The Reborn Wife is Farming

"I think the weather has been good these two days, and the broken corn should be sun-dried as soon as possible. Starting this year, the Ministry of Households can collect some corn. If the sun is not good, I'm afraid the government will be reduced again next year."

Since the promotion of corn, the area of ​​corn planted in various places has increased. At the beginning of this year, the Ministry of Household Affairs issued a regulation. From now on, taxes can be paid with corn, but two catties of corn are worth one catty of rice or wheat, and at most 30% of the tax can be deducted .

That is to say, in the future, when everyone pays taxes, they can use corn to pay 30% of the taxes.

It is not that there have been high-yield crops before, but there has never been one that can compare with rice and wheat. Apart from the problem of preservation, it is the problem of taxation.

Farmers cultivate land, and taxes account for a large part. The imperial court only harvests rice and wheat, and you have to grow these two, and the yield of these two is low. If you are picky about the land, the yield cannot increase. After paying taxes, everyone can only eat gruel Wild vegetables are hungry and continue to farm again and again. If there is a disaster year, they will be completely resigned to fate.

Now that the imperial court agrees to use corn to pay taxes, it opens up the situation. Corn can be grown from east to west, from north to south, and is easy to preserve. Some places that are not yet suitable for growing high-yielding rice are simply good news.

The tenants were also very happy, thinking that they could pay 30% of the tax with corn and leave more rice, they were also very happy, and they all saluted north to express their gratitude to the emperor.

Ma Xiang followed at the end of the team and couldn't get in the way. When Mu Yangling finished understanding the farm and the sun was setting, Ma Xiang had the opportunity to stand in front of Mu Yangling.

But Mu Yangling didn't ask him anything, but pointed to Xiaoting and said, "I heard that you have a lot of experience in the development of the farm. If you have anything to say, you can talk to Xiaoting."

After dismissing him with one sentence, Ma Xiang's face was a little pale, but he didn't dare to defend himself like he did in the morning.

Mu Yangling took people back to the other courtyard.

Xiaoting smiled kindly at Ma Xiang, and pulled him to talk.

After years of experience, Xiaoting has calmed down a lot, and he is no longer bluffing like before. In addition, he made mistakes back then, which made him lose his job in front of the prince, and instead won Xiaolou. Be cautious.

So he went to ask Ma Xiang, even if Ma Xiang was several years older than him, he still got the words out of him.

Take Ma Xiang's two brothers and two tenant farmers, and two jugs of wine, and he gets what he wants to know.

Xiaoting returned to the other courtyard and replied, "Ma Dafu signed a death contract when he sold his son, and the Yaman sold him to a merchant in Guangzhou City as his servant. During the sea, two boats of fruit sank, plus the casualties, the loss was heavy, he and many servants were dismissed and sold, and they happened to be sold to the local big landlord in Qiongzhou."

"Qiongzhou fruit is very easy to sell. The landlord owns a large piece of land to grow fruit. He is assigned to work as a small worker in the orchard. The monthly salary is only two to three hundred yuan a month. Even food is often deducted. Five or six years ago, he still didn't save a penny, but he has a lot of experience in planting fruit trees, and he can take care of the fruit trees planted in their orchard. Qiongzhou was originally a place of extreme evil, and it was a place where prisoners were exiled in all dynasties. A year ago The local aborigines and the exiled prisoners clashed and went to their manor. Coincidentally, the only son of their owner happened to come to the manor to play. He rescued him by chance and asked for freedom. His owner returned him A lot of money." Xiao Ting said here with a smile, "He should have taken the money to go out, but he lost a lot, and returned home with the last little money left. The first fruit tree planted should be the idea of ​​selling fruit."

"When he was drunk, he revealed that the stewards of the manor used to drive these low-level servants to plant fruit trees in the mountains. They used the name of the master, and the people of the master even took away the fruit seedlings and other things of the manor, but the income was his own. The little one was very envious to see him, so he doubted..."

Mu Yangling smiled softly: "He's really smart, but it's a pity that he's too impatient. Ten or eight years later, we won't be in Guangzhou, and he will be able to speak his mind in the farm. Maybe it will happen."

Xiaoting lowered his head.

"Mazhuangtou and Tianzhuangtou are too honest and stupid. I didn't think carefully about this. You pass on the word, saying that Zhuangtou wants to recruit again, and he will be selected from the tenants. Those who are interested can sign up with Manager Wang. The two If Zhuangtou still wants to be Zhuangtou, he can also sign up. From now on, Zhuangtou will be elected every three years, and all the farms of the palace will do this, including my dowry Zhuangzi."

In this way, such deception can be avoided in the future. Their villages are everywhere, and there are inevitably places in the manor that cannot be supervised. Corrupting the income of the farm is a trivial matter, but it is a matter of life and death if the tenants are harmed. .

Xiaoting hurriedly wrote down the matter and asked, "Then what should Ma Xiang do with it?"

"His family is a tenant farmer in the palace, but in fact we don't have much binding force on him. The big deal is that he doesn't plant our land. What's more, we don't have any evidence yet. It's just an inference based on a few drunken words of his."

Xiao Ting frowned, "Then we let him go like this?"

Mu Yangling smiled and said: "Didn't he say that he is good at planting fruit trees? Guangdong has a lot of hot seasons, and it is indeed suitable for planting fruits. Litchi, longan, and bananas are all quite expensive, and we have three mountains that can be opened now. Only one has been opened, let him lead the people to open the remaining two small hills to plant fruit trees."

"Ma Xiang has a bad mind, should we use such a person?"

"There are a lot of bad-minded people. As long as you can control him, you can use his talent. It just so happens that Ma Xiang has skills that I can use, and the palace is also suppressing him. In this case, instead of driving people out , it’s better to give him a chance.” The point is that they have absolute power, and if they use it well, it’s a win-win situation. He is serious?

Xiaoting can only answer.

Planting fruits is indeed a good way to make money. Now that there are more and more high-yield crops, and the methods of preservation and consumption are reduced, the life of the people will only get better and better. In a few years, people who can afford fruits There will be more people, and the demand will increase, and their farm business will be good.

After the fruit is planted, the next step is to study how to transport it. After all, things like fruits and vegetables have a short storage time. If the transportation speed cannot be accelerated, the fruit will really fall into the hands.

However, the three small hills add up to only forty or fifty acres. Even if it cannot be transported far away, it can be consumed in just one place in Guangzhou City, so there is no need to be particularly anxious.