Ding Tian's Ancient Life

No matter what the higher authorities think, when it’s time for the autumn harvest, it’s time to harvest quickly. Ding Tian also returned to Dingjia Village. If he couldn’t help, he helped buy some big meat for the two uncles’ homes, and made more tofu and other protein-increasing things for them. They added vegetables, and by the way, they asked someone to build a house for him.

Yes, his homestead has been paved now, and the only thing left is to build a house. As long as he builds a house, he can have a house in the county.

The blueprint of the house drawn by myself, the small house with two entrances, the courtyard design, the floor space is small, and there is no need to grow vegetables in the yard anyway, there are only two apricot trees planted in the yard, and once you enter, there are three main rooms. There are two wing rooms, the inverted room at the front has been converted into a carriage and horse room, and the second entrance at the back is a guest room.

This is to facilitate the comings and goings of the clansmen of Dingjia Village. There is a place to stay in the county seat. One is used as a woodshed and kitchen, and the other is used as a barn.

The hut is placed on the northwest corner of the room.

There are two dogs in the northeast corner house to help look after the house.

This is Ding Tian's design.

Originally, it was good for Ding Tian to live in the county government office, but he saw that the backyard of the new county magistrate's house was too noisy, and he would rather go back to live in his own house without any prisoners.

The commotion at the county government office is really disrespectful, and the bastard who has been busy for the past few days has always poked his head towards the moon gate in the backyard, looking like a wolf... How could he have the same problem with Liu Sen?

Moreover, the atmosphere in this government office has really become more and more impetuous since the new county magistrate rushed here.

The flower-like maids, the coquettish butler ladies... and the concubine, the wife....

In the heart of Ding Tian, ​​who has watched countless Zhai Dou soap operas, this is not a good omen. In addition, he has to pay taxes this autumn. The most important thing is to get your own house done.

On his side, there is a lot of joy, and on the other side, the autumn harvest is also going on non-stop. The good time of autumn harvest is only a short period of seven or eight days, but it is the busiest time. The large animals of each family are well taken care of , Even Ding Tian's poor horse was driven to pull the cart.

There's no way, he can't just watch Brother Kan's family walking back and forth between the fields and the threshing ground carrying millet, right?

Both the carriage and the ox cart were lent to their family, and Brother Kan was so excited that he couldn't help himself: "I planted Tian'er's land this year, and I am really blessed by Zong Zong!"

"Okay, you, hurry up!" Ding Tian gave the carriage and ox cart to their house, and went to his second uncle's house to help chop firewood and carry water. Yes, but definitely not as fast as the second and third uncles. The family also hired long-term workers to help. There are two meals a day, one meat and one vegetarian staple food are enough to feed people.

In just seven days, the crops in the field were quickly harvested, and the rollers on the threshing floor tumbling, felled golden grains of millet, yellow corn, and fiery red sorghum...

Ding Tian returned to the county office on the ninth day, but Cheng Da pulled him aside as soon as he entered: "Tian'er, do you know? Master's rules have been set."

"Oh?" Ding Tian Yile: "Is it settled? I see you look like this. Is the master rewarding you or punishing you?"

"Hey, are you still silly?" Cheng Da said angrily, "Do you know how the master made the decision?"

"I just came back, what do I know?" Ding Tian shook his head, "I didn't even have time to change my clothes."

"My lord has decided that every household has one mu of land, one stone of grain, and one stone is 120 catties; each household has one tael of tax silver, but they have to pay extra money for fire consumption, and each household pays an extra [-] copper coins." Cheng Dalow Said: "There are also two squares of silage fodder for each household, and fifty catties of miscellaneous grains."

"So many?" Ding Tian's eyes widened: "This...more than before the war?"

"Master said that taxes have not been collected for three years, and there is no reference point to use as a criterion, so we will temporarily set these. If the income is good in the future, we will see the situation..." Cheng Da was also a little angry: "More than before. A lot!"

The north is bitterly cold, and only one season of grain can be grown. After the war, the population has decreased so much, but when taxes were collected in the first year, a ruthless person came.

"Can this work?" Ding Tian was a little uncertain: "This is too much."

One tael of silver, twenty copper coins, how long does a family have to save to have this money?

This amount of money is equivalent to about 1 yuan and 200 yuan in modern society.

For no reason, the peasants can save a few taels of silver all year round by saving food and expenses. It has to be said that it is a good year, but in a bad year, if there is a drought and locusts, it will be over.

Floods rarely occur in the Northland, because there are not so many rivers.

Just saving up year after year, you have to marry a wife for your son, buy a dowry for your daughter, and see a doctor for the elderly when they are sick... Poor families and small businesses, the life of ordinary people is not easy for a few days.

Suddenly I have to spend more than one or two taels of money, and I also need a lot of food.

It is generally accepted that one stone of grain is one hundred catties, but the officials will not reason with you. If one stone is set at 120 catties, what can you do?

The flying tax has to be added in. After such a mess, almost 150 catties of grain are gone.

