The positive tax implemented by Beizhili is still set by Hongwu year, and the positive tax is very low, only four or five liters per mu of tax, but when it comes to the local tax, there are few kinds of additions. Because of the Northern Expedition, Beizhili also had to bear a horse difference, spread in the field endowment, and the total amount of the forest was added up, and the final field endowment that needed to be paid was two buckets of grain per mu.

This tax mu is based on the average mu of two stones per mu, and if the mu yield is lower than this, it will be counted according to half a mu or eight cents of mu.

For example, the two acres of land in the Guijia family's house, because the land is barren, when registered, two acres of land is one tax acre.

In addition to the road repair and waterway engineering maintenance mentioned above, there are also transportation, such as the transportation of the Ding thirteen years ago, and some forced labor, such as providing servants for all levels of government, from the county to the central government, such as menzi, archers, messengers, palanquins, grooms, kuzi, and Hongfu who pulls boats, etc., all of which must be selected by the people.

The usual smoking is between the ages of sixteen and fifty-six; Some servants, starting at the age of twenty, would be ridiculous if they won the Gui Five.

Gui Wu and his wife's household post fell in the second room, which was Dingkou.

However, Second Grandpa Gui and Gui Chongyang were also a little worried, even if they really got it, it would just cost more silver.

Anything that can be solved with silver is not troublesome, this is Gui Chongyang's idea.

*

In the west market town, Gui Wu House.

Yang Yinzhu came here for the first time, and he was a little restrained.

Mei Xiucai is much more confident, in his opinion, even if he asks for someone, it is to give the Gui family face. plums

Don't talk about others, just talk about the village school, but there are still younger generations of the Gui family studying; Let's just say that Gui Wu himself, after listening to the explanation, he has to take the county exam, and he also needs to find someone to be a guarantee.

Gui Wu was a little surprised.

Uninvited guests, or two.

Yang Yinzhu knew the current affairs, served Shunshun appearance, and explained the matter in a few words: "Mei Xianggong needs to use silver urgently, and wants to find a place to pledge some silver, so I mentioned the fifth master and came to bother." ”

When he was in Mujia Village before, Yang Yinzhu was still a "fifth master", and now he has changed it respectfully to the "fifth master".

Gui Wu looked at Yang Yinzhu with a smile, but he also understood the deep meaning of his words. The key is the word "pledge", the Mei family is an ordinary family, and there is nothing else to pledge the silver except the land deed.

Gui Wu knew it in his heart, but his face was frowning: "Did Second Brother Yang misunderstand?" I run a food shop, not a pawnshop, so there is no reason to rob the Hong family's business, and people complain. ”

Yang Yinzhu said: "Isn't this the same village? How dark the Hong family is, the fifth master doesn't know. Mei Xianggong also has no choice, otherwise he won't trouble the fifth master. ”

Mei Xiucai saw that Yang Yinzhu said so softly, her heart was unhappy, and her face was revealed.

Gui Wu also said lightly: "Ye is not a lender, if you use money, you go to find Boss Bai." He is out of thirteen places over there, and it is the place to carry money! ”

Boss Bai is the owner of the casino in the town, and the gambling debts owed by Yang Yinzhu before were borrowed from him; Mei Xiucai also owes a sum of money, and she can't delay it any longer, so she wants to pledge some money for silver and then turn it over.

If Gui Wu borrowed money happily, Mei Xiucai would have to look down on him again; But Gui Wu had no intention of borrowing money, Mei Xiucai couldn't help but feel worried again, coughed lightly, and said: "If the fifth child has any money in his hand, let me embezzle it for half a month, and I won't use you in vain, and I will give you another ten taels of silver as a thank you." ”

The shopkeeper of the Du family hooked Mei Xiucai to gamble, Gui Qiu and Gui Chongyang both knew, how could Gui Wu not know?

Looking at Mei Xiucai's current appearance, she is obviously addicted to gambling and is a waste.

Gui Wu glanced at Yang Yinzhu again, saw his hospitality, and also understood this in his heart. The land in the village, in addition to the Du family and the Lin family, is the Mei family.

If you can take the opportunity to buy the Mei family's land, then Gui Chun will be able to settle it.

