Chapter 20: Living on Rice and White Flour

"I'll plant the crops, though a bit slow, but there will be enough for the taxes," Qiao Changshun answered without hesitation.

Now, the major taxes were collected in the form of grain and cloth.

If they used silver to replace grain and cloth, they would have to pay according to the business standard, because the current emperor disliked merchants, favoring agriculture over commerce, so if they paid by the business standard, they'd have to give more silver.

For example, if they paid with grain, they only needed to give two bushels.

But if they paid with silver, and if two bushels of grain were worth one tael silver, then they'd have to pay two taels silver for taxes, which was twice as expensive.

"You still have to help me with the business, there isn't that much time to farm. I think, buying back five acres will do."