"Should we keep those villains from causing trouble?" Lou Qingyi replied.
She is a little unsure.
Chen Chang smiled: "Their reactions never matter!"
"What?" Lou Qingyi was stunned for a moment.
Chen Chang smiled and further explained: "These people are just moths in your opinion. Their reactions will not affect the overall situation of dividing the land, let alone the prestige you have established based on this matter!"
As a visitor from later generations, although Chen Chang did not know much about the land policy at this time, he was very clear about the policies of later generations.
Thousands of years of feudal society collapsed as the land returned to the hands of farmers.
The focus of the contradiction is not on a few people, but on the majority.
When Lou Qingyi heard Chen Chang's words, he was very confused and confused. He couldn't tell whether Chen Chang was telling lies to comfort himself.
When Chen Chang saw Lou Qingyi's expression, he felt happy: He finally had the chance!
"Do you know why the villagers are vying to rent your land?"
Lou Qingyi subconsciously replied: "Of course our land is fertile, the grain quality is good, and the rent price is fair and reasonable!"
Putting interests first is the truth in today's world.
Lou Qingyi knew that no matter how fertile their land was, if the rent price was unfair, there would not be so many people flocking to it.
Chen Chang replied contemptuously: "Wrong!"
"Wrong?" Lou Qingyi was a little confused: "Why?"
"In this world, whoever holds the lifeblood of others in his hands will keep his word! Whoever can make others obey his orders! As you mentioned, whether the land is fertile, whether the grain quality is high, and whether the rent price is fair and reasonable, and
There is no inevitable relationship!"
"The reason why these people rent your land is because they don't have their own land!"
Lou Qingyi shook his head: "No, no, then why don't they swarm to rent other families' land?"
"They also control other people's lives, and they have much more land than ours!"
Lou Qingyi found that what Chen Chang said could not be justified at all.
He is indeed a boastful guy.
But she didn't find it too strange. Most young men of this era were like this.
At this time, Chen Chang stood up slowly, stretched his sore legs, and said, "Then let me ask you another question."
"When the Lou family's land, grain seeds and rent are roughly the same as those of other wealthy families, whose land are the villagers willing to rent and cultivate more?"
Lou Qingyi thought about it and said, "It's still from our Lou family."
Ah Weng, her father told her about this.
Back then, under the same conditions, the first consideration of tenants was to rent land for housing estates.
"Why is this?"
"You should trust our Lou family, right?"
"We are a little close to the answer." Chen Chang asked, "But, I don't know if you have ever thought about it. At that time, your Lou family didn't have much land, and the land was not very fertile. It was just because of the reputation of the Lou family.
?"
"In recent years, wars have occurred frequently, people have been displaced, and there are fewer people and more land. Not all the land of high-ranking families can be rented out. Your Lou family is not very powerful in Jiangling, why can you let other big families
Others succumb to others? Do you think your family has the potential to intimidate other high-ranking families?"
"This is impossible..." Lou Qingyi still knows the background of the Lou family. From Aweng to Afu, they are all heirs of poetry and calligraphy. They rarely participate in party disputes in the court. The officials who interact with the Lou family are also
It is impossible for people from the Qingshui Yamen to say that the Lou family still has hidden power.
"Why is that?" After thinking for a while, Lou Qingyi said.
"Why is it impossible?" Chen Chang said, "The amount of land is greater than the actual needs of the villagers, so these tenants are the customers that various high-level households are competing for. If it were you, you would like to see a large number of customers fall into the hands of others.
Hand?"
"Even if your Loujia provides customers with better goods, better services, and more advantageous prices, wouldn't your competitors be jealous?"
"But, why has no one interfered with the management of your Loujia Zhuangzi in these years?"
"This..." Lou Qingyi was momentarily stunned by the question.
Yes, why?
Based on Lou Qingyi’s life experience, she feels that the Lou family is inconspicuous among the wealthy families in Jiangling, but why does the Lou family’s village have so many high-quality tenants?
She checked the relevant rosters and found that at least 30% of the tenants had been renting land from landlords over the years, and it had not changed even for three generations.
Lou Qingyi doesn’t understand.
So she turned her attention to Chen Chang: "Why?"
Chen Chang smiled: "Because these people are probably loyal to your Lou family, or they are loyal to the forces behind your Lou family."
"You mean there is someone behind my Lou family?" Lou Qingyi was even more confused.
"Is there a more reasonable explanation? Maybe the land in Zhuangzi does not belong to your Lou family at all."
Chen Chang made a bold guess.
In the words of later generations, the Lou family may be just the white gloves of a certain big shot.
Lou Qingyi's eyes were full of doubts.
She was completely shocked by Chen Chang's speculation.
"No one is causing trouble for you. It is entirely because there are people behind your back to support your Lou family. The other high-ranking families have also kept silent very wisely, and they have not wanted to share a piece of your Lou family's pie out of jealousy. Because
They know that if they harm the interests of your Lou family, they will harm the interests of that big shot."
"Let me tell you this, there is no casual love, nor casual hate. Everything is based on the relationship of interests."
"Perhaps one day your Lou family will no longer be important to that big shot, and he will abandon you for the sake of profit."
"You mean to let us make plans early?" Lou Qingyi's eyes were bright.
"A cunning rabbit has three holes. We still need to take preventive measures!" Chen Chang said, always feeling that this preventive measure was a bit awkward, so he changed his words and said, "It should be prepared for a rainy day!"
"Be prepared for a rainy day!" Lou Qingyi thought thoughtfully.
Chen Chang nodded: "Of course we have to do this, but the top priority now is to let the big shot see the benefits he can get after you distribute the land."
"Miss Lou, do you know what to do?"
"The more open the better, the more transparent the better!" Lou Qingyi said without hesitation.
"Yes, children can be taught!" Chen Chang nodded approvingly, "Sunshine is the best preservative. It can not only make those moths unable to do anything, but also show the attitude of your family."
Chen sang: "Next let's discuss things to prepare for a rainy day."
Lou Qingyi recovered her mind, thought for a moment, and nodded: "Since you are so sure that there is a potential force behind the Lou family, have you roughly guessed who it is?"
This chapter has been completed!