At the beginning of the new year, Baishi Village, which should have been full of joy, is quite desolate today. The villagers' escape incident on the eve of the New Year has made the rest of the village worried.

Although the weather is good, the sun shines through the cracks of the clouds and spreads on the ground, making people feel quite warm, but the villagers' mood is a little cold.

At this moment, many villagers gathered in the open space above the pier by the lake and heard the officials announce some things.

There were many soldiers around the open space, and some official ships with various flags were berthed on the shore.

A middle-aged man in military uniform stood on a temporary platform in the center of the venue and spoke loudly to the villagers.

I would like to say that after the escape, I live a life worse than pigs and dogs, so how can I be a good person for the government?

Among the crowd, Li Li stood firmly and listened to the middle-aged man named Zhang on the stage who made a long speech. He felt bored, but he had to listen because he wanted to know if the government would impose a joint seat on Baishi Village as a punishment.

That night, Liang Sen and his family fled, and the officials chased them, but they could not catch anyone.

Li Li didn't know what Liang Sen later, but several families in the village fled. This incident made the whole village feel a little uneasy during the New Year.

Just after the Chinese New Year, the government sent people to appease the people. The person who came was quite a job, and he was the county magistrate.

The county voyage army commander of the county and belongs to the county officials. Of course, it is at the level of the top assistant. Its duty is to "curb and prevent traitors", that is, to deal with the bandits in the county.

Li Li was unable to associate the position of You Junwei with the specific positions of later governments, and thought that it should be similar to the position of "Captain of the General Corps of the Public Security Joint Defense Team".

The You Jun exercised a public security responsibility similar to that of later police officers, but his team was like an army organization. The target was not ordinary thieves, but organized criminal forces.

Then, the "Shanhu people" bandits who constantly collect fleeing households are the targets that the Junyou Guard wants to deal with.

At the same time, the "Shanhumen" bandits lurking everywhere are also the target of the You Junwei.

Therefore, if those families who are rich but have no backing do not want to be judged by You Junwei as a bandit party, they have to spend money to avoid disaster. If they do not know how to be polite, they will not just joke around.

Before returning home from holiday at the end of last year, Li Li heard Liu Decai say that at the end of the year, the emperor issued a special edict to denounce the "badness of the wandering army", saying that most wandering army blackmailed and blackmailed wealthy households in the name of arresting bandits, and wanted to steal fish and meat from the people.

Some wandering troops even pretended to be thieves, roamed the villages and robbed the villages. The dogs guarding the households who were supposed to protect the country and the people became evil dogs who had lost their families.

From this we can see that for ordinary people, just a county official, You Junwei is already a person who "decides life and death in one sentence". Now this person is discussing a long story, and who is not very good at skepticism dares to question it?

In fact, Li Li was full of doubts and wanted to say it out, but he would not be willing to commit suicide, so he listened honestly, but found that it was a waste of time.

Liang Sen and several other families fled, and the taxes and labor they should bear must be distributed to other families. In order to punish the "coin" implemented for escape, what are the specific implementation measures, such as arresting people and going to jail, Yu Junwei did not say.

Whether to arrest people or not, or impose punitive taxes on Baishi Village is what villagers are most concerned about.

Of course, Junwei You may not be able to make the decision, nor can he make a statement in advance, so today's long-term discussion is boring.

After Wei Wei finished speaking, the villagers gradually dispersed. Li Li was about to go home, but was stopped by the soldiers.

Li Li had a good relationship with Liang Sen, who was fleeing, so Li Li thought he was targeted by the commander You Junwei and wanted to treat him as Liang Sen's accomplice, and thought it was not good in his heart.

The result was a military leader who asked him about it.

The leader of the You Army is the leader of the You Army. If the commander of the You Army is the company commander, then the leader of the You Army is the platoon leader.

The leader of You Jun who asked him to ask for the question was Peng, and he was the "Peng Youjun". His troops were stationed in Pokou, so Baishi Village was his jurisdiction.

Peng Youjun looked quite young, a man in his thirties, tall, upright, kind-hearted and smiling.

Seeing Li Li coming, someone else asked, "Are you friends with Liang Sen?"

Li Li replied: "Yes, Xiaoren and Liang Sen are friends in the same village."

"This is the case during the Chinese New Year, if something happens, alas... don't think too much. The government does things, and I think it's a proof. You are a friend of Liang Sen, but it doesn't mean you will definitely be a member of Liang Sen."

"If there are rumors in the village, don't take it to your heart. You Junwei said just now. If there is no real evidence, the government will never arrest people randomly."

Li Li kept nodding and said yes, and then heard the other party say, "The clerk is here to protect you, saying that you, Li Li, will never... Oh, the clerk, Li Li, homophone, this is what makes my tongue tied up."

The speech was so funny that the soldiers around him laughed. Li Li also smiled dryly and looked at the other party, thinking that the wandering army leader was approachable and gave people the feeling that he was like the sunny young man next door.

But it was not for the sake of making jokes to come and talk to him. Li Li didn't dare to take it lightly, just listened to the other party continues:

"You are Yuliangye, you are fishing all day long. You may meet some 'Shanhu people' in a lake in the future... I mean, if you really meet an acquaintance at that time, you will tell them..."

"Just talking about staying in mountains and lakes, it is better to register households and people. Today, when Zi Rende has been amnesty for many years, the people who have done wrong things always have the opportunity to turn back..."

The same is speaking, this person's speaking level is significantly higher than that of the Zhang Weiwei. It is simple and clear. Although it is also a general topic, it is approachable at least. Li Li nodded and said yes.

