Chapter 268 Laughing Eight Times

Mr. Liu cursed in his heart, "You sold the land to me..."

Liu Hei pressed him hard, "What do you mean by selling it to you? It's obviously renting it. You said that if the land is registered in your name, the tax will be reduced, and I won't have to serve in the military when I come to work in your house. That's why I registered the land in your name."

The other eight people also said quickly: "Yes, yes, we have long wanted to take this land back to grow crops ourselves. You rent it to the villagers and take 60% of the rent, and you give us 20%..."

"Giving you 20% is not enough. If you grow crops yourself, you will have to pay a lot of taxes to the government every year, and you will also have to do labor service," said Mr. Liu angrily. "You are just a few bachelors, and there is only one capable laborer in your family. If you go to do labor service, how can you grow crops on the land?"

"You can't even grow crops on the land, let alone get 20% of the rent for free. You can't even pay the government taxes!"

Master Liu said angrily, "You registered the land in my name, not only do you get 20% of the rent for free every year, but you also get wages and don't have to serve in the army. What are you not happy about?"

When the others heard this, they thought what he said made sense, so they became hesitant.

Liu Hei was very determined. He pressed Master Liu and said, "You are talking nonsense. We were stupid before and didn't know how to unite. Now I know that we need to unite. We poor people can unite. I am the only bachelor in my family, but I can gather a hundred bachelors and unite our land to plant. How can we not be better than you?"

Master Liu sneered in the dark and said sarcastically, "Liu Hei, if you gather a hundred women together, maybe you can cultivate this land, but if you gather a hundred bachelors together, are you going to fight or rebel?"

Master Liu was so angry that his head shook and his saliva sprayed on Liu Hei's face, "Look at yourself, are you a farmer? Who of these people standing in this room can be an honest farmer?"

Liu Hei's face flushed red, and he slapped him on the head, "I don't care, return our wages and land to us."

Master Liu was beaten so hard that he saw stars, but he gritted his teeth and said, "I can give you the wages, but not the land!"

"Why not?"

Mr. Liu: "I have already rented it out, and you want me to take it back. Do you know how much rent I have lost? No way!"

The young man behind Liu Hei also said: "Liu Hei, why don't we just forget it? Not only will we have to grow crops on the land, but we will also have to pay rent and taxes. The rent and taxes we pay are more than Liu Tai's."

When Liu Hei heard that they had gone back on their word, he was so angry that he jumped onto the bed and sat on Mr. Liu's back, and yelled at them, "Are you stupid? Why don't you learn your lesson? Didn't I tell you that the reason we paid too much rent and taxes is because this guy paid too little?"

Liu Hei took the shoe in his hand and hit Master Liu hard on the buttocks, and said to them: "The Taoist priest said that he bribed the officials and put the part of the tax that should have been paid by him on us, so the rent and tax we pay is getting more and more every year."

"Then there's nothing we can do?"

"Yes, can we kill the county magistrate?"

Liu Hei angrily raised the shoes in his hand and said: "We want to resist taxation, we want unity!"

Everyone was silent.

Liu Hei: "The first thing is to get his wages and land back from him."

The young people remained silent.

Master Liu was so oppressed that he couldn't breathe, but he still laughed out loud, twisted his head and said, "Liu Hei, look, they don't dare to answer, what's the point of your unity?"

Liu Hei looked at them in the dark and said in a low voice, "Brothers, we have been working for him for more than one or two years. After all these years, who has saved money and married a wife?"

The young people were silent.

Liu Hei, "Are we lazy, or are we extravagant in eating, drinking, gambling and whoring?"

A young man murmured, "There's not much money at all, and the manager always finds excuses to deduct it. How can we save money?"

Liu Hei patted Master Liu's butt and said excitedly, "Yeah, then do you still want to continue doing this? Is this going to be your whole life?"

"Why not risk your life and fight me? We are not committing a crime punishable by death. We just want what we deserve, the share given to us by Emperor Taizu Gao. If we get it, we can marry a wife in three years and have a baby in five years. If we don't get it, the worst that can happen is that we will die. In eighteen years, we will be a hero again!"

The young men were persuaded again, so they stepped forward and pressed Master Liu, punching him from time to time, "Return the money and the land!"

Master Liu's screams finally alarmed the servants in the house.

The servants lit the lights and went up to see what was happening. They were stunned to find that it was the servants in the mansion who had held the master hostage.

But all these servants were members of the Liu clan. Although they were called servants, they had not signed a contract to sell themselves to Master Liu and could leave at any time.

Soon, other masters of the Liu Mansion also arrived, and soon, other members of the Liu clan were alarmed.

As the sky brightened, the whole town became lively and everyone ran to Liu's house in groups to watch the fun.

The wall that Master Liu used to be proud of was covered with people, and everyone stretched their necks to look inside to see Master Liu being held hostage by his relatives.

It's so rare to see Mr. Liu make fun of himself.

Pan Yun and the others can’t see it anymore.

At this point, they were halfway there.

It was winter, and even in the south, there was no one outdoors in early winter.

There were cut rice roots left in the field, with green rice stalks growing from the roots. After Pan Yun and the others woke up, they were driven off the carriage.

Because the load on the cart was too heavy, Tao Ji felt sorry for the horses and cows, so he let them get off and walk.

