The blessing of the splendid farm family is married to the world

Chapter 212 Taxation
The freshly made cakes were divided into several, and the rest were placed in shallow baskets, covered with a clean rag, and tied with two loops of rope around them.

The next morning, Zong Che rested, and they slept until it was bright, ate something casually, and left the barracks with cake.

When I arrived at Longmen Station again, there were already two tea stalls here, and there were merchants in twos and threes sitting there drinking tea and resting.

An Xu and Zong Che drove the carriage, but before it stopped, all the merchants at the tea stand got up.

"Mrs. Zong, you are finally here."

During this period of time, the reputation of the mysterious Mrs. Zong almost spread throughout the caravans going to and from the Western Regions and inland.

They all wanted to buy the soap recipe from Mrs. Zong.

The stall on An Xu's side was not displayed, but was surrounded by those people.

Some yelled and asked if the soap party would still buy it, and some people didn't say anything about buying things, and just sent them with several pots of flowers.

"These are all bought from Anguo in Daxi, Mrs. Zong, look, do you like them?"

The first thing An Xu saw was a pot of figs with palm-sized leaves, followed by Marchflowers with deep pink flowers.

Both of these are plants around the Mediterranean Sea.

Does this world also have the Mediterranean Sea?Among the civilizations around the Mediterranean, there is a country called Anguo?

"How do you sell these flowers?" An Xu asked.

The person who took out the flowers said with a smile: "If Mrs. Zong likes it, just take it away and enjoy it."

"That's no good. A business is a business. You can't ask for your things for nothing." An Xu remembered that she didn't bring any money when she left the barracks, but she could sell soap to two people before buying these flowers. .

However, in this case, after all, it is a bit rigid, and besides, it is impossible to bring these plants over thousands of miles just to buy a few taels of silver.

An Xu thought for a while and said, "I can give you another jasmine soap recipe and a pomegranate soap recipe."

Hearing this, the man was so excited that he didn't know what to do.

Afterwards, the others shouted not to be outdone, "Mrs. Zong, I have two melons from Anguo, and a kind of beans from Jingguo."

"I have spices from Jingguo here."

"I, I have a topographic map of the Western Regions here."

As soon as these words came out, all the noisy voices subsided instantly.

Both An Xu and Zong Che looked over. The man who blushed and shouted this sentence was a little at a loss. He was just a spice merchant, and most of the high-quality spices were bought by dignitaries in Fengguo in front of him. .

After much deliberation, the most valuable thing is the map that has been perfected on top of the topographic maps left by my parents after going out all these years.

Everyone looked at this man like an idiot. No matter how valuable the soap was, it couldn't compare to the topographic map on which our family depended.

Fu Lu looked around, but since he said this, the merchant's reputation prevented him from taking it back casually.

It just depends on whether Mrs. Zong thinks this thing is valuable.

An Xu and Zong Che looked at each other, and she asked, "May I take a look first?"

Fu Lu gritted his teeth, untied a leather bag at his waist, and took out a stack of rolled parchment from it.

Before handing it over, he said, "Mrs. Zong, this topographic map of mine should be worth more than just a square of soap."

The people around were gasping for air. This could be regarded as pawning off their family fortune. Doesn't this kid plan to go into business?
An Xu glanced at it twice, then handed it to Zong Che.

There were three sheets of parchment, and one of them was a topographic map of Fengguo Capital.

Zong Che glanced through it roughly, and said to An Xu, "It's of some value."

He said that there is some value, and that value should not be too small.

An Xu then said to the businessman who showed pain and regret after taking out the topographic map: "So, we all want to redevelop these three topographic maps of yours. In this way, one topographic map will give you one balsamic square, one How about a fat recipe and a dry noodle recipe?"

Unexpectedly, the three topographic maps could be exchanged for so many things, and everyone gasped again.

Fu Lu only heard the first two prescriptions, and his heart was excited for a while. Although he didn't know what the dry noodle recipe was, he still nodded and agreed without hesitation.

Fortunately, just in case, An Xu brought paper and pen with him when he went out.

Her pen is a charcoal pencil made of graphite, which is clear and convenient.

Take it out, and write three prescriptions in two or three strokes.

However, Fang Zi could only be handed over to this person after the topographic map was rubbed.

Afterwards, Fulu took out 50 taels alone and bought a soap prescription.

There were a lot of people, and before noon, An Xu had harvested hundreds of taels of silver, and the soap was sold directly to more than a dozen sellers.

