Chapter 133 - Ill Do What I Can (1/2)

Chapter 133: I’ll Do What I Can

“Ji Yun, does the Imperial Court not care about this?” An Jiuyue stood on the spot and asked Qian Jiyun after An Gousheng left

to watch the commoners starve to death? Or do they siions? Perhaps that’s really the case

Qian Jiyun replied, “The Imperial Court will not fret about floods in a s here, they will intervene now Their disaster response will still vary greatly froh”

“You h she understood him, she was in disbelief

!!

Would the powerful Imperial Court really deem the lives of commoners worthless?

However, she had to admit that it was possible The lives of these people were nothing to those in power Their suffering was invisible to them

They only had eyes for the luxury before them

“Even so, the Iht? What about the local officials? What are they doing? Or is this huge epide to them?”

“You still don’t understand, Jiuyue Even if the local officials want to serve the people, everything depends on how much taxes were paid last year and how much food is required to support the people,” Qian Jiyun reasoned

An Jiuyue chuckled “I think we should just let everyone hide and live in thethat the people did not have to pay taxes for reclaimed wastelands on the mountains for the first five years They only had to pay a head tax

However, these lands were barren before they were reclaiating these lands would also be very inconvenient There would be no harvest if there was a drought