Chapter 256 Picking up leaks and digging new wells [3]
"I hope so." Grandpa Qin didn't take the superstitious thing about Kong Zhenshan's retribution to heart, and just made sure that Qin Xiaomi was If you really want to buy the Kong family store, you can continue to eat.
Jiang Dalang took it to heart.
Susu was definitely not joking, she would definitely take action, otherwise she would not buy the Kong family store... I hope she can call him when she takes action, he doesn't want her to take risks alone.
After eating, Grandpa Qin said: "We won't be able to make secret recipe packets tonight, so go to bed early and get up at 00:00 tomorrow to prepare for the food delivery."
"Hey." Qin Xiaomi and the others agreed, and Qin Xiaomi took advantage of tonight's free time and decided to move the house: "The stove bed is dry, I will move to the wing to sleep tonight."
No one is there. , it was convenient for her to tinker with poison and paralyze Kong's servants.
Jiang Xiaozhu couldn't bear to leave her and hugged her thigh tightly: "Sister Xiaomi, I want to sleep with you, please."
Haha, this little look of begging for help is pitiful and cute.
But Qin Xiaomi refused cruelly: "No, the left wing of the house will be used to prepare the last secret recipe. Only I can enter and exit. Xiaozhu should sleep with my sister-in-law and the others, okay?"
Jiang Xiaozhu didn't want to agree, but when she caught a glimpse of her eldest brother's eyes, she immediately stopped making trouble: "Okay."
Qin Xiaomi smiled: "Good boy."
"Xiaomi, we will help you move "Aunt Qin, Qin Mei and the others helped Qin Xiaomi move the house. They quickly prepared the bedding for her, and also moved two large boxes, a long table, stools and other items so that she could have a place to prepare the secret recipe bag.
Qin Xiaomi looked at this wing and was extremely satisfied: "Not bad, not bad. Let Mrs. Chun and the others nail solid color linen to the wall tomorrow. The wall will be clean and beautiful."
It’s too late to criticize the white and gray walls.
Then he said to Aunt Qin and Qin Mei: "Your house should also have linen walls. We will live in it for at least a year. It will be better and comfortable to live in. Anyway, linen is cheap and we can afford it."
"Okay." Aunt Qin smiled, took Qin Mei, and carried Jiang Xiaozhu to wash up.
Because one person sleeps in one room, Qin Xiaomi had a good night's sleep. When I woke up, the entire ghost village was already brightly lit and bustling with people, and every household was preparing to pay the grain tax.
More than half past midnight, the clanging gong sounded, and Xu Erjun ran all over the village shouting: "People from the ghost village, gather at the entrance of the village when you are ready. Chen Zheng is setting off to pay the grain tax in Wujia Village!"
I shouted for more than a quarter of an hour before going home.
After eating breakfast in a hurry, he, Xu Sanjun, and his brother-in-law Qiao Songguo picked up rice grains and took them to the door of their house to wait for the other families.
Not long after, the other companies arrived.
Grandpa Qin is too old to carry grain on the road. Fortunately, the Xue family's mule cart is still there, so the Qin and Jiang families use carts to pull the grain.
"Old man, please keep an eye on them, endure whatever happens, and pay the grain tax first... Remember to get the voucher and read the grain payment registration book, otherwise the grain tax will be in vain. Hand it over." Grandma Qin told Grandpa Qin like she did in her hometown.
Grandpa Qin said: "Don't worry, I won't forget it. We will come back smoothly."
Qin Xiaomi said: "Grandpa, remember to buy the Kong family house, especially the one with a well!"
"I know, I will never let this good thing slip away." Grandpa Qin smiled, Take a few families to the entrance of the village.
It didn’t take long for the whole village to arrive. Grandpa Qin called his name twice before letting Jiang Dalang hit the gong: “Let’s set off!”
The villagers immediately picked up their own food and went to Rush on Omura Road.
As soon as I arrived at Dacun Road, I saw villagers from neighboring villages in front and behind, carrying or hauling grain in carts. It was impossible to see them from the front and back. This shows that there are so many people paying grain tax.
"Village Chief Qin, what a coincidence that you have also come to pay the grain tax. Have you tried it? This is my home-made kudzu powder cake. You can try one."
Because the Qin family found work for the villagers in the three villages, The villagers in the three villages were happy when they saw him and wanted to give him food. Grandpa Qin said with a smile: "We have eaten and brought a lot of dry food. You can eat it." After Jiacun, Qiqi gave up the first position to Guicun.
