Chapter 424 Family Members Arrive
The woman immediately shut up when she received her son's gaze, and led her children to kneel in front of the man.
"I greet the prince!"
"Yeah." Han Muchen nodded.
He looked at the people in front of him again.
"Why did you come so early?"
I had told the soldiers before that I would let my family come over in the early autumn, but it has only been a few days and they are here.
Even Erzhuang on the opposite side looked at his mother with a puzzled look.
"Mom, didn't I tell you to prepare first and come back in autumn?"
I had clearly stated it in the letter before, asking my mother to prepare first and come over in the autumn.
After hearing what her son said, the woman looked worried.
"The food at home won't last until the autumn. If you don't come soon, we won't even have enough money to go."
As he spoke, he looked at the half bag of brown rice beside him. If they came a little later, not only would they have no money to pay for the transportation fee, but they would also have to eat all the food.
Han Muchen also looked at the half bag of grain in the woman's hand. Before he could say anything, Qin Chuchu squeezed out from behind him.
"Didn't the court give you food?"
She looked at the woman in front of her in confusion. She had heard from the Living King of Hell that children over three years old could get 200 kilograms of food, which was enough to last until the autumn harvest next year.
But now, such a short time has passed and this woman actually said that there is no food at home. How is this possible!
As he spoke, he tilted his head deliberately and stared at the woman in front of him with one eye.
Now I finally understand why roosters always tilt their heads when looking at things. It turns out that their long noses block their vision.
Linglong's bandaging skills are too poor. Although I asked her to wrap it thicker, I didn't ask her to wrap it so thickly.
Even the view is blocked. You can't see anything unless you turn your head.
“…………”Everyone was stunned.
He looked at the large piece of medicine cloth on Qin Chuchu's nose, and then at her hands that were wrapped like bear paws.
They all looked at each other and smiled unkindly.
Just now they saw that the princess's nose was broken, it was just a little scrape of the skin, there was no need to wrap it so thickly, as if it were a pig's nose.
And these hands are wrapped in an even more bizarre way, I'm afraid they are wrapped with a roll of medical cloth.
When Concubine Jing saw this, the corner of her mouth twitched.
“………………”
Isn’t the bag my daughter-in-law packed a little too weird?
Even the man next to him raised his eyebrows playfully, but didn't say anything.
Qin Chuchu didn't have time to pay attention to other people's eyes. All her attention was on the woman in front of her.
I was eager to know what I had just asked.
The woman was stunned for a moment when she looked at Qin Chuchu, but she quickly came to her senses.
"Madam, we haven't paid taxes in recent years due to the drought. Although the court has subsidized grain, after deducting the taxes from previous years, there isn't much left. We used that grain to pay for our trip this time."
This is also the main reason why they have to rush here as soon as possible. If they stay at home any longer, they may not even have enough food for the travel expenses.
"Taxes?!" Qin Chuchu frowned even tighter and looked at the man beside her with a questioning look.
Although I don't know much about this, the grain was used to subsidize the people, and it is a bit unreasonable that it was withheld as taxes.
“…………”Han Muchen didn’t say anything.
His brows were tightly furrowed, and it was not difficult to see that he was very dissatisfied. He looked at the people in front of him again.
"Are taxes also deducted from your grain?"
Although these grains were not distributed personally, I believe that my father would not use grain to offset taxes. Someone must have done something fishy about it.
After hearing what the man said, the people nodded.
"Yes, but I don't know how much was deducted. There are twelve people in our family, and we were given two hundred kilograms of grain in total."
"We also deducted and divided 210 kilograms of grain."
Immediately afterwards, the people began to tell how much subsidized food their families had received.
The more Qin Chuchu listened, the angrier she became, her head buzzing with anger.
At first they gave each person a subsidy of 200 kilograms of grain, but when it was distributed among them, each household received 200 kilograms.
I don’t know which dogs I fed the food in my space to. The more I think about it, the angrier I get.
“…………”Han Muchen also had a look of anger on his face.
There must be someone behind this. If this woman hadn't spoken out today, she would have really been buried in the valley.
The officers and soldiers were also so angry that they gritted their teeth. After all, many of them were the ones who had helped deliver the food. They thought that the food would be distributed to the people in full weight, but in the end they were only given a fraction.
Just when everyone was furious, Concubine Jing screamed out.
"There's no law! When I get back, I'll have to talk to the Emperor and have him investigate those bastards who did this!"
She had been holding it in for a long time and wanted to keep silent, but she really couldn't help it.
When she thought about the food her son had sent being tampered with, she was so angry that she wanted to go back and tell the emperor right away.
Let him investigate thoroughly, find out those bastards and chop them into pieces.
As soon as she finished speaking, everyone looked at her. Although they felt that the queen had lost her composure, they had to admit that her words were satisfying and it was what they all thought.
Just when everyone was getting angry about this, the woman suddenly fell to her knees.
"I can't sustain myself at home anymore, so I came here so early. I heard there are a lot of wild vegetables in the mountains of Qingzhou Prefecture. With this half bag of food, I can last until early autumn. Please don't send us back, Your Majesty."
The woman pointed to the half bag of brown rice beside her, and then she started to kowtow.
Her leading the way inspired the people behind her to kneel down and kowtow as well.
They didn't bring much food with them, and they had heard that there were a lot of wild vegetables in the mountains here, so they thought they could at least last until early autumn.
As long as the prince doesn't drive them away, the whole family will never starve to death. It's better than staying at home.
Seeing the people kneeling on the ground in front of them, everyone frowned and felt very uncomfortable.
After a long silence, Han Muchen turned around and looked at the soldiers rushing over.
They were looking at him eagerly. He knew what they were thinking without even looking. They must have hoped that he could keep them. He turned to look at Butler Liu.
“How many tents are still unused?”
I remember that many of the tents we brought back last time were still empty, which was just right for these people to live in first.
"Your Highness, there are still fifty-one left."
After saying this, Butler Liu pointed at the people kneeling in front of him.
"I guess these people can let it go!"
"Well, let's arrange for them to stay first!"
Han Muchen glanced at Butler Liu, turned around and strode back to his own yard.
Now he had to go back quickly to write a memorial and tell his father about this matter. Perhaps the grain could still be recovered.
At this moment, in the imperial palace in the capital, the emperor was sitting in the imperial study, listening to Commander Zhang's report with a gloomy face and a frighteningly cold look in his eyes.
"I'm not dead yet!"
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