My wife is a squeamish bag

Chapter 458

He didn't get the information he wanted from Xue Yi, but it was a foregone conclusion to enter Beijing. An Beibei simply put aside his annoying thoughts and figured out what preparations he needed to make before entering Beijing.

I was thinking about walking all the way, but when I turned up the hill, I ran into Lan Yunchu's mother and son.

What surprised An Beibei was the hoe that Lan Yunchu was carrying on his shoulder.

A frail woman, holding a child with one hand, and an old rusty hoe on her shoulder with the other.

That picture, the visual impact is too strong.

An Beibei was stunned for a while, until Lan Yunchu pulled Zhu Yinran to kneel down to salute, then she realized that she hurriedly supported the two of them, "Don't kneel, get up quickly."

"Thank you, Princess."

Lan Yunchu leaned over to thank him, and then pulled Zhu Yinran to stand up.

"I'm not the princess, so I don't need to kneel down."

An Beibei frowned, and helped her pick up the hoe she had put aside, "Where are you going?"

"Back to the princess, the woman is going to... open up wasteland."

Lan Yunchu said in a low voice.

An Beibei's eyes widened suddenly.

wasteland?
Are you kidding me?

With her slender arms and thin legs, she struggled to wield a hoe, and opened up wasteland?
But looking at the mother and son's mournful appearance, it must be true.

"Let's open up wasteland, it requires physical strength, your physique..."

An Beibei clicked to the end.

Lan Yunchu smiled bitterly and said, "It's okay, I'll just do it little by little."

"Did Mrs. Liu force you?"

An Beibei frowned and asked.

"It's dad."

Before Lan Yunchu replied, Zhu Yinran said angrily with red eyes.

An Beibei was slightly taken aback, "Zhu Dingshan is back?"

"Yes, he takes turns."

Lan Yun first replied, his face was numb.

After a little thought, An Beibei understood the ins and outs of the matter.

Zhu Dingshan must have entered the camp before he knew about taxes and food.

Military households are only exempted from taxes and grains for one year from the date of settlement. After one year, taxes and grains are collected either on the basis of the head or the land reclamation area, whichever is more.

Women are the same as men, and children are half.

And only wheat and rice are harvested.

Zhu Dingshan has been exiled into a military household and wants to enjoy the blessing of being equal to others, but he doesn't know that this blessing is not so easy to enjoy.

If you can't pay taxes and food, you can only make up with silver money.

It’s not that no one has thought about buying food to top up their bills, but every household has to pay taxes, and no one has much savings.

The prices of wheat and rice in Kailing County have always been high, comparable to those in Kyoto.

To put it bluntly, these local officials tried their best to collect money from the newcomers who had just arrived in the land of exile.

Exile is not considered a serious punishment, and many people will find ways to carry some personal belongings, but when these things are really settled down, most of them have been exploited to the point where there is not much left.

Zhu Dingshan thought that in this poor and remote place, the tens of taels in his hand would last a long time, and he had medical skills by his side, plus he could squeeze Lan Yunchu from time to time, life should not be difficult.

After learning about the tax and food system for military households, I was so regretful that my intestines turned green.

If I had known earlier, apart from the Liu family, it would be better to sell those concubines directly.

But now it’s impossible to sell them. Those concubines have already entered the military status. They can’t sell them but they can only retire. If they divorce, they can’t leave the place of residence.

And the consequence of his failure to pay taxes and grains is that he will be distributed to the mines and will never see the light of day.

Just thinking about it, Zhu Dingshan broke out in a cold sweat.

So after Liu's crying, he immediately ordered Lan Yunchu to open up wasteland, otherwise Zhu Yinran's medicine would be stopped directly.

One sentence pinched Lan Yunchu's life, and Lan Yunchu could only accept his fate.

"Shouldn't he... just let you open up wasteland by yourself?"

Lan Yunchu nodded slightly.

"Damn it! He is a big man, and he actually let you, a woman, open up wasteland, and open up a whole family's wasteland? He really thinks highly of you! Can't you resist? Do you have to let him lead you by the nose?"

An Beibei hated iron for not being a steel track.

"Father threatened mother with medicine again."

With red eyes, Zhu Yinran said softly from the side.

Immediately, he took Lan Yunchu's hand, shook it lightly, and begged with eyes full of eyes: "Mom, can we stop his medicine? Anyway, those medicines...can't cure my illness."

"It will be fine, it will be fine slowly, Yinran, trust your mother."

Lan Yunchu stroked Zhu Yinran's head and said softly.

An Beibei felt panicked when she saw it.

"It's really not possible, why don't you spend some money to ask someone to help open up wasteland, anyway, can't you make money by embroidery? Rather than working hard to do things that you can't do, it's better to spend money to let others do it."

"Thank you princess, the women will seriously consider it."

Lan Yunchu smiled slightly.

"It's been said that I'm not the princess."

An Beibei waved her hands impatiently and said, "Forget it, forget it, you should hurry up and go about your business."

After being separated from Lan Yunchu's mother and son, An Beibei shook her head to get rid of the negative emotions in her mind.

Now that she can't protect herself, how can she control others.

Still thinking about how to survive in Kyoto is the kingly way.

After much deliberation, there are nothing more than two ways for her to protect herself.

One is a weapon and the other is a talent.

The grenade is a good thing, but it's a pity that she doesn't have many in the wooden bracelet space. Even if the extracted minerals are reassembled, there are no more than a hundred pieces at most.

If I had known earlier, I should have put more in the wooden bracelet space, but it is a pity that it is hard to buy. I knew it earlier.

Besides grenades, poison is also an excellent weapon.

Especially after putting down Xue Yi last night, it made her have a strong interest in poison.

She has read all the medical books and medicine books bought from Zhu's family, and she has gained a lot, but they are too basic, and she has to find a way to collect medical books and medicinal herbs.

Right now, apart from the poison that Qi Jingyu scavenged from Ni Yezhou, she only has self-made narcotics and drugs in her hands. The effect is good, but unfortunately the amount is not large.

Erlang is not around, and no one can help her pick herbs, but...

An Beibei looked back at Xue Yi.

Xue Yi paused slightly, then stepped forward and asked, "What is the princess' order?"

"fine."

An Beibei shook her head, turned around and continued walking.

He wanted Xue Yi's subordinates to go into the mountains to collect herbs for her, but after thinking about it carefully, it was still not appropriate.

If the medicine is not found, but instead finds clues about her and Erlang refining ore in the mountains, wouldn't it be shooting himself in the foot?
If it doesn't work, she can go to the medical store to buy it later!
However, her sleeve crossbow can be changed.

Well, I will modify it when I get back. When there is a chance, I will let Erlang refine it into an iron crossbow, replace all the arrows with iron, and add a few needle barrel switches that can be used to place poison-enhancing embroidery needles.

As for talents, weapons cannot be leaked, or we can only follow the route of benefiting the people.

As long as Emperor Xuan of Chu is not a foolish emperor, the two items of planting technology and variety improvement should be able to exchange for temporary stability, at least his life is safe.

An Beibei was very absorbed in her thoughts, when someone suddenly rushed out from the oblique ground in front of her, and she almost staggered and fell to the ground in fright.

(End of this chapter)