She gave birth to three daughters in a row, and was kicked out by her mother-in-law who favored boys

Chapter 378 Attention

Grain purchasing point in the town.

"Manager Shen, the amount of grain your mansion brought in this year is wrong, right?" The grain officer in charge of registering the grain was from the county.

There are only a few major taxpayers in a town, and it's hard for him not to know them all when he comes here every year.

At this time, the grain officer looked down at the information registered in the book, including the name of the owner, the area of ​​land, the amount of harvest, and the amount of grain tax.

Manager Shen is the son of Manager Shen. He is rarely in the Shen residence and spends more time on the farmland.

There are also big houses over there, and it’s not bad to live in at all.

The Shen family had a lot of land, so every year when paying grain taxes he would follow the ox cart to avoid making mistakes.

Manager Shen was not like other villagers who were extremely respectful and fearful when meeting the grain officer, fearing that a single word from the officer would bring them into trouble.

He walked straight to the grain officer holding the book and asked respectfully, "Sir, what's wrong? Is there a missing quantity?"

On the side, the grain officer waiting to inspect the grain was puzzled. Normally, it would only take a rough estimate of the grain delivered by such large households, and some of them did not even use stone tools to measure it. How could he know that the quantity was wrong without even measuring it today?

The grain officer in charge of checking the book was quite polite, "It's not too little, it's too much."

The grain officer in charge of the inspection did not take it seriously when he heard this. Except for a very small number of villagers who brought less grain, most of them would bring one or two more buckets of grain, for fear that the quantity would not be enough and would not pass.

A little more, isn't that normal?

When Manager Shen heard what the grain officer said, he instantly laughed out loud, his mouth almost stretching to his ears.

He is in charge of the Shen family's fields. How could he not know whether the fields are productive or not?

He originally didn't know about going to the master's house, but he ran to the master's house many times when the wheat ears were hanging. Two days ago, when the harvest was going on, his father and the eldest son came to see it specially.

He remembered his father's shocked old face very clearly.

He came to deliver grain today with the consent of the master. Master Shen said, "Deliver as much grain as is necessary."

"Did they make a mistake?" If it was an ordinary household, the grain officer would have definitely accepted it. He knew the Shen family, so he asked again.

Manager Shen suddenly came to his senses and said with a smile, "Sir, it must be this much. The yield of the fifty acres of our farm this year is higher than in previous years."

The grain officer has been in charge of collecting grain for more than ten years. He knows exactly how much grain an acre of land produces and how much grain should be reported. He thinks that the grain output of fifty acres of land should be around 105 shi, and the amount of grain to be reported should be around 10 shi and 5 dou.

However, the book in the upper volume stated that the grain yield from fifty acres was two hundred shi and three dou, and the tax payable was twenty shi and three liters.

Is this a little more? This is almost double.

The grain officer looked at the randomly jumping numbers on the paper and reminded in a good-tempered manner, "Shen's family, could this be the yield of one hundred acres?"

If you say the yield of 100 acres is a bit low, but if you say this is 50 acres, he, he has never seen such a high-yield field.

Manager Shen rubbed his hands happily. Even a blind man could see the excitement on his face. "Sir, it can't be wrong. This is how much we will produce this year. How can we be wrong about this important matter of grain supply?"

The grain official looked suspicious, but he still asked a few more questions, fearing that if he collected too much grain now, when the Shen family went to the county to inquire about it in the future, he, the grain official, would not be able to explain clearly how fifty acres of land could produce one hundred acres of grain.

Manager Shen knew some "other" things, but he kept them secret and only said that the Shen family gave the people in charge of the crops a method of fermenting manure, which was very effective.

"Is this true?"

"Sir, the food is still in the car!"

"the way is?"

Manager Shen just smiled and looked at the grain officer and smiled.

The grain officer realized belatedly that he had asked too much and smiled awkwardly, letting the matter go.

However, he was thinking in his heart that this was a major event that would benefit the people. As long as he reported it to his superiors truthfully and managed it well, it might become a great achievement, and he should be able to show off in front of his superiors, right?

But there was no point in rushing about this matter, as he still had to stay in Taohua Town for a few more days, and people from several villages had not yet arrived.

Since registering the prolific producer at the Shen Mansion in the morning, the grain officer paid extra attention to the registration that day and indeed did not encounter any more prolific producers.

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In Niutoushan Village, Wu Shan watched the lazy man Li Er's eyelids twitching uncontrollably.

"You want to join us? Can you spare one or two ounces of silver?"

"Village chief, you can't look down on me. Everyone is participating, so why can't I? It's just picking up stones on the mountain, why can't I?" Li Er already had a plan in his mind. This thing must be a joint action of the whole village. With so many people at that time, wouldn't it be easy for him to do less work?

Besides, I heard that every family made several taels of silver from making charcoal last winter. He felt so regretful when he found out.

So when this good thing happened this year, he said he couldn't miss it.

Wu Shan didn't pay attention to how capable he was just now, and just asked, "Can you take out one or two taels of silver?"

Li Er smiled and rolled his eyes, "Village Chief, I can't take it out now, so I want to discuss with you, how about you lend me some money."

"Get out!" Wu Shan was in a bad mood when he saw his lazy body and his eyes that were not smart but were rolling around on purpose.

Lend him money?

That's simply like throwing a meat bun at a dog.

"Li Er, we are all from the same village. Everyone knows what kind of person you are. If you were able to work, your fields wouldn't be overgrown with grass." At this time, a villager who had not left said.

"You're not going to use this as an excuse to borrow money and then use the money to buy some alcohol in town, are you?" The others also followed suit.

"Go away, I think you are the ones who want to drink. Besides, how do you know I can't work? I am a man, I just want to make money, the land at home is taken care of by the woman in the house, why don't you go and tell her."

"You're right. Have you eaten anything grown in the fields? You're a grown man, but you're idle all day long, and you expect your wife to work. You're such a loser."

Li Er was scolded, mumbling a few words and simply ignored the people who laughed at him. He sat on a chair beside him and reached out to pull the village chief's hand, "Village chief, it doesn't make sense for you to not take me with you when the whole village becomes rich. When the time comes, my family will have no food to eat, who among you is willing to lend us food? You are unwilling to lend us food, and you don't take us to make money. You are teaming up to force our family to death, my poor old mother."

Wu Shan looked at him with a cheating look on his face and felt the little flame in his heart growing bigger.

Squinting my eyes, I asked him, "Do you really want to participate?"

When Li Er heard that there was a chance, he nodded impatiently.

"Okay, I'll pay for your share. We're all here to be witnesses. When we really make money, your share will be deducted directly from me. When you pay back the money I paid for you today, you can get your share.

Li Er's eyes hadn't even started to turn when Wu Shan interrupted him, "If you don't do your job properly, I have plenty of ways to deal with you."

Work hard?

Okay, let him do it.

Others carry a full basket, but he only carries half a basket. You can't say he doesn't work, right?

He is thirsty and wants to drink some water. You can't let him drink some water, right?

What can he do if his body needs to eat, defecate or urinate?

Li Er thought it through and pretended to be timid. He nodded and said, "Let's do it. When the time comes, I'll do whatever the village chief says."

That afternoon, Wu Shan collected the money from the villagers. Since Li Er knew to participate, it was impossible for other villagers to give up.

With the experience of making charcoal last year, Wu Shan directly called Li Yu to be the accountant this time.

Li Yu naturally felt obliged to help with village affairs when he had the opportunity.

After the village finished counting the people that afternoon, it decided to go to the county the next day.