I’m The King Chapter 1246: : Carrying forward the past and ushering in the future (one hundred and thirty-six) Shu County New Deal

Wen Yi leaned against the door, watching the woman feed the little porridge in the bowl into the mouth of the son who had just turned one year old. The one-year-old son was skinny, which was a typical symptom of malnutrition. Look at the same sallow and thin daughter-in-law, her face is full of sorrow.

This is the last bit of rice in the house. Earlier, he watched the woman almost counting the grains out of the rice vat. Such a small amount of rice is only enough to make a little rice soup for his son. But what about tomorrow? What about tomorrow? Adults can still make do with it, wild vegetable bark and so on can always be fooled, but my son is still so young, how can he survive?

The woman looked up at him, with despair in her big sunken eyes.

Stand up and tighten the straw rope around your waist, "I'll go to the town to see/pig/pig/island/novelwww.huuo.Look, see if I can find some odd jobs and earn some money to buy some rice Come back."

Without waiting for the woman to reply, she turned around, picked up the hemp rope on the shoulder pole standing in the corner, and strode out the door. He didn't know if he could find a job, but he had to go out and try.

Walking to the entrance of the village, they ran into Wen Cheng from the same village. The two looked at each other and smiled wryly.

"Out of food?" Wen Yi asked.

"Who said it wasn't? Originally, there was still some food at home, and I guess it would last until the autumn harvest, but didn't the county come to collect the money and food from the bandits a few days ago, and they robbed them all. Go out and try your luck , you can't just watch the mother-in-law starve to death!" Wen Cheng said.

"I can't live in this world." Wen Yi tightened the straw rope around his waist again, "I'm so anxious, I also went to Cang'er Mountain to become a bandit."

"Shut up, you!" Wen Cheng was taken aback, and covered Wen Yi's mouth with his hand, "You forgot what happened in our village last year, old Liang's family, old He's family, two big families As for the many people, they are all tortured. Isn’t it because some of their families rebelled? Don’t mess around, our old Wen’s family is a grasshopper that breaks bones and connects tendons, and a thread, don’t mess around Come on!"

"I'm just saying that, how could I have the guts to mess around!" Wen Yi sighed, thinking of the riots against taxes and taxes last year, his heart couldn't help jumping up. He was originally a rich family in this village, but because he couldn't bear the endless levies and miscellaneous taxes, he killed the county officials who came to collect taxes and grain. The two big families joined forces with relatives and friends of the He Liang family in several nearby villages to rebel. When the momentum was the most powerful, even the county town was almost captured.

What happened later was miserable. The imperial court dispatched a large army. Seeing the huge riot, it was suppressed in a blink of an eye. Some strong men. The old and weak, women and children were all thrown down, and were arrested by the officers and soldiers and taken to the entrance of the village, where the two had just passed, and their heads were chopped off. Blood flowed like a river. In the huge village, only the old Wen family was left.

Having said this, both of them fell silent. It was wrong for the He and Liang families to rebel. But what is the crime of those women, children and children? It was also dragged out, and all of them were killed.

"Do you know? That murderous general is not from Qin, he is from Yan." After walking for a while. Wen Cheng said suddenly.

"What, Yan people? Yan people can also be the generals of our Great Qin?" Wen Yi said in surprise.

"You must be ignorant and ignorant. I heard people in the town say that our Great Qin's current generals are all from Yan." Wen Cheng said.

"This is the way of the world!" Wen Yigu said, no wonder he didn't even blink when he killed someone?

The two stopped talking, and walked heavily on the road leading to the town in silence.

As soon as the two of them stepped into the town, they were dumbfounded. They could be seen everywhere in the town, like them, with straw ropes tied around their waists and shoulder poles. Strolling aimlessly, some leaned against the wall with their long legs stretched out, basking in the sun with their eyes closed, and more of them gathered in groups of three or four.

"Don't provoke those people." Wen Cheng whispered to Wen Yi, "Those people are all from the same village. Whenever there is any work, they always rush to do it. Who wants to follow them?" They came up to fight with their shoulder poles, and there were so many of them, and they huddled together, and I saw them spitting blood several times."

"So ruthless!" Wen Yi stuck out his tongue.

"Who says it's not, but such a small amount of food is enough for several people! Look at the people all over the street, it's not like they can't survive anymore. Who will join in the fun?" Wen Cheng sighed, "3617 /'>I hope there will be more work today, and they will give us a little soup after eating."

The two looked at each other, smiled wryly, found a wall, and sat down.

