Chapter 579: corvee

Chapter 579: corvee

Chapter 579 Corvee

Aunt Tao had been with Gu Jinli for more than ten days and already knew the temper of this little boss. When she heard her nondescript words, she didn't feel inappropriate. Instead, she laughed and said with emotion: "Xiao Liu is a very affectionate person. After all these years, she , other men would have married and had children long ago, but he remembered his promise and waited for the end of the year."

Aunt Hongs name is Hong Sui.

While the two were talking, Sanqi came over to Grandma Tao with a bottle: "Mammy, we have run out of pearl powder for scar removal cream. Come and get half a kilo."

Sanqi, like Ophiopogon japonicus, used to work as a medicine boy in Xuanhufang, but he was relatively steady and didn't talk much, so he made scar removal cream with Kan Liu, and he will probably take over the business of making scar removal cream in the future.

Ophiopogon japonicus is a lively person. Following Akebia, she may take over the role of Akebia in the future.

After hearing this, Grandma Tao took out a book and wrote down the date and time he would come to get the amount of pearl powder and what he was going to do with it, and then asked him to put his fingerprints on it.

This is the management method after Grandma Tao came. Everyone in the pharmaceutical workshop must do this in order to ensure that there is evidence.

After Sanqi pressed his fingerprint, Grandma Tao asked Gu Jinli, then got up and went to the medicine cabinet in the house to get half a kilogram of pearl powder for Sanqi.

Before leaving, Gu Jinli asked Sanqi: "How are you doing today, Uncle Liu? Are you still stupid?"

Sanqi is smart, not very young, and is familiar with Gu Jinli. He laughed when he heard this and said, "You are stupid. I was so stunned the day before yesterday that I almost overheated the scar removal ointment."

Gu Jinli was anxious after hearing this: "This is not possible. The cost of a pot of scar removal cream is at least twenty taels. If a pot breaks down, you will lose money."

Sanqi said: "Don't worry, little boss, I will watch over Uncle Sixth and won't let him make any mistakes again."

Afraid that Gu Jinli would blame Kan Liu, he hurriedly said: "I'm much better today. I was just in a daze for a while and smashed a clay pot."

Clay pots also cost money.

Gu Jinli thought: "This is not a solution. We must make Uncle Kan Liu's wish come true as soon as possible."

Sanqi looked at Gu Jinli, what did the little boss know? I wanted to ask, but Kan Liu had already arrived. After seeing Sanqi, he said: "Sanqi, why are you so slow to get some pearl powder? Take it back quickly and sift the pearl powder twice. I'll wait to use it."

Corvee work is to recruit civilian men to work for the government for free, such as digging canals or building city walls. In short, it is hard work that can kill people.

County Magistrate Xu knew that the people were very resistant to serving as corvees because of Zou County Prime Minister's selling of men for labor service. He was afraid that the people would cause trouble, so he sent clerks and government servants to go to each village to explain to the farmers that this was The place where I went back to do my corvee service was in Linhe Prefecture. I was there to clean up the silt in the Huai River. The place was nearby.

The work was tiring, and there was a possibility of being sucked into the Huai River and dying, but the place was close, unlike before, where the place was far away, and even if one died in the place where he was doing corvee work, his body could not be brought back.

The reason why I was able to go so close to Tianfu County this time was because of Zou County Cheng. The court felt that they had to be appeased, otherwise they would have to go to Zhongzhou to build the city wall.

When Gu Jinli heard this, he frowned and asked in confusion: "Why didn't the court just exempt Tianfu County from the corvee this time?"

Zou County Cheng caused such a big incident. If the Emperor of Chu had been smarter, he would have exempted Tianfu County from the corvee. This small act of kindness was not a loss for the court, but it could win over the gratitude of the people. Heart, but the court did not do it.

Gu Jin'an said: "When I was corresponding with Brother Zheng and Brother Shangguan, they mentioned that some ministers in the court advocated exempting Tianfu County from corvee this time, but some ministers disagreed. They said that because of the previous few During the war in Yue, the walls of many cities were destroyed by the victims. This time the corvee work is heavier than before, and we cannot reduce the number of people."

"And if you don't want to do the corvee this time, the amount of silver you need to pay is twice as much as in previous years. It will cost you ten taels of silver per person...I heard that a head tax may be added."

Gu Jinli:

Da Chu is about to end.

It takes ten taels of silver to cover one quota of corvee service. Do the people in the court know how much of a huge sum of money these ten taels of silver are to ordinary peasants?

Rice can be grown in the Jianghuai and Jiangnan areas, and they are famously wealthy places. However, farmers can only earn ten taels of silver a year by working hard, let alone the northwest, Zhongzhou, Northeast and other places. These are barren and cold places. I worked so hard that I couldn't save even three taels of silver for a year.

Gu Jinan sighed: "Brother Zheng and brother Guan also felt that the court had passed. Mr. Shangguan Ge and the others tried hard for a long time but could not make the Emperor of Chu change his mind."

Brother Zheng had a relatively good relationship with him and revealed two words to him: lack of silver.

The northwest of Da Chu has been experiencing drought for two years and has encountered military disasters. The treasury has long been empty, and the Emperor of Chu is now searching for money everywhere. What worries Brother Zheng even more is that someone else is trying to persuade the Emperor of Chu, saying that the aristocratic family has accumulated wealth for hundreds of thousands of years and should contribute to the country at this moment.

If the Emperor of Chu is really persuaded, there will be another **** storm in Chu.

The Zheng family doesn't have to worry about keeping up with the official family. They are relatives of the emperor, but other aristocratic families are not so lucky.