Chapter 47 Poisoned Bait
Seeing that Si Duoxin had a gloomy face, A Si Duoqi said, "It is a great grace for the court to buy salt from your clan! If such a good thing falls on your head, why don't your face be happy?"
"Grace? In the past, our clan sold salt, at least seven or eight cents, and at most ten cents per pound, and the salt seller was never picky. Now the government only charged six cents, and it was not allowed to pay this or that. How could there be such a law of grace!"
After hearing this, his father covered his heart with his heart: "My son, how dare you complain to the court? If this is spread, it will not be a disaster for our entire clan? People are content, and the court is trying not to sell their own salt to collect from our clan. This is not a great grace! What's the point of a pound of less than one or two ounces? Let's just fry more. Besides, Sansi Shop collects salt in a stable business all year round, and even if the price is less, we can't get it!"
The blind Si Duoxin doesn't speak, he just has a dark face.
This is how people are. As long as they hate something, they will not like anything. The price of salt is second. The one whom the blind Si Duoxin hates most is his younger brother. Because he performed well in the qualifying institute, he was given a name and became a hot figure there. How many people around him receive such treatment? Not many of them who surrendered their tribes and even made military contributions in wars with the court were able to compare with their younger brothers.
Inspired by this, and with Sansipuzi buying his own salt, the old leader was sincerely grateful to the court. With the inspiration of the leader of the Yao family to send his son to the Nasdaq Institute, the old leader began to seriously consider joining the clan to welcome Jiahan back and take his place in the future. As for the blind Si Duoxin, if he was not satisfied, he would have to divide the clan account into two parts, and the two brothers were one and a half.
Seeing that the position of the leader he got was divided in half, and was divided by a younger brother who had been a member of the clan since childhood, the blind Si Duoxin was extremely angry. No matter what the court did, he was uneasy in his eyes. One or two cents a pound of salt was less than one or two cents. In his opinion, he was simply a robber who was robbed openly.
As soon as he left the city, a public official from Qinzhou suddenly chased him out and said to several leaders of the Fanluo: "I just received the order of the general. From next month, any court granted the position of military commander or inspector of the clan will come to Qinzhou to receive salary."
Zhang Xianger was stunned: "Why did you suddenly make money? I dare to ask my brother, how much money do we have every month, like us?"
"The Fanluo divided the number of clan accounts into three levels, first class five jin per month, second class three jin per month, third class one jin per month. According to the new regulations of the General Administration, the remaining amount of compensation will be exempted, so they will receive so much money every month. Of course, if the imperial court originally had an imperial edict to determine the amount of money and grain, it would still be based on the old rules. If the households in the state are in charge of the village, according to the Lu grid, this is not allowed."
The current implementation of Qinzhou's tent merger is mainly aimed at the well-off households who have already surrendered their clans. Specifically, it goes to Changshan in the north, Tianshui County in the south, and Ningyuanzhai in the Weihe Valley. To the east of Qinzhou are mainly Han villages, and the scattered tents of the tent merger in each county are also merged together this time. These tribes are all in ancient Weizhou, and are not within the scope of the merger of the village this time. They are too lazy to pay attention to matters that have nothing to do with them.
It is always a good thing for the court to send money. Although I don’t know why, I still happily thanked the public officials who came to report the news and agreed to go back and notify the nearby Fanluo. These people are all large tribes, and they get five jin of money every month, and they all smile.
Don’t underestimate the five-ton coins per month. Li Lizun, the leader of the Zongge clan, had previously been the most powerful leader of the Zongge clan. Before he rebelled, he only had ten-ton coins per month, plus some rice, flour, tea and silk. The foreign tribes could use money to exchange for horses, cattle and sheep. They had a great demand for the tea industry and silk, and they didn’t have much money left. They could buy a lot of things for five-ton coins.
The public official said again: "Remember when you come to receive your salary, you must bring the official seal issued by the court. The money is to recognize the seal but not the person. Those who do not have the official seal are not allowed to be distributed. You go back and preach to the rest of the Fanluo, so you must explain this clearly to them."
Everyone agreed happily and respectfully sent the public officials away.
Seeing the public official walking away, the blind Siduo said in a deep voice: "Suddenly sending us money, where is such a good thing in the world?"
A Siduo said: "My dear nephew is young, and it's too complicated to think about it. Why are there no good things? You see, even the salt in the salt pond in your tribe can't be sold, so the government has bought it. What's the point of giving some salary!"
The old leader of the upper and lower tribes said: "It's right. The court takes care of us, the rich man everywhere. The new general is really a rare kind person. Don't guess it. If the money is really given to you, how can you harm others!"
The blind Si Duoxin snorted coldly: "Why isn't it harmful? Today we went to Sansi Shop and saw the goods they sold. What are they not rare treasures? They only charge money for selling goods. It would be fine if we didn't have the money to buy them, but now that we have some money in our hands, we will definitely buy their goods. When we know the benefits of those goods, we can only find a way to make money. The court used this method to make us obsessed with those strange things and will not grazing cattle and sheep well from now on!"
After hearing the words of the blind Si Duoxin, several leaders couldn't help laughing and said to him: "What's wrong with your child? It's more than those skilled Han people! The court just paid a salary. Now that Dangxiang is rebelling, the court is about to borrow the power of our tribes to give us benefits! We will naturally continue to buy something and what's the right thing to do if we want to buy something!"
The blind Si Duoxin recognized that the court had malicious intentions, and his thoughts were completely different from these old people. He said to him: "You are so simple! Have you ever thought that now the Fanluo in the east is all in the village, and we are no longer allowed to live like before. What is the reason? When the Fanluo in the west of Ningyuan Village is over, we will be merged sooner or later on our heads!"
Zhang Xianger laughed at the ear: "What do you think in your heart! Those who are in charge of the stake are all mature households. They are farming for a living, which is different from us grazing cattle and sheep. We live with water and grass, so how do we combine the stake as a village? Just think about it and you know that you are thinking too much! Besides, those who are in charge of the stake as a village may not live worse than us!"
"Hmph, all the people in the clan have become registered households under the jurisdiction of the court. Those poor people have benefited. What should we do with the leaders? Originally, the clan members were all from our leaders, but now they have become the court. Isn't this an open robbery?!"
Zhang Xianger shook her head repeatedly: "What's wrong with you today? Everyone said that Fanluo, who had the same quota, originally farmed for a living, where did they come from cattle and sheep? The leader used to have a lot of land, and now he can still collect more rent. What's the difference between it? He just gathered people together and built a fortress to prevent the Dangxiang people from coming to rob him!"
Chapter completed!