Daily Life In Qin Dynasty

  Chapter 133 Qizhen Mountain, Alien Beast Garden

   "From the tone of the old man, you seem to respect Shengping-kun a lot?"

"Of course, since Mr. Shengping came, this year in our entire town, there have been no people starving to death in previous years. Not only that, this year, basically every household in our town has been arranged by Mr. Shengping to do work. , and all of them were paid wages, if it was replaced by working for those landlords in the past, it would be considered good if they could not lose money themselves."

  The old farmer was just like the "toll collector" at the entrance of Qinping Avenue. When the word Shengpingjun was mentioned, his whole body suddenly became energetic, and he shook his head and said:

   "What's more, Mr. Shengping also distributed the 'new grain' to all of us who are digging in the fields for free. This new grain is really amazing!"

   "The old man has lived for so many years, and he has never seen such a good harvest like this year. One mu of ordinary fertile land can actually harvest three stones of grain."

   "Even if half of it is handed over, the rest alone can be worth the entire harvest of one mu of land in previous years."

   "However, the town of the old man is still too far away from the mansion of Lord Shengping. I heard that many people from Qunshan County and Heishi County were hired by Lord Shengping to build the mansion this year. That would be really lucky!"

"Hey, the wages alone cost six big dollars a day, which is the same as the wages of those rich households in Xianyang. It is said that many people have earned almost a thousand just during the period of building the mansion for Lord Shengping Big money."

   When it came to the end, the old farmer inevitably showed envious expressions in his eyes. After all, the value of a thousand big coins is close to three gold coins. Even in Xianyang, this is a huge deposit for ordinary people.

   Not to mention that in Hanzhong, which has been poor for countless years, for the farmers here, a thousand dollars is simply an astronomical sum.

  The three of them could see the satisfaction and happiness on the old farmer's face.

However, Tian Guang noticed another problem in the old farmer's words, couldn't help frowning slightly, and asked: "Old man, you just said that half of the output will be handed over. Could it be that half of the output in the field will be handed over to Lord Shengping?" ?”

  Hearing the words, the old farmer immediately cast a sidelong glance at Tian Guang, and said with a half-smile: "What? Could it be that you think you have paid too much?"

  Tian Guang nodded and said: "If I remember correctly, Qin's tax is only required to pay 30% of the grain production, why in Hanzhong, it has to pay half instead."

The old farmer sneered and said, "It looks like you haven't done anything in the fields. Qin's laws really only require us low-level people to pay 30% of the tax. We also need to turn in at least 60 to 70 percent of the grain.”

   "Although it seems that Mr. Shengping has asked us subordinates to turn in a lot of food, but if you really want to count it, it is much more cost-effective than before."

   "What's more, this 'new grain' was created by Mr. Shengping with great painstaking efforts. Even if someone really pumped some oil and water into it, that would be a matter of course."

   "You youngsters! All of them just don't know what's good and what's wrong, and they can't even tell the difference between good and bad."

"Don't look at the fact that Mr. Shengping holds all the farmland in Hanzhong in his own hands now, as if he has robbed the fields of our subordinates. If it weren't for Mr. Shengping, these fields would not be in our hands now, and Those landlords in the past will only exploit more severely."

   "Even if half of the food is handed over now, the remaining food is enough to provide the old man's family to spend a safe and secure year."

   "If you don't believe it, you can go outside and have a look now. How many places in Qin State this year can you say are better than ours in Hanzhong?"

  The old farmer said, looking at the three people in front of him, he shook his head with a look of resentment.

  I don’t know how many people have been corrected by old farmers this year. It’s a pity that these young people are too straight-minded and don’t know how to think about things flexibly.

  They don't think about it either.

  Jun Shengping has indeed taken away all their farmland now.

   But before that, are these farmlands their own?

  Really speaking, these farmlands were all snatched by Mr. Shengping from those landlords and nobles...ah no, they were taken back. And their own fields have already been 'bought' by those landlords and nobles.

  The majestic farmer, who had never been off the ground after being criticized by an old farmer, almost couldn't hold back his laughter when he heard the six-fingered black man and Fu Nian beside him.

  However, after they listened to the old farmer's explanation, the eyes of the three of them froze.

