Chapter 144 Imperial Food

As we enter the end of the month, the weather gets cooler.

Early in the morning, Lu Quan drove the mule cart to the town to deliver grain.

Lu Xiangge wanted to follow, but Lu Quan wouldn't let him.

Lu Quan, who had been given the royal rations, lined up to move in inch by inch under the sun.

It's okay to meet a nice guy who talks well, but if you meet a tricky guy, he'll either say that your food isn't dry or that your food isn't full enough.

If you're lucky, just pay some scales and you're done.

If you're not lucky, I'll just ask you to take it back, dry it in the air again, clean it up and send it back.

Lu Quan himself has experienced the joys and sorrows of this, and he doesn't want his wife and children to suffer the same.

Fortunately, the imperial grain that Xiao Xinzhuang handed over this time was paid on behalf of Shopkeeper Li, so it only had to be paid once, without having to separate it from household to household.

This will save a lot of manpower and time.

Lu Quan, Zhang San, Li Sixi, Boss Ma...

A total of ten strong men came to Xiaoxinzhuang this time, pulled by mule carts and pushed by small carts, pushing nearly 6,000 kilograms of grain to the town to deliver the public grain.

These six thousand kilograms are almost equivalent to less than half of the grain they harvested.

Fortunately, this year's grain was not grown by them themselves, but was delivered to Shopkeeper Li.

This year's harvest is good. From one acre of land, you can get a harvest of about 330 to 350 pounds. After deducting the 300 kilograms of capital paid to shopkeeper Li, each family can get an extra 300 to 50 pounds per acre of land.

Ten pounds.

Originally, the extra thirty or fifty kilograms were given to Lu Quan by shopkeeper Li. Since Lu Quan had to collect the food, he only had to give everyone the hard-earned money.

But Lu Quan has plenty of fields this year and there is no shortage of food.

He is willing to share his land with everyone, so naturally he will not care about the grain.

Besides, with this food, everyone's life will be easier. They can't eat dry food and see that everyone has nothing to eat.

In addition, shopkeeper Li also gave everyone the hard-earned money for harvesting and drying twenty kilograms of rice grains per acre.

With this acre of land, their family can keep dozens of kilograms of rice grains, shell them back to town and exchange them for coarse grains and brown rice, and then the family can have several full meals.

Don't look at the fact that shopkeeper Li only paid 20 kilograms of hard-earned money for one acre of land. These 20 kilograms are something that he would never dare to think about.

It only takes two or three days for one acre of land to be threshed and then dried, and they can get twenty kilograms of rice grains in two or three days. This is a huge advantage for them.

Moreover, they don't have to pay taxes.

The imperial tax was heavy. Originally it was 1 for every 15 hectares, but later it became 1 for every 10. In the past two years, due to severe droughts and floods, the taxes could not be paid. This year, one acre of land had to pay 90 kilograms of grain.

The common people were miserable, but they had to pay the royal rations.

Lu Xiangge has calculated that farming does not actually make money.

If one acre of land can be harvested at 300 kilograms, the seeds will cost about 30 to 40 kilograms.

This era is not like modern times, where one pound of cultivated high-quality rice seeds can plant an acre of land. In this era, rice is planted very thickly, just like wheat is grown in modern times. Only by sowing thickly can there be a harvest.

You cannot save rice seeds, otherwise there will only be one consequence: reduced harvest.

The seeds and taxes go to half of the harvest, and the other half does not belong entirely to you.

In addition to land tax, there is also head tax, labor service, various harvesting tools, labor, etc.

Those who really grow food are actually the ones who have no food to eat.

But Lu Quan's algorithm and Lu Sheige's algorithm are different.

They think that as long as they have land, the hard work is nothing.

Even if there is only fifty kilograms left on an acre of land after deducting all the agricultural capital in a year, they still think this is a profit.

Fifty pounds of rice hulled can leave about twenty-five pounds of rice. One pound of polished rice can be exchanged for two and a half pounds of brown rice, and one and a half pounds of old rice.

A family can have three to five acres of land. As long as they have grain and wild vegetables, and tighten their belts, they can survive for at least half a year.

If the poor no longer have land, they can only drink the northwest wind and wait to die.

The food was delivered to the town. This time, there were not as many people as Lu Quan imagined.

Probably because the grain harvest in their Xiaoxinzhuang was early, most of the villages had not yet harvested the grain. Even if some villages had harvested the grain, most of it had not been dried yet.

Because there are fewer people, the officials collecting grain are more strict than before.

The grain is first poured into a container called Dendrobium. This kind of container has a small mouth and a large bottom, and a bucket has 10 liters. Next to the Dendrobium, a chai with a round waist and thick arms stands responsible for kicking the bucket and pouring it into the tip, filling the bucket full.

He just kicked the grain and scattered it out. You are not allowed to pick up the grain that was thrown out.

Lu Quan shivered in distress as he watched the grains full of dendrobium being kicked and scattered to the ground.

However, I can only endure my heartache, and I have to quickly fill up the bucket on the side, and I have to be at the top.

This is the old calendar, and it is also a rule. The grain that is sown is the profit for the men.

If you encounter someone who is shameless and shameless, a kick will not matter. If someone kicks him twice, he will lose several kilograms of food.

You can say no, but you have to bear it with me if you have any grievances.

There weren't many people handing over food, but the Lu family paid a lot of food for shopkeeper Li this time. Plus there was a queue, and it was already past noon when it was their turn.

We were so busy entering the town early in the morning that some of the men didn't even have food to eat at noon. Fortunately, everyone had cultivated the land before and had paid the royal grain, so they were well prepared. Everyone took out the pancakes they brought from home, but there was no water either.

He just swallowed dryly and each chewed a piece to barely fill his stomach.

After struggling for the second half of the day, I reluctantly handed over the imperial rations. There was still some left in the bag.

The remaining 100 kilograms of rice grains were prepared by Lu Quanduo. In fact, he prepared nearly 200 kilograms of rice grains in order to prevent other situations from occurring when delivering the emperor's grain. Now because of the kicking point, the remaining

But there are still a hundred kilograms left.

This is already extremely lucky for them. If they are unlucky, they will not have enough food by then and they will have to make up for it tomorrow.

Lu Quan pulled the mule cart and the others to the street and then breathed a sigh of relief. He felt at ease after paying for the food.

From now on, this land belongs to him, Lu Quan, and the others. They can harvest as much as they sow. After paying the imperial grain, the rest will be theirs.

It can’t be said that it’s just a matter of time. At least with this place here, everyone can go without starving for a few months. If you work harder, open up more fields, catch more fish, and save more money, your life will slowly get better.

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After handing over the royal rations, everyone felt a lot more at ease.

They all discussed that they should buy some things needed for home in the town before going back.

After collecting the grain, paying the royal grain, and buying some necessary things for the family, everyone will live peacefully in Xiaoxinzhuang and never show up again.

Who knows when the Hongying Army will come, and they don't know what will happen to them then. It's better to stay safe at home.

If it really doesn't work, just run away. They have a boat anyway, so it's not impossible to go to Yehu Prodigal, wait for the Hongying Army to leave, and then come back.

Although they were worried about the arrival of the Hongying Army because they had food, everyone was not that destitute in their hearts.

Buy salt, buy flint, buy seeds...

At dusk, the people from Xiaoxinzhuang hurried back. As soon as they left the town, several large boats landed on the other side of the gate.

The Red Tassel Army is coming!
Chapter completed!