Farmer’s Stepmother’s Skillful Farming

Chapter 793: He deserves it

“Master Chai, even if this is a seizure, there must be a reason for the seizure. You can’t just check it out. We at Qishunzhai have always done business in an upright and upright manner..."

　　　When Shopkeeper Zheng said this, his voice was not too loud.

 There is no other way, I don’t have enough confidence, and I even feel guilty.

The reputation of Qishunzhai has been declining year by year. Lu Qishun is again focused on making money, cutting corners, not liking the food, and seeing the quantity decrease more and more.

Shopkeeper Zheng knows all these things very well, so he doesn't dare to speak too loudly at the moment. He doesn't even dare to say something with a clear conscience.

“Whether it is upright or not is not decided by you, but by the law.”

With a look of disdain on his face, the yamen officer glanced at Shopkeeper Zheng and said, "Qi Shunzhai failed to pay taxes on time and has been found out. Your boss Lu Qishun has been invited to the yamen now."

“Since you are the boss of Qishunzhai, why don’t you come with us and go to the Yamen to talk about this matter.”

When shopkeeper Zheng heard this, his face was ashen.

He also knew a lot about tax evasion, and even tried to dissuade Lu Qishun, saying that Gu Xiuwen was an upright official and acted vigorously and resolutely, and would never tolerate such behavior from merchants.

By the way, Lu Qi did not listen to his advice. Instead, he reassured him that everything was in order and nothing would happen.

Now it seems that not only has something happened, but it has also happened in a big way.

The laws of the current dynasty punished tax evasion very severely. For people like what Qi Shunzhai did, in addition to having to pay back taxes and being fined a lot of money, they would also be fined several years of hard labor.

The tax subsidy will be paid, the monetary penalty will be paid, and the most important thing is the labor...

Building river embankments and digging canals is a life-threatening job. You don’t have enough food and clothing to keep warm, and you don’t care about medical treatment when you are sick. During this period of hard labor, there are many people who will never come back. And after hard work, you don’t think about it anymore. Finding something to do became very difficult.

Shopkeeper Zheng became more and more frightened as he thought about it. Beads of sweat were pouring out. He dragged the official and said, "Master, these are all things our boss wants us to do. He also ordered us to make two copies of this account book." , are all our bosses..."

"If you have anything to say, let's go to the Yamen and talk about it." The leading Yamen officer told the people next to him to hold the account books that he had collected just now, and then asked people to take the shopkeeper Zheng and the other clerks to the Yamen.

After the official left, the spectators did not leave. Instead, they pointed and talked.

"This Lu Qishun deserves it."

"Isn't it? The retribution has come. Look at all the things he did before, including giving birth to children without buttholes. If he didn't get retribution, I would have to ask God why he was blind."

“Hey, I heard that the county magistrate was cruel to Lu Qishun because he went to the Lu family’s house to propose marriage.”

"Don't say that. Let's not mention that our county magistrate has always been fair and kept a clear distinction between public and private matters. Even if he favored his fiancée, if Lu Qishun didn't have pigtails, no one would be able to catch her. After all, it's Lu Qishun who is the same. Deserve it.”

“Now that we are talking about the marriage between the county magistrate and the Lu family, shopkeeper Lu is capable and handsome, and the county magistrate is also good-looking, so these two are a perfect match.”

"Isn't that right? Shopkeeper Lu's family is also a kind person. It snowed heavily last winter and some surrounding villages were affected. Shopkeeper Lu even opened a porridge shed and gave away quilts."

 (End of this chapter)