Xiao Changyi said, "Hmm, it should be soon."
Usually, the government collects the tax grain within two months after the rice is harvested. Now that more than one month has passed, almost reaching two, it is indeed time for the tax grain to be collected.
Grain taxes are levied per mu, and generally, farmers pay in grain, but they can also choose to pay in Silver Coin.
However, paying in Silver Coin is more expensive than paying in grain.
Here, 'grain' refers to unprocessed rice, not the polished rice that has been milled. Although paying the tax in Silver Coin is more expensive than grain, the total cost is still much cheaper than buying polished rice.
The tax for one mu of land is half a dan of grain, regardless of the yield; that is fifty jin of rice. With the market price of rice being eight coins per jin, fifty jin of rice amounts to four hundred coins.
If you choose to pay in cash, that would be five hundred coins per mu for taxes.
