After eating happily, it was time to go to the rice drying field for a meeting.

When Bai Yao and Grandpa Bai arrived, there were already many people in the grain drying field.

All the people working on the farm greeted Bai Yao enthusiastically, but the arrogant people looked at Bai Yao resentfully, but they didn't dare to do anything.Several months later, Bai San and Li Cuilian's fate is still vivid in my mind.

The people in the village are almost gathered. There are only seven generations of ancestors in Baijia Village. According to the current three generations, there are thirty families in Baijia Village, and her family is Bai'an.Including women, children and children, the population is nearly 200.

Baijia Village is the second poorest village in Muli Town, with a population of only 200 including women and children, which is pitifully small, but it is better than Haihai Village, which has a population of less than [-].

There were originally five villages in Muli Town. Yongfu Village was the largest village with a population of nearly 500, followed by Lijia Village, Wangjia Village, Baijia Village, and Haihai Village. The villagers joined together.

Today, because Yongshou Village is used again for refugees, it has become six villages.

There is also some distance between the six villages. The farthest is Yongfu Village, which is more than [-] miles away from Baijia Village. The neighboring villages of Baijia Village are Lijia Village and Wangjia Village.

Seaside Village is the farthest from Muli Town, fifty or sixty miles away. Because it is close to the sea and far away, and there are many exiles, it falls behind.

Once the cold disaster passed, people died in every village, and only one old widow died in this cold disaster in Baijia Village.In other villages, at least five people died.

The Arrogant faction, headed by the Bai San family, is relatively well-off in the village, and they all have at least a few taels of silver in their families for the winter.

Most of the poor families in the village work in Baiyao's farm. During the Chinese New Year holiday, there are also a small amount of quilts and charcoal in the New Year's goods, so they can survive this winter.

The old widow lived alone in the village, and her son separated. She didn't want to live with them, so she was going to freeze to death in her old thatched hut.

This person is Bai Tiepi's mother, Bai Tiepi and the Bai family are the best friends, the death of the old widow didn't cause much trouble in their family, and they were buried hastily.

"Okay, I've called you here because I have a message to tell you. The higher-ups have come to inform you that the government is going to expropriate the land!"

Bailiang stood on a big rock and talked to the villagers under the big banyan tree.

"What! We want to requisition land! How can we do that! What can we eat if we want to requisition land!"

"That's right, we're just a small village, how can we live if we want to requisition land! Is there going to be a war again?"

"I heard from my grandfather that the government used to expropriate land. Not long after the establishment of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the government forcibly expropriated land, and my grandma starved to death! The land is the life of our farmers! How can we live like this!"

……

When the villagers heard about the land acquisition, they panicked.There were many complaints, among which the voice of the arrogant faction was the strongest.

"Everyone, don't worry! I haven't finished my sentence yet. This time, our Baili County is expropriating the land alone. It is paid and voluntary! It is still rice, but the rice seeds are distributed from above. We are willing to requisition the land. One liang of silver for one mu of land from the government, and one hundred catties of grain will be distributed after the harvest."

Seeing the villagers chattering and chattering, Bai Liang immediately continued.

"Is there such a good thing? Is it really a tael of silver for an acre of land? Not only a tael of silver, but also a hundred catties of grain? Is it really a hundred catties?"

"Aren't you joking? We used to grow rice with a yield of only [-] catties per acre! Is this the government giving us money in disguise?"

Everyone is very suspicious of this. In the past, they only produced nearly one hundred catties of rice per mu of land. Now someone tells them to requisition their one mu of land and add one hundred catties of rice for one tael of silver. Who would believe it? !
"Yeah! True or false!"

"This is the government's seal! It's not a lie, but the fine seeds issued by the government cannot be sold or stolen, otherwise you will be sent to prison! Everyone must remember this!"

When everyone saw that it was really the official seal, there was a commotion for a while, and they were all thinking about how much land they had.