The day is not far off when soap will completely squeeze soap out of the market.

It seems that the sun of a transparent fireball reaches the sky, and Zong Che has completely rubbed the three topographic maps.

An Xu then returned Fangzi and the three-point topographic map to Fulu.

Fu Lu said in a low voice: "You two have many markets where you can monopolize the business, do you want to go to the Western Regions to do business?"

An Xu smiled, "Maybe one day, we want to go out and have a look."

Fu Lu also smiled and said: "When you want to go out and have a look, you can inform the villain that we are familiar with the road to the west."

People who can have so many good recipes are either from wealthy families or from noble families.

The businessmen who thought they had guessed the truth were very polite to An Xu and Zong Che.

An Xu saw why these people seemed to respect them more and more, and thanked them with a smile.

On the way back, passing through Huoliang City, Zong Che parked his carriage in front of a small restaurant, "There are a lot of people here, go in and have a taste?"

An Xu nodded, and Zong Che tied up the horse, turned around and helped An Xu get down.

The small restaurant was almost full of people. After An Xu and Zong Che came in, it was Xiao Er who came over to try to find a way to share a table with a table with fewer guests.

After ordering a few signature dishes, while waiting for the food to be served, the guests at the same table talked about their recent home situation.

One said that the well in the alley where his home was located was almost dry, and he often couldn't get back for half a day.

One said that his father said that this year's drought would not be severe, and told his two friends to buy food before most people responded.

As he spoke, he glanced at An Xu and Zong Che who were sitting across from him, and said, "Please don't spread the word."

An Xu nodded.

Another followed up with the news that it was rainy in the south.

At this moment, Xiao Er brought over two plates of stir-fried vegetables, and An Xu and Zong Che concentrated on eating.

I just listened to how the three people at the same table survived the drought and talked about the deeds of the imperial concubine who was favored by the court.

They all left after eating, and the three of them were still talking there.

After coming out, An Xu also asked Zong Che: "Do we need to adjust food from outside now?"

The sweet potato was discovered too late, otherwise they would have allowed most of the common people to grow sweet potatoes.

Unless a drop of rain does not fall, there will be no food.

Zong Che shook his head, "Actually, I was in another world's Zongfu, and I read the mansion newspapers for the past few years, which included this year's southern flood and northern drought. Now it is just the beginning, and most of the northern border will be affected in the next six months. There will be no water."

An Xu frowned, "Then what should we do?"

Zong Che raised his hand and touched the back of An Xu's head, and said, "I didn't tell you all this time because I didn't want you to worry. Don't worry, I'll be able to get by."

It is said that it can pass, but it will be extremely difficult.

If a drought breaks out in the northern border, not only will the people have no water to drink or food to eat, but the tribes on the grasslands and the Fengguo in the northwest will probably launch wars to resolve internal conflicts.

Zong Che didn't say that in that natural disaster in that world, more than 30 people in the north and south were killed or injured.

And Zongche there also went to the battlefield in the north because of the drought and the turmoil in the north.

After returning to the barracks that day, it was clear that the weather was getting hotter and hotter. Before noon, the sun in the sky almost turned into a silver-white pure and transparent glass.

The grassland outside the barracks is better if there is a river drawn from outside the city, but a little further away, the grassland is withered and yellow.

During the days when An Xu was free in the military camp, after training the wolf dogs, he often took Xiao Wang and seven or eight big dogs outside to find water.

After searching for two or three days, I saw a verdant and verdant place.

It's just that An Xu rode his horse and went down to have a look. The water pool in the center was about to dry up. She stayed there for a while, and many small animals crawled over from the withered grass outside to drink water cautiously.

An Xu didn't give instructions, so Xiao Wang and the wolf dogs lay beside them, drooping their scarlet tongues, watching the endless stream of small animals.

It's not that the small animals haven't seen the dangerous big dog guarding here, but if they don't drink water, they will die of thirst.

Seeing a small animal covered in snow-white fluff trembling to the water's edge, An Xu felt a tremor in his heart.

When life is threatened, all animals are united in their struggle for life.

After staying here for half noon, when the sun was about to reach the center, An Xu got up on his horse, whistled and led Xiao Wang and the wolf dogs away.

The two voles drinking water were frightened by the sound of shaking the ground, they stood up suddenly, curled up their little paws and looked towards the direction of the sound. After the sound was far away and there was no threat, they lowered their heads again.

