The Xie family is not big, and the master of the yamen brought three more people into the door, but it seems that the already small courtyard is becoming more and more crowded.

The two elders of the Xie family sat in the courtyard and showed the master tea.

As soon as Chu Yue entered the door, he saw Jing Lixin standing behind the master with a pen and paper.

Why is he here?

Seeing the couple enter the door, the grandfather of the Xie family also stood up and said to the master with a smile: "Look, the master of the house is back!" If there is anything, Master, you can just discuss it with the two of them. Our two old fellows may not have been involved in these housework for a long time, and we should have handed them over to the juniors, so we won't bother you here! ”

With that, the two of them hurried away as if they were fleeing.

The master who left the smile on his face said to the first moon and them: "Oh, it's really terrifying, young and promising!" Who would have thought that the person who won the Dragon King pearl diving competition this year would be the third room of the Xie family? The afterlife is terrible, the afterlife is terrible! ”

As he spoke, he was about to reach out and pat Xie Siyun's shoulder, and Chu Yue also took this opportunity to sneak over to Jing Lixin, who was standing straight, and asked in a low voice, "What are you doing here?" ”

Jing Lixin held his head high, held the pen and paper in his hand, squinted at Chu Yue, and then replied in a low voice: "I am now the ghostwriter found by the master, and all the vouchers for your tax payment are required to be written out by me, and then you can sign and draw the pledge." ”

The appearance of the nerd was helpless, and Chu Yue asked more clearly: "What kind of tax?" ”

Jing Lixin seemed to be afraid that the master on the side would hear them talk, so he moved a little away from Chu Yue, shook his head, and refused to say a word to Chu Yue.

But Chu Yue didn't need to ask more, the master over there began to say to Xie Siyun with a smile: "It's the first time you've won such a lottery, so naturally you don't know, right?" Our ceremony to worship the Dragon King must be the response and support of the government before it can be held

。 Look, didn't our county master also come to the scene in person? What an honor! If there is no government, this ritual will definitely not be successful! ”

As he spoke, he rubbed his hands together, and his eyes narrowed into a slit: "Since it is supported by the government office, the government government is a person and a force, and you don't know how troublesome it is!" Therefore, our yamen will follow the rules in the tax law of our dynasty today, and add ceremonial taxes. It is your family who is responsible for all the taxes, after all, you also got such a piece of treasure land, and the taxes are only a few dozen taels of silver, so naturally there is no reason to shirk it, right? ”

"Poof—"

Chu Yue originally couldn't ask anything from Jing Lixin, and felt thirsty and took the tea and just put it in his mouth.

But when he heard the master's words, he finally couldn't help but squirt out all the tea: "What!?" Dozens of taels in taxes?! ”

"yes!"

The master blinked, still smiling, it was the smiling tiger who was dying: "No more, no more, I will let our future Xiucai Jing scholar count it for you today, it's just seventy taels!" I heard that the two colored pearls you picked were sold for 100 taels of silver, and you also got the treasure land with the most pearls in our pearl village, 70 taels of silver is not a piece of cake for you? ”

Seventy taels of silver, and they are not afraid of choking to death?!

Even Xie Siyun couldn't continue to calm down: "If I'm not mistaken, there weren't so many in previous years, right?" This year's tax bill has more than doubled compared to previous years? ”

I don't know what happened to the first moon, but I know that the taxes that Ye Guo has imposed on the people over the years have become heavier and heavier. There is a land tax for farming, a commercial tax for business, a literary tax for academies, and a manure tax for even those who pick dung.

Taxes from all walks of life are counted, but everyone has a poll tax since birth. The court and the central government had to collect the clerical tax, the state government had to collect the security tax, the city had to protect the city, and the countryside had to collect the land tax.

Even if they are on the seaside, they have to collect fishing tax and boat tax every year, and wharf tax every season. Not to mention the irregular taxation and all kinds of overly complicated taxes and miscellaneous taxes.

The people complained of bitterness, but the more they complained, the higher the taxes collected by the superiors became.

Now there is another ritual tax, which is really going to crush their backbone that has not yet stood up!

What the master said, Jing Lixin wrote it all down, and put it in front of Chuyue and Xie Siyun to show them.

What he got was, of course, a big white eye that Chu Yue was not angry: he was simply playing for the tiger!

But Xie Siyun didn't look like a human being for this tax, but he also gritted his teeth: "Okay, master." Can you give me a month of grace, and within a month, I will definitely pay all the taxes and never default on it. ”

The master's eyes rolled, as if he was displeased.

Xie Siyun didn't wait for him to say anything, and immediately added: "If the master refuses to forgive even this month, then we would rather go and tell the village chief, let the village take back this pearl treasure land, and give it to whoever you love." At that time, if the master wants to pay taxes, I am afraid that it will take a lot of trouble, and it may be even more difficult. ”

Originally, it was difficult to collect taxes under such circumstances.