Farmer’s Wife Has Magic Skills

   Chapter 807 807. Tax Issues

  Chu Qingzhi looked at Chu Qingning's shocked look and smiled, "How about it, didn't expect that?"

  Chu Qingning was stunned, trying to regain consciousness, "It's too unexpected, Yaqing is actually a princess, it's unbelievable."

   Don't blame her for being so surprised, there is such a difference between princesses and ordinary people, like Wu Yaqing, it's almost like a fairy descending to earth.

Chu Qingning said again, "When Yaqing lived in our house, she didn't have the airs of a princess at all. She got along with us and got along so well with the villagers. It can be seen that she is full of extravagance, but I never looked like a princess. Think in the direction."

  She grabbed Chu Qingzhi's hand, "Fifth Sister, can Yaqing still see her?"

  Chu Qingzhi said, "It's hard to say, but if you want to see it, you can definitely see it."

  Chu Qingning was a little excited, she didn't expect to be a sister with the princess, and said, "That's right, it depends on human effort."

  Chu Qingzhi said, "Yaqing sent me a letter and asked me to take her book to the bookstore to sell. Now there is only one copy. I want the children to copy it. Have you given them any tasks?"

   "Not yet, why not copy the book as a task." Chu Qingning looked at the blue book, "But if you want to copy, this book must be disassembled, can it be dismantled?"

"After dismantling and rebinding, it's fine." Chu Qingzhi took the book in her hand, looked around, then pulled out a dagger to cut off a few, cleaned up the threads, and the pages fell apart, "Fourth sister, you Go get some paper, and I'll go in and tell the kids how to transcribe."

  Chu Qingning nodded, "OK."

  Chu Qingzhi walked into the teaching dormitory...

   "Sister Qingzhi!"

   "Sister Qingzhi!"

   "Sister Qingzhi!"

  The children were overwhelmed when they saw Chu Qingzhi. Chu Qingzhi seldom came to the dormitory, but when she came suddenly, everyone was very surprised.

  Chu Qingzhi walked to the front of the podium, "Everyone be quiet, I came here because I have something to ask you to help."

  The children all looked at Chu Qingzhi seriously.

  Chu Qingzhi picked up the book and showed it, "I have a book here, and I want you to help transcribe it. It's fine if you don't need to copy it, as long as the words can be recognized, are you willing?"

  The children answered in unison, "Yes."

   "Then I will distribute the pages of the book to you, and each person will copy it three times. The pages I send to you should not be dirty as much as possible, you understand?"

"Know it."

  The page numbers were marked on the book, and Chu Qingzhi distributed the pages evenly.

  Chu Qingning came into the dormitory and distributed the blank papers. When they got the blank papers, the children started copying them without saying a word, very seriously.

  Chu Qingzhi looked at the children who were seriously copying, and thought of movable type printing, but just thought about it, and then gave up.

  If the book is printed, the cost will exceed the value of the book itself, which is completely unnecessary.

  The sale of Mandarin Chinese books is done by bookstores asking students from the Academy to transcribe.

  Many students copy scripts in bookstores to earn tuition and living expenses. This phenomenon is very common.

  After the children have copied the books, they can form three new books, and then ask the students to copy them. This way, they can invite four at a time, which will be much faster.

   After a while, Chu Qingzhi went to fetch some Xuanzhi and came to paint.

  Feng Wei will need some paintings for decoration after the construction is completed. She plans to use her own paintings. If she buys them, the authentic ones will be worth at least a thousand taels. The money might as well be donated to the philanthropy, it is unnecessary.

  Chu Qingning stood by and watched, "Fifth Sister, what do you want to draw?"

  Chu Qingzhi said, "Draw a landscape painting after the rain, by the way, Fourth Sister, do you still have any paint at home?"

  Chu Qingning said, "Yes, I packed it myself and put it in the warehouse. If you want it, I'll get it for you right away."

  Chu Qingzhi said, "Then help me get the seven pigments of red, green,..., blue, I will use them later."

  Chu Qingning nodded, "Okay."

  Chu Qingning took the paint back, put the paint in a bowl, and then put it all on a tray, "Fifth sister, is it okay?"

   "Okay, Fourth Sister." Chu Qingzhi took the tray and put it aside, then took seven brushes to color the painting.

  As she put pen and ink on the paper, a painting of a sunny summer after the rain was completed.

  The sky is covered with gray clouds of different sizes. There seems to be a cluster of fire behind the clouds, which makes the gray clouds red, and the farther the sky is, the redder it becomes.

  The mountains in the distance are shrouded in mist.

  The surface of the nearby lake was sparkling, and a few birds skipped across the lake, seeming to be playing and playing happily.

  A quaint stone bridge on the lake, some pedestrians pass by with umbrellas, moving leisurely.

  There are some willow trees planted by the lake. The willows are full of leaves, green, like small whips, swaying in the wind, and some water droplets hang on the leaves, reflecting brilliant light.

  Chu Qingning felt that she was poor at words, unable to describe the various advantages of the painting, "Fifth sister, if you sell this painting, it must be more than one thousand taels."

  Chu Qingzhi was also very satisfied with the painting just now, "Paintings are usually only valuable after death."

  Chu Qingning hurriedly said, "Nonsense, there is no way to die."

  Chu Qingzhi comforted, "It's not that effective, it's okay."

  Chu Qingning said very seriously, "Don't casually talk about immortality, it's unlucky, and it's almost Chinese New Year, so don't talk nonsense in the future."

  Chu Qingzhi smiled and nodded, "Listen to Fourth Sister."

  Feng Wei had five rooms to hang paintings, and had to paint four more, so Chu Qingzhi continued to paint.

  …

  In the main room, Wang Yuanping discovered a problem when sorting out tax records.

There is a family named Xu Dongguang in Xujia Village. There is an old father, an old mother, a half-blind wife, an eight-year-old daughter, and a four-year-old son. They cannot pay the land tax in autumn. , Xu Dongguang was arrested and sent to work as a coolie, and he has not returned yet.

  After thinking about it, Wang Yuanping took the record and went to the ancestral hall to find Chu Qingzhi.

  Chu Qingzhi came outside the ancestral hall, "Is there a tax problem?"

  Wang Yuanping told Chu Qingzhi about the problems he found, not only Xu Dongguang's family, but also several poor peasant households.

Chu Qingzhi looked at the records, "Go and visit, if the situation is true, go and pay the taxes for them, bring them back, give them some seeds, help them plant the fields, and pay the taxes to the government next year. I."

Wang Yuanping was very surprised when he heard that, he didn't expect Chu Qingzhi to deal with the problem like this, if it was someone else, he was sure, he would definitely drive these people out of the fief, so as not to care about their life and death, Chu Qingzhi treated the people under his jurisdiction too much alright.

  He was slightly excited, and replied, "Yes, I'll do it right away."

  After bidding farewell to Chu Qingzhi, Wang Yuanping headed towards Xujia Village.

  The reality was more serious than Wang Yuanping imagined. Xu Dongguang's house was a thatched cottage with a blackened roof, and one side was already tilted. It was supported by a bamboo, and it was crumbling. It looks dangerous.

  (end of this chapter)