Liu San'er's brow suddenly turned into a knot.

Normally speaking, since the two villages divide the cultivated land, the tax will naturally be divided according to the amount of land. If I plant one percent of the cultivated land, I pay 10% of the tax, and if I cultivate 10% of the cultivated land, I pay 100%. But look at what they are doing now.

, it is okay to give the land to these villagers, but there is another argument for dividing taxes.

Liu San'er said respectfully: "The common people are stupid, please give me a clear explanation from the officials."

"Haha, okay!"

The official smiled viciously and said: "Liu San'er, let's not say that my brothers won't give you a way to live. How about you decide how much tax to pay?"

Make your own decision? What do you mean?

Everyone was puzzled, and saw the man wave his hand, and someone immediately brought a huge box behind him and placed it on a stone table in front of them. He pointed at the box and said: "There are ten copper coins in here.

It represents 10% of the tax."

"..."

The official continued: "You only have one chance. Remember, if you catch one, Lujia Village will only have to pay 10% of the tax, and you will have to pay 90%. If you catch two, they will pay 20%.

Eighty percent. But if you have the ability to catch ten, then your Jixiang Village can be tax-free, and all the tax burden will be paid by Lujia Village!"

"..."

"Hahahaha, how about it, Liu San'er. We are good enough to you, right?"

If you grab ten copper coins, you can get tax exemption. Such a good thing, are these officials so kind-hearted?

Moreover, if Liu Saner really caught ten copper coins, then people from another village would have to pay all the taxes. How difficult would it be for them to pay such a heavy tax!

My heart felt a little heavy, but the people around me already showed happy expressions. Some people clapped their hands and secretly said: "This is great!"

"Isn't it easy to catch copper coins? Now, we don't have to pay taxes!"

Seeing everyone's excitement, I didn't say anything, only secretly worried. However, their excitement did not last long. When everyone gathered around and took a closer look at the box, everyone gasped.

Liu San'er looked at the box and his face turned a little pale.

What's going on?

Yunxiang and I looked at each other and both walked forward. She finally helped me walk to the stone table. I looked over and was shocked.

The box was surrounded by thick wooden boards, and I don't know what kind of mechanism was inside. There were dozens of sharp knives spinning incessantly, making a faint sound, and countless rays of frightening cold light flashed past my eyes, stabbing me.

People’s eyes hurt.

Through the blade, you can see that there are indeed ten copper coins placed at the bottom of the box, but if you go down to take it like this, you are afraid that your hand will be cut off if you reach out!

As soon as I saw this, my anger suddenly rose.

If before, when I bumped into the copper box that spread the plague, I could see the tyranny of those officials in Yangzhou, what I saw this time was that they were preying on the common people, and they were so ruthless in disregarding human life that they actually created such a thing to punish people.

!

With officials like this, how could the South not be in chaos?

"How's it going, Liu San'er? You like to stand out so much, let's make you a big hero. As long as you can catch ten copper coins, you will be exempt from paying taxes. Even if you can't catch ten coins, even if

If you only catch more than five copper coins, the taxes your village will pay will be much less!"

"..."

"However, we have a rule. You can only stretch your hand out once. Once your hand leaves the mouth of the box, you can't put it in again. Do you understand?"

"..."

"Of course, if you are not so brave, then there is no talk of changing your job." The man said fiercely: "You have to pay the fishing tax and money! You can't even dream of cultivating the land in Niangniang Mountain.

!"

Damn it!

Liu Yi asked them to reclaim farmland, so that these fishermen could make a living during the dry season, but unexpectedly, it became a means for these corrupt officials to avenge their private lives!

The surrounding villagers were also in chaos.

"What should I do?"

"As soon as I take this hand, it won't be chopped into pieces?"

"But if we don't farm, what will we do?"

Everyone was talking and talking, and finally their eyes were on Liu San'er. This young man stood in the crowd, his face with clear outlines was ashen, his lips were tightly pursed and he didn't say a word, regardless of the people around him.

Why was he so worried and anxious? He just stared at the knife box in trance.

Yunxiang walked up to him and said anxiously: "Third brother, don't be stupid, or your hand will be broken."

Someone next to me immediately said: "Then what should we do? How can we survive?"

Everyone started making noise again. I didn't say anything, I just focused on looking at the knife box. After looking around, I walked up to Liu San'er and patted his arm gently. He turned around and looked at me:

"Are you here?"

I nodded, looked at the knife box and said, "Are you going to get it?"

"..." He was silent for a moment and nodded.

