"Gongtian is still going. How can I not go? In addition to the work of the public fields, every forty families had to give out one horse and three oxen for the chariot and ox cart in the war. This also has to mow the grass and dry the grass to raise these cattle and horses. If the office wants to repair the house and strengthen the city wall, you have to go there. ”

"When we were fighting, we followed the chariots. When the farm is not working, you have to practice martial arts, recognize your own chariot, and rush behind. If you fight a war, you have to bring your own food, and those who win the war and receive rewards are all noble sons and sons, but there is no us. ”

"Those noble sons have their own fields and their own subordinates. Our land belongs to the king, and we work only on the king's land. ”

He nodded quietly and asked a few more questions.

Originally, I thought that these people were free feudal peasants, but now when I say so, they are obviously feudal serfs.

freer than slaves, but strictly bound to the land; Unlike slaves, who have nothing, they have their own families and tools to do side jobs, but they are forbidden to flee - the so-called dead migration has no way to leave the country.

The era of ritual collapse meant that the serfdom in the well fields began to disintegrate; The initial tax on acres means that rent in kind begins to replace rent from servitude.

Now, at the turn of the old and the new, the monarchs choose to double exploit.

Both the servitude rent of the serfs in the fields and the conscripts were retained, and the rent in kind was also introduced.

If you don't do this yourself, others are like this, that is to destroy the country and exterminate the worship.

So, the king knows that this thing is good, but no one needs it.

The countries are divided, the times are in turmoil, and benevolent government is just a delusion.

In other words, whether it is Zhou Li or Jing Tian, these are all rules.

The observance of rules does not depend on people's self-cultivation, but on a force that can maintain such rules, and a force that can punish those who do not obey the rules.

But in the world now, no one can do this.

The Qin State, which achieved unified rules in later generations, is still lying in the west, and it still belongs to the sympathy of the Mo family - the weak chicken who has been insulted and damaged.

"How much do you have left in your house each year?"

Shi asked again.

At the mention of this, someone sighed and said, "How much is left there?" ”

"A liter of salt costs three small dollars, and a stone of corn is only about 20 yuan. I have a local dog at home, and if I sell it in winter, I can sell it for a hundred dollars. If you are a hemp skin, it costs a little money or two per catty, let alone sackcloth. Fortunately, the daughters-in-law are skillful, spinning hemp and wearing themselves, and the family rubs the twine together in their spare time, and can also exchange a few dollars to buy salt. If you have to leave it in case the year is bad, how dare you borrow money when you lend money, and you can't afford to pay it back......"

When they talked about these things, they all poured bitter water.

While responding to the harmony, he secretly calculated the price level at this time, and also had a rough estimate.

For a family of nine, without conscription for military service and under the conditions of good weather, in addition to the grain, salt, and mu tax they eat, the whole family can have 20 yuan left.

The standard money used in the Song Kingdom was square-footed cloth, which looked very much like a shovel in a farm tool, which was often referred to as cloth coins.

Probably in the beginning, it was really a bronze farming tool.

Because bronze farming implements condensed a great deal of labor, they had a high exchange value and could even be used as a general equivalent among farmers. Later, it was gradually separated, and the small mint became convenient for circulation, but it still retained the appearance of the original farm tools.

The square foot cloth of the Song Kingdom is about twelve or thirteen grams.

After a little calculation, with copper as the general equivalent at this time, the approximate price level is five grams of copper for one pound of grain.

Today, the price of a standard piece of linen cloth eight feet long and two and a half feet wide is about a dozen cents. A bronze sword is calculated at 800 grams, and a family of nine needs to accumulate for at least five years to buy one with the strength of the whole family. Small animals such as pigs and dogs are 100 yuan, and large animals such as cattle and horses do not know how much it is.

Rao is life is so difficult, but everyone still sighs: "Today's life is very good." When I was a child, the nobles of the city fought so badly that the king fled. At that time, I had to serve and defend the city, and I didn't have time to farm, so I didn't fight in the past few years, and I lived really well. Ay...... What do you say about those princes and nobles, who are fighting all day long? When will there be no war in this world? ”

Shi smiled and pointed to the sackcloth on his body and said, "I have to ask those who wear silk, how can I know?" What is the reason why the nobles are at war, but we are going to suffer? ”

quietly instigated a wave of dissatisfaction, and roughly understood the mentality of these farmers, and couldn't help but sigh again.

"I once heard that when Zhongni passed Mount Tai, he saw an old woman crying, so he went up to inquire about it."

At this time, it was not easy to listen to a story, everyone stretched out their ears, they had heard of Zhongni's reputation, after all, Zhongni's ancestor was also the younger brother of Weizi, the founding monarch of the Song Kingdom, and many of Confucius's disciples came from the Song Kingdom, and everyone had already heard of it.

After a pause, he said again, "Why is the woman crying?" After asking about it, Zhongni's disciple Zilu learned that the woman's father-in-law had been bitten to death by a tiger, and the woman's husband had also been bitten to death. Jonny then asked why he didn't move away since they had all been bitten to death? The woman said, "Although there are tigers here, there is no cruelty." ”

When everyone heard this story, they all sighed and said, "It is terrible for a tiger to eat a man, but at least you can kill a tiger with a spear." What should we do about this harsh government? ”

Shi nodded and said mournfully: "Back then, I heard people talk about "Poems", and there was a poem "Shuo Mouse". I can't sing, so I'll read it to you. Big rat big mouse, no food for me! Three-year-old girl, don't care about it. The dying woman is a paradise. Paradise, I ...... what I have"

When the peasants sitting around heard that they were going to go to the land of paradise, they all started to talk along with it.

