AWB Chapter 358 Paying Taxes
Chapter 358 Paying Taxes
"I greet the prefect."
Li Lanzhen stepped forward and bowed.
Magistrate Wu stretched out his hands and gave a light support, then laughed.
"Madam Li, please get up quickly. We in Youzhou City are so lucky to have you!"
Thinking that the emperor had written him three letters in a row, Magistrate Wu was happy from the bottom of his heart.
Li Lanzhen waved her hand modestly.
"It is thanks to the prefect that we, the common people, have been able to settle down here after escaping famine."
Li Lanzhen didn't want to keep pulling like this, so she pointed to the baskets behind her and said.
"Your Excellency the Prefect, these are sweet potatoes, potatoes, vermicelli, and some mountain products. I'll give them to you to try."
Prefect Wu stared with shining eyes at the basket of vermicelli that Li Lanzhen was pointing at.
He walked over and lifted the cover, and saw what Li Lanzhen was talking about: "Fan Tiao."
They really are in bundles like noodles, but the color is different.
“Is this vermicelli made from sweet potatoes and potatoes?”
"Yes, Your Excellency, the white one is potato flour, and the darker one is sweet potato flour.
After the water boils, put the vermicelli into the pot. Don’t cook it for too long. It’s just cooked when you can break it with chopsticks.
Cook the vermicelli and wild vegetables, eat them cold with small green vegetables, or stew vermicelli, cabbage, pork and tofu, all of which are very delicious. "
Magistrate Wu swallowed a mouthful of saliva, clapped his hands vigorously, and shouted, "Good! That's great!
This vermicelli is easy to carry and can be stored for a long time. It is really a good thing! ”
They sat down to drink tea and discuss issues concerning sweet potato and potato cultivation.
Then the clerk in charge of tax collection came over.
He handed the account book in his hand to Magistrate Wu and whispered to him.
"Your Excellency the Prefect, Lishu Village has handed over five thousand kilograms of sweet potatoes and potatoes.
This amount far exceeds the tax data they should pay.
Because Han Mingxiang is a scholar, he is exempted from the tax on ten acres of land. There are two other scholars in the village who are exempted from the tax on three acres of land."
After hearing this, Prefect Wu turned to look at Li Lanzhen. He knew that this was the benefit given to him by Li Lanzhen.
He stood up respectfully, clenched his fists, bowed, and said to Li Lanzhen.
"Thank you Madam Li, Madam Li is so righteous. I thank you on behalf of the people of Youzhou Prefecture!"
Li Lanzhen knew that he understood her feelings, and she looked at him and said with a smile.
"We are registered in Youzhou Prefecture, and we cannot let the people of Youzhou Prefecture watch the people of other prefectures grow sweet potatoes and potatoes to fill their stomachs.
We have nothing.”
"Hahahaha, that's very well said. Thank you, Madam Li!"
Li Lianzhen took out several drawings from his pocket.
"Sir, I have some drawings of improved farm tools here. Please see if they can be promoted."
Prefect Wu quickly stood up and took the drawings from Li Lanzhen.
He had heard of this a long time ago and had always wanted to speak up but was stopped by Xuan Shen.
He said he didn't need to ask, Li Lanzhen would give it to him in autumn.
It can be said that Li Lanzhen is a woman with great ambition!
Look, it's coming!
Prefect Wu happily flipped through the drawings in his hand and spoke repeatedly.
"Good! Good, that's great. After the agricultural taxes are collected, I will call the heads of various counties and towns here during the slack season and explain it to them in detail.
Let them go back and build this improved movable farm tool according to the blueprint.”
After saying that, he handed the drawings in his hand to the clerk.
"Find someone to follow this drawing strictly and make several copies."
Li Lanzhen was also happy when she saw that Magistrate Wu was so happy that he couldn't suppress his joy.
It seems that Magistrate Wu is really a good official who cares about the people and works for the people!
If so, she wouldn't mind sending goodies here.
"My Lord, next spring, I can send you 5000 kilograms of sweet potato seedlings.
You can send it to a nearby county town and plant it directly in the ground. If you manage it well, the survival rate will be very high.”
Prefect Wu was bombarded with good news one after another from Li Lanzhen, and was completely confused and could only laugh.
After paying the taxes, Li Lanzhen and her companions went to Sifang Restaurant, had dinner, and then took a boat back to Taohuayuan.
Li Lanzhen, who was tired after a day of work, had her meal in the cafeteria, returned to the yard, washed up, and then lay down on the bed.
I was drowsy and just about to close my eyes when I heard a "bang".
She opened her eyes and saw someone climbing over the wall.
Although Taohuayuan is currently safe, how can we guard against unknown dangers?
Li Lanzhen quickly put on her coat, holding an electric baton in her hand, and slowly walked into the room.
As soon as she reached the door, she heard a voice outside calling her in a low voice.
"Mom, mom, please open the door quickly. I have good news for you!"
"It's Han Mingjiang."
"Yes, Mom, open the door!"
Li Lanzhou pulled out the bolt and opened the door.
Han Mingjiang stepped into the house.
"It's pitch dark, and you came up here so late at night, and even climbed over the wall. Who are you trying to scare to death?"
As Li Lanzhen spoke, she lit the half-burnt candle on the kang table.
Sitting on the edge of the kang, he turned around and looked at Han Mingjiang who was grinning foolishly.
Li Lanzhen sniffed. "What's that smell? Why does it smell like burnt hair?
Did you guys roast pheasant outside?"
Li Lanzhen looked at Han Mingjiang in confusion, only to find that all the hair on his forehead was burnt, forming a nest of wool curls on his head.
Looking more closely, I saw that the two thick black eyebrows were also burned bald by the fire.
His entire face was dark, and only the whites of his eyes that appeared when he moved, and his big white teeth that showed when he smiled, could tell that he was a human.
Li Lanzhen burst into laughter. "My son, what's wrong with you? The roasted chicken was not cooked through, so you roasted yourself and ate it. Hahaha!"
Han Mingjiang was not angry when he heard Li Lanzhen's joke.
He suddenly put his big black face close to Li Lanzhen and lowered his voice and said excitedly.
"Mom, the bomb test was successful!!"
Li Lanzhen frowned, stood up and asked in a low voice.
"what?"
Then he slapped his arm hard with his hand.
"You are such a daring person, do you want your mother to give you a son when you are old?
Look, look, if you get any closer, you'll be dead!"
When Han Mingjiang saw Li Lanzhen's nervous expression, he kept muttering and patting him.
Knowing that she was worried about him, he comforted her.
"Mom, it's okay. We have tried it several times, and this time is the most successful one."
Seeing him looking up with a smug look on his face, Li Lanzhen asked again.
"Then what happened to you, honey? Did you get burned by the fire?"
Han Mingjiang didn't dare tell Li Lanzhen because, after the bomb was thrown, there was no sound for a long time, and he himself lost his composure and hurriedly wanted to go up to observe.
Unexpectedly, after taking a few steps, it suddenly exploded.
That's how I became.
If Xuan Shen hadn't rushed over and pinned him down, the flying stones would have hurt him.
Afterwards he felt a little scared, but the joy of the successful bomb test diluted his fear.
"It's okay, mom. The bomb went off and set the weeds next to it on fire.
We were trying to put out the fire but accidentally let it burn.”
Li Lanzhen checked his body carefully again. Only his clothes had holes from the fire, but she was relieved that he was not hurt.
He pulled him to sit on the edge of the kang and poured him a bowl of spiritual spring water.
"Drink some water and tell me about it."