Farming Lord of Crossing

Chapter 24 24. Tax Exemption
Licorice planting consumes a lot of manpower and material resources, but harvesting is extremely fast.

Under the command of Steward Eric and Los, the villagers carefully dug out all the licorice and moonlight with their roots in one hour, cleaned them up and put them into large wooden boxes.

After harvesting the licorice and moonshine grass, according to the usual practice, Ross gathered all the villagers in the open space in the center of Stan Village, because Steward Eric will announce this year's tax rate and the viscount's reward soon.

Yes, rewards.

Originally, the task set by the Viscount Mansion for Stan Village was 5000 licorice plants, but now not only the number of licorice plants has reached 7489, but the output has increased by a full 5%.And there was another kind of potion, moonshine grass, with more than 7000 plants.

This is a huge feat!

According to the price that Rose quietly inquired from the pharmacy in Poper Town, the price of licorice grass is 10 gold coins, and the price of moonlight grass is 2 gold coins. Stan Village has created nearly 4 gold coins of potions for the Viscount Mansion this year.

4 gold coins, nearly a hundred times the combined income of all the villagers in Stan Village.

That is to say, according to the scale and output of the existing farmland in Stan Village, they would have to spend 150 years eating in the farmland to earn enough the value of the potion produced in the previous valley.

If Rose hadn't been strictly prohibited from selling potions privately as an official of the Viscount's Mansion, Ross would have secretly sold the Moonshine Grass in the valley to buy a large amount of potions and potions. Next year, there would definitely be several more warriors in the village.

This is also the reason why this world obviously has magical things such as magic and fighting spirit. Nobles and powerful professionals can live a life of luxury that ordinary people can't imagine, but the reason why agriculture is so backward.

No, it should only be that basic agriculture is backward.

In those potion plantations, all kinds of magic arrays, all kinds of fertilization, weeding, and pest control agents, all kinds of soil optimization, all kinds of research to increase the yield and efficacy of potions, etc. will only surpass the agricultural research of Ross's previous life. stronger.

The poor output of basic agriculture is doomed, noble lord, professionals can't pay attention to it, because these things are dispensable to them, or even just a dish that needs to be changed.

Potions, magical beasts, precious metals and materials that can transmit battle energy and magic power, etc. are what they focus on and compete for.

As for basic farming and animal husbandry, it is only used by the nobles to feed the ordinary people so that they can have enough labor to serve themselves.In other words, the benevolent and generous noble lord gave the lowly poor people a chance to survive.

Although the world's agriculture is very backward, it is also clear that this is a world with magical fighting spirit. The physical strength and strength of ordinary people are basically 1.5 times that of Ross's previous life.

As for animals, it is even more exaggerated.Take the villagers of Stan Village who basically have at least two farming cattle in every family. The Spartan cattle are two meters high and four meters long. The Spartan cattle have a gentle personality, strong muscles and super endurance. The continuous working time of the grass fodder is more than 3 hours, and the working time of 10 hours a day is no problem at all.

This is because in this way, ordinary citizens of Wellington Territory can complete the farming task of 40 mu of land per person.

As for the reason why the tax is collected since the villages of ordinary people have created so much value, on the one hand, it is because the aristocrats want to eat soft and delicious white bread, fresh seasonal fruits and so on.

The main reason is the problem of belonging, that is, the problem of this class in this era.The territory belongs to the noble lord, and everything on the forest land belongs to the noble lord, including the citizens.

Therefore, it is right and necessary for the people to plant potions for the noble lords.However, the noble lord gave you the land for the people to cultivate so that the people can live, so you have to turn in part of it as thanks for the gift of the noble lord.

There is no way that this era is like this, and everyone's ideas are also like this.

This is also the reason why most of the land in the village still needs wheat, even though the yields of corn and potatoes are much higher than that of wheat.For ordinary villagers, it doesn't matter whether it is rough corn, indigestible potatoes, or unpalatable wild vegetables, as long as they can fill their stomachs and work hard.

But Steward Eric collects taxes every year and only collects wheat. If you don’t have enough wheat, you may lose the opportunity to cultivate land, which means you may be expelled from the village and become a homeless refugee.

But the villagers of Stan Village don't have this worry this year, not only because of the unprecedented bumper harvest of potions.The potion was too far away for them to pay attention.

They only know that they have harvested enough wheat this year, enough to buy a batch of linen to make a few new clothes for the family in Poper Town after handing over to Lord Eric, buy and replace the damaged farm tools at home, or It was saving a few years ago to buy a Spar cattle to save money and take better care of the farmland at home.

Half an hour later, Steward Eric stood on the carriage parked in the center of the village to transport potions and began to announce the most concerned thing in the entire Stan Village, this year's tax rate, which is the Viscount's reward.

"This year, Stan Village has cultivated a total of 7486 licorice grasses and 7492 moonlight grasses, exceeding the planting task of Lord Viscount." The villagers straightened their chests when they heard this, and some of them directly expressed their admiration and enthusiasm. He looked at Ross.Eric smiled slightly when he saw these and continued: "I declare that if Stan Village continues to maintain the production of licorice grass and moonshine grass this year, all taxes will be exempted."

The villagers were stunned for a moment, and then they realized that they were shocked by the huge surprise. Immediately, screams and cheers sounded, and the militiamen even raised Ross high.

You know, according to the output of Stan Village this year, the sentence that Eric is in charge of Stan Village will exempt all future taxes, which means that the village can save more than one million catties of grain every year. Get a great harvest.

This means that from now on, the villagers of Stan Village will not only be able to have a full stomach, but also save a little spare money in their pockets, buy some new things for their homes, and even have a meal of meat from time to time.What's more, he can train his offspring to become warriors and live in a prosperous town like Pope Town.

Can the villagers be unhappy or excited?

Eric came and went in a hurry, harvested the potion, and prepared to leave after a simple meal.

At the gate of the village, Ross handed the prepared parchment and a small bag of silver coins to Steward Eric, and then whispered: "Steward Eric, if the Lord Viscount really has a reward, I hope to give some free people in Stan Village quota."

Steward Eric put the things in his arms calmly and said with a smile: "Young man, you are very confident! Don't worry, if there is a chance, I will fight for you." Such an ambitious and sensible young man, Steward Eric I don't mind helping out, if the other party gets rich, I will naturally repay myself.

After walking two steps forward, Steward Eric didn't know what he was thinking, and then turned around and threw a small bag of seeds to Ross: "This is what the pharmacist, Mo Fei, was inspired by the hybrid plant. This kind of ordinary plant Xinghui Grass can reduce the mana consumption of licorice grass and moonshine grass. After mixing, it should also increase the yield of licorice grass."

After finishing speaking, Steward Eric got into the carriage and left without looking back.

Loos had already guessed that the tax could be exempted. After all, the huge value of the potion was not comparable to a mere million catties of wheat.But it was a pleasant surprise that Manager Eric said that he would be exempt from taxes in the future.

In this way, Ross can plan many things in advance. Every family has surplus food, and the village has some savings. The next step is to see how to quickly develop and expand Stan Village.

(End of this chapter)