Chapter six hundred and thirty second hand in hand
The Dong Xin army that entered Pingzhen was led by a military marquis. Under the protection of several soldiers, he walked on the street, raised his head and said: "Don't be afraid, everyone, as long as each of you hand over five measures of food, Then everything will be safe and sound.”
Ten buckets of dendrobium is one hu, and one hu is one stone.
Under normal circumstances, one stone of grain costs about 200 yuan, but now that Nanyang is in turmoil and the price of food has remained high, one stone of grain costs at least 600 yuan, and better grain costs more than a thousand yuan.
Now Dong Xinjun wants the people of Pingzhen to contribute five buckets of grain each, which is equivalent to asking each person to contribute three hundred yuan. It may not seem like much, but you must know that the income of a middle-class family at that time was more than ten thousand yuan a year. On average, it's almost a thousand dollars a month. People at the bottom earn even less. For people, three hundred dollars is not a small amount.
Hearing that the Marquis wanted to hand over five measures of grain, the faces of the common people present turned uglier.
One of the young and impulsive people asked loudly: "Why does the military master ask us to hand over five measures of grain? We, the people of Pingzhen, pay taxes every year!"
The military lord turned to look at the young man who spoke, spread his hands and asked: "Where are the taxes you paid?"
"It has been handed over to the government a long time ago..."
"So, your taxes are not handed over to us!"
The military marquis curled his lips and said loudly: "General Dong led us and other soldiers to fight tooth and nail to help you fight against the Luoyang Army. Now the army is short of money and food. What's wrong with asking you to donate some money and food?"
The young man was speechless for a moment, lowered his head and said no more. The military marquis chuckled twice, looked around at the people around him, and said loudly: "I'll say it again, as long as each of you is willing to hand over five measures of food, our army brothers will never do anything wrong." , if you are unwilling to pay for the food and money, and just want to sit back and enjoy the benefits, then don’t blame our military brothers for being unkind!" As he spoke, he also patted the sword under his ribs. , making a snapping sound.
After looking around again, the military marquis waved his hand, and the soldiers dispersed and collected money and food from the people present. Some timid people thought they were unlucky and could not bring out so much food, so they paid money.
Every citizen who paid money and food will be issued a small wooden sign as a voucher.
There are some poor people who really want money but no money, no food, no food. Seeing that the situation is not good, they turn around and run away.
But the streets had already been blocked by Dong Xin's army, so how could they escape? People didn't run far before they were blocked by groups of soldiers, who beat and kicked them.
Other soldiers arrested other people in the town and placed them on the streets under unified supervision.
Soon, soldiers came to the inn where Liu Xiu and others were staying. The captain of the army shouted loudly: "Those who have food at home should pay five dou each, and those who have no food at home should pay three hundred coins." !”
Long Yuan, Long Zhun, and Long Bo frowned secretly and turned to look at Liu Xiu. The four of them had to pay one thousand two hundred dollars. Of course, this amount of money was nothing to them, but they just felt that they were too useless. , feeling unwilling.
Liu Xiu smiled calmly at them, indicating that the three of them didn't care, and there was no need to cause trouble here. After understanding Liu Xiu's meaning, Long Bo was unwilling to give in, took out his wallet reluctantly, slapped it on the table and made a bang. A muffled sound.
Seeing this, the army captain came over, glanced at Liu Xiu and others, and then his eyes fell on the bulging money bag. The corners of his mouth raised, and he asked with a smile: "Are you together?"
"Yes!" Long Yuan replied expressionlessly.
"Four people, a total of one thousand two hundred dollars!" As he spoke, he stretched out his hand, and the old god said on the ground: "Pay the money!"
Long Bo glanced at him, opened the money bag, and poured it out. Not all of it was poured out, but more than a dozen turtle coins were scattered. He took out four of them, slapped them in front of the army captain, and asked
:"Is it enough?"
The soldiers and diners present were all surprised when they saw that Long Bo had so much money on him. The captain of the army was also stunned for a moment before he came back to his senses.
Unexpectedly, this boy actually had so much money in his wallet.
He picked up the four turtle coins and weighed them in his hands. They were heavy and contained a lot of silver. They were indeed genuine turtle coins, one of the third grade platinum coins.
The captain of the army handed four turtle coins to the soldiers on the side, glanced at Liu Xiu and the others, and asked: "What do you do? Why do you carry so much money with you?"
Long Yuan raised his eyebrows and was about to speak when Liu Xiu said first, "We came here from Nanjun to do business!"
Nanjun is adjacent to Nanyang, and there are frequent business exchanges between them. In addition, Nanjun is now controlled by Qin Feng. For Deng Fengjun, the merchants coming from Nanjun have a certain weight.
Liu Xiu had fought in Nanjun and knew the local accent. When he spoke, he deliberately adopted the Nanjun accent.
"Oh! It turns out they are from Nanjun!" The military captain was a little disappointed. If the other party came from somewhere else, he could still take the opportunity to make things difficult and get more money, but the other party was a Nanjun businessman, so it would not be easy to handle.
Already.
The captain of the army asked with a smile: "Are these brothers from Nanjun?"
"Li Qiu!"
"Hey! That's the territory of King Chu Li. Do you know King Chu Li?"
