poor family prodigal

The Ye family's maid baked multigrain cakes, boiled millet porridge, fried a pot of radishes, and stewed a chicken in order to greet Wang Yuan.

Wang Yuan's veterans cooked and worked hard all the way, and the food was not bad.

I cooked the bacon I brought, baked pancakes on the fire, and cooked a pot of egg soup. The aroma wafted out of the door!

Many children gathered around the door and swallowed their saliva, including some leftover leaves!

"We are entertaining distinguished guests today, and there is no meat for you. Go home quickly!"

Ye Tian waved his hand to the children, looked at Wang Yuan and said with a smile: "The countryside is poor, and the children are all greedy when meat is cooked. Each of them is given a small piece of meat!"

The children reluctantly turned their heads, and Wang Yuan waved to Ye Goucheng: "Do you want to eat meat?"

Ye Gou Sheng swallowed and shook his head. Seeing Wang Yuan looking at him with a smile, he blushed and lowered his head: "I think!"

Wang Yuan smiled and said: "Let your friends line up, and everyone will have meat to eat in a while!"

"Thank you, my lord!"

Ye Gouzheng ran away, organized the children at the door, and started lining up!

Wang Yuan said to the veteran who was cooking: "Cook two more pieces of meat, bake more cakes, and give each of these children a meat bun!"

The veteran who cooked the meal quickly went to prepare it!

Ye Tianyi looked at it and said with a smile: "Brother Yuan, you are so kind!"

Wang Yuan smiled: "Your family has [-] acres of land. If you are willing to charge [-] to [-]% of the rent, you still need to eat carrots at night and eat meat every meal!"

It's not that he is very kind, it's just that in his previous life, he lived in a society where food and clothing were sufficient, and he received a traditional Confucian education, so he couldn't bear to see hungry children.

Ye Tian smiled bitterly and shook his head: "If I charge [-]% of the rent, the villagers will not be able to survive, let alone [-]% or [-]%!"

Wang Yuan asked curiously: "How much grain does your government harvest from one acre?"

"We are close to the county town, and the government sends people to collect taxes. One dou of grain per acre!"

Ye Tiandao: "But if we don't collect food, the prefect will collect money!"

"No wonder?"

Wang Yuan frowned!

There is a lot of trouble involved in not collecting food but collecting money.

As soon as the money was collected, the common people sold grain to pay taxes, and grain merchants naturally took the opportunity to lower prices.

Originally it was sold for three cents per catty, but the government still charged it as three cents per catty.

In this way, the tax will be several times heavier!

"If we just collect money, the villagers can barely get by!"

Ye Tian sighed: "The most powerful thing is miscellaneous taxes!"

Wang Yuan frowned: "How much miscellaneous taxes do you charge!"

The former magistrate of Fu County also collected five kinds of miscellaneous taxes, which made the people miserable.

"More than thirty kinds!"

Ye Tiannong frowned: "If you kill a chicken, you will have to kill the chicken to sleep. If you kill a pig, you will have a pig slaughter tax. If you kill a sheep, you will have a sheep slaughter tax. If a woman is between thirteen and thirty and does not marry, she will be charged an unmarried tax. If a man is thirteen and does not marry, he will be charged a tax. There is a tax on unmarried people, an ancestor worship tax on festivals, and a child tax on children in the family..."

"..."

Listening to such various and bizarre taxes, Wang Yuan's heart welled up with anger: "Who is so shameless, who can come up with so many ways to collect taxes, and still let the people live!"

"Longnan Magistrate Pei Xianzheng!"

Ye Tian chuckled and said: "How can he care about the life and death of the people? He only cares about the official assessment! As long as the official assessment is A-level, he can be promoted and make a fortune after serving his term. It was also Mr. Mingtan who was so powerful that he defeated He County. The green-faced beast rebelled, causing him to be demoted.”

Dahu, the young guard, the black armor, and the veterans all unconsciously raised their heads and raised their chests when they heard Wang Yuan being praised, looking very majestic!

