Soon he will be busy harvesting tea leaves, and Xiaohu will take people to Stone Mountain to pick wild tea. As soon as Erya was busy with tea, the old man of the Lai family brought five strong men to pull the seedlings of loaches and yellow eels back.

"Hello lady of the Wang family! This is my second nephew, this is my daughter-in-law's eldest brother, this is the boy next door, this is the grandson of Uncle Lang's family, and this is the son of a brother with a different surname of mine, and they all want to raise loaches and yellow eels with me. The four sides of the field have been fenced according to the method you said, and the ploughing and target shooting have been done, and now the seedlings have not been planted, but according to what you said, loaches and eels can be placed. After Mr. Lai introduced the people who came with him, Mr. Lai told me about the situation of his own field.

Old man Lai meant that he wanted to go back the next day, but Erya had other plans. "Old man! You take these big brothers to rest for a few days, and when my family comes back, I will discuss with him to see if he is willing to come with me and go to your side to have a look. ”

When Old Man Lai heard that Er Ya was going to his house to have a look, he nodded happily: "Okay, okay!" Girl, then I'll trouble you to run! ”

Erya listened a little embarrassed, and she was embarrassed to say that in fact, she went there because she was interested in their reeds.

Xiaohu was just as Erya expected, and came back in two days. Because Xiaolong was at home, the couple left the children to Xiaolong, drove the carriage with a few helpers, and went to Lai's house together.

At the beginning of the year, when the old man Lai talked about the reeds in their house, Er Ya had the heart to go over and have a look. So at that time, I explained that they didn't need to bring slow ox carts over. There will be a carriage here. The carriage was indeed much faster, and it didn't take three days to reach Lai's house.

After the old man Lai finished throwing the loach and yellow eel seedlings into the field. Seeing that it was still early, he was not in a hurry to rest, so he took Erya and Xiaohu and the boys with them to see the reeds that made them feel strange.

Er Ya has never seen such a big reed swing in the two worlds, "Old man! I'm afraid that there are tens of thousands of acres of reeds! In the previous years of drought, it was also dry here? ”

The old man faced the reeds and replied to Erya: "It's done too!" If it weren't for this reed, we don't know how many people would have died. The old man looked at Erya and Xiaohu, and saw that the two of them were very interested in listening to him. He continued: "Actually, my family used to have four strong laborers who could work, and there were only three children, so the burden was very small. In addition, there is this reed pole, which can weave some small east and small west salt exchange and some household use. Basically, there is no need to sell grain. The family has more and more food in stock, which is almost enough for our own family for three or four years.

Just because every family on our side had a lot of grain in stock, the government came to us to buy military rations at a high price when it didn't rain the next year. At that time, there was still a lot of water in the reeds. We thought that even if it didn't rain for half a year. The water in this reed is enough for us to cultivate. Because of this dependence, every household at that time sold the grain at a high price.

When it didn't rain in the third year, we were about to bring water from the reeds to plant rice, only to find that there was only a shallow layer, and this little water was quickly drained, and the bottom was full of silt that could not reach the low level. We have run out of food, and the water in the reeds has dried up. There is no choice but to dig up the roots of the reeds and eat them. and those who were bold spread great planks over the mud. Catch fish in the middle. Later, a child accidentally fell into the mud and almost didn't catch it, and no one dared to go in and pick up fish again.

It's just that too many people know that there are large reeds here, and when the family runs out of food, they run here to find food. Ay! Don't look at the size of this reed, in fact, the reeds that grow are only in the shallow place near the shore, and only in this side can the reed roots be dug up.

When nothing was dug up in the reeds, there was still no rain that day, and we had no choice but to drag our families and follow the crowd to escape. Not long after I met your family and took away my grandson from the Fucheng side, the government issued a document asking us to return to our hometown, and we could receive relief food. If we hadn't had this reed swing for us to ease for a while, and we wouldn't have walked far, we wouldn't have had the fate to wait for the government to provide disaster relief. ”

Before Erya and Xiaohu could sigh, a voice asked: "Then why is this = there are so many reeds!" Haven't you all dug it up? It turned out that Pan Laixin came with him, and looked at the reeds again, and he really didn't understand, so he asked his doubts.

Old man Lai explained to him: "The roots of this reed can't be dug up, and some reed tidbits are blown to the ground by the wind, and they can also grow reeds, and the reeds grow fast!" Still, the drought has hurt their roots, and there are far fewer of them now than they did before the drought. ”

"Old man, if you buy this reed, how much is it per acre?"

"What are you buying this for? Besides, you can't buy this reed, there are dozens of villages around! Anyone can fish, cut reed poles, etc. There are also people who don't have land and live on this, and if you buy it, they will have to fight with you!

