Rebirth of farming for a living

Magistrate Xu quickly explained: "...the land in Lijiazhuang is empty, but the land here is the land that was copied from the Liu family."

It turns out that this land once belonged to a landlord named Liu.

Because of the crime, his family property was confiscated.

This land naturally belonged to the Yamen.

There will be no disputes over the land that has been confiscated.

But there is one special thing. Of course, the Liu family does not do it themselves.

Unlike Li Qiuyan's family who hired long-term workers, the Liu family did not live in Xiaoliu Village.

This land was naturally given to tenants.

Nearly three hundred acres of land is a lot.

There are many people in Xiaoliu Village who are their tenants.

When the Liu family was arrested, this season's wheat had already been planted.

It’s not a good idea for the Yamen to just let everyone pull out the wheat right then, right?

In addition, the land has not been sold for a while, so it is still being cultivated by the tenants.

Of course, the Yamen won’t suffer either.

The rent was still based on the rent previously agreed upon by the Liu family, except that the person collecting the rent was the Yamen.

Speaking of which, the Liu family collected a lot of rent.

Although the land here is not considered top-grade, it can still be considered above-average.

Therefore, the Liu family will receive a net [-]% of the harvest in the fields.

The remaining [-]% does not entirely belong to the tenants. After paying taxes, it is the harvest that truly belongs to you.

Li Qiuyan couldn't help but click his tongue after hearing such a harsh rent.

She remembered hearing people talk about ancient times when she was a child, saying that in the past, land was tenanted, and people usually lived in the upper and lower areas.

If you calculate it this way, it will almost become the top six and the bottom four!

Old Li Tou, a farmer who had been growing crops all his life, had a look of reluctance on his face.

Although it is often said that farming is hard and tiring.

But life for people in Lijiazhuang is not so difficult.

Old Li Tou has never been to Xiaoliu Village.

But after coming here once, you will know it. No wonder people say Xiaoliu Village is poor.

Can you not be poor?

After being so busy for a year, the whole family may not even be able to fill their stomachs.

You also have to marry a daughter-in-law and send away your daughter, and all the money is spent on weddings and funerals.

You know, it's no lie to say that life is difficult.

I have to say that Lao Li Tou has found out the truth.

These sharecroppers had just harvested grain and still had some dry food to eat.

When the harvest is gone, even if you eat glutinous rice or drink glutinous rice, you won't be able to feel full.

But even so, the tenants must farm the land.

There is no way, if you plant it, you just won’t have enough to eat, if you don’t plant it, you won’t have enough to eat.

The Liu family was ransacked, and the tenant farmers lived a period of uneasiness.

I'm afraid that when a new landlord comes, he won't give me seeds or will increase the rent.

But he waited left and right, and the people waiting for him were the people from the yamen.

The people in the yamen just said that they would plant it for now, saying that they would plant it this season first and then hand over the rent to the yamen.

There is nothing wrong with this logic.

After all, the land now belongs to the Yamen, and the rent must be handed over to the Yamen.

As long as the land can be cultivated, the tenant farmers have no objection to who is not given the rent?

It's impossible to fall into their own hands anyway.

But the person from the Yamen added another sentence: "If no one takes over for the time being."

This means that if someone takes over during the period, it still depends on the new owner's ideas.

The tenant farmers were only half-hearted about it, and they farmed in fear every day.

Seeing that it was about to stop, everyone relaxed a little.

But at this moment, people from the Yamen came again.

No, the few families who don’t have land to farm are worried about them, let alone the farmers who are busy servicing the land!

Aren't they all frozen in place?

This matter can be solved easily if it is said to be solved.

It can't be solved, it's really embarrassing.

Magistrate Xu was also secretly worried.

This embarrassing node.

If the harvest is given to the village gentleman, this is different from the smooth favor of those few acres of thin farmland.

Having so much food seems to be flattering.

Besides, Magistrate Xu was also a little reluctant to give up.

This was a considerable amount of financial income. His political achievements were about to disappear, and he didn't know what to do for a while.

Li Qiuyan had nothing to be embarrassed about.

She is not greedy for money and will never take anything she shouldn't.

I had no intention of getting these harvests, but I couldn't take the initiative to be the Holy Mother, and Magistrate Xu had to say it first.

County Magistrate Xu thought for a long time, and finally spoke: "Xiangjun, these fields are about to be harvested, so it is a bit unkind to not let them plant them..."

"How about this, let them plant in this land, and you can make arrangements after harvesting this season's grain? Of course, I won't let you wait in vain. You can pay [-]% of the rent, okay?"

This is the best idea that County Magistrate Xu came up with.

Since the benefits were given to the township monarch, the Yamen also took too much.

It won't affect the tenant farmers at all.

It can be said that it has the best of all three.

I just don’t know what this newly minted country gentleman thinks?

Although Magistrate Xu had dealt with Li Qiuyan twice, he thought she was quite reasonable.

But after all, we haven’t encountered any conflicts, right?

Magistrate Xu, like the tenant farmers, was also worried.