The negotiations at Yilingzhuang reached an impasse, so Fengyu was not in a hurry and took Qiuxiang, Chunlu, Zhang Da and others to the nearby village. Yilingzhuang was the most important part of her agricultural output. But in terms of profit, it was far less.
Linglong Pavilion, Wangjiang Restaurant, and even the teahouse are not comparable. The profits from land cultivation are very thin.
The aristocratic family became rich by cultivating land by collecting rents and lending money. They were exploited layer by layer. The land rent was very high. After paying the taxes and then paying the taxes, the tenant farmers no longer had much food left in their hands. But apart from cultivating the land, they had no way to make a living, especially the famine mothers.
Tragedy abounds. The reason why Yilingzhuang is a wealthy village is because the land rent of the Feng family is cheap. In good harvest years, the land rent will not be increased, and in famine years, part of the rent will be waived. The food and clothing of Yilingzhuang's tenants have always been guaranteed. Half a year ago, there was a riot.
This made Feng Yu very unhappy. After resolving the conflict, Feng Yu raised the land rent.
She has never been a kind-hearted person, nor does she like to be taken advantage of. She is a real businessman. It is impossible for her to bear the increase in taxes from the big landowners, and it will inevitably be shared among all the tenant farmers.
"The hearts of the people are weak, and the girl indulges them too much." Chunlu said lightly. She signed the deed of sale to the Feng family, and she should have stood on the same front as the tenant farmers, who are at the bottom of society.
Chunlu rarely has the feeling that a girl is so rich that she should help the poor. There are rules in the world, and the hierarchy of classes is strict. The girl was reborn in the Feng family and enjoyed all the privileges and wealth. It was something she was born with, not her
It's her fault. She has a lot of money in her hands, and she wants to help her out of love. If she doesn't want to help, others can't force her.
There are so many refugees in the world, and every family has its own scriptures that are difficult to recite. How many people can this girl save?
The tenant farmers of Yilingzhuang are already the most enviable tenant farmers in Kyoto. The land rent is low, and all the land is owned by Toyota. The girl also waives the rent of some farm tools and takes care of the tenant farmers in every way. Those tenant farmers who rent from wealthy families are not being exploited.
Who has such a good life after being sucked? Under the new taxes, if the land rent remains unchanged, the girl will have to bear all the taxes and lose money every year.
Qiuxiang was also filled with indignation and stood by Feng Yu in everything, but asked curiously, "Girl, since the profits of Linglong Pavilion and Wangjiang Restaurant are huge, but the profits of the fields are thin, why don't you sell them?"
If you sell it to them, it's still a lump sum of money, and you don't have to bear heavy taxes.
"Fields are the roots of people, the last resort and guarantee." Feng Yu patiently explained to Qiuxiang and Chunlu, "No one can predict whether there will be success or failure in business. Generations of wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan have had their ups and downs.
It has been changed several times over the past century. No one knows what will happen in the future, but land is our retreat. If one day our business fails and we are in debt, I have land and food in my hands. I can rely on the income from the land to do other things.
I can make a comeback with my business. The business capital of aristocratic families is also derived from the exploitation of land income. This is the foundation and the way out, so the land cannot be sold."
Feng Yu has a strong sense of worry. In the past three years, she has started to buy a lot of fields and forests, and even started a wood business. She does not choose what to do to make money.
Qiuxiang was confused. She was stupid and had followed Feng Yu since she was a child. She felt that the girl was extremely smart and kind-hearted. She would never harm her, so she could do whatever the girl said.
Chunlu is much smarter than Qiuxiang, and is Fengyu's right-hand man. Chunlu said, "In the past half month, except for the Lin family, many aristocratic families have refused to let their fields go. They use their privileges to find ways to reduce taxes. Next,
There’s been a lot of commotion all year.”
"We don't care what others do. You ask Zhang Da to send someone to continue talking to Li Zheng. There is no need to be too tough. Be polite first and then fight." Feng Yu's voice was cold.
"yes!"
Feng Yu is the land owner, and she has the right to speak. The tenant farmers just want to get the land or reduce the rent, and they can always negotiate a solution.
After a whole day of trouble at Lingzhuang, Fengyu felt tired and fell into a deep sleep at night.
She didn't expect that something would happen the next day.
When Zhang Da arrived, Feng Yu was having breakfast and had no appetite. Zhang Da looked flustered and said, "Girl, two elderly people in Yilingzhuang committed suicide by hanging from a beam at home."
"What!" Feng Yu put down her chopsticks and simply rinsed her mouth, "What happened?"
"This old couple has three sons. They are nearly sixty years old and live with the eldest son. Both of them have some problems with their legs and feet. He has three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. The old man usually takes care of his children at home. Li Zheng said that his family
The daughter-in-law thinks they are old and waste food rations, and she always criticizes them. Last year, there was an issue about taking turns raising the three sons, and no one was willing to take over. After all, it is a household matter that cannot be handled by others. The harvest from last year to this year was not good, and the two elderly people were living
I was even more embarrassed, and I didn’t have a meal at all. Yesterday, I was going door to door to talk about raising the land rent, and my neighbor said that another quarrel broke out in their family. The old man felt that he was old and was dragging his son down, so he couldn’t think of anything and both committed suicide by hanging from the beam."
"brute!"
"It's better to have a son like this!" Qiuxiang cursed rudely, her teeth itching with anger. Their family had a large population, and after the land rent was raised, the surplus food was reduced, and the old man no longer had any labor force, so he was naturally disliked.
Zhang Da also sighed, everyone gets old sometimes.
"This is troublesome." Feng Yu frowned.
"If there's any trouble, it has nothing to do with us. It's obviously because their family dislikes the old man because he has no work force and just eats free meals at home." Qiuxiang said indignantly, "This is an unfilial thing for a family."
When Feng Yu was kidnapped and fled, she passed by a village.
The village was almost full of young adults and children, and very few elderly people were seen. When Feng Yu was hiding in a cave to take shelter from the rain, she saw a man carrying his elderly mother on his back and abandoning her in the mountains. The mother cried for her son, and the son left heartlessly.
When Feng Yu saw the old man desperately asking for help, she already had a heart of stone, but she still felt pity for the old man.
The old man said that there is a tradition in their village that when an old man reaches the age of sixty, he will be abandoned by his children. This is because the village is poor and his livelihood is difficult. If the old man loses his labor force, he will be abandoned. Even if he is less than sixty years old, if he is disabled or seriously ill
, will be thrown into the mountains. With one less mouth to eat, the family will be able to feed one more child.
Feng Yu was horrified by what she heard. She was afraid that she would be trapped in such a horrible village, so she fled overnight. The old man abandoned in the mountains would either starve to death or be eaten by wild beasts.
When life is difficult, the love between flesh and blood is as thin as paper, and will be shattered by wind, frost, rain, and snow.
Fengyu's compassion was overwhelmed by her reason, and she was afraid that the people in Yilingzhuang would take advantage of the old man's death to make a big fuss.
Fengyu's premonition came true, and Yilingzhuang actually made a big fuss about the two people's deaths, saying that Fengyu had raised land rents and forced good people to death.
