In a small village not far from Changle County, a couple was milking a goat that evening.
In their area, they had the habit of supplementing their lives with goat's milk cheese.
This year, a new magistrate came to their Changle County, and the custom of drinking milk tea became popular.
Fresh cow's and goat's milk was brought to the city.
If you are willing to accept it, the price will be better than selling cheese.
In the house, the eldest daughter of the family has already started to light a fire and cook dinner.
The youngest girl is only three or four years old this year.
She follows her sister all day long, babbling and talking, but she is not causing trouble and is very well-behaved.
There are two sons in the middle.
They went out to collect grass at noon and have not come back yet.
Neither have the other boys in the village, so the parents are not in a hurry.
The couple worked silently in the yard, bringing the ewes over one by one and milking them.
When today's work was almost finished, the husband finally spoke: "I will go to the city to repair the city wall in a while.
I will go and you stay at home."
When the wife heard this, she didn't look back and said, "What are you going to do?
If you fall into a ditch, you won't be able to climb out." "" Then the husband stopped talking.
The man in this family has some congenital defects and has been lame since he was a child.
His mother used to worry that he would not be able to marry a wife in the future and would not be able to keep an heir.
Unexpectedly, when he was a teenager, a relative came to a family in the village.
She was a herdsman from outside the customs.
There was a girl in the family of the herdsman who was about the same age as the lame man.
The little lame man and the little shepherd girl somehow got together, and later they became a couple and gave birth to a daughter and two sons, both of whom were in good health.
A few years ago, the old man in the family passed away, and the brothers split up their families.
The cripple also went to Changle County, trying to find a non-class household.
He went there several times, but to no avail.
In the past few times, he was not even allowed to enter the gate of the palace, so he was hastily dismissed by the guards guarding the gate.
Later, he was lucky enough to meet the county magistrate, but the county magistrate said: "I heard that your wife is quite energetic and works hard."
You will not lose to ordinary men.
You are just lame.
If you are not bedridden, why should you not collect taxes?
If everyone is like this, where will the taxes come from?"
After that time, the lame man gave up and only had to worry about his wife.
She did everything in his family that was done by men in other families.
Qiuli's family was collecting grain.
The lame man was pushing a cart of grain towards his home.
He fell into a ditch halfway and was unable to climb out.
His legs were not strong enough because of his congenital deficiency.
This is what his wife just said.
On weekdays, his wife only asked him to do light work.
When his wife went to the fields, she asked him to herd sheep.
One time, a sheep in the flock started running wildly for some unknown reason.
He stumbled and chased it all the way.
When he got home that day, it was already dark, but fortunately the sheep were all there.
That night, his wife slaughtered the goat that was running around and made the children at home eat the mutton.
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The goats raised by the family were not willing to be slaughtered because they had not yet grown their wool in winter.
Therefore, when people from the county came to collect taxes earlier, his family had no goats.
Can pay it all.
"How about we pick up a few goats and sell them first?
I heard that the county is going to make bacon again recently."
The lame man was reluctant to ask his wife to build the city wall.
The work was too heavy for many men to bear.
"If you want smoked pork, it's smoked pork.
Who would be willing to kill a sheep at this time of year?
Just seeing this situation in front of you, why don't you think about how you will live next year?
The aunt has reached the age to find her husband's family."
What to say at this moment?
When it comes to killing sheep, his wife will refuse to do anything.
She would rather build the city wall and grit her teeth to get through this.
"I heard that the county is looking for young men and women.
I'm afraid you won't be able to go."
The lame man still wanted to go by himself.
He might as well die there.
Anyway, his life would be ruined, and living would be a drag.
"Why not?"
As soon as he said this, his wife became a little angry: "He is the county magistrate and he has to be reasonable.
Who can ask a cripple to build the city wall?
If the coffin board really dares to say that, look at me Are you done with him?"
"Don't be angry, I'm just talking casually."
The lame man quickly comforted him.
While they were talking, the sound of a group of children laughing and shouting came from the entrance of the village.
It must be that the children in the village who had gone out to collect grass had returned.
When the couple heard the noise, they hurriedly went out to find their two children, and took the two bundles of goats grass they were carrying on their backs, which were almost as big as their own.
The children were young and weak.
They were not as good as the older children in the village.
Those older children could still talk and laugh at the moment, but these two boys could only blush and gasp.
