If they leave, there will be one less person earning money in the family, and the income will be reduced.

If we don't let people go, we will have to pay a large sum of money ourselves.

That money was earned by them with great difficulty, and they really don't want to spend it.

After a while, Ji Lizheng came out.

Ji Sheng said, "I asked everyone to come here to talk to everyone about the road repair. Those who have people at home can send people, and those who don't want to come can pay."

As soon as he finished speaking, the faces of the villagers, who had been looking relaxed, became heavy at the same time.

Most of the people had just gone to watch the excitement at Old Song’s house, but they didn’t expect that they would also become part of the excitement now.

Ji Sheng continued, "The conditions for this military service are that if there are two or three men in the family who are over fifteen and under forty-five, one man must be sent."

"If there are four or more people, two men must be sent out."

"If there is no one in your family who meets the requirements and you don't have a bullock cart or a horse carriage, you don't need to send anyone or money."

"But there is no one in the family who meets the requirements, and the family has a horse-drawn carriage or an ox-drawn carriage. The price for an ox-drawn carriage or a horse-drawn carriage is five taels of silver."

"There is no one in the family who meets the requirements, and there is no ox cart or horse carriage in the family. This time, we don't need to provide anyone or money."

"If no one in your family wants to perform corvée labor, people outside the city will pay three taels of silver each, and people inside the city will pay eight taels of silver each."

“After half a year, if the road is not built, those who use ox carts or horse carts will have to pay again.”

"As for those who meet the conditions and are given silver to be exempted from corvée labor, they will have to pay money again after one year."

As soon as he finished speaking, most of the villagers looked sad.

Although now relying on the Song family, most families are growing vegetables again, and their lives are much better.

But they also spend most of their money on food, clothing, housing and transportation.

It is really not easy to save three taels of silver.

Even those fishermen who earned 400 coins a day were very anxious.

All the money earned was spent, and if there was no money left, one had to do corvee labor.

But if I go to perform labor service, my family will lose a lot of income, and I don’t know when the road will be built. If it takes several years to build, and I have to pay money every year, then my family will have to live a hard life for a long time.

Ji Sheng continued, "Also, this time the military service will be assigned based on the principle of proximity, so people from Qingyu Village will not be assigned too far away. In order for the people serving to eat better, their families can send someone to deliver meals to them every day."

"After finishing the work you are supposed to do every day, you can go home and go back to work the next day within the time specified by the court."

Yang Deru said: "That is to say, it is just like working outside, except that you don't get paid for your service, right?"

Ji Sheng said: "You can understand it this way."

The people present looked at each other in bewilderment. This corvée seemed to be much milder than before and also took better care of the poor.

Yang Qingrui whispered to Yang Qingli: "Let's pay to be exempted from corvée labor. Three taels of silver is still easy for our family."

Although Song Chuman doesn't go out to sea every day, she can go fishing now and earn four hundred coins a day.

It’s just three taels of silver, which is just a few days’ wages for each of them.

Yang Qingli nodded: "Well, this is more cost-effective, let's do it this way."

Yang Deru was standing nearby and didn't object.

Thanks to helping Song Chuman build the boat and making a lot of wooden barrels for her, he saved a lot of money.

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