Si Xiaosong and Si Xiaobai are finally free. The family no longer cares about them. Children all over the city can run out and play happily.
The heavy autumn harvest has ended, and the threshed and dried grain has been put into the warehouse. In addition to keeping enough food for each community, the rest of the food was purchased by the government and entered the official warehouse.
After the production team and animal husbandry team completed the liquidation, they also distributed wages to shareholders according to their work, and also received collective operating dividends for the year. And farmers and herdsmen also got money.
The rule Yang Fan set for them was the principle of dividing the fat among five horses.
Twenty percent is given to Mr. Yang as tax. Mr. Yang's system cannot be self-sustaining without taxation. After all, he has done so much to promote universal education, universal medical care, support the army, scientific research, etc. In the early days, it was all up to Yang Fan to advance, but sooner or later, he would have to rely on his own hematopoietic ability.
Twenty percent is given to the local government as a construction tax, which is used for local government operations, various project construction and public utility expenditures.
Since the city of Duolun is in its infancy, it costs money everywhere, whether it is building city walls, docks, roads and bridges, or even reclaiming land, establishing public health and warehousing systems.
Now 20% of Yang Fan's tax revenue and 20% of local local taxes, a total of 40% are used for local construction.
Only when the local development matures in the future, Yang Fan will actually withdraw the 20% of tax revenue from the local area.
The remaining 60 percent is reserved for businesses and individuals.
Twenty percent is retained within the company as a capital reserve fund to expand production and corporate liquidity. This part is a collectively owned asset.
After all, we have to buy seeds, fertilizers, and replenish and repair damaged production tools every year. It is impossible to do it without money.
Twenty percent is used as compensation for corporate employees. This part is distributed according to the principle of more work, more gain. 25 farmers, those who work in the community must be paid.
The final 20% is distributed as dividends to shareholders. This part is based on family units. A family is considered a shareholder.
Xingfu She planted a total of 2,500 acres of sorghum this year. A total of 2 million catties of grain were harvested. The government's purchase price was one penny or two catties. Straw is worth one denarius per acre.
A total of one million yuan was obtained from selling grain, which is one thousand guan. Probably equivalent to one thousand taels of silver. You can get 250 taels of silver from selling straw.
Because the community has livestock to raise, such as cattle, horses, donkeys, sheep, etc. So I only sold straw for 200 taels of silver. The remainder is given to the livestock for the winter.
In other words, according to the 20% dividend, 240 taels of silver are divided among 25 households. A family probably has less than ten taels of silver. This is a huge sum of money.
No one expected that they would make money in the first year and earn nearly ten taels of silver.
Sibeigou's family of eight are all laborers, and they still get paid for this harvest. Because they do a lot, they earn more than other families. The total salary earned was twelve taels and five cents.
This income makes the family smile from ear to ear.
Originally, they planned to keep part of the sorghum as rations, but after some research, Old Uncle Zhong and others found that eating sorghum was not cost-effective.
Sorghum is used to make wine. It is considered a cash crop and the price is relatively good. It is a waste to eat it.
Why don't you sell them all and use the money to buy corn to eat? That's three pounds per penny.
Whether it's stick noodles pasted on pancakes or big chunks of kidney bean porridge, the family has been drinking it for a year. I'm used to it. The corn noodles are also very delicious, chewy and smooth.
Save one-third of your money and you can buy soybeans to make miso and tofu, as well as vegetables for the winter.
So they sold all the grain.
I didn't get any silver or copper coins from selling grain, I only got a bunch of banknotes. This makes many people panic, fearing that their harvest for the year will be expropriated without compensation.
But they soon discovered that silver and copper coins were of no use here. The stores did not accept these items, they only accepted banknotes.
Those who hid silver and copper coins had to go to banks to exchange them before they could use banknotes to buy things in shops and markets.
Because each community sold their harvest to the government and only kept a small amount for themselves. Therefore, large-scale transactions must go to stores and markets run by the government. For daily household purchases, you can go to flea markets and roadside stalls.
But everyone soon discovered that using silver and copper coins was not as convenient as paper money, so roadside stalls and flea markets only accepted paper money.
Banknotes earn better interest when deposited in banks, while silver and copper coins earn half as much interest. After settling the accounts, people were even less willing to hold silver.
When farmers make money, they must first repay this year's loan repayments. These loans are repaid in equal installments of principal and interest over ten to fifteen years.
The remaining money can be spent freely by each family.
In the government-run store, there is a dazzling array of products. They sell everything from needles and threads to cattle, horses, vehicles, daily necessities, and production tools.
During this period, the most popular item purchased was cast iron stoves. Although the newly built adobe houses this year all have masonry cooking pots, fire walls, and earthen kangs.
But we only have a fire when cooking, and it’s still very cold in winter. Winter on the grassland can reach more than 20 degrees below zero, which is similar to that in the Northeast.
This is where a cast iron stove comes in handy.
Because briquettes are very cheap and resistant to burning. Cast iron stoves can be connected to fire walls and fire pits. This way the house can stay warm all day long.
An iron kettle is placed on the stove lid so that the house is humid in winter and hot water can be supplied round the clock.
Duolun Coal has now opened its doors and has four branches across the city. More than twenty coal stations.
There is also a donkey cart transport team that delivers goods to your home and is responsible for loading and unloading.
We operate various sizes of cast iron stoves, iron stove barrels, iron kettles, fire tongs, honeycomb briquette makers, etc.
The coal station sells both bulk coal and ready-made briquettes. You can make your own briquettes or buy them ready-made.
Everyone in the city is ready to take a good rest and have a comfortable winter.
Now the yield in the fields is so high and the income is good. In the winter, I can't work for half a year. My wife and children heat up on the bed every day. This kind of life is really comfortable.
Except that one strong man from each household had to participate in irregular military training, there was basically nothing going on.
I heard that the public bathhouses and theaters run by the government are also about to open. People are looking forward to having a winter of enjoyment.
In order to prevent Yang Fan from having nothing to do in the past six months, people were too idle and caused trouble. Many theater troupes were bought from various places and sent to Duolun to set up a theater to enrich cultural life.
The children started playing wildly. In this era, the children of poor people have already become the masters of their families and have started working with adults at the age of eight or nine. There was not much time for play in their childhood.
However, Si Xiaosong did not sleep in or go out to play like other children. As soon as it gets light, the cow gets up, puts on his beloved little basket, and picks up the long bamboo clip. Go out and pick up shit.
Si Xiaosong resented farming very much and it was too painful. He doesn't like farming. In order to escape the fate of being a farmer, he racked his brains to find opportunities to make money.
Finally he found one, what is in short supply now, fertilizer!
So he got up early to pick up livestock manure on the road. Transport it home and store it in the dung pile. The family saw him getting up early every day to pick up feces and didn't interfere with him. After all, this is better than eating and having fun.
He planned in his mind that after a few days, when no one at home would pay attention to him, he would sneak Xiaobai over the barbed wire fence and dig vole holes.
