"mother!"
As soon as Xu Errui returned home, he wiped the water off his face and hurriedly found Jiang Zhi who was inspecting rice seeds.
"Mom, Uncle Tian asked, the rice can wait for three to five days at most, but the corn cannot wait at all. Some have already begun to sprout. What should I do?"
Jiang Zhi has been thinking about this matter for the past few days. No matter what, the grain pellets must be returned to the warehouse.
Jiang Zhisi thought about it and decided to harvest the grain first: "It happens that the rice seeds on the mountain have dried up, so we will go down the mountain and start harvesting. The corn husks are not, only the stalks are bare."
Xu Errui said anxiously: "Mom, the skins can be hung up to dry, but in our warehouse, they are all piled up and will get moldy."
When food is brought home with water, it must be spread out in a thin layer in a ventilated area immediately.
The village is full of shacks, and there is no open and ventilated place for drying in each house. There is only ventilation under the drying shed of the warehouse, and two kinds of grain cannot be stacked.
The place Jiang Zhi could think of was not Xujia Village, but the county seat. How to operate it specifically needed to be discussed with the group of eight.
As she went down the mountain, the eight-person mutual aid group gathered under the drying shed. Tian Gui and Xu Genyou talked about the same problem: it would not be sunny for a while, and corn and rice needed to be harvested as soon as possible, otherwise they would sprout and reduce production.
It would be better if there was only one kind of grain, but now it is time for late corn and rice to compete, and things will become more and more difficult.
Fortunately, the villagers' corn has been dried and bagged one month in advance. These second-crop late corn belong to the village head Jiang's family.
Losses are inevitable, and now we have to protect ourselves as much as we can.
Jiang Zhi did not express his thoughts immediately, but asked everyone to work together.
Xu Genyou said: "We can only break off the corns first, break them off together with the outer shell, and hang them wherever possible under each family's shack."
Xu Gensheng immediately shook his head: "A shack is only a big place, even if all the beds are given out, it won't be enough.
There are also pillars on the roof of the shack with thick arms, and if they are hung, the shack will fall with it. "
Xu Genyou stopped talking. The heavy rain in summer destroyed the thatched shack, and the wooden frame inside could not support the hanging corns.
It is raining continuously now, and the grass roof has already received enough water, and it needs to be crushed again to hang the corn.
Tian Guidao: "Can you ask Zhang Xinqin to help? We used to build a kang in the medical shed, and we can borrow it for a few days to dry food?"
"No! Inspector Zhang won't agree." Jiang Zhi denied it directly.
Jiang Zhi thought about this problem when he was on the mountain. The rice seeds on the mountain are made of rice kang, which is the most reliable.
But that was the big bed where the entire inspection department slept. It wasn't someone's tables and benches that could be borrowed at will.
There was so much food at the foot of the mountain that we couldn't finish baking it in a day or two. The people let the kang out and they didn't sleep for several days.
There is no family relationship between soldiers and civilians here!
It's okay to trouble Zhang Juntou alone, but you are going to dig into the lair of the entire inspection team. Why should they help you?
When encountering something that requires experience, Er Rui, Xiao Man, Wu Yang and Xia Xiucai remained silent.
In fact, in this situation, Xiao Manye and his colleagues only have two methods, one is to ventilate and dry, and the other is to dry.
Seeing that both of them didn't agree with each other, Mr. Li was scratching his head next to him, looking like he wanted to say something but didn't dare.
Xu Gensheng poked him: "What do you think we should do?"
Li Laoshi smiled: "My method is very simple, that is, set up a shelf in the drying shed and pile up the corns.
Are you saying it’s useless without ventilation? Don't worry, let everyone in the village come here to fan themselves with cattail fans, from morning to night, standing next to each other..."
Without waiting for him to finish, Xu Genheng jumped up: "No, no one can, the people have been blocked, and there is no standing stand.
Besides, if you fan and I fan, if the fan directions are different, will the wind fight?
Can the fighting wind dry up the corn? What if Baomi is not dried and the fan catches someone cold first..."
Li Laoshi: "...?" Is there such a strong wind?
Xu Genyou: ...This is just a room with a wooden frame set up to pile corns, and there is no room for anyone to stand.
Tian Gui and others also looked at each other: Feng fight?
Seeing that the words were getting more and more outrageous, Jiang Zhi cleared his throat: "Let's collect the food first and leave the professional stuff to the professionals.
This year the county magistrate is tax-exempt, and taxes will be paid next year. We here strive to be excellent taxpayers and pay taxes one year in advance. "
Several people were dumbfounded again. They went to the countryside every year to collect taxes, and no one was willing to pay taxes in advance.
Moreover, the county magistrate is willing to accept wet food that has not been dried yet?
And what does the phrase "professional people do professional things" mean?
Jiang Zhi explained: "To say that the fastest and most open place for drying is probably Zhang County Magistrate's granary. Now it is so empty that rats can run away."
"There is also a place for drying, and that is the Huo family's medicine store.
In order to dry various medicinal materials and prepare them, the pharmacy has professional drying racks and professional staff. "
As for whether Magistrate Zhang is willing to accept it... Jiang Zhi thinks he is willing.
Although wet food is more troublesome, for Pingchuan County, which is short of silver and food, the most indispensable thing is labor.
There is little food here, so the trouble is not big. It can also alleviate the county government's dilemma of being stretched, and more importantly, it can lead a good start.
Sooner or later, taxes will be imposed. This is something that cannot be avoided. Those who run ahead will get the fruits, and those who run behind will get the sticks.
These corns all belong to Jiang Zhi, so she has the right to make the decision.
Tian Gui and others had no other way to solve the problem but to do this.
However, before delivering the food, Jiang Zhi asked Zhang Juntou to pass the news to the county government. The road was not easy to travel, and if Magistrate Zhang didn't want it, he couldn't run away in vain.
"Do you want to pay taxes in advance? Or use wet food?" Zhang Juntou was shocked when he heard this strange idea. He didn't know what to say for a while.
She said it was a good thing that she paid the tax in advance, and what she could use was wet food that had not been dried.
If Zhang County Magistrate does not accept wet grain, he will have to wait until next year for the tax grain to enter the warehouse.
Wet food is not a big deal for several granaries. It only takes three to five days to dry, and it is still food.
Moreover, this was a tax paid one year in advance, so Magistrate Zhang had to praise it.
She also has fame and fortune. This village woman is really cunning!
Zhang Juntou also wanted to see how Magistrate Zhang would deal with this village woman, so he had someone ride on horseback in the rain to deliver news to the county government.
The news came back very quickly. As Jiang Zhi expected, Magistrate Zhang wanted to collect as much as he wanted.
The dehydrated weight is based on a small sample.
When Tian Gui and others heard the news, they were also happy for Village Chief Jiang, and now the losses were less.
So, taking advantage of the break when the rain stopped, the whole village mobilized again, ate a big pot of rice, did a big group work, and began to break off the corns in the muddy water.
Everyone is curious about it: paying taxes in advance, using wet food, and leaving it unseen in previous years.
But today is different from the past. A penny can't help a heroic man. If there is good food, Magistrate Zhang will definitely not want such a troublesome thing.
Another thing Jiang Zhi didn't expect was that County Magistrate Zhang really wanted to publicize it in a high-profile manner and actually asked the county warehouse to send a grain truck to pick him up.
When Jiang Zhi saw Xiang Dejin escorting the car, he felt that the sky was clearing up.