"You might get hurt."

"Being injured is better than being skinned with no skin left!"

I thought for a while, then leaned into his ear and whispered: "You have to know, if you don't take action today, even if the people in this village lose their livelihood and starve to death, it won't be your business; but if you extend your hand,

Go and arrest you. If you don't catch him enough, you will be a sinner in their eyes."

This is what people are used to. The more they are given to you, the more they receive.

Liu Saner was silent for a moment and said: "I will do what I should do."

I looked at him in surprise.

Although I didn't ask him his age, I felt that Liu San'er was younger than me, and his smile and temperament were a bit childish. But at this time, he exuded a mature and steady aura, which made people feel at ease.

rely on him.

This smell is somewhat familiar.

However, looking at his firm look, I felt a little relieved, so I whispered to him: "Come to my place and take a look."

He walked to my position in confusion, followed my finger and looked into the box, and immediately realized something, and looked at me with some surprise.

I smiled and said: "This place is your opportunity."

I just looked at this knife box from all directions. The knives inside are very dense. Everywhere you can start, there are blades cutting across them continuously. In this way, no matter how fast he is, he will always be injured, but

I still found a place where I could reach the bottom of the box and only a knife blade would scratch that place.

As long as you seize the opportunity, there will be a chance before the blade cuts.

However, it must be fast enough.

Thinking of this, I raised my head and looked at Liu Saner: "Can you do it?"

He turned to look at me, raised his right hand and shook it: "I can use this hand to directly reach into the river to fish."

He said it easily, but I saw his eyes were a little heavy.

At this time, the official sneered and said, "Liu San'er, do you dare?"

Liu San'er gritted his teeth and said, "There's nothing you dare to do. But, do you keep your word?"

"What's the difficulty? We will make a document. As long as you can do it, what we just said will be fulfilled one by one."

"Okay!"

After saying that, the official asked for paper and pen, wrote down the document on the stone table, and shook it out in front of Liu San'er: "How?"

Liu Saner took it and took a look, then folded it and handed it into my hand. Then he slowly rolled up his sleeves, revealing his strong and muscular arms.

Yunxiang's face turned pale with fright: "Third brother, your hands are tight!"

At this time, even the elderly village chief walked up to him and said tremblingly: "San'er, you have to think clearly."

Liu Saner gritted his teeth and walked to the box.

The blade inside was still rotating constantly, reflecting the sunlight, and the bright blade light kept crossing his face, which made his expression more solemn. As I watched from the side, I couldn't help but become nervous, slightly.

clenched fist.

The noisy villagers around them all fell silent at this moment, and the whole village was so quiet that even the sound of the wind stopped.

At this time, Liu San'er raised his right hand and suddenly reached into the box.

My breath suddenly suffocated.

Seeing the flash of the knife in the box, the place suddenly became empty, and you could even vaguely see a few copper coins underneath. And the next moment, Liu San'er's hand had already passed through that place and stretched straight towards it.

Bottom of the box.

Grab it with your big hand!

All this was completed in an instant, but in a flash of lightning, everyone stopped breathing and opened their eyes wide, as if time had stopped in half at this moment.

Seeing that the rotating blade was about to turn back, I subconsciously opened my mouth and wanted to call him, but my throat was so tense that I couldn't make a sound.

But Liu San'er's reaction was not slow. After probing and grabbing, he quickly retracted his hand.

At this moment, my eyes were not looking at his hands, but looking at the bottom of the box through the rotating light of the knives in the box. I could vaguely see a few copper coins left in it, but because of the constant rotation of the blades

, I can’t count clearly either.

How many did he catch?

This is related to the taxes of the two villages!

However, regardless of whether he caught more or less, Liu San'er was actually in a disadvantageous position. Putting aside these things for the time being, seeing that he could keep his hand was already a blessing in misfortune, and I immediately relaxed.

Take a breath.

But at this moment, something surprising happened.

Liu San'er's hand was about to retract back to the mouth of the box, but suddenly stopped!

What's going on?!

I was so shocked that before I even had time to speak, I saw Liu Saner's clenched fist suddenly loosen.

Two copper coins slipped from his fingers and fell back into the box with a clang.

This is——

Not only me, but everyone around me was also shocked, but it all happened so fast that we almost didn’t have time to react. But at this moment, Yunxiang, who was standing next to me, let out a horrified cry: “Third brother——

!"

At this moment, a bright sword flashed past his eyes, and then, a streak of blood came into view.
Chapter completed!