“Village Chief Qin, your village will hand over the money first, we are not in a hurry.”
Paying the grain tax early would help ease the worries. Grandpa Qin was not polite and led the ghost villagers to the front of the line.
Dang, Dang, Dang!
The escort team composed of the children of the Wu family beat gongs and shouted: "Everyone line up, don't push and cause trouble. Those who dare to cause trouble, those who dare to mix mud into the tax grains, those who dare to use their bad to make good." If you do, you will not only be sent to the yamen, but also the whole village!"
The children of Wujia Village kept shouting, and the villagers who had to pay the grain tax were frightened.
Jiang Dalang looked at the dozens of teams of Wu family disciples who were constantly patrolling and shouting, and he understood why the Wei chiefs were so rampant... In short, this Wei Dynasty was too weak and had a serious shortage of soldiers and horses. , can only rely on the surname to help manage the villagers. And his Dasheng Dynasty had strong soldiers and horses. Every time he collected grain taxes, he sent troops directly into the village. The chiefs of the big surnames didn't dare to be crazy at all.
Chief Wu was also sitting at the long registration table. After seeing the first one was Grandpa Qin, he smiled and said: "Brother Qin, your village has come so early... Let's start paying the grain tax. Here we are, my grandfather." I am responsible for the registration with the second son of the Zhou family."
But I hate that the Qin family has attracted more and more people, to the point where several villages have voluntarily given way to the Qin family!
"Hey, you have grown up, and the Wu family has given birth to a child after hard work." Grandpa Qin was respectful and asked Jiang Dalang and the others to carry the grain to the scale.
The large scale was given by the official of Guan Dynasty, and it was accurate. There were three soldiers squatting at the scene. Wujiacun could not get a grain of grain.
Zhu Zhouye was afraid that Wu Xingzu would embarrass the Qin family, so he took the lead in calculating the grain tax for Grandpa Qin's family: "Village Chief Qin, your newly settled disaster victims are taxed one per ten, and your family is taxed six acres per mu. The yield per mu is calculated as three hundred catties, and a total of one hundred and eighty catties of grain tax is required.”
The imperial court did not know the exact yield per mu of farmers, so the court set an upper-middle yield per mu and used this yield to collect grain taxes.
Grandpa Qin smiled: "Yes, that's exactly the number."
Not long after, the Qin family's grain was weighed, and Wu Sixheng reported the count: "A total of one hundred and eighty-one kilograms." . ”
Smart people will give an extra pound and a half, which can save a lot of trouble.
However, Wu Lichang said: "You can retreat."
Grandpa Qin smiled: "No, just register this number."
Wu Lichang did not persuade him again.
Master Tuesday said: "Okay. The Qin family, the taxable grain is 180 kilograms, and the actual payment is 181 kilograms. The grain is of good quality... Please confirm it. "If it's correct, just sign and fingerprint."
"Hey." After confirming that it was correct, Grandpa Qin signed and fingerprinted the registration book.
Master Tuesday said to Mr. Wu again: "Chief, please sign and fingerprint."
The Li Chief is considered a witness, and he has to press his fingerprints when every family pays taxes... In previous years, in order for him to press his fingerprints, every household would give him food and money, but this year, Wu Li Chief gave the Qin family even a penny without asking. Pressed the fingerprint.
When he waited until Jiang Dalang's house, Xu Qiao's house...until the last villager's house in the ghost village, he signed and fingerprinted happily.
The whole village in the ghost village paid the grain tax. After receiving the tax payment voucher, Grandpa Qin was heartbroken and gave a piece of red cloth to Chief Wu: "Mr. Chief, thank you for your hard work."
Although I don’t like the Wu family, I still have to do something to save face.
"Thank you, brother Qin, you're welcome." Chief Wu was very satisfied... No matter how powerful your Qin family is, you are still suppressed by me, the chief!
Grandpa Qin took advantage of his happiness and asked: "Chief, Huang Xianniang's second uncle brought her a cotton-padded jacket. Can he send it to Huang Xianniang?"
Wu Lizhang had been wary of the Huang family for a long time. Coming to see Huang Xianniang has been arranged for a long time. He agreed, "Of course it's possible, but I don't know if Xianniang girl will see him? Xianniang girl seems to hate her second uncle's family and is not very happy to meet him."