Chapter 17 Big Brother, I Really Obey You Yang Lukai said with a smile on his face: "Congratulations to Quan Gongzi, congratulations to Quan Gongzi for being promoted to grain chief." ”Although the chief of grain has the power to have no office, he is a fat shortage.You must know that the area under the jurisdiction of the grain chief is more than 10,000 stones, and the few are thousands of stones.However, the agricultural tax in the Ming Dynasty was actually very low, equivalent to one bucket per mu and 10,000 stones, which is equivalent to the tax of 100,000 mu of grain land.It is almost equivalent to an area of five or six townships, and the population under its jurisdiction is as high as one or two thousand households.There are actually a lot of greasy cats in this, with a big bucket in, a small bucket out, just in terms of taxation can make a lot of oil and water.Quan Xu cried with a sad face, he looked at this letter of appointment, and his brows were twisted together.If it is another prefect or an appointed grain chief, Quan Xu can definitely get some oil and water from it, but if he fishes oil and water under Lu Xiangsheng's nose, he will definitely be hung on the flagpole by Lu Xiangsheng to dry it."
Hey, eggs!"
Quan Xu stared at Yang Lukai angrily and said, "Governor Yang, didn't you say that the grain chiefs are all rich or landlords?"
You and I, there is only this one house left, the house is surrounded by walls, there are only walls, I am not a rich man!
”The grain chief system, the system founded by Zhu Yuanzhang in the fourth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, his essence is to put an end to the corruption of officials, and the area of 10,000 or thousands of stones of grain is divided into a district, and each district has a grain chief, who is appointed by the government to serve as a large household with more fields and more grain.The main task of the grain chief is to be responsible for the urging, collection, and transportation of grain in the region.Of course, don't think it's a good job.Just like the Daimyo's Mansion to Beijing City is about 1,000 miles, but to transport food, the Minfu team can only walk 50 miles a day, and it takes 20 on the road, and if it is windy and rainy, then it will take longer.The grain is damp and mildew, and this is all a problem of grain growth.Yang Lukai smiled, took out a stack of more than a dozen brand-new title deeds from his arms, and slapped them directly in front of Quan Xu.Quan Xu hadn't moved these land deeds yet, and Sanniang's eyes next to him suddenly lit up.Quan Xu was not a peasant in the Ming Dynasty, so he naturally did not understand the peasants' desire for land.Since Sanniang left Qixian, she has become a homeless person, and her biggest dream is to have her own land.Looking at the title deed on the table, Sanniang's eyes couldn't be taken off, and she asked excitedly, "How many acres of land?"
”"How many acres?"
Yang Lukai smiled proudly: "Starting from the north of the Jindi, all the way to the south bank of the Bailang River in Wangjiabao Township, from the west of the Jiagou River, to the east along this official road, all belong to the whole son!"
”"This ......
This!
”Quan Xu was dumbfounded: "Didn't you say that there are only 8,000 acres of alkali wasteland?"
Why is there so much more?
”Quan Xu took the title deed and silently calculated, in addition to 8,000 acres of alkali wasteland, there are 4,400 acres of silt land, more than 5,700 acres of sandy land, including 3,000 acres of good fertile land, a total of more than 21,100 acres, which is almost all the cultivated land in half of the town in later generations.Yang Lukai sighed and said: "The original grain chief of Daming County was corrupt, and Lord Lu was aware of the situation and would never tolerate it, so he was raided, and this grain chief, as well as his land, all belong to you!"
”The entire Daimyo Prefecture is actually four grain chiefs.Quan Xu from the land of no cone, just a few days, to now sit on more than 21,000 acres of land, although most of his land is alkali wasteland, but in terms of quantity, he is indeed one of the larger landlords in the southeast of Daming County.Of course, no matter how much land there is, it is not the real reason why Lu Xiangsheng promoted Quan Xu to be the chief of grain.Lu Xiangsheng knew very well that the grain chief, a local clerk with limited and no duties, could reap a lot of benefits from the work of collecting grain, fill his own pockets, eat and take cards, and make the poor people even more miserable.Lu Xiangsheng mainly looked at the kindness of Quan Xu's heart, in order to help the victims, he spent tens of thousands of taels of silver before and after, such a large sum of money, it is not much on any big household, but any big household, would rather drink flower wine and make a show, and will never use the money on the victims.As long as Quan Xu becomes the grain chief, he will do his best to help those poor people, instead of lying on the poor people like other grain chiefs.Sanniang was very happy when she heard the news of more than 21,000 acres of land, and she immediately ran to Tang Qiu's house to share the good news with her.Sanniang was also glad that she had the foresight to recruit those women and children, so that someone in the whole family could develop so many fields in the future.Although Quan Xu didn't have a good face in the face of Yang Lukai, Sanniang was very grateful to Yang Lukai, looking at his thin body, she took out two army green cotton coats, two pairs of liberation labor protection cotton shoes, as well as labor cloth overalls and canned luncheon meat.Of course, there is also canned beef, Sanniang is worried about trouble, after all, it is illegal to kill cattle in the Ming Dynasty, and beef of unknown origin is indispensable for trouble.Yang Lukai left happily, but Quan Xu frowned.Although he is not a fortune teller, he knows very well that the Ming Dynasty is the period of the Xiaoice River, the weather is dry and rainy, the winter is cold, and tomorrow will definitely be dry again.He has more than 20,000 acres of land, which means that he himself has to bear more than 2,000 stone of grain tax, and he also has to bear the grain tax of more than 100,000 mu of grain fields in five or six townships in the southeast of Daming County.It is foreseeable that next year will be another drought, although I don't know if there will be no harvest, but what will he take to pay taxes?
