Chapter 876 There is nothing new under the sun
“Of course, the premise of these is due to the 'fish scale book' and household registration system first introduced by Zhu Yuanzhang. There is complete land clearing and control over the country. There are also other policies behind the policy. It must have the support of the Eight Banners Butcher's Knife, so that the landowners have to obey, and then it can be fully implemented."
"In addition, there must be sufficient metal currency circulation, a developed small commodity economy, and mature urban and rural communities. If we really study it carefully, the problem will be very complicated.”
“Otherwise, local officials and subordinates can just play with the price difference between copper and silver and take advantage of the taxpayers. Die.”
Fang Wenyu was shaken by the average land area per capita in ancient times. He had no idea that the ancients were so "arrogant": "Not to mention one hundred acres, even one thirty-five acres, how can you cultivate it?"
"Unlike now, there was sufficient fertilizer in ancient times, so it was necessary to rotate crops with fallows." Zhou Zhi said: "The use of farmyard fertilizer did not become common until the Song Dynasty. Therefore, only half or even less of a thirty-five acres can be cultivated. . ”
“Even this is very difficult, so the average life expectancy in ancient times is so low, which is inseparable from hard work.”
“The actual situation will never be as good as what the court reported. In all dynasties, there have been various central and local exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes such as banqiang, dry bones, kanhe, salt tea, yi warehouse, hedu, xian consumption, etc., and the people’s lives have been It’s not that easy.”
Speaking of this, it can only be said that there is nothing new under the sun. According to the fifth uncle, the three mentions and five traditions in Dajing Township are now a bit heavy.
He didn’t care. After the Xiang Winery closed down, he helped Sister Xiaojuan’er run the sales. He and Brother Dayong cooperated tacitly to win many orders. His income was much higher than that of the Xiang Winery. In addition, the third sister often Send money home without any stress.
But for the folks who live by farming, raising money has become a big expense.
I can't change these big things even if I don't care. I can only feel happy that what I can touch around me, my family seems to be doing well. For example, Xiang Yu was admitted to college this time, and the family really took care of it, and now everything is fine. You can still see the traces of that big banquet, that is, the red brick stove on the side of the open dam has not been removed yet.
There are also red firecracker papers scattered around the open dam, showing the joy and pride of this family when celebrating their son becoming a college student.
As He Xiu’s “top product”, Xiang Yu also did well in the exam this time. The school is Xi’an University of Electronic Science and Technology, which has become very popular in recent years, majoring in communication engineering.
As the first college student in Divine Arm City, Xiang’s dad and Xiang’s mom can’t be too proud, especially since a large group of classmates came today, all of them are college students. As the team leader, Xiang’s dad even I feel like it’s more exciting than the several times county leaders have come to inspect this place.
The friends haven't stopped talking. They started eating jelly and fruits from here, to cold cakes, cold noodles and bamboo worms in the afternoon.
The table was especially rich in the evening. There is a large stream leading to the river in the north of Shenji City, called Widow's Cao. It is rich in aquatic products. Therefore, in addition to the chickens, ducks and bacon raised by the family, Xiang's father and Xiang's mother filled the table. We also made some aquatic products. A big carp was made into lump fish and sprinkled with chives and mint leaves. It was well received.
Carp usually cannot be served on Zhou Zhi’s dining table, but the carp prepared by Xiang’s mother was so fresh and tender that Zhou Zhi, a glutton, couldn’t help but want to learn from it.
It turns out that the trick is to chop the fish into pieces, season it, wrap it in thick gravy with sweet potato starch and fry the hard shell twice, then prepare the fish sauce and put the fish pieces down, pushing and moving as little as possible , cook the aroma of the juice into the fish pieces over low heat, then thicken the sauce and serve.
People in Jiachuan usually omit the step of frying when cooking fish. They usually like to thicken fish fillets or cook the whole fish. This method is good for cooking higher-end aquatic products. When cooking carp, grass carp, etc., it will be more satisfying. Meat becomes firewood.