Thinking like this in his heart, Gui Wu didn't act stingy, but said: "Brother, settle the accounts, although I have a few dollars in my hand, I am also a breadwinner, so it is not easy to let go." ”

Mei Xiucai hadn't spoken yet, Yang Yinzhu had already nodded and said: "That's natural, don't worry, Mei Xianggong is not the one who doesn't understand the rules, since it is a pledge, it must be to reassure the fifth master." ”

Mei Xiucai didn't expect to borrow money from Gui Wu with a real empty mouth, so he happily wrote an IOU of two hundred taels of silver, and took out the title deed of twenty-five acres of land.

Gui Wu frowned slightly, and there was no deed.

Yang Yinzhu shook his head beside him and said, "Mei Xianggong, there are no rules for such pledges." This is fifteen acres of middle field and ten acres of lower field, even if it is sold, it will not sell for two hundred taels. ”

pledge, up to eighty percent of silver. If you want to borrow two hundred taels of silver, the pledge should be more than two hundred taels.

"It's not a land sale, I'll pay it back in a few days." Mei Xiucai frowned.

Gui Wu heard this, stretched out his hand, but instead of taking the title deed in Mei Xiucai's hand, he pushed back the IOU he had written before.

Mei Xiucai was angry, annoyed by Gui Wu's dead eyes, and wanted to throw off his sleeves and leave, but thinking about the debts owed by Boss Bai, he was bent on turning over the book, and was looking forward to the capital, so he endured it and changed the title deed of the thirty acres of Zhongtian that he divided.

The pledge is changed, and the IOU must also be added with a sentence, with 30 acres of land as a pledge, if it is not repaid within the time limit, then Gui 5 can make up the current price, and the 30 acres of land will belong to Gui Wu.

To make up this sentence, Mei Xiucai specially added it.

If you really can't get back to the capital, to the point of selling land, Mei Xiucai doesn't want to be cheap Gui Wu, so she adds this sentence.

Gui Wu doesn't care, what he wants is to buy land, not to buy land cheaply, the current price is the current price.

All of a sudden, everyone was happy.

Mei Xiucai was addicted to gambling, so she couldn't wait to leave with the silver. The two taels of silver that Yang Yinzhu had promised before, I don't know if I really forgot it, or I was reluctant to mention it, so I didn't mention it.

Yang Yinzhu didn't care about arguing with Mei Xiucai, but he stayed, Gui Wu smiled and said: "I am tired that Second Brother Yang thinks of me when something happens, and I don't know how to thank Second Brother Yang, this is a little careful, don't go outside." "After all, it's a purse.

Yang Yinzhu didn't answer, but said with a sincere face: "Fifth master, I don't want money, I just watch the fifth master shop like this, I envy in my heart, and I want to do something." After more than 30 years in the village, I really am not the material for farming, and now the land at home is not sold for a few acres, and I can't let the family drink the northwest wind, but I don't have much knowledge, I wander around the town for a few days, and I don't have a clue, and I don't know what to do for a while, and I beg the fifth master to show me the way. ”

Gui Wu listened carefully, but he really thought about it.

If it weren't for Yang Yinzhu pulling the line today, Mei Xiucai would never have pulled down the door of Gui's house, and this title deed would not have reached Gui Wu's hands.

Even if the courtesy is still exchanged, Yang Yinzhu should also help.

Gui Wu remembered the "takeaway" mentioned by Gui Chongyang, and said: "I do have an idea to make money here, but no one has tried it, and I don't know if I can make money, and I will work hard in the early stage." ”

When Yang Yinzhu heard this, he immediately became interested and said: "Don't be afraid of hard work, what is the idea, the fifth master will talk about it quickly." ”

Gui Wu just heard Gui Chongyang mention it before opening, and said: "Some people don't like to cook, and they are too lazy to come out to the restaurant, so they spend two copper plates to order food at home, which is the original intention." There are also buyers and sellers of various shops, and not everyone brings food out. In addition to eating, you can also deliver other things. ”

To put it bluntly, it is to provide a "errand" job for lazy people. It's just that there are many ordinary people in the town and few rich people, so this price can't be high, and it's just to make hard-earned money.

