Kai Fu Han

Chapter 140 Grain Storage Act

At three o'clock in the morning, Mr. Qin was still lying on the kang, sleeping soundly. The warm kang was newly installed last year. When we were laying on the kang, Mr. Qin specially made a large kang, which was seven feet wide and twelve feet long.

There is no need to heat the kang in early summer, but Mr. Qin still likes to sleep on this kang.

Just one reason, big!
He can roll around on the kang at will.

……

Liu Lizhen led people to the illegal landlord's house. There was no defense at the scene, except for an old concierge guarding the door.

"You are really stupid. You have violated the laws of the Xinghan League. Today, people from the Xinghan League came to the village to collect grain taxes, but they were not prepared at all."

Pushing open the old concierge who was blocking the door, Liu Lizhen led people directly into the courtyard.

The official who led the way must have dealt with the owner of the house before and knew the layout of the courtyard, so he led the people directly inside.

After crossing the courtyard, we came to the inner courtyard and stopped in front of the door of a large room in the middle of the inner courtyard.

The official came forward and knocked on the door.

"Who are you looking for death? I haven't gotten up yet."

There were shouts from inside.

Liu Lizhen pulled away the clerk who was still knocking on the door, stepped forward and kicked the door open. After entering, there was first a reception room, and an inner room inside, with a curtain in the middle.

He stepped forward to lift the curtain and walked into the inner room.

A woman's scream came from within.

When Liu Lizhen saw the female family members, he shouted directly: "Shut up, it's none of your business."

The female family members were frightened when they saw that the person coming was a middle-aged man who was strong and well-armed.After hearing Liu Lizhen's scolding, he immediately covered his mouth.

"Bold! Who let you in."

The female family member pulled the quilt to cover her body, revealing a fat man in his thirties on the bed. The man sat up and yelled at Liu Lizhen.

"Are you Qin Pengyue?"

Liu Lizhen asked. The official had introduced brief information about the landlord before.

"It's me, uncle. Who are you? How dare you break into a private house."

The Third Master Qin and Qin Pengyue didn't know whether they were brave or stupid, but in this situation, at this time, they still spoke in the tone of a master.

Liu Lizhen knew that arguing with such a person would yield no results, so he said directly.

"Among the 24 tenants who leased the farmland under your name, [-] households have sworn to join the Xinghan League before the summer harvest. The Xinghan League has a notice before the summer harvest. All the tenants of the Xinghan League will follow the "Xinghan League" According to the League’s Land Law, land rent cannot exceed [-]%, and summer taxes must be paid by the landlord.”

"When we promoted the policy in your village, we invited the head of each family to participate. Someone from your family must have participated."

“Now you are knowingly committing the crime and not only continue to charge tenants with heavy rents, but you also fail to pay the summer tax.”

"I formally inform you that you have been arrested, and people from the court will judge your issue later."

After speaking, Liu Li waved his hand, and the soldiers behind him stepped forward to tie up Qin Pengyue.

"I'm not resisting the tax. I'm going to pay it, and I'm going to pay it this afternoon."

When Qin Pengyue saw this formation, he really wanted to tie himself up. He finally gave up and started to quibble.

"You tell the judge these words."

Liu Lizhen ignored him, and continued to order the soldiers outside the door: "Drive out all the people in this yard, seal the yard, and wait until the referee of the head of this family comes down."

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Xinghan League headquarters.

"How many similar cases are there?"

Liu Xinqi asked Lu Ren.

"Not many, even if there were, after the tax collection point was set up in the village, the landlords voluntarily returned the overcharged land rent." Lu Ren replied: "There are only seven landlords who have been arrested so far."

"Since there are not many, we will judge them according to the provisions of the "Xinghan League Land Law"." Liu Xinqi said: "In troubled times, use heavy codes and speedy judgments to make a difference for the villages behind."

"it is good."

The next day, July [-]nd.

Notices on the punishment of the seven landowners and the implementation of the "Xinghan League Grain Storage Law" were posted on the notice boards of Penglai County and the villages below.

The seven illegal landowners were punished and first refunded the land rent they overcharged their tenants; then all the land under their names was confiscated.

The house is still left to them, but they must pay a fine of one hundred catties of grain per acre to the Xinghan League according to the amount of farmland that was illegally charged for heavy rent before they can live in their own house.

The penalty notice specifically explained that these seven people were the first offenders within the jurisdiction of the Xinghan League, and they have been given lighter punishments. If someone commits a crime again in the future, after the cultivated land is confiscated, a fine of one tael of silver per mu will be imposed on the illegally rented cultivated land. .

Regarding the "Xinghan League Grain Storage Law", in addition to prohibiting individuals from trading grain.

The notice specified the scope of grain reserves, including millet (millet), wheat (wheat, barley, oats, rye), millet (millet or millet), bean (bean) and rice (rice). These major grains are No private transactions are allowed.

During the summer grain collection period, people can sell grain directly to grain collection points. After the grain collection is over, they can go to grain stations in towns and Penglai County to sell.

The notification stipulates that before July [-]th, businessmen engaged in the grain store business can go to the Grain Reserves Department of the Xinghan League Headquarters to apply for registration and continue to sell the grain currently stored in the grain stores, but all grain sold in the future must be purchased from the Grain Reserves Department.

It is stipulated that the basic reserve grains include: millet (millet is only hulled but not polished), wheat (hulled wheat grains), millet (only hulled but not polished), bean (only hulled) and rice (millet is removed, Brown rice after stone removal, magnetic separation and rice husk separation)

It is stipulated that the selling price of basic grains must not be higher than five cents per catty. This kind of basic grains can be eaten directly after being cooked, filling the stomach without killing anyone.

Of course, the taste must be very bad.

Basic grains such as flour and polished rice are processed and sold by grain stores, and there is no price limit.

In order to prevent grain stores from selling only fine noodles and polished rice and not coarse grains, the notice specifically stipulates that all grain stores must not run out of basic grains or refuse to sell them, and they must close down if they are responsible.

At the same time as the notice was posted, the directly-operated grain stores of the Grain Reserve Department in various towns, towns, southeast and northwest of Penglai County also began to open for business at the same time.

These grain stores have a front store and a back warehouse layout. Currently, they only sell coarse grains. Millet is the most expensive, priced at four cents per catty, and brown rice and wheat grains are the cheapest, priced at three cents per catty.

As soon as they opened, the business of the township grain stores was very dull, but there were long queues in front of the four grain stores in the county, with citizens rushing to buy.

"As long as you buy these food stamps, no matter when you come in the future, no matter how high the price of food is, you can exchange it for food with the face value of the food stamps?"

Some people asked the clerk of Ximen Grain Store.

There is a counter in the grain store that sells food stamps instead of grain.

A catty of noodles is worth three Wen on food stamps.

"Look at this note, there are ears of wheat drawn on it, and the word "wheat grains" is written under the pound, so it can only be exchanged for wheat at the same value. The exchange for other grains will increase or decrease in the same proportion according to the price." The clerk took out a piece of paper. Food stamps, pointing to the words on the stamps and explaining to the people who asked.

(End of this chapter)