw that Dong Xun just nodded and said nothing.
What can I say?
Looking at the girl's thin figure, Huo Guang rubbed his forehead and asked: "By the way, why did your family let you, a girl, raise horses? Where is your family?"
"I have to be busy with farm work. I will watch during the day, and my mother will keep watch at night." Dong Xun lowered his head and said.
Huo Guang frowned slightly and asked, "Are you still here to keep watch at night?"
"Yes." Dong Xun nodded first, and then said: "This is a horse assigned by the imperial court. We are responsible for raising it. If anything happens, we will be held accountable."
Raise horses!
It can offset corvées, reduce taxes, etc.
So the same thing.
Once something goes wrong with the horses you raise, ordinary families may not be able to bear the responsibility that the court will hold you responsible for.
"How many horses does your family raise at this horse farm?" Huo Guang asked.
"Three!" Dong Xun said: "In addition to this horse, there are two ponies. When they are raised, the family can get a lot of money!"
While talking.
Huo Guang looked at Dong Xun's clear eyes, and there seemed to be a little excitement.
That feeling.
It was just like when I first started working in my previous life and received my salary for the first time.
Excited with a little anticipation.
It's just that as time goes by and I grow older, I slowly lose the feeling. More like the little monster in Langlang Mountain in the animation.
The hair is falling out day by day, and the edges and corners have been smoothed by life.
at last?
Only a pair of empty eyes are left, and he lives his life contentiously.
Huo Guang looked at Dong Xun and asked, "Hey, you can ride a horse, right? Can you..."
As he was speaking, a strange voice suddenly sounded, interrupting his words.
"Girl girl girl..."
What is this sound? It sounded like the cry of a pig farmer eating the pigs.
After the sound sounded, the two of them turned to look at the same time.
I saw a man wearing old linen clothes made of ramie, with a tired face, striding towards them like a man.
Huo Guang was still thinking about who this woman was.
Dong Xun, who was beside him, said with a slight complaint: "Mom, why did you come here? I'm almost starving to death."
mother?
This woman turned out to be Dong Xun's mother?
All right...
Mother Dong's dark hands were seen holding something like a plate, handed it to Dong Xun, and cursed: "I haven't slept well yet, so I got up to cook for you and your family. Your grandmother also urged you, you I’m urging you. If you don’t do anything, I’ll starve you to death just for looking at you.”
Dong's mother was a peasant woman and she spoke without any scruples.
Huo Guang listened to Dong's mother talking, but his eyes were all on her hands. Of course, it wasn't the food on the plate, but the black mud in the fingernails.
This is normal.
How many clean nails can a peasant woman have on her fingernails?
Moreover, in addition to calluses, most farmers' hands also have cracks and fine lines covering the entire palm, just like the fine cracks on porcelain after being exposed to the sun.
Dong Xun took the food and started eating.
Mother Dong on the side also glanced at Huo Guang, and then asked Dong Xun, "Who is he?"
"Grandpa's book-recording disciple, I heard him there for two days when I was teaching, so I know him." Dong Xun said while eating his meal.
Huo Guang felt that it was time to say hello to Dong's mother.
otherwise!
It was a bit awkward to just stand next to him.
After thinking for a while, he said, "Hello, aunt, my name is Huo Guang, and I am the younger brother of Hussar General Huo Qubing."
"Huo Guang?" Mother Dong muttered something in her mouth, as if she had thought of something, and asked: "You are the one who peeked at my daughter when Father Zhong was talking about something, and then said some treacherous words after being caught, and gave it to Father Zhong. You must be a naughty boy who was so angry that he stayed in bed for two days!"
It’s over!
Even Dong's mother knew about peeking at her girl in class.
Huo Guang suddenly felt a little at a loss, and said awkwardly: "This... this, I... I didn't... I didn't peek at your daughter."
