Farm group pet: Koi lucky girl busy farming

Chapter 172
"It's okay!" Lin Shiwu said lightly, but his face didn't seem to be okay at all.

She grabbed Luo Tang's hand and left with a sullen face.

After walking a long way, Luo Tang asked belatedly, "Aren't we going to buy vegetables?"

"Don't buy it!"

I'm full of gas, what else to buy.

"What about the hot pot meal..." Luo Tang asked worriedly.

Lin Shiwu squinted at him: "Boiled water is steamed buns!"

Luo Tang: ...

"But, didn't you invite grandpa, grandma and their friends and Doctor Meng? Grandpa's family also came specially... Wouldn't it be good to just eat steamed buns?" He whispered.

Lin Shiwu was angry for a while, and it was impossible for people to eat steamed buns and boiled water: "When the vegetable market reopens at noon, let people come out to buy."

Anyway, she's not coming.

Not bad enough.
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Ling Du asked people to take the woman, the fish stall owner, and the two men who incited the emotions of the people back to the yamen.

Afterwards, I guessed that my daughter was here to buy vegetables at the vegetable market, so I called a guard over: "Go to the Department of Agriculture and Education, and get two baskets of fresh vegetables and fruits!"

"Ah?" The guard was stunned for a moment: "This season, where can we get fresh vegetables and fruits?"

Ling Du glared at him: "You won't let them pick it from the greenhouse?"

"Ah, oh oh..." The guard came to his senses and hurriedly responded.

……

On the way back, Lin Shiwu asked Luo Tang: "The man said just now that people who sell more than [-] catties of tea will be beheaded. What's the matter?"

She looked at the curbing of price gouging here before, and she had a good impression.

"What that person said should be the law during Lord Taikang's reign." Luo Tang said.

Lin Shiwu frowned slightly: "During the Taikang period, the laws were very strict?"

"It's very strict!" Luo Tang's face darkened a bit, and he didn't know what he thought of: "When Taikang Lord was in power, the civil servants praised the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats to rule the world together, instead of ruling the world with the common people.

Therefore, every time there is a war or disaster, the imperial court raises various taxes to raise funds.

It can be said that during the period of Lord Taikang, small merchants and hawkers paid the most exorbitant taxes.

The poor people are also not much better. After a year of hard work in the fields, they may not even have enough land taxes in the end...

At that time, there were even cases of children being drowned in defecation in some places, just because there were too many children and they would not be able to pay the poll tax.

But those wealthy businessmen and scholar-bureaucrats can have various reasons, even the protection of the law, to be exempted from taxes. "

"It can be seen that the person who is full of benevolence, righteousness and morality is the most devoid of benevolence and morality." Lin Shiwu sneered: "It's really a good person to rule the world with the scholar-officials, not with the common people!"

Luo Tang grabbed her hand and squeezed it: "Ashi, don't be angry."

"Why am I angry?" Lin Shiwu asked back.

But that way, obviously still a little angry.

"Fortunately, things have improved now." Luo Tang said: "This is also one of the reasons why our emperor set up the Agriculture Department to focus on promoting the development of maritime merchants. The maritime merchants brought back a lot of food seeds that can be used to satisfy hunger. The Department of Agriculture distributes the seeds after breeding, and the harvest can be kept for home use, which can be considered as a solution to the problem of food shortage.”

"Then why not cut taxes directly?" Lin Shiwu asked.

Luo Tang sighed: "The emperor also wants to reduce taxes, and even abolish those laws that protect civil servants and exploit the common people.

But every time it is mentioned, it will be opposed by civil officials and many literati.

As a last resort, the emperor can only hope to increase food production, hoping to use this to hide wealth among the people. "

"How do you know so clearly?" Lin Shiwu couldn't help asking after listening.

Luo Tang smiled: "If Ah Shi also joined the Department of Agriculture, he would know about this too."

Lin Shiwu: ...

In fact, I don't really want to know.

Knowing too much can make you unhappy.

Look, she's in a bad mood right now.
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When Lin Shiwu and Luo Tang returned to Yuliu Hutong, Doctor Meng had already arrived with two apprentices.

Right now, he is comfortably eating cherries and sugar-coated strawberries while chatting with Mr. Lin and the others.

But there was an annoying person standing behind Doctor Meng, which spoiled the mood.

"Doctor Meng." Lin Shiwu called out lightly.

(End of this chapter)