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明朝末年,有个县遭了灾,村民们推荐全村最聪明的一个老者去报告灾情,希望官府能减点税。老者来到县衙,县官问他:“小麦收成了几成?”老者答:“五成。”“棉花呢?”“三成。”“玉米呢?”“两成。”县官听了大怒道:“有了十成收获,年景不坏,你还来报灾,真是大胆刁民!”老人忙说:“我活了180岁,还没有遇到过这样严重的灾情哩!”县官听了走下堂来,仔细端详老者,忽然睁大眼睛说:
In the late Ming Dynasty, a county was hit by a disaster. The villagers recommended the brightest old man in the village to report the disaster and hoped that the government would reduce the tax. The old man came to the county government, the magistrate asked him: “The wheat harvest a few into? ” The old man replies: “Fifty percent. ” “Cotton?” “Three percent. ” “Magistrate heard a furious Road: ” With the ten harvest, the age is not bad, you also reported disaster, really bold and make people! “The old man said: ” I live 180 years old, have not encountered such a serious disaster miles! “” The magistrate listened to go down the hall, carefully looking at the old man, suddenly widened his eyes and said: