Chapter 013 Merger
Although Liang Xiao felt that the prisoner was too serious, he did not dare to neglect it. After all, his opponent was a famous playboy in Guangling City. Although he acted like a noble now, who knew how low his bottom line was. It would not be too cautious to do so.
In this era, killing people is not a strange thing. If you kill someone, you have to worry about it. If you find a place to hide for a while, and wait until the world amnesty comes out, the government will not bother to take care of the old accounts of the past - but the family members of the victim. If he kills Hu Lai, there are many people who will avenge Hu Lai. If he is killed by Hu Lai, only I am left. Could it be that I am a woman who avenges him?
Therefore, Liang Xiao followed the prisoner's instructions and first reconnaissance of the terrain, and then found a way to inquire about the purpose of Wu Lai.
With one hero and three gangs, Liang Xiao naturally thought of his best friend Tu Niuer.
Tu Niuer is being beaten again.
Tu Niuer covered her face, howling with ghosts and wolves, and burst into tears: "Don't fight, don't fight, it's not that I'm going to duel, I'm just passing on a message."
"It's not okay to pass the message." Aunt Shi pinched the waist of the bucket with one hand, swung a green bamboo with the other hand, and greeted Tu Niuer vigorously. "Because you passed a few words, the Hu family refused to ask for our land. If the land could not be sold, where would the money be paid for your sister to buy a dowry? Your sister is eighteen, and if she doesn't marry, she will eat up her family's wealth. What will she give you to marry a wife in the future?"
"My mother, what are you saying? It seems like I'm eating and drinking at home for free..." Tu Niuer's sister Tu Huaer rushed out of the house, pinching her waist with one hand and waving a broom with the other, and blocking Aunt Shi. "My mother, you have to make it clear today, otherwise I won't follow."
"Oh, I said Huaer, don't join in the fun. When will I blame you? Am I blamed your brother?"
"My brother is a fool, what do he know?" Tu Huaer refused to give in. "You are clearly saying this to me."
"You are a fool." Tu Niu'er was anxious and scolded loudly: "It's because you are stupid that no one wants it. Staying at home is useless to eat and drink. Oh, how can you hit someone like you crazy woman..."
Liang Xiao was so amused and laughed. He originally wanted to ask Tu Niuer for help, but now the Tu family is in chaos because of good things, so he is embarrassed to go in. Tu Niuer's mother is okay. Tu Niuer's sister Tu Huaer is a fierce woman. She even Tu Niuer wants to give in three points when she is storming.
Most women in the Han Dynasty got married early, and they usually got married at the age of fifteen or sixteen, and some even went out at the age of thirteen or fourteen. The twigs are eighteen this year. According to custom, this is a big girl and there is a possibility of becoming a leftover woman. What she hates the most is that others say that she can't get married, which is almost her reverse scale, and it will explode at a glance. Liang Xiao goes in now, and if he doesn't do it well, he will be beaten up by her.
Liang Xiao had no choice but to put his hands on his lips and learn to cuckoo. The door of the Tu family clanged, and a figure rushed out. Before Liang Xiao could speak, he was banging and brooms, cursing: "Where did the stupid guy come from? I don't look at what month, I still learn to cuckoo."
When Liang Xiao saw that something was wrong, he turned around and ran away. Tu Huaer swung the broom and chased him reluctantly, chasing him while chasing: "Damn it, last time I peeked at me, I haven't looked for you yet, so I'm here to fool my brother again, and I won't kill you."
Liang Xiao was embarrassed. What happened? The original Liang Xiao’s taste was not very high.
"Flowers, flowers..." Liang Mama stood in the distance, raised her hand, and a piece of brocade in her hand shone brightly in the afternoon sun. When Tu Huaer saw it, her eyes immediately straightened, she immediately abandoned Liang Xiao, changed to a smile, and went up to her, and shouted enthusiastically from afar: "Aunt, are you calling me?"
"This is the remaining fraction last time, and it's useless. I'll give you a handkerchief." Liang Mama took Tu Huaer's hand and touched her face intimately. "Duojun girl, I don't know who has such a blessing in the future and can marry you back. A few fat boys will be born. Huaer will get married. When will Huaer get married, I'll tell my aunt, and I'll give you a hug, and I'll be happy."
"Aunt, I'm still young." Tu Huaer twisted her waist and took Jin, unable to let go of her love. The fierceness on her face suddenly turned into a beautiful peach blossom.
Liang Xiao breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. This Tuhuaer is the queen of the movie, and his expression changed too quickly.
"What are you looking at? Why don't you run away? If you don't run away, your family will lose money again. My sister dreams of having a double-sided brocade, so she will be able to steal it from your house." Tu Niuer jumped in the distance and started screaming.
Liang Xiao suddenly realized and turned around and ran away. The double-sided brocade woven by his mother Liang's mother is a masterpiece. The small piece of handkerchief for Tu Huaer is more valuable than a piece of clothing. It is not affordable for girls like Tu Huaer. Hugging the belly is a bellyband. For Tu Huaer, a double-sided brocade hugging the belly is a shiny cape, which is enough to make her stand up in front of the little sisters.
"Why are your family selling land again? And they still have to sell it to the Hu family?"
"If you don't sell the land, why do you want to buy a dowry for my sister?" Tu Niuer said angrily: "It's eighteen. If you don't marry, you will have to eat the money for my wife. My land is almost surrounded by the Hu family's land. If you don't sell it to the Hu family, who dares to ask for it?"
"But selling land is like drinking poison to quench thirst. Without land, there will be no food. Without food, what should I pay for rent?"
As far as Liang Xiao knows, the land tax in the Han Dynasty was nominally light, but actually very heavy. Because when collecting land tax, no matter how many land your family actually had, it was collected according to the standard of 100 acres. One hundred and fifty acres also collected so much, and fifty acres also collected so much. The less land, the heavier the burden of land tax. Selling land is a vicious cycle. As long as it starts, it will basically not be able to be collected until it is sold out.
My mother, Mama Liang, has always refused to settle the household registration, and there is also this consideration. If you don’t settle the household registration, you don’t need to give land and pay tuition. As long as you make the house fool, you have to give land and pay tuition when you have land. Even if you don’t get the land at all, this hundred acres of land is inevitable.
The benefits of light taxation in the early Han Dynasty were taken away by the powerful people who occupied a large amount of land. In fact, they did not even pay the 100 acres of land tax, and passed on to the people without power. Because of this, land annexation was extremely serious in the prosperous era of Wenjing, and suppressing the powerful became a political problem that Emperor Wu of Han had to face after ascending the throne.
Tu Niuer sighed and said with a deep face: "I have thought about it, it really doesn't work. I'll just steal a few more tombs. I heard that a few new tombs have been added to the west of the city."
Liang Xiao felt a little ashamed. "Niu'er, I've been implicating you."
"Hey, why do you say these words? We are good brothers." Tu Niuer waved his hand disapprovingly. "Even if you don't have this, my land will not be kept, and it will be sold out sooner or later. Alas, it's not Wu's country now, and we haven't even caught up with the good times."
Liang Xiao was startled and hurriedly covered Tu Niuer's mouth. Tu Niuer broke free from him and looked at him in surprise. "What are you doing, shocked?"
"Can you control your mouth?" Liang Xiao said seriously: "What is the King of Wu that is okay? That's a rebellious person. He was reported to him and chopped off your bull head."
"It's not me who said that." Tu Niuer shook his big head indifferently. "I heard several old people say that being a citizen of Jiangdu is not as good as being a citizen of Wu before. When the King of Wu was the king, he didn't have to pay the land tax and eat salt at will."
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Chapter completed!