Based on the current output per acre, and according to the minimum standard of living, three to four acres of poor farmland can support one person... This must be done if the taxes are not high and the tax items are not complicated, such as land rent, oral tax, calculated tax, corvee, etc. As a result, the pressure on the common people has become quite heavy.
Basically on the verge of starving to death and not starving to death.
Now ignore other factors and only calculate the average output of one acre of land. One person needs four acres of land to survive. Shen Tang brought people from Sibao County and recruited soldiers, Zhao Feng's 1,000 people, and about 5,000 people. , the minimum standard is to cultivate 20,000 acres!
In addition to these people, the original farmers in Fugu City and the tenant farmers who did not have their own fields...the total number of them was more than ten thousand...The families in Fugu City joined forces to occupy 60% of the land in Heyin, leaving it in the hands of the common people. Most of them are bad fields.
If taxes are added...
Not to mention four acres of land, two more acres would be enough.
Looking at the calculation given by Gu Chi, Shen Tang was almost numb - was she watching Gu Chi settle accounts?
No, what she sees is her own "poverty"!
Holding back the urge to explode, I rubbed my forehead.
Gu Chi was keenly aware of her discomfort.
Concerned: "Master, are you listening?"
Shen Tang: "I'm listening, I'm listening... It's just that I have a headache. The feeling is very subtle and hard to describe. It's like eight hundred Gongxiqiu surrounded me and punched me. Beating and kicking me till I saw stars..."
The key is that these accounts are all recorded in words, and they are in vertical format, from right to left, and are densely packed together. The reading experience is simply ecstatic and "exhilarating"! I can immediately roll my eyes and foam at the mouth. degree!
Such office conditions?
Haha, low work efficiency is really not her fault!
The more I watch, the angrier I get, the more I watch, the more angry I get!
If she continues, she may become bald at an early age.
The corners of Gu Chi's mouth twitched.
"...Young and young...bald?"
"It's bald! It's a midlife crisis that every middle-aged man and woman must face, but some people are lucky enough to experience it in advance."
For example, myself.
Shen Tang can already foresee a future where her hair will fall out a lot! She is going to discuss with Gu Chi whether to reform the accounting method before reclaiming wasteland.
It is all recorded word by word - for example, on XX day, XX year, there were X acres of X acres of land in Fugu City, and the tax was XX stones; or on XX day, XX year, there were ——What year and month will it take?
It’s tiring to write and tiring to read.
I need to check the account if something happens later...
Haha, checking accounts can also make you vomit blood.
If she doesn’t carry out accounting reform, she will not be able to live up to her shining halo as the heroine! Once done, we will be happy for you and me!
Gu Chi: "..."
Shen Tang's thoughts were always fast, urgent, numerous and complicated, with one or two sentences of important information mixed in among the piles of nonsense. Even Gu Chi couldn't figure out exactly what she said.
But one thing he understood was that the master wanted to change the accounting method.
He said gently: "I would like to hear the details."
Shen Tang took a few blank pieces of bamboo - although there is papermaking technology nowadays, the output of paper is not much, and it is still a relatively luxurious consumer product. This is related to the labor cost, raw material cost and technical level. Shen Tang is just a Poor Sheriff.
Even if one becomes rich overnight by confiscating homes, there is still a long way to go before freedom from paper, and offices are still dominated by bamboo slips.
As long as the thinking does not slip, there are always more solutions than difficulties. Shen Tang used the gaps between the bamboo pieces as the "vertical" parts of the form, and then used a carving knife to draw the "horizontal" ones, and finally a simple bamboo slip form was created.
If there are more gestures in words, they are replaced by numbers.
Shen Tang listed the numbers corresponding to the words one by one.
"Look, doesn't this make it clearer?"
Gu Chi took a look at it and found that apart from his awkward reading habits, bookkeeping is indeed convenient and simple. It is not only convenient for recording but also for subsequent accounting. But——
He pointed out: "It's easy to fake."
Inserting a number is also not easy to detect.
Shen Tang's expression froze: "Huh?"
Gu Chi changed the topic and praised with a smile: "That said, it is indeed a clever method and easy to use. As for the falsification of accounts, it is not difficult to solve. Just use the previous description method for settlement. If the amounts cannot be verified, just look at it at a glance Know."
Shen Tang's eyes brightened several times.
"So, my method can be used?"
Gu Chi said amusingly: "Since it's easy to use, why not use it? However, this method shouldn't be created by the lord himself, right?"
"Hey, how can you make your own? It's commonly used in my hometown."
Gu Chi didn't delve further when he heard this.
He has traveled in the northwest countries in the past few years. He dare not say that he has visited every place and understands every custom. But this kind of strange symbols representing numbers, table-style account books... I have never seen it before, maybe. …
Is he ignorant?
Or maybe, there is something special about the Lord.
