Chapter 50: Too many details to dwell on
Song Yao spread his fingers: "This is the number!"
"Five, five hundred taels?" Jiang Anning stuttered as her saliva stung her teeth.
After saying that, she felt it was impossible.
A reward of 80 taels for clues is already a sky-high price. How can we give another astronomical figure of 500 taels...
Besides, I haven't heard that the government office in Jiangning County is so rich?
The year before last, when repairing water canals, the yamen couldn't come up with any money, so they had to recruit money from merchants. Every merchant who donated money received a letter with the four characters "Integrity Management" written by the county magistrate.
Because of this incident, a lot of jokes were made.
Jiang Anning subconsciously denied the possibility that the Yamen could afford such a large amount of money.
"No!"
Song Yao made the final decision and gave her a reassurance: "Are you shocked?"
"Don't say you are shocked, even I was shocked when I first heard this number!"
"Is it really five hundred taels?" Jiang Anning seemed to be in a dream, her hands and feet were a little erratic.
She was even thinking about whether the adult sitting high up in the yamen had his heart changed.
Or did it hit your head?
"Don't just make empty promises, which makes people so high-spirited that they don't care about looking for the person. In the end, it's all in vain. They only give you a few words of verbal praise, sign an incredible IOU, and pay back half the year's taxes, right?"
Jiang Anning still didn't quite believe it.
"Isn't it possible?" Song Yao hesitated for a while, and the enthusiasm he had accumulated when he got the news yesterday retreated a lot.
"Why not?"
Jiang Anning: "It's not like there were no such precedents in the past. Sister Song must have forgotten that the grain harvest in Jiang'an County was poor last year, and there was almost a disaster. Many farmers tightened their belts and even made preparations to escape famine. ”
"How many easy-to-know ideas have been sent out, but they all fell into the sea without any response."
"Even those wealthy businessmen found various excuses to default on their arrears, but later on they came up with a lot of IOUs from the government, saying they wanted tax deductions?"
"Later, people from the yamen, for refusing to pay taxes, arrested a few of the noisy ones who killed chickens to scare monkeys, ransacked their homes and fined them money, and then they managed to collect the taxes and pay them."
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"But it's just a matter of paying the land tax in full to fool the people above, but it doesn't care much about the lives and lives of the people."
"Fortunately, at the end of the year, the Cao Canal was opened to ships, and some food was allocated to help. Otherwise, we might have fled by now."
Jiang Anning's voice suddenly paused, and her eyes fell on Song Yao, thoughtfully.
"What's wrong?"
Song Yao suddenly stopped when he saw the person, and looked around strangely. He didn't see anyone, so he felt relieved.
"I remember that the Queen Mother's Qianqiu Festival seems to be in the golden autumn season?"
Jiang Anning's sudden question really confused Song Yaowen.
She thought about it carefully: "It should be about the same. I went out in late August. I thought it was rare to travel far away, so I might as well find more tricks to come back. I stopped and stopped along the way. I used it for almost a month. I arrived in the capital in almost no time, and I was scolded a lot.”
"I have learned etiquette for half a month, probably around the end of autumn."
Everyone thought that she would enjoy great blessings and receive great favors when she entered the palace.
In fact, she didn't even know which day the Thousand Autumn Festival was, let alone participate in it.
Even the imperial banquets given by the palace were eaten at the place where he stayed, with great gratitude.
On the day of the birthday ceremony, I got up very early.
After waiting for a long time, I got an opportunity to kowtow to the Tian family from a distance and present the Buddha picture with double-sided and three-different embroidery.
Then I knelt there with heart and soul and listened to the people chatting and laughing happily, not daring to get distracted for fear of being called on and asked questions.
After finally carrying it through, her clothes were half wet.
The Queen Mother did indeed say: "If my daughter also had this ingenuity, I would laugh out loud even in my dreams."
I don't know where the news came from, saying that after seeing the picture of worshiping Buddha, the Queen Mother was very happy and wanted to adopt her as her adopted daughter.
Before she returned to Jiang'an County, rumors spread throughout the streets.
It was such a commotion that she couldn't explain it, and it was even worse if she didn't explain it. She was in a dilemma.
Fortunately, the plaque from the emperor was sent to her, which relieved her a lot of pressure.
But it was strange to say that when she left Beijing, no one told her that there was a plaque given by the emperor. Otherwise, she would have to welcome him in a more grand manner, setting up several flowing water mats and hanging whips.
You might as well call the white-eyed wolf named Sheng, take a good look, take a look... and take a deep breath!
What Song Yao recalled was the fear he felt during those days, fearing that if he made a mistake, his head would be moved.
Jiang Anning frowned, always feeling that something was not right, but couldn't figure it out.
As if she had an idea, it passed by so fast that she had no time to catch it.
The grain harvest in Jiang'an County was poor last year, so the government levied money and grain from merchants to make up for the shortfall in land tax.
Because of this, no one knew that the people in Jiang'an County almost ate grass roots and chewed tree bark.
The yamen didn't seem to care about it. They just waited for the next spring to plant the seeds again and pretended that nothing happened.
When everyone was complaining that the harsh government was fiercer than the tiger, and felt that the sky was dark, the imperial court arranged for food to be sent.
"The food seems to have been delivered in the days before and after you came back."
Jiang Anning murmured quietly, not sure.
Song Yao didn't hear clearly: "What?"
"No, it's nothing." Jiang Anning suppressed the messy thoughts in her heart and started talking about the previous topic again.
Song Yao: "It's not unreasonable for you to worry."
"When the person is caught, the official will be a mouthful. If he really regrets it, there is nothing you can do."
She said: "Why are we worried about this?"
"It's as if one of us would catch someone to earn a reward, just for the fun of it. No matter if it's true or not, just wait and see."
Song Yao's brows, which were almost worried, relaxed in an instant.
She almost got carried away by the huge reward, but she didn't think that she was going to charge into the battle and capture the fugitive.
"Especially you!"
Song Yao poked someone with his finger: "During this period, you have to stay with me in the embroidery workshop and don't run around and attract attention!"
"I estimate that now that Zhao has escaped, you are the one who wants revenge the most."
Jiang Anning pursed her lips.
"If this is the case, I shouldn't stay."
She said: "Otherwise, it would not only harm you, Sister Song, but also everyone else in the embroidery workshop..."
Song Yao glared at the person: "What nonsense are you talking about? What about getting involved or not? If you don't stay here, where else can you go?"
"What if I meet that beast later?"
Jiang Anning lowered her head slightly, looking like she was being taught honestly.
She thought that if she could meet Zhao Hai alone...
That would be great!
There should be no responsibility for killing a fugitive, right?
From one moment to the next, she now seemed to have endless brute strength all over her body.
Zhao Hai, who looks like an embroidered pillow, may be a bit underwhelming.
She really looked forward to meeting someone again.
Not to mention...
What if the reward is real?
Thinking of this, Jiang Anning could barely hold back her laughter.
Even though he tried his best to restrain himself, a faint smile still escaped his lips.
"You girl, I'm telling you something serious!"
Song Yao had a good talk with people, and he was sincere and sincere, and he thought that people had listened to them and were being taught humbly.
Unexpectedly, I didn’t know when I had wandered into the world a long time ago!
How come this girl seems to be honest and sweet-tempered, but in fact she seems to have a bad temper?
How infuriating!
Easy-to-understand instructions: Notifications for collecting land taxes in the old days
(End of chapter)