In the blink of an eye, the time came seven days later.
In the past few days, Jiang Hua had nothing to do, so he took his bodyguard and wandered around the villages near Yangcheng.
The people in these villages have also been relocated by the army in the past few days. Seeing the dull eyes of the villagers, Jiang Hua's joy of winning the battle was washed away for a while.
Most of the villagers are skinny, and the older ones are all hunched over. Their foreheads have as many wrinkles as the lines on tree bark, their skin is tanned by the sun, and their mouths are full of big yellow teeth.
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Looking at these villagers, it's like going back to the late Qing Dynasty.
There is no glory in the eyes of the villagers, and they work hard just to survive.
By the river, Jiang Hua was fishing, with an unhappy look on his face, while Feng Yi came over with the bill.
"Lord, in the past seven days, we have interrogated more than 800 honorary citizens, more than 100 powerful citizens, more than 30 honorary scholars, and six powerful scholars..."
"The so-called honorary citizens refer to those citizens who have made great contributions and awakened their bloodline, but their descendants are not strong enough and have not awakened their bloodline."
"People in the country with real power often awaken their bloodline and possess the strength of the countrymen. But when the first generation of countrymen died, the second generation of countrymen and the third generation of countrymen probably did not awaken their bloodline."
"However, the doctor often recruits these second- and third-generation compatriots because of the war. The tasks given on the battlefield are also assigned according to the strength of the compatriots."
"Over time, the second and third generations of Chinese people either died on the battlefield, or they wised up and voluntarily gave up their fiefdoms to ensure peace."
"The honorable countrymen voluntarily gave up their fiefdoms and obtained at least a thousand acres of manor. From now on, they only need to pay 10% of the tax burden to survive forever."
"The same is true for honorary scholars. In the first generation, scholars often had a village or several villages as fiefdoms. However, honorary scholars usually only had 10,000 acres or 20,000 acres of land as fiefdoms."
"More than 800 honorary citizens have very little extraordinary knowledge. Most of them don't even have complete knowledge about blood. Their value is extremely limited. Basically, after we judge that they have spent all their wealth, we let them go."
"A total of about 100 million yuan and various resources worth 300 million yuan were found on them."
"It's a bit small, but it's reasonable." Jiang Hua said as he started to make a nest.
Feng Yi explained: "Chao Country is a paddy field with a high yield per mu, which can reach four stones. However, Chao Country's overall grain output is high, so it cannot be sold at a high price. One dollar can buy two kilograms of grain. A thousand acres of land,
That’s four thousand shi of grain and two hundred thousand cash.”
"Of the two hundred thousand money, 20,000 money belongs to the doctor, 20,000 money is the minimum standard of living required to support the tenants. 20,000 money is the minimum standard to maintain a few followers, and 20,000 money is given to my family.
When my son goes to learn martial arts, 20,000 yuan is spent on welcoming him and maintaining the relationship. Sometimes, when there is a war, he has to spend money to buy weapons and armor."
"In Chao Kingdom, a piece of armor costs at least 10,000 yuan. A weapon of decent quality also costs 1,000 yuan. Sometimes, a retainer dies in battle, which is another huge burden."
"Although these honorary citizens own a thousand acres of manor, their lives are not as rich as they imagined."
"Continue." With that, Jiang Hua finished making nests and officially started fishing.
"People in the country with real power don't have as much wealth as they imagined, because they are eager to transform wealth into extraordinary knowledge and resources, and extraordinary knowledge and resources are in the hands of the doctors, so their wealth is through trading knowledge and trading.
The extraordinary resources were transferred into the hands of the doctor."
"Honorary men and powerful men are similar."
"In the entire Yangcheng, the only person at the top is the doctor himself."
"But even a doctor is not as rich as he imagined."
"Oh? Why is this?" Jiang Hua asked without looking back.
"Because the Taoist is here, although Sun has always hated the Taoist, she still likes the various talismans, magic weapons, and magic weapons that the Taoist refined."
"The various products produced by Taoists are good but very expensive."
"The simplest talisman to soothe the mind and sleep, costs two hundred dollars once at a time. The simplest talisman of fire, which is not very powerful, costs thousands of dollars to buy."
"A simple and useless magic weapon costs tens of thousands of dollars to start with. A mysterious armor forged by qi masters costs even more than a million dollars to start."
"As for magic weapons, only Taoist priests can refine them. This is not just a matter of money, it also requires heavenly materials and earthly treasures, and resource exchange. A large amount of money is just the basis."
"According to the investigation, the Sun family of Yangcheng was tortured a lot by a Taoist priest. The Taoist priest claimed that he could help the Sun family of Yangcheng safely purify his blood. He spent more than one billion yuan in losses, but in the end there was no result. Then the Taoist priest ran away.
Already..."
Hearing this, Jiang Hua couldn't help but secretly sympathize with Sun.
This is like meeting an unscrupulous Taoist priest who defrauded money and resources, defrauded everything, and then ran away.
This is really an unscrupulous Taoist priest like a big scumbag, who has ruined the reputation of the Taoist community.
Helping to purify the bloodline is still the most commonly used slogan. As for extending life and immortality, it is a large-scale scam that has been around for a long time.
The buoy in the river did not move, but Jiang Hua took the initiative and sighed: "In the ecology of Yangcheng, the common people are at the bottom. They need to hand over a large amount of wealth as security fees. Otherwise, they will be driven out of the village, town or county.
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"The county town is the safest, and there is no need to worry about selling the houses in the county town. Common people cannot buy houses in the county town, so they can only pay high amounts of money every year to ensure the safety of their homes."
"The security costs in villages and towns are lower. People here can also buy the houses permanently, but after purchasing, they still have to pay a large amount of money every year as security costs."
"In the village, half of each person's annual income is directly used as security expenses."
"Once the common people cannot help but leave the village, they will automatically become savages without origin. Savages are not allowed to enter the county, and savages are not allowed to live in villages or towns. Savages can only live in savage villages in the wild."
"These villages are not protected and are often subject to extortion, and their life safety is not guaranteed."
"The barbarians in Yangcheng are at the lowest level. They may be robbed, knocked unconscious and sold as slaves just walking on the road."
"The common people in Yangcheng are a little safer, but they are still alive and struggling to survive."
"Chinese people in Yangcheng can live a safe and stable life, but it is very difficult to climb up."
"The scholars in Yangcheng can have a better quality of life and have a lot more choices."
"But even the Sun family will be squeezed by the Qing clan, squeezed by the monarch, and deceived by the Taoists."
"Even if you are a king, you have to be squeezed by the Wu and Yue countries next door. Even if you are almost destroyed by Wu, you still have to make sacrifices to Wu honestly at this moment."