As a smart person, Gu Chi naturally understands that distance is needed between people, especially when one party is the lord. His way of being a scribe has made the lord no longer have "secrets". If he is still curious, sooner or later he will Got killed.
"Proportion" is also a compulsory course for literary scholars.
Furthermore, using this convenient accounting method is also a benefit to yourself. As long as you enjoy the benefits, why bother to find out where this method originated? Gu Chi changed the previous calculation content to allow Shen Tang to see the current calculation more intuitively. gap.
It is imperative to reclaim wasteland.
And it's still urgent.
It must be done before spring plowing.
If the spring plowing is missed, it means that the next year's harvest will not be harvested. Without harvest tax revenue, there will be no more capital to absorb the refugees. At the same time, the construction of Fugu City must be on the right track.
Otherwise, where would there be place to resettle so many refugees?
Shen Tang folded his hands in worry, and Gu Chi asked again: "What does the lord plan to do with the confiscated fields? Divide or..."
"Rent it out."
It is impossible to divide.
Shen Tang doesn't have so much land to divide.
She held her head in worry: "If the land in your hands is given to the common people for farming, who will get the good land? Who will get the bad land? How many acres of good land? How many acres of bad land? These are complex issues, and the workload is also huge. It’s too big... Moreover, in today’s world, it is difficult for ordinary people to hold on to the land in their hands. If there is a serious illness or minor disaster in the family, they may sell the land, either actively or passively..."
It would be better if it was in Shen Tang's hands.
The rent is incorporated into the field tax, and they can farm and harvest as much food as they can. As long as they work hard, they can support their families. Based on the quality of the farmland and the average yield per mu in a region, a fixed proportion of the field tax per mu will be sufficient.
If the harvest is good, collect more.
If the harvest is poor, collect less.
There is also the indicator figure of average yield per mu, so it is relatively difficult to fake the harvest. As for other miscellaneous taxes, we will discuss it later.
There are hundreds of countries in the mainland, and each country has different tax types and proportions. Gu Chi calculated it in his mind, and it seemed feasible.
"...Wait a minute, there is one more thing." Shen Tang rubbed his brows and reflected on what he had not considered, "...I have trouble watching the tide in the past few days and took people to measure the land in person. According to the evaluation of the yield per mu in previous years, Find out the pros and cons..."
It would be best to leave this matter to Gu Chi.
No one can deceive him.
The data collected is also relatively real.
Shen Tang made an inner calculation: "Try to finish this matter before the New Year, and then 'lease' the fields to the common people during the Chinese New Year. The lease amount will be based on the number of men and women in each family, and their age... Oh, say From now on, you have to re-register the population."
She covered her face with a painful expression.
I can't live this day.
嘤嘤嘤(╥╯^╰╥)
Just thinking about the workload, Shen Tang's eyes became dry and he felt dizzy, so he summoned a blue bird and flew it to Kang Shi.
Let Kang Shi take Lin Feng to take charge of this matter.
Originally I wanted Chu Yao to do it.
But considering that Chu Yao had gray hair and suffered so much hardship in his early years, he was afraid that he would not be able to bear it before his health was well restored, so he asked Kang Shi to take over. He was young and could stay up late.
Kang Shi: "..."
Gu Chi asked again: "How much does it cost to rent a male and a female?"
Shen Tang said: "Let's discuss this later at a meeting. If there are brave men in the family who work in farming, they can rent more."
She still didn't give up the idea of letting brave warriors farm, and was ready to encourage them. Shen Tang discussed a lot with Gu Chi. When she came to her senses, it was almost dark outside, so she asked someone to order some for herself. An oil lamp.
Why not a room full of lights?
Because literary scholars have better five senses than ordinary people, and coupled with excellent night vision, one lamp is enough for working.
Poor people should save money if they can.
Shen Tang casually ate a meal and continued to work. The main thing was to check the prisoners who would be dealt with tomorrow. Although they were guilty of heinous crimes and few of them were clean, it could not be ruled out that there were hibiscus from clear water and hibiscus from silt. .
There are still some who are not worthy of death. Shen Tang is planning to throw them into repairing city walls or pounding rice. If they are shameless, restless and want to cause trouble, then they will be killed!
There are also some innocent female relatives, such as concubines who were robbed without committing any evil and the children they gave birth to...
Should it be punished?
How to punish?
Qi Shan and others' opinion was to kill them all to avoid future troubles. According to the crimes of the Yi tribe, these children would not survive and leaving them would be a hidden danger. But Shen Tang felt a little compassion. After all, these women and their heirs were Innocent……
After all, being forced is not their choice. As for the hidden danger... they are just worried that if one of their descendants is promising, they will take revenge in the future, cause trouble, or reverse the family's case, so they will focus on ideological education to eliminate the possibility of serving as an official for the third generation.
Gu Chi and others still disagreed.
But he also softened his attitude.
It is also true that this matter cannot be done too rigorously.
