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In the 15th year of the Hongzhi reign, the wheat quota was 570,000? 1,889 shi, 6 dou one-tenth of a shi, 7 sheng one-hundredth of a shi, 3 he one-thousandth of a shi; silk: 4,717 bolts; raw silk: 50 jin approx. 0.5kg, 5 liang ounce, 8 qian 1/10th of a liang, 7 fen 1/100th of a liang.
In the 6th year of the Wanli reign, the wheat quota was 591,951 shi, 3 dou, 1 sheng, 7 he, 1 shao one-ten-thousandth of a shi; silk: 4,771 bolts; raw silk: 51 jin, 6 liang, 5 qian, 5 fen.
Autumn grain quota: In the 26th year of the Hongwu reign, the rice quota was 2,093,570 shi. In the 15th year of the Hongzhi reign, the rice quota was 1,695,132 shi, 8 dou, 6 sheng, 4 he, 6 shao. In the 6th year of the Wanli reign, the rice quota was 1,722,851 shi, 3 dou, 8 sheng.