Shelter in the pastoral

County tax collection begins.In previous years, it was collected by mighty people, and once the tax was not paid, the valuables at home would be moved out.In case of escaping, the whole village would have to eat together, and the villagers would feel agitated when they mentioned the need to collect taxes.

This year, they are all sent to the deblinding class. They are mainly responsible for registration. There are five people including the yamen servants. The bullock cart is waiting outside. The cloth and grain collected must be stored separately!

The two little teachers checked the fabric first, and then wrote it in a small notebook.

All the people in the village gathered around and watched without daring to say a word, for fear of attracting others' attention.

This year, many villages have started cooperative breeding. For example, in their village, pigs are raised cooperatively, and the piggy and the pigsty have already been set up.The whole family put all their effort into it and didn't have much time for weaving. In the coming year, the pigs will be raised and the pigs can be used for tax deduction. But this year because of the delay in weaving due to raising pigs, I am afraid that the tax payment will not be enough.

"What's the standard for this year?" the villagers tremblingly asked.

These two young gentlemen had been trained before they came, and they were very clear about the requirements of the county, and then they talked to them.The requirements are similar to last year, but there is an additional distribution of materials according to grades. If the quality of the cloth is particularly good, the tax can be deducted more. If there is an excess, the county will arrange for a unified refund after the tax payment is over this year!

As soon as the news came out, everyone at the scene felt that it was new, and I had never heard that the county could send money back.

Some people heard the news and ran straight home. Their ancestors have been weaving for generations, and they will naturally have some good fabrics at home as the bottom of the box.I used to be reluctant to take it out and mix it with everyone's homespun cloth, but now I heard that there is a new tax calculation method, and I immediately started to take it seriously!

Maybe it was because they were detained by corrupt officials for a long time before, they didn't think about tax evasion, and they were still very active in paying taxes.

Their people registered the fabrics of each family, then collected them, and went to see the pigs they raised.Every household raises differently.Some well-raised piglets from the same batch look bigger.There are also those who are not well-raised. Such people not only fail to make money but also lose money all year round.

This pig is a big animal, and it eats a lot of food every day. It was fine before when there were no pigs, but now it has to go up the mountain to hunt pigweed before dawn.

"The pigs are all right." Before they came, the county specifically asked about the pigs, and everyone was looking forward to eating their local black pigs.

The village head laughed when he mentioned their pig faces, and said:

"Fortunately, I couldn't do it when I first started raising it, but now I have found the trick."

The yamen servant who came with him from the county said: "If you have experience or something, share it with each other. Let's get rich together."

The village chief said, "Okay...okay."

After collecting the things, everyone left and went back to collect the bills.It took less than a day, and the people in the village couldn't react. Are they leaving now?Just like a dream, in the past, the taxes were not collected enough. The thugs in the county dragged people out to beat them, killing chickens and monkeys, and the family cried and begged. That's all it takes!

It is convenient to have more bill collectors in the county and the village at the same time.They put the things in the warehouse, and Zhang Huairen sent a few senior guys from the cloth shop to sort the things and make an estimate by the way, and those that exceeded the tax would be marked in advance.

It took seven days for the entire county to collect taxes, and the master was shocked. He didn't expect it to be done so quickly this time.

Afterwards, he asked the teacher to bring back the overpaid money from more than 100 households.

Every family whose money was refunded couldn't recover for a long time when they got the money, and the people around them were also shocked, and whispered: "Is it really possible to get a refund?" Although I heard about it, I saw it with my own eyes It still feels different there.Some families regret it slightly, like the weavers in their family, who sometimes do odd jobs, and some cloth dealers will order cloth from them in exchange for food.Some skilled hand will take the job.But now it seems that the price given by the county government seems to be higher than the price given by those people.

I regret it at the beginning, I would have known that the good fabrics at home were used to pay taxes, and the rewards were copper coins.Now everyone has some money in their hands. They like to go to the county to spend it, go to the cheap grain store to buy some grain, and then buy some textile threads. There are too many things that can be done.Better than their barter!

The county magistrate also brought them new news that the big businessman Zhang Huairen was going to open a weaving factory.At that time, some female workers will be used. Weaving cloth in a month is calculated by piece. Generally, it is no problem to earn two to three hundred cash. If a female worker is particularly capable, it is possible to earn four to five hundred cash a month.Only people in the county can participate in the selection.

Everyone was overwhelmed by the sudden and heavy news. Since the original county magistrate fell, the lives of ordinary people have become much easier, and there are several ways to get money.

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Fang Shujing was practicing calligraphy in the yamen's room, and the master came in from outside to talk to him.The master used to be slow-tempered, but recently he has been tempered a bit vigorously, and now his face is flushed. His hair had turned gray because of getting old, but recently his old wife said that his hair has turned black. I looked in the mirror and found that it was true.

The master said: "My lord, many people are now inquiring about the new village." Every time he was asked, he vaguely said that he was still planning, but there were too many people asking.

Fang Shujing said: "Don't worry." They have several options for planning the new village. One is the remote terrain, but there is a lot of open space for building houses, and there are many wastelands. There are also some places closer to the county, but they can open up wasteland. The place is small.The county is still investigating and has not made a thorough decision yet.

The master said: "The young men in our county are very popular now. Many girls and brothers from other places want to marry them." In the past, they were very different from the other places, and each had its own troubles, but now Fang Shujing came up. People's lives are much better.Strong men in the county can go to the road construction team and have two meals a day, including oil and water for dinner, women can go to the weaving factory, and children can go to the deblinding class.The village is farming cooperatively, and the price of food is still stable. It can be said that as long as they work hard in their county, they will definitely not starve to death.

The road construction team has already had many people from other places come to work. Now there are only two reasonable ways to stay. One is to marry someone from their county or village.Another way is to live in a new village. Now people from other places don’t even need a bride price when they marry. Compared with the days when they don’t have enough to eat, their current life is already a dream of others.

Fang Shujing chatted with the master for a while, thinking about the new village, he had to put it on the agenda...