I don't want to be king

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Chapter 561

Ma Jie hurriedly said, "Don't worry, my lord, I will do my best to ensure the autumn harvest work."

"The other one is grain storage. Do a good job of checking the grain inventory, check one by one, and never tolerate it,"

Lin Yi said with a stern face, "This winter, if there is another food shortage in Ankang City, it will be a joke."

Ma Jie wondered, "My lord doesn't know, the granaries in this capital city are managed by the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the ministers keep their words light, I'm afraid..."

He, the Governor of Ankang City, is indeed a high-ranking and powerful man, but he can't control the Ministry of Households and the Metropolitan Procuratorate no matter what!

Besides, there are 800 million dans of tax and food delivered to the capital every year, which is completely a hot potato, not something that he, the governor of Ankang, should touch!

Lin Yi nodded and said, "What are you thinking?

The Ministry of Households is in charge of the water transport granary, the granary in the Juma River that the king mentioned, isn't that in your charge? "

"My lord,"

Ma Jie continued to explain, "The Beijing camp is short of food and grass. According to the cabinet's intention, the Ankang government has handed over the granary in Jumahe to the Beijing camp. Now the grain shipped by various food suppliers is stored there."

"I see."

Lin Yi thought about it hard, as if he had read this script before, but he just didn't remember it.

The autumn was crisp and the sun was just right. After Lin Yi left the government office, he didn't want to go home and hide, so he went straight to the suburbs.

Looking up, there is no idle field.

The flames he saw last night clearly came from here, why is there no scorching mark in the field at this moment?

It was lunch time, and many children were carrying rice bowls to the fields to deliver meals.

Lin Yi smiled and said, "Don't these children have to go to school today?"

Tan Fei said, "My lord, during the busy farming season, children are considered laborers. Although they can't do heavy work, they can wash clothes, cook, and take care of younger siblings.

Now that there are no students in the school in this village, the teachers simply have a holiday and wait for the autumn harvest to start classes again. "

"Isn't this nonsense?"

Lin Yi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "However, there's nothing we can do, just let them do as they please."

If you take care of this kind of thing, you will really be in a panic.

Every era and every place has its own special problems. If we ignore the reality and make a one-size-fits-all approach, not only will the situation not be good, but it will also cause people's resentment to boil.

Many families have four children, starting with five, some are still in their infancy, some are toddlers, and if there are no older siblings who are in school to take care of them, they can only be taken care of by adults.

But how important the autumn harvest is, it is the key to whether the family can survive the winter safely.

If the harvest is not timely, it will be a disaster for them, and it is an unbearable burden.

A middle-aged man was holding a clay pot, reprimanding his son who forgot to bring his chopsticks. Seeing that his son was in tears, he gave up. He found a branch from the edge of the field to use as chopsticks, lowered his head and stuffed sweet potatoes and miscellaneous grains into his mouth.

Seeing that his son and child continued to choke, he was reluctant to eat, and picked up the dried fish on the edge and gave it to his son, "Eat it and get out."

After the child put the dried fish into his mouth, he was glared at by his father again, and ran away hastily.

Lin Yi looked funny.

Then he couldn't help laughing again.

Today he was wearing a navy blue silk long jacket, with a high bun, and he was dressed like a nobleman, especially Tan Fei, who was standing next to him with a fierce face, made Lin Yi's extraordinary.

Not only did the middle-aged man not dare to blame him, he was even a little nervous.

"Sir, I made you laugh."

"fine,"

Lin Yi looked at the half-harvested wheat field in front of him, and said with a smile, "Is this all yours?"

The middle-aged man hesitated for a moment, put down the clay pot, and said with a smile, "This is a field I bought for a tael of silver, and it took a year of service before I could get the first year's harvest."

Lin Yi said casually, "After taxes and donations, how much do you have?"

The middle-aged man raised his head and said, "The regent is merciful and has canceled many of the previous apportionments. There is only food tax, [-]% of which is in his hands, and the other is the road donation. If there is no food, it is okay to contribute."

Lin Yi said, "After being tired for a year, you still have to work hard, are you happy?"

