I was the best old lady in ancient times

Feng Xu said that since Mrs. Ning asked them to move out of Ningfu, she just didn't want them to get involved.

At least on the surface, they'd better not come across as related.

Therefore, even if you want to communicate, it is best to communicate secretly, not on the surface.

After all, in the Mingzhou Mansion, Lai Xingchun was still staring at the Ning family!
Chen Huilan could only sigh after hearing what Xianggong said to persuade her, and nodded in agreement.

Therefore, Feng Xu did not go to the Ning Mansion to express his congratulations even though Ning Yong Ye High School was the first case this time.

Although he was also selected as a scholar, his ranking was average.

During the congratulatory banquet, even if Ning Yongye was toasted, he still stood at the back.

Of course, with his ranking, it is normal to stand at the end.

After the imperial examination this time, it will take three years before the township examination will be held.

Although there is money from the father-in-law, plus the silver taels that Mrs. Ning asked them to leave, they can barely cover the expenses for the past three years.

But Feng Xu still wanted to find a way to make money, so that the whole family would not have to sit and eat.

Unexpectedly, Ning Pengpeng actually asked Steward Jiang to contact him in private and asked him if he would like to go to Nanyue Mansion together.

It's because Ning Pengpeng didn't want to show up in Nanyue Mansion.

After much deliberation, I had no choice but to go to Feng Xu and pretend that he was the owner who came to do business.

Hearing Mrs. Ning's words, Feng Xu nodded in agreement without saying a word.

When a group of people sat in a carriage and staggered all the way to Nanyue Fucheng, it was already more than ten days later!

Along the way, Ning Pengpeng saw that there were many ragged-clothed, hungry-faced ordinary people walking slowly on the official road, supporting each other like disaster victims.

Seeing these people like this, Feng Xu wanted to give them the steamed buns in his luggage, but Ning Pengpeng held him back and told the driver to drive away from these people quickly.

Seeing Mrs. Ning's decision, Feng Xu was very surprised and puzzled, but he also knew that Mrs. Ning was not the kind of cruel person.

Since he stopped him, there must be a reason for her to stop him.

However, Ning Pengpeng's carriage was stopped by these people from time to time to beg for food and drink.

In the end, it was Qingniang who swung her whip vigorously on the ground, drawing a deep imprint, and these people shrank their necks and avoided it with a look of fear on their faces.

But when they arrived at the city of Nanyue, they found that although there were few people in the city, they were not like the people they met on the road before.

However, the thinness on the face is real.

Ning Pengpeng did not go directly to Ning Laosi and Liu Hu, but found an inn to stay.

Then when Xiaoer was delivering hot water, after some inquiring, I found out that Mr. Futai of Nanyue Prefecture had come up with a new way to raise money.

Anyone from a fishing village who wants to go to the city to sell fish will have to pay a fish selling tax in addition to the head tax.

For example, if a fish is sold for ten Wen, the government has to collect a tax of Six Wen.

In fact, no matter whether you sell fish or meat, you have to pay taxes in this way.

Most of the fish caught in the sea with their lives fall into the hands of the government.

The remaining silver is not even enough to repair the fishing nets.

It's like saying that if you risk your life, you have to pay for it.

Who wants to do such a thing?
Therefore, in the fishing villages near the sea around Nanyue Fucheng, many people feel that they cannot survive.

After all, although they can catch fish to eat, people have to eat other things and buy cloth to make clothes.

However, if you want to go to Nanyue Prefecture to buy the things you need, whether you buy or sell them, you have to pay [-]% of the tax.

Hearing this, Ning Pengpeng just remembered, no wonder she lived in this inn, the price of each room requested by the shopkeeper was much higher than when she came here with Pei Yan.

It seems that the [-]% of the tax is also counted!
But after deducting the tax paid by Ning Pengpeng and the others, and paying the tax of the inn, the money left in the inn is pitifully small.

Therefore, it really cannot be said that this inn is a black shop.

It can only be said that Master Futai of Nanyue Mansion is really a master who can squeeze oil out of stones.

As for the people Ning Pengpeng and the others met along the way, it was because they couldn't survive in Nanyue Mansion that they tried to escape from their homeland.

Some, even the whole village fled together.

If it goes on like this, it will probably take a few years. The population of Nanyue Prefecture may not even be comparable to that of Hu County.

However, this had no effect on Chen Futai.

After all, he had planned a long time ago, and when he collected enough money, he would retire and return home.

As for when the search will be enough, isn't it that these Jian people can still squeeze out the oil!

So, don't rush.

Feng Xu trembled with anger after hearing what Xiaoer said.

Unexpectedly, this Chen Futai, who is a second-rank official, only thinks about making money and doesn't care about the life and death of the common people.

Ning Pengpeng's complexion was also very ugly. After all, when she came with Pei Yan, the Nanyue Mansion was not at this level.

But now, after entering the city, she can clearly see the depression in the originally bustling streets of Nanyue Mansion.

It is not even an exaggeration to say that ten shops are empty.

So, after Ning Pengpeng cleaned up, he went out to look for the Ning family's North and South Thirteen Line grocery store according to the address given by the fourth child, and found it at a glance.

It's not that the Ning's grocery store is so lively, but that there are not many shops in this row that are open.

And the Ning family's grocery store is considered to have the best business among the few that are open.

"Mom, when did you arrive?

Why don't you let me and Brother Hu be notified first?

If I had known earlier, Brother Hu and I would have picked you up at the gate of the city. "

Fourth Ning was smiling after shopping the customers he had served before, and when he turned his head, he saw Ning Pengpeng standing at the door, smiling at him.

Shocked, he immediately jumped up, came out quickly, and let people look at the shop by himself, then helped Ning Pengpeng into the yard behind the shop.

Just now, when Ning Pengpeng was standing outside the door, he saw the guest received by the fourth child. After buying something, the fourth child threw [-]% of the money into a box beside him.

And the remaining [-]% of the silver was thrown in another place by the fourth child.

To be honest, the remaining [-]% of the silver is not enough to cover the cost of what the Ning family sells.

But before going to the Nanyue Mansion, the fourth brother Ning made a poisonous oath in front of Ning Pengpeng that he would definitely behave like himself with Liu Hu in the Nanyue Mansion.

Unexpectedly, this Chen Futai was the jackal who couldn't get enough to eat.

And that Master Mao, compared with Chen Futai, is just a little more tactful, but his face of asking for money is exactly the same.

It wasn't long before Mr. Mao received the silver that Ning Laosi sent, but now it's starting to stop again!
In order to calm things down, Fourth Ning could only knock out his teeth and swallow them in his stomach, trying his best to satisfy what Chen Futai and Master Mao asked them to do.

It's a pity that Chen Futai and Master Mao have a variety of ways to make money.