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...183,519. In the 6th year of Wanli, it was 10,012,651.
Summer Tax: In the 6th year of Hongwu, the quota was 990,441 shi a unit of dry measure for grain of wheat, and 32,999 bolts of silk. In the 15th year of Hongzhi, the quota was 942,302 shi, 9 dou measure of 10 liters, 4 sheng liter, 2 he deciliter, 3 shao centiliter of wheat; 25,777 bolts, 41 zhang unit of length, approx. 3.3 meters, 9 chi foot, 6 cun inch, 3 fen tenth of a cun, 6 li thousandth of a unit of silk; 2,777 bolts, 2 zhang, 6 chi, 6 cun, 5 fen of hemp cloth; 465 jin catty, approx. 0.5 kg, 15 liang tael, 8 qian tenth of a tael, 8 fen, 5 li, 8 hao ten-thousandth of a unit of silk thread; 6,534 ingots chao paper currency and 1,430 wen copper coins. In the 6th year of Wanli, the quota was 943,70...