A poor family counterattacks, she is beautiful and sassy on the way to the imperial examination

Chapter 139 Chapter 139
Xiao Shi, who was in charge of the inn, had long since disappeared. Few officials usually come to this small inn in a remote area.

Generally, only some famous students and small officials who are just about to take office but have no money will come here for food and lodging.

Even so, no one will come to stay for several months, because not every day an official takes office, and there are not many poor and well-known students in this place.

After the bandits broke into the station, they searched the entire station upside down, and they didn't even see a single person.

At this time, in a large mansion not far from the Wei County Yamen, a middle-aged man in blue and fine silk was listening to his subordinates' reports with his back behind his back.

"My lord, the people sent by Mr. Hu did not find the person who was going to be robbed and killed in the inn where the officials stayed."

At this time, the middle-aged man in blue turned around, and saw that he had a narrow forehead, protruding cheekbones, and a narrow and wide face. Judging from his appearance, he was a man who valued sex, loved money, and had a passion for power. Very strong desire.

All I could hear was a crisp cracking sound!
With a gloomy expression, the man raised his hand and dropped the pen wash on the desk to the ground, and said in a low voice, "Trash, even a powerless female civil servant can't handle it, how can it be in our Wei County?" Hunk on the Panyun Mountain inside!"

Seeing the man's anger, the subordinates bowed their waists and bowed their heads like chills, without saying a word.

An Chuxia had no dreams until dawn. After washing up, she drank a bowl of brown rice porridge at the old village chief's house, and was about to leave.

An Chuxia asked Liu Xiang to give five taels of silver to the old village head's wife as a thank you for board and lodging, and walked out of the room by herself.

When she came out, she saw the old village chief's two skinny and dark-faced grandsons looking at her curiously. An Chuxia patted their heads. Although the two little guys were a little shy, they didn't move their heads away.

The older one also said: "The pastry that the nobleman gave yesterday is really delicious, and the chicken is also delicious. If only I could eat such delicious things every day...it would be great."

An Chuxia was taken aback for a moment, she really didn't notice that they were there when the pastries were distributed yesterday, it should be the pastries that Zuo Wang and Zixi distributed to them.

An Chuxia smiled slightly at them, and said sincerely: "Don't worry, although I can't guarantee that you can eat pastries and chicken every day.

But in the near future, I can guarantee that all the hardworking people here will have enough to eat. "

As soon as An Chuxia finished speaking, she saw the old village chief walking in front of her with several sons, and said in an excited voice, "Miss, if you can really feed everyone here, you will be our benefactor!"

Although the three sons of the old village chief still didn't quite believe An Chuxia's words, they hadn't had enough to eat for a long time since the government's taxation was getting heavier and heavier in recent years.

Just when An Chuxia was about to bid farewell to the old village chief's family, there was a sudden bang, bang, bang, bang, gong beating from the village.

Hearing the sound of the gong, An Chuxia didn't understand, so she looked at the old village chief. If something happened in the village, shouldn't he, the village chief, ring the gong to notify?
The faces of the old village chief and his three sons also changed when they heard the sound of the gong, and they stood there with ugly expressions. An Chuxia frowned slightly and asked, "What happened?"

The eldest son of the old village twitched the corners of his mouth, as if he had the urge to cry: "What else could it be, the government tax has been getting heavier and heavier in recent years.

Every village is unwilling to take the hard-earned grain to the government to pay taxes. After that, the county government will send tax collectors to the village every year to forcefully collect grain taxes.

Those who refused to hand over the food would be beaten violently by the yamen servants brought in, and if they resisted, they would be arrested and thrown into prison. "

An Chuxia saw the dejected faces of the old village head, father and son, then narrowed his eyes and pondered for a moment, raised his head and said to them: "Old village head, go and inform the families, and in accordance with the two tax laws of the imperial court, ten harvests per farm will be paid. Second taxation system to pay taxes."

The old village head looked at An Chuxia with a calm expression and a serious face in surprise, and felt a power emanating from her that he had never felt before.

He couldn't help wanting to do what An Chuxia said, but deep down in his heart he was afraid of offending the officials who came to collect taxes, and if he arrested the villagers who paid taxes in this way, he would become a sinner.

An Chuxia saw the struggle and hesitation in the heart of the old village head, so she took out the letter of appointment issued by the official department from her arms and handed it to him.

The old village head was more or less literate. After he took the letter of appointment from An Chuxia and read it clearly, he knelt down on the ground with a plop.

"The villain's eyes are stupid, please make amends, my lord!"

The sons of the old village chief were shocked when they saw their father kneeling down. They were illiterate.

But when he heard his father calling the woman in front of him an adult, he somehow realized that she might be an official, so he immediately knelt on the ground.

The old village head's wife and daughter-in-law also walked into the hall when they heard the commotion, and seeing the head of the household and three sons kneeling on the ground, they asked inexplicably, "What are you doing?!"

The old village head quickly glared at his wife, and said, "I'm not kneeling down yet, this is the new county magistrate."

Only then did the old village head's family members realize that the woman in front of them was really a noble person, so they all knelt down quickly.

Liu Xiang pulled Liu Xue who had just finished washing and came in and saw this scene. She walked quietly behind An Chuxia, but Liu Xue pouted and followed.

An Chuxia helped the old village chief's family members up, took the letter of appointment back into his arms, and said, "Hurry up and inform the villagers!"

This time the old village chief was not depressed, and took his son to inform each family in the village to pay the grain according to the tax stipulated by the court.

On the field where the grain is dried in the village, a fat official with big ears is sitting on a bench. There is a tax accounting book on the table in front of him. Next to him is a large and small one. Weighing bucket.

Standing beside him were five or six yamen servants with big knives slung across their waists, looking very majestic.

At this time, his plump face was full of impatience, so a servant next to him continued to knock on the Polo in his hand, so as to urge the villagers to come and pay the food.

At this time, the villagers who received the notice came to them one after another carrying the grain that had to be taxed, and put the grain on their shoulders heavily on the usual drying ground.

When they saw the special weighing bucket made by the government, their eyelids trembled uncontrollably, wondering if they would be thrown into prison by the angry officials if they paid the grain according to the village chief's instructions.

When the official saw a villager coming to hand over grain, he kicked the bucket beside him, "If you don't take it away, pour it in yourself, and wait for the Lord to serve you!"

At this time, the tax collector was so arrogant that it made people feel the urge to beat him up.

An Chuxia stood in a hidden place with Zuo Wang and An Zixi, squinting her clear eyes to see everything in full view.

(End of this chapter)