Chapter 124

It is a very quiet morning. Many villagers in Luoxia village are busy cutting firewood and digging Kang holes for winter. Some villagers do not have tiled houses and are busy repairing the thatched roof more firmly. The wives and daughters in law talk together.

At this time, a rare gong sounded in the village to gather the villagers.

In order to fear that the villagers do not pay enough attention to it, Li Zheng's son, Daniel, walks around the village, beating gongs twice and calling for everyone to gather at the wheat field in the late afternoon.

The wheat field is a place where the villagers usually play millet and wheat and bask grain for food. Of course, if there is something important to announce in the village, it is also in the wheat field, where there is a large space and a lot of people can gather.

Hearing the sound of gongs and shouts outside, the villagers of Luoxia village were all nervous. What they didn't know was that the same Gong had been sounded in other villages. Even some villagers stopped Daniel to ask what was going on. Daniel was busy informing around the village and ignored it.

Yang's family and the third room heard the call outside, because only in the afternoon, everyone gathered at Yang Tiezhu's house.

A room full of people sat together looking at each other, wondering what would happen.

Lin Qingwan has never met this kind of situation, so she doesn't feel it. But they are different. They have experienced this kind of solemn scene.

In general, when Li Zheng, gong sound and villagers are summoned, there is hardly any good thing.

After listening to Yang Tiezhu's explanation, Lin Qingwan understood a situation, that is, as a farmer, he had to face the situation of corvee.

For the word corvee, Lin Qingwan felt very far away and strange, but it was not unknown.

In modern times, watching TV and novels, this word frequently appears. Even some historical books also have the impression that heavy corvee and rebellious poor people

The most famous corvee event in history is the legendary "Meng Jiangnu cries for the Great Wall". Fan Xiliang, Meng Jiangnu's husband, died of exhaustion during the corvee.

With his poor historical knowledge, Lin Qingwan only thought about the corvee event. But that was enough to make her shudder.

Oh, my God. Is she going to be Meng Jiangnu?

The power of association is so great that people can't help thinking. Thinking about it, Lin Qingwan turned pale.

Seeing that Lin Qingwan's face was not right, Yang quickly comforted her and said, "Qing Wan, you don't have to worry. Tiezhu has served in the army or has served beyond the time limit. Under normal circumstances, this kind of service is not necessary."

What about the other two situations? Pregnant women's thinking is very difficult to understand, in any case is to think a lot.

Xia Dacheng said, "maybe it's not about corvee, maybe it's something else."

It is said that, but everyone has a bad feeling.

At lunch, everyone was in a trance and didn't know what they were thinking.

Aunt Ma and her family don't have to worry about this because they are all slaves. Slaves are not in the scope of recruitment.

The Daxi Dynasty was roughly divided into four grades, with scholars, peasants, businessmen, businessmen and peasants ranked second. What they said was that their social status was high and their family background was pure. There were no great restrictions on the younger generation's marriage or imperial examination, which is the so-called "root, Zhengzheng, Miao and Hong" in modern times.

This social status is not directly proportional to the degree of their labor, because farmers rely on nature to feed on the earth, because the economy of ancient countries was based on agriculture, and the exorbitant taxes and levies were collected from farmers. What's more, wherever the country needed labor, such as building official roads, building civil engineering, building bridges, and building rivers, would levy corvee on farmers.

So the peasants changed their color when they heard the news. The scope of recruitment is mainly men, ranging from 16 to 60 years old. All men in the family, suitable for more than one person in this area, must enlist one person.

Corvee, if it is a good labor, at most go out to work gas dry for a month or half a year. If you are tired, you can come back if you lose your skin.

If it's military service, it's a big deal.

In ancient times, almost all the peasants served as cannon fodder in the battlefield.

Yang Tiezhu was in military service at the beginning. Everyone in the village, including the Yang family, thought that he would not come back, so he went to die. Otherwise, the Tian family would not make a fuss about quitting their families and marrying such a family. That was the rhythm of the maiden to be widowed.

Many people went to Luoxia village for military service, but only one Yang Tiezhu came back. Or because others saw that he was so young that he happened to be a fireman. Although not promising, but at least under normal circumstances will not be killed, to be returned.

Yang Tiezhu returned home after four years of military service. In general, those who returned home after military service were not included in the scope of conscription. After all, once on the battlefield, no matter what kind of soldier you are, you can come back almost even if you have died once. The court will not make such people serve again.

After listening to the explanation one by one, Lin Qingwan gradually relaxed.

It's too early to say anything. I still have to go and see what the villagers are doing.Lin Qingwan has a big stomach, and there are too many people in the wheat field. Yang Tiezhu doesn't let her go.

At the end of the day, in addition to Lin Qingwan and aunt Ma's family, almost everyone who could play in the village went to the village's wheat field.

