Author: Erzi Congzhou

"Of course, these prerequisites are due to the 'fish scale book' and the household registration system first introduced by Zhu Yuanzhang. There is complete land clearing and control over the country. Behind the policy, there must be the support of the Eight Banners Butcher's Knife, so that land occupiers have to

Only by obeying can it be carried out thoroughly."

"In addition, it must be based on sufficient metal currency circulation, a developed small commodity economy, and a mature urban and rural social structure. If we really study it in detail, the problem will be very complicated."

"Otherwise, local officials and subordinates can kill taxpayers just by playing with the price difference between copper and silver just by whipping them one by one."

Fang Wenyu was shaken by the average land area per capita in ancient times. He had no idea that the ancients were so "arrogant": "Not to mention one hundred acres, even one thirty-five acres, how can you cultivate it?"

"Unlike now, there was sufficient fertilizer in ancient times, so it was necessary to cultivate fallow crops." Zhou Zhi said: "The use of farmyard manure did not become common until the Song Dynasty. Therefore, only half or even less of a thirty-five acres can be cultivated.

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"Even this is very difficult. That's why the average life expectancy in ancient times was so low. This is inseparable from hard work."

"The actual situation will never be as good as what the court reported. There have been various central and local exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes such as black accounts, dry bones, keenhe, salt tea, yigang, hedu, xian consumption, etc. in the past dynasties. The life of the common people is not that easy.

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Speaking of this, it can only be said that there is nothing new under the sun. According to the fifth uncle, the three mentions and five traditions in Dajing Township are now a bit heavy.

It didn't matter to him. After the collapse of the Xiang Winery, he helped Sister Xiaojuan'er run sales, and he and Brother Dayong cooperated tacitly to win many orders. The income was much higher than that of the Xiang Winery. In addition, the third sister often sent money home, so it was no problem.

No pressure.

But for the folks who make a living by farming, raising money has become a big expense.

I can't change these big things, so I can only be happy that everything I can touch around me, and my family seems to be doing well. For example, Xiang Yu was admitted to college this time, and his family really took care of it, and he can still see that scene now.

The trace of the grand banquet is the red brick stove on the side of the open dam, which has not been removed to this day.

There are also red firecracker papers scattered around the open dam, showing the joy and pride of this family when celebrating their son becoming a college student.

Xiang Yu, as He Xiu's "top product", also did very well in the exam this time. The school is Xi'an University of Electronic Science and Technology, which has become very popular in recent years, majoring in communication engineering.

As the first college student in Divine Arm City, Xiang’s father and Xiang’s mother can’t be too proud, especially since a large group of classmates came today, all of them are college students. As the captain, Xiang’s father even felt that he was several times better than the county leaders.

You have to work hard to inspect this place.

The friends haven't stopped talking. From here, they started eating jelly and fruits, and in the afternoon they had cold cakes, cold noodles, and bamboo worms.

The table was especially rich in the evening. There was a large stream leading to the river in the north of Divine Arm City, called Widow's Cao. It was rich in aquatic products, so Xiang's father and Xiang's mother not only filled the table with their own chickens, ducks and bacon, but also bought some aquatic products.

A big carp made into lump fish, sprinkled with chives and mint leaves, is highly praised.

Carp is generally not available on Zhou Zhi's dining table, but the carp prepared by Xiang's mother was so fresh and tender that Zhou Zhi, a glutton, couldn't help but want to learn from it.

It turns out that the trick is to chop the fish into pieces, season it, wrap it in thick gravy with sweet potato starch, and deep-fry the hard shell twice. Then prepare the fish sauce and put the fish pieces down. Try to push and move as little as possible, and let the juice dissolve in it over low heat.

The aroma is cooked into the fish pieces, then thickened and served in the pot.

Most people in Jiachuan skip the frying step when cooking fish. They usually like to thicken the fish fillets, or cook the whole fish. This method is good for cooking higher-end aquatic products. When cooking carp, grass carp, etc., the meat will turn into firewood.

