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Chapter 6 Life is so hard

Ever since he got caught in the rain and caught a cold, the family who had always cared for Yunjing became even more wary of him.

Mica is still taking care of him every step of the way, but he will never go out on rainy days, nor will he go out at noon in the scorching sun, and he will not take Yunjing to walk at night. He will definitely arrive home before dark, and he is determined to go to dangerous places such as watersides. won't go!

They tried their best to prevent any accidents from happening.

Afterwards, Yunjing listened to his parents chatting, and learned that he almost died of the cold and fever. The doctor said that he was able to survive it because God was an eye-opener.

Regarding the doctor's statement, Yun Jing didn't think it was exaggerated, because in ancient times when medical conditions were backward, life was too fragile, as fragile as duckweed without roots, and it might disappear at any time.

He was in a coma for two whole days and three nights, and the whole family watched over him without closing their eyes, for fear that the child would be gone when he woke up...

For modern times with well-developed medical conditions, a small cold and fever are not a problem at all, but such a small cold almost killed Yun Jing. Going to the medical clinic for one tael or eight dollars will make the family that is not rich even worse!
The main reason is that some medicinal materials are too expensive, especially those used for babies like him, so they should not be sloppy at all.

How much is one tael and eight denarii?
Equivalent to 180 copper plates.

It sounds rare, right, but you have to know that at the current price, a catty of coarse grain costs one copper plate, which is equivalent to 180 catties of grain!

It seems that there is still not much, right? Then from another perspective, the current productivity is low, and the output of one mu of rice is only a little over two hundred catties, and that is still under the condition of good weather.

In other words, the grain output of one mu of land can barely pay off the medical clinic's debts in one year.

"My family has more than 20 mu of land. It seems that it is not difficult to take out one mu of grain and sell it to pay off the debt at the hospital, but the bill is not calculated like this..."

Thinking of the fact that the family owed money because of seeing a doctor for him, Yun Jing was full of sorrow.

The longer he stays in this home, the more information he gets, the more he understands how difficult the life of poor farmers is.

In a blink of an eye, it was already the autumn harvest season, and Yunjing was sitting in a basket with straw under a willow tree on the edge of his field. In the field not far away, his parents and grandfather were harvesting mature rice.

In this world, there is obviously no high-yield hybrid rice, no chemical fertilizers that can increase production, and even farmyard manure is not used, and there are no herbicides or insecticides. The only way to increase production in fertile land is estimated to be plant ash.

Therefore, Yunjing felt sad when he looked at the rice in his field.

There are no heavy ears of rice, and the plants are slender and thin. Can you believe that the ears of rice are upright like wheat?Moreover, the granules are not full, and they look malnourished at first glance.

With the sight in front of him, Yun Jing seriously doubted whether one mu of rice could yield two hundred catties.

A year of hard work, in the wind and rain, from morning to night, in the previous life, with this little output, even a farmer would have given up a long time ago, probably not even in the mood to harvest.

However, for a poor farmer like Yunjing's family, it was a ration of life. This year is considered to be a good harvest, which can already be called a bumper harvest...

The harvest is always joyful. The smiles on the faces of parents and grandpa cannot be faked. Even if they are sweating profusely, even if they are too tired to straighten their backs, their faces and eyes are full of happiness.

Thinking of the grain output of at least one thousand catties per mu in the previous life, and looking at the present, Yun Jing really didn't know how to describe his mood.

Stuck in panic.

In view of the current food production situation, Yunjing has given up hope for the production of other food crops, which is definitely less than this.

His family's paddy fields are all planted with rice, and the dry land is planted with soybeans and wheat. There are almost no other economic crops...

No cattle, no plow, no fertilizer, no thresher, everything depends on hands...

"It's too far away from intensive cultivation, but the days to come will definitely get better!"

Yun Jing watched silently, saying so in his heart.

He is still too young, so he can only watch and can't help anything. If he doesn't cry or make trouble, and doesn't cause trouble to his family, that's the most helpful thing he can do.

Because of the fear of natural disasters such as storms that would lead to no harvest, every household is stepping up to harvest food. Even if the neighbors are only separated by a field, there is not much communication. Every minute and every second is very important to the current farmers. are particularly important.

Therefore, even Jiang Susu, who took care of Yunjing specially, had to bring him to the field to help in this season.

Fortunately, Yunjing is really well-behaved, allowing them to concentrate on harvesting the crops without being too distracted by him.

The harvest season is busy and short, God took care of no disaster, half a month of busy work, every household in the village has harvested grains and returned them to the warehouse.

However, this does not mean that the harvested food is yours!

Farming civilization, feudal system, it is taxed.

That day, when the tax collector came to Yunjing's house, he was so sad that he wanted to cry aloud.

Perhaps it has become a habit, the tax officer just came to go through the motions, and went to the next family after announcing, but when those who represented the authority of the dynasty appeared, the whole village, including Yunjing's family, had nothing to gain. joy.

The grain tax is collected according to the land property, which is the land property, not the per mu!
One mu of paddy fields needs to pay a tax of [-] catties of rice, and the Yunjing family needs to pay [-] catties of rice for [-] mu of paddy fields, and it still needs to be dried and the dry parts separated!

One acre of dry land needs to pay a tax of [-] catties of grain. Yunjing’s family has [-] acres, no matter whether it is beans or wheat, the requirements are the same as that of rice, and the water needs to be dried and the dry parts separated.

How can such a tax rate be described by the word "heavy tax"?
Of course, it’s okay not to turn in the grain, and the money that can be converted into the current market price can be used as grain tax.

As for whether farmers cannot afford to pay taxes for various reasons, this is not something that officials need to consider at all. They just announce the notice, why don't you try to pay taxes?
But the damn thing is, no matter whether it is to pay taxes with money or food, the farmers need to personally send them to the town responsible for taxation!
There is no vehicle, and the distance is dozens of miles, all relying on shoulders and backs.

After a year of hard work, most of the food was paid as taxes, and the rest...

It's not necessarily yours!

Why do you say that?
Because there are many places where people living in the present have to pay taxes. Your family has a baby. Sorry, you need to add taxes. Your family needs to build a house?Hehe, there is also the building tax, even if you marry a daughter-in-law, you have to pay the tax...

There are all kinds of things, and I don't know how to describe my mood after learning about these cloud scenes.

He has seen the exorbitant taxes in the ancient background.

However, he didn't know if he should be thankful that this country didn't collect taxes for the next few decades...

What the hell is this fucking world!
No wonder, no wonder there are mountains and forests behind Mingming Village, but none of the villagers are willing to expend effort to cut logs and build houses. They would rather live in a ruined house with earthen walls.

Because you have to pay taxes to build a house!

So, in order to see a doctor for him, is the debt of one tael or eight taels of silver that Yunjing's family owes to the town's medical center still small?

It can be said that it is really a heavy number that makes people almost breathless!

His family's 23 mu of land, the tax of 720 catties for paddy fields, and the tax of 820 catties for dry land, add up to a total of [-] catties. After paying the taxes, the remaining grain of his family is only about [-] catties. The family's rations for the next year.

However, with the ration of about [-] catties, nearly [-] catties had to be sold to pay off the debt!
The remaining one thousand catties of grain, in the absence of oil and water, the three adults in his family, Yun Jing is still young, can be ignored, and then even if one of the three adults can save some food a day, they can only eat 45 catties of grain. A month is [-] catties, after a year...

Not enough to eat, far from enough, far from enough to last the next year's harvest.

Not counting other sources of income, just these grains will have to bear accidents such as illness in the next year!

Life...is too difficult...

(End of this chapter)