Pan Jun thought it was silly to lead the ox and the cart, so she left Pan Xiaohei on the ox cart and let it control the rope and the cart, while she and Miaozhenmiaohe strode forward.

Tao Ji was so frightened that he turned his head and looked back, and saw Pan Xiaohei squatting on a bag of grain on the ox cart, holding the reins with a serious face. From time to time, he turned sideways and flicked the ox's butt with his cat tail, and the ox quickened its pace.

Tao Ji: "...It's rare for a person to be this lazy."

Xuan Miao sat on the last ox cart with a blank expression. It was obvious that this incident did not stir up any ripples in her heart. Tao Ji could not help but mutter to himself, watching the three girls jumping away with deep resentment.

The three of them ignored them. It was rare for them to feel so relaxed, and it was also rare for them to see such flat fields.

Sanqing Mountain is surrounded by mountains, and the fields are small and winding. There are very few fields larger than one acre, and most of them are in the shape of alternating ascending trapezoids.

Even if there are flat fields, they don’t look so boundless and vast.

The mountains in the distance are low hills, and even in winter, they are as green as spring and summer.

Not to mention that Pan Jun had been locked up in the backyard since he was a child and had basically no chance to go out. Even if he went out, the winter in the capital was not like this.

So she was curious too.

The three of them happily jumped down into the field, their hands gently stroking the rice that was growing a second time on the roots.

Miaohe pulled one out, peeled off the green layer, revealing a layer of white fluff-like stuff, and stuffed it directly into her mouth.

Pan Yun and Miao Zhen looked at her with their mouths wide open.

Miaohe was pleasantly surprised, "It's delicious!"

Pan Jun couldn't help swallowing his saliva, with a look of doubt on his face, "Is it true?"

"Really? If you don't believe me, try it." Miaohe pulled out another rice and considerately peeled off the green rice husk for her.

Pan Jun took a look at it and thought that it was rice after all. Even if it didn’t taste good, it wouldn’t kill people, so he took it and took a bite.

It was very tender, with a slight sweetness and a fresh scent of grass. Pan Yun ate it all in surprise and nodded, "It's delicious."

Miaohe narrowed her eyes and smiled, "Yeah, let's pick more. No wonder the cows like to eat them so much, they are really delicious."

Pan Yun: …

She turned her head and looked at Miaozhen, "You try it too."

Miaozhen: "I don't think I can eat with cattle."

Pan Jun plucked one and ate it himself, muttering, "I don't think I can do it either, but it's really delicious."

So Miaozhen helped them pull them out.

As they were pulling, the three of them pinched the rice stalks to make whistles, and blew them as they walked.

They calculated the direction of Shuangyang Village accurately and would definitely not go astray. They also saved some distance by crossing the fields.

Tao Ji and the others had to follow the road obediently and lag far behind them.

Ahead was Shuangyang Village. The three of them could already see the low, earth-yellow houses and the thatched roofs.

The three of them carried an armful of rice and walked over, swinging their hands. All they had to do was jump off the ridge in front of them and walk through three more fields to reach their destination...

Just as they were thinking this, two people suddenly stood up at the foot of the field. Pan Yun and the other two couldn't help but stop.

The two children who stood up stared at them like wolves. They seemed to be only a little older than them and were also children, so their eyes were not so fierce, but they still contained a warning, not allowing them to get close.

Pan Jun was very surprised that they were hiding here and she didn't even notice them.

If a person wants to avoid being discovered, he must blend into the surrounding environment and into nature.

The higher the degree of integration, the higher the concealment.

Pan Jun was already in her fifth year, and the only way they could hide from her was to adjust their breathing.

The two sides confronted each other for a while, and finally they spoke first, "What do you do?"

Pan Yun: "It's for love."

The other party frowned, "What?"

Pan Yun pointed to the village behind them and said, "We are here to show our love."

When the child heard this, his eyes suddenly became sharp, and he bared his teeth at her and said fiercely: "There's no need for you to pretend to be pitiful. We are not selling our house, land, or people!"

Pan Yun seemed to be thinking about something, and said, "I am not buying a house, land, or people. I heard that you are going to erect a monument for a Taoist priest named Sanzhu, so I came here."

The child was slightly stunned, "Are you also here to burn incense for Taoist Priest Sanzhu?"

"No, my name is Sanzhu too, and I'm also a Taoist priest. I was curious, so I came to take a look."

The child laughed at what he said, "How old are you and you're pretending to be Taoist Priest Sanzhu? Taoist Priest Sanzhu is a Taoist girl in her twenties. If you want to pretend, you should pretend to be Taoist Priest Sishui and Taoist Priest Wuhuo who are by her side."

Miao Zhen: "I am Si Shui."

Miaohe: "I am Wuhuo."

The child laughed loudly, pinching her waist. Pan Jun couldn't help but smile too. As a result, the child laughed eight times. Before she could reveal her identity, he suddenly stopped smiling and looked at them expressionlessly, saying, "You are Sanzhu, Sishui and Wuhuo, and I said I was Zhang Tianshi from Longhu Mountain!"

After he finished speaking, the child next to him also laughed eight times, then stopped and said seriously, "Then I am the Xuanmiao Master of Sanqing Mountain, specializing in killing Japanese pirates at sea."

　I owe you one more chapter, I will make it up tomorrow, good night
　　(End of this chapter)