The villagers shook their heads. They had already confirmed that the grain seeds given to them by the county magistrate were not rice.
This was because they had planted rice all their lives. They had never heard of rice that could mature in 30 days.
However, they could not figure out what kind of food it was.
"This batch of food has a total of more than 1,700 catties. It's enough for you to plant for the next month.”
Seeing that everyone was silent, Xiao Rang continued,
"Now, let's talk about the grain tax.”
His rice seeds were not free. If he wanted rice seeds, there was no problem. He just needed to pay more taxes.
When the villagers came to collect the rice seeds, they were naturally mentally prepared for this.
"Sir, we know this. We'll leave our own rations, and the rest will be handed over to Milord.”Heng Ma Gou's miser said to Xiao Se.
They were already very satisfied to be able to grow food safely.
Moreover, the land belonged to the Imperial Court, and the grain seeds belonged to Xiao Rang.
They were already very grateful to Xiao Rang, so they were naturally willing to pay taxes.
They just hoped that Xiao Rang wouldn't beat them too hard. In the past, the taxes were very heavy, so much so that they couldn't breathe. Many people had to face the yellow soil and back to the sky. Fortunately, they had suffered for a year, but in the end, what they left for themselves was only enough to feed their families.
Therefore, they hoped that Xiao Rang would be more lenient and leave more food for them.
However, Xiao Rang shook his head.
The hearts of the villagers were in their throats.
"Sir, we…"
The miser of Hengma Valley thought that Xiao Rang was like the previous county magistrate, who wanted to squeeze them hard, so he wanted to fight for more.
Xiao Rang waved his hand to stop him.
"I will never agree to your conditions.”
Xiao Rang's face was stern as he said very seriously," As my people, how can you just eat your fill? I want all of you to eat your fill, wear warm clothes, have surplus food in every household, and have spare money!
From now on, the seeds of your crops will be provided by the government. You only need to hand over 80% and keep 20%.”
Huh?
The villagers were dumbfounded. It wasn't what they thought?!
20%!
Did we hear wrongly?
They looked at Xiao Rang in shock. Some of the elders were so excited that tears flowed down their faces.
Ever since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty started to engage in militarism, taxes had become very strict. The commoners could only keep half of their harvest. Some places didn't even have half of it. They could only get enough food for a family.
Keep twenty percent?
Even their ancestors had never enjoyed such treatment.
"Sir, 20% is too much. We only need to leave 10%!”The old miser of Hengma Valley was so excited that his entire body trembled.
He felt ashamed for doubting Xiao Rang just now.
"If I say 20%, then 20%. If you think you can't finish it, you can sell it to the government. However, you can't sell it to other merchants.”Xiao Rang said in an irrefutable tone,
Thud!
The old miser of Hengma Valley knelt down.
Plop! Plop!
All the villagers knelt down.
"Sir, you are truly a good official.”
"We, Gao Xianren, have rested for several lifetimes before we met such a good official like you.”
" You will definitely live a long life, no…a thousand years, long live…"
……
'Ding…Obtained 500 people's support!'
500, so much!
The system notification gave Xiao Rang a fright.
There were only 40 to 50 people here.
"These people's worship of the host has reached an extreme. Each of them has provided 10 points of support.”the system explained.
Uh, you can play like this?
Xiao Rang was a little surprised. He only felt that the strengthened rice seeds were enough to support his army and sell.
It was a good thing to leave more for the common people.
Sure enough, people who did good deeds would be rewarded.
"Alright, everyone, quickly go and collect the rice seeds.”
At this moment, Xiao Rang didn't need to explain why the rice seeds had such a terrifying yield and growth rate.
In the hearts of the common people, Xiao Rang was already deified.
His words were even more effective than an imperial edict.
Xiao Rang felt a sense of accomplishment as he watched the excited citizens leave after receiving the seeds.
"By the way, system, can the rice produced from these rice seeds continue to be used as rice seeds?”
Xiao Rang suddenly thought of this.
If they could all be used as rice seeds, then if they were bought by others, wouldn't every faction not lack food?
The system's reply reassured Xiao Rang.
"Don't worry, host. The strengthened rice seed is equivalent to changing the genetic chain. The seeds they produced could grow and germinate, but they would not produce a grain of rice.”
Oh?
Xiao Rang was surprised for a moment. Suddenly, a scene appeared in his mind.
A certain hostile force had bought a lot of grain from him as rice seeds, then sowed and cultivated. After working for half a day, they had not harvested a single grain.
What kind of situation would that be?
Just as Xiao Rang was lost in his thoughts, Xu Rong suddenly ran over." My lord, the people of Fenghuo Village have discovered a large group of raven-black cavalry at the border. There are probably thousands of them!”
"So many?" Xiao Rang narrowed his eyes, and a dangerous light shone in his long and narrow eyes.
"Faster than I thought." Xiao Rang snorted coldly.
If there were only 1,000 people, he would definitely take this wave of heads!
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