The Reborn Wife is Farming

This inferior county was completely bustling, and even the villagers who had lived in half-isolation came to Chen Ming to learn about the news he had heard from the town or the county.

Chen Ming didn't dare to gossip about the master's family, so he chatted with others under the big banyan tree at the foot of the mountain. Chen Ming's family didn't have much restraint in front of Mu Yangling. After asking her husband for details, he came to learn from Mu Yangling, " Fourth grandma, you don’t know, some time ago we were all afraid of death. If such a sum of rent and tax is paid, the villagers will not starve to death. The county magistrate came out to post a notice again within two days, saying The previous announcement with the county magistrate’s official seal was done by thieves, and it doesn’t count. The rent and tax are still collected according to the county magistrate’s previous statement, and there is also a specified time limit. The county magistrate is still the master of our county, why is he so disregarding feelings..."

"What happened next?" Li Jinghua asked curiously.

Mu Yangling got up quickly, "Sister-in-law is here."

Li Jinghua said with a smile: "Seeing that you guys are talking lively, come and listen too." After finishing speaking, he looked at Chen Ming's family.

Chen Ming's family tensed up, and said respectfully: "As a result, the county magistrate also had an accident that night, and an announcement was posted outside, saying that there is no need to pay rent and taxes. Now that the court is in chaos, there is no way to send out a new county magistrate. So after discussing with several lords in the county, they elected a highly respected lord to take up the responsibility of the county magistrate. No, the official announcement was just issued yesterday, saying that the previous announcement about tax exemption was done by thieves, let us not Believe me, but this year's tax in the county is indeed heavier, and they say that the tax will not be paid for the time being, and they will notify after they discuss a regulation. Now we are all waiting, and I don't know if the tax will be less in the end."

Li Jinghua turned to look at Mu Yangling, and asked with a smile, "Ah Ling thinks so."

"It should be possible," Mu Yangling said: "The thief blatantly posted the tax exemption announcement, which showed that he killed the county magistrate and county magistrate because of their heavy taxes. If anyone comes out at this time, I'm afraid that person will not Let it go, so even if the tax cannot be exempted, it should be no problem to reduce it."

Otherwise, if no one's hands are clean, who knows if the murderer will attack them?

At this moment, those who can talk in the county are indeed discussing rent and tax. There are two boxes in front of them. These are the things that the murderer placed at the scene of the two crimes. The criminal evidence also let them know the reason for the murderer's attack.

Now everyone has been looking for various bodyguard bureaus to find out which bandit would do this, but there is no news at all.

Everyone was even more shocked by this, and because of this, everyone was a little uncertain about the tax.

The imperial court is already in chaos, and it is not known when it will be officially settled down. I am afraid that no one will occupy their poor village, so they can only manage it by themselves.

But the county town also has a lot of expenses, among other things, the salaries of the subordinate officials, the repair of bridges and roads, and the relief in case of natural disasters and man-made disasters can only be paid from rent and taxes in the future, because they, a small county town, are engaged in business. There are very few people, and there is almost no taxation, so we can only hope for taxation, so this is impossible to avoid anyway.

If it cannot be avoided, it can only be reduced. The key is how much?

Everyone quarreled.

After the initial worries, the villagers saw that the county had not given an answer for a long time, so they secretly took out some food that was used to pay taxes. They couldn't starve to death before paying taxes, right?

Unexpectedly, the discussion in the county was over in the autumn, and it went straight to the beginning of winter. The topics changed a lot, and the gentlemen in the county hadn't come up with a charter yet.

The villagers were not in a hurry anymore, and sometimes when they saw Chen Ming coming back from the town, they would ask casually, "Is there an announcement in the town? When does it say to pay taxes?"

In the past, Chen Ming would shake his head, and then everyone would just laugh happily, but this time, Chen Ming nodded heavily and said: "An announcement has been made, and someone should come down to notify in the next two days, saying that there will be an announcement before the winter solstice. Finish paying, but the tax is only half of what was originally set.”

The villager who asked the question was taken aback, wishing he could slap himself and tell you to talk too much.

Chen Ming sighed, turned around and dragged the donkey cart back, and told the owner the bad news.

In order to cover up, Mu Yangling did buy hundreds of acres of fertile land in a few neighboring villages. These are all subject to tax, but the land opened up in this village can be exempted from tax for three years.

She asked Chen Ming to inform Zhuangzi's steward to prepare the money and food for tax payment. If he could directly use the money to pay taxes, he would use the money, and he could not use the money to use food.

There is nothing more precious than grain these days.

The tax has been cut in half, and the villagers don’t have to sell their sons and daughters, and they can still have some food left over, which can be eaten until Linchun, but there are still five months from Linchun to summer harvest. What will we do then?

So after paying the tax, the village head and Li Zheng, even though they were still wary of the Zhu family, still approached Zhu's family and boldly asked for a loan, just hoping that the interest would be less.

Both of them were worried, for fear that they would step into the road of no return, but in order not to starve to death, this must be done.

Mu Yangling, who originally wanted no interest, closed his mouth temporarily, thought for a while and said: "It is not difficult for the villagers in this village to borrow food, but I am not sure about the interest. Chen Ming said that the villagers do not have enough to eat every year. For ten months of the year, grain is mixed with chaff, and if you borrow grain this year, you may not be able to pay it back next year.”

The village chief obviously knew this too, and blushed and said, "Folks, please work harder next year, and you will be able to pay back. The big deal is, we'll sell everything..."

"That would make me look like a villain."

Li Zheng pondered for a moment, and asked, "The fourth grandma means..."

"You also know that I have a 100-acre emperor in the village. It has just been opened for one year, and there are two more years where it can be rent-free. The land is too thin, and it has been hired by short-term workers all the time. The tenants can't go out. You have to borrow food. , The interest is to rent my land. I will ask Chen Ming to talk to you later, as much grain as you borrow, you have to rent as much land for a period of two years. You have to plant whatever I ask you to plant. As long as you don’t steal or cheat, the two Even if the interest on borrowing food is waived after the next year, as for the rent, I will only charge 50%, what do you think?"

Li Zheng and the village head looked at each other, and asked hesitantly: "How long will it take to wait? You have to give me an accurate answer."

They were afraid that Mu Yangling would tell them to plant something that took a lot of work, and after two years they would say that they hadn't done it well and ask them to double the interest or something.

Mu Yangling smiled and said: "It's not something that takes a lot of work. It takes less time than wheat. If you don't eat it or are not used to it, sell it to me. The price will not be less."

Lizheng thought for a while and asked, "Then, can you make a proof or something?" He blushed and said, "It's not that I can't trust the fourth grandma, but I also have a proof or something."

Mu Yangling nodded, "Not to mention Li Zheng, I also want to establish evidence. In the future, as long as our affairs are formal, we must establish evidence."

When Mu Yangling said this, Li Zheng and the village chief were both embarrassed and a little suspicious. Zhu Jia is so easy to talk to?