Chapter 37 Rest and Rest (Three)

Author: Xianren Grass Tofu Milk

Chapter 37 Rest and Rest (Three)

Five months later

The fourth year of Hanzhong Yuan

First month

Wang Family Meeting Hall

"The head of the family is here!"

"Meet the head of the family!"

"Second uncle, third uncle and fourth aunt, all cousins, as well as Miss Song and Mr. Zhang, as well as sister-in-law and cousin-law, please sit down." Wang Tairan was the last person to come to the conference hall with his servant's shouts. He took off his cloth shoes under his feet and entered the conference hall with a pair of cloth socks. He walked to the seat belonging to the head of the family, waved his hand to everyone in the hall to sit down, and then bowed to the old grandmother on the bed beside him before sitting down and said respectfully: "I have met my grandmother."

"Well, sit down." The old grandmother nodded slightly and said to everyone below: "Then, let's start this year's discussion."

"Yes." Everyone responded.

Scream-

Although it was broad daylight, the servants and maids still lit the oil lamps, retreated outside the door, closed the door, and did not dare to disturb the owners' discussions.

After the door was closed, the hall became a little darker, with only the ceiling illuminated by sunlight, plus the oil lights in the hall.

Looking at the people below, Wang Tairan sat upright and said to Song Qianru, who was also given the qualification to participate in the deliberations, "Miss Song, let you first mention the reform of our Wang family over the years, so that everyone can have an impression before the deliberations."

"yes."

At this time, Song Qianru was no longer the canary girl who was imprisoned in a cage to relieve her sorrow. She is now twenty-six years old and is one of the managers of the Wang family.

She and his husband Zhang Long were both given equal rights with the children of the Wang family because of their knowledge. Therefore, she regarded herself as part of the Wang family, stood up respectfully, first saluted to his grandmother, then saluted to Wang Tairan, and finally saluted to the children of the Wang family. Only by sitting down did she begin to tell the various reforms of the head of the family over the years.

"Five years ago, my ancestor was killed in the Nuolan River Valley, and all the supplies he carried were lost. Just in the spring of the next year, the grain harvest of our Wang family plummeted, so that many farmers fled to famine, and even starved to death and froze to death. Under such circumstances, the head of the family carried out reform."

"First, suspend grain exports, reduce grain making, and leave more food to nourish the people."

"Secondly, the serf system was improved, and all serfs were promoted to tenants, and the total 200,8437 acres of land in Luoyueyuan was allocated to 11,352 serfs, including five acres of old people, ten acres of children, fifteen acres of women and teens, and twenty acres of young and middle-aged people."

"There are 10,000 acres of land reserved for criminals and slaves of the stream. In special circumstances, people who were demoted to serfs again will have a profit of 0.00. The manor collects all the harvest, and the farmer only retains basic rations."

"Then, the share of tenants increased from 19 to 37, and today's tenants can keep 30% of their harvest in the fields."

"Reduce the treatment of personal soldiers from 100 yuan a day to 50 yuan a day."

"The scale of the serf army was reduced, and only three teams were retained, and the name was changed to the public security team, guarding Chenyue Salt Field, Yinyue Port, and Luoyueyuan respectively."

"Reduce the monthly money of the Wang family's children from a thousand coins per day to two hundred coins per day."

"It is stipulated that children of the Wang family are not allowed to use silk blankets when traveling in the future, and are prohibited from being extravagant and wasteful."

"Reduce the number of maids, slaves, dancers and musicians in the manor, and place them in Yinyue Port to become free people."

"Equipment and Weapons and Horses Repairs have been reduced from once a month to once a year, and new armors have been suspended."

"There will no longer be the monthly update of furniture for personal soldiers, and it is prohibited to reward women as items."

“Reduce torture, reduce whipping…”

Song Qianru finished talking about Wang Tairan’s benevolent political reform over the past few years, and her face turned red. She took a deep breath and said respectfully to everyone: "Qianru has reported the reform measures."

"Thank you for your hard work, Miss Song, please sit down." Wang Tairan smiled and nodded, very satisfied, waved his hand to signal the other party to sit down, and then said to his second uncle Wang Chong: "Second uncle, please report on the financial situation before the restructuring."

"yes."

After Song Qianru sat down, Wang Chong of the second wife stood up and saluted everyone in order of superiority and inferiority, and then began to report on his throat.

"Before the reform, the manor earned 1,100 gold every year and spent 1,500 gold, and lost 400 gold every year."

"The income part is that Luoyue's original agricultural income is 650 gold, the sea trade business income is 350 gold, and the Jianren tribe leader Wang Anke and Wang Luoxi pay tribute to local specialties worth 100 gold every year."

