After being dressed as a scumbag, I was dismissed?!

Chapter 63

"Dad, this year's tax is the same as last year. You prepare it in advance, and let the rest dry and put it in the east room." Guan Er was sitting in the yard, holding a cob in one hand, rubbing each other, the corn on the cob. The grains fell down.

This is also because they dry the corn cob enough to rub it off. The rubbed corn kernels have to be dried again, and the moisture is almost gone before they can be put into a sack for preservation.

Most of the crops in their villages are corn, and the yield per mu is acceptable, ranging from 600 catties to 800 catties in normal years, and even more than 900 catties in particularly good times.

The land tax of Zhao State is to collect grain per mu after the autumn harvest every year. In all parts of the north, the average yield of medium fields is 100 catties per mu, and the official tax is 30 catties. There is no upper limit. In order to save trouble, the government will go to several villages every year to measure the yield of several mu of land in batches, and then take a suitable one. To collect by kilograms.

However, the general yamen will charge a little more, about 300 catties per mu of land. If they are careless, they will have to pay half of the grain to pay the tax, and the rest is naturally not enough for the family to eat for a year.

After paying the tax every year, grain merchants will come to collect and sell grain. Many people will sell the good grain in their hands and exchange them for the more unpalatable millet, while leaving some money.

Only those with a lot of food at home will leave a part of the good food and eat it mixed with millet. This is what Guan Eryi's family does. Except for Guan Yang, the four of them usually go to the fields, and they are very interested in the work in the fields. , the harvested grain is also a leader in the village. In addition to selling it every year, it will deliberately leave a part.

Uncle Guan's family is very diligent, and Guan Yangnong also goes home to help when he is busy.

On the contrary, Gu Beizhi was much inferior to him. He was slow when breaking the stick, and now he was even more clumsy when rubbing corn kernels. His palms were blisters. Just a little more with Erbao.

In the end, Guan Zhou couldn't stand it any longer, so he rushed him to the kitchen to make herbal tea, took his place and rubbed the corn kernels neatly, and after a while, Gu Beizhi rubbed an hour's amount.

Although it is late autumn, every household has to work in the fields, and it is very tiring to rush to harvest, and it is very easy to get angry. People who have the conditions will go to the barefoot doctor to buy a few packs of herbal tea with heat and heat, and cook a large pot every day. Drink it as water.

Gu Beizhi looked at the pot of brown tea soup with a strange taste in front of him. To be honest, he really wanted to pour it out. Obviously, the herbal tea sold in later generations is not bad, and it is acceptable. Why is it unpleasant to drink here? Diluted Chinese medicine is the same.

He carefully recalled the kind of canned herbal tea sold in later generations. It seemed to be quite simple. Thanks to his excellent memory, he still remembered most of the herbal tea recipes. , it is estimated that many people will like it.

While carefully recalling the herbal tea recipe in my mind, I was seriously boiling the bitter and smelly brown tea soup. As for the real dumping, what do you think? This is what Guan Zhou specially bought to cook for everyone to drink, because he was afraid that everyone would get angry.

After a while, Gu Beizhi put the brewed herbal tea into a bowl. After thinking about it, he found sugar from Guan Zhou's back basket. Everyone put some in their bowls. The bitter taste of tea, but there will be a hint of sweetness after drinking.

"Xiaozhou, second uncle and second aunt, come to drink tea." Gu Beizhi greeted.

The family here is busy and harmonious, like parents with four children and a son-in-law, but the Guanqiao family over there is very different.

The couple, Guan Fu and Guan Mu, were originally lazy people, and the harvest in the fields could not keep up with two-thirds of other people's. Guan Qiao was also a young master who did not work at all. Only their husband and wife worked for half a day and rested for half a day. on.

Everyone else's house has been collected, and his house has only collected half of it. He is still tired and panicked. While working, he scolded Guan Zhou for being unfilial, and he didn't know how to go home to help, white-eyed wolf... and so on.

But they didn't dare to scold loudly, for fear of being heard and mocking the two of them for being heartless, and Guan Zhou never went home to work since he was married to Gu's family. Except for a trip back in April, they almost Do not meet.

The last time I went to look for Guan Zhou during the Mid-Autumn Festival, I didn't get any benefit, and I was laughed at by the villagers for a long time. For a long time, the family was safe and sound, and there was no way to do it. Guan Qiao saved face and refused to go out.

Guan's father and mother's parents are naturally close to their precious son. They are busy washing and cooking for their son every day, and they are forced to go to the ground. Otherwise, the fields will be full of weeds, and there will be no food when the harvest is over.

How to pay land tax without food? Make up for it with silver? Guan Mu would rather go to the ground and pull weeds than spend money.

After being busy for more than half a month, all the land in the family was collected. Gu Beizhi also had a new idea. His family should hire two people to work for a long time.

In the past two weeks, he deeply realized that farming is not easy and harvesting is not easy. Looking at the family, all the young and old, they have been busy for nearly ten days. Next year, they will add five acres of newly purchased land for their family. It is estimated that this time will increase.

Gu Beizhi thought to himself that instead of letting him do what he is not good at, he might as well hire two people who are good at it. He just needs to work hard to make money.

It's not that he's squeamish and unwilling to do these things, but that he's really not good at it, and compared to his current job, farming for him is not worth it.