Shi doesn't know where the ancient Wei Kingdom of the Spring and Autumn Period is, but he knows that most of the poems in "Wei Feng" are satirical and full of resistance.

This is a standard oath of serf escape, presumably made by the leader who led the serfs to the barren mountains of Nozawa and sung among the people who joined them, vowing to flee to the Promised Land together.

This song was sung hundreds of years ago, and this ancient Wei may be thousands of miles away.

But the happy land in the song actually tore the shackles of time and space, which aroused the imagination of these farmers of the Song Kingdom.

In everyone's dreams, there is a paradise of their own.

And when everyone's misfortune is approaching, the appearance of this dream is somewhat similar.

When asked what the people imagined the Promised Land to look like, everyone began to imagine a simple but poignant imagination.

"No war......

"You don't have to go to the public fields to work, even if there is a tithe."

"Set a tithe, and don't collect any more Qiujia taxes."

"There are 100 acres of land and a cow."

"Even if there is a war, after the war, give us some land and other rewards, don't give them all to those meat eaters......"

"I can eat corn every day, and I don't need to eat wild vegetables."

"Put on a new dress."

All kinds of dreams, gathered together, finally made these people sitting around a little drunk.

I didn't drink alcohol, but the taste of the dream was stronger than the best wine in Taoyi.

Someone couldn't help but ask: "Little brother of the Mo family, where is such a happy land?" ”

Shi Ke sold it, shook his head and said, "This...... More on that later. It's getting late, and I'm going back. I'll come back in a few days to teach Luhua how to treat summer heat, and everyone will talk more about drinking salt water to prevent heat heat. If someone doesn't believe it, they say that this is a method of the Mo family, and they can always convince some people. ”

Everyone looked at the sky and knew that it was time to go back, so they got up and said goodbye, said some words of thanks, and said that after going back, they would definitely inform the village community of the measures to prevent summer heat.

A few others eagerly asked when they would be able to come back, even if it was to listen to his story.

Shi said a few more words, picked up the firewood and grass, faced the red sun, as if he was going to catch the sunset, shook his shoulders, and kicked the straw sandals away.

After only a few steps, Lu Hua shouted behind him: "Little brother of the Mo family, wait a minute." ”

"What's wrong?"

"You want to go back from Simon? I happened to pass by an old mulberry tree, the mulberry on it is big and sweet, I'll pick some and take it back to eat. ”

Thinking of his sister-in-law's previous nagging, Shi smiled and nodded, "It's okay." ”

The two walked together in pairs, and Lu Hua followed behind, holding on to the firewood and grass vigorously, trying to reduce a little weight.

This support, the shoulders are much lighter, but the weight is pressed back on the waist, which is actually not comfortable.

Shi knew that the other party had good intentions, but he didn't know how to thank himself, so he couldn't say anything, so he endured it halfway.

When he arrived at the big mulberry tree, he put down the firewood and grass, and Lu Hua said, "You wait below." I'm going to pick it, I'm going to climb the tree fast, and the one on this tree is sweet next to it. ”

After speaking, he took off his straw sandals and climbed up with an old mulberry tree half a human size lightly and dexterously.

Climbing mulberry trees can also be regarded as the housekeeping skills of the daughters of the Central Plains.

Sitting on a tree branch, he picked out some fuchsia and threw them down.

Still on the tree, the mulberry leaves covered the figure in a mess, but he still asked, "Do you taste it, is it sweet?" ”

Shi Yiyan picked up a string and put it in his mouth, and sure enough, it had some taste.

This is also one of the few fruits at this time, looking at the skillful appearance of the little girl, she doesn't eat less on weekdays.

Picked up a few branches, put some good ones in the clay pot brought by Lu Hua, and quietly waited for her to climb down, holding a handful of purple blackened ones in his hand, and handed them to Shi Shi.

This is a thank you, and I'm afraid it's also the only thank you gift that Lu Hua can get her hands on at this time.

"These are the sweetest, you eat."

Shi smiled and took it and put it in his mouth and chewed it, praising it: "It's really sweet." ”

Hearing this, Lu Hua's eyes bent into crescent moons.

"Are you going back?"

"yes, I'm waiting for me at home."

"Oh."

I was stunned and didn't know what to say, so I said for a long time: "Then go back." ”

Shi nodded, picked up the firewood and grass and gradually walked away.

Lu Hua stood under the tree, looking at the distant back, and suddenly thought that he would really come to teach himself those things.

Will he really come back?

What's his name?

He didn't know where his family lived, so how did he come to find him?

After a few days, when my father's illness is cured, should I wait for him at the edge of the field every day?

"He doesn't know where his home is, but he never forgets where Tian is......

Thinking like this, he took another look at Shi, who had already mixed with the people who had returned to the city, silently thanked him, picked up the fallen custles on the ground, and turned around to dig the reeds to dig the roots.

Mulberries are on the tree and can be given away.

The reed root is in the ground, and it can cure Daddy's illness.

"That's good."

She pinched a clamour and muttered.