Chapter 315

"It's impossible. If the tax really reaches 60%, the officials who collect the grain will definitely come looking for it."

The woman didn't understand what he said, and He Yuxin didn't explain it to her.

These refugees have never thought about why taxes are so high, they can only see what is in front of them

What does the 60% tax mean?

It means forcing people to death.

So why did the court charge such heavy taxes?

Are you really ignorant of the sufferings of the people?

He Yuxin felt that at least not entirely.

This kind of behavior is killing the goose to retrieve the eggs, but even if the court knew that it was killing the goose to retrieve the eggs, the court still did it, which can only show that the situation in this Little Ice Age was very serious, and it was so serious that the court had to do this in order to stabilize the situation.

In other words, there is a great shortage of food here.

The shortage is so great that we would not hesitate to use human lives to replenish it.

Of course, this is still a bit biased. The correct statement should be that when the number of people decreases to a certain level, the food crisis can be solved.

He Yuxin understood the imperial court's intention almost instantly.

If ordinary people are forced to death to collect grain, what will be saved will definitely be able to stabilize the existence of the imperial court.

All He Yuxin could think of was ‘soldiers’.

As long as the 'soldiers' are still there, no matter how violent the situation below is, the position above can still be secure.

He Yuxin vaguely seemed to understand something, but she was also somewhat unsure.

If the difficulty of this dungeon was food, what about the traditional Chinese medicines she bought later?

She just blanked her mind for a moment, and then she got goosebumps all over her body.

It's a disease.

In modern times, epidemic diseases have been basically eliminated after disasters, which also made He Yuxin unaware of this problem.

She thought of this from the medicines provided by the system.

So in the later stages of the dungeon, there will be an epidemic, right?

The accumulation of corpses after a large number of people died easily breeds epidemics. However, this period began in the middle of the Little Ice Age. The several epidemics that had broken out had subsided (all people died). Later, there was really no food to eat, so those who died If it falls...it won't have a chance to rot.

It is precisely because of this that the epidemic that was supposed to continue to break out did not reappear after it subsided.

But this calm is only temporary. No one knows when the next epidemic will appear and how many people will die.

He Yuxin became a little anxious after suspecting that there would be an epidemic in the future.

She has rarely been anxious since she sent her father in, because there are very few troubles in her life that she cannot solve. Even those mistresses and illegitimate children, she does not regard them as threats.

But this time it's different.

She could not guarantee that the epidemic would not break out, and she could not guarantee that she would not be infected if it broke out. If she got the disease, she could not guarantee that she would be cured.

I took out all the props and medicines and looked at them carefully, ranging from anti-inflammation and pain relief to health care products for healing wounds and regulating the body.

It seems that everything is available, but in fact there is no medicine to treat epidemic diseases.

He Yuxin held a box of cold medicine and frowned. She was not sure whether taking this medicine would help if she got an epidemic.

What a terrible copy!

He Yuxin decided to make money after sitting down and thinking carefully for a while.

She wanted to collect some money as soon as possible, and then move to a place far away from people. Even if she couldn't move, she wanted to get to know the famous doctors of this era first.

She heard that there was a very powerful doctor in the palace, so she had to plan this carefully.

He Yuxin started preparations and paid the tax at the same time.

In fact, just as He Yuxin thought, even if they don't take the initiative to pay taxes, the government will send people to collect taxes.

The situation on their side has been known to the government for a long time. After all, Mr. Chen can lead people to find He Yuxin's bad luck. How could the parents and officials in the same place not be aware of it.

But Mr. Chen was arrested, and the news that He Yuxin was a "monster" became widespread. The local officials were also hesitant to collect grain.

It’s not about paying taxes, it’s about collecting grain.

The imperial court now needs food, a lot of food.

The official statement was to provide disaster relief, but this order was sent to the whole country, and all local officials received the order to collect grain.

It’s okay to levy grain in other places where there are no disasters. For example, it doesn’t make sense that those places where disasters are serious are levying grain.

However, this decree is of a nationwide nature. Even if some people think this is wrong, they don't say much. They just assume that there was some bias when the decree was issued and it will be changed later.

Little did he know that places with serious natural disasters were starving to death because of the imperial edict!

The disaster here is not too serious. At least some cities have been saved and have not been hit by a large number of victims.

But even so, life in this city is not easy.

What's more, the grain collection target has not yet been reached. If enough grain is not collected within the specified time, the local official's job will not be saved.

While the other party was struggling, the food delivery team arrived.

Former refugees, now villagers.

They came to deliver food by cart, and the oxen they used were provided by He Yuxin. There were seven big oxen in total, and one bullock.

The cars were also provided by He Yuxin. They were extremely crude wooden carts. There were only seven of them in total. They were bought from the system store.

They attracted a lot of attention when they entered the city. After all, so much food was really eye-catching!

As soon as they entered the city, they were blocked. People kept asking them where the food came from and whether it was sold. How much does it cost per pound?

It was not until they heard that this was taxable food that their problems eased.

But soon, they set their sights on the food they had set aside for themselves.

Since there is food to pay taxes, there must be some savings at home.

They kept asking if there was any other grain for sale, and they were willing to pay a lot of money to buy it.

It's impossible not to be moved. It's just money in vain. With such a high price, anyone who hears it will be moved.

But just when some people couldn't stand the temptation and wanted to agree, that person was stopped by others.

What a joke, they are working under the ‘monster’ now.

He Yuxin feels that these people are short-sighted and have no brains. In fact, these people are indeed not as smart as He Yuxin, but they are not fools either.

There are many old people in this group. They have not studied systematically and have no foresight, but they have the wisdom of life.

They knew that everything they had was given by He Yuxin, whether it was the fields, the place to live, or even the food, it was all grown by He Yuxin before.

They are people who enjoy the benefits, but they cannot enjoy the benefits forever.

They are now inseparable from the protection of the 'monster'.

This 'monster' does not require sacrifice from them, but requires them to be obedient.

They feel that they are already very obedient, but they still make He Yuxin unhappy, so they must be more obedient.