Bab 1155: Chapter 1157: Raid His Home_1

But if it succeeded, there was hope that Mianyang would improve, and by then, he, the Prefect, would also benefit from it.

"That's not being timid, that's clearly selfishness. But it's not wrong for him to be selfish, that's just how people are."

"Regardless of what the prefecture thinks, after the autumn harvest and once the tax revenue comes in along with the money I've raised this time, we will be able to start working on some things."

"By the way," Yang Chuxia said when she heard about the tax collection, "when you were away, some people from Peach Blossom Village in Yanghe Town came to seek help. They said their village was taxed twice a year, and each time the amount was more than what other villages paid. It was only because their village had offended the brother-in-law of Principal Clerk Zhou. I had Fugui look into it, but there's been no word yet."

"Principal Clerk Zhou..." Ye Zi'an thought to himself, it seemed that Principal Clerk Zhou could not be kept on any longer.