Sanniang didn't know Quanxu's distress, she was dancing happily, she picked up those title deeds and kissed them from time to time, looking very excited.Quan Xu looked at Sanniang puzzled: "Why are you so happy?"
”"Of course I'm happy, Xianggong has become a landlord, of course I'm happy!""
But we're going to have to pay a lot of taxes next year!""
What are you afraid of, we have so much land, all of them are planted, as long as we harvest grain, we have more than 20,000 acres of land, that is, more than 20,000 stones, even if we break our stomachs, we can't eat it all!"
Sanniang seemed to think of something, she hurriedly got up and said to Yaya: "Yaya, go and call Steward Luo and Steward Yuan!"
”The girl took small steps and ran outside.Not long after, Luo Shiming and Yuan Shiqing, who had white hair, came to the main house."
Boss, what do you command?"
Sanniang said with a smile: "Steward Yuan, here is the title deed of our family, you go and inquire, how many tenants are there, they want to rent our land, and the land that no one rents will be counted!"
”Yuan Shiqing looked at these land deeds and was dumbfounded.Sanniang looked at Luo Shiming again and said: "Steward Luo, you go and ask those disaster victims outside, ask them, if you are willing to become the tenants of the whole family, our rent, ...... per mu" Sanniang looked at Quan Xu and said: "Xianggong, how much do you think our rent is good?"
”"How much do everyone else charge?"
Quan Xu had never farmed, and when he grew up, the later generations were already fully mechanized, and when he was in school, before he knew it, the farming and autumn harvest had passed."
This ......!"
Sanniang thought for a while and said: "Every landlord is different, some collect three or four buckets, and some collect five or six buckets!"
”"Then let's take three buckets!"
Quan Xu thought about it, anyway, he couldn't regret it.Besides, although the drought is severe, can it be worse than the lack of rain in the northwest?
He remembers that no matter how dry it is, farmers in the northwest have not affected their yields, so irrigation is a big deal.Although there is some drought in Hebei, the problem is that the groundwater here is very abundant, and it is not difficult to dig wells.Of course, even if it was hard to dig wells in the Ming Dynasty, how much could it be done in later generations?
It's amazing to turn a few well-drilling machinery, the kind of diesel engine pump, it doesn't seem to be worth much, just like the pump driven by an ordinary tractor, which can irrigate twenty or thirty acres of land in a day.Thinking of this, Quan Xu's mood was a little better.For the farmers in the late Ming Dynasty, alkali wasteland was simply an unsolvable problem.However, in later generations, China has a wealth of experience.Alkali wasteland is a large-scale common phenomenon in China, the alkali wasteland in the Hetao area of Inner Mongolia, the alkali wasteland in the Huanghuaihai Plain, the saline-alkali land in Xinjiang, and the saline-alkali land in the old road of the Yellow River, China's existing cultivated land is 1.8 billion mu, of which more than 300 million mu of cultivated land is affected by salinity.After 40 years of efforts, the impact of saline-alkali land on China's cultivated land has become weaker and weaker, and it can be said that China has made great achievements in the management of saline-alkali land.I believe that everyone knows a little bit about the good cadres of the people, and during his tenure as a senior official of Lankao County, he has achieved great results in the control of sandstorms, water shortages, and salinity in Lankao County.Lankao, a large agricultural county dominated by agriculture, has created more than 30 billion GD, but the key is that Lankao County has a small population, with a total of more than 800,000 people.Thinking of this, Quan Xu has strong self-confidence, he has strong scientific and technological support in later generations, and he is afraid of a fart, he will definitely be able to grow food in the saline-alkali land where others can't grow food."
Luo Shiming!""
What do you command?""
In this case, you notify me now, we won't build a house for the time being!""
Don't build a house?
That ......"
Quan Xu figured it out, human resources are precious, early birds have worms to eat, although it is a cold winter, it is still early from the beginning of spring, so from now on, we must work hard to prepare for drought.The problem of the house, in fact, is very easy to solve.Later generations have cheap prefabricated houses, which are both beautiful and warm, the key is very cheap, a square of dozens of yuan, more than 100 people to buy a few thousand square meters is completely enough, this is only tens of thousands of yuan of investment."
The carpenter is ready to build a cart, the more the merrier!"
After arranging the transformation of the work direction of the victims, Quan Xu explained to Sanniang and asked him to send someone to keep an eye on the open space in the backyard and prohibit anyone from entering.So, Quan Xu took advantage of the darkness of the night to start the journey and return to the modern era.As soon as he came to modern times, his mobile phone rang, Didi......
It wasn't until ten minutes later that it stopped.Quan Xu picked up his mobile phone and looked at Hong Haiyang's phone, he sent more than forty WeChat messages."
Hey......"
"Uncle Quan, your old man has finally appeared, and if you don't show up, I'll call the police!""
Call the police, report a fart!""
You think I don't know, I saw you walking with Xie Lin last night, be careful to die in her belly!""
Who is Schelleen?""
I'm grass!
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Big brother, you're so awesome, you don't even know who your name is, and you actually got it?
”"What?"
Quan Xu is a little inexplicable."
Turn on your phone and look at the hot search!"
Quan Xu looked at his phone, dumbfounded.