Not long after the two women left, Yu Xiaolian heard people shouting that new tax notices had been posted, and a crowd started rushing towards the county government.
Yu Xiaolian greeted her father quickly and hurried to catch up to see what was happening.
Yu Xiaolian followed the crowd to the notice board at the county government gate, but the onlookers were simply too many, making it impossible to push forward.
She could only hear someone who could read explaining to those who couldn't, that the new tax was called the Meng Levy because they were fighting a war with the Meng Country and were short on funds.
The Meng Levy was nine cents of silver per mu of land.
As soon as the scholarly man in front finished speaking, the crowd erupted in curses, and a woman with a basket tossed it aside, slapped her thigh, and sat down on the ground, crying out loud.
