has been a poor farmer for decades, and Daddy Han is obviously a little resistant to inviting people to do farm work, "But Erya, those wastelands, the first three years are tax-exempt, we don't need to worry, we can slowly reclaim, open some in a year, and we can always reclaim it." ”

Dazhu also nodded in agreement.

Erzhu frowned, "Dad, that's more than 200 acres of wasteland, open some a year, our family may not be able to complete it all within three years, even if it can be opened, we still have to raise the field, and after three years, these lands are all subject to tax, if they haven't produced by then, what will our family pay taxes?" ”

Han Chuxue glanced at Erzhu appreciatively, and sure enough, the third brother was still alive with his brain.

The Dachang Dynasty stipulated that the first three years of the barren land cultivated by the farmers themselves could be exempted from tax, and the next three years only had to pay half of the tax, and there would be this provision, one is to encourage the peasants to reclaim more wasteland, and the other is because these barren fields are not necessarily able to grow things immediately.

But once the six-year buffer period is over, these fields will have to be taxed according to normal taxes, and if they can't be paid, these lands will have to be taken back by the government, so it will be considered a waste of work.

was reminded by Erzhu like this, Daddy Han also thought of this problem, and frowned in difficulty, "But in such a place, if you really ask someone to help, how much does it cost." ”

This is a big problem, I don't have any money.

Erzhu also scratched his head, and finally looked at Han Chuxue, "Little sister, what do you think?" ”

This question was the first to be raised by Xiaomei, maybe she thought of a way.

I have to say that Erzhu's head is turning faster than Daddy Han and Dazhu.

In fact, Han Chuxue has really thought about it just now, the problem of those wasteland reclamation is really not a problem, but those paddy fields are a problem, and you can't expect the two outside to plant seedlings.

"Dad, brother, my thoughts are. Those paddy fields can ask for help, and our own family people are doing their best to reclaim wasteland, as the third brother said, these lands can be tax-free for the first three years. That is to say, the output of these lands in these three years will be our own, and the more wasteland we reclaim, the more hemp we plant, and the more we will get. ”

"Hemp?" Daddy Han heard the little girl say that these fields should be used as mulberry fields, but it was the first time he heard her say that she wanted to grow hemp.

Han Chuxue nodded. "Yes, I asked Brother Yang who met in the town before, and he told me that hemp does not have high requirements for land, so as long as our wasteland is reclaimed, you can grow hemp without raising, and hemp can weave cloth, Dad, you think that this cloth is much more expensive than rice in our area, we planted it a year earlier, that is, the income of one year earlier, three years of tax exemption and three years of half tax. How much money does our family have to earn, even if it costs money to hire people to plant those paddy fields, compared with what we can earn, dad and eldest brother, think about which one is more cost-effective. ”

Erzhu's eyes lit up when he heard it, and the more Daddy Han and Dazhu listened, the more excited they became, they weren't stupid, they didn't expect it before, but now they have been reminded by Han Chuxue, what else can't they understand.

Twenty-five acres of paddy fields cost less than half a year to hire people to plant. But a piece of fine cloth costs this money, that is, burlap, then it costs nearly 100 yuan, and their family now has more than 200 acres of mulberry fields. If it is really like what Erya said, you can grow hemp after reclamation, and the money earned is more than ten or even dozens of times that of the 25 acres of paddy fields, and the most important thing is that these lands are all owned by their own families, as long as they can pay taxes. Then it will be their family for generations, so it must be better to reclaim all those lands as soon as possible.

"Erya, what you said is true?" Daddy Han was so excited that his voice trembled a little.

Han Chuxue nodded affirmatively, "It's absolutely true, Dad, I've actually seen those lands before, otherwise when Old Madam Luo said that she would give our family good land, I wouldn't have refused and asked for these wastelands instead." ”

Erzhu shouted in a trance, "Let's remember, little sister, you went to the small barren mountain with us before to learn to see the soil quality, in fact, you just want to see if the soil there can grow hemp, right?" ”

Han Chuxue smiled and said, "Yes, third brother, Brother Yang told me what kind of soil can grow hemp, so I came back and estimated all the soil near our house, so that I could get the idea of those wastelands." ”

This means that this little girl has already made a decision.

Although Han Chuxue is young, but because she has been beyond her age since she came home, the ability to come out is not what she should have at this age, and the family unconsciously has a subconscious that Erya is right no matter what she says, so now that she knows that she has already succeeded, Daddy Han can't help but believe her words.

"That's okay, just according to what Erya said, all the people in our family will go to open up the wasteland, and the twenty-five acres of paddy fields will be planted, and Dazhu will call your mother to see how much cash our family has."

"Okay." Da Zhu happily responded, turned around and ran to the kitchen to call Xiuniang.

Because it was not yet time to cook, seeing Dazhu's excited look, the eldest girl who was originally shy and hiding in the kitchen also came, and the family sat around the Eight Immortals table and discussed.

After listening to Daddy Han's words, Xiuniang's mother and daughter also felt that Han Chuxue's words were very right, they have been responsible for spinning and making clothes at home, and they know the value of cloth in the Huaiji area better than Daddy Han's men.

Xiuniang got up and walked back to the room, and soon took out a small string of money.

"This is the money that Dazhu got back from selling wild things last time, a total of sixty wen, and the money from the next time is either to repay debts or to buy grain."

In other words, the current Han family has only 60 yuan in cash.

Daddy Han calculated, "Brother Yuan will go to the Luo family to help every year when he is busy with farming, it is two yuan a day, our family has to give it according to this, twenty-five acres of paddy fields to invite two strong laborers is almost the same, when it is really too busy, our family can also go to help, so that a day is four yuan, sixty yuan is to be able to ask someone to do fifteen days, this time is almost finished." ”

Xiuniang frowned, "Brother Bai, our family used to plant dry land, and there were no seedlings from paddy fields, and now it's too late to raise seedlings, so you have to spend money to buy it, and I'm afraid that these sixty wen are not even enough to buy seedlings." ”

Daddy Han was stunned at first, and then slapped his head in annoyance, "Why didn't we forget such an important thing and patronize it." ”

Han Chuxue also didn't think of this problem, and it was terrible to have no knowledge.

She thought that her family had no money, so she thought about inviting people to plant a small number of acres of water, and her family was responsible for clearing the wasteland, so that even if something "strange" happened, her family would not leak it out, but she ignored the problem of seedlings.

And not only to buy seedlings, but also to buy hemp seeds, or to open up the land, without seeds it is also for nothing, so think about it, this family is really short of money. (To be continued.) )