Surviving In The Ancient Times With Limitless Supplies
Chapter 199: Pay Taxes

Chapter 199: Pay Taxes

Seeing the change in their attitudes, Xu Xiang felt that what her elder brother said indeed made sense. There are no eternal enemies and no eternal friends, only permanent interests.

Looking away from the soldiers, she looked at the villagers and said, "Let’s fetch the water."

Qi Nu’a nodded at her, looked at the villagers, and said, "Go."

After that, only Qi Nu’a and a few warriors stayed behind to guard the entrance of the village, while Xu Xiang and the rest of the villagers went back to the village to fetch water.

Xu Xiang took out three large wooden barrels from the space and said, "Fill these wooden barrels and transport them to the entrance of the village."

Standing beside her, A Lu Ge looked at the three big wooden barrels and asked, "Xu Xiang, how much water does this big wooden barrel hold?"

"Two thousand liters of water." She replied calmly.

As soon as she said this, A Lu Ge and the villagers looked at her with puzzled faces. Realizing they didn’t know the measurement in liters, she thought for a few seconds and said, "It’s about four hundred buckets of water."

Hearing her answer, several people nodded and began to fill the wooden barrels with water. Seeing that they were going to filter the well water with the carbon filter, Xu Xiang quickly stopped them.

She said, "There is no need to filter the water. Just filled the wooden barrels with unfiltered water."

The villagers looked at her, then looked at each other and nodded. With their teamwork, they filled three large wooden barrels in just one hour. After that, the warriors of the Xiuluo tribe go to the entrance of the village carrying the heavy wooden barrels. With their strength, it is not difficult to carry those wooden barrels.

The captain who was waiting outside the village entrance kept craning his neck and looking into the village. It’s a pity that there are Qi Nu’a and the warriors guarding the entrance of the village, so he can’t go in and have a look.

After waiting anxiously for more than an hour, he finally saw the young woman he was talking to before walking out of the village. Before he could ask her where the water was, his eyes widened in shock.

Following her was a young man carrying a large wooden barrel that was two times higher than him. Behind the young man, two other young men were also carrying wooden barrels of the same size. When they put down the heavy wooden barrels, the ground shook for a moment.

The captain swallowed heavily, and a stiff smile appeared on his face. He looked at Xu Xiang and said, "Young Lady, is this all the water you have? What about the remaining water?"

Xu Xiang tilted her head slightly and said, "This is all the water we can get from our well. Our village really has no water left anymore. Unless the officer wants mud instead of water, I don’t mind having my villagers get some from the well for you to use as a face mask."

Hearing her words, the captain was stunned. After a moment of confusion, he came back to his senses, frowned slightly and said, "Young Lady, this is not enough for you to pay taxes."

Xu Xiang shrugged and said helplessly: "That is all we have."

The captain looked at her and asked, "What about food? You can also pay with food."

Xu Xiang looked at the captain in surprise, and asked incredulously: "Officer, how could you do this to us?"

The captain couldn’t keep up with her train of thought, and asked puzzledly: "What did I do to you?"

She shook her head and said, "We gave you all the water in our village, and there is only a little water left for us as drinking water. Now you even want to grab our food. If you take away all our water and food, how can my villagers survive? We have no hatred, why did you do this to me and my villagers?"

As soon as she finished speaking, a woman from the Xiuluo tribe also said, "She is right. We tried our best to help you keep your head, but you cruelly cut off our way of survival."

"Leave while we are still talking nicely to you. Don’t be too greedy, or you will lose your life." Another villager said with a sneer.

The faces of the captain and the soldiers sank when they heard his naked threat. He wanted to refute what they said, but after thinking about it, he swallowed his words back. As the villagers said, he also knew that they were polite and treated him and his men better than the rest of the villagers from other places.

The captain looked at his subordinates and said, "Take the water away."

"Yes, Captain."

The soldiers quickly move the water from the three large wooden barrels into their respective smaller empty wooden barrels. Half an hour later, they left with water. After the soldiers left, the villagers also dispersed and went back to work.

Xu Xiang stood at the entrance of the village, looking thoughtfully at the backs of the soldiers that were slowly disappearing from her sight. While she was still deep in thoughts, A Lu Ge came and saw her frowning.

"Xu Xiang, what are you thinking?" He asked, with a hint of worry in his tone.

When she recovered from her thoughts, she turned to look at him and said, "It’s nothing. Let’s go back."

Afterwards, the two returned to the village. When it’s lunch time, A Lu Ge goes to the cafeteria to have lunch, while Xu Xiang goes to find A Lu Zhi and the others. Unfortunately, they left more than an hour ago.

Since she couldn’t go with them, she went to the mountain to find Mu Yucheng. When she got to the mountain, she saw him sitting cross-legged on the ground with his eyes closed. Knowing that it would take a long time for him before he finished cultivating, she sat cross-legged not far from him and began to practice her internal energy.

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