Chapter 370 Don't Complain

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Mrs. Li obediently stretched out her arm to check the doctor's pulse. The doctor stroked his beard carefully to check the pulse, then quickly withdrew his hand and congratulated with a smile: "Congratulations to the old lady, the lady has a happy pulse, and it has been almost two months."

Zhu Lan paused for a moment, then smiled and said: "There are more people in the family, it's a good thing, Liu Ya will give the doctor the happy money."

Zhulan now puts some small silver coins in the box, and after half a year, she trusts Liu Ya a lot, and now Liu Ya can touch money, which was not allowed before.

The doctor got a tael of happy money, and got a tael of money for outpatient visits. He said that pregnant women need to pay attention, butler Ding sent the doctor away.

Mrs. Li waited for the doctor to leave before she regained her strength, "So I'm really pregnant."

Zhulan saw that Li's condition was not very good. Li's pressure was really great. Although Li and Wu Chun's daughter-in-law Wu were both peasant women with loud voices, Wu Chun was a general personally appointed by the emperor. As the second-in-command of the garrison, even if someone despised Mrs. Wu, no one dared to say it face to face.

Mrs. Li is different. The boss has no official status and is not famous. After all, Mrs. Li’s confidence is given by her boss. Even if Mrs. Li is careless, she will also be anxious. Come on, the anxiety is even more serious.

Zhulan tried her best to be kind to Mrs. Li: "You are twin now, tell the kitchen what you want to eat, tell mother what you want to buy, and mother will find it for you."

Speaking of which, Zhulan signaled Liu Ya to bring the money box, Zhulan opened the money box and took out two five taels of ingots and handed them to Mrs. Li.

"You take the ten taels of silver. Now there are many shops on the street, and there are also shops opened by foreign businessmen. You can buy whatever you like."

Zhulan felt that giving Li Shi money would make Li Shi feel much better. In the past half a year, Li Shi did not lose money, but Li Shi didn't spend it in a daze.

Mrs. Li held two ingots, "Mother, can I really spend them?"

"Of course!"

Mrs. Li cried again with tears in her eyes, "Mother, you are so kind to me."

Zhu Lan was silent, and Li Shi's mood fluctuated a bit, hey, the good Han Han Leng was so stressed that he became a crying baby, "Okay, it's getting late, you guys go back to rest too!"

Boss Zhou is in the joy of becoming a father again, he has another child, "Don't cry, let's go back and rest."

Mrs. Li avoided Boss Zhou's hand,

"I hold the silver myself, take your hands away."

Boss Zhou, "..."

He just wanted to support his wife.

Zhulan was happy, and she was still thinking about money at this moment, so it seemed that her anxiety was not too serious.

Half an hour later, Zhou Shuren came back, and Zhulan asked, "What did you eat at the Yamen tonight?"

Zhou Shuren washed his face, "Master Chen's preparations are not bad, and their Jiangnan cook is really good at cooking."

Zhulan also ate the food of Mr. Chen's family, and it was indeed exquisite and delicious. Among the officials in Lizhou City, the richest one is Mr. Chen. Mr. Chen is not a local tyrant, but a real one. Some of the precious solitary copies are worth tens of thousands of taels. Not counting the books accumulated by generations, just talking about industries. There are many Zhuangzi in the south of the Yangtze River. Zhulan always thought that there was only one tea garden. Unexpectedly, Master Chen’s family has two tea gardens.

Counting the shop and house, Master Chen's family is really rich.

Having said that, Mr. He's family also has money, but Mr. He is a wife who has money, and he relies on her father-in-law.

Zhulan said faintly: "The emperor appointed them to donate money out of their own pockets, but you came to stabilize the situation and didn't count against them."

Zhou Shuren finished changing his clothes: "Why do I think the emperor wants to raid the house more?"

Zhulan, "...you are right."

Zhou Shuren stretched his waist, "The autumn harvest has begun, and the tax collection has been arranged today, so I can relax for a day or two."

"I thought you would write a booklet to apply for tax exemption this year, but I didn't expect you to apply for a 10% tax."

Zhou Shuren said: "It's not good to just waive it. If you waive it this year, you hope to continue to waive it next year. This year you only get 10% of it, and you won't be reluctant to get half of it next year. But once you waive it directly, you will be charged another If it is half, then there will be complaints."

Zhulan sighed that this is the human heart, and changed the words: "This year, the pond was dug, and the water for irrigation of the fields was sufficient. It was also a year with good weather and good weather. This year is a bumper harvest year."

At the beginning of the seed division, one-third of each household is sweet potato seeds, one-third is potatoes, and the remaining third is corn, half soybeans, etc.

Even if I pay 10% of the tax this year, although I won't have enough to eat, at least I won't be hungry.

Zhou Shuren not only traveled outside the city, but also visited several nearby counties. This year's harvest was indeed bumper. He also went to see the fat pigs raised, because he could get coarse grains for feeding pigs in the yamen. The pigs grew well, too. Every seven days, special yamen servants go from house to house, and the people dare not embezzle the grain for feeding pigs.

He didn't even need to look for merchants, there were merchants who came to his door. The sausage was popular, and there was always a shortage of pork.

Zhulan and Zhou Shuren lay down, Zhulan just remembered that she forgot to tell Zhou Shuren that he has a grandson or granddaughter again, forget it, let's talk about it tomorrow.

On the second day, Zhou Shuren heard the news, said he knew it, and then it was gone. In Zhou Shuren's heart, he had an extra grandson, taught one more and prepared a dowry, multiple granddaughters, um, prepare an extra dowry!

The days passed quickly, and the autumn harvest was over in a blink of an eye. Zhulan’s family did not grow potatoes and sweet potatoes, but corn, wheat and rice. The land in Lizhou City is really not as fertile as in the Northeast, and the grain output is really low. .

If Lizhou City does not develop other industries, even if there is no war, Lizhou City will be the bottom of all Zhili Prefectures.

Zhulan's family didn't sell any grain, and it was put into the granary after drying.

Zhou Shuren’s tax was also collected, 10% of the food is really not much, but Zhou Shuren stipulated that 10% of the food, one-third of sweet potatoes, one-third of potatoes, and the remaining one-third of corn or other, All sweet potatoes or potatoes are not allowed.

The main reason is that sweet potatoes and potatoes cannot be stored in the granary, and they will germinate without the previous year.

Zhulan looked at Zhou Shuren and frowned, "Isn't the food tax collected? Why are you still worried?"

Zhou Shuren said quietly: "The tax has been collected, but most of them are sweet potatoes and potatoes. I want to send someone to learn how to make vermicelli with money, and then come back to teach some merchants who want to do vermicelli business. Of course, learning for free is a prerequisite. It is to exchange grain for potatoes and sweet potatoes in the granary."

Zhulan likes to eat hot and sour noodles, and also likes to eat potato noodles. Why didn't she think about buying some noodles and eating them back, "Have you thought about everything, why are you still worrying?"

Zhou Shuren smiled, "I am worried about who will spend money to learn, this person is not easy to choose."

Zhulan thought it was really hard to choose, so she patted Zhou Shuren on the shoulder, "I can't help you, just think about it yourself!"