Zhang Xiulin briefly recounted how the government threatened Zhaojia Village and increased grain taxes.
"The officials said that unless our family gives up 80% of our business profits, they will not do anything even if the villagers starve to death."
Zhang Xiuwen, who was always quiet, was the first to lose control of his anger. He clenched his fists and said angrily, "How can they be so lawless? This is the money we earn from our business. Why should we give it to them?"
Mr. Zhang sat on a chair, his face solemn. "The most despicable thing is to use the villagers to plot against us."
Zhang Xiuyuan understood what he meant. "If we're unwilling to give up our profits, we'll offend the entire village. Then, even we won't be able to stay in Zhaojia Village."
There is something even more terrifying that Zhang Xiuyuan didn't mention.
What he feared was that the villagers would be incited to force the Zhao family to give up their profits.
The grain harvest in Zhaojia Village has been getting worse in recent days. If the grain tax is increased again, people will really starve to death.
But who wants to die?
The officials seized on this point and turned the villagers against the Zhao family. As a result, the Zhao family had to either move out of Zhaojia Village or be forced to compromise.
This strategy is not only vicious, but it can easily achieve their goal.
At this point, Zhang Xiulin raised another question: "Why are the officials targeting us? Are they jealous of the money we make?"
Zhao Chuchu and Zhang Xiuyuan looked at each other and understood who was behind the scenes.
"This should be a strategy that the Liu family came up with to deal with us."
Liu Erniang joined forces with Liu Sanniang, who worked in the government, to put pressure on Zhaojia Village and them in order to force them.
"Brother and sister-in-law, what should we do? Are we just going to let them bully us like this?" When Zhang Xiuwen and the others learned that the Liu family had connections in the county government and held a high status, their faces turned bleak.
Mr. Zhang sighed, "I heard that Liu Sanniang is the ambassador of the Taxation Department, specifically responsible for taxation. Besides, officials protect each other."
"Dad, don't worry, I have a way." Zhao Chuchu said. Knowing that the Liu family had connections in the government, she made preparations early.
She was about to say something when villagers gathered outside the door.
Wen Ge'er took a look, his eyes filled with horror. "Could it be that they listened to the official and are now forcing us?"
He picked up the carrying pole beside him and stepped forward. "I will protect you."
Zhao Chuchu looked at the approaching villagers with a gloomy look, and no one knew what she was thinking.
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"Sister Chu, we have something to tell you."
"Just now, officials came to us and said they would increase the grain tax in our Zhaojia Village."
“…”
The villagers were excited, their faces flushed, and everyone spoke at the same time. The environment suddenly became noisy, like a large quarrel scene, and people even worried that a fight would break out at the next second.
Zhang Xiuwen couldn't hear clearly what they were saying, as there was a lot of noise around him. He held the carrying pole tightly and only remembered to protect his family.
Think about how their family is kind to others on a daily basis. When their brother and sister-in-law saw that the villagers had a poor harvest, they wanted to help, but they came to force them.
The more Zhang Xiuwen thought about it, the more angry he became, and he felt sorry for his family.
He could no longer hold back and roared, "How could you do this? My family has never done anything bad. We always take care of our fellow villagers. We sell vegetables to you at low prices, and sometimes even give them away for free. We also make cakes and share them with you. Brother, my brother and his wife learned that the harvest in the village was not good and wanted to help you, but you, instead, listened to the officials and the Liu family and forced us to do this. You can't do this..."
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