This is what he hesitated the most after he decided to donate on the road.

To put it bluntly, this is corvée, but with a different name.

If you don't want to do corvee, just give money directly.

"Why are you not happy?"

The middle-aged man said cheerfully, "Whether it is building roads or embankments, they are all nearby, not far away. The construction site also manages food, which saves the family's rations. If you are full, you will have a meal the next day." , which is better than anything."

"You continue to eat your food, and when the food gets cold, you won't have anything to eat,"

Lin Yi pointed to the pot and said, "Talk while eating."

The middle-aged man hesitated and said, "It's okay, I'm tired today, so I can take a rest."

Lin Yi didn't force it, but just asked, "Yesterday I saw a large fire on the mountain, and there was thick smoke everywhere. I didn't keep the straw for cooking or feeding the animals. How could I be willing to burn it?"

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "Sir, you are standing on a high place, so you can naturally see the distance. The village in front of you is a mountainous area, which was opened up in the past few years. The crops are corn, and the harvest is good, but break After the corn is finished, the stubble will hurt the knife, and even the best sickle will be useless for more than an acre of land. The harvest will not be worth the money of a sickle.

The big guys have nothing to do, pull out the ones that can be pulled out, and spread the wheat straw on the ones that can’t be pulled out, and burn them with a fire. "

Lin Yi smiled and said, "Aren't you afraid that there will be no kang in winter?"

The middle-aged man said, "Now that the imperial court has divided the land, who doesn't have a haystack?

It's not like in the past, when you cut firewood on the mountain, you have to ask the Lord's family for kindness.

Last winter, the big guys didn't need firewood.

Sometimes charcoal is burned and sent into the city, but the lords in this city burn coal now, so they don't use it uncommonly. "

"pretty good."

Lin Yi suddenly felt a long sigh of relief.

The middle-aged man murmured, "Sir, it is true."

"In the past, when the common people had land, they liked to hang it on the squires and masters. Is this still the case?"

This is what Lin Yi is most concerned about right now.

The middle-aged man said, "Now the master Juren pays the same taxes and donations as we do.

What's more, under the feet of the emperor, everyone has five acres of land, that is the iron law.

Lord Ma Jie sent all the masters who dared to commit crimes to the labor camp.

It is a human head, which is as tall as a person. "

"This Ma Jie is ruthless enough."

Lin Yi said something casually.

The middle-aged man said, "Master Ma Jie is a good official, sir, it's better not to talk nonsense."

Lin Yi sneered, and then said, "That was your son just now?"

"Naughty stuff,"

The middle-aged man sighed, "If you don't fight, you won't succeed."

"go to school?"

"I'm not afraid of Mr.'s jokes,"

The middle-aged man still smiled and said, "I'm a rough man, I can't read a single word, and the school in the village doesn't charge tuition fees, so I don't want this kid to be like me, to die blind."

Lin Yi smiled and said, "Listening to your conversation, it seems that you are someone who has seen the world."

The man said, "Mr. Hui, I used to serve in the army of the prince and the prince. I have been to Saibei, and I have seen more customs and customs than others."

"Have you been in the army?"

Lin Yi couldn't help looking him up and down.

"I'm not talented, I used to be under the command of General Shen Chu,"

The man raised his head, "Participated in the Great Victory in Saibei!"

Lin Yi said, "You are not very old, why did you come out of the army?"

The man patted his thigh and said sadly, "I hurt my legs and feet during the battle in Saibei. Fortunately, the Governor's Mansion gave me a subsidy. I bought the land with the money and renovated a new house. I am not bad in this village."

"I believe that the court will not treat you people badly in the future."

Lin Yi finished speaking with his head down, and said to Tan Fei, "I'm sorry to take up this brother for so long."

"Our son rewards you."

Tan Fei directly handed over an ingot of broken silver.

"This……"

The man glanced at the silver gleaming in the sun and hesitated.

"Take it!

You're welcome. "

If the other party was not a veteran, Tan Fei would just throw it over without any hesitation!

Habit!

"Thank you sir."

The man finally took it.