A small peasant girl

Chapter 127

As soon as she exited the town, Wenzi saw a group of people huddled together, and she asked curiously, "Second brother, what are you doing over there? There are so many people crowded together to watch the excitement."

"The place where the list is posted. If there is any major event in the county, it will be posted there so that the common people can see and know what's going on." Liu Kangtu answered Wenzi's question truthfully. I will understand more.

"It's so lively, second brother, let's go and have a look too." Driven by curiosity, Wenzi, who has never seen the 'world', wanted to see what the place where the big-character posters were posted in ancient times looked like, and learn more about the latest promulgation by the imperial court. The instructions and policy guidelines will not do any harm to future business.

"Wenzi, there are a lot of people there. You sit on the scooter and wait. The second brother goes over and has a look and will tell you later." Liu Kangtu didn't want Wenzi to squeeze in when he saw that there were so many people, in case someone stepped on him accidentally In his heart, he couldn't blame himself for forgiveness.

"Well, let's trouble the second brother." Wenzi put things on the cart, and if both of them went, she wouldn't worry if no one looked at the things, and Liu Kangtu was taller than her and was a man, so it was easier to inquire about the news in the past.

"Wen Zi, I have asked everything clearly." Liu Kangtu said what he had heard, "The original county master committed a crime and was sent to the frontier by the court, and the big family who caused trouble, that is, the Wang family that involved the eldest sister before. Then the house was ransacked together. The new county lord and new official took office three times. He wanted to rectify his performance. He planned to hire people to build roads, and wanted to open up the roads from several nearby villages to the town. But the state treasury was empty after years of fighting , The yamen has no money, and they are posting a list to find someone who has the ability to give advice, and the reward is 200 taels of silver."

Liu Kangtu told Wenzi what he had heard. For a farmer like him who cultivates land and runs a small business, the things on the list have little to do with him. want to get.

At dawn, the common people are afraid of exorbitant taxation, the food they grow is not enough to pay taxes, and there will be big troubles if food and clothing cannot be solved; second, they are afraid that there will be successive wars, and soldiers will die on the battlefield, and the imperial court will go from house to house to select strong men to join the army. His family was ruined and his wife was separated, but the man sitting on the dragon chair was born to be a fighter. For him, the peaceful life was not interesting, and the poor people were only ordinary people at the bottom.

"Second brother, do you mean that you can get 200 taels of silver as a reward for giving advice to the county so that the yamen can get money into the account and build roads?" Upon hearing that there was a reward, Wenzi's whole body cheered up, and she hoped to earn more Money to build a decent house to live in.

"That's almost what it means." Liu Kangtu looked at Wenzi's excited face, and didn't know whether to be happy or cry. In his eyes, the immature third sister was thinking about earning money to support the family.

"Why is the yamen so short of money?" Logically speaking, before deducting the annual tax paid to the court, the yamen can also keep half of the tax revenue to maintain the basic stability of the local area. How can it be so poor that there is no money to build roads.

"It all went into the pocket of the previous county master." Liu Kangtu hated corrupt officials very much. When he heard from others that all the money in the town was corrupted by the previous county master, leaving an empty bank to raise rats, he felt the same. Angrily cursing the corrupt officials who disregarded the death of the people would not end well, "By the way, Wenzi, the matter of the Wang family's burial with the daughter was exposed, the family property was confiscated, and hundreds of masters and servants were also distributed to the frontier."

"That's what they deserved. Finding living people to bury with them is not something people do." However, Wenzi still thanked the Wang family. If it wasn't for the burial incident caused by the Wang family, she still didn't know that she and Liu Meihua had no place in Shang Fang's eyes. They are easily sold like livestock.

"Wenzi, let's go home. It's getting late and the eldest sister should be in a hurry." Liu Kangtu didn't mention that matter. After letting Wenzi sit down, he pushed the cart again, "Do you want to talk to the eldest sister about this matter?"

"Well, it's good to talk about it, so that the eldest sister can feel at ease, so that she won't be troubled by people from the Wang family in the future." Wenzi is not gloating, she just wants to ease Liu Meihua's heart, at least she won't have to worry about the Wang family treating them behind her back. Mesmerized.

(End of this chapter)