Chapter 250 Go to Luhua Town
In fact, Lu Da had been thinking about it since the day someone from the imperial court came to tell him that their Luhua Town had become the fiefdom of the Dongping Township Lord.
At first, he was worried that the sudden appearance of the village chief would make the already poor life of the people in Luhua Town even worse. In order to respond early, he sent people to the county to inquire.
After learning everything about the Dongping Township Lord's deeds in Dongping County, Lu Da had some different ideas in his mind.
Although the village chief is a woman, what she has done is beyond the reach of many men. He thinks that perhaps this village chief will be a turning point for their Luhua Town.
Lu Daben wanted to take it slow. After working as a village head for so many years, he already understood one thing: if you want to ask someone to do something for you, you must first show sincerity.
He had everything planned out. He would wait until the end of the year and take this year's grain to the village chief's residence. Then he would sit down and talk to the village chief about the suffering of Luhua Town, asking him to help them and show them a clear way out.
But this plan could not keep up with the rapid changes. Qinghe County had a lot of rain this year. Not only did it rain frequently, but the only hail in the surrounding area happened to fall in their Luhua Town.
God really doesn't want to give them a chance to survive.
He could only come to the village chief in advance to ask for a solution.
Seeing that Lu Da was about to cry, Cui Qingyi quickly interrupted him: "Li Zheng Lu, I will discuss the matter of Luhua Town with the county magistrate. You and your aunt should go home first today."
After saying that, Cui Qingyi didn't want to sit here any longer. She gave Taozhi a look and went back.
Seeing that he was about to return empty-handed again today, Lu Da suddenly became anxious. He staggered to his feet and wanted to chase Cui Qingyi, but Tao Zhi commanded someone to support him and escort him out of the mansion without any explanation: "Please go back."
Seeing that the two people holding her old man were speaking in a gentle manner but without any smile on their faces, Aunt Lu felt frightened. Seeing that her old man was trying to pull them back, she quickly grabbed their sleeves and held them back.
"Let's go back and discuss it first, so as not to annoy the village chief." The lower the people are, the more they can understand what it means that a higher-ranking official can crush someone. If they can't get help this time, it would be better not to cause trouble.
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There is a small garden in the backyard of the village chief's mansion. When the people from the Ministry of Rites cleaned up the house, they did not plant any precious flowers in it at Cui Qingyi's request, but they transplanted two half-grown golden osmanthus trees.
Because these two trees were transplanted in the first year, they did not bloom this year, but they are lush and green with flourishing branches and leaves.
Cui Qingyi asked someone to place a stone table under the tree, and she would sit under the tree and read when she had nothing to do. It was the hottest time of the season in Dongping County, and Cui Qingyi liked to come here in the morning to cool off and do her own things.
Konjac also often comes to keep me company.
"The baby is about to be born, so stop busying yourself with needlework."
Hearing this, Konjac gently tucked the embroidery needle in her hair and said with a smile, "I'm not doing it seriously. I'm just using it to kill time."
The day after returning from outside, Cui Qingyi invited Doctor Lu to come to her home to see Konjac. According to Doctor Lu, Konjac was in good health and would give birth smoothly. From then on, all of Konjac's previous worries disappeared, and she just happily did what she wanted every day.
Thinking that she had not had time to make clothes for Cui Qingyi since she got married, and she was afraid that she would not be able to do it after she gave birth to a child, Konjac picked up the needle and thread again while there was still time.
It was said that it was not made properly, but Cui Qingyi took a look and saw that the skirt was only half sewn.
Knowing that there would be another visit from Luhua Town today, and seeing that Cui Qingyi seemed unhappy, Konjac obediently put the needlework back into the basket and said, "What do you mean by that Luhua Town visit? I heard the girl say that they've exempted their taxes for this year and next year, so why are they still not satisfied?"
When the people from Luhua Town came just now, Konjac sat in the back and listened for a while. It was indeed not easy for the people to grow food throughout the year. Many people paid taxes to the court and the remaining amount was barely enough for their family to eat. But if there was a happy event in the court and they were exempt from taxes, that would be a great thing. Now that the girl doesn't collect taxes from Luhua Town, why are they still not satisfied?
Lai Fu was hiding somewhere in the back garden, but he came out quietly when he heard the two people talking. He was becoming more and more elusive in this house now, and even Cui Qingyi had to try her luck to see him.
Finally seeing it, he picked it up in his arms and admired it. While stroking its fur, he talked to Konjac: "I haven't seen any clauses about fiefdoms when I read the laws of the Great Jin Dynasty before. Lord Zhou is thoughtful and has included this part in the letter he sent this time. Take a look."
As she spoke, Cui Qingyi took out Zhou Yanxiu's letter from her sleeve.
Konjac took it and without reading Zhou Yanxiu's letter to Cui Qingyi, he directly opened the paper with the terms of fiefdom for members of the royal family of Dajin written on the cover.
This clause looked like it was copied down, each and every clause was very clear, and Konjac read it carefully.
In the Jin Dynasty, whether it was a princess, a county lady, or a village head, everyone had a fiefdom and could receive a certain amount of grain, tax, and silver from the fiefdom every year. Seeing this, Konjac thought there was no problem. But after reading two or three more lines, Konjac's gaze froze.
After a while, she finally found her voice. "It seems like this place isn't ours to manage. We only get so little every year. If anything goes wrong, we'll be the ones to blame!"
Unfair terms.
Perhaps Lai Fu felt that Cui Qingyi's touch was uncomfortable, so he stretched out the pads of his front paws and gently patted her hand. Cui Qingyi took the opportunity to pinch the kitten's pads and touched them carefully.
"So, as the village head, I really can't ignore the affairs of Luhua Town."
Otherwise, she would have become the first person in the history of the Great Jin Dynasty to have her title revoked because the people in her fiefdom were impoverished.
She could never have this title, but she could never lose it for such a reason. That would be too embarrassing.
Konjac frowned. "What are you planning to do, young lady? I see that Lu Lizheng, although he's quite old, has a pair of eyes that sparkle. Don't tell me he's trying to get you to spend money to support him."
I have never heard of Luhua Town before, but Konjac thought that maybe this place is a place where poor mountains and bad waters produce unruly people. Otherwise, why do people in the whole county have a good life, but Luhua Town is full of misery.
Cui Qingyi had thought about this possibility, but if that were the case, she had a way to deal with it.
"I'll find some time and take people to Luhua Town." No matter what the situation in Luhua Town was, Cui Qingyi thought that she had to go there herself to see what to do next.
Konjac nodded. "It's okay to go. Even if it's for tax exemption, there has to be a real reason. We don't want to be fooled."
Her worries were not without reason, but Cui Qingyi felt that it was unlikely that the people in Luhua Town were lying. This could be seen from Zhou Yanxiu's letter and Wang Xiaoqian's attitude that day.
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