Chapter 72
After the sacrifice was completed, Liu Laoshi claimed the crime to his ancestors, and then stood up and instructed Liu He to put away the sacrifices on the incense table one by one. Then, with the help of Liu Yi, he carefully took down dozens of ancestor tablets on the table and put them in a sack that had been prepared. He would take them out to worship when the year ended every year.
Because today is the happy day for Liu Yi's engagement, Liu He specially prepared a table of good dishes. Lao Liu also took out his treasure wine pot and put it in warm water for a while. The whole family, except Liu Xiaohui, drank a full glass to celebrate.
You should know that marrying a wife and having children is a very important joy, whether in ancient times or in the present. The happiest thing about Liu Yiu is to have today is the two old men of the Liu family. So tonight, whether it is Liu Laoshi or Liu He, they all drank a few more drinks.
One is famously a shallow amount and drunk when drinking. The other is a woman who has never drunk a few times in total. The result of their drinking can be imagined. Liu Yi looked at the two parents lying on the table, and the second boy who was drunk under the table because he kept drinking secretly. He shook his head with a wry smile. After tilting his head and drinking for a drink, he got up and helped the others into the house one by one. Then he accompanied Liu Xiaohui to eat the dishes on the table.
No words all night.
Early the next morning, before Lao Liu and the others got up, the village in Gutian Village came to him. His purpose was to teach the fields.
Granting land is the right and obligation of every man with a Tang Dynasty household registration and over 18 years old. Granting land, arable land, and taxes is the way for farmers to eat and the source of national tax revenue.
The surname of the village, Wang, is a strong man in his forties, with a good temper, and a kind person as Liu Laoshi, and is a good man. He always has a kind face and does not have the air of becoming an official.
Chong Chong got up from the bed, and Lao Liu enthusiastically gave Wang Zhenggang to the house, followed the courtesy and asked Liu Yi to make tea. Liu sat down at Wang Zhenggang's bottom and asked, "I wonder what advice Wang Cunzheng would like to come here today?"
"How can I tell you what kind of advice? Lao Liu, you are so polite." Wang Zhenggang said with a smile: "Isn't a virtuous nephew already past eighteen? The village should give him fields according to the rules, so I wanted to divide the fields for a virtuous nephew before spring plowing. If it is well done, it will have a good harvest in a year."
"Wang Cunzheng please use tea!" Liu Yi handed the tea bowl with both hands and said with a smile: "Meng Zheng has troubled me with something."
Wang Zhenggang took the tea bowl, blew it a few times and then put it on the table, and smiled and said, "It is my responsibility to teach the fields and divide the land. There is nothing to worry about. You can sit down as well. The villagers in the country don't have to be so reserved."
"Your Liu family is different now and is one of the few big families in our Gutian Village, especially a nephew. This year, he got 30 hectares of Yongye Field, and it was directly approved by the county. This is something that our Gutian Village, and even the nearby villages have never had in decades. Haha, a hero is a young man, and a nephew deserves this old saying."
Wang Zhenggang is really good at speaking. He is worthy of being an official. The words he said made Liu Yi feel light in his heart. Liu Yi smiled and said, "Wang Cun Zhengmi praised him. Yi Yi is just a temporary luck. If you don't want to be so proud of him."
Wang Zhenggang smiled softly, picked up the tea on the table and took a sip, and said, "I know a nephew is a big deal, so I want to ask a nephew's opinion on this matter of land. The fields available for granting in the village include fertile fields, thin fields, and wasteland. The way for ordinary people to give land is ten acres of fertile fields, forty acres of fertile fields, and fifty acres of wasteland. The number of wasteland is fixed, but fertile fields can be exchanged into thin fields according to the wishes of the land-giver, and thin fields can also be exchanged into wasteland. I wonder if a nephew has the intention of this?"
Liu Yi's eyes lit up. He was so thirsty that someone came to give him a pillow and asked whatever he wanted. He asked Wang Zhenggang: "I wonder Wang Cunzheng, how do they calculate the exchange method between these fertile fields and thin fields, thin fields and wasteland?"
Wang Zheng seemed to have expected Liu Yihui to ask this question a long time ago. He looked at Liu Yi with a smile and said lightly: "One acre of fertile land can be exchanged for two acres of thin land. One acre of thin land can be exchanged for three acres of wasteland. Does a nephew have the intention to exchange it?"
One for two, one for three, and ten acres of fertile land plus forty acres of thin land can be replaced with 180 acres of wasteland. At this moment, his field will be added to 230 acres? Such a good business fool will not change it.
Liu Yi stood up, bowed to Wang Zhenggang, and said, "Wang Cunzheng, Yi Yi wants to exchange all the fields for wasteland. I wonder if the village can divide these wastelands next to the thirty hectares of land in the west of the village?"
"One!" Lao Liu said to the side and dissuaded: "Do you think about it again? That is ten acres of fertile land and forty acres of thin land. If you change it to wasteland, it will take many years to get a harvest, which is not worth it."
"Yes, a good nephew." Wang Zhenggang was also shocked by Liu Yi's bold decision. He had been a village chief for more than ten years, and there were at least hundreds of hectares of land. He had never seen a wasteland like Liu Yi. Isn't this a careless person? "Your uncle, your father is right, it's hard to open wasteland. If you change them all, you may find it difficult to pay the taxes for the next year."
Liu Yiyi stood there firmly, his eyes swept across Liu Laoshi and Wang Zhenggang's faces one by one, and said with a smile on his own: "Dad and Wang Cunzheng don't worry about this. I will naturally make sense for me to do this. You will understand when this autumn harvest is achieved. Please also ask Wang Cunzheng to divide the wastelands into one place with my thirty hectares. I am very grateful."
"This?" Wang Zhenggang looked at Lao Liu, wanting to hear what Lao Liu meant. After all, this is not a trivial matter. It is naturally a good thing to have a few more acres of fertile and thin fields in the village, but Wang Zhenggang cannot let people gossip, right? "Lao Liu, look?"
Liu looked at Liu Yixin honestly, knowing that this kid had any strange things, and he might have made some ideas this time. However, after thinking for a long time, Lao Liu sighed and said, "Forget it, let's follow what Yixin said."
"Okay!" Wang Zhenggang smiled and stretched out his finger to Liu Yiuan, saying, "A nephew is indeed unique and has a courageous spirit. Wang admires it."
Although he heard most of the slander in his words, Liu Yiu still smiled and said with a chat: "Wang Cunzheng has been too proud, but Yiu is just a little bolder and a little ignorant of life or death. Don't know the wastelands?"
"Don't worry about this nephew, I can still help with this." Wang Zhenggang agreed: "When the land is measured tomorrow, the land deed of 230 acres of land can be handed over to the hands of a nephew."
Liu Yi bent over and said, "Then it's time for Wangcunzheng."
"Haha, you are polite, your nephew is just your duty." As he said that, Wang Zhenggang stood up and bowed to Lao Liu and Liu Yi, "Since the matter has already come to an end, Wang will no longer bother you. If you have time in the future, Wang will come to visit again."
Chapter completed!