In the middle of October, a group of people came to the village with ox carts to the grain drying field, it was a tax collector from the county and a group of catchers, and the tax collectors were people who specialized in collecting taxes in the yamen.

Every autumn, tax collectors come to the villages during the harvest season to collect taxes, one is the land tax, the other is the labor tax, and the other is the forced labor tax.

The land tax is 30% of the yield per mu, and only fine grain is collected, and the per capita tax is 30 wen for men and 20 wen for women, and it is not levied for those under seven years old and over fifty-five years old.

Conscription is similar to modern military service, where there are more than three adult males in the family, one levy per year is levied, and those who do not perform conscription are levied a levy tax of one tael, which can offset the conscription of the year.

The old man Xiang's family has ten acres of dry land and three acres of paddy fields, and according to the output value of 100 catties per mu, the Xiang family's thirteen acres of land will have to pay 390 catties of grain, white flour or white rice.

The harvest of eight acres of wheat in the Xiang family was less than 750 catties, and the harvest of three acres of rice was only a little more than 230 catties, but the old man Xiang still decided to hand over 130 catties of white rice and 260 catties of white flour.

The yield of wild rice harvested last time was very high, reaching about 300 catties per mu, and more than two acres of wild rice gave them more than 700 catties of rice.

In addition, the output of one acre of corn and one acre of sorghum is more than 700 catties each, and the sum of 7788 is that this year's annual ration for the whole family has reached more than 2,700 catties.

According to the ration of 20 catties per month for each person, their Xiang family does not count peace and blessings, and there are 12 people, and they need at least 240 catties of grain every month.

Due to the barrenness of the land, the fields in Xiangzhang Village are only planted once a year, so these grains are enough to support the autumn harvest next year.

After paying the land tax, the next step was the tax on people and forced labor, and the old man took out a tael of silver ingots and two hundred and seventy copper plates from his blanket and handed them over.

Thinking that the fifth grandson will be seven years old next year, it will be another thirty yuan, and I can't help but sigh, there are too many taxes, and they can't breathe.

Fu Bao looked at the distressed grandfather and grandmother, glanced at the silver ingot again, and couldn't help but smash her mouth, she seemed to remember that in the deep mountains, there was a place with such silver and gold.

But this place is too dangerous, with her current small body and mental strength, she can't protect her family at all, you must know that she is no longer a 10,000-year-old camphor tree spirit.

At this time, Fu Bao suddenly understood why goblins can only become immortals when they cultivate to the extreme, while people can become Buddhas immediately after cultivating to the extreme, and it is too hard to be a human being.

After paying the taxes here, Mr. Xiang left quickly with his family, because he knew that there were still several families who could not pay taxes at all, especially those with many strong men and few fields, and the conscription tax alone could crush a family.

Just like a family in the east of the village, if it gives birth to six sons, it will have to pay two taels of silver in the levy tax, and the six sons have given birth to nearly twenty children, and there are three or four adult men, so it is not necessary to pay two taels of levy tax.

Coupled with the tax on people and the tax on the land, unless you go to serve as a servant, even if you borrow the money of the whole village, you can't afford to pay such a high tax, so the old man Xiang thinks it's better to avoid it.

As soon as he got home, Old Man Xiang asked Grandma Xiang to take out ten catties of white rice, ten catties of white flour, plus two catties of corn and twenty catties of sorghum, and let Jixiang send them to the county for his master.

Grandma Xiang also took out a small piece of broken silver and a string of copper coins, and the silver went to the cloth village to buy some cotton cloth, and the copper coins bought some pastries for Xiao Fubao.

Jixiang nodded again and again, picked up the grain and ran to the county, the carpenter shop had already closed the door, Jixiang ran to the back door and knocked on the door hard.

"Master, master, I am auspicious."

Master Jixiang was nervous when he heard someone knocking on the door, and he couldn't pay the business tax for the store this year, so he could only close the door, and it stands to reason that there would be no business, but he didn't know who the knocker was.

Hearing Jixiang's self-report, the master happily opened the door: "Jixiang, why are you here, is there no food to eat at home, and the master doesn't have much here, so I can give you a little even." ”

Jixiang didn't expect the master to say this as soon as he opened the door, and he couldn't help but feel warm in his heart, put the bag on his shoulder on the ground, and said with a smile: "Master, my father asked me to give this to you, but the bag has to be taken back." ”

Shi Niang also ran out, saw the grain bag on the ground, opened it and saw that there was still white rice and white noodles, and couldn't help but show a smile.

"Jixiang, go back and thank your father, with these grains at home, we also have a bottom in our hearts, by the way, have you eaten, my mother will cook for you."

Ji Xiang smiled and shook his head, there was enough food at home, so he wouldn't add a burden to the master and his wife, and Ping An hadn't come back for a long time, he had to go and see.

Watching Ji Xiang leave, the master's eyes were a little damp, he was not a good master, he didn't teach a lot of things, I was sorry, I had to guide him well when I had the opportunity in the future.

Ping An was busy in the account room, and the business in the store was very good during this time, so he didn't even have time to rush back to the autumn harvest and was busy doing the accounts.

The shopkeeper saw that Jixiang was coming, and hurriedly took him to the account room, this period of peace and hard work, even the family did not have time to go back, it is estimated that Jixiang is here to get wages.

Ping An saw that Jixiang was coming, and hurriedly told the shopkeeper for an hour's leave, he wanted to go back to the sleeping place to bring Jixiang back with his wages, and the shopkeeper nodded again and again.

Jixiang also learned to be peaceful, and thanked the shopkeeper, and the delicate face in the sun made the shopkeeper feel good, and took out a small piece of broken silver from his cuffs, and asked Ping'an to take his younger brother out to eat something.

Ji Xiang followed Ping An to a small room in the back cover room, where Ping An slept, and pulled out a wooden box from under the bed, which contained a cloth bag containing two months' wages.

The cloth village is wrapped in food and accommodation, and the monthly salary is 200 copper coins, and the two months are relatively busy, and the shopkeeper said that the owner has given an extra 100 copper coins, which adds up to 500 copper coins.

Ji Xiang hid the copper coin and said proudly: "Big brother, when my carpenter shop opens, you can go home and help me." ”

Ping'an's eyes widened, is Ji Xiang full of teachers? He didn't come home for more than two months and something happened.

Jixiang told Ping An what happened at home in the past two months, especially the whole village making board cars, and he earned two and a half silver.

Ping'an listened to a worried heart and suddenly settled down, the family had enough food to eat, and the taxes were paid, so he didn't have to worry about things at home.