A well-dressed man strode over from a distance, looked at the men carrying poles all over the street, his face couldn't help showing arrogance, walked up to the steps in front of a merchant, and shouted loudly : "Master Lu's house needs twenty strong men to repair the courtyard wall! Take care of food and housing, twenty yuan a day's wages."

Suddenly, all the poles on the street rushed up. Wen Cheng and Wen Yi were a little slower to react, and were stepped on by the surging crowd. That person had already been surrounded by three floors inside and three floors outside.

"Forget it, we have no share." Wen Yi sat down again in disappointment.

A moment later, the man led twenty men and walked away. As expected, what he took away were all those carrying poles in groups. Also eat more, and naturally look stronger.

Time passed and the sun had already reached the middle of the sky, but after recruiting a group of people except that member Lu, no one came again.

Googling a few times, both of their stomachs growled, Wen Yi looked at Wen Cheng, and the two of them unanimously tightened the straw rope around their waists, "This town used to be so prosperous. During the slack season, we come here to find a job and get a little spare money, why is it like this now?"

"It wasn't the riot that happened between the He and Liang families last year. Many people in the town were involved in it. Those who were beaten to death by the rioters and the army of the imperial court didn't last ten or eight years. They must have come back. I won’t go.” Wen Cheng sighed, “Actually, it’s not just our Ziyang County, I’ve also heard that other places are pretty much the same. Everywhere is like our place.”

"But I think Master Nalu's family is doing very well. Look at the previous man, he is just a servant. Look at that belly, it's all out."

"I heard that Master Lu did a great job in suppressing He Liang's rebellion. They have a family soldier. The Dalang of Master Lu's family is an official in the county!"

"This is the way of the world!" Wen Yi was dejected. Today, he has sighed like this countless times.

"Do you know why the Lu family wanted to build the courtyard wall? They helped kill so many people at the beginning, but they didn't kill them in the end. Didn't some people from the He Liang family escape into Cang'er Mountain? This Master Lu is afraid Those desperadoes sneaked down the mountain to take revenge, so the courtyard wall should be heightened and reinforced." Wen Cheng said.

"Aren't they gutted after being killed? How dare they go down the mountain to take revenge?" Wen Yi asked strangely.

"Who said that they were defeated by the killing? They fled to Xiong'er Mountain and became bandits. They recruited troops. Some time ago, the officers and soldiers went to suppress them. I heard that they suffered a big loss and were killed by bandits. No, they suffered a loss, but in the end it fell on us again, and they asked for food and taxes, saying that they would call in reinforcements to kill these bandits."

Thinking that the last bit of food in the house was looted, Wen Yi was not only angry, "They can't do anything to the bandits, but they only know how to bully us. They robbed us of food, and they didn't see them go to beat the bandits!"

"Keep your voice down, there are a lot of people here, you have to be overheard, say that you are the eyes and ears of bandits, you can't tell clearly even if you open your mouth all over your body, our village has suffered a lot because of the He Liang family, otherwise you will be on the road I have repeatedly told you not to say that you are from our village." Wen Cheng said quickly.

Wen Yi stopped making a sound, leaned against the wall, curled up into a ball, and dozed off with his eyes closed. Wen Cheng also closed his eyes listlessly.

This world really makes it impossible for the poor to survive. But just a few years ago, their life was still good, but since Daqin was defeated by the Han people on the grassland, their life has become worse day by day, with more and more taxes, a year's harvest, ten Seven or eight of them will be confiscated, and the rest will not be able to support the family's life. Fortunately, there will be banditry, and there will be no food left.

The bang bang of the gong woke up the two people who were a little weak from hunger. The two jumped up reflexively, their faces were full of panic. Then the night of the human head also started with the bang bang of the gong.

The panic-stricken two people widened their eyes, and saw a man in a policeman's uniform standing in front of a wall, beating a gong, and shouting loudly: "Come and see, come and see!" Imperial decree, everyone will have a good life!"

Wen Cheng and Wen Yi looked at each other, and slowly approached. On the street, not only the idlers carrying poles, but also the merchants and residents on the street came out and surrounded the policeman. side.

The notice posted on the wall is covered with a large bright red seal, but the lines of words on it, to most people here, are like heavenly scriptures, and no one can read them at all.

"Brother officer, what is written on it?" A man asked loudly: "How can we live a good life in this situation now? If the court doesn't keep collecting taxes, our life will definitely be easier."

"You can eat indiscriminately, but don't talk nonsense. Taxation is a major national policy. If you dare to speak out, be careful and go to jail." The imperial court issued an order that landless peasants can get land for free. According to the population, each ten mu. Do you think this is a good thing? There are many good things written on it, so please be quiet and listen to Lao Tzu to read to you! "(to be continued...)