The Jianghuai marshland, the moonlight is dim. ‘6’‘9’‘s’‘h’‘u’‘x’‘.’‘c’‘o’‘m’ A piece of “floating wood” floats on the river, moving slowly along the waves. Suddenly, a huge wave rolled up, hitting the “floating wood” into the water. The fat catfish held its white belly, swaying, spitting bubbles from its mouth, and its long whiskers fluttering to both sides along the waves. ωωω⊙ ttκǎ n⊙ ℃ O Cannot move rolled in the water along the waves, regained balance, and stared at the fat catfish silently. After a while, the fat catfish felt that the one-man show was boring, and the ink-like fins cooperated with the long whiskers to point and point. Cannot move understood, turned around and came to the lotus root field, inviting round head, fist. The four beasts gathered together, their heads touching each other, each with their own movements, bubbles rising from time to time, and finally separated. The fat catfish ran to the old giant clam and gestured. "I should guard the lotus root carefully, no need to worry."
After receiving the reply, the fat catfish shook his head and took the lead, unable to move his limbs together, followed closely, and the fist and round head followed one after another. The old giant clam has no hands, otherwise it would touch the shell up and down. "Strange, I have never seen such a smart beast." The longer the old giant clam gets along with the water beasts under Liang Qu, the more surprised he is at the wisdom they show, which is completely beyond the current strength. One is fine, but just this is not a coincidence. An ancient relic that can enlighten? The old giant clam feels that he still knows too little about this world. I hate not reading when I was young! ... The fat catfish braked first, and the three beasts stopped one after another. The fist didn't brake in time, and hit the immobile buttocks, and was kicked. The fat catfish pointed forward, and the three beasts all lay on the ground, moving little by little, passing through the dense water grass forest. After crawling out of a certain range, the fat catfish led the three beasts to slightly stick their heads out. In the distance, a monster larger than any of the present was lying in the water grass and taking a nap. It was covered with large red scales, had four legs, a long tail, and long fins with thorns on its back. Its muscles bulged under the scales, and its body was extremely strong and sturdy. The water surged with its breath, and the water grass all fell. The fat catfish pointed at the red water beast with its fins, and patted its white belly. Unable to shake its head, it tapped its scales with its claws, and then reached out to the red water beast. Roundhead looked left and right, and chose to quit the argument. Strong, cute, and fat.
Liang Qu gave the three beasts a new order, requiring them to find a water beast that met the conditions, and try to be one level higher than them in strength. He was worried that the four beasts would not understand the meaning of these three adjectives, so he said that the one that was immobile like a crocodile represented robustness; the one that had a round head like a porpoise represented cuteness; and the one that was fat catfish represented fatness. Every time he made a judgment, the four beasts had to gather together to make a decision. The two beasts were arguing about whether the water beast in front of them was more like immobile or more like a fat catfish. Apparently, the fat catfish had made a mistake. The argument continued. The two beasts decided to put aside the dispute for the time being and wait for the gods to make a decision. The fat catfish brought a stone and pressed it under the water grass as a mark, and withdrew from the territory of the red water beast. … 镪! 镪! 镪! The gongs were noisy and the birds were flying. “It’s time to collect the summer tax, it’s time to collect the summer tax! Hand in the grain at the wharf, hand in the grain at the wharf!” “It’s time to collect the summer tax, it’s time to collect the summer tax!” The harsh gong sounds came in waves like a tide, making people feel dizzy. Liang Qu opened his eyes in his sleep and stood up suddenly after hearing the shout. "Pay taxes? Oops, I forgot to buy grain!" Liang Qu lifted the thin quilt, put on his pants, and was about to tie his belt when he suddenly fell back. "I was confused in my sleep. I am an official now and don't have to pay taxes." Liang Qu supported his head. It was a false alarm. I came back too late yesterday and trained with the mirage for an hour. I never thought that I would sleep until the morning. Although the time period of eight or nine o'clock is not too late, most people get up at the crowing of the cock. Sleeping until the morning is really something that a prodigal son can do. Suddenly awakened, no longer sleepy, Liang Qu got up, and suddenly received a message from the fat catfish. "Have you found a suitable sacrifice?" Liang Qu looked happy. He didn't expect to see good news when he woke up. The river god sacrifice will start soon, and the sacrifice must be settled as soon as possible. He immediately put on his clothes, washed up, took Fubo and Tiemao, and went out to see Chen Qingjiang and his father Chen Renxing pushing a cart to pay taxes. He greeted them.
