After fleeing the wasteland and farming, he made a rebellion

Hearing what Dakui said, Sun Fuxi finally understood why the ancients did not separate families so easily. The key to this lies in Fu.

Two taels of silver is not a small amount for ordinary families, and if a family with many children randomly sends someone to do labor, it will not affect the family's livelihood for this year.

"What if you are a slave?" Liu Hu, who came to Hengshan County with them, suddenly asked, "If you are a slave, do you still have to pay taxes?"

Just as Sun Fuxi thought just now, orphans and widows like Liu Hu couldn't afford to pay two taels of silver every year.The family still pointed him at farming, and it was impossible for him to do hard labor.Instead of that, it's better to sell yourself and become a slave, at least you won't starve to death.

"Of course not."

"What about the master's family? Does the master's family need to hand over the taxes of the servants in the family?"

"Of course not. The tax is collected according to the size of the land, and then the labor exemption fee is collected according to each household. One household has two taels. So," said Dakui Chaoji Xingze solemnly said, "the four of us fight from the beginning. Decided to follow the son."

Even if he didn't say that everyone had guessed the result, Ji Xingze had long regarded them as his own, but this was the first time he had shared this matter in front of everyone.

Sun Fuxi also understands why some people are willing to serve as slaves and handmaids while living a free life. It is really under this system that people are forced to do so in order to survive.

When Liu Hu heard this, he knelt on the ground with a "plop", and begged, "I beg you to be able to serve the little one and the little mother!" Ji Xingze refused to take in their wives.

Liu Huuniang also wanted to kneel down, but was stopped by Ji Xingze, "The old man can't do it."

"I made it, I made it," Liu Huniang cried, "Young master saved the life of the old lady, so I will do it anyway." Then she said, "Young master, please take pity on the poor old woman and accept our mother and son?"

In fact, Ji Xingze is a person who wants to do big things, and he is not so narrow-minded.When his identity is confirmed in the future, there are only a few people he needs. Even though Sun Wangui worried that he would not be able to support so many people and carefully reminded him to think carefully before making a decision, Ji Xingze still nodded and agreed to take them in.

Sui Daniu's mother and son also knelt down and begged Ji Xingze to take them in. Compared with Liu Hu's mother and son, Ji Xingze had more trust in their mother and son.

After this promise, the good guy was a little out of control, and then there were two families with only orphans and widows left, and seven or eight orphans willing to be slaves and handmaids, begging him to take him in.

This time Ji Xingze didn't dare to be too greedy.He is short of people, but he needs some people who know the basics, and more importantly, people who can work.If he also accepted the rest of these people, he would really be making trouble for himself.What he needs are servants, not to provide for the elderly and raise children.

There is no other way, facing one kneeling person after another, he politely refused: "If you really want to be slaves, you can go to the dental shop, or you can ask which family you can go to try your luck. You have also seen it, I am currently You don’t even have anything close to you, and life might be even more difficult if you follow me.” Then he explained, “The reason why I accepted them is because we have some connections, even if life is not good for us in the future We will face it together and bear it together. And you... can't."

To put it bluntly, if he had no money, Dakui and the others would willingly follow him.These people don't have much friendship with him. If they accept this group of people, they have to pay them monthly money on time to support them. At present, he really doesn't have the strength.

Then he said to those children: "If my guess is correct, no matter which county it is, the government will set up a charity house. If you go there in this cold weather, you can still have a place to live and receive some relief food. , it shouldn’t be difficult to survive this winter.”

After finishing speaking, he ignored the entreaties of some of them, and together with Sun Wangui and a group of people, after inquiring, they walked towards the household registration hall of the government office.

Ji Xingze knows that money is easy to do, and he also knows that the same wasteland is very different.After discussing with Sun Wangui and Chen Liehu, the three families paid a tael of silver each cruelly.

It was the first time that the master who was in charge of this matter encountered such a large-scale disaster victim. Not only did he settle them down as quickly as possible, but he also moved a whole piece of wasteland close to the mountains with a small stream flowing through it. Divided into three.

As for how to divide the three?It's up to them to decide.

Ji Xingze also let Dakui and others, as well as Liu Hu and Sui Daniu's mother and son, sign the body contract, and spent a tael of silver in the government to reserve a deposit. The master-servant relationship between them was formally established.

What I want to say is that Dakui and Shouhou found four suitable contracts after the cold wave hit. They voluntarily sold them to Ji Xingze and allowed the owner to change their names. His real name has also successfully washed his identity.No matter how the government investigates in the future, they will all be legitimate citizens.

Next came the main event, Ji Xingze asked to see the prefect of Hengshan County.

"You want to see the magistrate?" The master was very surprised when he heard this.Xindao: Don't think that if you can afford a few taels of silver, you can change the identity of the victims.Not to mention disaster victims, even ordinary people don't just say they can see the magistrate.

