Chapter 63: The Indifferent Village
Feng Jun, upon hearing the words, was instantly bewildered, and it took him a while to ask a question, "What's a hidden household, and what's a runaway household?"
Young Sister Lang's mouth fell open in shock. Could you actually ask such a ridiculous question?
However, considering the man's strange attire and the various odd tools around him, she supposed it made a kind of sense that he would ask such a question... sort of acceptable.
So she began to patiently explain.
This place belongs to a country named Donghua, which has an official government. Where there's government, there is the issue of collecting taxes.
For the commoners, the government imposes a poll tax, which is collected through the registration of the population.