Qingzhou Prefecture, Changle County. Novels   .

Old Man He, a villager in Yanhua Village, always felt dizzy today.

Early in the morning, the village chief called the whole village to the entrance of the village, saying that the government would implement a new tax collection method and would publicize it to everyone.

This is nothing. No matter who becomes the emperor, this tax is bound to be indispensable.

Anyone who dares to flee to the imperial grain will definitely be sent by the government to take it to the yamen to beat the board, which will make the skin and flesh bloom.

King Li Chuang initially claimed that he would not pay food and only rob the money of the landlords and officials, but in the end he was in vain and even lost his life.

So, ordinary people should not think about those irrelevant things. Pay the food if you should pay, and pay the tax if you should pay.

Anything you eat with a bite can last.

The Ming Dynasty was the first to collect grain and pay taxes, and after the Wanli One Whip Method, it was changed to the transaction of silver. The only difference was that the grain was first sold for silver and then paid, which was sometimes the profiteering sells grain at a low price, and he suffered a loss.

The village chief worked hard and Old Man He listened patiently like other villagers.

There is no big difference in this over and over again. The government will do whatever it says.

Who would have thought that after a long passage, the words were amazing?

The government actually allowed Yanhua Village to be exempted from taxes for three years.

Of course, this is conditional. The villagers of Yanhua Village must plant something called potatoes.

Although the village chief showed the villagers the real potatoes, the villagers still whispered, thinking that this matter was not very reliable.

This potato looks dirty, can it be eaten just like a stone?

And why have you never heard of it before?

Wheat, millet, and sorghum are often grown by the villagers of Yanhua Village, but these potatoes are the most knowledgeable old people in the village.

The village chief said with great thoughts and saw that everyone was cold in attitude, so he gritted his teeth and ordered someone to take a big pot, set up a pot at the entrance of the village to cook the dishes himself.

He cut the potatoes into shreds, prepared oil, vinegar and garlic, and poured them into the pot, and finally poured the shreds of potatoes into it and stir-fry them.

The villagers all stared at every move that grew inside.

Can this thing be fried?

After stir-frying the inside, the shredded potatoes were out of the pot and put them on the plate, and walked over one by one from the villagers with the plate.

Everyone got the opportunity to pick up a few shredded potatoes and tasted them, but almost everyone's eyes lit up.

This tastes so special.

Potatoes and rice flour have different tastes, giving people a fulfilling feeling.

After everyone tasted it, the village chief said earnestly that the government agreed to allow Yanhua Village to retain some land to continue planting wheat and sorghum in the first year. If they are satisfied with the potato planting results, they can change to plant potatoes in all the land from the second year. In this way, after three years, they are exempt from taxes.

If villagers are not satisfied with potatoes, they can give up planting potatoes and continue to plant wheat and sorghum. However, this way, they will have to pay taxes normally from the second year.

This condition is obviously more attractive. The villagers of Yanhua Village can be said to have a stable profit without losing money.

If planting potatoes is more suitable than planting wheat and sorghum, they are naturally willing to plant more or even all of them. If planting potatoes is very pitiful, they will naturally change back to planting wheat and sorghum.

But why is the government willing to suffer this loss?

Of course, the village chief did not let the villagers make a decision immediately.

After all, this is not a small matter and the whole village needs to make a decision together.

The village was given three days to the whole village.

Three days later, we gathered at the entrance of the village again and decided whether to change to plant potatoes.

Old Man He returned home and called his wife and son, and the whole family started to talk together.

"Damn it, tell me, can this kind of potato really be better than sorghum in planting wheat?"

Old Man He's wife He Liu said carefully: "I don't think so. I have tasted a few potato shreds, and the noodles are very good. I can eat too much Guanyin dirt, but I can't pull it out. Look, these potatoes are mostly the same as Guanyin dirt."

Old Man He turned to his son He Daniu again and raised his chin: "You said, "

He Daniusheng has a big and thick figure, but he is not an idea.

He scratched his head and said, "Dad, this potato tastes really good, but if you want us to eat a few of them in the village, it must be very delicate. Now it's full of drought, and I'm afraid that it won't be able to grow it."

Old Man He fell into silence.

Judging from the meaning of my wife and son, I don’t really like this potato.

But Old Man He himself wants to try it out.

This is not entirely because he is optimistic about potatoes, but because he is interested in the policy of exempting taxes from growing potatoes in the first year.

There are actually many loopholes in it.

The government said that the first year of the first year the villagers of Yanhua Village were allowed to mix seeds, and as long as they plant potatoes, they would not have to pay taxes.

From the second year, all potatoes must be planted to continue to be tax-free.

But it does not mention the proportion of potato planting in the first year of mixed seedlings.

If you only use 10% of the land to grow potatoes and the rest grow sorghum or wheat, wouldn’t it be a big advantage?

You should know that even the potatoes grown in this land cannot be eaten, and the taxes that are exempted from 90% of the land are earned back.

What if the potato is really as good as the village says?

Isn’t that just a big profit?

That's exemption from taxes for three consecutive years.

The money saved is enough to save for my son to ask for a wife.

After thinking about it over and over again, Old Man He still felt that he had vision and was not like his wife and son who only stared at the interests in front of him.

"I decided to only take out 10% of the land in the first year to plant potatoes, so that even if you lose, you won't lose much. However, you can be exempted from paying 10% of the tax. If potatoes are not suitable for eating, we will not plant them next year."

Old Man He was talking nonsense at home, but he said that He Liu and He Daniu stopped talking.

After a long time, He Liu said timidly: "The child's father, why don't you ask about it?"

Old Man He said, "What are you doing? What's wrong with our family? Besides, the village chief talked about it for three days and then discussed it at the entrance of the village, and you will know it when the time comes."

He Liu didn't dare to say anything anymore, but he poked his son.

This little move was naturally seen by Old Man He.

He scolded him angrily: "Whatever you say, what's the point of letting your child push the tank."

He Liu sighed, "Children's father, I always think this matter is a bit strange. Why don't we stand up and take a look first?"
Chapter completed!