The truth is worthless. Zhou Zhi knows how to make squirrel fish and braised carp. This method is actually similar to them, but the knife skills of squirrel fish are better, and the braised carp is just the whole fish.

According to Dad Xiang, this is a recipe he learned when he drove a car in Tai'an and Tongnan, Chongqing, but the sauce was changed to a homemade sweet and sour watercress fish sauce.

There are many fruit trees in the Xiang family, so they can make a lot of wine. Xiang Yu is an honest boy and does not cheat his classmates. He tells everyone that this is very intoxicating.

I drank several kinds of fruit wine here, orange, lychee, plum...

In addition to sugar, Xiang Yu added fresh mint leaves to the wine when mixing it. This was the first time for the friends to drink this way. They found that adding a little mint to summer wine made it really comfortable to drink.

Because we had to drive in the car tomorrow, everyone drank more restrainedly, but the drinking time lasted for a long time. It was not until the moon climbed over Longtou Mountain that the main banquet was called off. Everyone changed into long clothes and trousers and moved the small table.

When we got inside the open dam, we lit mosquito coils all around, placed the salted peanuts and beans that Xiang Ma had just cooked, and sat on small bamboo chairs with backrests to drink tea and chat.

"I found that the environment at home of many classmates is good. Yang He's family, Wei Fei's family, and Xiang Yu's family are all like this." Zhou Zhi sat next to Jiang Shuyi, blowing the breeze from the river, and said with emotion.

"I heard you say it's good Feng Shui?" Zhang Xinyi looked at Zhou Zhi peeling peanuts for Jiang Shuyi, curled his lips, and then said with a smile: "My mother said you bought Uncle Wu's old house, how is the environment there?

How does it compare with Yang Hejia?"

"If we compare the house alone, the old Wu family will win. After all, the Wu family's people who drank foreign ink took US dollars to repair it. The materials and design are all high-quality. It is a rare farm villa style that combines Chinese and Western styles in our area." Zhou Zhi said.

: "But compared to the environment, it can't compare to the beauty of Yang He's house with mountains behind it and water on its side. The main focus is on Dapingba, a riverside place with a wide view."

The Wu family's old house was finally negotiated, and both the county and the township were taken away as a burden. The place had been used as a grain depot for the army for a period of time, and it was vacated after the policy was implemented. As a result, the Wu family was either abroad or in Yuzhou.

, tell the government clearly that we don’t want that house, and you can watch and deal with it.

However, it was very difficult to deal with. The place was across the Yangtze River and was too remote. Even those who could afford it looked down upon that rural place.

The township also needs to conduct frequent inspections and regular maintenance.

In addition, the property rights are not clear enough, so it is really difficult to take action.

This time Zhou Zhi won it, which was a complete relief for the township and county. The paperwork was done very carefully. The price was 50,000 yuan, 30,000 yuan returned to the county, 15,000 yuan returned to the hometown, and 5,000 yuan returned to the team.

superior.

In fact, the house was only worth twenty thousand, so Zhou Zhi was taken advantage of in order to gain some perspective.

This is just to take over the house. To repair it and restore it to its original appearance, another 50,000 yuan will be needed.

The godfather was very embarrassed. After all, he was also a member of the old Wu family. Zhou Zhi was equivalent to renovating the old house for the old Wu family.

Jiang Shuyi asked: "Will we come back often after graduation?"

This is a problem. Not to mention myself, even if my godfather and godmother go to Manzhou, they may not always have time to go back to Jiachuan, let alone go to their old home in Baimi Township.

Zhou Zhi had never thought about this before, but now that he thought about it, it was true, but he still said: "It's better to leave a thought there than nothing at all."

"Huh?" A small point of light fell from the sky. Jiang Shuyi reached out to catch it: "Firefly."
Chapter completed!