Chapter 34 34Building dams and canals

Qi Qi looked at the rolling river water and frowned, thinking about what to do?

If the fields are really barren, they will be barren. It doesn't matter. The most you can do is pay some labor and seed money.

She went to the village chief's house for dinner a few days ago, and she also took the opportunity to ask about the county government's tax exemption for fields damaged and confiscated by disasters.

Qi Qi asked if she could just return the land to the county government. She didn't want it anymore. It would be annoying to suffer disasters every year and go through the procedures every year. If there was a different county magistrate who was not easy to talk to, and no tax exemption was given, then she would still

Not allowed to post?

The village chief shook his head. Gu Xiaoen had asked this question a few years ago when he was still alive. He also went to the county government to negotiate. The answer was no, the court did not have laws in this regard.

Qi Qi vomited blood. This is going to die in her hands. Farmland must be cultivated. If it is left uncultivated, you will be punished. But there is no harvest every year. What are you doing?

With such an unreasonable regulation, why doesn’t anyone who understands come forward to revise it and solve it?

Qi Qi turned around and looked at the land. In addition to her family's five acres, there were also twenty or thirty acres of land. She didn't know whose family it belonged to.

Seeing people in those fields from a distance, Qi Qi walked over.

It was not far from next door to her house. As she got closer, Qi Qi recognized them as the grandson and grandson of Uncle Gu from the east end of the village. When her family built a new house, they had also done small jobs.

This Uncle Gu's surname is Gu, but he has nothing to do with her family. He has been on the fifth server a long time ago.

"Uncle, it's raining. Why don't you go home and hide? It's not good if you get wet and get sick." Qi Qi greeted with a smile.

In fact, if something can be done with a little money, it is not a big deal.

Ever since she returned to the village with medical documents, no one came to her for treatment except Liniang who quietly came to her.

"What did you say? You want to build a dam?" When the village chief heard her intention, he immediately raised his voice and stood up excitedly. "The cost of building a dam is not a small amount. Where do you get the money?"

"Hey, it's the girl's center, why did you come out? Go back quickly. Let's do more while the rain is not heavy. There are a lot of fields to take care of, so I'm afraid it won't be late." Uncle Gu's temples were already gray, and he was doing it.

He was breathing heavily while talking.

She had no money before, but now she has money as a reward from that adult, but she doesn't know if it is enough.

Seeing that he couldn't persuade them to go back, Qi Qi didn't say anything more. He said goodbye to them and continued walking to the bank of the river. After estimation, the U-shaped notch extending along the river bank was about two thousand meters long, which didn't count.

too long.

Uncle Gu cried when he talked about his twelve acres of land. His family didn't have that much land here at first. Later, someone sold the land here at a low price, so he bought it at a low price. He thought that as long as he worked hard,

There will always be a harvest, but the floods have become more and more serious in recent years. He has lost the land in his hands, can't throw it away, can't sell it, and has no harvest after planting. He really regrets it.

Gu Shanchong looked at her eyes with a complicated light. He really didn't expect that she, a woman, would have such courage. He had underestimated her before.

The child's mother thought of Qi Qi and asked her to come over and take a look. If that didn't work, he could borrow her carriage to take him there.

In the Da Pei Dynasty, there was a head tax based on people, that is, Ding tax; a property tax based on households, that is, household transfer; a land tax based on acres, that is, field rent; a corvee based on adult men and

Military service; there are also various other miscellaneous taxes such as customs and municipal taxes.

Qi Qi felt very heavy when she saw him crying.

Alas, she felt that it was all too busy, and her time was too tight, so she couldn't catch up on anything.

Until one night, a child in the village had a high fever in the middle of the night, so he invited the doctor. After seeing it, the doctor shook his head and asked to take him to the town hospital.

When the child's family heard this, they thought, yes, her family had a carriage.

After a year of hard work, but no harvest from the fields, wouldn't this cost them their lives?

The seed can only wait for news, and there is no other way.

If a dam was to be built, the cost...she would have to calculate it carefully.

The pills were made by Qi Qi during this period. They are used to treat fever, colds, diarrhea, nourish blood, relieve hangovers, stop vomiting, and detoxify... There are always more than ten kinds of pills.

I didn't expect it to come in handy so quickly.

From Uncle Gu's mouth, Qi Qi learned that in addition to her family's five acres, the sixth wife's family had three acres, Uncle Gu's family had twelve acres, Yang Daqing's family had three acres, and Li Erniu's family had two acres.

The bits and pieces left behind belong to the villagers, but most of them are rented to a few families in the east village for farming.

"Building a dam mainly requires strips of stone and wooden piles, which are connected with stone or iron ingots, and jointed with lime, glutinous rice, tung oil, etc. How high do you plan to build it?" Gu Shanchong squinted his eyes while smoking a dry cigarette.

, calculate it.

The child was out of danger, which made the child's family so happy that they cried with joy and immediately knelt down to apologize.

It's midnight, the kids are like this, it's not too late.

For ordinary people, they actually need money every day they open their eyes, and the bulk of their income comes from what the fields produce.

After these days of calculation, she knew that unless she left here and ignored her neighbors, she would have to build dams and canals if she wanted to live a stable life.

Qi Qi also officially became famous after this battle. From then on, people in the village who were not relatives of the family would call her "Girl in the Middle" when they saw her.

"Last time I rescued someone, I got some rewards, but I don't know if they are enough. I've come to discuss this with you." Qi Qi said with a calm smile, "Calculate for me how much silver I will need. If I can afford it,

, I just did it, and if I can’t get it out, I can only postpone it later.”

It is now late April, and the paddy field that Yang Daqing has renovated is almost ready, but the seeds or seedlings of water basil that he wants to plant have not yet been found.

I immediately went to invite Qi Qi, not having much hope at first. But as soon as Qi Qi arrived, she immediately gave the child a few injections, and the high fever subsided a little. He also gave the child pills and asked the mother to feed the child.

Then wipe the palms of the hands, soles of the feet, and armpits with warm water... Soon, the child's condition improved.

In the afternoon, Qi Qi carried her things and went to the village chief to discuss building a dam.

What's more, this is also a matter of accumulating merit, and she is even more reluctant to part with it.

"I asked about the water level in previous years. The bottom should be built at least three feet high. However, can the stone bars be replaced with stones from the stone mountain behind my house? This can save a fortune." Qi Qi suggested,

In fact, it is best to use cement when building a dam.

Unfortunately, she doesn't know the formula very well, and there are currently no merit points for her to buy. The stingy system won't lend any more merit points no matter what.

Ouch, depressing.

"This is feasible. It can indeed save a lot of money. As for the wooden stakes, I will discuss it with the clan leader. The mountain behind the village is the clan's property. There is nothing else. There are still a lot of trees." The village chief's eyes flashed slightly and he kowtowed.

He stood up holding the cigarette pole and said, "You go back first, I want to discuss it with the clan leader."
Chapter completed!