The truth is worthless. Zhou Zhi knows how to make squirrel fish and braised carp. This method is actually similar to them, but the knife skills of squirrel fish are better, and the braised carp is just the whole fish.
According to Dad Xiang, this is a recipe he learned while driving a car in Tai'an and Tongnan, Yuzhou, but the sauce was changed to a homemade sweet and sour watercress fish sauce.
The Xiang family has a lot of fruit trees, so they can make a lot of wine. Xiang Yu is an honest boy and doesn't cheat his classmates. I tell everyone that this is very intoxicating. I drank several kinds of fruit wine here, orange, lychee, plum...
In addition to sugar, Xiang Yu added fresh mint leaves to the wine when mixing it. , this is the first time for my friends to drink this way. I found that adding a little mint to the summer wine makes it really comfortable to drink.
Because we had to drive in the car tomorrow, everyone drank more restrainedly, but the drinking time lasted for a long time. It was not until the moon climbed over Longtou Mountain that the main banquet was dismissed. Everyone changed into long clothes and trousers and moved the small table. When we got inside the open dam, we lit mosquito coils all around, placed the salted peanuts and beans that Xiang Ma had just cooked, and sat on small bamboo chairs with backrests to drink tea and chat.
"I found that the environment at home of many classmates is good. Yang He's family, Wei Fei's family, and Xiang Yu's family are all like this." Zhou Zhi sat next to Jiang Shuyi, blowing the breeze from the river. , sighed.
“I heard you say it’s good Feng Shui?” Zhang Xinyi looked at Zhou Zhi peeling peanuts for Jiang Shuyi, curled his lips, and then said with a smile: “My mother said you bought Uncle Wu’s old house. Okay, how is the environment there compared to Yang He’s family? How about it?”
“If we compare the house alone, the old Wu family will win. After all, the Wu family’s people who drank foreign ink paid US dollars to repair it. The materials and design are all high-quality, which is rare in our area. Farm villa style combining Chinese and Western styles "Zhou Zhi said: "But the environment cannot compare with the beauty of Yang He's house with mountains and rivers on its back. The main purpose is to have a wide view and be on the riverside Dapingba. "
The Wu family's old house was finally negotiated. Yes, county and township They were all sold off as burdens. That place had been used as a grain depot for the army for a period of time, and it was vacated after the policy was implemented. As a result, the Wu family was either abroad or in Yuzhou, and they made it clear to the government that we did not want the house. You see Deal with it.
However, it was very difficult to deal with. The place was across the Yangtze River and was too remote. Even those who could afford it looked down upon that rural place.
The township also needs to conduct frequent inspections and regular maintenance.
In addition, the property rights are not clear enough, so it is really difficult to take action.
This time Zhou Zhi won it, which was a complete relief for the township and county. The paperwork was done very carefully. The price was 50,000 yuan, 30,000 yuan went to the county, and 15,000 yuan went to the county. Returning to the hometown, five thousand returned to the team.
In fact, the house was worth 20,000 yuan. In order to make things easier, Zhou Zhi was taken advantage of.
This is just to take over the house. To repair it and restore it to its original appearance, another 50,000 yuan will be needed.
The godfather was very embarrassed. After all, he was also a member of the old Wu family. Zhou Zhi was equivalent to renovating the old house for the old Wu family.
Jiang Shuyi asked: "Will we come back often after graduation?"
This is a question, let alone myself, even my godfather and godmother went to Manzhou , I may not always have time to go back to Jiachuan, let alone go to my old home in Baimi Township.
Zhou Zhi had never thought about this before, but now that he thinks about it, it is true, but he still said: "Leave a thought about it, it is better than nothing at all."
"Huh?" A small point of light fell from the sky, Jiang Shuyi reached out to catch it: "Firefly."
(End of this chapter)