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After a few days.
Just talking about the Changningwei area, there has been a lot of chaos.
Every one or two days, Wang Shouzhe would receive letters from Wang Shouyi, telling him what happened in Changning Weizhong. The City Guard Mansion has reached an agreement with the two heavenly and human families, as well as several top Lingtai families including the Changning Xu family, as well as Qian's business and other forces, and began to open warehouses in the city for disaster relief.
However, the Acropolis has a large population, a large city with a population of more than 100,000, and the daily food consumption is astronomical.
A few groups of daring merchants joined forces to stockpile grain and sold it secretly to the people in the city at five or six times the price. As a result, he was caught by the City Guard Mansion. Not only was he beheaded for public display, but the food he tried to hoard was also confiscated by the City Guard Mansion.
There are even rumors, because this time the disaster has spread outside Longzuo County. Therefore, in a short period of time, it is difficult to dispatch food from outside the county to suppress the food shortage, so that there is also a food shortage in such a large county.
According to legend, the county town of Longzuo Prefecture is a large city with a population of over one million. The food shortage in this city must be a big deal. This also shows how corrupt the overall situation in Longzuo County has become.
Now rumors and rumors are everywhere, some say that Zifu Academy cannot raise food outside. It is also said that the county city ordered the confiscation of grain from the city guards under its command to ensure the food supply of the county city.
The biggest rumor even said that Emperor Changlong's birthday was approaching, and the Dagan Empire was about to end, and this pest plague was just a sign. It made Wang Shouzhe break out in a cold sweat. Sure enough, the current situation was in chaos, and all monsters and monsters would come out.
However, those who dared to say that Emperor Changlong was about to die were quickly pulled out by the Chengwei Mansion, hanged on the city gate and executed Ling Chi.
In Wang Shouyi's letter, he only dared to express it in a vague way, but Wang Shouzhe still heard the messenger secretly mentioning it.
In a word.
chaos!
And the Ping'an Wang family is in this chaotic situation, so they can only be honest on the surface. Taxes should be collected, food should be paid, and there are many town guards in one load. In fact, even if Mrs. Wang wanted to pay less than a load of food, she couldn't do it.
Even if the third uncle, Wang Dingzu, served as the deputy guard envoy in the guard mansion, at this juncture, he would never dare to have any intention of favoritism. Just because the city guard mansion had already sent people down to supervise the process of paying the food, who would dare to favoritism at this moment
This summer tax, the Wang family paid a lot of food.
Loads of grain hit the carriage and were transported to Dingpu Ferry. Under the supervision of the envoy of the Chengwei Mansion, the people guarding the mansion weighed them one by one, and finally loaded the grain ship.
Together, the three major farms have a total of 7,650 mu of fertile land on the register. Each mu of land is taxed at 4, and a single season requires a total of 3,060 dan of wheat. Fortunately, the total harvest this time is good. Apart from the problem of honey bug infestation, this year is actually a season with abundant rain in the early stage and good sunshine in the middle and late stages, which is very conducive to the maturity of wheat grain filling.
Therefore, the total wheat harvest of the three major farms has actually reached more than 26,000 dan, and the average yield per mu is about 3.5 dan, which is barely a bumper harvest.
Excluding the summer tax, the previously invested pest control tax, the amortization of the seed cattle, and the tenant share, there is an additional 14,000 to 5,000 dan of net income. Of course, food is actually much more than this figure.
Because the previous expenditures such as Miechong powder were paid with dry money, and I will not buy Naoshizi Miechong powder in the future. And that's just one season's revenue.
By the way, the fourth old master was fooled into buying a batch of pest control powder earlier. I also took advantage of the high price before and sold it at three times the price, making a huge profit.
This made the Fourth Old Master Wang Xiaozhi very proud, and he bragged about it to everyone. With his outstanding vision, he made a "big money" for the family and made great contributions.
Except for the summer tax on the wheat fields of his own farm, the taxes on the rest of the property in the farm are paid before the year. And because it is not a food crop produced, there is no need to use food to subscribe.
In addition, it is the jurisdictional areas within the Wang family's sphere of influence that collect taxes.
Because the sphere of influence of the Wang family is small, the registered fertile land of the common people in the area under its jurisdiction is only 16,000 mu. These are the implementation of the five-tax system, but the Wang family cares about the self-cultivated farmers in the area under their jurisdiction. big.
Therefore, it was decided to only collect four taxes and grains, and the tax belonging to the aristocratic family could be deducted with a big copper dime. This time, the Wang family worked hard to collect 6,400 tans of grain on behalf of them, all of which were transported to Dingpu Ferry by truck, and then transported away by large ships one by one.
Wang Shouzhe, under the protection of his generals, stood at the busy and bustling Dingpu Ferry, and he couldn't help feeling a lot of emotion. These days, the Xuanwu family and the free people have worked so hard to farm the fields, and the income is really far less than the tax.
It is estimated that some of these grains will be transported to the Acropolis, as rumored, and some will be "relieved" by higher-level state and county people. You know, the living conditions of the people there are far better than those in Ping'an Town.
Speaking of it, it can be regarded as a kind of irony.
What's more, such a boatload of grain transported away will make Ping'an Town, which is already short of food, worse. Especially for many households who have invested their savings in the purchase of farmland, or spent huge sums of money to send their children to study, or have just experienced weddings and funerals and other expensive self-cultivating farmers' families, this crisis will be particularly sad.
