grandfather married

Chapter 73 Big Difficulty 【Third Watch】

Along the way, Ji Fushou took Ji Sibo and Ji Qiongzhi to experience people's livelihood.

In the past, when she was a child, her grandfather held her hand and took her to the Ji family's farm, and also to the farms in other places, seeing the hard work of the common people.

Then she watched the common people live more and more difficultly year by year, their faces became yellower and thinner year by year, and then the common people could no longer survive, and the previous dynasty was annihilated under the torrent of time.

Today's Daqi, Shen Ke is difficult to adjust, and the common people can still eat. As long as they can survive, Daqi can be passed on.

Ji Fushou took their two siblings to visit the fields, more because he wanted them to know that there are differences between the north and the south.

"Auntie, there are two crops a year in the fields in the south?" Ji Sibo was speechless.

In the past, as a gangster who was doing nothing and fooling around every day, Ji Sibo couldn't even tell the difference between leeks and shallots. Now he asked the old farmers in the field and knew that they would be able to harvest rice again in September. Ji Sibo was surprised.

Ji Sibo is very sensitive to numbers, and has already begun to calculate the harvest of the old farmer, "The old man said that he has a medium-sized fertile field, and one mu can produce one and a half stones. The old man's family has three acres of land, and the first crop can harvest four and a half stones. Rent The maid is [-]% of the harvest. After the old man pays the rent, he can still leave two shi and seven shi, plus the second-cooked four and a half shi. The old man’s family has a harvest of seven shi a year, which can support a family of six It’s good to save a lot of money.”

Ji Fushou gave him a strange look, "Who told you that renting a servant is only counted once?"

Ji Sibo was stunned, what does this mean?

"Second acquaintances also need to collect rental commission?" Ji Sibo exclaimed, "Shouldn't the commission tax from the field be collected only once?"

Ji Qiongzhi was even more ignorant than Ji Sibo, so he could only listen to the conversation between the two of them.

"It's true that other places only charge one-time farm renters, but the fields in the south can be harvested twice a year. Do you think the imperial court can let this renter do nothing?"

Ji Fushou glanced at Ji Sibo, with the meaning of "you are too stupid" clearly shining in his eyes.

Ji Sibo was used to being disliked by his aunt, and he was already brazen enough to pretend he didn't see it, rubbing his chin and speechless, "If the imperial court accepts a second rent, wouldn't it be a lot of food?

The old man worked hard all year, and only got about five and a half shi of grain, but compared to other places, especially the people in the north, the people in the south can still eat better. "

Ji Fushou raised his eyebrows, noncommittal, turned around and took them to the grain shop.

"Guest officers, what do you want to buy?" The store clerk came forward to greet the customers. Seeing Ji Fushou and his party, he was a little puzzled. Most of the people who came to their store to buy food were ordinary people, and it was rare to see such well-dressed clothes. guest officer.

"How much is a bucket of rice?" Ji Fushou reached out and twisted the rice in the bag.

"The guest officer has a good eye. This is the rice we just harvested this year. It's delicious and not expensive. It's only [-] yuan a bucket." The waiter greeted warmly.

Ji Sibo gasped when he heard the price, "Two hundred dollars for a bucket of rice?"

Even though the clerk was a little puzzled, he still replied, "Yes, guest officer, our shop has been established for decades, and it is absolutely innocent. Others' rice prices are the same as ours, but the small ones I can guarantee that the small rice is definitely a new grain.”

Ji Fushou looked indifferent, and asked again, "How do you sell the old grain in your shop?"

When the guy heard about Chen Liang, his enthusiasm dropped a little, "A bucket of rice for Chen Liang costs eighty renminbi."

Ji Sibo frowned, and they visited several grain shops, all with the same price.

When he walked out of the shop, Ji Sibo looked a little unhappy, "The old man said that people from the grain shop went to the village to collect grain, and they only paid [-] yuan for a bucket of rice, and the grain shop sold it for [-] yuan, which is double the profit!

The old farmer sells a bucket of rice for one hundred yuan, and one stone only sells one tael of silver. If it is based on the fact that the old farmer’s family only has three acres of land, a family of six must leave at least two stones of grain for rations, and after paying the rent, the remaining five and a half stones , can only be sold for three and a half stones, and at most can only earn three taels and five hundred dollars. "

Touching the hundred taels silver note in his arms again, Ji Sibo felt mixed feelings.

The old farmer's family had to work hard for 34 to [-] years to earn these hundred taels of silver bills, and they had to have good weather and no illness or disaster.

Ji Qiongzhi watched and listened all the way, with a hesitant tone, "A bucket of rice sells for two hundred yuan, is it too expensive?"

You can't expect the lady raised in the deep boudoir to know the price of this kind of grain. Ji Qiongzhi can only see from the account calculated by Ji Sibo that the old farmer earns less, and the grain shop earns more.

"Azhi, you probably don't know how much a bucket of rice sells in the capital." Ji Fushou shook his head, "The grain shops in the capital sell a bucket of rice for five hundred yuan."

"hiss--"

The two gasped in unison.

"How could there be such a big difference?" Ji Sibo was puzzled.

"Living in the capital is not easy. There are many fields near the outskirts of Beijing, [-]% of which belong to the Huangzhuang, [-]% belong to the rich and powerful, and the last [-]% belong to the common people. How can the grain grown by the common people alone be enough for the consumption of the capital? Most of the food is transported from the south, and the money spent on the journey, plus some loss and profit, can be sold for [-] yuan a bucket and the supply is in short supply."

Ji Fushou's words made the two of them dumbfounded. In the capital alone, one person's annual ration is nearly five taels of silver.

Ji Sibo muttered to himself, "Then, wouldn't we make a lot of money by opening a grain store in the capital?"

Ji Fushou patted his forehead, "Don't think about it, those grain shops in the capital are all rich and powerful behind them, do you think there is no way to transport grain from the south?
Besides, even if we have a way to transport grain from the south to the capital, the Ji family has no power, how can we manage our grain store? Our Ji family gets a share. "

The two sighed slowly, very frustrated.

"Sibo, if I were that old farmer, I wouldn't be able to sell grain like you do." Ji Fushou saw the two siblings with their heads bowed, smiling lightly and teasing them with another question to cheer them up again. .

The two looked at Ji Fushou curiously, and Ji Sibo asked, "Auntie, how else can old farmers sell grain if they don't sell it this way?"

Ji Fushou smiled, "Just now, do you still remember me asking the buddy how to sell Chen Liang?"

"The guy said Chen Liang sells for [-] yuan for a bucket of rice." Ji Sibo's voice stopped abruptly, "Could it be that?"

Ji Fushou nodded, "If I were an old farmer, I would leave half a stone of new grain for the children in my family, and then sell all five stones of new grain to earn five taels of silver, and then buy a stone of new grain. When Chen Liang comes back to make rations, he can earn an extra tael of silver."

　good night~~~
　　
　
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