hsntnovel Chapter 306 The third autumn harvest of Hetu Mountain
Chapter 306 The third autumn harvest of Hetu Mountain
Time is moving forward like running water. In this way, Liu Wu and the others came to Hetu Mountain for the third autumn harvest.
In view of the autumn harvest situation, it is naturally the same old arrangement.
However, what is different from usual is that the people and villages helping this autumn harvest are also very different.
After all, the number of troops is small, so they need to choose those families who are in need to help.
Things like the old one where the army could reach the entire village were considered to be completely over.
However, even so, the autumn harvest work was not delayed.
In particular, a group of school students followed the village chief and the army to each village to conduct food statistics, which was even more visible to the people.
Although these students are young, they really hold great power!
Yes, the power is there.
These students are really powerful to a certain extent.
After all, not only do you and the village chief need to report how much grain each family harvests, but even the students will record and report it.
And these people know very well that if these students are really unhappy or have enemies with someone, then with just a few strokes of their pen, your family will have to pay more food than others.
The most important thing is that the Han army's grand sacrificial wine valued these students even more than the village chief and the common people.
This is not a random guess on their part, but what they think it should mean.
Therefore, it is not without problems to say that these children have great power.
Under the influence of this trend, many parents attach more importance to their children going to school.
Also, among these students, women were better at arithmetic, even more than boys of the same age, and they had a lot of power, which further allowed Liu Wu's policies to be implemented.
The bad habit of early marriage began to be actively abandoned by people.
Because they see short-term benefits.
And this is enough.
Soon, after the autumn harvest was completed, the grain tax began to be paid.
This time, because the Han army unified Hetu Mountain, the amount of grain collected increased again, and it was enough to collect 43 shi of grain.
Therefore, in the resident conference room, Liu Wu laughed heartily when he saw the success of this autumn harvest.
"Everyone, with 43 shi of grain, this autumn harvest is truly a bumper harvest!"
Yes, you must know that the price of these grains has dropped because the grain is harvested now, but it is undeniable that the price of this grain will inevitably rise in two months.
As for the price of food, normally one tael of silver is equivalent to one stone. And in two months' time, as long as a war breaks out, food prices will inevitably rise.
At its worst, one stone of grain and five taels of silver were still worthless.
The price of bulk grain purchased in the market cannot be lower than one, two or three cents of silver.
And this food is still two years old.
If it is one year old, then it will not be less than one or two or five denarii;
The price of new grain that year was enough to reach more than two taels of silver.
Therefore, in a place like this where fighting is common, food is really expensive.
The profits it generates are naturally extremely objective.
This is also the reason why many officials want to come here. There is really a lot of money!
As for whether he can win his life, that depends on his ability.
Normally, the money is quite stable.
Just like Mei Wenhua, who just left her job not long ago, she collected 60 million taels of silver in just three years.
And with this kind of money, even if he no longer serves as an official, it is more than enough to go home and be a wealthy man in peace.
As for whether I can keep the money after returning home, I think it's okay.
Therefore, if the grain harvested by the Han army were sold when the price was the most expensive, it would be worth almost 90 taels of silver.
And this is only the income for one season. If the two seasons are added up, it will be a full million taels of silver income.
If the salt traded with the Guo family is only 90 taels a year.
It's just that the accounts still can't be calculated like this. The Han army doesn't have enough food on its own, so it can't sell food. Isn't this just a fool?
Therefore, the Han army not only cannot sell, but also needs to continue to purchase food.
These grains can be used as reserves to prepare for the next attack on Changsha County and stabilize the place.
Therefore, everyone was very happy when they met Liu Wu who was looking happy, considering that the grain collected for the first autumn harvest was only more than 1 shi of grain.
If they hadn't purchased some from the Cai family, Wang Wencai had supported some, and seized a large part from Majia Town, they would have starved to death.
So everyone laughed and said: "We are all happy. This good harvest has laid a solid foundation for our Han army's next plan."
For a time, everyone in the auditorium burst into laughter.
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At the same time, in Changsha County, which was only a few hundred miles away from Hetu Mountain, Da Chunlu listened to the report with a smile.
"Sir, according to the tax collector's statistics, the grain harvested this year amounts to 200 million shi of grain. According to the rules, this grain must be turned over."
"As for the rest, each family's filial piety to the master adds up to fifty thousand shi of grain."
"Each family of these grains also considered that it would not be good for you to have too much grain, so all of them were converted into cash silver at the rate of 7% of the excess grains of the family, which is a full [-] taels of silver."
As soon as he said this, Da Chunlu smiled and narrowed his eyes.
Look, I haven't done anything yet, but in just two months, I have earned more than 7000 taels of silver.
If you add in the year-end dividends, even if you only give one quarter of money, there will be more than 1 taels of silver.
Calculated in this way, I have earned 10 taels of silver in just half a year without doing anything.
It really can make him die of joy.
But he just laughed for a while and said: "The money will be carefully calculated in a while. I will prepare a list. When winter is about to come, you will go to the capital in person and visit all my colleagues on my behalf."
"Well, although I'm making money now, I can't finish my job as an official. We can't forget this Tan Jing."
The butler lowered his head and replied, "I understand, sir!"
Immediately, Da Chunlu asked curiously: "Why is there so little food collected? Even though it is a semi-disabled county, it shouldn't be like this, right?"
As soon as these words came out, the housekeeper coughed in embarrassment, "Master, please don't worry about the remaining food. After all, these 7 taels of silver..."
At this point, the housekeeper will not say more.
Da Chunlu naturally understood what was going on and snorted coldly.
"This group of borers occupies more than half of the fields in Changsha County. If all are collected, the tax revenue will at least be doubled."
Yes, in Da Chunlu's eyes, if he handed over 400 million stones of grain, then he would operate more or less secretly, and then have a fire dragon burn the warehouse during the Chinese New Year, he could earn much more money than this.
However, after much thought, he felt that he could not defeat these local wealthy people, so he turned his attention to Hetu Mountain.
"What's going on in Hetu Mountain? I don't think they are filial!"
The housekeeper smiled bitterly at this. If someone has this strength, they won't look down on you. You still want them to respect you.
What a face! ! !
However, the housekeeper didn't take his words seriously, and just murmured: "Master, maybe I have forgotten it!"
Da Chunlu didn't say a word when he heard this, he just waved his hand to let him go out.
"By the way, send invitations to each family and tell them that in three days, I will entertain all the family heads at Zuixian Tower."