Heyin is indeed just a small place, but there are many places in the same situation as Heyin, and there are local snakes there. If Shen Tang does too much, he may arouse strong vigilance and stubborn resistance from these local snakes, which will be detrimental to the future.
It's just a small profit now, but the long-term future is.
During the day, Shen Tang killed everyone on the high platform, and at night, she worked exhaustingly on the files. She felt that her life was dark. When she opened her eyes, she saw government affairs piled to the ceiling. When she closed her eyes, she suffered inhumane treatment in the ocean of government affairs. Beaten.
"Grass (a plant)."
It would be better to fight in front of the Gongxi Qiu Formation.
For seven days in a row, I suffered from dark circles under my eyes.
Roughly eliminate the seven local snakes in Heyin.
The common people also gathered around the high platform to watch the seven-day beheading trial, looking at the faces that made them gnash their teeth in dreams. They went home and drank two more bowls of water to satisfy themselves for the whole day! The one who deserved to be killed was not spared, and those who should not be killed were not spared. Everyone has his own place to go.
They were either cultivating wasteland, building city walls, or grinding rice for labor reform, contributing to the construction of Fugu City.
As for the "legendary poison" flowing out of each family...
Shen Tang is not afraid of them causing trouble.
The administration issued a reward order. If you catch one, you will receive a reward or be exempted from the seed money for the next three years.
In today's world, most people plow in the spring and harvest in the autumn. During the harvest, they live a little better, but after the long winter, they are poor again, so poor that they can't even buy seedlings or keep them.
Often you can only borrow money at a high interest rate. If the harvest is not good in a year, you will still owe a lot of debt after deducting the field taxes and miscellaneous taxes. The previous debts are still compounded with interest...
Shen Tang also made many preparations out of this consideration—it was all about borrowing money anyway, so he might as well borrow it from her.
The interest rate is extremely low and you don’t need to violently collect debts, and you don’t have to worry about the interest compounding until your family is ruined, so why not?
Gu Chi and the others were worried that it wouldn't be possible.
Are you afraid of going bankrupt if the interest rate is too low?
Even if he didn't go bankrupt, Shen Tang would be responsible for the loss of money and the loss of seedlings in the process, and sooner or later he would lose everything... But after listening to Shen Tang's idea, he temporarily gave up his doubts.
As long as the surplus grain in the hands of the common people is purchased at a low price when the harvest is good, and sold at a higher price than the purchase price when the harvest is bad, the balance of income and expenditure can be balanced. At the same time, the impact of the harvest at the right time on the grain can be restrained, which will help stabilize the livelihood of the common people.
But the specific details still need to be discussed later.
The people of Fugu City are now poor.
Anyone caught will be in debt.
Even if Shen Tang rents them enough fertile land, it will be difficult for them to have enough seedlings. If you can get three years of seedling money by reporting a "legacy", who wouldn't be tempted?
Anyway, the people of Fugu City are already moved.
The government office also released news that once the household registration is completed, they will be able to have land for farming, and the land tax will be quite low.
Everyone raised their heads and looked forward eagerly.
I wish time would speed up.
However, no matter how much they hoped, Shen Tang only had so many people, and they worked overtime for seven consecutive days to clear up the bad debts of the seven local gangsters. As the lord, Shen Tang was so tired that his expression was in a daze, and he wolfed down his meals every day...
You may choke if you eat too quickly.
"belch--"
Whatever you say comes up.
Shen Tang frowned and put down the bowl, took two sips of the soup at hand, and finally swallowed the blocked pancake.
Before she could catch her breath, there was a strong and slight tremor under her feet, and the dust on the beam above her head fell, falling on Shen Tang's head. She jumped up on the spot and quickly jumped out of the house, her expression almost distorted. .
“Holy shit—is the ground shaking?”
At this time, the earth dragon turns over???
Shen Tang seemed to see God's malicious intention towards him.
Not only Shen Tang thought this way, but also several old officials in the government office. All of them were either pale or anxious. They were muttering in their hearts - they had never heard of an earthquake here in all their years in Fugu City. ah?
Everyone is beating drums in their hearts.
Just when they were worried, the "earthquake" came again. Not only did the ground shake, they also saw two rays of martial energy lighting up in the distance - um, martial energy... rays???
Shen Tang suddenly rushed to the roof.
－－－－－－Digression－－－－－
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For the sake of the title, where are your monthly passes?
Hey, the more monthly passes the better, we won’t refuse anyone who comes.
By the way, I would like to promote the new book "After the Male Protagonist Goes Crazy" by my good gay friend Wan'er. Hey, this book will be on the shelves this month. You can buy it with a knife.
PS: Regarding the conversion of acres and hectares in ancient times, I made a mistake before. Heyin Zhang’s setting of more than 600 hectares was a bit outrageous, because Heyin’s land boundary was only so small, so it was changed to 100 hectares (actually it still feels a bit much) ).