Lin Qingwan sat uneasily in the room and tossed about for several times. He was hard to calm down.

No way, she ran to play with little nono. She and her son, one on the Kang and the other on the couch under the Kang, played the game of throwing puppets n times. That is, she throws a little puppet to nono's hand and nono throws it back.

After a long time, a group of talents came back home with heavy steps. Everyone's faces were not very good. Lin Qingwan was a little flustered.

"How about it?" Speaking out, the voice can be dry, as if not from her mouth.

Yang Tiezhu sees daughter-in-law's facial expression is not good, also does not care the mood is low, hastily opens mouth to explain with her.

It turns out that everyone looks bad, because this time we are summoning all of us to go there for the purpose of corvee. But this corvee was not labor, it was the most severe military service in corvee.

If there is more than one person within the range of 16-50, one person is required to serve. There are many families in the village who do not have separate families, so there are many people in the village who agree with each other.

The one who has been separated from the family is considered to have escaped the catastrophe, because a family needs two people of the same age range to recruit one person. Generally after the separation, a family on a pillar man, dolls are still small, so not in the scope of recruitment.

Lin Qingwan looked at the scope and ruled out that the Yang family, the three room couple and their family were not in the scope of recruitment. The closest people were ranked, and the others were the more close ones, that is, the old man Yang Er, the big chrysanthemum family, and the willow branch family.

Yang er's family had no separation. In the scope of recruitment, the Daju family was separated. No, the Liuzhi family had only one son, the Liuzhi man, but there was also the Liuzhi father-in-law. Lin Qingwan didn't know how old Liu Zhi was, so he didn't know if he was there.

Lin Qingwan finally understood why everyone looked bad. Although she didn't have to serve in her own family, most of her close family members were within the scope. How could she be in a good mood.

Of course, there is another kind of people who don't need to serve, that is, those who have merit. Lin Qingwan now understands why farmers value fame so much.

The heavy corvee and the not so heavy land tax and the capitation tax are all levied on the peasants. If we can produce a person with high reputation, we can lighten a lot of burden, and we don't need to take corvee. Of course, it's not that the whole family doesn't have to serve. It's just the one who has achieved great fame.

Yang sighed and said that many people in the village were crying. Every family was crying all the way back.

Lin Qingwan's family is far away from the end of the village. Otherwise, if you sit in the house, you can hear the cry outside.

Lin Qingwan can't help but think of a poem written by Du Fu that he has read in his previous life --

the rattling of carts, the whistling of horses, and the bows and arrows of pedestrians. Ye Niang's wife went to see her off, and the dust disappeared from Xianyang bridge. Pull clothes to stop foot Lan Road cry, cry straight up dry sky. Passers-by ask pedestrians, pedestrians but cloud point frequency. Or from the 15th to the north of the river, and then to the forty West Camp fields. When I go, I am wrapping my head, and when I come back, I still guard the border. The pavilion is bleeding into the sea, and the emperor has not opened the border. You don't hear of the Han family in Shandong Province, where Jingqi grows in thousands of villages. Even if a healthy woman hoes and plows, he Sheng Longmu has nothing. Kuang Fu Qin's soldiers suffered a lot and were not different from dogs and chickens. Although the elder asked, the servant husband dared to express his hatred. And now the winter, not rest Guanxi die. The county magistrate asks for rent urgently. Where does the tax come from. It is better to have a woman than to have a bad man. If you have a daughter, you will marry your neighbor. If you have a male, you will be buried with grass. If you don't see the head of Qinghai Province, no one has ever collected the bones in ancient times. The new ghost is vexed and the old one is crying. It is cloudy and rainy and the sound is chirping.

Although this poem is aimed at the Tang Dynasty, Tang Xuanzong's military use of Nanzhao, Yang Guozhong was monopolistic, lied about military information, and a large number of conscripts made people angry. But at this time, it's almost the same. When it comes to conscription, it's better to have a boy than a girl. If you have a daughter, you can marry a family nearby. However, if you give birth to a boy, you will die in the sand field and be buried in the grass, even without a corpse collector.

Is it difficult for military service to go to war?

There is no war in the memory of the original owner Lin Qingwan, but in his previous life, Lin Qingwan is also aware of the horrors of ancient wars. When it comes to war, the people at the top don't think there is anything wrong with it, but the people below are in great sorrow.

If there are conscripts, there will be those who escape from service. When the number of refugees increases, instability will increase. It's ok if the authorities win. If they fail, they will continue to enlist. At that time, there would not be such a wide range, and the age span would be larger. If it is civil strife, there will be wars everywhere. When officials really fight, they don't care whether there are ordinary people here or not. It's where they fight.

Xia Dacheng also thought of this point, slowly opened his mouth to explain, and comforted everyone that it was not bad to see the scope of military service.

