Liu Saner's brows suddenly twisted into a lump.         ≈

Normally, since the two villages plant arable land, they naturally share taxes according to the amount of land. If I plant arable land, I will pay 10% of the tax, and if I plant arable land, I will pay 10% of the tax. But judging from their current appearance, it is okay to plant land for these villagers, but if I share taxes, there is another saying.

Liu Saner said respectfully: "The grass-roots are stupid, please let the officials make it clear."

"Haha, OK!"

The official smiled viciously and said, "Liu San'er, don't say that brothers don't give you a way out. How much tax will you pay and let you decide for yourself?"

Determine yourself? What does it mean?

Everyone was puzzled and saw the man wave his hand. A huge box was brought in behind him and placed it on a stone table in front of them. He pointed to the box and said, "There are ten copper coins in it, which means ten percent of the tax."

“…”

The official continued, "You only have one chance. Remember, if you catch one, Lujia Village will only have to pay 10% of the tax, and you will have to pay 90% of the tax. If you catch two, they will pay 20% of the tax. But if you have the ability to catch ten, then your Jixiang Village can be tax-free, and all the tax burden will be paid by Lujia Village!"

“…”

"Hahahaha, how about it, Liu San'er. We are good to you."

If you catch ten copper coins, you can get tax exemption. Such a good thing, are these officials so kind?

Besides, if Liu Saner really grabbed ten copper coins, then all the taxes would be paid by people from another village. Such heavy taxes would be so difficult for them!

My heart was a little heavy, but the people around me had already shown a look of joy. Some people had clapped their hands and said secretly: "This is great!"

"Isn't it easy to catch copper coins? Now, we don't have to pay taxes!"

Looking at the cheerful look of everyone, I didn't say anything, just secretly feeling sad, but their excitement did not last long. When everyone surrounded and looked at the box carefully, everyone took a breath.

Liu San'er looked at the box and her face turned pale.

What's going on?

Yunxiang and I looked at each other and walked forward. She finally helped me to walk to the stone table. When I looked over, I was shocked.

There were thick wooden boards around the box. I don’t know what kind of mechanism was installed inside, but dozens of sharp knives were constantly rotating, making a sound, and countless terrifying cold lights flashed in front of me, making my eyes hurt.

Through the blade, you can see that there are indeed ten copper coins on the bottom of the box, but if you want to continue to take this, you are afraid that once you reach out, your hand will be cut off!

As soon as I saw this, I suddenly became angry.

If I had hit the copper box that spreads the plague before, I could see the officials being domineering in Yangzhou, this time I saw that they were the people who were so cruel and vicious about their lives, and they actually made such things to slap people!

With such an official, how could the south be in chaos?

"How is it, Liu San'er? If you like to stand out so much, we will make you a great hero. As long as you can catch ten copper coins, you will be exempted from paying taxes. Even if you can't catch ten coins, even if you only catch more than five copper coins, your village will pay much less taxes!"

“…”

"However, we have another rule. You can only stretch your hand once. As long as your hand leaves the mouth of the box, you can't reach it in again. Do you understand?"

“…”

"Of course, if you are not so brave, then don't talk about making a living." The man said viciously: "You have to pay the fishing tax money if you need it! You don't even dream of farming the land of Niangniang Mountain!"

hateful!

Liu Yi asked them to reclaim arable land, which must have allowed these fishermen to make a living in the dry season, but unexpectedly, it became a means of these corrupt officials to revenge their private revenge!

The villagers around were in chaos now.

"What should I do?"

"Will you cut this hand over and over again?"

"But, if we don't farm, what are we doing?"

As everyone talked, they all looked at Liu Saner. The young man stood among the crowd, his face with a clear contour was as bright as ever, and his lips were pursed. No matter how worried and anxious the people around him were, he just stared at the knife box and was in a daze.

Yunxiang walked up to him and said anxiously: "San brother, don't be stupid, you will break your hands if you do this."

Someone next to him immediately said, "What should we do? How to survive?"

Everyone started to clamor again. I didn't say anything, but just looked at the knife box intently. After looking around, I walked to Liu Saner and patted his arm gently. He looked back and saw that it was me: "Are you here?"

I nodded, then looked at the knife box and said, "Are you going to get it?"

"..." He was silent for a moment and nodded.

"You may be injured."

