Ding Tian's Ancient Life

Master Xu got up early in the morning and went to the granary to stay. He borrowed two accountants who could write and do calculations. They were well-known old accountants in the city. tax wagon, and the villagers

He didn't invite Master Qian to come over, he only brought the latest household registration booklet and property registration booklet from the county

Niujiao County is a place that has experienced wars. Not only is the county seat new, but everything has been re-registered, including which village, how many households, how many fields each household has, and how much tax they should pay.

All the servants in the county government were called to help. There were originally four small officials guarding the granary, but the four of them couldn’t handle it at all. The servants were called to let more people see that the grain was weighed and put into the granary. , in public, under the watchful eyes of everyone, no one can cheat, and no one dares to cheat.

The granary is newly built, and there is not even a mouse hole in it, so there is as much as there is in the granary!

Master Xu is also a formidable person. He used his master book's seal and made a lot of receipts. The first one to pay taxes was Dingjia Village.

Uncle Ding was the first to pay the taxes. Seeing that Uncle Ding came over with his household registration, Master Xu gave him a receipt, which was in quadruplicate: "Ding Family Village, Ding Dajiang, one tael of tax money Twenty Wen, 140 five shi for tax and grain, ten shi for miscellaneous grains!" Special Operations Group

There was someone with a good voice beside him, who read it aloud, and then came: "Receipt, in four copies, one for Ding Dajiang, one for the county government record, one for the master book, and the other for the record. Save it as a spare!"

"Wow!" Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, this is the first time we have met such a loud voice!

Especially when the grain is put into the warehouse, the petty clerks in the warehouse will kneel down to Mr. Xu. If you send a receipt like this, we will kill us!

The freshly harvested grain is when the moisture is at its highest. After next spring, there should be [-] catties of this hundred catties of grain left, so it must be said to be good.

If it is a little damp, there may be [-] catties left.

"Oh, that's right, tell me, how much will the flying tax cost?" Director Xu looked at the four small officials who were appointed by Mr. Ma from among his own people, and happily said, "Say it?"

The little official said with a sad face: "Master Xu, you can't do this... you can't!"

Flying tax is an unwritten rule, an unspoken rule!

"Well, how about I write on it, fly tax, and reduce the amount of fly tax?" Master Xu didn't really want to embarrass them: "As for whether they can fly so much, I don't care. "

The little officials were about to burst into tears: "You... write... ah?"

"Okay, okay, I won't embarrass you, I will save twenty catties." Flying tax is twenty catties, which is only a lot more, and the food has been delivered, and everyone is watching.

The four little officials now have the desire to seek death.

Flying taxes, their masters set [-] catties, they fly [-] catties, and leave [-] catties, this is the surplus

As for the remaining five catties, it belonged to Master Qian Liang!

They can also share a little bit, but not more.

But now, the twenty catties are gone... No, it's not that it's gone, but it's registered.

The same is true for the tax bank. Master Xu got twenty silver boxes and fifty copper coin boxes. Next to the copper coin boxes stood two yamen servants, holding fine hemp ropes in their hands, which were used to wear copper coins. , and the two strings are tied together, which is twenty texts.

Ten strings are strung together, which is one hundred wen, tie a knot and put it in.

One is not too much, and the other is not too much. Although the silver is not good, it is still silver!

The consumption of silver on this money... even copper coins, is also recorded.

The key is that Director Xu made it open, fair and transparent.

Everyone was watching, and he even made it clear to the head of the village that when taxes were collected here, Master Qian knew about it, and ran to Mr. Ma as if his butt was on fire.

But Master Ma is in the back house, and his concubine, Aunt Ruyi, is painting a pot of early-blooming autumn chrysanthemums in front of them, a pot of pink chrysanthemums, the flowers are as big as a plate, very beautiful.

Master Qian stopped at the Moon Gate, and asked the gatekeeper's wife to go to Lord Ma: "Just say something important, please come out quickly!"

"Your Excellency is painting with Aunt Ruyi, now go..." The woman guarding the door didn't like to move, her feet sank very much.

She has been the gatekeeper of this family for so many years, so she naturally knows that when the master and aunt are together, they hate being disturbed the most. Whoever interrupts their affection will be in bad luck.

Unless it is a really big event, there is no good fruit to eat.

There used to be a servant girl who was pretty, and she started thinking about the master. The madam watched coldly. She thought that the madam had acquiesced, so when the master was with the aunt, she went to find the master and wanted to take the master away with the aunt. In the end...she was taken away, and I heard that she was sold directly to the kiln in Yanhualiu Lane by the master, and she will never come out for the rest of her life.

It is said that the master dealt with it, but in fact, it was not Aunt Ruyi who spoke?

The old man had soft ears, so he listened to what his aunt said, without asking any questions, and left it to his aunt to handle it.

From then on, no one dared to disrespect my aunt because she was a concubine.

Now the family is a bit of a two-headed family, and the current people are miserable. I don’t know which one to follow. Of course, the hostess in the backyard is the wife, but Aunt Ruyi is also very favored. After all, the master has the final say in the family.

Who let the old have a good sister?

Madam's natal family has strong financial resources, and the master also uses Madam's money.

The servants of the whole family understand this, and it becomes more and more difficult to choose whether to follow the wife or serve Aunt Ruyi...

"I can't wait to draw my eyebrows right now, why are you still painting!" Master Qian was so angry.

But the old woman guarded the door, but she didn't leave. The old woman opposite her pinched her waist: "At this time, whoever goes will be unlucky,

Master Qian hated him deeply, but he couldn't vent his anger on the two wives. In the end, he took out two small silver nudes from his pocket. They were two pieces of peanut-like silver and only weighed two cents: "One person One, who will inform the adults for me? This is definitely a big deal! The master will not blame you, and neither will Aunt Ruyi, but if you delay things, the responsibility will rest on the two of you. "

Master Qian's words were strong enough, so he gave them two silver coins. Although there was only two silver coins, it was still a reward.

"Then just wait a moment, I'll go right away, lady!" The lady on the left swiftly collected the money, tucked it around her waist, turned her head and dragged her away.

The remaining woman who pushed back and forth just now said "Pooh" on her back: "Old guy! You know how to be good, beware of being beaten to death by your aunt."

The battle among the servants in the backyard has become so fierce that Master Qian frowned.

The two wives guarding the gate, obviously one is the wife and the other is the aunt, what a mess!

It's just a county magistrate's backyard, so why make it so tense?

What kind of people are you going to share with? What's the matter!