Chapter 351 Farmer

The edge of the forest in the vegetable field.

Perhaps there is no threat of war, even if the sun is shining brightly.But there are still busy farmers in the field taking good care of the newly planted rice.

Ancient times are not like modern times.Even if you don't have any special skills, as long as you can bear the hardships, you can enter the factory and ask for a job.But how could the ancient people have such a good opportunity, if they didn't have a skill, they could only wait on the bed to die!
So these thin fields are their only option. If you sow well, you will live; if you sow poorly, you will die!

Chen Lei didn't know much about farming. He knew a few ways to fertilize the fields and told the farmers in Guangling County when he traveled across the country.It has been nearly twenty years now, in this world where there are warriors and communication is fairly developed.It has long been known by everyone.

So Chen Lei didn't rush to the field, but stood on the bank and waved to the farmer wearing a bamboo hat from a distance, "Old man, please come over here, I have a problem here, I want to ask you for advice!"

People in ancient times were not so defensive, let alone a farmer who had nothing to do.

The old man in front of Chen Lei put the tools on the spot and walked over cautiously.

"What do you want to ask?" the old man asked, wiping the sweat from his forehead.

Chen Lei didn't care about the filth in the field. He sat on the clean haystack and asked with a smile, "Old man, we are from other places and want to come here to make a living. I also want to ask how the harvest has been in recent years?" "

The old man had no choice but to smile wryly, "Harvest? It's just like that. You won't be hungry or full. A few dolls can barely have a bite to eat, so you don't have to throw it away."

Chen Lei pointed out something and asked Zhang Tao who was on the side, "there are not too many natural disasters in Bingzhou in recent years, right?"

Bingzhou is the area in Shanxi today, and the typhoon is almost unaffected.The only problems are droughts and floods, but the disasters in the past few years have not been too many, and according to common sense, some money and food can be saved.

Zhang Tao apologized and said with a smile, "The tax is eleven."

Chen Lei nodded, eleven is one tenth, not too high.However, the land tax policy of fifteen taxes and one land tax was implemented during the Han Gaozu period.Later, there was a change in the middle. By the time of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, the land tax was halved and changed to one for thirty.The Han Dynasty did not pay much attention to taxes, but corvée.

"Then why?"

The old man smiled wryly and said, "This one seems to have understood that the tax on the [-]th is not high, and it is normal. Originally, some food can be saved every year, and it can be regarded as a hunger in a famine year. But the adults above have to To collect taxes, it is said that Xuzhou Chen Lei still wants to attack, and he needs to add people and food to repel them."

"Ok?"

Zhang Tao was stunned for a while, sweating coldly.

This farmer speaks a strong Bingzhou dialect, and based on the familiarity here, it is definitely a local farmer.Now that the people at the bottom say so, those few households are a matter of certainty and cannot escape.

But now it's equivalent to scolding him in front of Chen Lei, and he doesn't know about it, so it's really difficult now.

"Peng!"

Zhang Tao turned his face away, and the halberd wrapped in black cloth fell to the ground. Dian Weizheng looked at the farmer with an 'embarrassed' smile, "Master, I'm sorry, I slipped my hand and knocked it down."

The farmer waved his hand, "It's fine if you don't overwhelm the seedlings."

Zhang Tao broke out in a cold sweat.

Accidentally knocked over?

If he can't explain well, maybe this halberd will fall on his head next time, right?

Zhang Tao shuddered.Absolutely not!Just as he was about to explain, Chen Lei turned around and accused Dian Wei, "Lao Dian, how do you carry things? You can drop this little luggage on the floor? You can't even hold your hands steady and you want to beg your wife?"

The old man laughed, showing his only few teeth. "How can this kid not get a wife? With this body, even in troubled times, he can go up the mountain to block the road to ask for a bite. He is very popular!"

"He eats a lot too!"

Zhang Tao wiped the sweat from his face.Phew~ It should be fine.But what he didn't see was Tang Ruodong's faint smile.

"Okay, please, old man, here are a few copper coins. You can take them home and buy a snack for your child."

"Hey, how can this work? How can you collect money with just a few words?"

"That's right. After all, it's a waste of effort. Just keep it." Chen Lei stood up and walked back, waving to the old man. "Then we'll leave first. You can do your thing."

Several people followed Chen Lei, and then asked a few more people, and the answers were almost all different.

Because there is no need to ask any more questions, Chen Lei turned back to the tent, "Zi Lu, why don't you go to Guangling if you have time."

"Guangling?" Zhang Tao's thoughts changed sharply.

Chen Lei is dissatisfied with me, thinking that I have the heart to resist.It just so happens that Yuan Zhoumu intends to surrender now, it is inappropriate to kill his generals, so he intends to take me back to the Guangling circle and imprison me for torture?
Thinking of this, Zhang Tao immediately knelt down.Sometimes integrity is important, but this is definitely not the time!
"Chen Zhoumu, please enlighten me." Zhang Tao gritted his teeth and said, "Yuan Zhoumu and I have never issued such an order. There must be something wrong with our subordinates, and they are filling their own pockets!"

After saying this, Zhang Tao felt that it was not enough, so he issued a military order seriously, "Chen Zhoumu, give me three days. If you give me three days, I will definitely find these people who are lying and hand them over to you, Chen Zhoumu!"

Chen Lei laughed and said, "Zilu, I'm afraid you may have misunderstood. I just want you to go to Guangling to have a look."

Other prefectures dare not say that Guangling is definitely his home field.The farmers inside all have surplus grain at home, and they all have a lot of food.It can cope with several years of famine, and if Chen Lei wants to fight without military rations, they will definitely donate generously.

Some even donate food and even want to donate people, which is not an exaggeration at all!

Zhang Tao raised his head and asked, "Is that so?"

Chen Lei smiled and said, "It's more than just cheating?"

If you want to kill Zhang Tao, you can do it now.Would Yuan Shao fall out with Zhang Tao because of him?At most, he had some grudges in his heart, but now even if he had grudges in his heart, Yuan Shao didn't dare to do anything, after all, he was the one who offered to surrender now!It is only normal for Chen Lei to give him a blow.

Zhang Tao may have figured this out too, got up from the ground and patted his clothes, and said shamelessly, "It's me who saved the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain!"

Chen Lei shook his head, "I don't blame Brother Zilu, but now that there are such moths in Bingzhou, we should deal with them quickly! Otherwise, I'm afraid the people will suffer."

"I know!" Zhang Tao got up to leave, but was stopped by Chen Lei.

"Don't be in a hurry!" Chen Lei said with a smile, "Ben Chu should be on the way, why don't we wait for Brother Ben Chu to arrive!"

Zhang Tao was taken aback for a moment, then nodded and said, "It's all according to Chen Zhou's will!"

The two started chatting in the camp.

Until more than an hour passed, the tent door was slowly opened, "Report~"

(End of this chapter)

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