In fact, in Xinghua County, it is not just the Xu Family Manor that has achieved a bumper harvest.
Because the weather has been good this year and the large-scale promotion of high-yielding crops, the entire Xinghua County has achieved a bumper grain harvest this year.
There has been a good situation that has not happened in the past few decades.
Every household is filled with surplus grain.
But compared with the Xu family manor, the land of landlords and the land of a few farmers generally only increases grain production by 20 to 30%. Even if high-yielding varieties are used, the maximum yield of rice per mu is only four or five dan, and the yield of potatoes and sweet potatoes per mu is only 20% to 30%.
The appearance of having only a dozen dan, already made them laugh so hard that they couldn't even see their eyes.
But what about the Xu Family Manor?
Rice yields ten stones per mu.
The yield of potatoes per mu is more than 40 kilograms.
The sweet potato yield exceeds 30 kilograms per mu.
With a total land area of only 60,000 acres, more than 1.27 million shi of grain was produced.
The total grain output of the millions of acres of fertile land in Xinghua County is estimated to be less than three million dan. The eleven Xu family manors, which cover a total area of about 150,000 acres, have less than one-sixth of the cultivated land area.
, harvested more than 40% of the grain.
Based on the registered population of Xu Family Manor of 148,000, each person can receive an average of 8.58 shi from the staple food harvested in August alone, which is equivalent to 536.25 kilograms per capita, which is enough to eat well.
As for such a dazzling harvest performance, the Xu Family Manor did not hide it, but widely publicized it, held a grand celebration, commended and rewarded the farm workers who performed well, and selected hundreds of model workers.
, rewarded them with fifty silver dollars, a brick house, and twenty pounds of meat, and called on all farm workers to learn from them.
Zhang Gufeng, who had been driving a harvester for fifteen consecutive days and only rested for an average of six hours a day, was standing among these model worker representatives. Holding a model worker honorary certificate and a real estate certificate in his hands, he heard the applause from the audience and heard the sound of his family
People cheered, and my eyes couldn't help but get wet.
He felt that life was getting more and more promising. Suddenly he felt that he was still young and should live longer. He should work hard to get more model worker certificates and bring a better life to his family. He would work until he was six years old at least.
Only if you are over ten years old.
Among the countless spectators in the audience, many of the homesteaders and landlords' tenant farmers who came to watch the excitement around the manor were all jealous and envious, and they had heated discussions in private:
"If I had known that joining the manor would be so good, I should have applied to join."
"I've been fooled by Li Juren! He said that the collective estate is a conspiracy. After joining, all the fields will belong to the estate, and all the money will be collected. I have to work hard for the estate, which is harder than oxen and horses.
It's like selling yourself into slavery, who would have thought... I was deceived by Li Juren!"
"Originally, I was planning to sell the land to the manor, but Song Xiucai asked me to dedicate it to him, saying that he would only charge me 30% of the land rent. He also slandered me that if I joined Xujiazhuang, not only would the land be lost, but I would also not have enough to eat and would not be able to work hard.
Even if you live, you will be beaten... The stupid Song Xiucai deceived me like this!"
"Now I'm applying to join Xujiazhuang. I wonder if I agree? I regret it. It would be better to join the manor. I was obsessed with it at the beginning and just didn't want to sell the land. Alas!" The man slapped his head hard and regretted it.
"You can't join the Xu Family Manor just because you want to join. The manor was begging you before, but now it's useless for you to beg the manor. At least during this period, the manor will not expand." The manor raised his chin.
explained.
“Can I be accommodating?”
"Li Juren prevented me from joining Xujiazhuang, so I'm going to fight him!"
"Song Xiucai is such a bitch, I want him to compensate me for not being able to join the manor!"
"The words of these scholars are all lies, and we must never believe them again."
These farmers immediately gnashed their teeth in hatred towards those scholars and masters.
…
Xinghua County, county government office.
The good news of Xujiazhuang's great agricultural harvest, with millions of dan of grain harvested, spread throughout Xinghua County, and was also known to everyone in Yangzhou Prefecture, triggering heated discussions.
Naturally.
This news inevitably reached the ears of Xin Shiqi, Xinzhi County, Xinghua County (the previous county magistrate, Huang Yi, had been promoted to another county).
Inside the meeting room.
"Congratulations, sir. Xujiazhuang has had a great harvest. This year, the county's autumn tax collection will be completed in full and we will get top grades!"
The chief bookkeeper, Cheng Yunpeng, raised his hands and congratulated the county magistrate who was sitting at the head.
"I heard that the owner of Xujiazhuang is a scholar. He is as rich as anyone in the country. He should have a lot of backers. If he comes to ask for help, he will obediently pay the grain and taxes?"
