I was a famous teacher in ancient times

Chapter 77 Plan
Yang Xi calculated an account for Wu Shan. The settlement fee was five taels of silver, and the population tax. The two children were both under the age of seven, so they paid a total of one tael of silver.

What is the concept of 16 taels? A large family can save seven or six taels a year without eating, drinking or paying taxes. Even if the family has land, it will take several years to save 16 taels without eating or drinking!

The Wu family did not follow their family to the south. They could only go south by themselves. They could only be refugees who fled. If they could not settle down, they would not be able to get a share of stability. In the end, they were either exploited and controlled as a hidden family, or they were taken away by strong laborers to work as coolies.

Only by settlement can the local reception and protection be obtained, and the money must be spent.

Yang Xi asked, "How much money do you have left in brother's hand?"

Wu Shan rubbed his stiff face, "I spent a lot of money along the way, and I still have a little more than five taels in my hand. The most valuable things in our family are donkeys and horses, and the horses are still in your favor."

After a pause, he continued: "When I choose a place to settle down, I plan to sell the horse. We have reached the destination. We must stay and settle down."

Zhou Yu poured a glass of water for Wu Shan, "There are two more days for the Chinese New Year, eldest brother can inquire more about the price of horses and donkeys, and he will have a good idea of ​​selling horses in the future."

"I'm going to inquire tomorrow, hoping to sell more money so that I can buy some fields."

Wu Shan didn't want to be a tenant. The tenant's life was too difficult, and when he thought about the house the family needed to live in, Wu Shan's head hurt even more.

Yang Xi waited for Wu Shan to leave, "Our horses are not for sale."

Donkeys and horses that can pull carts are scarce resources. In order to facilitate running, donkeys and horses must be left behind.

Zhou Yu also thought so, "I'll tell Yang San later, this kid has always wanted to buy a horse for Li Zheng, but he never had the chance, and now the opportunity is here."

"Ah."

Yang Xi was tired, got up and wanted to go back to the bed to lie down for a while, instructing Zhou Yu to put the quilt down, she lay down with her stomach, "comfortable."

"I'll pinch your legs for you."

"it is good."

While massaging his daughter-in-law's leg, Zhou Yu talked about taxation, "When the imperial court was first established, in order to recuperate and recuperate, there were not many taxes, and the various taxes combined only accounted for one-twentieth of the people's income. It is said that the original tax has doubled, and the people are overwhelmed."

Yang Xi stretched out his hand to count how many kinds of taxes there are. Starting from next year, as long as there is no chaos in the world, they will also pay it every year, "We will pay the Ding tax next year, the house land tax, the land tax is a newly added tax, as long as there is a house If you want to pay, it’s not a one-shot deal, you have to pay fifty cents every year!”

Counting other taxes, Yang Xi couldn't count it with both hands!
Zhou Yu calculated the account, "Our family has to pay two and a half of taxes every year, and counting the silver money to offset the corvée, we can't beat the ten taels a year."

Yang Xi's tone was heavy, "The money that the people earn from the fields is not enough to pay other taxes after the food they pay. In the end, they are either exploited as tenants, or they can only sell their sons and daughters all year round."

Speaking of this, Yang Xi thought of Hidden Field and sneered, only the common people were the worst exploited.

Zhou Yu sighed, "It's a pity that my fame is gone, and my younger brother and I can't continue to test for it. One of us becomes a scholar, so we don't have to pay taxes, and we can also be exempted from corvée."

Yang Xi also regrets that the first pass of the Tongsheng test requires strict verification of the household registration, and their household registration is fake, "Before the chaos, it is better to be exempted from corvée labor as much as possible. Woolen cloth!"

Zhou Yu, "Well."

Yang Xi regretted that Yang San couldn't take the exam, and suddenly sat up, "Yan Bing can take the exam."

The identity of Yan Bing's replacement is real, and he is not afraid of being investigated!
Zhou Yu also laughed, "The imperial court stipulates that scholars can be exempted from corvée for two households, which is very good."

Yang Xi also smiled, "Yan Bing has his own household, he must take the exam if he doesn't want to serve corvée."

The heavy hearts of the couple were instantly relieved, and they discussed what to cook for the New Year.

At dinner in the evening, Zhou Yu talked about the examination for a scholar, and said to Yan Bing, "Before your portrait is passed on, you should take an examination first and come back."

Ruizhou is too far away from Bozhou. King Jiang has to deal with the emperor's suspicions. It is difficult to find Yan Bing in fake death. Appearance, it is estimated that the world will be in chaos for two or three years, and it will be even more difficult for King Jiang to find Yan Bing.

Zhou Yu explained the analysis, and finally said: "Don't worry, the court will not take back fame due to disfigurement."

When his father was alive, he told him a lot of filth among scholars, and many geniuses and poor families were disfigured and so on, and their future was ruined from then on.

Yan Bing raised his hand and touched his face, so he still couldn't escape the fate of disfigurement?

Yang Xi cleared his throat, "It's not really disfigured, you can make up for it, and you'll know after you try it."

Yan Bing felt relieved, "Please, sister-in-law."

After the meal, Yang Xi used makeup to disguise her disfigured appearance. When she finished her makeup, she said with regret, "I have too little rouge powder in my hand, and the effect of the makeup is not particularly good."

Yang San stretched out his hand to touch the wound from the makeup, and called out the magic, "Sister, you are already amazing."

Yan Bing carefully observed himself from the bronze mirror, the disfigurement was so realistic.

Yang San, "Sister, I have to suspect that you will be able to disguise yourself."

Yang Xi snorted, "You are talking about human skin masks, I won't make human skin masks."

In the end, it was decided that Yan Bing would take the exam, and Yang Sanzhi shouted that he wanted to learn makeup.

The next day, Yang San was an activist, went out and bought all the rouge gouache on the market and came back, making up his mind to learn makeup.

Yang Xi stared at Yang San's face, feeling that it would be good for Yang San to learn it, and it would also be a life-saving means in the future. : "Don't patronize the face, but also pay attention to the exposed skin, especially the palm. You are holding a weapon, and the calluses on your hands can't deceive people. You have to find a way to blur it out."

Yang San listened very seriously. When he arrived in Ruizhou, he already had a plan, just waiting for the family to settle down.

Seeing Yang Sanxue's seriousness, Yang Xi is quite fulfilled. Why does she wear makeup? Her cousin in her modern second uncle's house is a makeup artist. My cousin likes to send videos to teach how to change makeup. I can't see the trace of a man, it's amazing!
She is a tool who helps with video recording. The more she listens, the stronger her hands-on ability and the more she learns.

Yang Xi missed her relatives in modern times, and shook her head to suppress the discomfort in her heart.

In the blink of an eye, the New Year is here, and several families gather for dinner.

(End of this chapter)