Yang Yinzhu was overjoyed, patted his thigh, and said, "That's it, Xie Wuye's good idea!" ”

Yang Yinzhu is not afraid of hard work, but he is afraid that his own capital is not enough and he can't have the final say.

Although he is a gangster from the village, he also has a bit of ambition, and wants to one day become a well-known figure like Boss Bai and Gui Wuye, rather than someone else's helper and miscellaneous man.

*

Mei Xiucai didn't know that his land deed had become a stepping stone for Yang Yinzhu, so that Yang Yinzhu got the guidance of Gui Wu and started Boss Yang's first business.

Two hundred taels of silver, sixteen taels of silver is a catty, and two hundred taels is a dozen catties, carrying a heavy pendant in his arms.

Mei Xiucai's debt to Boss Bai is one hundred and thirty taels of silver, which is exactly the rule of "nine out of thirteen", borrow one hundred taels, get ninety taels, and repay one hundred and thirty taels.

Mei Xiucai took the money and did not rush to repay the debt, but went to the gambling table again.

After gambling for two months, Mei Xiucai is a Confucian who does not believe in ghosts and gods, and now there are many taboos. For example, before gambling, you can't say that you lose, you can't read books, and you can't scatter money.

"Bet big!" Mei Xiucai was holding ten taels of silver, all his thoughts were on the gambling table, and he didn't see the two of them staring at him not far away.

One of them is the owner of the casino, Bai Boss, and the other is Zhang Fu, the manager of the Du family's shop in the town.

Boss Bai frowned and said: "Mei Lao Er's gambling is getting bigger and bigger, and if it goes down, something will happen, shouldn't Brother Zhang also stop?" ”

Zhang Fu was puzzled: "Brother Bai, I'm just a subordinate, and I can't call the shots." ”

Boss Bai shook his head when he heard this, only thinking that Zhang Fu was behind Du Lizheng, although he felt that this father-in-law was too unkind to calculate his son-in-law, but in the end, he didn't do his own business, so he would no longer be verbose.

*

Mujia Village, the old house of the Gui family.

After the autumn harvest is over, the village school has not yet started, and Gui Chongyang and Mei Xiaoba are at home.

With Gui Chongyang's previous suggestion, Mei Xiaoba was interested, cut a basket of horse lotus grass and came back, and began to weave small things, including small flower baskets, crickets, puppies, etc., all of which were lifelike, small and cute.

Mei Shi and Mei Duo were playing with Mei Xiaoba, and they did not restrain him.

Gui Chongyang felt that Mei Xiaoba's brain was not bright, but his hands were indeed dexterous, and he also praised it a few times.

Mei Xiaoba was energetic, and she had a posture of forgetting to sleep and eat, but on this day, she even forgot to do the homework assigned by Gui Chongyang.

Gui Chongyang realized that something was wrong, and immediately stopped: "How old are you, and it's not when you need money, why are you in such a hurry?" Do you still want to learn cooking from Sister Zhou in the future, and the time to study is only one or two years, and you will be wasted again? ”

Mei Xiaoba hesitated for a moment and said, "Then I'll make it up at night?" ”

Gui Chongyang shook his head and said, "Do you want to be half-blind? Or do you want to be a hunchback? The family is not bad for you to eat and drink, what do you think of calling your aunt like this? ”

Mei Xiaoba raised her head and said, "But I don't want to ask for my aunt's money, I want to make money to honor my aunt." ”

He is a boy, not a girl, and he should not eat and drink his aunt and the Gui family for nothing.

Gui Chongyang shook his head and said: "In the future, there will be decades of filial piety, what is the hurry?" You've worked so hard to make it up and sell it for dozens of dollars, but you've delayed your schoolwork. Do the math yourself, there are 300 yuan a year, plus three hundred yuan for the three festivals, and so much money a year, you can't recognize all the words, do you lose money? ”

Mei Xiaoba looked at the half basket of grass crickets on the ground, and snapped her fingers, a little unclear.

However, he had always been convinced of Gui Chongyang, and he couldn't figure it out, so he listened to Gui Chongyang, nodded and said: "It's a loss, I was wrong, and I won't be like this in the future." ”

The handicraft master finally stopped, and he no longer stayed in the house from morning to night to play straw.