The beautiful pastoral field of Jiangmen girl

Chapter 405 Never explained (1)
"Of the eleven shops, it is said that the Eldest Master snatched four, and the Third Master snatched five. The remaining two were saved by Master Wu who tried his best to keep the house deeds in his arms."

She felt relieved, "How about Wu Ye's three shops?"

"There was no movement over there. Judging from the meaning, I'm afraid she was saved. However, I heard that the Wu family has locked her in the woodshed. Now the matter of the Wu family master is not Wu Tianbin, the sick child, but Wu Ye's family." Wu Tianhua, the second son of the eldest son, there is one more thing, miss."

"what's up?"

"According to reports, the Eldest Master and the Third Master had contacted several unfamiliar businessmen a few days ago, and they mainly talked about the transfer of shops."

She was not surprised, and stated the facts, "It means that someone is going to get in on it." This year, her energy must be mainly focused on wasteland and fertile land.Thinking of this, she made a choice, "Forget it, we don't want the Wu Mansion's shop anymore."

Butler Gu was puzzled, "Miss, why did you change your mind?"

"Now it's the season of warm spring and flowers blooming. There are a lot of things to worry about in the wasteland. I have to keep an eye on it myself. If I take over the shop from the Wu Mansion, there will be more things to worry about." But our manpower is limited, and there are too few people who can play the leading role. We can't send trustworthy and capable people to manage a dozen shops there. What if the business is not good, what should we do if we lose money? What's the use of going to those shops! To be on the safe side, let's forget about it."

Butler Gu felt that what the lady said was not unreasonable, "That's the reason."

"The suppression of the Wu family cannot be stopped. The revenge of killing the mother is not so easy to settle. What will happen next, just keep watching."

Butler Gu took the order to resign.

Two days later, An Rongzhou left as scheduled.Steward Gu and Steward Wu took five or six people from the farm to see the fertile land of the government.Zhou Boyan sent someone to say hello to Mr. Yu, so Master Zhang personally led people to point out the fertile fields belonging to the government to Gu Steward and others.

After three or four days like this, after discussing, Qingshu made up her mind to rent two large pieces of fertile land that are relatively closest to her wasteland.The sum of these two fertile fields is about 49 hectares, less than [-] hectares.

Before handling the relevant documents, Mr. Zhang asked how the ancient mansion planned to pay taxes.According to the law of the current dynasty, there are three ways to rent and plant government land and pay taxes.

First, turn over [-]% of the grain and other crops produced in the field.Regardless of whether the harvest is good or bad, the ratio remains the same.Because the government can only collect this tax in the fall of autumn, some guarantee money must be paid at the beginning of the land lease.In addition, land renters have to bear some other miscellaneous taxes and corvee.People who farm government land will basically choose this method to pay taxes.

Second, at the beginning of the land lease, the government estimated the grain output of the previous year as the standard, and then calculated [-]% of the harvest. Based on the current grain price, the corresponding taxable amount was calculated. amount.At the beginning of renting the land, the renter paid the tax in the form of silver taels.If the land renter chooses this option, other miscellaneous taxes or corvee can be exempted.In this way, it seems cost-effective to choose this option, but land renters generally don't choose it.Because it's not the autumn harvest season, you can't predict the year at all, and you can't be sure whether it will be a good year or a bad year.It’s okay in a good year, but in a bad year, even if you have no income, you won’t get any money back from the taxes you pay.

Third, [-]% of the crops produced in the fields were handed over in autumn, regardless of whether the harvest was good or not.In this way, other miscellaneous taxes and corvees for land renters can be completely exempted.Similarly, most people don't choose this one.In the era of low food production, people have a handful of strength, but they lack food for survival.Miscellaneous taxes and corvee can be completed with a handful of efforts in exchange for work, but the [-]% of the food is absolutely irreplaceable even if you are willing to pay a handful of efforts.

Gu Guanjia and Wu Guan had to choose the first method of paying taxes as a matter of course.But Qingshu vetoed it and chose the second method.Because she had thought about it, she would plant at least 45 hectares of corn in these fertile fields.The yield per mu of her corn last year was half a stone higher than others. This year, it is not impossible to be one stone higher than others.If Qiu pays taxes, she must pay more than others.She chose the second option, and paid the tax early according to the low-yield standard of others. When autumn came, no matter how much food she harvested, it was all her own.In comparison, how much food she had to save in paying taxes!
Furthermore, because she rented and planted the fertile land from the government first, even if Zhou Boyan helped her get back the land deed when the winter wheat was harvested, the taxes paid this year could not be escaped and must be paid.Therefore, she boldly chose the second option, without taking into account the arrears.

Gu Butler and Wu Guanshi deliberately dissuade Qingshu.But Zhou Boyan put down his words and listened to Qingshu on this matter.Zhou Boyan said that if there is a lack of harvest or something more serious than the lack of harvest, he will bear all the losses.He said so, just to show that he would support Qingshu to the end.Steward Gu and Steward Wu didn't say much more, and they replied to Master Zhang, and the Gu Mansion paid taxes in the second way.

When all taxes and taxes are paid, the deed will be completed.The housekeeper Gu gave Qing Shu the deed for renting the land, then ran to the firewood room, grabbed the servant's job, and chopped firewood alone.

Zhou Boyan walked over with one hand behind his back, and he was not angry when he saw that Steward Gu was only focusing on chopping firewood and ignoring others, "What's the matter?"

The butler Gu heard that the firewood was no longer chopping, so he put the ax against the wall, "Who can say for sure what the year will be, what if the year is not good and the crops are not harvested?"

He said calmly, "If there is any loss, I will bear it." He still has this attitude.

Steward Gu has his own thoughts, "It's not a question of who bears the loss. If the times are not good, the young lady will blame herself for her impulsive actions today, the young lady will be discouraged, and the young lady will be unhappy. It’s fine to help and persuade, but he stood up and said those words, the young master is not helping the young lady, he is harming the young lady.”

After Zhou Boyan heard this, he did not interrupt Gu Steward, but showed an expression of wishing to hear more about it.

"Miss is very smart, but now she is young and inexperienced. It is understandable to be impulsive occasionally. When Miss is impulsive, we should discourage her. As long as it can be delayed for a few days, with her intelligence, she will figure it out. After communicating with each other, I decided to choose the safest way. The young master is good, instead of dissuading him, he stood up to support him. Yes, if you are like this, the lady will like the young gentleman more, but so what? When the lady calms down, she will definitely think about it At that time, how will the young master make the young lady happy?" Gu Butler did not hide his complaints towards Zhou Boyan, and poured out all the dissatisfaction in his heart.

Zhou Boyan smiled lightly after hearing this, "What the housekeeper said is not unreasonable. However, the housekeeper doesn't believe her, but I believe her. Did the housekeeper notice? When I said I believed her, her eyes lit up."

(End of this chapter)