Cheng Zongzhen nodded again.

Newly opened fields are generally not able to grow anything in the first few years.

In order to prevent the local government of Changting County from increasing the burden, the imperial court did not need to pay taxes on the new land opened up during the three years after each change of tax policy.

However, their local government can ask for taxes depending on the situation.

If there is no harvest on the newly opened land, they can not collect taxes, but if the harvest is good, they can be required to pay a certain percentage of the grain tax.

This grain tax can be distributed by the local government itself.

Thinking of this, Cheng Zongzhen suddenly guessed what Zhu Ruru meant.

His eyes lit up, "Miss Zhu, what do you mean, but use the newly opened fields in this year?" ”

But will this be enough to raise money?

The money required to build the city wall is a considerable amount, and it is not easy to dig food from the ground from ancient times to the present, even if you work hard to open up the wasteland, how many things can be grown?

Thinking of this, Cheng Zongzhen's eyes darkened again.

Zhu Ruru asked Cheng Zongzhen again, "Zongzhen, how much new wasteland has been opened in Hai'an Town in the past two years, do you know?" ”

Cheng Zongzhen thought for a moment and said, "Plus what you have reclaimed in the wasteland, it should be about 4,000 acres." ”

Four thousand acres?

Zhu Ruru thought about it for a while and then calculated an account.

A few months ago, she led the villagers to grow sweet potatoes and potatoes in the newly opened land in the wasteland, and on average, she should be able to harvest at least 3,000 catties per mu.

According to the price of their prices here, sweet potatoes can usually be sold for five or six yuan a catty, and potatoes can be sold for eight or nine yuan a catty.

On average, it is six or seven dollars a catty.

To be conservative, it is calculated according to the six texts.

If the harvest of each mu is sold, you can earn 3,000 times 6, a total of 18,000 Wen.

That is, eighteen taels of silver.

Collect fifty percent of their taxes, that is, nine taels of silver.

One acre of land can receive a tax of nine taels of silver, one hundred acres is nine hundred taels, and four thousand acres is thirty-six thousand taels.

It's only one season.

Both sweet potatoes and potatoes can be grown twice a year, and you can receive about 70,000 taels of silver in two seasons. If you are ruthless and increase the tax rate a little more, you will receive more.

And that's just what has already been cleared.

In the following year, they could continue to open up the land with the entire town.

If 10,000 people open up an acre of land on average, they can open up 10,000 acres.

Won't the money needed to build the walls come out?

If it is not enough, it is definitely enough to mobilize some wealthy families in the town and ordinary people to donate some more money.

After all, building the city wall is a matter that benefits everyone, and they don't want to worry that every time a barbarian or a pirate comes, they will be robbed of the hard-earned money they have saved with great difficulty, or even lose their lives, right?

After Cheng Zongzhen listened to Zhu Ruru's analysis of him and the accounting, his dim eyes lit up again.

"Miss Zhu, what you said is true? Can the newly opened land in the wasteland really harvest 3,000 catties of sweet potatoes or ground eggs per mu? ”

Zhu Ruru bowed, "According to my estimate, it should be no problem, even if this is just my conservative estimate, it is possible to harvest 4,000 or even 6,000 catties per mu." ”

Since the sweet potatoes and potatoes were planted, the villagers have taken good care of them.

Although they haven't been excavated yet, some people have already dug some up and gone home to try them.

The sweet potatoes and potatoes dug out are all big, round, sweet and delicious.

When Cheng Zongzhen heard this, he was so shocked that he was almost speechless.

He was excited.

One acre of land can grow so many sweet potatoes and ground eggs, these are all crops that can be used as food, and they will not be sold if they are grown.

That's all white silver!

The thought of the city wall that he had been thinking about for so many years was beckoning to him, and his heart couldn't stop pounding.

"Zhu girl, as long as you can help the official build the city wall, the official will allow you, no, to allow you to be a good citizen of your family in the household registration book!"

Cheng Zongzhen waved his hand very arrogantly.

Zhu Ruru's eyes lit up when she heard this.

So, as long as they help him build the city wall, their whole family can be restored to their status as good citizens?

That's great!

Zhu Ruru's most hope now is that the whole family can get rid of the crime as soon as possible.

Otherwise, many things are inconvenient, for example, you can't leave Hai'an Town to go somewhere else......

Although it is said that within three years of reinstatement, they can still only stay within the boundaries of Changting County, can only settle down in Changting County, and can only buy houses, land, and business in Changting County......

But, after three years, you can do without these restrictions!

This is also an expectation for them.

"Don't worry, I will help you build the city wall as soon as possible!"

Zhu Ruru is now full of energy, and she is more energetic than when she mobilized everyone to open up wasteland and farm land before.

After all, she was only given a meritorious medal before, but now she has made a promise that her whole family can get rid of her crimes!

Of course, Zhu Ruru also knows that this matter is more difficult and much harder than mobilizing everyone to plant hundreds of acres of land before.

However, this difficulty and hard work are not difficult for her!

Of course, there is no urgency in this matter, and the most important thing at the moment is to dig up those sweet potatoes and potatoes in the wasteland.

This is followed by preparations for the next season's planting.

In the next few days, Zhu Ruru mobilized everyone to dig up the sweet potatoes and potatoes in the field.

"Oh my God, I didn't expect to be able to collect so many sweet potatoes and ground eggs, I'm afraid our cellar can't fit it, I knew that I would listen to Ruru girl, and dig the cellar bigger!"

"Fortunately, my family listened to Miss Ruru's proposal and dug the cellar very large, but these sweet potatoes and ground eggs are too abundant, even so, my family's cellar can only barely fit."

As early as more than a month ago, Zhu Ruru suggested that everyone dig the cellar, and also specially emphasized that they should dig the cellar at home larger.

Some listened, others only halfway.

The cellar was dug up, but not particularly large.

Now, when I see those sweet potatoes and potatoes that are too much to fit, I regret it!

It seems that no matter what the girl says in the future, they will have to obey!

"If you can't fit it, you can bring it to me, and I will buy it here, but it will be less than the market price."

"Sweet potato, the purchase price is four cents a catty."

"The ground egg is six cents a pound."

Two months ago, Zhu Ruru asked some people to help dig and build two large underground warehouses, just to buy these sweet potatoes and potatoes at that time.

At that time, she didn't think about it so much, she just wanted to help a group of villagers and earn some money from it by the way.

After all, one acre of land can produce so many sweet potatoes and potatoes, they can't just eat these things every day, right?

If you can't finish eating, you can only sell it.

But they are all sinners now, and they can't even go to the county government of Changting County, so they can only take them to the town and sell them.

But if you just go to the town and sell it, how much can you sell?

When the time comes, if you can't sell it and can't eat it all, you can only rot, what a pity!

As far as she knows, in the Great Qin Kingdom alone, there are still many people who starve to death because they can't eat!