Wang Yuan was a little embarrassed when he heard someone praising him to his face, and rubbed his nose: "Brother Ye is so complimentary. Then Wang Mingtan may not have real ability, otherwise the court would not not use him!"

His word is famous far and wide, but his real name is only known to acquaintances.

As for the strategies, they are all classic Chinese cases of watching short videos in previous lives!

It’s not like he is so smart!

"Brother Yuan, be careful what you say!"

Ye Tian's face was stern and he said with a serious expression: "Mr. Mingtan is a master of literary and military strategy. He is capable of defeating hundreds of thousands of deserted cavalry. Wen Neng wrote 'Four Sentences of Mingtan', 'Man Jiang Hong', 'Send Zhao for the People's Wind'" Cheng is truly a genius in this world.”

"Cough cough!"

Wang Yuan frowned: "It was the young marshal who defeated Huang Ren, not Mr. Mingtan!"

This guy, where did he hear the news and actually knew about Jiushan County!

"Young Marshal's merit is true, but the great merit belongs to Mr. Mingtan. This is what a deserter told me when he passed by to beg for food!"

Ye Tian lowered his voice: "It's a pity that the treacherous officials in the court have deceived the emperor and never hired Mr. Mingtan. It's really heartbreaking. I don't know how Mr. Mingtan is doing now. Is he discouraged?"

The big tigers in the distance, the guards, the black armor, and the veterans all suppressed their laughter.

Seeing that they were really connected, Wang Yuan bit the bullet and said, "You don't have to worry. If Mr. Mingtan is really capable, he won't be hit by this setback!"

"This little setback?

Do you know what it means to readers to never take it away! "

Rolling his eyes at Wang Yuan, Ye Tian clasped his fists and sighed: "Brother Yuan, I'm not angry with you, I'm just angry for Mr. Mingtan. You are a businessman in Fu County. Do you know where Mr. Mingtan is in Fu County? I'll think about it after a while. Go visit him!”

Wang Yuan had goosebumps all over his body: "You want to chase stars?"

"Chasing stars?"

Ye Tian was surprised for a while. Hearing Wang Yuan's explanation, he couldn't help but smile and said: "It's okay to chase stars. What we, the scholars, pursue is not only to establish a heart for the world, to establish a destiny for life, to inherit the unique knowledge of the saints, and to open up the world for all generations." Peace. We can't do these things, but Mr. Mingtan has done it, so why should we chase him!"

"Cough cough!"

Wang Yuan gritted his teeth and said: "I am a businessman. I don't know much about scholars. I don't know where he lives. Or, you can wait for me to come back from Zhoucheng in a month and go to Fuxian County with me. I will help you find out. !”

"Then it's a deal!"

Ye Tian clasped his fists and smiled brightly!

"Mr. Yuan, please ask Mr. Yuan to eat quickly, otherwise the food will be cold!"

At this moment, the pretty woman pulled the little boy out and called softly.

"it is good!"

Ye Tianyi waved his hand: "Brother Yuan, please!"

"Hold on!"

When he came to the veteran who was cooking, Wang Yuan picked up the prepared basket of meat buns and came to the door!

Ye Goucheng and many children lined up at the door and watched eagerly.

"Give!"

Wang Yuan started to serve meat buns!

As soon as many children got it, they immediately hugged it in their arms and ran away, swallowing their saliva!

There were also some children who, as soon as they got the meat buns, stuffed them into their mouths.

Ye Goucheng was last in line. He got a meat bun and immediately put it into his arms. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Thank you, Master!"

"stand up!"

Wang Yuan picked up Ye Goucheng and quietly put the two useless coins into his hands: "Don't let anyone see it, go back quickly!"

"Master, I will repay you for your great kindness in the next life!"

Following the rhetoric in the play, Ye Gou Sheng shed tears, turned around and ran away quickly.

When he ran to the entrance of the village, Ye Gouchang narrowed his eyes and hid in a corner, not daring to move!

In the dark night, a group of men in official attire, led by the village elder, entered the village.

Ye Goucheng was trembling and wanted to leave, but when he heard one of them asking, "Has that man named Wang come to this village?", he couldn't help but quietly walked over.