The two men who were pushing the cart noticed Liang Qu. "A Shui! Going out?" "Yes." Liang Qu stepped forward to help. He was very strong, and with one hand, he could make the cart full of four stone of grain and six hundred kilograms of rice move smoothly, without any effort from Chen Qingjiang and Chen Renxing. "No need, no need, it's not that heavy, the two of us are enough." Chen Renxing hurriedly pulled Liang Qu's wrist, but he couldn't pull it, like an old tree that had really taken root. "It's okay. I'm going to the port. When did Uncle Chen buy a cart?" "I bought it two days ago. I thought I would have to pay taxes soon. I had to move the grain myself before. A cart would be more useful. I also plan to buy a donkey! I can pay taxes by myself and pull the donkey. My father won't have to come out!" Chen Qingjiang's face was beaming. "It's a good thing. I can rent it out to people to grind the millstones and pull the cart. It's also an income." Chen Renxing and Chen Qingjiang nodded repeatedly. With the help of Liang Qu's bait, the three families of Chen's family and Li's family earned more than one or two silver coins a day just from catching fish, which was enough for the family. They lived a prosperous life and added a lot of objects and furniture to their homes. As for taxes, what I started to worry about a few months ago is now nothing at all. Chen Qingjiang prepared four stones of rice this time. He was not afraid of the officials making things difficult for him. After sending the two of them to the pier, there were many unknown old faces behind the desk. Chen Zhaoan asked everyone to separate into teams and line up one by one. Liang Qu also saw two families, Chen Jiechang and Li Libo. Although they were river officials, they did not enter the rank and still had to pay taxes. Seeing Liang Qu's figure from a distance, several petty officials hurriedly stepped forward to greet him. "Master Liang." The county magistrate of Liushui and the iron-clad subordinates are all locals. How could they not know Liang Qu, a "local snake". Liang Qu looked around and didn't see the clerk who collected his money during the autumn tax, so he probably didn't dare to come. He turned around and pointed at Chen Qingjiang, Chen Jiechang, Li Libo and others in the crowd. "Let these guys pay it first. The loss of one stone and one bucket is almost enough. Above this, we should pay as much as we need. Don't make it too difficult for the villagers." It is strange but not strange, and it is clear but not exciting. Previously, Xu Yuelong told Liang Qu not to do things too cleanly in Fengbu County, but he later realized that there were not so many messy reasons. There are only one person, there are few saints and many ordinary people in the world. Everything is spotless. No one will take you to play with you next time. Therefore, Liang Qu didn't embarrass the petty officials too much. He just ignored the losses, but he didn't go too far and caused other people's wives to break up. "Yes Yes Yes."
Several petty officials quickly agreed. "Thank you for your hard work." Liang Qu bowed. "Master Liang worked hard, Master Liang worked hard." The clerks bowed and watched Liang Qu untie the rope of the boat and float away. They took out the household registration book and turned around and shouted. "Next, Chen Qingjiang." "I'm coming." Chen Qingjiang didn't know why it was his turn so early, and he didn't dare to delay. He hurriedly pushed through the crowd and pushed the cart forward. After pouring out the grain, he only reached two stones and six buckets, when he was stopped by the clerk. "enough." Chen Qingjiang was stunned and hesitated. Not to mention that the kick has not yet been taken, even if you count the three strokes of the small straight, it is not enough. But when he saw the official ticking the box on the book, Chen Qingjiang knew that it would be better to do less than to do more, so he hurriedly turned around and left. "Hey, hey, this is the official, the official." Liang Guangtian pushed and shoved several people around him, and passed by Chen Qingjiang. The official didn't even raise his head, and kept making loud noises. "What's up?" "My lords, that man just now is my nephew. Do you think this can be done..." The clerk closed the household registration book and looked at Liang Guangtian with a half-smile. "Hey, who do I think I am? It turns out it's you, an old guy. Do you think I'm a foreigner and don't know about your relationship with Mr. Liang?" Liang Guangtian was frightened and said hurriedly: "That is a thing of the past. Every family has difficulty chanting sutras. Who doesn't have some conflicts? Brothers are still at war. In fact, our uncle and nephew have reconciled long ago." The clerk hesitated a little. What Liang Guangtian said makes sense, but... He didn't dare to ask Liang Qu if this was really the case. Chen Qingjiang was stunned and turned around: "When did you get married with Ah Shui? Why didn't I know?" The clerk's expression immediately changed. "Old guy, get out of the way and if you dare to cut in line again, I'll whip you!"