  Because they heard another important message from this passage.

   "Mr. Shengping took all the farmland in Hanzhong into his own hands?"

  The three of them looked at each other, and each of them saw the shock in the eyes of the two people on the opposite side.

To know.

  The problem of 'land annexation' of local aristocratic landlords is a hidden danger that is always difficult to solve not only in Qin State, but also in other countries.

  Fu Nian, Liuzhi Heixia, and Tian Guang have different backgrounds, but they all have similar ideals in their hearts, that is, "Save the common people and bring peace to the world".

  So it is impossible for the three of them not to pay attention to the issue of 'land merger' like this.

   But before that.

  The three of them had thought of countless ways to solve this problem in their minds, but in the end they all found nothing.

   But I didn't expect that the "land annexation" in Hanzhong was actually solved by Mo Jun in such a simple and rude way. How could this not shock the three of them.

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   Farewell to the old farmer.

  The three of them continued to walk towards the mountain county where Mo Jun was located.

   Along the way.

   What the three of them saw the most in Hanzhong was the dense paddy fields, which shone like gold under the sun.

  In the rice fields, the farmers with dark skin and happy smiles on their faces are also a scene they have never seen in other countries.

   Not long.

  The three came to Tieshi Village, Heishi County.

Just when the three of them entered the village, they suddenly heard the sound of beating gongs and drums. The three of them followed the sound and saw a wedding reception team not far away, heading towards the direction of the three of them. come over.

  Seeing this, Six Fingers Heixia suddenly smiled and said, "You two, why don't I go ask for a wedding drink?"

  The three of them have been on the road so far, except for some simple dry food, they really haven't eaten much food. Now that they heard Liuzhi Heixia speak, Fu Nian and Tian Guang suddenly showed some emotion.

   In fact, the three of them are not hypocritical people, so it is naturally impossible that they will not be able to endure a little bit of hardship.

   But on the way, it is a happy event to meet a team of brides and witness the wedding of a couple of couples. If you have a meal like this, if nothing else, it’s good to be happy!

   This is the end of the thought.

  The three of them also walked towards the marriage team.

   At the beginning, I saw three strangers coming, and the leader of the marriage team was a little strange, but after hearing that the three were just pedestrians on the road, they came to ask for a wedding drink.

The bridegroom officer in front also agreed without hesitation, and cupped his hands happily and said: "Today is my big day, my father said, all the guests who come today are guests, if the three distinguished guests are willing to come to my house for a happy meal, I will definitely welcome."

   Although there are etiquettes for rural men to get married, it is obviously not as complicated as the princes and nobles.

  After the three of them returned to the man's home with the team that had received the bride, they first each took 20 big coins as wedding money, and then witnessed a quite different wedding.

  The reason why it is so unique.

  Because of this wedding, the married couple not only worshiped their parents, but also heaven and earth.

   What's more important is that there is actually a birthday card in the middle of the main seat of the high platform, where the man's parents are sitting.

  The three of them took a closer look.

  I saw the name written on the board of the Vice-Sheng Temple, which was the name of 'Sheng Pingjun'.

  This unconventional wedding once again allowed the three of them to see Mo Jun's terrifying prestige in Hanzhong.

  After the wedding process is over.

   Naturally, it was time to start the meeting.

  Under the anticipation of everyone, they saw dishes being brought to the table one after another. Tian Guang, Fu Nian, and Liuzhi Heixia took a look and found that there were not only fish, chicken, and even sheep at the banquet this time.

   There are three whole meat dishes.

   This is already an absolute luxury banquet for an ordinary peasant family.

   Seeing this, the three of them were also slightly surprised.

   After all, judging from their observation just now, the man's family who got married this time doesn't look like a rich family at all!

   And in the next second, the doubts in the hearts of the three were answered by several villagers at the same table.

   "Hey~~ Fish, chicken, sheep, three meat dishes, the ostentation that Uncle Tiezi prepared for the little boy in the family this time is really big enough!"

   "In the past six months, how much money has Uncle Tiezi made in the water?"

   "I don't know! But I heard from those who went fishing in the river with Uncle Tiezi that in the past six months, Uncle Tiezi has earned this amount at least."