But I know you're a capable man, and if you want this reed to be of great use. You can go talk to our town here and ask him if he has any good ideas. ”

Erya shook her head and smiled: "Old man, don't praise me so much, I'm useless, I just think it's a pity that such a large piece of land is left in vain like this!" ”

The old man said distressedly: "Who doesn't say it! But what can be done! First of all, you can't get rid of the reeds, you just dug them up, and then they grow again, and the crops don't grow as fast as they do. Let's raise fish, there is this reed in the way, and there is no way to catch it and put the fry in vain. Raise ducks and geese, enter this reed, don't think about finding it back. This reed swing also allows the children to pick up a bird egg and duck egg to eat, and there is a way to catch fish, and you can also row a boat into the middle to catch some fish and shrimp to make a living. If we want to rely on this to make it useful, our ancestors have not come up with any good way to do it. ”

The great use of the reeds, Er Ya really doesn't know. Let's raise fish in cages, the water is too shallow, the silt is too deep, and if the cage sinks into the silt, the fish will die. It is possible to raise soft-shelled turtles in cages. It's just that the normal growth period of soft-shelled turtles is at least three years. I'm afraid that after three years, the cage will become slag, and whether it can be caught is also a matter! I have seen a lot of reeds in the south planting lotus roots. Lotus seeds are harvested, and there are also stocking cocoons, whose roots float on the surface of the water and are large and sturdy, allowing people to stand on them and move around freely.

These two things are still to be calculated later! However, the reeds that are currently growing luxuriantly can be regarded as treasures, but Erya knows a seven, seven, eighty, eight, eight. Young reeds can be used for cooking with leaves, asparagus, reed roots, etc., and the poles can be used for livestock feed. Mature to old reeds, reed poles can be used to make paper, reed roots can be used as medicinal materials. When the time comes, ask Shopkeeper Zhao if he has the heart to sell this thing!

The next day, I found the town to ask about the reeds, and it turned out that the town was here. It made Erya startled.

"This all belongs to the imperial court, and of course individuals can buy it. The official registration of this reed is 9,000 mu, and the actual number of mu is more than 13,000. You can buy it for only 1,000 taels of silver! The question is, what is the use of you buying this? Even if you are taxed on the lowest land, it will be a significant annual expense. I'm afraid that you will have to put money in it every year. I can't afford any kind of family business! ”

Erya's surprise was not the collection of taxes. As long as it becomes a private property, it must be taxed, which is an indisputable thing. She was surprised that it was too cheap, no different from giving it away for nothing! Why hasn't anyone wanted to buy it in the first place?

"No one has ever wanted to buy this place?" Erya couldn't figure it out, so she asked directly.

"Why not? Aren't they all scared by the fact that they have to pay taxes every year! What about you? You don't really want to buy it, do you?! Then you need to think about it! If you pay taxes on 9,000 mu according to the income per mu of the minimum field, you will have to pay more than 100 taels of silver in grain tax a year, and more than 100 taels of other miscellaneous taxes, which is not less than 300 taels a year. ”

Old Man Lai's eyes widened when he listened, and the sound of Glonglong in his throat was straight. Xiaohu also hesitated a little. Although I know that my daughter-in-law must have a good plan, she must earn 400 taels this year to not lose money. But it's just the mud and weeds that can't do anything. How can you earn so much?

And for Erya, the tax of three hundred taels of silver a year is really not much, if it is higher than nine hundred taels of silver, then she is likely to retreat.

Li Zhen saw that Erya had already made up his mind to buy it, so he had to say something more important: "I said before about the government, since you don't think it's a problem." Then now I'll talk about the people who live on this reed, and the ones who earn some money because of this reed, have you thought about how to appease them? ”

"Thank you Lizhen for your thoughtfulness for us, I will have a better arrangement for this then, I believe that as long as they are not messing around, they should be able to accept it. If there had been that nonsense, I wouldn't have cared, maybe I would have been left to him earlier. However, when he turns around and wants to get a favor, then I'm sorry - not his share!

However, my ultimate hope is that everyone will be okay! If there is anything difficult to do, it would not be better if you could solve it with the help of the town. Only if I transform this reed, the people living in the surrounding areas will also get better, and the work of collecting taxes and grain in these towns will be even better, right! To tell the truth, we don't need to come to the door to collect taxes or anything in Hepu Town, and after the autumn harvest, the big guys are directly coming to the door to pay the silver. If I can do well with you, shouldn't it be a good thing for everyone and you towns? ”

When Li Zhen heard about Hepu Town, he was surprised and asked, "But that Hepu Town who has passed the Grand Slam Talent Examination?" ”

"Exactly!"

"Then you are the Wang family that took in a lot of orphans?"

The second girl blinked and replied suspiciously: "Yes! When we first met, didn't Uncle Lai introduce them all?! ”

Here the town "Ah! He stood up from his seat. The mouth said: "Oops! Honorable guests, distinguished guests! Sluggish! Sluggish! When Lao Lai said it just now, I didn't care, and I never imagined that the distinguished guests would come to our small place. As he spoke, he shouted to the door, "Everyone, tea!" Take the new tea I brought back from Fucheng. ”

A crisp female voice came from outside: "Hey! Dad, you and the guests will be fine right away! (To be continued......)

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