HLnovel Chapter 357: Beyond the Youzhou City Government Office, this...
Chapter 357: Beyond the Youzhou City Government Office, this...
In the evening, Li Lanzhen also prepared gifts for the emperor and empress in the space.
The sweet potatoes and potatoes produced in the space must be given, but they are packed with about 100 kilograms each.
There were some vegetables and fruits stored in the space.
There were two baskets each of smoked chickens, ducks, geese, and salted duck eggs, and 1000 kilograms of vermicelli.
The rest are some dried mountain products.
She packed all these things in a wicker basket.
Just wait until tomorrow morning and put it in the yard and let the sons take it to the small pier by car to load it onto the boat.
After breakfast, Du Yanqing and his friends left.
Few people went to see him off.
The children went to school, and everyone else went to their own work.
The people from the village committee, together with Prince Li Lanzhen, Xuanshen, and Bai Houpu, escorted them to the dock.
Shopkeeper Hua walked up to Li Lanzhen and whispered to her.
"Madam Li, I still have to go to the capital this time. I want to take Minghai with me when I pass by Youzhou City. What do you think?"
Li Lanzhen was stunned for a moment, then immediately realized that the prince must have something or something to bring to the palace, so he asked him to make the trip.
"Okay, let him go with you then."
"Madam Li, don't worry, the matter you asked Han Minghai to do is already in place. It will be almost done when we return from the capital."
"Okay, thank you very much. I'm sorry to bother you again this time."
Li Lanzhen was very happy that Han Minghai could go out with Manager Hua.
Only by traveling to more places and experiencing more things can you learn skills.
When Han Minghai left home, he took some spare clothes and personal belongings with him, so the only difference between going to Youzhou City and going to the capital was the distance.
In this way, she handed over all the things for the emperor and the empress to the shopkeeper Hua.
When Shopkeeper Hua saw so many baskets, he smiled happily.
"Mrs. Li, please rest assured. I will definitely convey it to you."
Li Lanzhen saw that Bai Houpu also sent over three boxes of things, which she estimated to be medicinal herbs.
The prince stood by and said nothing.
Li Lanzhen knew that the prince should not be able to leave Taohuayuan at the moment.
The statement to the public should still be that the prince was ill and was receiving treatment outside.
After seeing them off, they began to prepare to pay taxes and grain to Youzhou Prefecture.
There was only one boat in Taohuayuan, so Xuanshen asked Xiaowu and Shitou to go to Sifang Restaurant and borrow two boats.
It took three ships two trips to transport the sweet potatoes and potatoes to the Moon Bay Pier.
Li Lanzhen built three large warehouses here, each of which is more than 200 square meters.
When they went to pay taxes, Han Shunde brought Xue Lao Hu, Zhang Deshui, Han Dazhong, and Xuan Shen with him, along with ten guards from the training camp.
Of course Li Lanzhen went along as well.
She also brought some specialties from Taohuayuan to Governor Wu.
They were given 200 kilograms of sweet potatoes and potatoes each, as well as vegetables produced in the space, as well as salted duck eggs and fresh eggs, all of which were produced in the space.
We gave two smoked chickens, ducks and geese each. Of course, vermicelli from the vermicelli factory was indispensable, and they were packed into two bags, weighing about 50 kilograms.
Standing on the deck of the ship, Li Lanzhen said to Xuanshen who was following behind her.
"I brought some local specialties to the prefect. Please deliver them to the government office when we get there."
Xuan Shen smiled and said, "Aunt, you should go and deliver it to the prefect in person.
Magistrate Wu said last time that he wanted to see you.
He originally wanted to come to Taohuayuan to see the sweet potatoes and potatoes we planted.
You don’t know, when he found out that there was a kind of grain in Taohuayuan, which not only had a high yield per mu but also had low requirements for the growing environment.
He wanted to come here very much, but there were too many eyes staring at Youzhou City, so he didn't dare to move around casually. He also knew that the prince was in Taohuayuan.
So I just endured it, and every time I met him, he would always ask about the growth of sweet potatoes and potatoes. "
Li Lanzhen smiled. As a qualified local official, his reaction was correct.
"How about this, Xuan Shen? I'll give him a copy of the drawings of the iron plowshare, rice transplanter, and rice thresher."
Xuan Shen nodded, "Okay, auntie, now Magistrate Wu will be happy.
The batch of sweet potatoes and potatoes that Minister Du took away as seeds will probably not be given to Youzhou City next spring."
After hearing this, Li Lanzhen immediately understood what he meant. The emperor was very clear in his calculations.
He knew that he was in Youzhou Prefecture and would definitely give Youzhou Prefecture a batch of sweet potatoes and potatoes as seeds.
He nodded and said, "The batch of sweet potatoes we handed over this time can be used as seeds for next year. It depends on how the prefect arranges it."
Li Lanzhen knew that Youzhou Prefecture had a vast area and fertile land.
If each county and town were to distribute a batch, these sweet potatoes and potatoes would definitely not be enough as seeds.
But if we concentrate on planting in two counties and towns first, and harvest twice, the seeds should be enough.
These were not things she could know.
Mr. Prefect, you should have considered these things a long time ago.
All she had to do was hand in the sweet potato and potato seeds.
After the three ships made two trips to collect all the tax grain to be paid at the Moon Bay Wharf, they hired a batch of ox carts and horse carriages to deliver them to Youzhou City one after another.
They were not the first to pay taxes.
In fact, taxes in various places were collected by yamen runners.
Some people even brought their own food to hand it in.
Their horse-drawn carriages moved in succession, and it took most of the day to deliver the sweet potatoes and potatoes to the government office.
The yamen runners in Youzhou Prefecture had already calculated in advance the tax grain data that each household in the counties, towns and villages under their jurisdiction needed to pay.
It is clear how much tax should be paid by the population.
After three years of natural and man-made disasters, the land became barren and there were poor harvests in all places.
Everyone was also very hungry and wanted to keep any food they had at home.
So most of the money is from the mountain products that are collected on a daily basis, or from other ways of making money that are sold in exchange for silver.
Then half of the grain and half of the silver were used to pay taxes to each household.
This was because Youzhou Prefecture Governor Wu understood that the people had suffered during the three-year disaster and had a difficult life, and did not force them to hand over silver or grain.
There are relatively few villages like Lishu Village that pay all their grain and taxes.
Therefore, the grain brought from Lihua Village, which was grain they had never seen before, immediately caused a sensation.
People in the government office were the first to know that Lishu Village grew sweet potatoes and potatoes.
Some people have eaten it in Sifang Restaurant and can't forget the deliciousness of sweet potatoes and potatoes.
Today they saw firsthand what sweet potatoes and potatoes look like.
They were in high spirits the whole day.
The attitude towards Han Shunde and his men was very good. After calculating all their population and the amount of tax to be paid, the next step was to weigh and check.
The prefect, Lord Wu, had known for a long time that Li Lanzhen and others would come to pay taxes today.
I sat in the service hall early and waited.
Han Shunde and his colleagues watched as truckloads of sweet potatoes and potatoes were pulled in, weighed, registered and calculated.
Li Lanzhen followed Xuan Shen, and several guards behind her carried the specialties that Li Lanzhen had prepared for Prefect Wu to meet Prefect Wu.