   As he spoke, the villager gestured with his fingers, revealing the number 'eight'.

   See here.

  The rest of the people suddenly widened their eyes and said sourly.

   "Eight hundred dollars! Good guy, Uncle Tie Zi is really lucky this year!"

"That's right, and the amount of money is only a small amount. You know, Uncle Tiezi was hired by Mr. Shengping to be the second reservoir in our [Heishi County] because of his 'fishing' skills not long ago. ], a small captain, I heard that this small captain has 120 big money every month alone!"

   "One hundred and twenty dollars, my dear, is this true or not?"

"Nonsense, of course it's true. Why don't you think that Laoshantou's family at the entrance of the village is willing to marry his girl to Uncle Tiezi's little boy? After all these years, Laoshantou has always regarded himself as a treasure. If she is raised, I hope to find a good husband's family for her!"

   "No wonder we got married today. Uncle Tiezi gave the memorial tablet of Lord Shengping higher than his own. If it were me, I would have to give the tablet of Lord Shengping as well!"

   "What the hell, is it possible that you haven't paid for it now? Don't think I don't know. Your kid was hired by Lord Shengping to build roads in Qinling Mountains this year, and he made a lot of money!"

   "Hi! Not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning."

  Listening to the conversation of several villagers nearby, Tian Guang, Fu Nian, and Liuzhi Heixia also felt a little numb.

   Just one day.

  The three of them saw too many things in Hanzhong. Compared with the Seven Kingdoms where wars are raging and disasters occur frequently, Hanzhong today is like a paradise.

   And all of this seems to be related to the 'Sheng Ping Jun' who is almost becoming a legend in the world.

   One meal is finished.

  The sky has gradually darkened.

  Six Fingers Heixia, Fu Nian, and Tian Guang simply rested overnight on the spot, and the three of them did not start their journey again until the next day, continuing to walk towards Kunshan County...

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  Xinmo House.

  This super-large manor, which used thousands of people and used blue bricks and cement, took nearly half a year to build, was finally completed half a month ago.

  During the construction of the New Mo Mansion, Mr. Mo added many architectural concepts of later generations. The only pity is that the glass has not yet been fired, so many buildings are not very perfect.

So far.

  The only place that satisfies Mr. Mo the most is the backyard of the entire Xinmo Mansion.

  The backyard of Xinmofu covers the entire Huihui Mountain...

No.

Precisely.

   Now it is no longer called 'Huaihui Mountain', but [Qizhen Mountain].

   means to collect rare and elixir medicines from all over the world.

   And a relatively short hill next to [Qizhen Mountain] was originally just an abandoned forest, but now it is blocked by Mo Jun with extremely thick and extremely high walls.

  Because there are now at least a dozen 'strange beasts' in captivity.

   These 'exotic beasts' were all captured by Jinpeng from the depths of the Qinling Mountains, and it is unknown who they learned from. In the past, most of them were caught and eaten when they hunted outside.

   Now it’s good. Every day, he returns from the depths of the Qinling Mountains to capture a live ‘strange beast’, and urges Mo Jun to help him raise and breed it, so that it can have a private ‘pasture’ in the future.

  At the beginning, when these 'strange beasts' were captured by Jin Peng, they made a fuss in the Mo Mansion for quite a while.

After all, although things like 'extraordinary beasts' are not as rare and precious as 'elixir', it is not so easy for ordinary people to see them. Some docile alien beasts are okay, but some are similar to the 'Xuanhu' near the Guigu sect. It is also quite scary to see the strange beast appearing in the manor all of a sudden.

   It wasn't until Mo Jun used [Life Crystal] and [Red Small Crystal Block] to mix a kind of 'exotic beast feed' and successfully tamed these 'exotic beasts' that the Mo House finally returned to calm.

  After that, Mo Jun simply moved the poisonous blood snake and some messy animals on the [Qizhen Mountain] to the nearby hill, and then summoned craftsmen to surround the entire hill with a high wall.

  Finally, he entrusted Yaogui and the Gongshu family to work together, and then arranged a few defensive organs along the high wall, to prevent the strange beasts from escaping, and to prevent others from breaking in without authorization.

   In this way, another [Different Beast Garden] was created.

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  (end of this chapter)