Back Off, Let Me Come

Gu Chi settled an account for Shen Tang.

Based on the current output per acre, and according to the minimum standard of living, three to four acres of bad farmland can feed one person. This also requires that the taxes are not high and the tax items are not complicated. If the land rent, oral tax, calculation tax, corvee, etc. are accumulated, the pressure on the common people will be 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 the common people, the soldiers recruited from Sibao County, and Zhao Feng's 1,000 people, about 5,000 people. , the minimum standard is to cultivate 20,000 acres!

In addition to these people, there are also more than 10,000 original farmers and tenant farmers in Fugu City who have no land of their own... The families in Fugu City have 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 "poverty"!

Holding back the feeling that he was about to explode, he rubbed his forehead.

Gu Chi keenly noticed 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 indescribable. It's like eight hundred Gongxiqiu surrounded me and punched me. Beating and kicking me until stars appeared in my eyes..."

The key point is that these accounts are all recorded in words, and they are in vertical format, from right to left, densely packed together. The reading experience is simply ecstatic and "exhilarating"! I can immediately roll my eyes and foam at the mouth!

Such office conditions?

Haha, low work efficiency is really not her fault!

The more I watch, the angrier and 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...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 a lot of her hair will fall out! She was 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 XX place 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 a heroine! Done, happy for you and me!

Gu Chi: "..."

Shen Tang's thoughts were always fast, urgent, numerous, and complicated. There was a bunch of nonsense mixed with one or two sentences of important information. 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 county guard.

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" part of the form, and then used a carving knife to draw the "horizontal" form, and finally a simple bamboo slip form was created.

There are many gestures in words, so 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 the 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 subject and praised with a smile: "That being 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 reconciled, 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 is easy to use, why not use it? However, this method should not be invented by the Lord, 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, and he dare not say that he has visited every place and understood every custom. However, this kind of strange symbols representing numbers and table-style account books... he has indeed never seen it before, or 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 left the Lord with no "secrets". If he is still curious, he will be killed sooner or later.

"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 let Shen Tang see the current gap more intuitively.

It is imperative to reclaim wasteland.

And it's still imminent.

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 refugees. At the same time, the construction of Fugu City must also 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 space 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 in Shen Tang's hands.

The rent is incorporated into the land 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 an area, a fixed proportion of land tax per mu will suffice.

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, which makes it relatively difficult to fake the harvest. As for other miscellaneous taxes, we will discuss it later.

There are hundreds of countries in mainland China, and each country has different tax types and proportions. Gu Chi silently calculated in his mind that it was feasible.

"...Wait a minute, there is one more thing." Shen Tang rubbed his brows and reflected on what he had not considered, "...I will trouble you to watch the tide these days and take 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 people during the Chinese New Year. The lease amount will be based on the number and age of the men and women in each family... Oh, say From now on, we have to re-register the population.”

She covered her face with a pained 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 let Kang Shi take the responsibility. He is young and can 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. He asked someone to light an oil lamp for himself.

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 grabbed a meal and continued to work after finishing his meal. The main thing is to check the prisoners who will be dealt with tomorrow. Although they have committed serious crimes and few are clean, it cannot be ruled out that there are hibiscus out of clear water and unstained ones out of silt.

There are still some who are not worthy of death. Shen Tang is going to throw them to repair the city wall or pound rice. If they are shameless, restless and want to cause trouble, then kill them!

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?

Qishan and the 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 bit of compassion. These women and children were innocent after all...

After all, being forced is not their choice. As for the hidden dangers... they are just worried that if one of their descendants has a promising future, they will take revenge, cause trouble, or reverse the case for the family, so they will focus on ideological education and 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 true that this matter cannot be done too much.

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 future is long-term.

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 gloomy. 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 Gongxi Qiu's 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! No one who deserves to be killed is spared, and everyone who shouldn't be killed goes to his own place.

They were either cultivating wasteland, building city walls, or grinding rice and doing labor camps to contribute 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 has issued a reward order, and if one is caught, one can 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. They live a little better during the harvest, but they are poor again after the long winter, so poor that they can't even afford to buy or keep seedlings.

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...

For this reason, Shen Tang made many preparations - it was all about borrowing money anyway, so he might as well borrow it from her.

The interest rate is extremely low and there is no need to violently collect debts, and there is no need to worry about the interest compounding and the family being 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 seeds 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, it can balance the income and expenditure. At the same time, it can also restrain the impact of the harvest on the grain, which will help stabilize the people's livelihood.

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. They worked overtime for seven consecutive days to clear up the bad debts of the seven local gangsters. As the lord, Shen Tang is so tired that he looks dazed and wolfs down his meals every day...

If you eat too quickly, you will choke.

"belch--"

Come on whatever you say.

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 take a deep breath, there was a strong, slight tremor under her feet, and the dust from 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—did the ground move?”

Will the earth dragon turn over at this time? ? ?

Shen Tang seemed to see God's ill will toward him.

Not only Shen Tang thought so, but also several old officials in the administration thought so, and all of them were either pale or anxious. They murmured in their hearts - they have been in Fugu City for so many years, and they have never heard of an earthquake here?

Everyone was beating drums in their hearts.

Just when they were worried, "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.

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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 kill it with a knife.

PS: Regarding the ancient conversion of acres and acres, I made a mistake before. Heyin Zhang's setting of more than 600 hectares is a bit outrageous, because Heyin's land boundary is only that small, so it was changed to 100 hectares (actually it still feels a bit much).