Chapter 172 Heavy Tax(1/2)
Village Chief Bai wiped away the cold sweat from his forehead and looked sighing.
"Those people were blocking Qinglu Village just because the government posted a notice a few days ago."
Ji Wu was confused when he heard this. What notice?
She and Xie Xianhua went to the county town today, but didn’t hear any notice?
Village Chief Bai looked at Ji Wu with a tangled look on his face.
Ji Wu suddenly had a bad premonition...
Xie Xianhua pinched Ji Xian's palm, and worried and comforted her eyes were revealed.
"Oh!" Village Chief Bai sighed and spoke in anger.
"The people outside are mostly from other counties. They surrounded the place because the court wanted to collect fruit tax."
Fruit tax?
This is the first time Ji Wu and Xie Xianhua have heard that there is a saying of fruit tax among the taxes they pay?!
The two frowned.
If you don’t understand what this fruit tax has to do with them?
Why are everyone's fingers pointing at her?!
When Village Chief Bai saw Ji Wu and Xie Xianhua, he was still confused and looked confused, and he immediately solved his doubts helplessly.
"The government has posted a notice that it will charge a tax on jujube fruit. The recipe for jujube fruits that is rumored outside was spread by Ji Wu."
Speaking of this, Village Chief Bai looked a little bad and frowned.
"They said that if it weren't, Ji Wu had reported that the prescription for solving the sour jujubes would not have any say that the government would collect fruit taxes now."
Ji Wu and Xie Xianhua:...Suddenly speechless!
The government cleverly lists the taxation silver. Even if there is no prescription for sour jujube, the government will still start from elsewhere if it wants to collect taxes.
Besides, not every household grows jujubes, so it is inevitable that it will be unfair to collect fruit taxes.
Aren't you afraid of causing public anger?
Suddenly, Ji Wu thought of a question.
When she first solved the problem of jujube, she remembered that it seemed that the farmers who planted jujubes were in Fentong County, right?
Now the farmers in Fentong County are not clamoring, but the people from the next county are jumping happily?
He even worked tirelessly and ran over from the next county to block her?
Too strange!
Ji Wu asked out the doubts in his heart, and Village Chief Bai sneered.
"At that time, after the people of Fentong County were planted with the Jia County Magistrate, the few counties next to us laughed at us..."
"Who knew that after the sour jujube recipe was announced, the next county started to plant sour jujube trees."
Ji Wu asked with a black head: "Is it because they followed the trend and planted a lot of jujube trees?"
"Not!" Village Chief Bai snorted coldly.
"They are greedy and plant the jujube trees themselves, not the jujube trees that the maid forced them to plant."
"What happened now, why did you have the face to blame the girl?"
Ji Wu was depressed. The recipe for sour jujube was handed over to Lord Bi and announced it to the public by the yamen.
Who exactly did she leak the recipe for sour jujube?
Suddenly, a figure wearing black narrow sleeves and short brown came quickly from a distance and landed in front of Ji Wu.
"Girl." After Chu Dao saluted Ji Wu, he nodded to Xie Xianhua and said hello.
Ji Hua had a premonition that what Cun Dao wanted to tell her might have something to do with the people around her.
I saw Cun Dao's face turned solemn and he spoke in a deep voice.
"After someone surrounded the village and called the girl, his subordinates felt something was wrong, so they went out to check the reason for the matter."
"How is it?" Ji Wu was really curious about who was targeting her.
"This is strange." Cundao said carefully.
"A few days ago, the county next door suddenly posted a notice of collecting fruit tax. My subordinates went to Fentong County Government and heard from Master Cheng that County Magistrate Bi also received the official document of adding fruit tax."
"Official document?" Xie Xianhua, who was standing beside him, frowned and decided to take the path of officialdom, he paid more attention to the matters in the officialdom.
For major events such as tax reform, the court will definitely pass an imperial edict.
The official documents are inevitably a bit unrigorous!
Xie Xianhua thought again that Lord Bi Zuo also received the official document, but there was no movement for a few days. This was not ordinary strange!
"hiss--"
He thought of a possibility and immediately gasped.
"What's wrong?" Ji Wu asked.
Xie Xianhua shook his head at Ji Wu, but he was not sure.
He looked at Cun Dao and asked in a deep voice.
"Did Magistrate Bi suspect that the increase in fruit tax was made by the superior officials who made a private decision?"
Cundao nodded in admiration: "Mr. Bi has sent someone to Zhihua Prefecture to inquire about the matter of the Prime Minister Bi."
Ji Wu felt relieved when he heard this. As long as this matter was not an order from the imperial edict, there should be room for reversal!
"Who leaked the sour jujube recipe that happened to Ji Wu?"
Xie Xianhua still remembers that Ji Wu was reluctant to show up and announced the sour jujube recipe through the hands of Prefect Bi.
For those who want to harm Ji Wu, Xie Xianhua is sensitive and aggressive!
He knew that Cun Dao's ability was impossible to find only such a little news when he went out.
"Xinfu." The word "Xinfu" is spitting out two words with a thin lips.
For a moment, everyone's expressions became subtle.
Who doesn’t know that Ji Wu is the Ji family and forced her to the Xie family’s child bride?
Ji Xiuhong and Sai Fengxian of the Ji family are now living in Xinfu!
Ji Wu narrowed his eyes slightly, and his pretty face turned cold.
"I thought it was who it was. I almost forgot about them. It turned out that they were jumping around!"
Village Chief Bai asked in confusion.
"How can Sai Fengxian and Ji Xiuhong be able to drive so many people in the next county?"
Cundao Meifeng was hiding sharpness. Those who knew him knew that he was now in a murderous mood.
The more murderous he was, the more stable he had, the more he spoke slowly.
"Ji Xiuhong fought with Aunt Bai in Xin's Mansion very much. Master Xin was worried that something would happen, so he sent Ji Xiuhong to Zhuangzi, the next door to Pingliu County, to raise her baby."
"As soon as the official document collected fruit tax was released, the magistrate of Pingliu County responded actively, and the people of Pingliu County complained."
Speaking of this, Cun Dao looked at Ji Wu: "Although the girl handed the prescription to Prefect Bi, she didn't cover it up. As long as she checked it carefully, she could find it."
"Ji Xiuhong regards the girl as a thorn in her eyes, and is afraid she has already set her sights on her."
When Ji Wu heard this, he could probably guess what Ji Xiuhong was thinking.
Ji Xiuhong already knew that she gave the prescription to the government, but how could Ji Xiuhong promote such a famous thing?
Until this time in Pingliu County, she saw the angry people everywhere, so she only had to give a little guidance...
Those angry people naturally find the air bag.
Maybe she can even force her, the 'culprit' to compensate!
Ji Mi, who thought through the cause and effect of the matter, grinded her teeth secretly.
She had previously felt that the disaster was not as good as the next generation, and she was worried that the child in Ji Xiuhong's belly would not be able to be saved.
Furthermore, Ji Wu turned Ji Xiuhong into a baby girl from Ji Xiuhong's pulse.
Ji Xiong really wants to see Ji Xiuhong, who is sure to be pregnant with a baby boy and can inherit Xin's family property after giving birth...
Finally, when the child is born, his dream will be shattered.
Ji Wu never thought...
She was so busy that she forgot about Ji Xiuhong's existence. Ji Xiuhong hid in ignorance, and wanted to come out to show her presence?
Ji Wu touched his chin and thought for a while.
Should I give Ji Xiuhong a gift when I solve the problem of the foreigners who are blocking the village outside?
To be continued...