A Husband Who Traveled Through the Famine and Developed a Chronicle

Their own people tried several times and failed.

Seeing that he really couldn't catch Li Xiuyuan, he had no choice but to go back to recover his life, and there was no movement after that.

This time, Wang Zhixian saw Li Xiuyuan and Bai Xia for the first time since leaving the refugee team.

Both of them have changed a lot, especially Bai Xia, who is completely different from the sallow and thin girl back then.

"Which mountain do you want to buy?" Wang Zhixian withdrew his gaze from Bai Xia and looked at Li Xiuyuan.

It was different from before. Before, it was obvious that among the two people, the one who made the decision was Bai Xia, but now, it can be seen that the person who made the decision was Li Xiuyuan.

He is only nine years old, and he already has the majesty of a superior person.

"The one where Liu Yunzhai is located, and the two surrounding mountains"

Li Xiuyuan had been prepared for a long time. He also brought the hand-drawn map of Kanyu and spread it out in front of Wang Zhixian. He pointed with his finger at the location of Liu Yunzhai and the two surrounding mountains.

Wang Zhixian was stunned for a moment, looking a little ugly.

"How could you have..."

"Sir, I know the price of these two mountains in the Yamen. We have brought the money. Please take out the land deeds." Li Xiuyuan interrupted him, and Wang Zhixian's face became even more ugly.

He can't draw a map in private, but he has bad intentions.

"Go get the title deed"

He gave instructions to the master who was waiting on the side, and he quickly went down, and after a while, he took the land deed.

They are all recorded places, and as long as you have enough money, you can buy them.

There were no restrictions except that they were not allowed to sell to foreigners.

"Thank you, Mr. Wang"

Li Xiuyuan symbolically bowed his hand to the county magistrate, handed over the money, and took the land deed.

The 20 taels of silver had been counted for a long time, so Wang Zhixian directly asked the shopkeeper of the bank to come and count the money. Li Xiuyuan and Bai Xia could not leave the county government until the money was clearly counted.

Wang Zhixian had been ignored for a long time and had nothing to do, so he simply waited with them.

The few of them had little friendship and each did his own thing.

Bai Xia already knew that when buying land, he had to count the numbers. He brought several story books over and sat on the chair to read them with great interest.

With Wang Zhixian around, Li Xiuyuan couldn't talk to the two of them, so he simply held his chin in a daze, actually sorting out the current situation in his mind.

The emperor in the DPRK seems to have become much wiser, and his reputation among the people has also improved a lot.

However, according to the information he received, although the emperor has become better, he also values ​​power more. Taking the land back to the court is the first step. The next step will be to increase business tax, make a lot of money, and raise the grain tax by [-]%. .

After three years of self-cultivation, the imperial court should have saved a lot of money.

When King Liang secretly mined iron ore, it was not that the emperor didn't know about it, but King Liang was too cunning and did a good job of cleaning up the work. The treasury was empty and he did not dare to alert the enemy.

The refugees rescued from the mines have been unable to leave Ganzhou since then. The matter of Prince Liang's private mining of iron ore can only remain in the hearts of the people of Ganzhou.

According to the news he received, the emperor planned to take action against Prince Liang.

The land resumption was just an introduction. After three years of calm, the world would soon be in chaos.

His eyes were slightly blurred.

He was thinking about the future of Liuyun Village in his mind.

At night, the two asked the restaurant to bring food and invited Wang Zhixian to eat with them.

It wasn't until dawn the next day that all the money was counted and put into the warehouse one by one and locked up. Bai and Xia also left the county government and returned to Liu Yunzhai.

After being away for three years, when I come back here, things have changed even more.Bai Xia stayed for two days and couldn't stay any longer.

She still likes Dou'er Village and lives in her own house.

"I'm afraid there will be chaos in Jiazhou, so I won't worry if you go back."

Li Xiuyuan tried to stay again, but Bai Xia no longer wanted to stay.

"Xuzhou is still far away from Jiazhou, nothing will happen."

The chaos is in Jiazhou, not Xuzhou.

"Do you know, Mr. Xu, the governor of Xuzhou?"

When sending Bai Xia off, Li Xiuyuan talked about Mr. Xu.

Seeing her stop, he continued: "Originally, he was going to be promoted to the capital three years ago. Later, because someone in the capital gave him a stumbling block, he had no hope of promotion, so he turned against him."

"It's just that Xuzhou's military strength is not as good as that of other states. It is sandwiched between Jiazhou, Ganzhou and Jizhou. Once he has any ideas, he will be attacked from three sides."

"According to the information I got, he is a member of the imperial court on the surface, but secretly he has defected to Prince Liang. If he wants to fully gain Prince Liang's trust, he may have to submit a certificate of honor."

This information is very secretive, and it was only because Li Xiuyuan had developed well in the past three years and placed many people in various forces that he could get the information.

The reason for bringing Bai Xia back was also based on this consideration.

Jiazhou, Xuzhou and Jizhou will be in chaos next, and he is worried that she will still stay there.

But Bai Xia insisted on leaving, and he couldn't stop her.

"You mean Governor Xu will take action against the King of Jizhou?"

Bai Xia's complexion changed slightly.

If this is the case, Xuzhou is afraid that war will break out. If a war breaks out, the people will be the most miserable.

They haven't lived a peaceful life for a few years, and are they going to war again?
"Nine times out of ten" Li Xiuyuan nodded cautiously.

That's why he was in a hurry to buy land. After buying the land, no matter what kind of building he built, the government had no control over it. Before buying the land, the construction of houses could not violate the regulations, otherwise it would be regarded as treason.

"I see"

Bai Xia nodded, feeling a little heavy. She turned over and sat on the horse. She looked sideways at him: "Dou'er Village is my home, I must go back."

After saying that, without waiting for Li Xiuyuan to answer, he clamped his legs around the horse's belly and galloped out.

Xuzhou's military strength is weak and far inferior to that of the other three states, especially Jizhou, which is located in the north, has strong folk customs, and Jizhou people are brave and good at fighting. Xuzhou's army will not be a match for Jizhou's army.

Bai Xia traveled all night and night to rush back to Dou'er Village.

Yu Dahai is now considered hers, but his wife, children and children are still in Liuyun Village.

The autumn harvest has just passed, and there are only a few days before the government collects grain. When Bai Xia arrives, it happens to be the time when the government goes to the villages to collect grain taxes.

"Master, are you wrong? Two hundred kilograms of grain per acre? Where can we get it?" The expression of the head of Dou'er Village changed drastically. He looked at the official sitting in his yard. He never expected that this year The grain tax was directly doubled.

In previous years, the grain tax was based on the harvest, usually four cents per acre of land. But this year, one acre of land only produced two to three hundred kilograms of grain. If two hundred kilograms of grain were taxed, what would everyone else eat?
"This is an order from the emperor. Do you want to resist?" The official who came over was about 40 years old. He had a kind face and didn't look fierce. He just asked lightly.

How dare the village chief object?

This time, a dozen officials came and sat in the courtyard of his house. If he said anything wrong, he would be beaten.

"But one acre of land has two hundred kilograms of grain..."

The official looked at him, and the village chief couldn't say any more, so he could only nod his head.

When the rice ears were ready, the county sent people down to count the harvest. Because in previous years, taxes were levied based on the harvest. This year, the tax was calculated based on the harvest, but the tax was still based on two hundred kilograms of grain per acre. In this way, unless the crops were grown without There is a secret field for keeping records, otherwise government taxes will be inevitable.