Doomsday Farm Tour

Chapter 68

"According to the law of our court, we will pay taxes every autumn harvest." The soldiers outside the city wall shouted with drums and gongs. Lu Xiao stood on the city wall and watched those people shouting continuously as they pulled the tiger skin. Faced with these self-righteous flaring teeth and claws, they just laughed it off.

"Can you see someone you are familiar with?" He turned his head and asked the person beside him, with a very calm expression. The figure of the man wearing the black bamboo hat was somewhat familiar, and he nodded and shook his head lightly, as if he was not too sure.

"It's okay, it's been a few years since you left the barracks... It's normal for some soldiers not to remember." Lu Xiao wasn't disappointed when he saw him, since this matter was all about luck. There are so many people bustling around in the barracks, I have some impressions... After such a long time, it is normal not to remember.

"This person speaks with a lot of air, but he is not as good as I guessed. I am afraid that he is not just a soldier. Such a person has done an errand that offends people and is prone to trouble, such as harvesting food. Either he was plotted by others, or..." The man in the black hat didn't finish his sentence completely, but Lu Xiao fully understood what he wanted to say. It's just that someone wanted to test it out, so he sent a pawn.

"We closed the city gate and don't care about it. As for the village... let them pay a quarter of the taxable grain. If they are not satisfied, they can take all the grain away ... let some people who look more honest in the back mountain The brothers pretended to be men in the village...trying not to let them see that Lujiacun has been looted by bandits." Looking at the setting sun in the distance, Lu Xiao was expressionless thinking about the past. Due to the huge size of the back mountain, no one except Shi Lei knew that they raised so many slaves in the back mountain. As long as there are no accidents, they should not be able to find out in a short time.

"Don't be reluctant to part with the food, I will supply them in the future. Just don't show too much indifference...Forget it, let's talk about the food supply later. If you behave too much, you will inevitably be suspected." Lu Xiao is also After painstaking efforts, whether Lujia Village can be preserved depends on whether the villagers still have feelings for it...whether they are willing to protect it.

"Tie this letter to the arrow and see how they react." Lu Xiao's reply letter was tied to the arrow, and Lu Jing pulled the bowstring and shot steadily at the soldier who was beating the gong. The little soldier was obviously taken aback, standing on the spot and jumping. He didn't pay attention to the letter tied to the arrow at all, and he didn't calm down until a leader-like person gave a cold reprimand.

The man picked up the letter and read it for a while, staring at Lu Xiao with piercing eyes, and seemed to have a particularly strong interest in it. Lu Xiao also calmly looked back at the past, he had a great reputation, even if he was just a raiser, he had more status than these soldiers. Not only did he not have a public seal, but he didn't even have a decent jade book, so it was only natural for him to doubt it.

"If there is an imperial seal in the future, you and I will discuss taxation again." There is no room for maneuver in a single sentence on a piece of paper, or the person behind the scenes is revealed or... there is nothing to talk about. The more he talked, the more loopholes would appear, and Lu Xiao had no intention of playing charades with him.

Seeing that the man had no intention of saying anything, Lu Xiao turned around and left. Wouldn't he be too useless if he wanted to break through the county with these stragglers under the city wall?

Lu Jing stayed at the city wall to inspect, and the man in the black hat followed Lu Xiao away. It was Ling Jun who walked all the way to the study and took off the bamboo hat. Ling Jun has a special status, and he ran away secretly that day. If it is recognized by others, there is no guarantee that it will not be used to make a fuss.