Chapter 8 Taxation at the Imperial Court
Su Muyao squatted on the ground and began to dig, and after Su Saburo came down from the tree, he saw a villain not far away, squatting on the ground and digging a pit.
The dull hair on the head is moving, and it is very cute \(//∇//)\.
"Good baby, what are you doing?"
"Dad, come and help me dig this out."
I don't know the third Su, what is this thing? If you see that your daughter likes it, then dig it out for him.
"Hey, Daddy, don't break his roots, you have to dig to the edge."
"Good, good"
After nearly a quarter of an hour, the two finally dug up the ginseng.
Su Saburo also thought about digging some wild vegetables to go back, but his little girl had to dig up these inedible weeds by herself.
There was no way to wait for the two of them to return home, and the family watched the two of them come back with a cup of weeds they didn't know.
I only thought it was my own good baby, and no one cared about her if she wanted to play.
Su Mengyao wanted to surprise her family, so she began to prepare and dry the herbs.
I learned all this online before I came.
"Good baby, are you tired? It's time for you to take a nap."
Mrs. Su wiped Su Muyao's forehead, "You're about to become a little cat."
The milk dumpling smiled brightly at her grandmother, and then washed her hands and face and jumped back to the room.
Since I came here, I have developed the habit of taking a nap.
Su Muyao, who was lying on the bed, tossed and turned and didn't fall asleep, a large number of houses, mud walls, mud floors, and thatched roofs leaking on all sides, alas.
Before, it was because I couldn't even say that I couldn't change the status quo, but now it's different.
I thought about selling medicinal herbs, and then saved the money and sent a few brothers to study.
Then they started a business and earned money to build a new house.
Just when Su Muyao was about to fall asleep in a daze, she was suddenly awakened by the shouting outside.
There was a loud sound of gongs beating outside, and after rubbing his eyes and going out, he saw someone coming to Old Man Su for a meeting.
"Su Lao Village Chief asked one person from each family to go to the meeting"
"Okay, this is coming," Old Man Su walked out as he pulled out his heels.
It's just that as soon as I walked to the door, I was stopped by a soft and glutinous voice.
"Grandpa, I'm going too"
said that when the old man saw that his little granddaughter had woken up, he hurriedly picked it up and walked out.
"Good baby, you have to be good, when your village chief and uncle have a meeting, you will stay obediently in my arms, you can't run around, you know?"
Su Muyao nodded hurriedly, but thought in her heart, I'm not a real little doll, where can I run around? Besides, I've always been well-behaved.
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When the village chief saw that everyone was almost here, he began to talk about the main things of the meeting.
"Father, folk, I just came back from town, and now I have two top priorities to announce to you."
The people at the bottom were talking, and everyone was wondering, what was going to be announced this time?
"Everyone be quiet, and listen to me say that the village yamen has notified that this year's tax will be increased by 20%, and if there are men in the family who can't pay the grain, they will be arrested and sent to Fuyao service."
As soon as such a news came out, the people below immediately wailed.
Three years ago, the river had dried up due to a drought, and it was almost a year to survive by gnawing on tree bark and weeds.
It began to improve a little bit last year, and some grain in the field can still be seen, but now it suddenly says that it will rise by another two percent.
Isn't this just letting them starve to death, originally one acre of land could not produce much grain, and now the imperial court is still like this.
"This damn dog emperor, this won't let us live."
There was a man at the bottom who covered his mouth after scolding.
"Shut up, what nonsense? Is the royal affair something that you, a commoner, can discuss? ”
The village chief is really angry, if this is heard by others outside, this will be beheaded!
"Everyone heard me say that our emperor also loves the people, as mentioned in the picture above, I can't hand it over, these two percent will be arrested and sent to Fuyao service, but I can eat enough, which is the only thing I am glad about"
"Now that the border war is chaotic, if you don't go to Fuyao, I don't go to Fuyao, everyone doesn't go, then who will fight that Hu people"
Everyone listened to the words of the village chief, and it was true, those who served in the shake service were different from others, and they were all going to go to the battlefield to fight.
But it is precisely because they want to go to war that they don't want their husbands and sons to go!
Su Mengyao was in Old Man Su's arms, listening quietly.
Yes, if everyone is not willing to go, what can they do if they call?
Immediately afterwards, the village chief announced something that made them even more disheartening.
"One more thing you big guys need to know, and that's that the price of food in the city is gradually rising."
"So my opinion with the team leaders is that I hope that if you have money in your hands, try to exchange it for food, in case there is no food to eat after the food is harvested and handed in."
Due to the severe drought three years ago, the money of every household was basically used, and now they only have the money that they have saved this year.
"Okay, let's just break up the two things, go home and discuss it again."
The crowd was sparse and left.
Old man Su hugged his granddaughter, and came back with a sigh.
"What's the situation with the old man?"
"Alas, I'm afraid it's going to be difficult again this year, and the court requires that this year's tax revenue be increased by 20%. "
"What's the matter, it's going to go up by two percent? This court doesn't give us ordinary people a way to live."
"Shh
"What should I do? None of the crops in that field are necessarily as bad as the tax revenues are. ”
Su Mengyao's eyes widened directly, didn't she, did she hear it wrong? Aren't they harvested according to how much the crop grows?
Obviously, it's not as simple as you think.
Su Mengyao saw that the old couple was worried, and she didn't want to block them in front of her.
I ran out of the yard by myself and fiddled with the herbs.