System, help me be an empress

Chapter 135 A Day That Convinces People With Reason

The little boy's body was very weak, and before Xu Youxi finished taking the medicine, he had already fallen into a drowsy sleep.Except for his mother who was accompanying him, the rest of the villagers retreated to the nearby caves to rest.

The few farmers who brought Xu Youxi back began to enthusiastically introduce Xu Youxi to others, and praised her in all kinds of hype.

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"Do you understand now? Why did the Empress insist on implementing consolidated taxation and request settlement in the form of silver or banknotes?"

It took Xu Youxi half an hour to finally explain to these people what a 'one whip' and what a 'bank' is.

"The empress is too powerful! Such a reform not only reduces the tax burden on ordinary people like us, but also eliminates the possibility of officials secretly embezzling!"

"I also want to go to the bank to save money, the silver is placed there, and I can make money every year without worrying about thieves thinking about it. I can kill two birds with one stone."

"So, the imperial court has been doing good things for our people. The bad things are actually these big landlords and corrupt officials. Not only do they not do human affairs, but they also blame the imperial court. It is extremely shameless!"

The farmers discussed heatedly.

"I understand, but when I went to a nearby county to buy seeds, the big merchants there didn't accept banknotes at all, they only accepted taels of silver."

Some farmers couldn't help but ask questions.

"Because once 'paper money' replaces 'silver' and becomes the daily trading tool of the common people, it will be difficult for these rich merchants to spend the silver in their hands, and it may also cause silver to become less and less valuable."

"It's like when you don't have any silver, and when the rich merchant wants to exchange how much silver for your food, you have no way to resist. When everyone starts to trade with paper money, the rich merchant is really powerless to resist and plans to use When silver is exchanged for banknotes, is it up to the bank to decide how much it can be exchanged for? What's more, these wealthy businessmen dare not take the bank to exchange banknotes for banknotes. They have to weigh what they have. Illegal, is there any tax evasion, right?"

"It's so wise, even if the Heavenly King Lao Tzu comes here, I will still buy things with paper money! Whoever disagrees with the transaction with paper money, we will sue him at the Yamen."

"Yeah, when we get out, let's go to the bank to exchange banknotes together."

Xu Youxi was chatting with the farmers, and just as she was about to take a sip of water to rest, she suddenly discovered that her prestige value had increased by more than 10 in just a few 2000 minutes, which was enough to renew the shadow guard for one more day.

In order to test whether the extra points came from these peasants, Xu Youxi then gave them a detailed introduction to several major events he had done since he became the throne.

"The empress founded the office school, all school-age children can go to school, and the three meals a day in the public school are all paid by the imperial court... Also, the Shengong Bureau, various inventions, such as matches and kaleidoscopes etc."

"Have you ever heard of a textile factory? It's run by the imperial court. The big machines inside can equal the efficiency of dozens of people weaving at the same time. The workers earn at least one tael of silver a month, and they don't need to pay extra taxes...and The cement factory..."

"Recently, the imperial court has started to build a railway. From Jiangnan to Guangdong, all workers are provided with food and housing. Although the monthly wages are not comparable to those of factories, they are not too low. They can guarantee at least four days of rest per month."

Following Xu Youxi's introduction, the farmers in Jushan County were overjoyed and grateful to Xu Youxi: "We thought that after leaving Jushan County, it would be difficult for this group of people to have a place in the world. Now it seems that there is hope for everyone, there are free public schools in Jingzhou if you go north, there are factories in Xichuan, Sichuan and Tibet, and if you go east or south, you can still build roads.”

"Thanks to the imperial court, to the Empress, for giving us the hope of rebelling against the landlords!"

The people of Jishan County have never been so full of hope for the future.

[Congratulations to the host for successfully convincing the 'Rebel Army', the number one fan of the Empress, and getting the aura of 'Big Fudge'!When wearing this halo, the chance of success in fooling will increase by 10%]

What is a big fudge?
She clearly convinces people with reasoning!

[Congratulations to the host for successfully fooling the 'rebel army' into abandoning the dark and turning to the bright, and getting a reward of one month's renewal of the shadow guard. 】

"System, can they be considered rebels?"

It was clearly a title that was forcibly added by the local county magistrate.

[Forget it! 】

Xu Youxi didn't expect that the people bearing the title of 'rebel army' were so valuable!After she returns to Beijing, does she have to work harder to find more 'chats' with the Bailian Sect?
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On the second day, as Xu Youxi said, the weather was clear and cloudless.

The 'Clear Sky' skill obtained in the lottery before was just used here.

After one night, the wounds on the little boy's body, which hadn't healed for more than half a month, had all scabbed over.The villagers all thought that what Xu Youxi took out was some kind of magic medicine.

However, the little boy's mental state did not recover, but at any rate he did not continue to vomit blood.

When it was dawn and the mountain road could barely be seen clearly, the villagers who were familiar with the terrain had already brought Xu Youxi to prepare to leave the valley.Among them, most of the places need to be climbed. When encountering difficult mountain roads, the villagers will ask Xu Youxi if he needs help.

In the past, some women and children who were not in good health were carried up and down the mountain by these strong young people.

Xu Youxi tactfully rejected the villagers' kindness, and at the same time, she cast her gaze on the shadow guard.

In the end, all the farmers were exhausted and out of breath, except for the shadow guard who was carrying him on his back, breathing steadily, as if walking on flat ground.

"The young man has really good physical strength. If this strength is used to plow the fields, it will be incredible."

However, the newly purchased shadow guards are a bit rigid in speech and behavior. Apart from answering some simple questions, they just stand there in a daze.

The system also gave a solution to this phenomenon, asking Xu Youxi to spend another [-] prestige points to synchronize the memory of 'Shadow One'.

Ha ha.

It's a beautiful idea.

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"Rebels! Shoot!"

Xu Youxi hadn't caught up with the villagers who were walking ahead when he heard the extremely familiar voice of the county magistrate.

After Xu Youxi's science popularization last night, the villagers already knew a lot about matchlock guns. At this time, the older villagers pushed the young people behind them, trying to use their bodies to protect them.

"Who dares to shoot!"

Xu Youxi's voice spread before he arrived.

"This group of people are rebels, what are you thinking if you don't shoot!" The county magistrate looked at the guards next to him, and said angrily, "I ordered you to shoot, shoot immediately!"

However, the imperial guards were completely unmoved, staring at the peasants with piercing eyes. Did they hear His Majesty's voice just now?
Under everyone's attention, Xu Youxi pushed away the peasant who stood in front of him, pointed at the county magistrate and said, "Arrest him."

(End of this chapter)