Gu Beizhi and Guan Zhou had already told Aunt Guan and the others that they were going to renovate the house. Just waiting for the work to start, their family moved to Uncle Guan's house for a while.

Taking advantage of the fact that everyone was in the village and the people who went to work outside had not left, Gu Beizhi hurriedly went to the old village chief's house to tell him that he planned to renovate the house.

"Uncle, I am here to pay 60 clerks a day, but regardless of the meal, I have to trouble everyone to go home for dinner, and trouble Uncle to help me find someone. The more people there are, the sooner the work starts, the better." Gu Beizhi Come to say it.

This is a good thing. Everyone usually goes to the town or a long way to work in the county. If you are tired, you will only pay about 50 yuan a day. If you are guarding the door, you will have work, and you will pay 60 yuan a day. The village will definitely Many people are willing to come.

The old village chief immediately rejoiced, "Okay, I'll find someone for you now, don't worry, there won't be a single person who steals and plays tricks."

"Then trouble the old man, you ask everyone to go directly to my house to find me. But, it's best to find someone with experience, I have to go to the town to work in the future, and the family relies on the second uncle's family to help, it's better to have someone with experience."

Gu Beizhi also brought a knife of pork here this time. , is the kind that the peasant family likes the most, with more fat and less weight, or Guan Zhou went to Shi Ge'er's house to pick it out.

The old village chief picked up the meat, "We have a mason in our village, and Fengchun has not yet gone to town, so let him take over your job, you can rest assured, he has worked for many big families in the town.

Gu Beizhi thought about it for a long time, and then he remembered who the old village chief said about Wang Fengchun, who was the first person in their village who married a widowed husband as a flat wife and then straightened up .

According to his seniority, he still has to take care of Wang Fengchun calling him uncle, but he has no contact with Wang Fengchun and doesn't know him well. "Okay."

Wang Fengchun came to Gu's house early the next morning, indicating that he took over the job. Wang Fengchun is not tall, he does heavy work all year round, his limbs are very strong, his skin is yellow and black, and his eyes are bright and deep.

"Gu Xiucai, I heard from the village chief that you want to renovate it?" Wang Fengchun was a neat person, so he didn't show much courtesy to Gu Bei.

Gu Beizhi took out the drawings that he had drawn for a long time. Although he was not sure that his drawings were correct, it did not prevent him from clarifying the plan for this renovation with Wang Fengchun. He handed the drawings to Wang Fengchun.

"Uncle Fengchun, this time I'm renovating, the first is the courtyard wall, which must be raised. In addition, sharp objects must be placed on it... and a bathroom needs to be built out. You can see if you can do it. "

Gu Beizhi has a lot of places to change. Wang Fengchun is familiar with other places, so he doesn't worry about it. There is only this 'bathroom', which he feels a little troublesome

. , use a pottery pipe under the latrine to connect to the original latrine, so as long as the toilet is flushed with water, the latrine will be clean." Gu Beizhi really couldn't stand the latrine, but he was also not used to such a thing as a urinal, even if After half a year, still not used to it. So I wanted to build a 'modern' bathroom.

He even figured out the shower for bathing. In the 20th century rural areas of China, homemade showers used to be popular for a while. They used iron buckets connected to plastic hoses and plastic shower heads. Gu Beizhi had already thought of alternatives. It's a pity that winter is about to enter, and it is estimated that it will not be used this year, so it is not drawn on the map.

Wang Fengchun did not directly refute his novel idea, but seriously thought about his possibility. He has been doing mud and tile work all the year round, and knows both tile and pottery makers. There is no problem in burning pottery pipes. It's not impossible to burn it and then connect it again.

"Then the ground in your house must be paved with slate, and the length of the pottery pipes can't be too long, otherwise water will accumulate." Wang Fengchun, experienced and experienced, asked Gu Beizhi for a pen, and directly modified it on the map.

They discussed it for a long time, and they were still discussing after lunch. The final result was determined when it was getting dark. Wang Fengchun left the drawings to Gu Beizhi.

"I'll start recruiting workers when I go back. If we recruit five or six, we'll start first. We have to buy materials first, and we have to make arrangements for pottery pipes. It's best to start work tomorrow afternoon, otherwise we won't be able to finish this month."

"It will be done as soon as possible, the most important thing is that the quality must be guaranteed." Gu Beizhi was not in a hurry, but he repeated the treatment, "I don't know if the village chief told you that he didn't talk about wages, my family doesn't care about food, and one day 60 wen per person, you are the foreman, the salary is 100 wen a day, there is no special requirement, just don't be lazy."

Wang Fengchun thought about it and did not refuse, this is similar to his salary in the town, he originally accepted This job is just because of the convenience of the same village, and I didn't think about making money, but Gu Bei knew that he was a good man, and he took the initiative to give him more wages, so he would naturally do this job more carefully, "Okay, then I'll recruit I'll find you when I arrive."

"Well." Gu Beizhi saw Wang Fengchun away, turned his head and met a pair of dazed eyes, "Xiaozhou?"

"Huh?" Guan Zhou returned to his senses, "Let's 60 wen a day for a home recruit?"

"Well, it was originally 50 wen a day for a small worker, but I don't want you to be too tired to cook, so let the workers go home and eat with an extra 10 wen." Gu Beizhi touched it. his head, then took his hand and explained to him.