Chapter 85: Taxes Reduced by Half
"Aunt Niu, I'd like to trouble you to help feed these big white geese for the next few days. Just feed them some grass every day and then release them to the river to eat duckweed on their own."
Aunt Niu's family had raised pigs and cows before, but had no experience in raising poultry. Asking them to help take care of the poultry now is just an emergency measure.
That night, Gu Feixue first practiced the art of disguise for half the night, and then spent the rest of the time practicing internal skills.
Thinking back to when she first came into contact with the internal martial arts techniques of this era, she also had a lot of difficulty adapting.
After all, although she is a special forces soldier in modern times, the most she has been exposed to are modern martial arts such as combat martial arts.
So it took a long time to find her Dantian at first. Fortunately, Zheng Yannian was a good master and supervised her in doing horse stance every morning.
She would get up before daybreak and rest only for a moment when the sun was high in the sky at noon, so that she could sense the condition of her tendons and veins.
Once she found the rhythm, her progress was rapid.
She studied hard and practiced diligently, laying a good foundation. With internal strength as a support, she was able to achieve twice the result with half the effort when she later practiced the nameless martial arts taught to her by Zheng Yannian.
In particular, she discovered that as her skills became more refined, not only did her hearing and eyesight become sharper and her thoughts became clearer, but she also benefited from studying medical books and even witchcraft.
After all, it is impossible for her, a modern soul, to have such talent in learning these ancient strange skills.
All these miraculous achievements are attributed to her persistence.
After a sleepless night, the abundant internal energy flowed through the tendons, veins and bones, warming and nourishing them, eliminating all of Gu Feixue's fatigue.
I went to the dairy farm early in the morning to check on the geese. Although they didn't look as listless as when they were delivered yesterday, they still looked a bit listless.
After Zhang Erdan and Wu Zhuang arrived at Gu's house to receive the goods, Gu Feixue greeted them at home and then followed them to the city.
"Boss Bao, do you know where the Zhen Liu family lives?"
After arriving at Zuixianlou and delivering the Gu family's goods to the kitchen, Gu Feixue found Bao Hongcai and wanted to find out the address of Zhen Liu's mother, Sun.
"Why is Miss Gu asking about this?"
Gu Feixue repeated Wang's words from yesterday to Bao Hongcai, and a look of admiration flashed across Bao Hongcai's face:
"I see, Madam Gu is truly kindhearted! Okay, I'll call a waiter and have him take you there." Bao Hongcai sighed as if remembering something.
"Zhen Liu's mother was also a miserable person. She raised Zhen Liu alone and never remarried. Now Zhen Liu is gone, and Sun is not in good health. If you are willing to help her, that would be the best thing."
The Zhen family does not live in the main city where every inch of land is valuable, but in a marginal village like Anju Village.
Half an hour later, Gu Feixue and her servants arrived at the Zhen family.
"Aunt Sun, someone wants you to do some work. It's Miss Gu from the Gu family in Anju Village."
The waiter shouted into the Zhen family's yard, and soon saw Sun, with a sad face, coming to open the door.
"What kind of work?"
Even though her son is gone, she still has to live on.
Unexpectedly, when Sun looked toward the gate, she saw the little girl who had saved her at the government office yesterday. She said with a hint of gratitude:
"It turns out to be my benefactor. Please come in quickly."
Sun wanted to die at first, but after being rescued, she suddenly felt that death was worse than life.
At least I can still think of Liu'er while I'm alive, but if I die, everything will be gone.
After being invited into the inner room, Gu Feixue drank the brown sugar water that Sun had made for her, and without further ado, told Sun about Wang's intention to recruit workers.
"Are you really willing to take this woman in? That's wonderful! Liu'er must be blessing me from heaven!"
Sun seemed very excited and started muttering to herself as she spoke.
Seeing this, the guy also comforted him with emotion:
"Aunt Sun, Sixth Brother definitely wants you to live well, so you must not be depressed in the future."
Sun nodded vigorously.
The recruitment was settled, and Sun took her belongings and returned to Anju Village with Gu Feixue.
Sun's job is to feed the cows and geese in the dairy farm every day.
On the way, Sun asked why the Gu family raised geese and was worried about the sales of the goose meat.
Gu Feixue did not hide it and explained:
"These geese can be eaten for meat, and their feathers can also be plucked. I know a way to use the goose feathers to make clothes. The clothes made from them will keep you warm even in the coldest winter."
Upon hearing this, Sun said with emotion:
"That would be great if that's true. Every year in our village many people freeze to death. Some collapse while walking on the road. It's too cold in winter, and these cotton and linen clothes can't keep you warm."
Gu Feixue felt a pang of sadness when she heard this, as she thought of the days when the Gu family was in exile.
I also thought that if I used goose feathers to make down jackets in the future, the cost would definitely be high.
The cost is not low, and the selling price cannot be low either. So, can ordinary people still afford it?
Although she had planned to start a business in the ancient clothing industry from the beginning in order to break into the upper class society of the capital.
One day I will become an imperial merchant, pay tribute to the royal family, and find an opportunity to redress the grievances of the Gu family.
But now, she has a better way to keep warm, but because of the cost issue, she cannot consider ordinary poor people.
Those who really need to keep warm, those who will really die from the cold, seem to be unable to afford such expensive goose feather down jackets.
"Brother Zheng, please drive the ox cart to the market. I want to buy some ducks."
After careful consideration, Gu Feixue made a decision.
Since we are already making goose feather down jackets, we might as well make some duck feather ones as well.
The cost is lower, so she sells it at a lower price, so that ordinary people can also afford it.
Although the two didn't know why Gu Feixue suddenly wanted to go to the market, when Zheng Cheng came, Bao Hongcai repeatedly told him to do whatever the girl from the Gu family asked him to do.
So without asking any questions, he immediately turned the carriage around and headed for the market.
The three of them came to the market, and Gu Feixue waved her hand and bought all the ducks in the market.
Since the carriage at Zuixianlou could not accommodate all the chickens and ducks, they paid someone to send them to Gu's Farm in Anju Village.
When Sun saw what Gu Feixue did, she was thoughtful.
Finally, on the way back, Gu Feixue gave the two an answer in a calm tone.
"For those of us who do business, we make money by doing business with the rich. But doing business with the poor, while not making money, can accumulate virtue."
The word "do good deeds" made the two of them stunned.
Gu Feixue returned to the Gu family and handed the ducks and geese to Sun, whose job was to feed the ducks, geese and cows.
After more than half a month, the livestock and poultry on Gu's farm were in good condition.
Although two white geese died due to acclimatization, most of them are alive and well thanks to the careful care of the farm workers.
Especially those big white geese, they would chase after Gu Feixue as soon as they saw her. Every time they did so, the farm was in chaos and Gu Feixue was extremely annoyed.
Fortunately, she has internal strength, but she doesn't dare to attack the big white goose.
After all, even if a few feathers are knocked off, the loss is still a lot of money!
"Yuchi Shuo is a debt collector, and the geese he asked someone to bring are also debt collectors!"
Gu Feixue was so angry after being chased that she took out her anger on the straw stack at the entrance of the village.
At this time, a lively cheer came from the entrance of Anju Village:
"Village Chief, the government has issued a new decree! The land tax in Liangcheng has been reduced by half this year!"
This sentence quickly spread throughout Anju Village, and for a moment the cheers of Anju Village resounded through the sky.
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