The sturdy peasant girl in space

Chapter 961
"Master Xie reminded us that we know what to do." Shang Qingwu couldn't help shivering when he received her gaze. It seemed that he had to face more than he imagined.

"Well, go back and pack your things, and gather here on time tomorrow." Bai Jingwen nodded and replied.

"Mother, you guys are eating, we'll be back soon." Bai Yuqi stood up and said.

"Yes." Liu replied without raising her head.

Seeing this, Bai Yuqi knew that she was still angry with him, so he greeted Bai Jingwen and the others, then turned around and led the two sisters out.

As soon as Bai Jingwen was squinting in the afternoon, Chun'er ran in to report that the officials had arrived.

"Go and get me some face wash water, and then have someone take them to the reception room in the front yard, and serve some melons, fruits, tea and the like." Bai Jingwen closed her eyes and ordered.

She really did not expect that these officials would be so active that they would not even give themselves a nap after eating.

"Yes." Chun'er replied and ran out.

After she went out, Bai Jingwen sat up with her eyes closed, regained her senses, got up and changed into a more solemn dress and went out.

Afterwards, after a quick wash, he rushed forward refreshed.

Entering the hall, I looked up and saw County Magistrate Zhou was discussing something with six other officials there. Seeing her come in, he got up and saluted.

"Let's all sit down." Bai Jingwen said hurriedly, then walked to the top, sat down and asked, "What were you discussing just now?"

"This year's tax, the emperor ordered a [-]% reduction, and the seeds will be taken back." Zhou County Magistrate said with a worried face.

"This is a good thing, is there anything wrong?" Bai Jingwen looked at them and asked in confusion.

"The key thing now is that there was no harvest last year. Many people couldn't afford to pay taxes. Even if they did, what would they eat this year?" Magistrate Zhou turned his head and explained.

"No, didn't Chrysanthemum distribute a lot of seeds when it bloomed in spring today? When will the seeds given by the court be used?"

"The ones distributed by Juxiang are only half, but the quality is better than those distributed by the imperial court, which is true."

"Half." Bai Jingwen was stunned for a moment, then realized that it must have been specially ordered by the emperor. She took half of the tax and got half of the seeds. Yinzi, just thinking about it now makes my liver hurt."

"What?" Magistrate Zhou asked with a frown.

"It's nothing." Bai Jingwen shook her head and said, and then asked: "Then Ling Nian temporarily collects half of the seeds and returns them to the court. As for the other half, I will collect them next year."

"Then thank you, the county magistrate. In this way, most of the people can survive the winter if you stay tighter." County magistrate Zhou replied with a busy smile.

The other officials also breathed a sigh of relief, otherwise their jobs would be really hard to do, especially the taxation officials, they can't drive people to death, it's different from officials forcing people to rebel.

"Next, what else do you have to discuss?" Bai Jingwen replied with a depressed face.

There was that county head who was more miserable than her. Not only was the tax of one copper coin not collected, but a lot of it was paid out.

Magistrate Zhou, who knew her temperament better, said hastily when he saw this: "Then I will have a happy event first. The government office still has the county lord's tax for half a year, waiting for you to collect it."

"Oh, how many are there?" Bai Jingwen immediately regained her spirits and hurriedly asked.

(End of this chapter)