However, Xin Shiqi was very calm and did not get carried away by the great harvest. Instead, he scanned the crowd with his triangular eyes and asked.
"Your Majesty, the County Magistrate, Xujiazhuang is very abiding by the rules. He will pay every cent of the statutory tax in full and send people to the county government. He will also give you an extra amount of money. This year, even if only the Xujiazhuang family pays food,
Pay taxes, sir, and you can also get top grades!"
Sun Gui, the county magistrate who knew the local situation best, immediately stood up and reported.
"Oh, how many are there?" Xin Shiqi asked.
"It's easy to calculate. Xujiazhuang's grain production is 1.27 million shi. Calculated according to the tax increase of 30 yuan and 9 cents of silver (0.9%), 53,763 shi need to be paid. There are more than 60,000 registered men in Xujiazhuang. Each person must pay
If you give one coin of silver, you can get more than 6,000 taels of silver. However, the quota for the autumn tax in our county is 50,000 shi of grain and 8,064 taels of silver. As long as Xujiazhuang pays the money and grain and does a little more collection, the quota can be met, and even exceeded.
Quite a few.”
The chief bookkeeper Cheng Yunpeng showed his professional ability and made calculations on the spot. He smiled broadly, as if he had seen the scene of making a fortune. After all, the quota was basically completed, and the remaining amount would be the net profit for them as much as the extra taxes and fees were collected.
?
Fat difference, big fat difference.
It is worth noting that Mr. Xin spent thirty thousand taels of his family's fortune to become the magistrate of Xinghua County.
Seeing that his subordinates were all overjoyed, Xin Shiqi remained calm and asked about the identity of the owner of the village, Xu Yuan, and what his background was.
Overseas wealthy businessmen.
He has no roots, no family, no relatives and no support.
I only won the title of scholar last year.
Although I have friends with many big businessmen in the business world, I really don’t have many connections in the officialdom.
In addition, Xujiazhuang has a large number of servants who are extremely capable. They practice firearms every day, and they also invite people to buy people's hearts and play tricks of big fights and small fights. They are suspected of conspiring to rebel.
"Snapped!"
Xin Shiqi slapped the table, and his triangular eyes released a venomous snake-like light: "Xujiazhuang has ulterior motives and is extremely audacious! If it is not wiped out, it will become a huge disaster for the country in the future. Three groups of officers were immediately summoned to discuss how to wipe out Xujiazhuang."
"grown ups!"
Sun Gui was startled and asked quickly: "Although Xujiazhuang has ulterior motives, it has not revealed its true nature, and we have not collected enough evidence of the crime. If we suppress them without guilt, I am afraid it will be difficult to convince the public."
Cheng Yunpeng, the chief bookkeeper, also quickly advised: "Sir, please don't get too impatient with this matter! If Xujiazhuang is really forced to rebel, if things get too big, the crime of 'forcing good people to rebel' will definitely fall on me and others, sir."
Think twice, for Xujiazhuang, you still have to figure it out slowly."
"Hahaha, I didn't say that I would take people to pacify Xujiazhuang. You are worrying too much."
Xin Shiqi smiled and changed his words: "I just sent them to Xujiazhuang to collect food and pay taxes. They only need to pay 300,000 shi for food and 500,000 taels of tax silver. Not a penny less! Send a few more people to the state.
I went to Nanjing to command the Envoy Department and contact some distinguished officials. I told them that Xujiazhuang, which was extremely wealthy, was merging land and resisting taxes, training thousands of servants, and conspiring to rebel. If it is not captured as soon as possible, it will definitely lead to a catastrophic disaster! My officer
I think there shouldn't be a few adults who would side with wealthy overseas businessmen."
Buzz~
Now Cheng Yunpeng, Sun Gui and others understood Xin Shiqi's plan.
The pig in Xujiazhuang has become fat and is about to be slaughtered. Mr. Xin decided to be the pig butcher.
The excuse is that Xujiazhuang is resisting taxes.
The butcher's knife was borrowed from the Nanjing Capital Commander's Office.
The person who shares the meat can be a high official in the imperial court or a distinguished noble from Nanjing. In short, I believe that there must be many people who want to share the meat with Xujiazhuang, a fat pig with no big backing.
It's poisonous.
Too cruel.
Cheng Yunpeng, Sun Gui and others were so poisoned that their backs were covered with cold sweat. They lowered their heads and did not dare to look into Xin Shiqi's triangular eyes. They also realized that no matter whether Xujiazhuang was willing to give out 300,000 shi of grain or 500,000 taels of silver,
, as long as it is targeted by Mr. Xin, Xujiazhuang will be finished sooner or later. If you don’t want to rebel, you will have to rebel!