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Chapter 1375 It rains heavily

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    "Lord Captain, this was found from their corpses!"

    It didn¡¯t take long, just when the soldiers started to clean up the mess, a large amount of grease was quickly found from the horse bags of the cavalry.

    "What a great Ma Jinliang! Find someone to show him. Don't let him really die. I want his confession!"

    Bringing so much grease to the Shaofu Prison, besides setting fire to it, what else could it be for?

    A smile appeared on the corner of Yuan Qing's mouth. It seemed that he had completely stood his ground this time.

    "No!"

    The soldier responded, then went down to prepare.

    And Zhang Zihuan hurriedly returned to the military camp.

    He quickly wrote a letter and conveyed the situation they were encountering back to Jinyang.

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    "Why has the autumn grain harvest so far only been so small?"

    In the Prime Minister's Mansion, Lu Jia looked through the documents submitted from various places, and the more he read, the more frightened he became.

    "This, this"

    As a Hu Cao, Wu Siyuan stammered a bit and really didn¡¯t know what he should say.

    "Speak directly if you have something to say, what are you doing?"

    Lu Jia suddenly frowned.

    "This is because those mud-legged people are now looking for copper coins all over the mountains and plains. Even if the vast majority of them sell their property, they are not willing to go to the fields to collect food"

    Wu Siyuan had a grimace on his face, not knowing how to explain.

    "What did you say? Selling off the property?"

    Lu Jia almost jumped up.

    "Please tell me clearly, what is going on?"

    If it were in the Han Dynasty, the government would only collect a small amount of copper coins every year, and most of the taxes would be offset in kind.

    Finally, it is up to the government to decide whether the collected items should be sold into copper coins or stored in warehouses based on actual needs.

    But it is different in Lingnan. On the one hand, it is to facilitate those involved in maritime trade to pay taxes. On the other hand, it is also to facilitate officials at all levels to get involved.

    So when taxes are levied, the people can decide whether to pay in copper coins or in kind.

    Of course, for the needs of the court, if you pay completely in copper coins or in kind, there will always be a part of the overflow value offset in the end.

    The final decision on how to calculate this value offset lies with the local government.

    This is also to prevent everyone from paying all the copper coins.

    But now it seems that the situation is far worse than they imagined.

    "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, we have now adjusted the ratio to the highest level. If we pay all the copper coins, we will have to pay twice the tax. But even so, those idiots would rather sell their property and must pay the tax with copper coins.  ¡­¡±

    Wu Siyuan also looked aggrieved. This matter really had nothing to do with him. He was already doing his best to solve the problems he encountered.

    But with the current climate being like this, it is simply beyond their control.

    "Why didn't you tell me earlier? Why didn't you tell me earlier!"

    Lu Jia angrily overturned the table in front of him, stood up suddenly, his face was red with anger, and he almost pulled out the knife to kill someone.

    "The lower official deserves to die, the lower official deserves to die!"

    Wu Siyuan has been with Lu Jia for so many years, but he has never seen Lu Jia like this.

    "Do you know that this crop grows in the ground. If no one harvests it, it will rot when the time comes! It has been seven or eight days since the rice matured. Up to now, there is not much farmland left near Panyu City.  Are you aware of the harvest?"

    Lu Jia was pacing back and forth on the ground angrily. The more he talked, the angrier he became, and the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became.

    He tolerated the fact that all these people were so fat-minded, but being so stupid to this point was really hard for Lu Jia to accept.

    Food is a major matter for a country.

    The grain output in Lingnan has been decreasing year by year, which gives Lu Jia a headache.

    Although he and Zhao Tuo are not at odds with each other, he still sits in the position of prime minister.

    Lingnan is also his sphere of influence. He can't watch his territory being starved to death.

    ¡°Besides, when all those mud-legged people are dead, who will he be the prime minister for?

    ? ???This, this subordinate doesn¡¯t know¡±

    Wu Siyuan looked aggrieved. This was something he, a household official, should not know about.

    "Come here, drag him out and give him fifty lashes!"

    Lu Jia was so angry that she was shaking all over. What would she do with such a waste?

    ¡°Prime Minister, have mercy on me, Prime Minister, have mercy on me!¡±

    Wu Siyuan quickly knelt on the ground, begging for mercy.

    He is just a civil servant, wouldn¡¯t it take fifty lashes to kill him?

    "If I spare your life, who will spare mine? Do you know how many people in this world hate me to death?"

    Several officials from the Prime Minister's Mansion hurriedly stepped forward and dragged Wu Siyuan out. Not long after, a burst of heart-rending screams came from outside.

    After fifty lashes, Wu Siyuan was beaten to death.

    When he returned to Lu Jia again, he was as limp as mud, lying on the ground like a dead dog

    "I'll give you a chance to make meritorious deeds. From now on, you will immediately send people out to various places to urge me to harvest the autumn grain. All the people who have not paid their taxes will be offset in kind. Anyone who dares to do anything to me at this time  , don¡¯t blame me, surnamed Lu, for being unkind!¡±

    When Lu Jia spoke, his words were full of threats.

    "Thank you so much, Prime Minister, thank you so much, Prime Minister!"

    "Boom - boom - boom -"

    However, at this moment, a burst of thunder suddenly sounded in the sky.  .

    Lu Jia was stunned and quickly opened the door to the check-in room and rushed out.

    The sky that was cloudless just now suddenly became covered with dark clouds.

    Lu Jia suddenly felt his eyes go dark, as if someone had hit him in the head.

    The originally straight back suddenly became rickety. If there was another heavy rain at this time, it would really make things worse.

    Those rice plants were already mature, but now they are watered by the violent storm. It would be great to have only one ten percent left

    The storm was about to come, and the wind filled the building. In just a short while, it started pouring rain outside.

    "It's overeverything is over"

    Lu Jia angrily pushed away the man next to him who was trying to hold an umbrella for him.

    ??The whole person just stood in the heavy rain, full of ambitions and ambitions, but at this moment, they had drifted away with the smoke

    Without food, how will we survive the winter in Lingnan

    Without food, how will we fight the upcoming war?

    Without food, what will happen to the hundreds of millions of people who are waiting for food?

    "Pfft¡ª¡ª"

    "Oh my God! You are trying to destroy me, South Vietnam!" (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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