Traveling through time and space to meet a replacement bride? But I’m a man!

It was the spring of the second year of the war in Lin State.

General Huo led the cavalry to break through the border of Yuanlin State and won a great victory in the first battle. In addition, due to the conscription of refugees into the army in recent years, the number of farmers decreased and the demand for food and fodder increased.

Therefore, the imperial court increased the taxes in each township from 70% to 80%.

By summer, the war will be won.

Fengxian County, County Government Office.

"Oh!"

Wang Zeren slammed the table and stood up: "County Magistrate Cheng, increasing the tax by another half percent is really too much."

The court increased by 10%, and the order issued by the county magistrate increased by half, so the total increase was 95%.

With such a large amount of tax, there is no guarantee that the refugees will not rebel. The foreign enemy has not been repelled yet, what if it becomes an internal threat? What should we do then?

Wang Zeren didn't want to continue to mess around for so long.

"Captain Wang, this is what the state wants. There's no point in you telling me." In front of the lobby, a plump middle-aged man in a blue official uniform said with a silly smile and stroking his mustache.

"Yes, Captain Wang, you are worrying too much about others. If we can get through these few months, promotion to cavalry captain will be a foregone conclusion. We should obey the orders from above." The man in armor opposite Wang Zeren answered leisurely.

Anyway, it won't affect his own interests. If he only collects 90%, it will definitely be deducted from himself and the county magistrate. No one dares to touch the 10% that the old guy in the state wants.

Wang Zeren sat down with a gloomy face: "Wei Ren, how did you go from a lieutenant to a deputy lieutenant? No one knows better than you."

"Alright, alright, I know what you're all worried about. It's only a few months away, and we don't have to lead troops into battle or kill the enemy.

Just manage the area you are responsible for well, and don't hurt the harmony among your colleagues." County Magistrate Cheng still had a silly smile on his face: "The lives and deaths of these refugees will be taken care of by the higher-ups, and you will be promoted and return to the state after you have done your job.

I'm not in a hurry. Okay, okay. Let's just leave it at that."

..........

Inside the shelter.

March is the season for harvesting crops, and the wheat and potatoes sown in winter are also ripe. Xu Wenyan wanted to harvest them a few days ago, and he waited until they turned completely golden before he started.

There are only three sickles in the house, and several people take turns harvesting.

Those who were idle would tie up the harvested wheat and carry it home.

"Sister Dongmei, just sit and watch, don't touch these things." Seeing that Wang Dongmei also wanted to help, Xu Wenyan quickly helped her back.

Now her belly has become visibly bigger, and she has become more gentle since she became pregnant.

"It's okay. I just can't sit still."

"That won't work either. Brother Xingjie will get anxious again. How about this, you go and see how the soap I hung out to dry is doing." Calculating the time, the soap made with soapberry at that time should have been formed by now.

Wang Dongmei walked towards the chicken coop with a big belly.

Taking down the cage above, pieces of brown paste had already taken shape, and the surface was slightly white. Wang Dongmei was about to take the soap to show Xu Wenyan, when she looked up, she saw a python as thick as an arm and seven or eight meters long coiled on the beam above the chicken coop.

Seeing this thing, she was not panicked. She picked up the bamboo pole next to her and walked quickly to the yard: "Chen Sanlin! There is a snake in the chicken coop."

Hearing about the snake, Xiaohu put down the wheat ears in his arms and walked towards Wang Dongmei: "Brother Sanlin has gone up the mountain."

Xu Wenyan followed Xiaohu into the chicken coop: "Wow." This was the largest snake Xu Wenyan had ever seen. Although it was a little different from what was shown in the documentary, it was still big enough.

The two discussed killing it directly, but Wang Dongmei stopped them: "Just drive it away, you can't kill snakes in the house."

Xu Wenyan thought about it carefully and it seemed that there was such a saying. Snakes are spiritual creatures, and like wolves, they have a strong sense of revenge. If they are killed at home, bad things will happen.

Although it is a bit feudal and superstitious, it is better to believe it.

Xiaohu walked into the pen and drove out the hen and chicks. Xu Wenyan followed in with the bamboo pole in Wang Dongmei's hand. Looking at the giant python that was spitting out its tongue and looking at the two of them with a puzzled look, Xu Wenyan felt goosebumps in his heart.

Even though it's disgusting, I can't be a coward.

"Huzi, how do we catch him?"

When you kill a snake, you have to hit it at the most vulnerable part. When you catch a snake, you have to catch its head. Fortunately, this is a python, not poisonous.

To be on the safe side, Xu Wenyan still let Xiaohu wear armor.

In this way, Xu Wenyan used the bamboo pole to press against the python's vital point. The python was not a vegetarian either and was always looking for opportunities to attack.

Taking advantage of the opportunity when the snake attacked, Xiaohu quickly pressed the python's head with his right hand and grabbed its vital point with his left hand: "Brother Xu, am I awesome?"

"awesome."

Xu Wenyan walked forward and touched the snake. He felt a cool touch, which was different from his impression. He used to think that the snake's scales would be very rough, but now it feels very smooth and soft, not hard at all.

Looking at the round ticks on the python's body, Xu Wenyan suddenly got goosebumps and his scalp went numb. Parasites are despised by almost all animals.

Holding back the nausea, Xu Wenyan cleaned off a few ticks for the snake and released it at a distant location.

What’s interesting is that the python was coiled on the tree and didn’t show any intention of leaving immediately. It just looked at the two people, as if wondering what they were doing, why they were not hurting it but were also deworming it.

"Brother Xu, is snake meat delicious?"

Xu Wenyan frowned, and really asked him the question: "It should be similar to the meat of yellow eel. They look quite similar."

"That's a shame."

After returning to the house, Xu Wenyan always felt that the snake was not clean, and that his hand had touched a tick.

The soap just happened to be ready: "Huzi, wash your hands."

"coming."

After adding water, dense foam slid out. Compared with directly using soapberry for cleaning, the soap with added lard is more lubricating and has a little bit of the fragrance of mugwort, which is not as unpleasant as before.

"Hey, Brother Xu, this thing is amazing, so smooth."

The soap made in this way is no worse than the one bought in the supermarket in the previous life. It just lacks the fragrance. But since there is no added technology, it feels different to use and is not fake and slippery at all.

However, according to what Xiaoman said, he found two soapberry trees, but this cannot be done in batches. Thinking of this, Xu Wenyan had another headache.

Why can other time travelers wholesale and sell anything, but here there is a shortage of everything, and lard is expensive now, so I can basically only make small money.

After deducting the cost, Xu Wenyan would be satisfied with the profit of about ten taels.