One mu of land is only three to five shi of grain, and such a large piece of land is gone all of a sudden. The whole family still has to eat, and they have to sell the grain in exchange for firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea...

There is no food piled up in the warehouses of ordinary people, and they will not be able to sleep.

For hundreds of catties of grain, the family’s rations must be kept, and the rest must be sold, and then exchanged for silver to pay taxes, and the rest is yours... Besides, the green fodder used to be just one family. This time, I asked for two parties.

It is useless to feed the livestock in the winter, and it will be useless when the grass turns green in the second spring.

"Master Xu is going to faint." Cheng Da also gritted his teeth: "Why do you want so much? After paying the taxes, is there any left?"

They are all from the village. Everyone knows how much food is in one mu of land. A person needs at least a few hundred catties of food a year to feed their stomachs. Farmers do hard work. How can they be strong if they can’t eat enough? ?

"Yes...." Ding Tian smiled wryly: "Master is worthy of being a Jinshi, and married a shrewd businessman's daughter as his wife. This calculation is very precise, and it can leave two or three liang of silver in the family, and The rations are still within your tolerance...it can't force you to rebel, and it can scrape oil and water from your body, it's really...the calculation is really accurate."

It is worthy of being able to support a rich and noble family in the Hanlin under the name of a descendant of a merchant and a big landlord. This calculation is too shrewd!

His arithmetic ability is not bad, so he wondered, okay, this set of rules is too qualified, just above the survival line, within the food and clothing zone, if you don't starve to death, your family won't be rich.

After analyzing it with Cheng Da, Cheng Da's eyes sparkled when he heard it: "My God, I'm not very proficient in accounting, that... do the folks know what you're talking about?"

"Everyone knows what they don't know, can they still object?" Ding Tian was also a little disappointed: "I didn't expect that once Mr. Du left, the villagers would be bullied."

"We can go to Mrs. Du... to comment!" Cheng Da's family situation is not very good, even though he is a government servant, he is one of the tax-exempt people.

But his brother's family is not a government servant, and they cannot avoid taxes. The whole family is old, weak, sick and disabled, and they are pitifully planting a few acres of land, which is barely enough to make ends meet. land, but there is no food to fill the stomach.

This situation is not limited to his family, there are several families in the village, even widows with children, how can they get the tax money of one tael of silver and twenty copper coins?

The embarrassment at that time will still be them who have to collect taxes.

"Let's go in and talk about it." Ding Tian drove the carriage into the county office, returned to his own place, changed into a public uniform, and ran to find Master Xu.

Master Xu was moaning and sighing, and his son Xu Zixu was also frowning. At first glance, the two of them really looked alike.

It looks like it's real!

"Master Xu." Ding Tian cupped his hands in salute: "I'm here to sell the leave."

Now these people are temporarily under the jurisdiction of Master Xu. When they go out to ask for leave and come back to sell their leave, Master Xu just records it and does not embarrass anyone.

"You know everything?" Mr. Xu motioned his son to take notes, pointing to the small stool next to his rocking chair: "Sit down and talk, is there anything you can do? If this continues, the new master is really It’s going to lose the hearts of the people.”

Although there is nothing to do now, it can be said that I am not familiar with it!

Take your time, and you can still establish the prestige of the master, but you know how to hold money, and the common people are not rabbits or lambs, let you do your best.

The folk customs in the Northland are tough, which really annoyed them. It is not impossible for the officers, soldiers and the people to rebel.

"Let's hand it over temporarily to paralyze him, and then send someone to contact Mr. Du. Everyone knows that tricky money and food can be tricked, but you can't be too greedy, right? We can accept it, but it is too much to send out twenty or thirty catties of grain, twenty copper coins per household." Ding Tian felt that he had to leave room for negotiation, but the room should not be too large .

If it's too big, it's not room, it's a big pit.

"You're right, but you can't hand it in before you tell Master Du. If you want to say it now, let me tell you that the autumn harvest tax must be handed over to the Fucheng, and the Fucheng will directly distribute it to the local garrison. There is no need to pay it to the capital, so save money. It has caused a lot of trouble, and reduced the possibility of many levels of exploitation. The county magistrate didn’t tell the people about this, because he was afraid that the people would find out, and the flying taxes and the waste of money would be gone!” Mr. Xu called Holding the calamus fan: "When Mr. Du sends someone to post a notice stating how much money and rations and silage for the autumn harvest are, at that time, he will have no reason to increase taxes."

Ding Tian felt that he had fallen into a trap, because he was here to sell fakes, not to trap the county magistrate, but he was stopped by Master Xu and talked for a long time.

Director Xu already had a draft, but he said it to him, what do you mean?

Seeing Ding Tian's widened eyes, Master Xu was overjoyed: "I'll ask you to write a book on this matter, and I'll ask Zixu to come over."

"Me?" Ding Tian was upset: "What do you mean?"

Use him as a weapon?Or do you want to accept him as your confidant?

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