Journey from the Siheyuan Chapter 605 Dare to be greedy for his small money
"Wu Zhuangtou, where are the accounts of the farm this year?"
Chunlan, the eldest maid and financial director, was dissatisfied when she saw Wu Zhuangtou sitting down and drinking tea pretending to be dumbfounded after Wu Zhuangtou finished his instructions. Today was the first time the young master came to the village, so he should take the initiative to bring out these things.
So unruly!
"Look at my memory. As I get older, I tend to forget things easily." Wu Zhuangtou hurriedly bowed his hands and apologized to Wang Lidong. Then he took the account book from his eldest son Wu Qi, "Young Master, this is
Our village’s accounts for this year.”
After Wang Lidong reached out and took the account book, he handed it to Chunlan without even looking at it.
This farm was given to Qi Heng by the Marquis of Xiangyang as a birthday gift five years ago. Although it has been managed by Qi's mother all these years, Princess Pingning didn't care at all. The Qi family has a big business, and such a small village
, that is, someone is sent to check the accounts every year. The rest of the time is a free-range state, with the head of the village and a few stewards becoming the actual heads.
Even if I beat Wang Lidong to death, I wouldn't believe that these guys would keep themselves clean and guarded like jade. They have never reached out to pick up a copper plate.
It's like putting a mouse next to a rice vat. He only needs to jump around a little and he will be full.
Who can bear it?
But he had no intention of telling Chunlan this.
Although this girl takes care of her private room very clearly, everything can be seen and touched, so it is impossible for the people below to deceive her.
But the accounts of Zhuangzi outside are different. The output is hundreds of thousands of kilograms a year. If you want to find out the tricks, you have to use your brain. Just practice and gain experience.
"Wu Zhuangtou, how is Zhuangzi's harvest this year?"
Wu Zhuangtou hurriedly put down the teacup in his hand and said with a smile on his face: "Thanks to my young master, the weather has been good this year, and Zhuangzi's harvest is 2,000 kilograms more than in previous years."
"How is the rent collected now? How much is the total rent collected this year?"
"The rent has always been 50%. This year, our village's rent collection totaled 1,236 shi."
Wang Lidong picked up the tea cup, gently skimmed the tea foam with the cup lid, and took two slow sips.
The entire Yaojiazhuang farmable area is more than 1,500 acres. During this period, the yield per mu is about 200 catties, and the annual harvest is just over 300,000 catties.
In the Song Dynasty, 1 Shihe = 92.5 Songjin, which converted to about 3,250 Shi, and the rent was 50%. As the owner of the village, he should have a harvest of more than 1,600 Shi.
In other words, the head of Wuzhuang and several stewards swallowed about 400 shi of grain this year. The current market price of each shi of grain is about 300 wen, which adds up to 150 guan.
Wang Lidong finally understood why his family would not buy Zhuangzi Yuan even if it was cheaper.
Zhuangzi is close to the mansion, so it is difficult for the head of the village below to find various reasons to visit the owner's house.
If their village is hundreds or thousands of miles away from the capital and can turn in 400 shi every year, it will be blessed by the Three Pure Ones.
For example, in Dream of Red Mansions, the Rongguo Mansion's several farms in Heilongjiang Province can collect tens of thousands of taels of silver from the annual rent according to normal conditions. However, they only receive a few thousand taels of silver each year. It is really discounted after breaking the bones.
Another discount.
Zhuangtou eats meat, but the owner can only eat some minced meat!
But the head of the Rongguo Mansion can only admit it. The reason for the head of the village is very good. Today, that month, Zhuangzi suffered a flood. Next year, it can be said to be a drought. The year after that, the locusts will come...
At the end of the year, we broke up and started over again...
If you don't believe it, simply send someone to verify it.
It's thousands of miles back and forth, not to mention the safety issues on the road, it's still unknown whether the dispatched personnel can find out.
Just like those Qi Mu sent to Zhuangzi to check the accounts in recent years, couldn't they see the fishiness here?!
Glancing at Wu Zhuangtou and the stewards who were staring at him, Wang Lidong smiled and nodded.
Seeing the young master's reaction, Wu Zhuang gently put his heart in his throat back into his stomach.
Passed! Done!
This scene made Wang Lidong not only roll his eyes.
I really thought he was a playboy.
Haha, you dare to covet his small money!
After getting the general idea, he immediately started chatting. During this period, he also inquired about the rent paid in the past five years, which was around 1,200 dan.
After about half an hour, the men sent out by Wu Zhuangtou returned to the hall one after another.
After getting the statistical list, there were a total of 321 children aged 1-15, including 136 boys and 185 girls.
There are quite a lot of people.
On average, each tenant farmer family has four or five children. If the emperor saw him, he would definitely be jealous to death.
"Young Master, our village has found twelve craftsmen, ten carpenters, a blacksmith, and a bamboo craftsman..." Seeing the tenant farmers standing stupidly, Wu Zhuang immediately scolded him in a low voice, "What did I do with you just now?"
As I told you, I’d better pay my respects to the young master soon.”
A dozen rough men hurriedly bowed and saluted, and greeted each other one after another.
"Xiaomin has met my young master..."
"See you little people..."
"Let's all sit down and talk." Wang Lidong said to Buwei: "Give everyone a cup of ginger tea and add two braziers."
He noticed that the faces of a dozen men were pale from the cold, and they were stamping their feet and rubbing their hands from time to time. He looked at the clothes on these people. They were all homemade coats, stuffed between two layers of linen.
Sawdust, reed flowers, dry leaves, and even better ones, some chicken, duck and goose feathers, look very thick, but the effect of keeping warm is not satisfactory.
There is no way, cotton has not been popularized on a large scale these days, so in winter, it is very difficult for the people at the bottom.
Wu Zhuangtou immediately stood up and took the lead in complimenting Wang Lidong...
"Thank you, young master."
"Young Master is kind..."
"...."
After a boy added two braziers, the hall became much warmer, and the hands and feet of more than a dozen farmers gradually became warm.
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After drinking a cup of boiling ginger tea, these people's faces returned to normal, and a few men even had a little sweat on their foreheads.
Wang Lidong didn't waste any more time and said: "I think Wu Zhuangtou must have told you the reason why I called you all here when he sent people to your homes. The main reason is to ask for your help in repairing the yard.
I will also make some tables, chairs and benches... I will give you 30 cents a day..."
When they heard that they were being paid, all the tenant farmers secretly breathed a sigh of relief. When the village head sent someone to call them just now, most of them were worried that the young master would let them work in vain.
Although 30 fen/day is a little less, the current hard-working jobs in Tokyo cost more than 100 fen at most, and 50 or 60 fen at worst.
But they had no other way, otherwise they would have gone to the city long ago.
Even if you really don't pay a penny and let them work in vain, you still have to grit your teeth and accept it, unless you don't want to continue in this kind of place next year.
When they heard Wang Lidong's promise that breakfast and lunch would be included, and wages would be paid daily, more than a dozen people's eyes lit up.
No matter how bad the two meals are, if I can eat enough, my family can save 3 kilograms of food every day. If I work for a month, I can save 100 kilograms of food and 300 cash.
In addition to the 900 Wen wages, the total is 1,200 Wen... This price is definitely a reasonable price.