C62 (2/2)

Mu Rousang stared at the letter in her hand blankly. It was sent by Zuo Renyou herself.

”Miss?” Chun Yan and a few others who were standing to the side realized that something was wrong with her.

Mu Rousang rubbed her forehead and sighed, ”Originally, building a canal was a good thing, but I never thought that it would turn out to be a bad thing!”

”Girl? Didn't they say that if we build a canal, our small mountain village and the surrounding small villages would all benefit from it? ”I heard that many merchants have come to the Peace Town to settle down.” asked Spring, puzzled.

Mu Rousang smiled bitterly, folded the letter carefully and said: ”This is truly a busy year, Uncle wrote a letter saying that the Duke Jin felt that the warehouse was empty, and that due to the matter of the canals, he had spent a lot of energy to build it, so he decided to tax everyone this year!”

”What?” Level one? Even Liang Tian could use his fingers to calculate how much food was produced per mu. He also needs manpower, fertilizer, seed money, other than a family to chew on, the only thing left over from the end of the year is to burn incense! ” Chun Yi said angrily.

Thanks to the blessings of the two of them, the family had become more prosperous this year. The older brothers took wives, the younger brothers and sisters went to school, and the family could also hire two permanent workers to help them with their affairs. As their mother no longer had to work in the fields, when they had time to look forward to the future, she would pour a bucket of ice water over her head.

”Don't forget that this is the Prince of Jin's vassal force territory. He said that raising taxes is increasing taxes. Alas, it's a good thing that it's only being added temporarily for three years. It's still considered good. I'm afraid that other states might add more!” Mu Rousang only felt that the entire sky was covered by a haze, it was so heavy that it made it hard to breathe.

”Miss, I'm afraid this canal construction will require the forced recruitment of laborers!” Aunt Liu's expression was a little unnatural, no one knew what he was thinking.

Forced labor? Mu Rousang was startled, she was afraid that at that time, she would be full of grievances and lament!

”Forget it, there's nothing we can do about it, there's nothing we can do about it anyway, we just have to deal with it. Uncle said in his letter that the small mountain village doesn't need to worry about this labor, he just told our brothers to stay in the small mountain village and only return to the Shu City after the harvest, at that time, we would also have to clean up everything.”

Aunt Liu was the most experienced, she quickly asked: ”Miss, are you going to the capital?”

Seeing that the situation in the imperial court is still unclear, Uncle is afraid that he will not be able to settle down in this position. He has requested for the imperial decree to be issued after the end of the year and has returned to the capital to continue his duties.

Mu Rousang was still far away in Jiangnan, and adding to the inconvenience of the letter, it was unknown whether or not he had received Zuo Renyou's letter from home.

Aunt Liu frowned slightly, her lips moved but she did not speak in the end. She knew that since Mu Rousang had already set a marriage, she would definitely not seek Su Ruirui for help.

Fortunately, there was still some food left in their pockets, so they could afford to keep working. Even with the help of the taxes and fees, they still had a decent amount of time to live, so the Village Head had already sent people to collect the silver long ago.

Although Mu Rousang had a lot of land, but since her brother had the status of a raising child, she had no other choice but to take the silver and pay taxes. She was the first one to take the silver after sending off Chun Yi.

”Miss, I heard that officials are chasing after people to collect taxes!” Chunyi puffed up her cheeks and was beating up the girls.

She and Chun Ran were the most dissatisfied with the matter of the tax increase.

Mu Rousang frowned as sshe looked at Luo Zi who was beating her up, and said unhappily: ”You have a grudge with Luo Zi! You're trying to pull me down, how are you guys fighting me like this? ” After thinking for a moment, he continued, ”Your family must have more than ten acres of land. I'm afraid the harvest this year will only be enough to cover their bellies.”

There was no other way. The Jin King was still able to restrain himself. He heard that there were already people fleeing into the provinces.

Chun Yan also sighed and said, ”Do a good job and end up like this. I heard from a merchant from the village that some of the state's fugitives were caught by officials and beaten to death.”

Mu Rousang was also helpless as she said, ”Could it be that the world is filled with kingdoms? The Emperor's original intentions should be good, it's just that it's been misunderstood below.”

The Aunt Liu said from the side: ”This servant has been living in the palace all year round, but has never heard of what has happened outside. I'm afraid that even the Emperor has been deceived by someone.”

looked at the vines by the side of the west wing where they had crawled all over. He put down his needle and said: ”Look at these grapes, xanthium flowers are blooming, no, let's move, take a pair of scissors and cut off some unnecessary flowers and young vines!”

The girls in the courtyard and the embroidery ladies replied immediately to him. They went to the small piece of grape field to pluck the vine.

In the past, she and Su Ruirui had been busy working together under this grape arbor, and did not know his identity, making him look like a laborer in command, walking around in circles. Initially, she had wanted to see him with that broken ice face of his, but who would have known that they would have such a bad fate?

After Mu Rousang was busy doing her work, she did not return to the provincial capital. Instead, she called the other three to continue staying in the small mountain village, and when she had nothing to do, she called for the peach blossoms and phoenix hairpins to sit under the golden osmanthus tree. She did not care about the weather outside, she only guarded this small courtyard house that was constantly busy.