"Hurry up and get some rest.
Your sister has already prepared the meal."
The weather is getting colder and colder, and winter is just around the corner.
They have to raise a large group of goats until the cashmere grows in winter, and then they will select some of them for slaughter and sell them.
There are also some ewes and lambs temporarily.
Not intended to be sold.
This whole winter is so long, so we must prepare more fodder.
Most of the villagers in their village raise sheep, and almost every household has been hoarding fodder recently.
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If there is good weather in winter, we can drive the sheep outside to graze without having to use a lot of hay."
The lame man was pleased that his children were sensible, but also felt sorry for them that they needed to eat grass at such a young age.
So hard.
"It's better to buy more.
When winter came last year, the price of cashmere was not high.
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When spring came, it suddenly became much higher."
His eldest son said.
"After winter comes, we slaughter a batch and sell the mutton to the county magistrate for bacon.
We keep the cashmere and sell it when the price is good."
Although the lame man can't do heavy work, he has a very clear mind.
"Listen to your Aye."
His wife also said.
The family sat together to eat.
The staple food was a basket of mixed flour pancakes, a large plate of winter melon, and a large plate of cowpeas.
There were a few pieces of bacon in the cowpeas.
Although it was simple, it was still full.
No need to trick your stomach with those soups and squids anymore.
Ever since cashmere was added to the family's income a few years ago, life has become much better.
A few years ago, the lame wife's eldest brother died of illness, and her eldest sister-in-law remarried her brother-in-law.
He also took over the eldest brother's children, but he did not want the youngest daughter, who was only three or four months old at the time.
The sister-in-law begged the lame daughter-in-law, saying that her life would be more stable if she was married in Guan Nei than on the prairie.
She asked her to take this girl in, and eat with her casually on weekdays.
When she was ten years old, she would be her Looking for a home, good or bad, is always a way to survive.
If you really throw it away like this, you will end up feeding the wolves on that grassland.
The cripple's wife was soft-hearted, so she agreed.
At that time, her sixty-year-old mother came to their home with the girl.
Her mother suffered a lot when she was young.
Now that she is old, she can no longer withstand the wind and frost in the grassland and Gobi, nor can she withstand the life of constant migration.
In the blink of an eye, a few years have passed.
The little girl who only knew how to cry has now grown to three or four years old.
She follows her sister babbling all day long, unaware of her sorrow, not to mention that she was almost killed in the prairie.
Feed the wolf.
The lame wife's mother is still alive.
Every day after she gets up, she sweeps the yard and then twists the twine.
When the weather is nice, she moves a bench and sits under the wall to work.
The old man talks very little and has a strong body.
Early the next morning, the lame man went out to herd sheep.
His wife, together with several villagers, carried a load of goat milk to sell in the city.
The two boys went out to gather fodder as usual.
There was only an eldest daughter in her teens, a three or four-year-old daughter, and an old lady who didn't like to talk.
Infinitely good literature, all in Jinjiang Literature City "Auntie, where are you Aye?"
It was almost noon, Muramasa came to the front of his house.
"Aye has gone to herd the sheep."
The little girl answered first.
"Auntie, your family has become a non-taxable household.
When you Aye comes back, remember to tell him that tomorrow morning, the newly designated non-taxable households in our villages will go to the city together with Li Zheng to transfer the taxes they paid earlier.
Remember to bring back the food, money and silk.
Don't forget it," Muramasa said while standing outside the courtyard.
"Hey."
The eldest daughter of the lame family responded, but her face was a little stunned, as if she still didn't understand.
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"I'd better come back later."
Muramasa shook his head.
"Auntie, please quickly invite Muramasa to come in and sit down."
The old lady, who rarely talks and doesn't like to see outsiders, came out of the house at this time.
"I won't sit down anymore.
I still have work to do at home."
Muramasa was about to leave.
"Then, can we still pay the taxes that our family owed previously?"
The eldest daughter of the cripple's family asked quickly at this time.
"Anything you paid before will be refunded, and you don't have to pay what you owe.
Don't you know that if you don't pay household taxes, you don't have to pay rent, and you don't have to do corvee.
Your family also paid all the land and household taxes before.
That’s right, I’ll wait until your mother comes back and I’ll talk to them.”
The lame wife came back from the city after selling goat's milk and weighed a pound of salt.