"The military master is really good at joking. How can we, the common people, know the king? We only met him once from a distance..." Liu Xiu smiled and calmly made excuses with the captain of the army.
While they were talking, several other soldiers came to the corner and approached the four young men and women. When they saw the girl's appearance clearly, the eyes of several soldiers lit up and they secretly said: What a beauty!
A soldier asked seriously: "Are you paying money or food?"
The older young man bowed his hands to several soldiers and said: "I came to Nanyang specifically to defect to General Deng, and I ask for my convenience..."
Before he finished speaking, the soldier who asked the question waved his hand and interrupted: "Okay, okay, I don't know how many times I have heard this nonsense in the past few days?! Come on, are you paying money or food?
?”
The four young men and women all frowned, and their expressions were not very good. One of the young men took out his wallet and said, "Brother, we don't have that much money with us."
As he spoke, he poured out all the money in his wallet. In it were five baht coins from the Western Han Dynasty, Daquan coins promoted by Wang Mang, and a turtle coin. Added together, it was not enough for one thousand coins.
The soldier reached out and picked up the money on the table. He roughly calculated that it was about six or seven hundred dollars. He raised his eyebrows and asked, "That's all you have?"
The older young man raised his hands and said, "Please do me a favor!"
Junbing almost laughed angrily. He looked at the scattered coins on the table, nodded, and said, "A total of six to seven hundred coins, right? That's fine. Even if you have nine hundred coins, you three have paid your share.
But what about her share?”
As he spoke, he raised his hand and pointed at the young and beautiful girl.
"This big brother..."
The soldier waved his hand and said first: "It doesn't matter if you can't hand her over, but we have to take her away!"
As he spoke, he shook his head to the two companions on his left and right. The two soldiers walked around the table and walked up to the girl, trying to pull her away.
Before the hands of the two soldiers touched the girl, there were two snaps and the girl waved them open. The two soldiers screamed in pain, raised their hands, and subconsciously took two steps back.
I looked down and found that the back of my hand was red and swollen.
"Damn it! How dare you hit me!" The two soldiers were furious and both raised their spears. Seeing this, the three young men with the girl stood up together and held the swords under their ribs.
The captain of the army who was talking to Liu Xiu when he heard something was wrong here turned around and saw his own soldiers and four young men and women at war with each other. His face darkened and he asked: "What's going on?
"
A soldier ran over quickly, pointed at the four young men and women, and said: "Not only did they refuse to pay, they also beat people! Two of our brothers were injured by them!"
When the army captain heard this, his face became more and more gloomy, and he looked at the four young men and women coldly. The older young man said seriously: "We really don't have that much money, so please be accommodating!"
"No money? Isn't there someone who has no money?" The complaining soldier pointed at the girl and said, "As long as you keep her, you can leave!" After saying this, he turned to look at the soldier captain,
Winked at him.
The captain of the army also noticed the girl's appearance. She was indeed as beautiful as a flower. He nodded expressionlessly and said: "Since you can't hand over the money or food, then follow the rules and take the person away.
!”
After he spoke, the soldiers in the inn stopped being polite and gathered around the four young men and women with spears in hand. The four young men and women also held the hilts of their swords and prepared to draw their swords to resist.
The fighting between the two sides was about to break out. The diners present were so frightened that they fled back, and some people simply ran out of the inn. At this moment, Liu Xiu suddenly said: "Brother Li!"
During the conversation just now, Liu Xiu already knew that the army captain's surname was Li.
The army captain turned back and looked at Liu Xiu in confusion. The latter smiled slightly, took out four more turtle coins from Long Bo's money bag, and said, "I helped pay their money."
As soon as he said these words, everyone present was stunned. Liu Xiu said: "It's not easy when you are away from home. In this world, if you can help each other, just try to help each other!"
The four young men and women looked at Liu Xiu in surprise and did not react for a long time. The army captain came to his senses and said with a smile: "Master Jin is quite generous!"
Liu Xiu still used his usual pseudonym, Jin Wen. Liu Xiu said with a smile: "If you have to show mercy to others, please show mercy to others! If it is convenient for others, how can it not be convenient for yourself?!"
As he spoke, he approached the captain of the army and whispered: "Those who dare to travel with swords are not ordinary people. If we really fight, it is not certain who will suffer!"
The army captain's eyes flashed, and he looked at the four young men and women again, and looked specifically at the swords under their ribs. Then he looked back, pondered in his mind for a moment, and said calmly: "This time it's your turn."
Good luck, I'll give Mr. Jin some face and spare you from waiting!" After saying this, he picked up the four turtle coins handed over by Liu Xiu, waved to the soldiers around him, and withdrew from the inn, while handing over the coins he couldn't hand over.
Several diners who paid money were also taken out.
After the soldiers left, four young men and women came to Liu Xiu together. They all bowed their hands and said, "Thank you for your help, young master!"
Liu Xiu smiled calmly and said, "It's just a matter of effort!"
The older young man handed the money bag to Liu Xiu and said, "There are more than 700 yuan in it. Let's consider it 700 yuan! Please let me stay here. I will visit you some other day to express my gratitude and give you some money."
I’ll pay back the money I owe you!”
Liu Xiu said disapprovingly: "I said, it's just a little effort, you don't need to take it to heart." After saying that, he turned and walked towards the backyard of the inn.