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Putting the wolfhound back, and walking through layers of guards, An Xu got off his horse outside the main tent. Seeing two baskets outside, he knew that the family had sent something again.

But she cared more about whether there was a letter from home than things.

I don't know if the rain from the south has reached Linhe Village, and what happened to the orchards and vegetable sheds at home.

An Xu lifted the lid of the baskets, and saw that the two baskets were full of cherries, some of which were wine red, and big milky white cherries that she bred herself, both of which were sweet and delicious.

It was only when she grabbed a handful and took a look, she knew that Linhe Village in De'an Mansion was also hit by rain.

The two baskets of cherries were sent by Fang's family. An Xu asked someone to carry them into the house, but he didn't find an envelope on the cherries, so he guessed that the uncle was afraid that she would be worried, so he didn't send the letter.

Now that there were cherries, An Xu found some good tenderloin, washed his hands and started making lunch.

Before Zong Che and the others came back at noon, Tie Shu sent two official documents to the main account.

An Xu kneaded the bread dough, dipped it in sesame seeds, and put it on the baking tray of the stove to proof. She wiped her hands and went to the main tent, saw the official document on the table, picked it up and looked at it.

One of the official documents is from Jiping City, and the other is from the imperial court.

It turns out that the rainwater area in the south of the Yangtze River has expanded, and more and more provinces have been engulfed by heavy rains. The imperial court decided to add more taxes to the northern areas that were not affected by the disaster.

An Xu frowned, and was so angry that he threw the official document on the table.

Originally, the taxes of the common people were heavy enough, and they had given money before, but now they have to pay more. In addition, she couldn't do this business.

What's more, the weather in the north is abnormal. After the Chinese New Year, not a single drop of rain fell. Looking at the continuous rainstorm in the south, everyone knows that this year will be a year of catastrophe.

When Zong Che came back at noon, lunch had already been prepared, and there was a sumptuous meal on the table.

Bright red cherry meat, big golden hamburger, stir-fried small rapeseed, burritos, and three or four types of fruit tea.

The dishes are very rich.

Afterwards, An Chong, Yan Dial and Yan Zhun, who came back, all liked to eat these, and they wailed happily.

"Finally, there are steamed buns to eat." An Chong said.

Hearing this, An Xu couldn't help laughing, and said: "If you want to eat, you can do it often in the future."

The hamburgers that Yan Dial and Yan Zhun had eaten were bought from fried chicken shops in Beijing.

But the ones bought in the fried chicken shop are not as big as the ones made by their sister-in-law.

The three little ones quickly washed their hands and sat at the table to eat.

An Xu didn't intend to talk to Zong Che about adding a tax, but he took the official document to read it when he was eating.

Seeing this person's rather sunny complexion, after browsing through the two official documents, it became gloomy.

An Xu put his hand on the back of his hand resting on the table, and said, "Can you give the emperor some more gifts to exempt us from taxes."

In fact, she felt that if the situation in the northern border was reported, the imperial court would not necessarily have to raise taxes.

Zong Che shook his head, and held An Xu's hand instead, "It's feasible, but at such a critical moment, those officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs will definitely not agree."

"How about not giving it?"

Zong Che said with a smile: "That is to show that the chariots and horses are about to rebel. I am the commander-in-chief of the court. It is not righteous to do so, and there will be a danger of backlash in the future."

So he still needs to wait and take advantage of the opportunity.

An Xu asked: "Then let them search for the people?"

Zong Che said: "There are only so many things. If the higher-ups want to allocate them, the people in the hands will naturally have less."

This is the first time for An Xu to experience another aspect of ancient wars, not for meritorious service or territory, but a forced choice in the jungle.

"If it doesn't work, we can only increase the tax." Zong Che said.

That's not to wait for the south to rebel, but the north to rebel first.

Zong Che put down the official document, ate the hamburger, and said, "I'm not afraid. On the day when there is really no food to eat, with 30 troops, we can implement complete militarized management."

At that time, the food from each household will be collected, and under the premise of ensuring that the army will not starve, the people will not starve to death, and they can still spend a period of time.

There is no other way, aren't there still those rich households in the city?

In the end, it was the moment when there was nothing to do, so I could only let myself be starved to death.

Such a nationwide natural disaster cannot be overcome by anyone.Even if his nature is unwilling to admit defeat, Zong Che has nothing to do under God's will.

(End of this chapter)