The Doctor's Concubine: Kick the Scumbag King and I Want to Be a Dandy Girl in the Capital

Yi Jingyang felt embarrassed when Lord He saw his fiancée's tough look. He smiled bitterly:

"Master He, let's just have our fun. Don't let irrelevant people disturb our elegance."

Lord He smiled and went to the private room with Yi Jingyang.

You Kecun waved his hand and Master Tao left quickly.

You Kecun followed Lord He and went to the private room.

Xiu Luoran made nearly 40,000 silver coins from her trip, and she was in a very good mood.

When I’m in a good mood, I want to make something to eat. After eating delicious food, my mood will be even better.

Xiu Luoran walked leisurely towards the place where meat and vegetables were sold.

When the road was being built, Xiu Luoran instructed Yuan Ling to widen the area and pave a layer of stone slabs where people often set up stalls.

In this way, it will be much more convenient for people to set up stalls, especially on rainy days, as the ground will not be muddy and will not affect business.

Among those who participated in the road construction at that time, many had business stalls at home.

Therefore, they worked very hard and not only widened the venue but also lengthened it.

Because of these stone roads, the number of people setting up stalls and doing small businesses in the capital has increased significantly.

With more small vendors, tax revenue has increased.

In order to attract more people to do small business, the Ministry of Revenue joined forces with the Jingzhao Yin Yamen and sent yamen runners to maintain order every day.

Xiu Luoran came to the place where people set up stalls and found that a large-scale farmers' market had been formed here.

It's very lively and prosperous.

It’s fall now and all kinds of agricultural products are available.

Xiu Luoran suddenly thought that she had not seen her third brother since she came back, and she didn't know how her land harvested this year, how much grain she harvested, and how many vegetables she harvested.

Xiu Luoran walked and looked around.

In fact, Xiu Luoran’s family has no shortage of food.

Qu Hou was a capable man. He led people to tidy up the garden and vegetable patch, and planted grains and vegetables in every corner of the garden.

At the same time, a row of sheds were built behind the large garden, where chickens, ducks and pigs were raised and fed with bran and vegetable stems and leaves.

The saved fertilizer can be used in gardens and vegetable plots.

In this way, we have meat to eat, and the flowers and vegetables in the garden grow well.

He Wan often went to the river, so there was no shortage of fish to eat in the mansion.

Along the way, Xiu Luoran didn't see anything new, and she was a little disappointed.

"Taxes are collected. Taxes are collected."

Xiu Luoran looked up and found that three yamen runners were coming over and collecting fees from each stall.

A young man pleaded, "Sir, I haven't sold anything yet and I don't have any money.

Can we pay the tax later after we sell the goods?"

A yamen runner said arrogantly: "No, if everyone is like you and doesn't pay taxes, we will have nothing to eat."

Xiu Luoran said: "Don't lie with your eyes open. You are paid for your work. Even if no one pays taxes, you won't starve to death."

The bailiff took a look at Xiu Luoran, didn't recognize him, and was about to get angry when he was stopped by another bailiff.

This bailiff knew Xiu Luoran.

If there was no Xiu Luoran, they wouldn't have the extra income from collecting taxes.

People in the yamen are on duty in shifts, and those who are not on duty are responsible for collecting stall fees, that is, collecting taxes.

They would look at which stall was bigger and doing more business, and charge a little more appropriately, so that they would have enough money to buy wine.

With this income, I can drink at least four or five times a month.

Those who know how to live can save this money and give it to their families, which can also help to supplement household expenses.

The bailiff who had just held the man back stepped forward with a smile:

"Miss Xiu, are you shopping?"

"Yes, let's see how you bully honest people."

The yamen runner immediately said:

“No, no, no, this brother of ours is here for the first time today and doesn’t know anything, let’s go back and teach him.

Well, go ahead and do your work, we still have to continue collecting taxes."

After the runner finished speaking, he took the other two runners away, and the stalls next to Xiu Luoran stopped accepting money.

The stall owners were all very happy as they saved a few cents.

The yamen runner who was arresting the man said to the other two yamen runners:

"Remember this, the young lady just now is Xiu Luoran, the eldest daughter of the Zhenxi Marquis's Mansion.

It was because she widened the road here and paved it with stone slabs that this market came into being.

You dare to bully others. If Miss Xiu reports it to us, let alone collecting fees, I'm afraid you won't be able to continue your job."

The bailiff was startled:

"real or fake?"

"When have I ever lied to you? You just found a way to work here because the yamen runners are more profitable nowadays.

I tell you, if you work hard, this market can last long, and our extra income can last long, do you understand?"

"I understand, I understand."

"If I hadn't pulled you away just now, think about what the consequences would be.

Miss Xiu is kindhearted and cannot stand bullying. Please be more careful next time."

"Yes Yes Yes."

The three continued to collect taxes.

After the bailiffs left, the stalls here became bustling.

A man said to a boy who had no money to pay taxes:

"What did you two make? You're selling it. What's the use of it? Can it be eaten?"

The boy said, "Uncle, to be honest, I don't know what this is.

Yesterday, my brother and I came back from work and were washing our hands by the river when we saw some kids playing with this.

The child said there were a lot of them in the ditch.

My brother and I went down and fished some out. We had nothing to do today, so we sold them to see if anyone wanted them.”

Xiu Luoran stretched his head to look and found that they were some river clams.

They are quite big, much bigger than an adult's palm, there must be about twenty of them.

Xiu Luoran bent down and picked up one. It felt a little heavy in his hand, so it must be very fat.

She asked the boy: "I want all of them, how do you sell them?"

This question stumped the young man, as he had no idea how to sell it.

Xiu Luoran said, "How about I give you fifty cents for these?"

The young man was overjoyed. You know, a pound of fish only costs three or four cents. There is not much meat on the fish, and it smells fishy.

"Okay, okay."

The boy quickly agreed and pulled all the clams together.

Xiu Luoran added: "I'll give you another ten cents. Just take it to the Zhenxi Marquis's mansion and give it to the gatekeeper."

"Good good."

The young man took the money, happily put the clams into a backpack, and went to the Mansion of Marquis Zhenxi on his back.

I earned another ten cents.

The total income from these things was sixty cents, which he and his brother could not earn in three or four days.

When Xiu Luoran saw the river clams, she thought of crabs again and she became greedy.

After we get back, ask He Wanduo to call a few people and catch more to eat.

"Master, please go back and have a look. The west wall of our house has collapsed and almost crushed our mother."

When the man selling rice beans heard this, he quickly packed up his stall and went home with his wife to see his mother.

Xiu Luoran had nothing to do, so he followed them and slowly walked out of the city.

It doesn't matter if she goes there, the second prince Yi Jingshi has set his eyes on her.