"In part, the children of the manor spend 300 gold a year, the train of personal soldiers consume 500 gold a year, the feeding of horses consume 450 gold a year, the maintenance of weapons and equipment ships consume 100 gold a year, the maintenance of slaves, maids, and serf soldiers consume 50 gold a year, and the rest of the consumption, such as musicians, dancers, festival celebrations, banquets for other gentry, bribery of officials, etc., consume 100 gold a year."

"The revenue part is detailed... Yuheng Agricultural Reclamation Area... Winemaking Works... Xuxiang County Trade... Dashi County Trade..."

"The expenditure part is detailed...maids...slaves...dance girls...dances..."

The second uncle Wang Chong reported much more, and the finances were also the main content of the discussion.

After such a long report, half an hour has passed.

After the report, Wang Chong, the second wife, took out a few more bamboo slips and handed them over to Wang Tai and added: "The relevant data are recorded on this, please check it out."

"Yes." Wang Tairan nodded and slowly looked up the bamboo slips.

Since the reform advocated frugality, such books, such as this, began to use bamboo slips instead of using frosted paper made of silk as extremely luxuriously as before.

When Wang Tairan was checking the account records on the bamboo slips, Wang Huajiao, who was standing beside him, asked him: "There are too many supplies consumed by personal soldiers, equipment and horses. Can't we reduce the number of personal soldiers?"

Others also looked at Wang Tairan when they heard this.

Under the gaze of everyone, Wang Tairan put away the bamboo slips, thought for a while, and then slowly said his thoughts.

"The personal military system was created by our ancestor Kang, and it is the foundation of our Wang family's foothold in Liaodong. If there were no personal military personnel, our Wang family would have been killed by the natives here, or they were engulfed by the anger of tens of thousands of serfs in Luoyueyuan."

"It's just that during the period of the ancestor Taihao, too many personal soldiers were recruited and the treatment of personal soldiers was greatly improved. The living standards of each personal soldiers were not inferior to those of the small landlords in the Central Plains, so there was such a terrifying consumption today."

"Brother Kang and his ancestor Taihao both promised their personal soldiers that the Wang family would support them for the rest of their lives. If the number of personal soldiers was reduced and some people were laid off, how would they view our Wang family? Will they rebel and even join the rebels formed by the farmers?"

"In any case, we may not add new personal soldiers for the time being, but those who have become personal soldiers must not be eliminated, or they will not be recruited, and they will not be eliminated after recruitment. This is the integrity of our Wang family!"

After explaining this, everyone no longer said that the importance of personal soldiers to the Wang family was well known, but the consumption over the years was too terrifying, and they had to eat all the property of a low-ranking powerful man in the Central Plains in a year.

"Uncle Second, continue to report on the financial situation of the manor this year." After the explanation, Wang Tairan continued to read the bamboo slips just now, and at the same time asked Wang Chong, the second wife, to continue to report on the financial situation to everyone.

"Um."

Sigh ~

The second wife Wang Chong took a sip of tea and then continued to report.

"This year... Overall, income and expenditure are basically balanced, and the restructuring of the head of the family is very successful."

After another long discussion, everyone began to talk.

"There are already personal soldiers complaining that the furniture in their house has not been updated for many years." Zhang Long frowned and told the truth.

"Since the silk book was replaced by bamboo slips, it has been a lot of trouble for everyone to read. The bamboo slips are too heavy." Song Qianru shook her head and added.

"My family, Changzhi, has not replaced a new horse to practice riding and shooting for many days. They practice with the same horse every day, and the effect is not very good." By raising Wang Changzhi, Wang Lan'er, who was originally a maid of the Xu family, also entered the meeting hall to discuss matters in an extraordinary manner.

"Is it just balance? I thought I could have a balance to buy me some silk. I haven't used silk blankets for a long time. Every time I go out, my shoes have to step on the dirty ground, which is so annoying..." The person who said this was the fourth aunt Wang Yue. She has always been a beauty-loving woman, even though she is thirty-five years old.

"Haha... I will endure it for a few more years. When our Wang family develops, we will naturally restore the living standards of the ancestors." Wang Tairan chuckled. Although he was the head of the family and could issue orders to anyone present, doing so was too sad after all. It was a family, so there was no need to do so.

"Since you promoted all the serfs to tenants and only collected 70% and left them 30%, those serfs were grateful to you, and some said that you were the reincarnation of the saint of Confucius and Mencius." Zhang Xiuwan, the manager of the Wang Family Winemaking Workshop, flattered Wang Tairan.

"Sister-in-law is joking." Wang Tairan smiled indifferently, but in his heart he accepted the praise of Confucius and Mencius in his rebirth. After all, compared with the 28 points of ancestor Kang and the 19 points of ancestor Taihao, his 37 points are indeed considered benevolent politics.

"Report to Master! Tai Yang Shaojun and Miss Roujing have returned from overseas and have arrived in Yinyue Port!"

Just as everyone complained about the difficulties they faced or flattered the head of the family Wang Tairan, the sound of slaves sounded outside the door.
Chapter completed!