"Injured is better than being peeled to the point where even the skin is not left!"

I thought about it, leaned into his ear and whispered, "You must know that if you don't take action today, even if all the people in this village are starving to death, it's not your business; but if you reach out to catch it, if you catch it less, you will be a sinner in their eyes."

People are used to this, and if they are given more, it becomes a natural thing to get.

Liu San'er was silent for a moment and said, "I'll do what I should do."

I looked at him in surprise.

Although I had never asked about his age, I felt that Liu Saner was younger than me, and her smile and temperament were still a little childish. But at this time, he exuded a mature and steady atmosphere, making people feel that he could rely on him with peace of mind.

This kind of aura is a bit familiar.

However, looking at his firm look, I felt relieved and whispered to him: "Come here and see."

He walked to my seat in confusion, followed my fingers into the box, and immediately realized something, and looked at me in surprise.

I smiled and said, "This place is your chance."

I just looked at the knife box from all directions. The knife inside was clearly very dense. Any position where you can start, the blade would pass continuously. In this way, no matter how fast it was, it would always be injured. But I still found a position where my hand could reach the bottom of the box, and only one blade would pass through that place.

Just seize the opportunity and have a chance before the blade is cut.

But, fast enough.

Thinking of this, I looked up at Liu Saner: "Can you do it?"

He turned his head to look at me, raised his right hand and shook it: "I can use this hand to directly reach the river to catch fish."

He spoke easily, but the look I saw him was a little heavy.

At this time, the official sneer said with a sneer: "Liu Saner, do you dare?"

Liu San'er gritted her teeth and said, "There's nothing I dare to do. But, do you keep your word?"

"If this is difficult, we will issue a document. As long as you can do it, what we said just now will be fulfilled one by one."

"good!"

After saying that, the official asked someone to take the paper and pen, wrote down the document on the stone table, and shook it open in front of Liu Saner: "How?"

Liu San'er took it and took a look, then folded it and handed it to my hand, then slowly rolled up her sleeves to reveal the strong and powerful arm covered with solid muscles.

Yunxiang was so scared that her face turned pale: "Brother Third, your hands are important!"

At this time, even the elderly village chief walked to him and said tremblingly: "San'er, you have to think clearly."

Liu San'er gritted her teeth and walked to the box.

The blade inside was still rotating constantly, reflecting the sunlight, and there were continuous sharp sword lights passing through his face, making his expression more solemn. When I watched from the side, I couldn't help but feel nervous and clenched my fists slightly.

The villagers who were originally noisy around all became quiet at this moment, and the whole village was so quiet that even the sound of the wind stopped.

At this time, Liu San'er raised his right hand and suddenly leaned towards the box.

My breathing was suffocated.

Seeing the light of the knife in the box flashing, the place suddenly appeared, and even a few copper coins below could be vaguely seen. The next moment, Liu Saner's hand had already passed through the place and reached straight to the bottom of the box.

Grab one big hand!

All this was done in an instant, but in the flash, everyone stopped breathing and opened their eyes wide, as if time had stopped halfway at this moment.

Seeing that the rotating blade was about to turn back, I subconsciously opened my mouth to call him, but my throat was too nervous and there was no sound.

But Liu Saner's reaction was not slow. After exploring and grabbing, he quickly retracted his hand.

At this moment, my eyes did not look at his hand, but looked at the bottom of the box through the light of the knife that was rotating in the box, and vaguely saw that there were still a few copper coins left inside, but because the blades kept turning, I couldn't count it clearly.

How many did he catch?

This is related to the taxes of the two villages!

However, no matter how much or less you catch, Liu Saner is actually in an unfavorable position. Not to mention these things for now, it was a blessing in disguise to see that he could keep his hand, and I immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

But at this moment, something surprising happened.

When Liu Saner's hand was about to retract back to the door of the box, she suddenly stopped!

What's going on?!

I was shocked and before I could even speak, I saw Liu Saner's clenched fist suddenly loosening.

Two copper coins slid down from his fingers and fell back into the box with a clang.

This is--

Not only me, but everyone around me was also shocked, but all this was born too fast, and we almost didn't have time to react. But at this moment, Yunxiang, who was standing next to her, shouted in horror: "Three Brother--!"

At this moment, a sharp sword light flashed through my eyes with a sound, and then a blood light came into my eyes.
Chapter completed!