In total, the yield per acre of the 300 acres of paddy fields cultivated by Tiandihui has increased by 50% compared with the past. This performance is jaw-dropping. No wonder people say that Australians have secret methods for farming.
"If it hadn't been for my husband's land, this year's annual income would have been much higher." Liu Guangbiao expressed regret, "Uncle San! I will lease all the land to the Tiandihui in the spring of next year..." He suddenly stopped.
, probably because it feels inappropriate.
Liu Youren didn't say anything. All the land was contracted to the Tiandihui. Then didn't the Australians clearly know how much land they had? He sighed, this was really a dilemma.
"Basically, I think it would be better if the Australians themselves took care of this matter."
"Third uncle?" Liu Guangbiao was puzzled. With the Australian people's attitude of killing every detail and their terrifying ability to do things, I am afraid that not to mention only half of the repayment, not even the land under their own name can escape.
"Australians are strict in doing things, but their governance is more lenient than the government." Liu Youren whispered, "Be strict where you should be strict, and be lenient where you should be lenient - the so-called 'lenience and severity'. In contrast, the government is somewhat
Recklessly……"
"Third Uncle!" Liu Guangbiao was startled. The Third Uncle's words were almost rebellious. Although Lingao was far away from the Emperor, the government still had prestige. "Don't talk nonsense!"
"Humph, of course this is between you and me." Liu Youren said. Let's deal with the matter like this for now. When Chief Yun comes, listen to his side of things and then make next plans.
Such consultations and bargaining have been going on for more than half a month in every large household in the county. An atmosphere of tension and uneasiness hangs over each household, and people who have some relationship with each other are walking around, asking for information.
The big businessmen who had connections with heaven and earth suddenly became the focus of the whole county, and the number of people who came to visit them was beyond the threshold. Even the big businessmen had always looked down on the nouveau riche: Lin Quan'an, who made his fortune by purchasing goods for Australians.
It suddenly became a hot topic, and people came to visit every three days. Some of them put down their gifts and left, while others sat down and talked incomprehensibly from all over the world. It was so noisy that he simply didn’t know what to say.
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Besides Lin Quan'an, there was "Runshitang". The business of this drugstore suddenly became very good. Someone in the wealthy family suddenly became "sick" and they all asked Yang Shixiang, the owner of "Runshitang", for medical treatment.
Medicine comes from the same source, so he usually helps the world by hanging pots, but he didn't expect so many people to suddenly fall ill.
Of course, you can't get any specific information from these people. Not to mention Lin Quan'an, Yang Shixiang, who has nothing to do with the fields, even Zhang Youfu, who claims to be closest to the Australians and the most well-informed, can't
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On the contrary, the small grain farmers who have no wealth and power are not disturbed this time. They have no extra acres to repay, and some even bear the grain tax for fields that are not their own. If they squeeze, they will not have much profit.
Of course, this is not because Chen Minggang is kind enough to let them go - the subordinate officials are all cannibals who eat people without spitting out their bones. They have to squeeze oil out of pebbles - but Chen Minggang feels that the Australians mainly want to
It is meaningless to rectify large households and squeeze out small ones through a lot of effort. It will not produce results and will easily cause the backlash of small households. Chen Minggang feels that the attitude of Australians towards the common people is completely different from the attitude of the Ming Dynasty government towards the common people. It will really cause trouble.
Come on, you're definitely going to make yourself miserable.
The frequent traffic connections between big households gave the Political and Security Administration an excellent opportunity. Based on this, the surveillance department of the Operations Office drew a "map of the relationships between big households in the county." When Chinese people encounter difficulties, the first one they look for is naturally
For your relatives and friends, this time you can roughly understand how close they are to each other.
Liu Dalin's family has also become the focus of the whirlpool. When Huang Hankun visited his home for the first time, Liu Dalin was noncommittal to the questions he raised. In his opinion, the matter of cleaning up the farmland was reasonable - regardless of whether there was Australia or not.
People's affairs, hidden fields, and tricks like this are all damaging to the income of the imperial court.
Of course, from a personal emotional point of view, vital interests must always be taken care of. When the interests of individuals and the government collide, most people still choose to safeguard their own interests. Liu Dalin's family used to be just a middle-class property. Since his father's generation, there have been
After receiving the name of the department, the official exemption amount is enough to exempt his family from all the money and food, but people always have relatives and friends to take care of. They are all close relatives and friends - he is not a saint after all, so he should accept it.
As time passed, the land under the Liu family's name unexpectedly increased to one thousand acres.
Liu Dalin himself was not harassed this time about Zhang Tian's affairs - Chen Minggang knew that the Australians respected this Jinshi very much and had the intention of taking advantage of him, so just like in previous years, he did not go to deliver food at all.
Every time at this time, the custom of visiting the house to ask An Qiufeng to spend some money is no longer required.
