Chapter 281

Outside, the clan leader's family also came.

The patriarch didn't come into the house. He just laughed at Xu Qing at the door. Li Jing and his parents came in to see the baby, but they were more formal and went out soon.

"What happened to the patriarch?" Xu Qing asked Li Jinmei in a low voice.

"I've been coughing since winter, and my body is not as good as before." Li Jinmei returned.

Outside, the patriarch and Li Jing go to talk to Li Changting. Li Jing's parents go home first.

Li Changting asked Duanmu Xiang to examine the pulse of the clan leader. Duanmu Xiang wrote a prescription for Li Jing. They are all common medicinal materials, which should be found in the mountains.

"What's the matter with my grandfather?" Li Jing didn't understand the treatment of the prescription, so he asked directly.

"Cold into the body, melancholy, need to calm down and recuperate, what happened in the village recently?" Duanmu rang.

Li Changting also wondered: "why do you worry and get depressed?"

Li Jing sighed: "it's not that the imperial court suddenly increased the tax, saying that it is to rebuild Qingfeng town. The tax has increased more than three times as much as before. We are just relieved from the drought, and we are facing the situation of food shortage."

Li Changting's eyes narrowed slightly: "the taxes of the imperial court have not changed. They are the same. What's more, the new emperor has just ascended the throne. It's impossible to increase taxes at this time. Who are the people who come to collect taxes?"

When Li Changting said this, the clan leader and Li Jing knew that they had been cheated. They stared at each other for a long time, and they were so angry that they gnashed their teeth.

"These animals dare to pretend to be officials of the imperial court!" The patriarch was so angry that he patted the table. His voice roared out, followed by a series of severe coughs.

Li Jing was very angry when he patted his grandfather on the back. "Those people cheated us a lot. At first, we didn't believe that they were from the imperial court. Later, Li Zhuang and I followed these people to Qingfeng town and went to the Yamen. We couldn't believe it. We didn't expect that they were fake!"

Li Changting: Qingfeng town? Isn't it abandoned? "

Li Jing also felt strange: "we went there half a month ago. There are many people living in the town, and there are still people running shops to do business, but the things are very expensive."

Li Changting forgot to ask Zhao Jian if he sent someone to Qingfeng town, but he could guess the result without asking Li Changting. Zhao Jian would surely say: fart, I can't even get busy in Jizhou city, so I don't have time to deal with the broken town!

So where did these people come from in Qingfeng town? They dare to pretend to be the common people in Yamen.

The patriarch said to Li Changting, "Changting, do you know any officials in the city of Zhuzhou, and see if the imperial court can manage them?"

Li Changting said, "don't worry, I will solve it."

What he was entrusted by Yin Xiang was to solve similar problems for the people, otherwise what he wanted the gold medal to do, let alone this kind of thing still happened under his eyes.

In the house.

Li Jinmei asked about Xu Qing's pregnancy. When she heard that she didn't suffer any crime during her pregnancy and that the birth was very smooth, her self blame was relieved.

Xu Qing said: "elder sister, Changting and I are planning to open a shop in Jizhou city. We have bought all the land and are building a house now. Do you want to move to Jizhou city to live with us?"

This time, instead of hesitating and refusing, Li Jinmei nodded positively: "if we move in with you, the whole family shouldn't be separated."

Moreover, the land here is not easy to grow. The imperial court increased taxes, and Li Jinmei worked hard for a year, as if she was working for others.

Xu Qing: "I plan to build five shops. Changting and I sell cakes and wine. Hao Wei and Xu Ying open a restaurant. There are still three shops left. I'll give you one with my brother-in-law. My brother-in-law is not a carpenter. You can sell some crafts or furniture."

"Now the city of Jizhou is being rebuilt, and there is a shortage of people everywhere. Craftsmen like brother-in-law are the most scarce. If you open a shop, you don't know how many orders you will get."

Li Jinmei and Cao Laoliu, who are not far away, look at each other. They are all excited. Who doesn't like the business of making money? What's more, Cao Laoliu has confidence in making money with his best craft.

Li Jinmei agreed to come down and asked Xu Qing when to move to Jizhou city.

Xu Qing said: "it's estimated that the reconstruction of Jizhou city will wait until summer. If you decide to go, you can move now. First, you can move to Xinghu. When summer is over, we will move to Jizhou city, and then we will settle down in Jizhou city."

Li Jinmei: "so you don't plan to build houses in the village?"

Xu Qing: "if we don't build it, we won't come back to live."

Li Jinmei: "well, when shall we start? I'll go and pack up."

Xu Qing: "don't worry. It seems that the patriarch is looking for Changting. Let's wait until Changting decides when to leave."

Li Jinmei: "OK, I'll clean up your room."

Outside.

Li Jing said angrily: "last autumn, these people dressed as captors came. At that time, they collected normal taxes. They pretended to be real and said that if we didn't believe them, we could go to the Yamen with them. At that time, we didn't find it strange. As a result, when they came back this spring, they said that the taxes had tripled. Let's go to the Yamen as soon as possible Pay, or we'll go to jail. ""Half a month ago, these people came again and said that they would have to hand in the money again. This time, we must hand in the poultry. We were all very angry. I wanted to kill those people at that time! When we were asked to turn in the money before, we didn't lose a cent. Now we come again. It's clear that we are bullied! "

Li Changting: "did you give it to me?"

Li Jing: "no, my grandfather pleaded with you. He said that some of these poultry were brooding. It's not too late to hand them in when the chickens and ducklings hatched. It's only half a month to persuade them to go back. If you don't come back, we really don't know what to do. We can kill bandits and mountain bandits, but we can't fight against the imperial court."

Now that he knew that the tax collectors were bandits, Li Jing had the heart to kill them.

Li Changting asked, "did they let you exchange new currency?"

Li Jing: "yes! It is said that the money in the past can't be used and must be exchanged. You told us when you came back, but there are basically no places in the village where money needs to be used. Everyone is more cautious. Only a few people go to exchange it, but they don't exchange much. At most, two or three Wen, and I also exchange one Wen. "

Li Changting: "show me."

Li Jing took out the money from his pocket. Li Changting picked up the copper coin, looked at it and said, "it's fake."

Li Jing: "what?"

Li Changting took out a real new coin. The two kinds of copper coins are completely different in size, material, feel and engraving.