Chapter 31: A Wave Rises Again

Xu Chunshen was beheaded on the street, and this big excitement made many Suzhou people watch.

But Lu Lin didn't have the heart to care about this.

He had no intention of staying in Suzhou City any longer.

In his heart, Xu Chunshen was dead.

Because at the same time that Xu Chunshen was executed, some of Wang Shu's policies on commercial taxes had also been determined.

Of course, it's not yet time to make it public.

For some people who are in a relationship, it is necessary to know.

The taxation of cotton cloth is a certainty.

Needless to say.

Silk was also taxed along with cotton.

But Wang Shu also raised his hand. He taxed silk as much as cotton.

You must know that silk is generally more expensive than cotton, and even the top silk is one inch and one gold. But Wang Shu made a big deal and gave a number.

In fact, the taxation on silk is not much, if not less.

This is also the reason why Wang Shu weighed the pros and cons.

On top of the cotton industry, as soon as Xu Chunshen died, the rest of the people were not in the climate, and there may be some gentry involved, but in the wave of carving up the Xu family's industry, they will also make a lot of money, although they are reluctant, but this tax rate will be recognized.

After all, the government was able to copy the Xu family, but most of the Xu family's industry was also to be sold, and if you really want to say that the Xu family's cash is not 10 million taels. But if all the Xu family's properties are sold, the income will definitely exceed 10 million taels.

One of the main forces that carves up the Xu family's industry is Shaofu.

It can be said that from now on, although Shaofu may not be able to occupy a leading position in the cotton industry. But it is also a very important participant.

Secondly, there are the other gentry.

Behind the silk industry, most of them are the local gentry, although this industry has expanded a little over the years, but it is not a new industry after all.

The entanglement of interests is too complicated.

Wang Shu was also worried that if he pushed too hard, something would happen.

Therefore, we have relaxed this aspect of the matter, first to make sure that it can be taxed, and as for the future to divide into different types and collect different taxes, and so on, we will wait for the later generations to complete the operation.

Lu Lin has no role here.

He didn't want to stay here anymore.

He took a boat to prepare to return to Lujia Town, but before he arrived home, he heard the sound of killing around him.

Lu Lin was taken aback, pushed open the window of the ship, and said, "What's the matter?" ”

In the land south of the Yangtze River, I haven't heard the voice of soldiers for nearly a hundred years, what is going on?

He pushed open the window and looked, but saw that there were men on both sides of the river who did not know how many short fights, shouting loudly, and there were not many bows and arrows in their hands, and even took some stones and threw them into the waterway. In the middle of the river, dozens of boats have already surrounded them.

These ships, there are no big ships, either

, are all small boats used by ordinary people, and some are even sampans. On the opposite side of the Lu family's big ship, these sampans are not used at all.

But these people come and go, and they keep coming.

The children of the Lu family are well equipped.

The imperial court banned crossbows, armor, and firearms. But there is no ban on bows, and there is no ban on swords. Dozens of long knives of the children of the Lu family are all standard long knives in the army, which are made by Zunhua.

The steel mouth is very good.

But no matter how good a weapon is, it must be used by people.

It's okay for the children of the Lu family to bully the ordinary people, but when it's really time to work hard, where do you have the courage.

There was a stalemate for a while, and many of the attackers died. But in the end, these people rushed onto the boat. It didn't take long for Lu Lin to be dragged out.

Press on the deck.

On weekdays, Lu Lin is pampered, even in the face of Wang Shu and threatened by Wang Shu, he has not lost his dignity, but at this moment, he is like a fat pig, pressed on the deck, no matter how Lu Lin moves, he can't struggle.

Lu Lin said loudly: "I am the head of the Lu family. Who are you? ”

"We are the Great Zhou Heavenly Army, and we have come down to kill Zhu."

Lu Lin was stunned for a moment and said, "Zhang Shicheng? It's simply impossible. ”

Listening to this slogan, Lu Lin's first thought was Zhang Shicheng, and Zhang Shicheng's country name was Zhou. It's just that it was many years ago.

