Chapter 148

"How else can it be rewarded, the winning team can give priority to the lottery, the tax of the red lottery will be halved, and the tax of the green lottery will be doubled."

As soon as King Zhao's words fell, Princess Zhao stuffed a petal of orange into her mouth.

"There are a few red sticks and a few green sticks in that bottle."

Princess Zhao said and stuffed another petal of orange for King Zhao, and King Zhao said it very strangely.

"Guess?"

Princess Zhao saw that King Zhao was so improper, so she patted him on the shoulder again.

"Dead ghost, you won't not let go of a red stick."

When King Zhao saw that Princess Zhao was making fun of it, he couldn't help but sit down again.

"How can this king be the kind of faint master who fools the people, there are red signs, but this king has made it a decision to let the people in your hometown receive this favor, you see how much this king loves you."

As he spoke, King Zhao pinched Princess Zhao's face with his hand again, and Princess Zhao grinned in pain.

Yao Doudou saw that the seven fleets were fighting bravely, and the people on both sides of the strait were also cheering for their hometown teams, thinking that the winning team would definitely be rewarded by King Zhao, so everyone would work so hard, if King Zhao could really sympathize with the suffering of the people, it would also be a wise lord.

Yao Doudou took a sip of the wine cup, not wanting a breeze to blow her veil, King Zhao looked at Yao Doudou's beautiful face under the veil, and couldn't help but swallow his saliva again.

"Your Highness, what is the origin of that celestial maiden, I see that your eyes are going to fall on someone else's body."

Princess Zhao asked a little angrily, and King Zhao didn't whisper a word don't be noisy.

"People are dust fairies, don't talk nonsense."

Princess Zhao saw that King Zhao cared so much about Yao Doudou, and instantly became jealous.

"Fairy, didn't you also call your concubine Fairy Ayaluo before, you men, always like the new and hate the old, and you can't wait to ...... when you see a beautiful woman."

Before Princess Zhao finished speaking, King Zhao stopped talking.

"How can you, a dusty woman, compare with a heavenly maiden."

King Zhao took a sip of the wine glass as he spoke, and Princess Zhao turned her head to the side, hating Yao Doudou in her heart.

The dragon boat race was soon over, and the winning team was Taicang County, whose representatives were full of hope that they would receive a reward from King Zhao, but when they walked up to the stands, they were greeted with a wooden box held by Ruan Zhong.

"Congratulations to all of you for winning your first chance to win the grand prize."

After Ruan Zhong finished speaking, he shook the wooden box a few more times, and the representative who was sweating profusely looked confused.

The representative at the head walked up to Ruan Zhong, and he reached into the wooden box.

When he took his hand out again, there was a five-step snake hanging from it.

"Ouch, my mother."

The representative shouted, then foamed at the mouth and fell to the ground.

Ruan Zhong shook his head slightly.

"If you are unlucky, you will touch a poisonous scorpion, and Taicang County's taxes will be doubled in the coming year."

After Ruan Zhong finished speaking, none of the officials present dared to squeak, and the representative of Taicang County also moved the poisoned person out.

"I'll rub it, why is this King Zhao so vicious."

Yao Doudou got up and went to the outside of the stands, the poisoned representative had already died of poisoning, for the death of the poisoned representative, the other representatives of Taicang County did not make the slightest sorrow and pity, but complained that the dead representative was too stinky, they obviously spent a lot of effort to win the first place, but they didn't want to usher in the reward instead, but thought that it would be to double the tax point punishment in the coming year, so that those representatives directly threw the poisoned representative outside, and let his body be exposed in public.

When Yao Doudou saw this, she was instantly furious, and when she turned around to question Yao and King Zhao, the adjutant grabbed her arm and told her not to do much.

Yao Doudou returned to his seat, and King Zhao raised his glass to drink again.

"Your Highness, the representative who just drew the lottery went out and died of poison, is this your benefit?"

Yao Doudou asked curiously, while King Zhao frowned.

"Ruan Zhong, what's going on, how can you draw a red and green lot, and you will die."

In response to King Zhao's questioning, Ruan Zhong turned around and smiled slightly.

"Back to His Royal Highness, this single lottery is boring, Your Majesty is not also to enliven the atmosphere, add a little excitement, you must know that the major event of drawing taxes in a county in the coming year can not be a little child's play, this lottery person is a great responsibility, related to the life and death of the people of a county, so His Majesty made his own decision to change the ordinary red and green lottery to life and death."

King Zhao listened to Ruan Zhong's words, although he felt that there was some truth, but he always thought that human life was a matter of heaven, and it was child's play, but when he wanted to speak, he was stopped by Princess Zhao.

"Your Highness, since this rule has begun, don't give up halfway, otherwise it won't be too unfair to the representatives behind."

As soon as Princess Zhao said this, King Zhao stopped speaking, but Yao Doudou wanted to rush over and slap Princess Zhao twice, this kind of bastard rule should not have appeared, Princess Zhao not only did not lead the good to be right, but helped to abuse, just ask who wants this kind of fairness to die.

Yao Doudou would not let Princess Zhao and Ruan Zhong continue to mess around like this, she turned her head and said to the adjutant beside her, let the adjutant tell the representatives behind her, let each of them smear their hands with realgar wine, otherwise their lives will be lost.

The adjutant quietly left the stands, and Yao Doudou stood up again and said to King Zhao.

"His Royal Highness King Zhao, since this is a sign of life and death, the people think that there should not be only a red sign in this wooden box, you think, if the people who come in later are dead, then the reward of His Royal Highness King Zhao will not become empty talk, if this is spread, I am afraid that it will damage the reputation of His Royal Highness King Zhao, and the people will say that King Zhao is nominally to give benefits to the people, but in fact it is set up to sink into the pit to harm the people."

Yao Doudou said this, and King Zhao asked with a smile.

"Then in the opinion of the heavenly maiden, what should this king do."

Yao Doudou pondered for a moment, and then returned to King Zhao.

"The red sticks should be taken out and the six green sticks should be put in, and whoever can draw the green sticks safely and soundly will show that God also blesses the people on this side, and should halve their taxes."

King Zhao felt that it was reasonable to listen to Yao Doudou's words, and Ruan Zhong wanted to raise a direct objection, but was also vetoed by King Zhao.

Then the six representatives entered the stands one after another to draw lots, not wanting to win the green lot, Ruan Zhong saw this, and knew that Yao Doudou was secretly playing ghosts, but because King Zhao was respectful to Yao Doudou, he did not dare to debunk it in court.

Zhao Wang originally wanted to collect more taxes in the coming year, and he didn't want to steal chickens now instead of eating rice, so he couldn't blame Yao Doudou, so he had to put all his grievances on Ruan Zhong's body.

"His Royal Highness King Zhao, since God has made it clear that the six counties of Jizhou should be exempted from taxes in the coming year, then why don't you, Your Highness, respond to the will of heaven and obey the will of the people, and reduce the taxes of the seven counties by half."

Yao Doudou said and bowed to King Zhao again, and King Zhao hesitated.

At this time, Lord Shangguan also stood up and said to King Zhao.

"His Royal Highness King Zhao, since His Royal Highness has the heart to seek benefits for the people of Jizhou, why bother with the loss of a city, it is better for a good person to do it to the end, after listening to the persuasion of the Heavenly Maiden, I think that the Heavenly Maiden will also bless and bless Your Highness and the people of the entire Jizhou."