The cute little wife of the king of peerless elegance

Chapter 106 Arriving at Youcheng II

The child looked at the army with a puzzled expression, "Princess?"

Then he ran towards the field with a frightened face, "Father, mother!"

Two shabby-dressed men and a woman who were looking for the child ran over when they heard the sound. The pale, obviously malnourished woman pulled the child's arm and slapped his ass.

"Gouzi, where did you go? You scared my mother to death, do you know?"

The man with the same disheveled face rubbed the child's hair lovingly, and said to the woman, "Stop scolding, as soon as the child comes back."

Then he thanked a group of villagers who were helping to find the child: "Thank you everyone, the dog is running around again, so please help me find it."

The simple and honest villagers waved their hands to express that they were all right, and were about to go back to work.

As a result, Gouzi's words made everyone stop, "Father, mother, I just spit on those soldiers."

"God." The woman slapped the child's butt again with a look of shock, this time it was more serious.

"You don't want to die, don't you, don't you want to die?"

"Mother, it hurts, it hurts, Dad, help me." Gouzi cried.

The man rescued the child from the woman's grasp, and then checked it from top to bottom, from bottom to top, "Did they do anything to you?"

Seeing that there is nothing wrong with the child, the man is surprised.Although it is good that the child is fine, it is unlikely.

The surrounding villagers also looked surprised.

"Dog, what's going on?" The man's face darkened.

Gouzi held the man's hand excitedly, "Father, don't ask me first, I'll tell you, there is a princess in the army."

"Princess? How do you know?"

"The soldier I spat on scolded me, and then another soldier walked over. I heard him say, 'If the princess knows that he is a vicious child, he will be punished with a stick.' Then the soldier I spat on left, and the other A soldier also left."

The child spoke incoherently, but everyone understood the meaning.

One of the older villagers stroked his beard and looked in the direction the army was leaving, "Is it because Princess Fenghua is here?"

Another villager didn't quite believe it, "It can't be, the princess has ignored us for a long time. The city lord has even sent an official document, which says that the princess has given the fief to the Huang family."

The old man also felt that it was impossible, but if it was Princess Fenghua, at least they still had hope, didn't they?
As soon as he slapped his thigh, Lao Du had a serious expression on his face, "Let's follow up and see, what if Princess Fenghua is really here?"

The others also nodded one after another. Didn't they know if they followed up and had a look?

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The scout quickly ran to Fenghua's carriage, and the convoy didn't stop. The scout turned his horse's head and rode to follow, "Princess, your subordinates are back."

"How?" Fenghua's lazy voice came from inside, soft and greasy, very pleasant to hear.

"Youcheng looks normal."

"Actually?"

"Youcheng City Lord's Mansion is currently collecting grain. After observing in the dark for half a day, the subordinates found that the grain tax collected was more than six times the amount stipulated by the court. This is only the grain tax sent by the county magistrate or the village representative. The subordinates have not found out how much the body was collected from the villagers."

But this was enough, Fenghua's face in the car immediately sank, and even Panpan retreated to Master Tianqing's side in fear.

"Stop." Fenghua's voice no longer had that greasy feeling, only coldness.

Sui Feng raised his hand behind him, "Stop!~"

The team ordered and prohibited, and slowly stopped.

General You, who was in front of the team, rode to Fenghua's carriage, "Princess?"

No sound came from inside.

Sui Feng winked at General You, General You immediately understood and waited quietly.The princess is angry, it seems that something happened in Youcheng that made the princess angry again.

With rice fields on both sides and close to Youcheng, the team was not moving fast.After another stop, the villagers behind had already followed up, looking at the huge army with fear from a distance.

What was Feng Hua doing in the car that General You thought was angry?
She was listening to Zhiming explaining the court's tax rules to her.

Developed from the affairs of the subordinate city, Fenghua also understands the saying of Master Wuhui that "the one who wins the name and heart wins the world, the water can carry a boat, and it can also overturn it".She can take back the city so easily, in addition to the force of the army, the support of the people is indispensable.

And her current goal is Youcheng, if she wants to take back Youcheng smoothly, then she needs to understand the situation of Youcheng.To put it more simply, she needs to understand the sufferings of the people in Youcheng.

Sending charcoal in the snow is far more grateful than adding flowers to cotton.

"The imperial court has a stipulation that Toyota can produce more than ten dans of grain per mu (a load of forty catties), and two dans per mu is the court tax, which means that each mu has to pay the imperial court two dans as tax. One dan is the seal. Tax, that is to say, you have to pay one dan to be the owner of the fiefdom. Good land, good land means that each mu can produce more than five dan of grain, one dan per mu is the government tax, and one dan is the seal tax. If it is less than three dan, the tax will be paid once every two years, one dan will be the government tax and the other will be the seal tax."

Knowing that Fenghua doesn't understand all this at all, Zhiming tries to speak clearly and easily.

Panpan nodded and counted, "Ten dans per mu, three dans of tax. That's not only six times the tax, it's more than the harvest, how do you collect it?"

Zhiming suppressed a smile and explained: "The reason why You and Shu Ercheng are called Longyao's big grain-producing city is because of the land. The yield of the fields here is higher than that of other places. Toyota, but in You and Shuercheng, one mu and ten loads can only be regarded as fertile land.”

"How much is the Toyota?" Can you make it clear at once.

"Four years ago, Concubine Qing submitted a memorial to the imperial court and reported that ninety-nine out of ten fields in the city have an yield of six dans per mu, and seven mus in the secluded city have more than seventeen tans." The answer this time is No regrets master.

Panpan began to count again, "Seventeen dan, six times the tax."

Looking up at Fenghua, "Master, it's still not enough!"

Feng Hua squinted his eyes and said with a cold tone, "Yes, not enough."

Even the tax is not enough to pay, so where can I eat for myself?Concubine Qing often said, "Food is the paramount necessity of the people.".Planting the fattest field in the world, but I can't get enough to eat, what is the reason for this?

"Follow the wind."

"exist."

"Call the people behind to come forward, I want to ask questions." How could she not know the people behind?

Although she didn't see or hear the scene of Xiaobing and the child just now, someone will naturally inform her.

Not to mention whether Yiyi and the others are used to the people's defense against them here, she feels uncomfortable all over her body.The fief belongs to her, but the people in her fief are wary of her, so it's no wonder she can feel comfortable.

Can she not send someone to hide in the dark to listen to the words of the people in order to understand the situation?

Do you know what those villagers said and did they follow?
"Yes."

(End of this chapter)