Springtime Farming: A Happy Wife At Home

Chapter 2093: Finding Trouble

When Jia Heming heard this, he agreed and went to negotiate with the other party in high spirits.

“In summary,” he declared, “everything has to be done according to the rules! You can decide who stays in the inn and who stays in the inn. We will decide what kind of inn to stay in.”

Hearing this, Constable Li’s face darkened on the spot. He angrily accused Anze Province of being stingy.

Jia Heming simply replied, “No money.”

The commotion attracted Grandmaster Miao’s attention, who intervened with a smile. “Your Anze Province has had a great harvest in the past few years. You don’t have any bandits, and you haven’t paid taxes to the national treasury. Your business is developing quite well, so how can you not have money? Why don’t you ask Lord Shao again, Deputy Prefect Jia?”

Jia Heming explained, “Grandmaster, you may not know this, but we all know what the official accounts are like. It’s true that we don’t have money. We spent a lot of money to suppress the bandits, but we haven’t filled it up yet! Our Lord Shao is very particular about the rules. He likes to follow the rules. According to the rules, anyone who comes should stay at an inn!”

Constable Li sneered. “Who asked your inn to be so small and broken!”

“I didn’t know that so many of you came,” Jia Heming replied with a smile. “I’m also quite curious. What happened in our Anze Province that alarmed the Prefect and sent so many people down at once? Grandmaster Miao, can you reveal a thing or two so that I can be more confident?”

Grandmaster Miao was a little embarrassed. He smiled and said perfunctorily, “It’s not a big deal. I’ll tell you tomorrow. There’s no hurry, haha!”

When Constable Li saw that Jia Heming refused to listen to him, he was so angry that he wanted to look for Lord Shao. However, he was stopped by Grandmaster Miao. Grandmaster Miao said a lot of good things to him, telling him to make do with it and bear with it.

These words in front of Jia Heming were actually very mocking and face-slapping.

But who was Jia Heming? Jia Heming didn’t care at all and pretended that he didn’t understand the meaning behind Grandmaster Miao’s words.

He really hated these people. They came like freeloaders and even asked for more. Why was there no one when Anze Province needed them?

Constable Li gave up in the end. He glared at Jia Heming and accepted his arrangement with a dark expression.

In the evening, Shao Yunduan held a banquet for Grandmaster Miao and Constable Li. He invited Jia Heming, some secretaries, Hang Xingshan, and Zheng Sangge to accompany him. Sun Qian and his men kept an eye on the inn, Sun Bai was in charge of the state office, and Ah-Ye was with Shao Yunduan.

As they toasted, the unhappiness from the day seemed to have disappeared. Everyone tactfully did not mention it again.

At this moment, Grandmaster Miao naturally did not need to hide the purpose of this trip anymore.

They were here to collect taxes.

It was said that Anze Province had not collected taxes for many years. Now that the treasury was in trouble, Anze Province should make up for it.

The Prefect was not unreasonable. He would not let Anze Province make up for it all at once. He would make up for a portion first and take it slow in the future.

Therefore, they had sent so many people this time to transport food and bank silver back.

Grandmaster Miao’s long and narrow face was filled with smiles. He spoke about this matter in a relaxed tone, as if it was just a small matter that was not worth mentioning.

As soon as he said this, the atmosphere instantly turned cold.

Jia Heming and the others turned to Shao Yunduan subconsciously.

The people on the left and right side quietly exchanged glances, all of them furious.

Everyone had the same thought in their hearts: This is too much!

This was really too much!

Jia Heming coughed and smiled. “I wonder how much you want this time?”