But Chen Minggang still planned to kill Liu Jinshi's majesty, which no one dared to touch in the past and now. He refused to send grain to Liu Dalin, but the landowners who had sent it to his name were not so lucky this time.
Chen Minggang had a very clear list in his hand and knew the amount of land each family had sent under Liu Dalin's name, so he directly sent grain to these landowners and asked them to report the amount of land within a time limit in preparation for the conquest.
At this time, the Liu family's three relatives and close friends were in a quarrel. Everyone knew that Chen Minggang was vicious and difficult to deal with, so they hurriedly went to the city to see Liu Dalin and asked him for advice. The Liu family is at the west gate of the county.
The door of the inner house was suddenly crowded with sedan chairs and servants.
Liu Dalin, like all scholars, likes to be quiet and dislikes trouble. Since his legs and feet became inconvenient, he rarely goes out. Now so many relatives and friends have come all of a sudden, and they all want to see him and ask him to make up his mind.
, to negotiate. He was so distracted by the commotion that he only asked the housekeeper to come forward to deal with it, and hid in the study.
Listening to the noisy voices in front of him, Liu Dalin felt that there was nothing he could do. He felt ashamed of his relatives and friends, and also hated them. It seemed that his help was a matter of course.
His family has a long history of scholarship. His grandfather did not have a scientific name, but he had a literary reputation. His father was a magistrate and he was a Jinshi. It can be called a well-known gentry family in the county. If it were in the past, he would just write a letter and send it to the county for anything.
Once they are sent to the government offices, there is nothing that cannot be done. Now, no matter how many films are sent to the county offices, it will probably not help - we have to negotiate with the Australians.
But dealing with Australians is the last thing he wants to do.
Judging from the preferential treatment and respect given to him by the Australians, if they were willing to go out and deal with it, the Australians would always buy him some face, and there would be room for change. But he really didn't want to make such a move.
Although the Australians have never done anything bad, they are always outsiders and dissatisfied with the rule of kings. They build a city and headquarters without permission in Lingao, which is like a separatist force. I can't avoid them in the first place, so how can I easily provoke them?
!If the thief deliberately wants to take advantage of him and asks others to do things, he will inevitably fall into trouble. His reputation will be ruined in one day.
But he had to explain things to his relatives and friends, otherwise he couldn't bear the reputation of being "mean".
While he was worrying, a maidservant who was waiting for his wife came. Seeing that his face was full of sorrow, she didn't dare to speak, she just stood at the door of the house and poked her head around.
"What's the matter?" Liu Dalin discovered him anyway, "I need to come in and talk."
"Yes, sir!" The maid hurriedly came in, "Several uncles and aunts and wives have come to see madam. We are talking in the back hall now, and they all want to see you. Madam was afraid that you were not feeling well, so she stopped her first..."
"I got it," Liu Dalin waved his hand, "Just step back."
The maid hesitated for a moment and then said: "Madam, please see if you can take care of some of your close relatives..."
"You go back and serve Madam first. I have my own ideas about this matter."
The maid withdrew. She said she had "her own ideas," but in fact she had no idea where her ideas were. Liu Dalin suddenly felt that there was no one around him with whom he could discuss.
Of course he has friends, but these friends either talk about morality and education, or they just write poems, songs, music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. These friends are sound and logical, but when it comes to practical matters, they can’t come up with any useful ideas. Everyone flatters him.
He should be worthy of these words: "The path is pure, the will is bright, the will is bright." However, the current problem is not something that "the path is pure, the will is bright," can't be dealt with.
After much deliberation, only Huang Xunkun, the second son of Mr. Huang in Huangjiazhai, came to visit a few days ago and asked how he would deal with this land-owning matter. Because the Liu family has enjoyed a lot of happiness since his father became an official.
Youfu is already the second generation, and apart from dealing with the subordinate officials during the holidays during the holidays, he has not asked about food and tax matters for a long time. I couldn't explain why for a while.
Now that I think about it, the Huang family and his son can discuss it. Although the Huang family is a wealthy family, they have tried their best to protect their hometown for many years. Liu Dalin is quite enthusiastic about the affairs of the county, so he respects the Huang family and his son very much and communicates with each other.
Celebrating the funeral. Huang Xunkun passed the examination and went to the door to congratulate him personally, which gave the Huang family a great deal of face.
Thinking of this, he felt a glimmer of light. He quickly turned the wheels of his wheelchair to the door and called the servant:
"Go and tell the gentlemen that I know everything about them and ask them to go back first. I will naturally get a response then."
"Yes!" The servant was about to leave.
"Hold on!" Liu Dalin knew that most of the people in this group had sent gifts, "All the gifts given will be returned."
"yes--"
"Don't accept gifts from the guests from your natal family, just keep saying this!"
After giving the instructions, he called over a personal bookboy and ordered:
"You go to the county to study and ask the second young master of the Huang family to come over and talk about it."