Taking advantage of the pause of the other party's speech, Li Li tempted: "I don't know... the villain doesn't know whether to arrest people in jail or to impose taxes on the village?"

The Youjunzhu smiled and said, "This matter is not our final say. However, in order to stabilize people's hearts, I heard that Shangguan does not intend to impose additional taxes or arrest people and even go to jail. After all, it is not easy for everyone these days."

Finally, he heard some useful news. Seeing that the other party had nothing to say, Li Li said goodbye and walked home.

As he walked, he thought of Liang Sen and what the other party said that night, Li Li's mood instantly slid.

Alas, there were few people who could rely on, but now one of them left, as if a pair of arms had broken aside...

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In the yard, Li Li told his mother and sister-in-law what the lieutenant You Jun was just saying at the dock. Although the people from the government said everything they said were all scenes, since they were not harsh words, there is reason to believe that the government did not plan to pursue anything too much.

If people are arrested and punished, I am afraid that some families will not be able to bear it, so they simply flee with their families. If this continues, more and more families will flee in Shiraishi Village.

Li Li felt that the government might be afraid of this situation, so his attitude was relatively relaxed. However, the taxes and labor services of Liang Sen and several other families were inevitably distributed to the village.

Among the fleeing families, there are the official families. Therefore, the Li family, as the official family, will inevitably be distributed to some taxes and service this year. The most direct impact is that his service period will be extended.

This is reality, it is cold and does not talk about human feelings.

Compared to Li Li, Wu and Lin are no longer surprised by this kind of thing, especially the older Wu, who has experienced a lot of things. In her opinion, the official family is better than the military.

Because no matter how hard fishing is, it is better than going to the battlefield to die.

While talking, the three of them prepared fishing gear "fish clips" to prepare tools for the upcoming work.

Fish clips are a fishing mechanism that are simple to make and very low cost. In Li Li's opinion, their structure is similar to that of later pins.

Use a knife to cut the bamboo into large bamboo sticks that are one finger long, preferably with bamboo joints and slightly raised at both ends. At this time, the bamboo sticks are the word "一".

Then add twine in the middle position, then bend it into the character "媺" and put a piece of reed tube as a restraint.

The reed tube is cooked in advance and has toughness. Then the soaked millet (preferably sprouting) is put into the reed tube, so a mechanism similar to a pin is ready.

If such fish sticks are placed in the water, the fish will come to eat the millet in the reed tube. When eating, they will inevitably chew the reed tube. So the bamboo stick, which was originally in the shape of "Ji", pops up instantly without restraint, and becomes a '1' shape, jamming the fish's mouth.

The fish whose mouth was stuck could not be free, and was finally lifted up.

The fish clip structure is simple and effective, and the production cost is low, so the fishermen make a large number of fish clips, making dozens or hundreds of fish clips into "hooks" to fish on a large scale.

The so-called hook arrangement means using a thicker twine "line" that is several meters long or even more than ten meters long. Then, a sub-line is tied to this sub-line at any distance, and there is a fish hook or fish clip at the end of the sub-line.

Such a combination makes the fish hooks (fish clips) row in rows, so it is called "row hooks".

In the evening, the fishermen put the hook into the nearshore water, tie one end to the shore and mark it, and then tie the stones appropriately on the line to let it sink into the water and lay it along the water flow.

When you come to collect the hooks in the morning the next day, you can catch many fish, just like fishing with fishing nets.

This kind of fishing method is very convenient. Fishermen only need to set up hooks in the evening and go home to sleep. They can harvest a lot of fish the next day, saving time and effort.

Therefore, almost every household in Baishi Village will make fish clips and use them to catch fish, and jokingly call the fish hanging up by hooks "collective seats".

The fish clips made by Wu and Lin are prepared for Li Li. Now that the New Year is over, Li Li will go to the city to continue serving the officials and fish for the government. With the hook made from the fish clips, you can catch more fish.

Li Li looked at the formed fish slugs and started to think.

The fish clip has a simple structure and is very convenient to obtain. A person can make dozens of them a day, so every household in every fishing village in Pengli Lake District can make and use them.

The structure of the fish clip determines that you cannot catch too big fish because the big fish has great power and the strength of the fish clip cannot hold the big fish.

The bait of the fish clip can be millet or earthworms, but millet is the main one, so the fish that determines that the "hook" are basically carp, and omnivorous fish such as crucian carp are the main ones.

Carnivorous fish such as blackfish are basically difficult to get hooked.

Therefore, the "industry" of fish clip hook fishing has "hard market competition" and "the homogeneity of products of various manufacturers is serious."

Most of the fish caught by fish traps are carp and crucian carp. On average, individual weight is small but large in quantity and large in output, so they cannot be sold at the fish market.

Every household is fishing with fish sticks, but they cannot get much income through fish sticks.

Li Li believes that this is the result of low technical threshold and homogeneous competition, which is equivalent to the homogeneous problem of fish farmers raising carp.

Everyone is busy all day long, but their income is still small, and they are just barely making a living.

If fishermen want to increase their income significantly, they have to find another way.

The most direct way is to replace the fish clip with a fish hook. It is best to use a barbed hook, and use earthworms or small fish and shrimps to change the bait. Then the fish caught by the hook will have a richer variety and will have a larger body weight.

However, the cost of using fish hooks is not low, which is difficult for fishermen who are short of money. They must not want to, but they cannot.

If you want to make a fortune, the difficulties you put in front of you are real, but this is not a problem for Li Li.

Because he has the knowledge and knowledge.
Chapter completed!