"That's right." Ji Xingze nodded, "This is my genealogy, I'd like to trouble Master Registrar to show it to you."

"What's the use of asking me to read this? Although you are the emperor, can your ancestors still be the emperor?" After muttering, the master book opened the first page of the genealogy, and his eyes widened in shock when he saw the name on the top. straight up.

"This..." He pointed to the name on it, "Is this really your ancestor?"

The corners of Ji Xingze's mouth rose slightly, "There can still be fakes."

"My lord, please wait a moment," he even changed his address to Ji Xingze, "I'm going to report to the magistrate." After speaking, he took the genealogy book and disappeared from everyone's eyes like a gust of wind.

Not long after, Qi Yannian, the magistrate of Hengshan County, brought people to the lobby in a hurry.As soon as he entered the door, he asked, "Which one is Mr. Ji?"

"My lord, next to Ji Xingze." Even if he is not an official and has no fame, but who made him a royal now, so he doesn't have to bow down when facing Qi Zhifu, but just bows his hands and salutes.

Sun Wangui, Chen Liehu and the others were different, they had bowed their heads before facing the chief bookkeeper, but when they saw the fourth-rank officials of the imperial court, the biggest officials in the locality, they hurriedly dragged their wives and children to kneel down one by one.

Although Sun Fuxi was reluctant, he also knew that the most important thing here was dignity, and he had no choice but to kneel down with his family.It's just that his heart is not so sincere, and his actions are very perfunctory because of his young age.

"No courtesy, everyone!" Qi Yannian acted very approachable, then stared at Ji Xingze and asked, "Are you Mr. Ji?"

"Yes, next to Ji Xingze!" Ji Xingze introduced himself again.

Qi Yannian looked him up and down and smiled flatteringly, "Sure enough, he is a good-looking talent, a dragon and a phoenix among people."

"Don't dare!" Ji Xingze waved his hands hastily, "I can't be praised by an adult."

"I'm just telling the truth." After the politeness, Qi Yannian asked about the contents of the genealogy.

Ji Xingze didn't feel flustered at all, and answered generously.

With his calm attitude and fluent answers, Qi Yannian became more convinced after reading the genealogy.He asked again: "I don't know what evidence Mr. Ji has besides the genealogy?" After all, the genealogy is handwritten, and it is not impossible to forge it.There is also a possibility that the family tree was picked up by this person.Although the latter guess was confirmed by him, he just thought about it.

"My lord, I don't know if the Ye Mingzhu that my ancestors bestowed by the emperor counts?" After finishing speaking, Ji Xingze looked at Sun Fuxi.

Sun Fuxi had already made preparations long before Qi Yannian, and after Ji Xingze looked over, he stepped forward and handed Ye Mingzhu to him.

This luminous pearl is different from other luminous pearls, not only because of its large size, but also because the word "Yaotian" is engraved on it, which is very inconspicuous, so it should be the name of this luminous pearl.Ji Xingze pointed it out to Qi Yannian.

In this way, Qi Yannian was more certain about Ji Xingze's identity.Combined with Ji Xingze's original household registration and the content recorded in the road guide, no matter his appearance or age can correspond to him, Qi Yannian wrote a note on the spot to report to the current emperor.

The memorial not only excerpted the important content of the genealogy, but also dipped the word "Yaotian" on the Ye Mingzhu with cinnabar and printed it on the memorial, in order to let the royal family in Beijing distinguish the authenticity.

Qi Yannian wanted to keep Ji Xingze to treat him well, but before his identity was fully settled, Ji Xingze declined after thanking him.

Qi Yannian was also afraid of punching someone and mistaking his identity, so he didn't force him to stay.When asking the Master Registrar that Ji Xingze was going to lead people to open up wasteland, he reminded: "If Mr. Ji's identity is confirmed, the emperor may give you a half-job or even a title. At that time, you don't need to open up wasteland. Good land." This is the privilege of being a royal family.

Ji Xingze cupped his hands in thanks, "I thank you for your advice first. But," he added, "My lord has also seen that I still have a lot of servants to take care of. The capital city is not close to here. When the identity is confirmed, it will be next spring at the earliest. Then it’s better to open up wasteland first, and talk about the rest later.”

"Alright." Qi Yannian nodded, "If you need anything during this period, you can come to the government office to find me at any time."

"Thank you, my lord! In the future, there may be a lot of things to ask your lord to do."

"Master Ji doesn't need to be courteous to this official." The meaning of intimacy is very obvious.

In the end, he personally sent Ji Xingze and the others out of the government office. Hearing that Ji Xingze said he wanted to buy some grain, he gave Ji Xingze a carriage and some grain as a gift on the spot, which was not an ordinary big deal.

Ji Xingze wanted to refuse, but was told that the place where they were going to reclaim land was far away from Fucheng. In order to make it easier to enter the city in the future, he had no choice but to thank Qi Yannian again for accepting his favor.