Traveling through time with billions of supplies to become a farmer's little fortune

Then the leading yamen runner shouted: "The court has ordered that every household must pay 50 kilograms of grain now."

Everyone was in a dilemma when they heard this. After all, food is extremely expensive now, and they didn't have any food stored before. If they had to take out dozens of kilograms, they would be left with no food.

"Why are you asking for food at this time?" an old lady nearby asked anxiously.

Another old lady was so anxious that she slapped her thigh and said, "We need to be given an explanation. We can't just hand over the grain for no reason.

I have never heard of paying grain at this time."

An educated person nearby also came up to the village chief and said, "Village chief, we can't just hand this over for no reason. Is someone levying heavy taxes on us?"

When the village chief heard this, he looked at the person who was speaking into his ear.

The people around started to quarrel.

"Don't make a fuss! We are just following orders."

The leading yamen runner stopped the noise with a stern voice and said, "Brother Su, we also know your family's identity but we are also following orders. Please don't make things difficult for us."

The leading yamen runner naturally knew that Taoliu Village was different from other villages, so he could not use force and could only persuade them with kind words.

Boss Su stepped forward and bowed before asking, "Brother Yamen Runner, could you please tell me why you suddenly need so much food?"

The leading yamen runner was relieved to see that the Su family was easy to talk to. Not only did the Su family have a high status, but it was also said that they had a close relationship with the county magistrate.

"This is a direct notice from the prefectural government. Not only do you have to hand in all the grain, but you also have to hand in all the grain in the government warehouse.

The grain-collecting team from the prefecture is waiting for us to deliver the grain at the county government office. Once the grain is collected, it will be sent out of the city tonight."

The old village chief frowned when he heard this, feeling that something was wrong. "There must be a reason for this."

The yamen runner did not reply to the old village chief's words, but turned to the two brothers of the Su family and said, "Brother Su, I really don't know whether your family is familiar with the county magistrate. You can go over and ask about this.

The county's household registration books are now in the hands of the grain inspection teams. They have also asked for a letter from the prefect, saying that if they find out whose grain is missing, they can execute the person first and report to the prefect later."

Although the reason was not stated, everyone could tell that the matter was serious and there was something weird about it.

The leading yamen runner said to the noisy crowd, "Fellow villagers, we know that the grain is hard to get, but if we don't collect the grain today, whose family will be left without food?

Those people from the grain inspection team will come down and chop people up, so please don’t make things difficult for us, fellow villagers.”

As he spoke, he bowed to everyone.

If they were from other villages, they would have directly threatened the people with their swords. How could they have tried to persuade them with kind words?

When the people around heard this, they knew they had to pay it today, whether they wanted to or not.

"Hand it over! Hand it over! Our arms cannot twist the thighs, they are not going to let us live."

When the people of Taoliu Village heard that they were going to kill someone, they didn't dare to refuse.

Under the leadership of the village chief, every household went back and delivered the food to the village entrance.

There were already two carts waiting at the entrance of the village.

Every household paid exactly the right amount of grain. The old village chief pointed to the pile of grain in front of him and said to the yamen runners, "Sir, you see, the quantity is exactly here, please check." "Well, we will go back to the yamen to report and say goodbye."

After a few people finished counting the food, they had people put it on a cart and then drove away.

But the people in the village still gathered together and started complaining again.

"What on earth happened? Why are you asking us to hand over grain now?"

"I don't know. It looks like it should be quite big. How do we get through this?"

"Yes, now the price of food outside is as high as dozens of coins per pound. I heard that in many places you can't buy food even if you have money."

Taoliu Village was relatively good. In other villages, many people really could not pay their grain taxes. For those who could not pay their grain taxes, basically all the able-bodied laborers in their families were captured.

These 50 kilograms of food may not sound like much at first glance, but when mixed with wild vegetables and whole grains, it can sustain the whole family for a long time.

Especially in this famine year, this is definitely a huge sum of money for those poor families.

The old village chief said to the eldest and second eldest Su brothers, "Old Su family, you have some connections with the county magistrate. See if you can help us find out what's going on. This will give us a better idea of ​​what's going on."

Su Lao Er said to Su Lao Da: "Brother, let's go and ask what's going on?"

"Okay, let's go to the county today to take a look."

In fact, they also wanted to know why the court did this. Did something unexpected happen?

So, with everyone watching, Su Lao Da and Su Lao Er got on a ox cart and hurried to the county.

When they arrived at the county town, they found that the situation was obviously different from the past.

There was actually a group of soldiers wearing leather armor stationed in this county town, and their number was as many as a thousand.

"Sir, where do these soldiers come from?" Boss Su asked the gatekeeper.

"unclear"

The bailiff was also clueless about anything he asked.

Many carts carrying grain can be seen in the city, and it seems that they are collecting grain from every household.

Especially the largest grain store, its doors had already been closed by then.

"This is too weird."

Su Laoer's face was solemn, and he instinctively felt that a storm was about to come.

"Something big must have happened."

In the county government office.

"Sir, what happened? Why did you collect so much food?"

At this time, the county magistrate also had a solemn expression on his face. He hadn't even spoken yet, but people had guessed what he was going to say next. It was definitely not a good thing.

The county magistrate sighed and said, "Alas, King Xiaoyao rebelled half a month ago and cut off the official road for transporting official grain in the south, resulting in the inability to deliver military grain to the northern border."

"The more than 20 soldiers and horses in the northern border are being held back by the barbarians, and they need a constant supply of food and fodder for their people and horses.

Now, military rations could not be transported, and the imperial court had no choice but to issue a death order to the nine northern prefectures, requiring them to gather enough food as military rations.

Naturally, our Liuzhou was among them, so we sent a grain inspection team to collect the grain."

The county magistrate explained, but his tone was full of helplessness.

Su Lao Er heard the hidden danger in this. "This, this doesn't mean that as long as the rebellion is not suppressed, we have to keep supplying food."

"That won't happen, we are just close to the north and can temporarily alleviate the urgent need there.

We can wait until the imperial court puts down the rebellion or opens up other transportation routes."

"I see. Then who are the troops stationed in the city?"

"The troops stationed in the city are here to transport food," the county magistrate explained before Su Laoer could finish.

Boss Su also thought of it at this time. When they came here, they saw that the grain stores were all closed, so he asked, "When we came here just now, we saw that the grain stores were also closed. I wonder if their grain has also been requisitioned."