Where does Zhang Shicheng have such a high appeal.

A leader stepped forward and said, "Will you abandon the darkness and turn to the light?" ”

Lu Lin smiled bitterly in his heart, but said righteously: "I was born as a Ming person, and I died as a Ming ghost, if I want to kill, I will kill, and I will say more, if I listen to you again, it will pollute my ears." ”

Lu Lin is not afraid of death.

It's just that he is the patriarch of the Lu family, so he has to take responsibility.

If he, the patriarch, betrays the imperial court, then the Lu family will be put into another book. These are the things that he will not be able to atone for.

Although he still doesn't know where this Great Zhou Tianjun came from. But he knew that the Ming court was now in full swing.

It may be a little difficult for a while, but it is definitely not something that these grass platform teams can overcome.

"Okay." But hearing this leader sneer, with a wave of the long knife in his hand, Lu Lin's head flew up, and blood burst out. With his questions, they all went down to the underworld.

The leader divided the ship's belongings, stood on a high place and said loudly: "Folks, now we have nothing, as long as we take Suzhou, we will have food, and if we don't work hard, we will die, and we will die if we are at least full." ”

"Hit Suzhou, fight Suzhou."

For a while, the crowd was excited, these people were dressed in short fights, and they seemed to be undoubtedly with the people, but at this moment, they all followed these leaders to Suzhou.

After months of tossing and turning between the Suzhou gentry and Wang Shu, they finally reached an agreement, and it seemed that this big drama was about to end.

But the silent majority broke out.

The changes in the market in the past six months are like a roller coaster.

Yes, there are some bold people who have made money in the midst of this change, but for most people, it has been an unbearable year.

Most of them were lost.

There were no natural disasters this year, but man-made disasters outweighed natural disasters.

Although Jiangnan is rich in the world, the people at the bottom of Jiangnan and the ordinary people in other places are also the same bitter haha, they have lost money in a year, and they don't know how much hard life they will have.

Yes. Wang Shu has been stabilizing food prices.

Because Wang Shu knew that the price of grain was related to the livelihood of the people.

However, the Taihu Lake Plain, centered on Suzhou, is not the same as other places, because there are too many cash crops planted, and there is no one to count or know how much the grain self-sufficiency rate is.

They buy grain from other places all year round, but there are some of them.

A large part of the grain that Wang Shu used to stabilize the price of grain was grain from other places.

But the people have no grain in their hands, and they don't grow much food. And they have lost everything in their hands today, and there is no money.

Only some savings from previous years.

Most of the people don't have much savings from previous years.

As a result, the price of food has not risen, but the people cannot afford it.

Just if that's the case.

The people of Suzhou are not yet in rebellion.

More importantly, there is another point.

That is the slavery system in Jiangnan.

I've said this before.

Especially in large-scale factories, most of the workers are not workers, they are slaves. There is a very strong personal attachment relationship.

With the development of this system, the number of such slave workers is also expanding on a large scale, and generally speaking, the locals do not do this, and the people who do this are Jiangbei people.

Because floods and droughts occur frequently in Jianghuai. Many of the victims had no choice but to sell themselves into slavery.

And Xu Chunshen's industry is huge, and there are many such people under his command, including men and women.

To be honest, although the imperial court forbade it, many people survived by clinging to Xu Chunshen. It's not that Xu Chunshen has any kindness with these people.

But Xu Chunshen is here, and the Xu family's system is there.

The thugs of the Xu family can suppress these people with all their might.

But Xu Chunshen died.

Suzhou is still fighting for Xu Chunshen's inheritance, but he doesn't know that these Xu family's thugs are also panicked, after all, Xu Chunshen has a lot of things, and the people below can get rid of it.

Naturally, they have no intention of managing.

This is a great opportunity for many slaves who are forced to manage.

Just take down the flag casually, and it's the opposite. What Da Zhou, what Zhang Shicheng is just a pretense.

They were just trying to escape, but they found that the people everywhere seemed to be extremely poor, and they almost hit it off, so they were coerced and became the state they are in today.