It is estimated that Baiyao has the most land in Muli Town, 350 mu. The population of Baijia Village does not own as much land as Baiyao's.In addition to Bai Yao, there are only [-] mu of fertile land in Baijia Village.

After hearing the words of the village chief, many people have already started to move around. If they expropriate an acre of land, they will get half a tael of silver right away!Their family's ten mu of land is worth more than ten taels of silver plus more than 1000 catties of white rice, which can be exchanged for several years of coarse grains!

Some people rolled their eyes cunningly. With so much land at home, it’s up to you to requisition first, and then how much to plant at that time, isn’t it up to you?I haven't eaten white rice yet, so I'll try it first after the government sends it out.Many people think so.

"Not much to say, the registration has begun. After the registration is completed, it will be handed over to the government. The government will first distribute one acre of land and half a tael of silver, and after the harvest, it will give half a tael plus one acre of land and one hundred catties of grain. Stealing and cheating, the requisitioned land must be planted well after the seeds are released, I heard that the government will patrol, and those who plant indiscriminately will be arrested and put in prison!"

The village chief sighed and said seriously when he saw the few people in the village who were particularly fond of stealing, raping and playing tricks!The few people there stepped back guiltily.

"Of course, the government said that among all the villages in each town, the village that grows the best rice will be rewarded with 50 taels of silver!! Don't lose face of Baijia Village! We want to avenge the shame and take down No. 1!"

Bai Liang said loudly, and the villagers became even more excited when they heard it! 50 taels!
"Don't talk about the village chief, my family wants to requisition 50 acres of land! Hurry up and finish the registration, I'm going to dig the land! By then our village will get [-] taels of silver, the village chief, don't be greedy!"

Mrs. Wang couldn't wait to say that she was the mother of Bai Dadong and Bai Daxi, and she couldn't wait to sign up after hearing the benefits. Their family has not yet separated, because there are many males, so the family has more than 20 mu of land.

"Village head, hurry up and register, our family will also requisition ten acres of land!"

"Help me register ten acres of land first, and then I will go to open up wasteland!"

……

Immediately, the villagers couldn't wait to register, and even the arrogant people also hurriedly registered.

Bai Yao was inexplicably relieved after seeing this situation. She was actually quite afraid that the villagers would be scruples and would not want to requisition the land, so she said that one mu of land would be given one tael of silver.

In fact, this is also a big gamble!Not counting the villagers' dishonesty, there are also various factors of natural disasters and man-made disasters.

There are a total of twelve towns in Baili County, and each town budgeted 2000 taels of silver for land acquisition. The twelve towns cost 4000 taels of silver. Isn’t this a big gamble?
Fortunately, a treasury was robbed in the bandit village. She tapped the amount in it. There were 5 taels of gold, which means a total of 50 taels of silver.

They also allocated nearly 10 taels of silver to Yeming to buy grass and food, pay salaries, build shelters, and so on.There are 40 taels left, which sounds like a lot, but it is still a little nervous to actually use it.

Also, she hasn't counted the property that Yeming gave her. She casually looked through the accounts before, and found that it is also a small treasury. The exact amount still needs to be counted, because some of them are jewelry, calligraphy and paintings, etc.

In addition to growing rice, she also needs to build workshops to attract wealthy businessmen to buy them, so as to alleviate the situation of only hatching but not hatching.

Grandpa Bai registered all his fertile land, which was only three acres in total. Although Bai Yao was behind the scenes, he followed the procedure honestly and directly registered two hundred acres of land!

Everyone was surprised and jealous, and some people thought that Bai Yao had the foresight to open up so many wastelands.

Some people take pleasure in other people's misfortune. She reported so many lands, but she is not afraid of not being able to plant them all, because the seeds are received from the mother, and there is almost no labor force in Baiyao's family. At that time, every household will have to farm. See how she planted so many lands. If you can't finish it, you don't have to go to jail.

Some people think that Bai Yao is a fool, he will be punished if he can't complete the task when so many lands are confiscated.

Someone wanted to persuade Bai Yao, but Bai Yao smiled, making people feel confident.

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like