Tang Dynasty good husband

Chapter 102 The Great Landlord of Xiba Village
Ordinary days passed day by day, and Qin Chao never left even a single step since he came to Xiba Village.

Xiba Village is located in the lower reaches of the Bahe River. Because it is located in the west of the river, it is named Xiba Village.

The village is small, with a population of about a hundred households. Most of the people in the village are landlords and tenants of Xiba Village named Liu. However, a few days ago, the landlord surnamed Liu committed a crime and was demoted thousands of miles away. Qin Chao naturally took advantage of it and became Xiba Village. largest landowner.

In addition to the [-] mu of land awarded in advance, the second day after arriving in Xiba Village, the decree of the reward came to Xiba Village, and the officials in charge of the field from Wannian County also came together.

Qin Chao is younger than Juntian's age, but Li Shimin obviously doesn't want Qin Chao to cause too much trouble, and also has the idea of ​​letting Qin Chao die in Xiba Village. He just needs to grow the potatoes.

As for the potatoes, Li Shimin has already sent someone to Luozhou to fetch them, and then they will send them to Qin Chao. The office of Qin Chao, the Shaoqing of Sinong Temple, is in Xiba Village.

You don't need to click, you don't need to look at the face of your superiors, life is comfortable.

After a lot of tossing, the land in Qin Chao's hands actually had... five hundred acres.

Among them, 150 mu is reward for meritorious service, 250 mu is occupational land, and the remaining [-] mu is equal land.

Among them, the Yongye fields of 150 acres and [-] acres of equal fields can be passed on to the next generation, and the remaining [-] acres of divided fields will be gradually returned to the court after sixty, or will be returned to the court after death.

The law of the Tang Dynasty stipulated that foreign officials should give Yongye land as much as a hundred acres and as little as [-] mu, depending on the level of official position.

Officials in the capital divide their lands by positions, with five ranks for officials of the first rank, and a difference of fifty mu for each of the lower ranks, up to one rank for the ninth rank.Qin Chao is the sixth grade, and according to the regulations, he can get 2.5 qian, which is 250 mu of land. (This was the policy of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty. The "Tong Dian" did not record the policy of Tang Gaozu's period. Since then, it has been the 25th year of Kaiyuan. At that time, the sixth rank was [-] mu of land.)
Job title fields are not permanent job fields. When you are promoted or leave office, these fields will be passed on to your successors, and you can only receive the job title fields of your predecessor.

Wannian County belongs to the narrow township, that is to say, there are many people and little land. It is absolutely impossible to get a full amount of land in the narrow township.

But what Qin Chao got was a full amount of equal land, which added up to [-] acres. Half of the people in the village became Qin Chao's tenants.

Qin Chao felt very embarrassed after accidentally becoming a landlord.

And Lao Hei, who had been following Qin Chao all the time, also aroused Qin Chao's dissatisfaction at a lightning speed. This guy is like a pig.

No, worse than a pig. He just ate and slept all day long. Occasionally he spoke to Qin Chao, and eight out of ten of his sentences were about women. If he hadn't been able to defeat this guy, Qin Chao would have really wanted to find her. An opportunity to steal his hand.

"Master, the tenants are here." An old man who was nearly sixty years old stood outside the courtyard and said.

These tenants came to sign a new agreement with Qin Chao. As for whether Qin Chao would rent their land, the common people were not worried at all.

The landowner surnamed Liu rents out land to the people on the basis of five mu, and the rent is five mu and four shi. In addition to the small average land of his own family, he can barely make ends meet.

And if there is a disaster year, it will be really disastrous. The rent of the landlord cannot be less than a grain of grain. The people can't survive, so they can only sell the land to the landlord for temporary survival. , the land in the hands of the common people will only slowly flow into the hands of the landlords, and gradually become complete tenants.

In terms of rent, the policy of the landowner surnamed Liu in Xiba Village is so bad that it cannot be worse, so what else do they have to worry about?It is nothing more than maintaining the status quo.

"Uncle Liu, let's find a few representatives to come in and talk. The yard is not big, and there are too many people and there is no place to stay." Qin Chao secretly scolded Li Er for being stingy. Although the yard of Landlord Liu's house is not bad, it is not much better. Go, why didn't Mao give himself the yard of Landlord Liu's house?

Qin Chao suddenly realized that he didn't seem to be destined to live in a luxury house. He lived in a thatched house in Luozhou. It would be better to come to Xiba Village, but the rammed earth house was of unknown age.

The old man known as Uncle Liu hurriedly responded. Although Qin Chao is young, he is an official of the imperial court, and he is also a sixth-rank official. In addition, he is their master. No matter which one, they are not something they can afford.

Seven or eight old men, all over forty years old, walked into the courtyard fearfully, never daring to look at Qin Chao.

Although Qin Chao was helpless, he didn't want to change anything, just live his life well.

The task given by the imperial court is to grow potatoes, so correspondingly, these people rented their own land, so they need to cooperate with themselves to grow potatoes.

Qin Chao told the group of old men exactly about his conditions.

"Master, we dare not refuse to plant whatever you and the imperial court ask, but the rent..." Uncle Liu hesitated, fearing that what he planted was not grain, but in the end he would have to pay the rent with grain, and they would be bankrupt. Blood mold.

"Everyone, please rest assured that what is planted is still grain. Years ago, it would be enough to vacate two or three acres of land. I will notify you in advance of the rest. As for the rent, I plan to rent the land to the whole village, five acres per household , just give one stone of grain for every five mu a year." Qin Chao explained with a smile.

"Wh... what? Rent for five acres and one stone?" Uncle Liu and the others were shocked for a moment, staring at Qin Chao for a long time, not knowing what to say.

"Eh..." Seeing everyone's reaction, Qin Chao was also taken aback, and said, "Too much? If it's less..."

Speaking of which, Qin Chao immediately snapped his fingers. The imperial grain in the Tang Dynasty was taxed at 250 yuan, and the [-] mu of land did not need to pay tax. Well, Qin Chao has honors and is a nobleman, no matter how many lands he has under his command. , are not taxed.

"No...not much...not much." Uncle Liu gasped, and the rent for five acres was only one stone. Where can such a good thing be found?
Although less land can be rented, more grain can be obtained. According to this lease method, the grain obtained from five mu of land is equivalent to the previous twenty mu of land.

Uncle Liu quietly looked at Qin Chao, secretly thinking that he is really a prodigal son, if his family finds out, he will definitely beat you out of the sky.

"Most of the nearby villages have five mu, three and a half grains of grain, and the kind owners only charge three grains. The rent in our Xiba Village used to be five mu and four grains. This old man is really..." Uncle Liu quickly explained , although the benefits are great, but not all benefits can be accounted for.

"I'm lonely... oh, no, there's a pig by my side, just the two of us, five hundred shi of grain is enough for a few years, we're all neighbors, we should help each other, that's all Let’s do it. Uncle Liu, go and tell the people in the village about the situation. If you are willing to rent, we will sign the lease. If you don’t want to, you don’t have to force it.” Qin Chao waved his hand pretendingly, and the food is amazing. Don't take it to heart at all, the devil eats dry food every day.

(End of this chapter)