It wasn't until this moment that someone asked, "It seems the prefect doesn't have the right to set a tax rate? If he does this, what will he do when the Kingdom's central government questions him?"
Only then did someone remember that the soldiers who had entered the city a few days ago were not wearing the Kingdom's standard uniforms, and that they had changed the flags on the city walls as soon as they entered. At first, they thought they were reinforcements from the interior, so they changed the flags of the commanders. But now it seems...
After the Qinghe Army entered Cambodia, it naturally had to change to its own flag. However, Lin Hai did not use the flag of the Daliang Empire, but a simple piece of red cloth with the words "Qinghe" written on it. It was a bit ugly, but Lin Hai also said that starting a business is difficult now, so it is better to keep a low profile. As for the flag, it is enough to distinguish between our own people and the enemy. When the conditions are met in the future, we can design a new one.
Of course, there are more changes in Mengyang City. For example, all the garbage in the city has been collected and buried outside the city. From now on, anyone who litters or urinates or defecates in the streets will be fined five cents if he has no money, and five lashes if he has money.
However, the Qinghe soldiers from other places often could not tell whether the person who broke the law was rich or poor, so they would usually whip him five times first and then ask him to pay a fine. Those who could pay the fine were naturally rich.
This is definitely wrong. People in Qinghe attach great importance to legal awareness. If a rich person is whipped and fined, it means that he has broken the law twice. So the soldiers will make you urinate and defecate on the spot to offset the previous punishment.
Don't think that you will feel better if you don't have money.
Qinghe doesn't support idlers, but as long as people are busy, they can't be so poor that they don't have even five cents. This is Lin Hai's conclusion on this law enforcement method.
So once they find out that you really can't even pay five cents, the village head appointed by Qinghe will come to your door. They will enthusiastically hold your hand and chat about your family's affairs until they know everything about your ancestors. Then they will introduce you to a job, most of which will ask you to build an official road from Mengyang to Qinghe.
It is impossible not to go. After all, the construction of the official road is not forced labor. It really provides food, accommodation and wages. If you don't go even though it is so, you will be a lazy person who destroys the development of Qinghe. That can't be solved by a whip.
In short, no matter what, after the Qinghe River governance, Mengyang does look much more vibrant than before, and no one denies this. Therefore, the "jungle guerrillas" and "the trees here can speak Khmer" that Lin Hai has always worried about have never happened.
"Brother Lin, why are you always worried that the trees here speak Khmer?"
"Um..."
"The Khmer language is the same as ours. At most, it has a slight accent, but it's not like we can't understand it. Even if the tree could talk, we can let it talk..."
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