It was precisely by relying on these data that Xiulote was able to outline the details of military and civilian settlements and roughly plan future tax levels, envisioning the direction of further reforms.
Military settlements would farm 10 acres per able-bodied man and contribute 2.5 dan of grain, with the surplus provided to the troops. Civilian settlements would farm 8 acres per able-bodied man and contribute 2 dan, half for self-sustenance, and the remaining three-fifths as tribute, two-fifths as village savings—taxes were around 30 percent. Adult women were to till 6 acres and contribute 1.5 dan; the elderly and infirm would farm 4 acres and contribute 1 dan, calculated in the same manner. Including corvée labor during agricultural downtime, the future level of taxation in the fief would be equivalent to that of the Qin Dynasty after its centralizing reforms.
