Liu Liuye showed admiration on his face: "In such a dangerous place on the border, you are a woman who has done a prosperous business, and I and other dignified seven-foot men also admire it very much." You and I are both surnamed Liu, this is a family, today is in a hurry, when Liu passes by again in the future, how about we become brothers and sisters? ”

Qin Liu just took a little effort and favor to take in their group, and it was a little surprising that these people looked up to them so highly. Anyway, she already has a brother-in-law, so it doesn't matter how much she has, so she naturally readily agreed.

Qin Liu waited for the city gate to open, and sent Liu Liuye and his party out of the city before turning back.

Qin Liu went home and found Li Laohan directly: "Dad, let's farm and open a shop, why don't you see the official come over to collect taxes and apportionment of forced labor?" ”

The people of Bazhou are about to be forced to rebel by the harsh government, why doesn't she feel the harsh government at all?

Li Laohan sighed: "In the past, there were also officials in our town who urged taxes and apportioned forced labor. It's just that these people are always hacked to death by the Tartar soldiers, and slowly no one will be sent from above. Last year, our town was hit by a catastrophe, and there was no point in collecting taxes, and we couldn't collect anything. It is estimated that after surviving the spring, if the Tartars have not yet come, there should be an official errand to collect taxes. ”

Qin Liu was a little apprehensive: "How is this tax collected?" ”

She was a little worried that if she opened another inn, she would be targeted, and the taxes and miscellaneous taxes would be apportioned to her head, and she would end up bankrupt.

"Let's farm here, harvest three liters of wheat in one acre of land, 3 in 5 spoons, and if you open a store, you will draw one out of thirty."

Seeing Qin Liu's stunned face, Li Laohan added: "That is, one acre of land is almost a hundred catties of grain." ”

Qin Liu's jaw almost dropped in shock!

The output of this mu of land is only 200 catties of grain, pay taxes of 100 catties, and leave 100 catties, but there are 30 to 35 catties of grain spent on one acre!

That is to say, after a year of hard work, the grain that can really be kept for themselves is only a little more than 30%!

If you encounter a dry land and waterlogging and no harvest, do you have to sell your fields and sell your children to make up for your taxes?

Harsh government is fiercer than a tiger, and the ancients are honest and do not deceive me!

Qin Liu thought for a while and said, "It seems that this kind of land can also be mixed with food and clothing." It's still more profitable to do business. ”

Li Laohan shook his head: "How easy is it to do business?" In the past, I followed the military horses to the capital, and the merchants' goods had to be taxed when they passed through the checkpoints and entered the city gate. All in all, the tax is not low. On the contrary, those eunuchs were exempted from forced labor and taxes, and their lives were much better. Some people also specially put the field shop in the name of the official eunuch, so that they can collect less taxes. ”

Qin Liu thinks about it, in this era, the cost of goods transportation is high, the time is slow, and it is easy to lose on the road, and the cost of doing business is actually very high.

She was thinking about it, but she heard a cough from Old Man Lou outside the window.

By the window was the voice of Maang's new wife, Mrs. Qu: "Alas, it scared people! ”

Old man Lou said respectfully: "Mrs. go into the house and sit down, my shopkeeper is in the house." ”

Qin Liu frowned. It's not once or twice that this Mrs. Qu sneakily came to eavesdrop on their conversation.

Qin Liu now regrets that he didn't build a strong and high wall between the Ma and Li families.

Every morning at breakfast, the old man Lou carried the steaming white flour steamed buns, two cold dishes, and the little mute carried millet porridge into the main house, and you could see the envious, jealous and hateful eyes of this Mrs. Qu in the courtyard of the Ma family.

This Mrs. Qu looks like a lazy eater, not a fuel-efficient lamp.

Now in winter, it is unrealistic to build a wall, and it is easy to make the Ma family think more, Qin Liu can only stand still.

Fortunately, in the past few days, Mr. Zhang has stopped and has not come to Yanzilou again, I don't know if it is because the soft nails have touched too much and the food has stopped, or because Mrs. Qu has gone out more often.

Time entered the wax moon, after the fifteenth day of the lunar month, there were many fewer pedestrians passing by, and the business in the swallow building gradually became lighter.

However, the hot business in the first half of the month made her make another big profit - one hundred and ten taels of silver in half a month!

What is alarming is that there are similar shabu-shabu shops on the street, but the decoration and location are not better than the location of her store, and the business is there, but it is much deserted.

Qin Liu sighed slightly. She understands that the windfall profits of Yanzilou's shabu-shabu business are estimated to not last long.

The catering industry has a low barrier to entry and is easy to imitate.

At the beginning of Ma Ang's wedding banquet, she showed her great means, and she also made people learn seventy or eighty. It's just that her profiteering dishes - hairy belly are still exclusive secrets, and other stores haven't realized to imitate them.

It's really that the supply of hairy belly is too small, and their store doesn't have it every day, so naturally it won't be popularized into a big banquet like a wedding banquet.

The Li family's life is getting smoother and smoother, but the Ma family is having a good time.

After Mrs. Qu got to know the Ma family up and down, she began to go crazy. At first, he scolded people in the house, but after a few days, he developed into standing in the yard and scolding.

If anyone in the Ma family said a word to the Li family, they would be scolded by her.

Nothing else, when scolding, he always scolds the Li family, saying that the white-eyed wolf has taken advantage of the Ma family, if it weren't for Ma Ang as an official, how could Yanzilou's business be so peaceful.

Qin Liu understood that she was jealous when she saw that the Li family was doing well.

But she also quickly understood that since the opening of the Swallow Building, she has not encountered anyone who has come to make trouble, and it is unrealistic to say that there is no light from Maang.

After thinking about it, Qin Liu still decided to give up his wealth to buy a good life.

She still looked for Ma Ang: "Brother Ma, Sister-in-law Qu's words, I think there is some truth in it." This land was originally bought by our two families, and the house was also built together. Now that the swallow building is open, there is no dividend from you, so I can't talk about it. I thought I'd give you a 10% bonus every month from this month onwards. ”

Ma Ang and his soldiers made great efforts to build the house, and she was still very grateful to Ma Ang. There is something for Maang to do on weekdays, and he never refuses.

Ma Ang's face turned red, and his face was full of shame: "Sister, this matter is my family's fault." Don't do this, make me feel uncomfortable. ”

Qin Liu thought for a while and said: "Otherwise, go back and let Sister Feng come to my store to help, and give you a bonus of one percent, so that our neighborly feelings will be fulfilled, and your family will not make trouble again, how about it?" ”

Ma Ang insisted, but Qin Liu did not give in, and in the end, Ma Ang was defeated: "In this way, what do you want to build on the piece of land across the street, I will help you manage it, and it will be the consideration for this share." It's just that if the opposite side is built, we can't be given shares anymore. ”

Qin Liu smiled and said, "Cheng." However, if you need Ma Yue's help to take care of it at that time, I will talk to him, and it is none of your business. ”

Ma Ang's eyes were red.

Qin Liu's thoughts were very transparent. The high profitability of this swallow building's shabu-shabu business may not be sustainable for a long time, and the profit is estimated to decline a lot after the year.