The twenty or so mu of barren land at home was only registered as ten mu, which made the Li Family very grateful.
Prince Luling sighed and said, "The village chief is really a good person."
The Princess Consort Luling also said, "I never expected he would think of our family. If we had to pay taxes on twenty mu of land, it would really be hard times -- two taels of silver per mu per year is quite a large expenditure."
In the past, they were part of the imperial family and did not have to pay land tax.
Now that they had come to the village to farm, they realized what a significant advantage that was back then.
It's no wonder there were revolts in some places, because of the heavy tax burden.
"Two taels of silver per mu per year -- that's not a light tax," said Li Yuzhu.
In the village, most families own only three to five mu of land, and the poorer families have only one or two mu.
On average, they have to pay several taels of silver a year.