The family conditions of owner farmers are not bad in theory, but their consumption level is much higher than that of tenant farmers. The cost of oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, basic necessities of life, food, housing and transportation, weddings and funerals will also be higher.
Moreover, most of the self-cultivating farmers, with a little savings, will find ways to expand the fields, build houses, train their offspring to study, learn arts, etc. It consumes money, and most of them don't have much savings.
There is no problem in normal conditions, but this time the insect plague came so fiercely and suddenly.
But even so.
Except for a small number of self-cultivating farmers, most of the self-cultivating farmers find a way to survive until the next season's grain output, even if they have survived. But among them, some people can't stand being a demon.
Whenever there are natural disasters and man-made disasters, there will always be some rich and powerful people who are not greedy. Take this opportunity to engage in mergers and devour people's fat and people's anointing to strengthen themselves.
Wang Shouzhe glanced at it from afar, and the eyes of Liu Shi and Zhao Shi's caravans that came to pay taxes incessantly narrowed their eyes slightly. Previously, they only estimated their actions based on the style of the two jackal families of the Liu family and the Zhao family, as well as some rumors.
However, with the development of intelligence work, some conclusive information gradually came to Wang Shouzhe. He was almost certain that the other party would indeed make a big move.
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Ping An Liu.
In the main hall of the Liu family's main residence, Liu Shengye, the patriarch of the Liu family, was listening to several waves of people reporting the incident, including Liu Yongzhou, who was relatively outstanding in the younger generation.
His brows were frowned: "What happened to the Sun family in Changning? They clearly promised to lend us 15,000 tans of wheat, and we will pay back 30,000 tans of rice after the autumn harvest. Why don't they honor it now? This time and again, we have doubled our profits out of thin air." Not satisfied
"The Sun family in Changning said that they were rushing to buy Miecong powder, and they managed to keep some production." A clansman in his fifties replied, "They said that the Sun family lost too much."
"How much does it cost?" Liu Shengye's face was a little gloomy. This time, Liu's loss is too great. If he can't make up for it, it will be too detrimental.
The clansman's face was also very ugly: "Sun said that we don't want us to pay double the grain, and that it is illegal to speculate on the price of grain. It is better to barter, and we will exchange 1,500 acres of fertile land with us."
Fifteen hundred acres of fertile land
Liu Shengye's face turned green and pale for a while, and he fainted: "Are they crazy? Fifteen thousand dans of grain are exchanged for fifteen hundred acres of land?" Their Liu family has been accumulating since their ancestors until today. It's in a bad situation, and it's only a fertile farmland in the early 10,000 mu.
This opening is one-seventh of the land, what a cruelty, this is several times the huge profits.
"Patriarch, why don't you forget it?" the clansman said helplessly, "According to our original plan, we can also annex a fertile land of about 2,000 mu. If Sun's do it like this, don't we bear the infamy and marry someone else?" clothes?"
"I can't forget it. My Liu family has lost too much this time." Liu Shengye said with a fierce look in his eyes, "Then this time, we can simply do nothing, and then go to merge with the figure of 3,000 mu. Even if the time comes to mortgage or borrow, or We also make a lot of money by exchanging with others."
His elder brother Liu Shenghao is at the critical moment when he is attacking the Lingtai, and there are still some resource gaps. Once he reached the Spiritual Stage Realm, he would be a double-spiritual stage, and he would be able to wrestle with that Sun family.
Liu Shengye has always been good at managing the economy, and he always counts pennies and pennies, never willing to suffer losses. Moreover, the family has worked hard to accumulate wealth in the past fifty years. While strengthening the family, doesn't it just want to cultivate a second Lingtai ancestor
"Patriarch, such a big move, I'm afraid it will cause people's resentment?" The clansman was a little worried, "What's more, the Wang family didn't suffer any disaster because of the birth of a spirit insect master this time, so there must be a lot of surplus food in their hands this time. .Will you take the opportunity to…”
"They don't dare!" Liu Shengye said confidently, "Our Liu family and Zhao family are working together, how can the weak Wang family dare to move half of his paw? Besides, I have heard that the Wang family has shipped the surplus grain to Donggang, and the high return is in exchange It is a resource for cultivation. It is a wise move, and when the remaining grain is kept in the hand, it will definitely not be so sought after in the next season."
"How can the head of the family be sure of this?" The clansman wondered, "According to this trend, not every family can use the double dose of Miecong Powder."
"The head of the family has received the news that Zifu Academy has started to improve the next generation of Miechong powder. And as an apology, the next season's Miechong powder will only be distributed to the lost families at a loss of 10% of the price."
This news is considered relatively secret, but the core of the Liu family is in this meeting hall, so naturally they are not afraid of leaking it.
"Since that's the case, then this opportunity should not be missed." The clansmen said one after another, "It's just that the Sun family is too dark."
Liu Yongzhou, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly cupped his hands and said, "Patriarch, uncles, Yongzhou has a way to avoid cooperating with Mrs. Sun. It is said that some time ago, my fishing boat was on the riverside and rescued a family. A troubled young lady..."
As soon as this young lady was mentioned, Liu Yongzhou's eyes could not be restrained from scorching heat, obsession, and even fanaticism...
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