After rebirth and marriage, the sick prince is fine again

Liu Dashan deliberately placed the cold dish in his hand on their table, with a curious look on his face and his eyes rolling around.

"Brothers, why are you so excited? I just arrived and I'm thinking of finding a job in the county, doing odd jobs for others and supporting my family."

As soon as these words came out, the thin man rolled his eyes and let out a long breath.

"You're just dreaming if you think you can do odd jobs here. The money you earn won't even be enough to pay taxes."

He was not polite and just took a piece of cold dish and stuffed it into his mouth, but there was still dissatisfaction on his face.

Liu Dashan pretended to be embarrassed, frowned, and let out a breath.

"I heard that the land here is fertile, and I thought it would be nice to be a farmer here. Why is it that everything is different from what I thought when I arrived today?"

He deliberately wore linen clothes, and looked no different from ordinary people, except that he was indeed stronger and it seemed that he ate well.

The thin man had a look of disapproval on his face and his words were full of anger as he spoke directly.

"If you want to think about this, forget it. In the early years, we were fine, but now, God is not kind, and farming is simply not enough to support the family."

It’s already a problem for a whole family to feed themselves, how can they afford high taxes?

Liu Dashan deliberately pretended to be embarrassed, and there seemed to be worry in his eyes.

"Then everyone has to go out to work. Otherwise, we can't survive just by relying on this land. Working should be able to earn a lot of money."

The thin man looked unhappy. He suddenly put down his chopsticks and started cursing.

"We would like to go out to work, but the taxes in this county are too high. The money we earn is not enough to spend, and we don't have enough money to hire people to farm the land at home. Many people have starved to death in this city."

He was actually quite skinny and pale due to hunger, but he still looked like he had some skills and was able to maintain his basic diet.

Xiaogui's expression was also somewhat serious, but more like a hint of doubt, he scratched his head with his hand.

"I used to be a local, but I went out to play for a few years. How come when I come back, the shop owners have all changed, and there are not many people going in to buy things?"

The man chuckled, glanced at her slightly, and his voice became a little deeper.

"You don't know this, but in recent years, big bosses suddenly came and bought all these shops at high prices. The things inside are expensive, so ordinary people can't afford them."

Sometimes, they can only look at the heights they can never reach in their lifetime.

Liu Dashan just vaguely felt that something was wrong, his brows were tightly furrowed, and then he spoke again.

"But logically, this shouldn't be the case. Aren't they all based on normal taxes?"

Although every county is similar, the situation this year is still somewhat special, but it shouldn't be so severe that they can't even pay taxes.

The thin man had a hint of sarcasm on his face, and there was a hint of contempt in his eyes when he looked at people.

"I can tell from looking at you that you are new here. Our situation is complicated, and there are many corrupt officials. The local officials are even trying to collect an extra two taels of silver from us."

Unfortunately, they are just ordinary people. Even if they want to resist, they have to consider whether they have the strength.

Even if you feel dissatisfied, you can only smile bitterly and pass it over.

There was a hint of doubt in Xiaogui's eyes, and there was a hint of helplessness in his words, so he spoke directly.

"If you can't afford it, then don't give it. Are they going to force you to pay?"

The thin man nodded directly and showed the back of his hand, which had a very clear scar on it.

"They only care about money and not life. If you can't give them money, they will try every possible way to get it."

Who would be willing to take such a desperate measure if they were not forced to do so?

Liu Dashan exchanged a few more words of greeting before they finally parted ways. As they walked down the road, both of them had extremely solemn faces, so dark that they looked as if water was about to drip out of them.

"It seems that the situation here is worse than we thought. It is not as simple as a drought."

It would be fine if it was because of the weather, but I didn't expect that the officials here were so corrupt and bribed and oppressed the people.

There was a hint of helplessness between Xiaogui's eyebrows, and thousands of words were stuck in his throat. He seemed not to know how to respond.

"These people are really too much. They deliberately bully the people and make their lives miserable!"

The two were walking on the road when they suddenly heard a woman shouting, and they stopped.

"Please, my family is really short of money, and my child is still sick. I absolutely cannot give you this money."

The guard with a knife sneered and stuffed the money directly into his pocket, with a hint of coldness in his words.

"I can't care so much. If you can't pay, you have to pay me."

The people around couldn't bear to see this, but no one stood up to say anything. They just watched silently.

The man next to them picked up the woman. She looked badly beaten and blood was flowing from the corner of her mouth.

"Forget it, let's not bother with them. After all, we can't beat those with thick necks."

When he said this, there were tears in his eyes, and finally he couldn't hold back the tears which slowly flowed down his cheeks.

There was a hint of annoyance on the guard's face, without even any sympathy.

"If you want to blame someone, just blame yourselves for not being born into a good family. If you were born into a good family, you wouldn't be living such a hard life now. Your child would also suffer if he followed you."

As he spoke, he turned and left, and went to the next store, seemingly repeating this cycle over and over again.

Xiaogui really couldn't bear to watch it anymore. His face turned red with anger and he said something through gritted teeth.

"I really want to beat these people up. How dare they bully ordinary people!"

Some people go to the battlefield to kill the enemy and defend the country, while others oppress the people in private and collect profits.

Women and men cried very loudly, especially the women, whose voices were particularly loud.

"They took all the money. What should I do with my child? He has a high fever now!"

Liu Dashan naturally didn't know what to say, he just pursed his lips and gave an order.

"Go and ask the doctor to come over and check on the child."

Naturally, he couldn't bear to see this happen, but there was really no way he could confront it head-on and he could only swallow his anger.