Quick Transmigration: Underdog Turns out to be Untouchable

Chapter 1051: Chapter 962: Official of the First Rank 23

Peaceful farming citizens are finding it increasingly hard to survive, though many of them still adhere to the idea that the government must not be defied, bitterly holding onto the role of honest farmers. However, more and more people are forced into rebellion.

The County Magistrate sighed, not blaming the common people for rebelling, since even their days as officials are difficult under a brutal and foolish Emperor, let alone the common people.

Nowadays, every major aristocratic family, marquis or lord who controls a territory, manages their people according to their own methods, secretly gathering public support. Everyone knows what these aristocratic families and lords are thinking and their intentions.

The court’s mandate is exhausted; now this world lies before us, and everyone wants to vie for control over the Central Plains. However, it has yet to be the final moment, so all major powers are watching closely, though not for much longer.

The County Magistrate here sighed as he cleaned up the bandit mountain stronghold with no survivors, mainly keeping the bandit leaders’ heads to report merits. For years, Yu Family Village’s name has been very prominent in several neighboring counties.

Every year, when banditry is rampant in areas the government can’t reach, it’s Yu Family Village’s people who take action and handle it. The dead bandits count towards the government’s credits for achievements. Yu Family Village asks for nothing but tax exemption and corvée exemption benefits.

Several counties jointly protect a Yu Family Village, which isn’t difficult. Even if the court increases taxes and labor annually, with its control, it can’t send people to closely inspect whether taxes have been paid and labor performed in a village.

Yu Family Village people send achievements to the government, allowing for tax and labor exemption. This transaction greatly benefits the government.

But for Yu Family Village people, being exempt from taxes and labor is enough. Despite being remote, Yu Family Village has seen enough of the horrors faced by households torn apart under the pressure of taxes and labor, having grown fearful of taxes and labor as if they were tigers.

Today’s Yu Family Village remains calm and harmonious, with people practicing Martial Arts, working diligently, everyone’s faces flushed with health, and each person standing tall. Regardless of gender or age, everyone stands there with vigor and spirit.

Several children are engaged in impromptu fights at the edge of the fields, their small fists swinging with force, appearing quite intimidating, as adults take moments from work to smile and watch the children’s moves.

Seeing a child use an incorrect move, they step in to correct it. Now, aside from the elderly unable to practice martial arts, everyone in Yu Family Village is a Martial Arts expert, thanks to Murong Shuangshuang’s effective teaching and the villagers’ willingness to endure hardship.

Now folks of Yu Family Village not only practice martial arts but also take time to learn reading and writing from Murong Shuangshuang. After several years of literacy promotion, adults who originally couldn’t recognize a single character now know at least a thousand common characters, no longer blind with eyes wide open.

Children in the fields are practicing martial arts games when two hundred plus men dressed in black, who helped subdue bandits before, quickly and orderly march into the village.

A boy with a tiger head and brain engaged in a martial arts game with other children sees these people entering the village, immediately leaving his playmate and rushing over.

While running, the child excitedly shouts, ”Sister, sister, you’re finally back, I’ve missed you so much!” Meanwhile, he dashes into the arms of the leading beautiful girl.

Originally cold, the beautiful girl’s face breaks into a smile, bending down to hug her little brother. At this moment, working farmers also approach, including an attractive woman who smiles and says, ”You cling to your sister so much, though your sister is exhausted from the journey and should rest.”

Others engage in conversation with the black-clad followers behind the girl, as a very robust man pats the shoulder of one seemingly frail but well-built black-clad man.

”Old Five, I say you took longer this time on your return. Last time when we went to subdue bandits, we were back within ten days, but you took half a month. Did you encounter a tough nut?”

Referred to as Old Five, the frail black-clad man chuckled, ”Don’t mention it, this batch of bandits had little skill but were tightly concealed, hiding like rats everywhere. We spent several days to locate their lairs.”

”Thought they’d be so notorious to quiet children from crying at night, being formidable, but barely an hour and we had dealt with them, not even warmed up, no pleasure in the fight.”

Some familiar folks gathered around for idle chat, and the leading beautiful young girl let go of her brother, telling her mother, ”Mom, you take my brother home first. After this long trip, I especially crave your braised chicken. I’ll have you make it after reporting back with Miss Shuangshuang.”

The beautiful girl’s mother immediately smiled and agreed. Thanks to Miss Shuangshuang, now Yu Family Village is tax-free, and not obliged to serve, every household raising large groups of poultry and livestock. With Miss Shuangshuang’s prescribed medicine, there’s no worry about losing them.

Now, families in the village can eat meat if they want, eat vegetables if they wish, and although martial arts require a diet not devoid of meat, eating too much meat sometimes makes them crave vegetables.

A few years back, such thoughts would be unbelievable—who would eat vegetables if meat was available? Thinking of the good life brought by Miss Shuangshuang deepened the woman’s gratitude towards her.

The woman is most grateful that Miss Shuangshuang has uplifted women’s status, making daughters as important as sons in Yu Family Village. After practicing martial arts, they discovered that many girls have better martial arts talent than boys. Previously unable to stand against men, many now defeat them in combat.

Not to mention others, her own daughter has talents surpassing boys, defeating several strong men within a year of martial arts practice. Later, Miss Shuangshuang selected those with martial arts talent for higher teachings, and her daughter proudly became one of the chosen.

The mother beamed proudly, her daughter now possessing greater skills than her and her husband, even surpassing many men in the village. Now, everyone envies her having such a gifted daughter, even better than sons.

The daughter’s mind is agile too, along with Miss Shuangshuang’s guidance, she now heads out as a leader to subdue bandits, truly bringing pride to her mother.

The prideful beautiful girl has now brought her people to Murong Shuangshuang’s home to report the completion of her mission to subdue bandits, as everyone has accustomed to calling Murong Shuangshuang ”Miss,” with deep respect towards her.

In recent years, Yu Family Village has seen a steady birth of children, some growing up. The best martial artists most cherished by Murong Shuangshuang for cultivation are some of these earlier children.