Recently, the family had not bought any salt for several days.
Her eldest daughter did not say anything and only made the food lighter and lighter.
The little girl was very happy when her mother-in-law came back from buying salt.
She told him what Muramasa had just told him.
When the lame wife heard this, she dropped her burden and went to look for her man.
On this day, the lame family drove the sheep back to the sheepfold early.
The couple hurried to Muramasa's house, which, like theirs, was newly classified as a non-taxable household.
There were two other families at this time.
They're all over there, too.
Hearing that Muramasa personally explained this matter to them, these people were so happy that they didn't know what to do.
They thought that life in the past two years had been much better, and nothing could be better.
Who would have thought that people like them would also have it?
When you are struck by such good luck Early the next morning, under the leadership of Li Zheng, they went to Changle County with two other families in the village, Cun Zheng, and those in several other villages who were newly classified as non-taxable households.
In the afternoon, they brought back a lot of food, money and silk.
The county officials also lent them official oxen and oxcarts, asking them to transport the food back first and return it one day later.
On this day, the lame man and his wife bought two kilograms of white flour and a piece of fresh meat in the city and came back.
They cooked a large pot of fragrant white flour buns and made the girls and boys at home have round bellies.
Later in the evening, I also made some milk tea with powdered tea leaves, and each of the family ate a small bowl.
Recently, everyone said that tea is a very good thing, and the lame man couldn't figure out what was so good about it.
Thinking that since it was a good thing, he would bring some back to eat with his family.
He couldn't afford the good tea leaves, so he only brought back some powdered tea leaves today.
At night, the lame wife and her mother-in-law sat together twisting twine.
The lame wife said to her mother-in-law: "Mom, my brother's daughters are getting older.
If not, let them marry to Changle County."
Although life on the grassland is free, it is also dangerous.
When it comes to life and death, the elderly and women are always the first to be given up.
Although the life in Guan Nei is hard, it is more stable than before.
This time they are classified as non-class households, and their family is now living a better life.
If her nieces get married, she can also help them.
"I heard that Magistrate Luo ordered people to survey the waterway.
If nothing else happens, the river will be built in the next two years.
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If this river can really be built, the lives of the people of Changle will be much better."
"I will tell your brothers when they come to sell the sheep."
Luo Yong was actually plotting against the herdsmen outside the customs.
In the past two days, Luo Yong also figured out that the reason why the previous county magistrates and others were so harsh in their assessment of non-taxable households was that the root of the problem lay in the fact that previous officials had falsely reported the number of households.
The number of households falsely reported does not actually exist, but since so many households have been reported, so much tax must be paid every year.
Since the rent and local taxes are both fixed, the only things they can make a fuss about are the household tax, the porter's money for the local tax, and these non-taxable households.
Luo Yong heard from the current county chief registrar and others that this phenomenon of falsely reporting the number of households is very common.
In other words, people in many places across the country are paying taxes for households that do not actually exist.
After learning about this situation, Luo Yong felt sad and felt that their former governor of Shizhou was really a good official, because in their local area of Lishi, such things could hardly be seen.
When Luo Yong first woke up, because he had too deep memories of the prosperous world of the 21st century, when he looked at everything in front of him, he felt that it was very barren.
However, he never thought that that barrenness was actually hard-won.
At the moment, Luo Yong can't control other places for a while, but in Changle County under his jurisdiction, Luo Yong cannot let this situation develop.
He couldn't bring this matter out, because it would make him a public enemy to most of the officialdom.
Regarding the number of registered households that were falsely reported, there are only two things Luo Yong can do now.
One is to use his own money to fill tax loopholes, and the other is to increase the number of registered households as soon as possible and turn the needy households into real households.
To say that Changle County has developed well in the past six months, the population of the county has also increased, but it is mainly composed of merchants and hawkers who came from Dunhuang, Jinchang and other places.
The household registrations of these people are in Dunhuang or Jinchang.
Luo Yong cannot compete with those places for people, so for now he can only focus on the herdsmen and barbarians outside the customs.
Most of the barbarians who were able to cross the desert and come to Changle County were explorers and gold diggers.
They usually would not settle down in one place for you, let alone a place like Changle County, which is not Chang'an.
Luoyang.
In the end, only the herdsmen were left.
However, those herdsmen were used to being free on the prairie, and they were simply a group of wild horses running wild.
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