How could there be a tea stall outside Zhao's shop? Could it be that a competitor has emerged? But in that case, how could Zhao Jiapu take special hands from his own house to take care of it?

It turned out that the tea stall was not opened by another family to fight in the ring, in fact, it was also one of the "industries" of Zhao's shop, but it was non-profit - it provided free tea for passers-by.

Before the opening of Zhao's shop, Zhao Siniang thought that most of the workers moving goods on the wharf would be willing to spend a small amount of money in their own shops to get wet with the meat that is usually rare to replenish their physical strength after heavy work.

In fact, not only Zhao Siniang thinks so, but the rest of the family also thinks so, and the booming business since then has basically proved this idea.

However, if you look closely, you will find that there is always a small group of workers who never patronize Zhao's shop. Among these people, those who were lucky enough to get Su Ji's job and could eat the dry food sent by Su Ji, but those who were not so lucky could only chew their own coarse grains. Although their lunches are different, they have one thing in common, that is, they are reluctant to buy even a mouthful of noodle soup.

Those who work on the docks can basically earn thirty or forty dollars a day, so why can't they even afford a bowl of noodle soup? After all, a bowl of soup is only a penny. It's incredible!

After an in-depth understanding, Zhao Siniang realized how important a penny is to these workers!

It turned out that these workers were all from the other side of Jiangjiatan, and like most of the people who moved goods on the wharf, they were also fishermen. However, it is just a river away, and the situation of the people on the other side of the river is much more miserable than here.

There are many reasons for this predicament, and although objective factors such as continuous mountains and very little fertile land are one of them, these should not be the main reasons, and the biggest problem may lie with the government.

Although Jinghai Zhixian, who governs the water and soil on the south coast, tries his best to reduce his presence, he will do more or less what he needs to do.

For example, regardless of whether the fields allocated to the fishermen by the Jinghai County government were good or bad, under the rule of the magistrate, each fisherman received a certain amount of land as compensation for not being able to fish. At the same time, the county government also vigorously promoted sweet potatoes in the county, not only teaching planting methods. It also took the initiative to provide seed potatoes free of charge to several destitute villages, and even exempted most of the taxes on the fields where sweet potatoes were planted for the first time.

Although sweet potatoes were still a new thing in Jinghai County at that time, and many conservative farmers had a wait-and-see attitude towards them, after so many policies came down. Eventually, sweet potatoes were successfully spread in various villages.

In contrast, Changzhi County, which governs the north shore, has nothing to praise for what he did.

Under the rule of this county magistrate, less than half of the fishermen were compensated for their fields.

Regarding this, the county magistrate has something to say, not that he will not give points. It is that the official land in Changzhi County is really limited, and it is impossible to distribute it to every household.

Is this really the case? The ordinary people don't know.

However, even if there is not enough official land, if the government really cares about the lives of the people, it can compensate in another way, right? For example, how about subtracting one or two of those various taxes and fees?

Outcome...... The Changzhi County Ya did not say anything. Didn't get the ground? You deserve your life!

Well, that is, the mission is well distributed, and the fields in hand are all inferior fields. Used to grow food? That's a fantasy.

Some people with brains heard that sweet potatoes were high yields and did not pick the ground, so they brought seed potatoes and got some harvests. However, Changzhi is no better than Jinghai, no matter what the crops grown in his own fields are, they have to pay taxes, and sweet potatoes are no exception.

People are under the eaves and have to bow their heads. Let the tax be paid, then pay the tax, but the county lord spoke again, the government only collects grains according to the law, and sweet potatoes are not among the grains. It cannot be used as a tax deduction.

Originally, sweet potatoes could not be sold at a high price, and at that time, the government was in a hurry, and the people on the north bank had to sell them cheaply and cheaply. It's easy to mash sweet potatoes into grains and pay taxes, and there is basically nothing left in your hands. Get! It's all done in vain. Having land is also the same as not having it.

There is a comparison to distinguish. Jinghai County and Changzhi County are so close. Changzhi Zhixian is not afraid that the people will compare him with Jinghai Zhixian? It's not good, so he is said to be a corrupt official, but at least he is also a mediocre official, right?

To be honest, he is really not afraid of Changzhi County. Because what he did was placed in Youzhou, or even the entire Yan Kingdom, it was the norm. It's Jinghai Zhixian, who has always done his duty, is a little out of line this time.

Usually halfway through a dynasty, there will be peasants who have lost their land. Less than 50 years after the founding of the Yan Kingdom, countless fishermen were forced to become landless farmers.

For farmers, the land is their heaven and everything they have. The phrase "the poor mountains make the people out of the middle of nowhere" is too arbitrary to be entirely true, but sometimes it does reflect part of the reality. Although thanks to the good weather in previous years, many families on the North Shore can survive for some time with their savings. However, a small number of people originally had a meager background, and after losing their financial resources, a very small number of them did something dishonorable.

In this era, many times one's actions not only represent oneself, but also represent the entire clan, and even the entire village, and the fate of each person is closely related. This view is not only universally recognized by the people, but even officially recognized, and there is a clause of "joint sitting" in the "Great Yan Law".

Of course, a very small number of people stole a chicken and touched a dog in order to survive, far from the point of killing people and setting fires, and they were not so likely to use the law to punish them.

However, because of them, the reputation of the people of the North Shore is not so good. If a person with a bad reputation wants to find a job on the dock, it is very difficult, and most of them have to take a voluntary pay cut to have a chance to work.

Originally, it was difficult to find a job, and even if they found a salary, it was very small, and there were still young and old at home waiting to be supported, so of course it was impossible for these workers from the north shore to spend money to patronize Zhao's shop.

Thinking about this, Zhao Siniang did not regret that she couldn't do their business, but felt a little sour in her heart.

At that time, Zhao Siniang heard from Dr. Shen, who was invited to see the boss of the Yuan family, that although the boss of the Yuan family was tired, the root of his illness was probably still eating uncleanly.

It's not clean, huh? Somehow, Zhao Siniang remembered the chaotic river water by the wharf - not long ago, she had seen workers from the north bank quenching their thirst with river water!

Perhaps, because they have been drinking river water for many years, they have already developed an "iron stomach", and the turbid river water is no different from clear water to them, which is not the reason for the Yuan family's illness.

However, Zhao Siniang, who has a slight habit of cleanliness, just can't see others drinking "yellow mud water" under her nose, she always feels that she should do something. (To be continued.) )