The wind blew the messy hair in front of Liu Yu's forehead, fascinating his eyes, and the sound of the Heavenly Master Dao believers chanting mantras came in his ears one after another, monotonous and boring, which made Liu Yu's heart more and more chaotic and irritable, Lu Xun's words have been echoing in his heart, for the first time in his life, Liu Yu's belief has been shaken a little, is this Heavenly Master Dao who does nothing evil really bring benefits to the people at the bottom more than the humble and gentlemanly Wang Xie family?

Xiang Jing's voice pulled Liu Yu back to reality, the noisy, buffalo-like cry, even in the Beifu army, is the only one, Liu Yu came back to his senses, looked at Xiang Jing like an iron tower, hooked the corners of his mouth, and saluted: "I've seen Xiang Xiangzheng." ”

Xiang Jing was slightly stunned, and then punched Liu Yu in the chest angrily: "Brother Jinu, are you a cold iron cow?" Whether you are the lord of the army or the lord of the building, or the most ordinary sergeant, you are the leading brother of my iron bull, and now it is just a moment of frustration, just like when you go to the blacksmith camp, as long as you make meritorious contributions in the battle, you can be promoted back immediately. ”

Liu Yu shook his head: "I don't care about the rise and fall in this army, what I want is to be able to defeat Hu Lu and protect my homeland, as for being the army master, the building owner or the soldier, it doesn't matter." There must be rules in the army, and now I am a small soldier, and you are a team leader, so you can't break these rules. ”

Xiang Jing sighed, nodded, and gave a military salute to Liu Yu: "It's okay to do this." ”

Liu Yu looked at Xiang Jing, and his heart moved: "Xiang Teamzheng, let me ask you something, before you came out to serve as a soldier, you were also a tenant of the Xi family, right?" ”

Xiang Jing was slightly stunned and nodded: "Yes, my ancestor used to be the general who guarded Jingkou, the department of the founding family Xi Jian, the Yongjia Rebellion in that year, the gods sank and the land sank, and our family had nothing to rely on in the north. It's just that people like you are free people, and our family is a tribe of the Xi family, and then we became tenants, and when we became white, we could only rent the land of the owner's family like the aquatic life. ”

Liu Yu nodded: "No wonder a strong man like you has never participated in the Jingkou Fighting Tournament before." ”

Xiang Jing laughed: "We, the private soldiers, only participate in the internal competitions of the main family, and do not participate in the people. This time, in fact, I am the same as Shui Sheng, it is the Xi family who nods, so I can come out to be a soldier. Alas, when I think of the aquatic brothers, I don't feel good in my heart. ”

Liu Yu couldn't help but feel gloomy when he thought of Shui Sheng's death because of himself, but he quickly raised his head again and said, "Tie Niu, how did your family live in the Xi family for so many years, were you bullied?" ”

Xiang Jing shook his head: "It can't be said that we are bullied, every year the Xi family will take away seventy percent of our land output, but if someone in the family is a soldier for the Xi family, then only three achievements will be paid." After all, the land is not ours, and the Xi family is also responsible for the cattle farming tools. ”

Liu Yu nodded: "When I was in Jingkou before, there was no tax on the fields of your tribes, so I don't know much about the situation of your tribes, but you also told me about it." Is it true that your family will be a part of the Xi family for the rest of your life, and the tenants will not be allowed to turn over from generation to generation? ”

Xiang Jing smiled slightly: "That's not it, after all, the Xi family gave us land to cultivate, and also gave us farm tools and cattle, although we paid more, but we can always have no worries about food and clothing, and when we encounter a famine, they will also help us a little, or pay less taxes, in fact, in my generation, if you want to leave the Xi family, you can do it at any time, but if you leave, you have to re-enter the yellow nationality and pay taxes like you." ”

Liu Yu smiled: "In this way, you can regain your freedom, and you don't have to be in charge of other people's affairs anymore, isn't it?" ”

Xiang Jing shook his head: "How can it be so easy? What do we eat and drink after leaving the Xi family? First of all, there is the problem of land, for so many years, the Xi family has given us land to plant, if we leave the Xi family, where can we buy land? Now an acre of land can cost hundreds of dollars, and we can't afford it. ”

Liu Yu nodded: "Yes, if you really want to be an ordinary person, you have to pay taxes and serve forced labor, and the burden is not light, but like a bottle, they go south from the north and have no land, why can they stand on their own?" ”

Tan Yizhi's voice came from the side: "That's because of our new southbound northern refugees, who can be tax-free for three years, did Brother Jinu forget?" ”

Xiang Jing solemnly gave a military salute to Tan Pingzhi: "I have seen the master." ”

This time, it was Tan Zhizhi's turn to push Xiang Jing angrily: "What a strange thing." ”

Liu Yu also smiled and saluted Tan Pingzhi: "I've seen the Lord of Tan Tower." ”

Tan Pingzhi shook his head helplessly: "Okay, okay, Brother Jinu, there is no one else here, so I will be exempted from these gifts." By the way, why are you suddenly interested in these? ”

Liu Yu sighed: "Because I heard Lu Xun just now that our Dajin family is very greedy, exploiting the people and tenants, so that everyone has no life, I said that at least this is not the case in Jingkou, he said that he left Jingkou, and it was like this everywhere." I don't know if it's true or not. ”

Tan Pingzhi smiled and waved his hand: "I also went all the way south, I have seen many states and counties in the Great Jin, the taxes of the six counties in Jiangbei are not high, but the conscription is very long, more than 20 days longer than ordinary places, no way, because the Hu people often go south, and the places in the south of the Yangtze River are mostly private estates of the family lords, and most of the people in the north farm here and become tenant farmers, just like iron cattle and aquatic life. ”

Liu Yu's brows were deeply locked: "That is to say, is it really that there is no chance to get ahead in the world, and you want to become someone else's house slave forever?" ”

Tan Pingzhi and Xiang Jing glanced at each other, shook their heads, and said: "There is still a chance to come out, and the most realistic one is to be like us now, join the army to serve the country, if you make meritorious contributions on the battlefield and receive a reward, then you will have the capital to buy land after returning home." Brother Jinu, you joined the army to realize your ideals, but most ordinary people just want to be a step into the body for wealth and nobility. ”

Liu Yu hooked the corners of his mouth: "Then what Lu Xun said is true, he entered the family and became a tenant, unless he fought for his life on the battlefield, it would be difficult to turn over forever, and at this time, these heavenly masters began to give small favors to the tenants to tie people's hearts?" ”

Tan Pingzhi sighed: "Although I hate these people now, but at this point, he is not bragging, Brother Jinu, maybe you don't know, out of the land of Sanwu in Jingkou, the influence of the Heavenly Master Dao, especially among the lower-class people, is beyond your imagination!" ”