Wear ancient times with a house

Chapter 90 The Song Family's Income System [Monthly Pass Plus Update]
Shen's casual remark caused Song Yun to worry too. The level of income is directly related to her quality of life.

Especially when there are three people in the family who are going to take the imperial examination route, pen, ink, paper and inkstone, apprenticeship to make friends, and most importantly, they have to go to Fucheng for scientific examinations. They have to prepare dozens of taels of silver.

If you can't get rid of it from the men, you will be the first to reduce the consumption of the women in your family. Mrs. Song is the elder, and no one can cut her down. In the end, you and Shen's mother will become pitiful little cabbages .

Thinking of this, Song Yun decided to fight for it. She finally had books to read, servants to serve, and meat, eggs and milk to eat. She didn't want to go back to before liberation.

She leaned in front of Shen and asked in a low voice:
"Mom, where does our family get its money? To open a shop? Or land rent? Can we do other businesses? Maybe we can earn more money."

Shen looked at her daughter in surprise, even Song Ce, at the age of five or six, never worried about the family's money, let alone open a shop to make money, unexpectedly this daughter is very smart.

However, this is also a good thing, the little lady must be smarter to hold onto the dowry.She didn't hide it from Song Yun, and told the family situation in detail:

"In your grandmother's hands, there is our Song family's old background and her dowry. It is a furniture store and a grocery store. The business of the furniture store has not been good in recent years, and the grocery store is even more mediocre. Let’s go, it won’t make much money, and the two shops only earn 50 taels a year.”

"Your grandmother still has 100 mu of suburban land. This land is planted by tenant farmers, and the land is divided into [-] or [-]%. Because of the tax exemption, the income is good. It can earn about [-] taels a year. In addition, there are [-] mu in the field. Village, this is your grandmother’s dowry field, most of the income is used for our family’s food, and a part of the grain will be distributed every year and stored in the cellar in case of natural disasters and man-made disasters.”

Song Yun nodded, indicating that he understood. This arrangement is quite reasonable. In the ancient small peasant economy, a few rainstorms may cause a bad harvest of grain, and it cannot be imported. Even if the grain stored in the cellar will be wasted, it must be saved. .

Shen began to introduce her property to Song Yun again:

"I have a medicine store in my hand, which was left to me by your grandfather. The income is not too much. I am in my early 20s a year. Fortunately, it is relatively stable. In addition, I have a small village of about 40 mu near Fucheng. , usually your uncle helps to manage it, mostly vegetables and easy-to-manage medicinal materials, which are easier to sell at a higher price in Fucheng, but the output is a little lower, and you can earn about [-] taels a year."

Song Yun did the math, so it seems that his family's annual income is about 300 taels.

In fact, she has no idea what can be bought for 300 taels.But she knows that the rice she eats costs more than a dozen Wen a catty, the sugar costs 150 Wen a catty, and the salt costs [-] Wen a catty.The fine cotton breeches she often wears cost about [-] wen per piece of fabric.

In this way, with an income of about 300 taels, I can save more than 100 taels a year, and the remaining 100 taels are enough for the daily expenses of a family and servants.But there are three people in the family who want to take the scientific examination, and one of them also needs to study, so it seems that the income level is average.

Song Yun couldn't help feeling:
"Scientific examinations are really expensive. No wonder many families only pick one or two children to train. If the whole family studies, they really can't afford it."

Shen tapped Song Yun's nose and said with a smile:

"So smart, I don't know who is following. However, your idea is right or wrong, it depends on you."

Song Yun asked curiously:

"Why do you say that?"

Shen explained:
"Let me talk about the right place first. Let's take your father as an example. When your father took the Juren exam a few years ago, he had to go to Fucheng every time. It doesn't cost money to live, but the travel expenses, the expenses of buying pens and ink, and We have to prepare five or sixty taels of silver for him every time he interacts with other candidates, and although we can’t spend it every time, there is not much left.”

"This is because your uncle Wang and grandfather both have houses in Fucheng, like those candidates who have no place to live, they rent a small courtyard or live in a hotel. They live for more than half a month, and they have to buy food every day. It costs more Ten taels of silver."

Song Yun added:
"It's also very expensive to repair your husband, and you have to buy books, paper, and ink every once in a while. When I was in Fucheng, I went to bookstores. Except for those handwritten books, because the paper is not very particular, you can buy them for a few hundred coins. Come down, the scientific examination books cost one or two taels of silver."

Shen nodded in agreement, then lowered her voice and said to her daughter:

"When your grandmother proposed to my family for your father, because she felt that the dowry was not enough, she said to your grandmother, 'It is true that my family is poor, but it is because of the money spent on my son's education. But now he You have already been admitted as a scholar, and your daughter will definitely have a better life when she gets married.'”

Song Yun's shocked face, is it so direct?

Shen understood her eyes, nodded silently, and continued:

"But your grandmother's words are true. That's why I said that there are people in my family doing scientific research, and it's not just for money. Like the land in your grandmother's hands, there are [-] acres of land that have been exempted from tax since your father was admitted to Juren. .”

"This tax is a big one. If the family does not have this qualification, those lands may not even be able to earn back 30 taels a year. If we distribute some to the tenants, we will not earn any money. In addition, your father is often with the county magistrate, and you can't afford it. For some income, I can get some money back every now and then. Besides, people don’t dare to deal with our shop lightly when they see that our family has Juren, and all kinds of miscellaneous expenses are also reduced.”

Although Song Yun knew that various taxes in ancient times were tricky, he did not expect that the taxation on agriculture could be so outrageous. No wonder there were so many hidden households and hidden fields in ancient times.

For the landlords to cultivate the land, [-]% to [-]% can be divided, and more benevolent landlords will marry their tenants and promote their children.Farming land for the country can only be divided into [-]%, and you have to bring your own dry food to do hard labor, so it is miserable.

However, Song Yun also understands why the imperial examination is so expensive, and many families have to use their entire family to support a scholar. In addition to the imperial examination being the only way for the family to rise, it is also because the name of a scholar can bring countless hidden dangers. The benefits of sex.

However, if you want to take the imperial examination, the quality of life must also be guaranteed. Song Yun went to hold Shen's hand, repeating the old saying:

"Since this is the case, then we should earn more money, so that father and brothers can concentrate on studying."

　Thanks to coloryan1976 for the vote, ( )
　　I just saw the news about a certain artist evading taxes. To be honest, I was looking forward to "Night Traveler", but it seems that I don't like it anymore.

　　


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