Cheat: Only children make choices! I want them all

There weren't many people in the clothing store. Wulu Town was just a small town in a remote area, and the people living here were generally not very wealthy. Only some government officials and their families, as well as merchants, who had much better living conditions than ordinary people, would have extra money to go shopping or browse clothing stores...

Finally, with the salesperson's recommendation, Anna and Yulina both chose a few nice clothes.

It was almost noon and Anna's exam was about to begin, so they didn't go into the fitting room to change clothes.

Ye Lingtian felt a little regretful about this. He really wanted to see Anna and Yurina in their new clothes. They must look beautiful that way...

Glancing at Yulina's sexy and plump buttocks, Ye Lingtian couldn't help but swallow his saliva secretly. What a sexy beauty! He had to punish her well tonight...

Ye Lingtian's burning gaze was naturally felt by Yulina. She blushed slightly and deliberately lifted her hips to show her plump curves more clearly. At the same time, she lowered her head and looked around, afraid that someone would notice her embarrassment.

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Soon it was time for Anna's exam. After confirming her identity, Anna walked to the second floor under the guidance of the staff.

"Anna! Come on!" Ye Lingtian waved his hand and encouraged Anna.

"I will!" Anna also smiled and waved to Ye Lingtian, then slowly turned and went upstairs, her figure gradually disappearing at the corner of the second floor...

It's still the written exam stage, and it mainly tests the candidates' grasp of basic knowledge, such as imperial laws, identification of basic items in the block continent, national history, and how to deal with evil creatures, etc...

These are all a piece of cake for Anna.

Her hands moved very quickly and she quickly wrote down her answers on the test paper.

The exam lasts a total of two hours. There is only one test paper, which is divided into different modules. The difficulty seems to be less than the college entrance examination in the real world.

However, in the Block Continent, these basic knowledge are not the most important. The college's admissions focus more on students' talents.

As long as you have the talent to awaken the divine power, even if your written test scores are not very good, as long as you can barely pass, you will still be selected by the instructor to join the Imperial College.

Here, the written test score is just a bonus, not a requirement.

Ye Lingtian observed Anna with his mind for a long time. Seeing that there was nothing wrong with her, he withdrew his consciousness and began to talk with Yulina.

"Yulina, how has the village been these past two days?"

Hearing Ye Lingtian's question, Yulina turned around and said with a smile, "The village has been relatively peaceful these past two days..."

Yulina then sighed slightly and said, "However, due to the looters' invasion a few days ago, a lot of the village's food was burned and a lot of houses were damaged. We're looking for people to repair them these days, but many of the original villagers fled the village because of the looters and haven't returned yet. So the village is a bit short on labor, and with a lot of food destroyed, I'm afraid it's going to be difficult to collect taxes this year..."

Ye Lingtian frowned when he heard this. It seemed that life in the village was not easy recently.

“What happens if you can’t pay your taxes?”

Yulina hesitated for a moment before answering truthfully, "If you can't pay the taxes, the town will forcibly conscript some villagers into forced labor. They'll have to work in designated areas for two years before they can return to the village..."

There's actually such a thing? Ye Lingtian's heart trembled, his expression turning grim. He pressed the issue again, "Are you only recruiting men? Or all of them?"

"Yes! Regardless of gender, everyone may be conscripted into labor." Yulina then explained to Ye Lingtian the specific circumstances of the conscription of labor.

According to the tax ratio, each village needs to pay 30% grain tax to the government every year, which means that 30% of the grain must be handed over to the government, and the amount of grain handed over cannot be less than a certain amount, otherwise it will be judged unqualified and will be conscripted for labor.

There are a total of 25 households in Kekexili Village, with a total of 45 farmlands, each about one acre in size. The grain output is about 500 kilograms per acre, and the government will levy a tax based on the number of farmlands and 30% of the output. In other words, they need to pay about 7,500 kilograms of grain to the government this time. The amount is not too much. If there is not enough grain, they can actually use money instead.

According to their original plan, they had a good harvest this quarter, and after paying taxes, they would still have a lot of food left. However, due to the looters' destruction, nearly 70% of their food was burned! If they had to pay taxes according to the original plan again, they would probably have a big problem making a living for the rest of the year.

The price of grain in the Milan Empire was about 5 copper coins per pound. Seven thousand five hundred pounds of grain would cost 37,500 copper coins, which is equivalent to 375 gold coins!

With the financial resources of Kekexili Village, it is absolutely impossible to come up with such a number of gold coins. Their per capita income is less than 200 copper coins per month. Some people don't even have this little income. For example, the Yulina family. After the man in the family died, they could only help with farm work in the village. Their monthly income is less than 100 copper coins. Before Ye Lingtian came to the village, they had to rely on the village's assistance and government subsidies to survive.

With this income level, even if each family saves money every month, the money they can save is not much, and it is really unrealistic to want to pay the additional taxes.

After Yulina said this to Ye Lingtian, her mood became noticeably depressed.

She was actually very worried right now. What would she do if she was conscripted for forced labor? Would her husband help her? Who would take care of her daughter? These were the questions that troubled Yurina...

However, after listening to Yulina's story, Ye Lingtian felt a little relieved.

Fortunately, the tax wasn't too outrageous. Just 375 gold coins, something Ye Lingtian could easily handle now!

Seeing Yulina's low mood, Ye Lingtian reached out and put his arm around her waist, whispering in her ear: "Don't worry, I'll take care of everything. I won't let you suffer any grievances..."

Hearing this, an indescribable touch of emotion flashed across Yulina's eyes, and a look of happiness appeared on her face. She leaned quietly on Ye Lingtian's chest.

"It feels so good to have a man to help me..." At this moment, Yulina felt that as long as Ye Lingtian was by her side, she would feel particularly safe in her heart.

Time passed by minute by minute, and Yulina's written test was coming to an end.