Yeah, it's not bad. At least no one in the family has been recruited. Even if you are accused of being inhumane, you have to be thankful for this. As for other people, they are not able to manage at this time. They have no time to look after themselves. There is no compassion for others.Alas --

as for another point, not only Xia Dacheng, but also Yang Tiezhu thought of it. However, he did not dare to say so, for fear of worrying his family, he took a look at Xia Dacheng, and they decided to hide it for the time being. After all, it was too early to say this, so we had to go out and inquire about it before we knew what was going on.

Everyone ate dinner at Yang Tiezhu's house. They were all silent, and they all seemed to have a heavy heart.

While eating, Mr. Yang came.

Yang Tiezhu asked the second uncle to come and have some food. The old man had something in mind and knew that he had not come by chance, so he didn't refuse to have dinner with everyone.

When they had finished eating, Mr. Yang began to say the purpose of the trip.

It turns out that Mr. Yang Er is here to borrow money. The reason for borrowing money is military service.

Although the scope of conscription is peasants, if the peasants have money, they don't have to serve. Silver can be used as a substitute for military service. To say that a white spot is to pay money, so you don't have to serve.

Of course, it is not so simple. There is a price tag for silver instead of service. This price is not explicit. It is all hidden. It is estimated that it was set up by the county government in order to collect money.

The price is very high. If you work hard, listen to Yang. In the past, it was five Liang silver for one person. In the case of military service, it is set according to the number of conscripts. That is to say, when there are not many people in need, the money will be less. If there is a large shortage of people, or if the pressure is tight, then the money needs to be very much, or even the county government does not dare to replace it with silver.

We can see from the scope of recruitment this time that the scope of recruitment is very loose, only between 16 and 50. If it is a large number of recruitment, the age range will be between 16 and 60, or catch men when they see men.

They are young and have never seen this kind of scene, but some of the older generation in the village have seen such large-scale "pulling strong men". At that time, there were few men over ten years old in the village.

This time, there was also a word of it in the exchange of silver. There was a man of fifteen Liang silver. Fifteen Liang silver is not much for the rich, but for the poor people, it is no less than the coffin bottom saved by hard work in a lifetime, or many people can't save so much money in their lifetime.

Lin Qingwan was glad again that they had done business and saved a lot of money. Otherwise, when it comes time to use it, there will be no tears.

Money makes the mare go. It seems that this sentence is used everywhere.

Yang Er has two sons of the same age. Mr. Yang Er himself has passed the age range, just over 50, no longer within the scope of recruitment. A person needs 15 Liang, which is not much in Lin Qingwan's opinion.

Who knows to listen to Yang Er old man son and Yang family, Yang tie Zhu they discuss to know, originally the government is not calculate like this. As long as your family decides to use silver as a substitute, how many people are there. It's not that there are two in your family. You can buy one and you don't have to recruit the other. If you spend money to buy one, you just say that you don't have to serve, but it's also counted in the number of people. It's still included in one of the two extractions. If you don't pay, you can't get away with the other.

In other words, if you want to have two sons of Yang Er, you don't need to serve, and you need 30 Liang silver.

I have to say that the government is very insidious. But you can't help it. A poor and powerless common people can only recognize it.

All three families present could take out the money. I have been doing business for more than a year, and each family has saved a lot of money.

Lin Qingwan's family first built a house and bought household goods. He spent almost all the money, but he also saved more than 500 Liang silver in more than a year. Yang tiegen and Yang's two families get less dividends, and each family gets less than 200 Liang silver.

The three families present usually hide deeply, but they are all small assets. That's why everyone is so interested in the fresh cured meat business, which has left the land 800 miles away. Maybe it seems that the profit is not big. Every restaurant sells 10 kg / day, but it can't hold the number of restaurants they have developed. You can't make a big fortune, but you can still make a small fortune.

There are two daughters-in-law working in a small workshop in the family of Mr. Yang Er, and he knows that the three families are working together in a small business. However, he didn't know how much money other people could make in this business.

However, the only place where I can think of borrowing money is here. What he plans is that there is no one family. It should be enough for several companies to make a joint effort. Yang Tiezhu, Yang tiegen and Yang's three families do not need to serve in the military service. Yang er's father also knew clearly that he came to the door.

Without saying a word, Yang asked her younger brother not to worry. She lent him the silver. Since all the elders of Yang's family have opened their mouths, several younger generations have not spoken.

Yang two old man then put down his heart, to the elder sister is thank again and again.

It must be the best thing to do well ahead of time. Yang took the old man yang to go home to get money. A few younger generation knew that they could use silver instead, so they were relieved. At least it leaves us a way to live. As for whether others can make enough money, it is not something they can care about. They can't finish worrying about their own hearts. They can't spare any time to sympathize with others.www.novelhall.com , the fastest update of the webnovel!