Chapter 1315: Wuxia Smoky Rain Iron Coffin Peak, Down the Plum Blossom, Eagle Head

The nine million and seven million taels of silver were resmelted into fifty taels of official ingots in Chengdu Prefecture, and then packed into the ship.

These silver were accumulated bit by bit between the teeth of ordinary people in Shu. One copper coin and one copper coin was handed over to the tax collectors in the government, and then they gathered in Chengdu.

When collecting these taxes and silver, because the common people do not have silver in their hands, they will be converted to the official price of one or two silver coins when paying taxes on copper coins.

But in fact, 850 to 870 pieces of money can basically be exchanged for one tael of silver. So the people are exploited in this way.

Moreover, since the scattered silver from the people must be remelted into official silver, the fire consumption of about 20% must be added to the people's heads (in name, it is a loss of weight during the smelting process, but in fact it is not that much).

There is also the "color-discounted" fee charged because the money is impure. In addition to the excessive reports of corrupt officials and tax collectors, the money paid by the people has actually exceeded twice this number.

However, under the urging of the ferocious tax collector, the entire Shuzhong finally paid all the taxes before the first month of the year.

Now these silver taels are scattered on six large ships, each of which is escorted by 50 soldiers, intending to escort to Lin'an.

When their fleet turned the bows in the rolling river, they lined up in the river and slowly leaned over to the simple and dilapidated pier of Liuhuayi.

...

This "Liuhua Station" was actually only a few families at the beginning. The reason why it was named is because there were several huge pomegranate trees on the shore.

Every April, when the pomegranate flowers bloom, from a distance to the place, it looks like a ball of fire.

Because this Iron Coffin Gorge is the junction between the two roads of the Song Dynasty. So when the official boats arrive here, they have to stop and rest, eat their hometown with a full meal, and then everyone is willing to set off. Over time, an inn is set up here.

In the area of ​​Liuhuayi, there are thirty or forty families and an official office on the high slope far away from the river. Connecting the residential area and the river is a stone stairs pier made of bluestone.

Due to the huge terrain difference between the two sides of the river, these steps are also particularly steep. Due to years of wear and moisture in the bluestone steps, they are polished and bright, and look like they are coated with oil.

Just as the official ship was docking at the post station wharf, a group of people were gathering there, watching the excitement in chaos.

...

Early in the morning, the postmaster of the Liuhuayi Office, "Yinpi Cheng", carried the ears of his slave "Little Loach" and kicked and beat the child next to the well platform of the Liuhuayi, making the child cry.

This slum flower well was used by dozens of households nearby and soldiers in the inn to drink water.

Although they are now close to the Yangtze River, it is impossible to drink without water. However, the river section of the Yangtze River is blocked, the water flows fast, and the mud and sand in the river are turbid and cannot be drunk.

So at the inn, someone dug a well.

This well happened to be under the huge pomegranate trees, so it is naturally called the Ducai Well.

Now, just by the well platform, there are already a large circle of people surrounded.

I saw that there were about 70 or 80 nearby residents here. They were all frowning there and watching Yan Pi Cheng beat people.

This Yanpi Cheng was originally the postmaster of the post station, whose surname was Cheng, named "Cheng Qiang". He is also the largest official in the neighborhood and the most wealthy family.

This guy was shameless when he cursed Shangguan. He could use all kinds of disgusting words and tricks. However, he turned against his fellow villagers and servants and refused to recognize his relatives!

So because of his virtue, the people nearby use Shuzhong dialect: "Swallowing on the face" (describes this person's shamelessness), and call him "Swallowing on the face".

Early this morning, Yan Pi Cheng beat the little slave in his family, a thirteen or fourteen-year-old guy named Xiao Niu, with a bun, and the beaten child was covered in blood, and even the people nearby could not bear to see it.

"A ancestor! If you fight again, you will kill the old man!"

I saw a middle-aged man with white cloth wrapped his head around watching the fun. He turned his head with a sad look on his face and asked an old man next to him: "What's wrong with Xiao Loach?"

"Yanpi Cheng asked Xiao Niu to fetch water early in the morning, and he wanted to drink tea." At this time, the old man in short clothes next to him shook his head and said:

"As a result, the child was too hungry. Just as Liu Erda, the village, was carrying the coffin for funeral, he went to pick up a few worms to eat... This did not stop the time to fetch water, but was caught by Yan Pi Cheng. It was a good time to kill him!"

"A little thing about the low-key karma (a little bit of a little thing) as for beating people to death? This (unlucky guy) in the back!" The middle-aged man said indignantly.

What they call "picking up a worm" here is actually a custom in ancient Shu.

In ancient times, whenever someone was in funeral, this family would make some pasta the size of fingernails to make the shape of a grimace. After frying it in oil, it would throw it along the way when carrying the coffin.

The name of this kind of thing is called "南南", which actually means using it to bribe the lonely ghosts along the way.

At that time, living conditions were poor, so some people who were not full would pick up these things along the way when they saw the funeral team. Sometimes they picked up a huge head and would happily say that they had picked up the Ghost King.

Of course, this custom is gone in modern Shuzhong. However, it still leaves its traces in the Shuzhong language. The word "picking a thorn" has been used by people to describe picking up cheap things that don't cost money.

If this little loach hadn't been starved to death, how could he have left his own work of fetching water and picking up his head to eat?

Everyone looked at this poor child, and was pulled by Yan Pi Cheng with one hand and beaten hard with no brains. Everyone was indignant to see it.

"Don't do that (don't do this)! If you fight again, you will kill the old man!" At this time, some villagers in the crowd could not bear it and spoke to each other and persuaded him.

I saw that the Squid Pi Cheng, who was in the center of the circle, was a fat middle-aged man in his 30s, with a fat face full of flesh.

He was wearing a silk cotton jacket and his face was full of fierce and domineering. When he heard the advice of the people around him, he became even more fierce!

"I'm right! Old horse is still alive, I'm going to deal with you today!"

I saw Yan Pi Cheng yelling loudly, waving his thick arm and punching the child in his hand with a heavy punch!
Chapter completed!