Rebirth of the leisurely life in ancient times

Chu Qingchuan said, "That makes sense. Let's go now! Yao'er, let Yue'er wait with you at home! We will be back soon."

Wang Xinyao nodded and said softly, "Okay, drive slowly on your way. I'll have someone prepare the food, and you guys can come back and eat!"

Chu Qingchuan nodded and said, "Okay, Yue'er, go back with your sister!"

Xia Zixuan and a few others rode in a carriage straight to the outskirts of the county. Chu Qingchuan's carriage was in front, and they stopped at a farm.

After several people got off the carriage, Xia Zixuan looked at the large piece of land and said, "Brother Chu, are these all there?"

Chu Qingchuan nodded and said, "Yes, I collected it a while ago, and no one has asked about it yet. Now the emperor just gave it to you as a reward."

Xia Zixuan smiled and said, "It seems that my luck is still good. Thank you, His Majesty, for rewarding me with so much land."

The runner brought by Chu Qingchuan came forward and knocked on the door, "Is anyone there? Open the door."

Soon, footsteps were heard from inside. He opened the door and asked, "Who is it?"

However, when he saw that it was an official, he was so scared that he immediately knelt down and saluted, saying, "I greet you, sir. I wonder what you want to do?"

Chu Qingchuan waved his hand and said, "Get up! Let's go and take a look at the land. From now on, this farm and the one thousand acres of fertile land will be awarded to Miss Xia by the emperor."

Xia Zixuan asked, "Did the previous landlord hire people to cultivate this land, or did he rent it out to farmers?"

The man glanced at Xia Zixuan, lowered his head and replied, "Miss, all the fields have been rented out to farmers for cultivation."

"Well, then go and find those tenant farmers! I have something to say." Xia Zixuan said softly.

"This... girl, they came here to rent the land because their family doesn't have enough food. If you take it back..."

This man's family was also poor, so he was sold out by his family. However, he did not hate his family. He also wanted his family to have enough food and warm clothing.

Seeing that this person was only thinking about the tenant farmers, Xia Zixuan gave him a reassurance, "Go and call them! Don't worry! It's a good thing."

"Yes, young lady and sir, please wait a moment. I will go find someone right away." As he said this, he bowed and went to a village not far away.

After he left, Xia Zixuan and the others came to the manor. The manor was quite large. She wondered, "How come there is no one in such a large manor?"

Chu Qingchuan heard this and responded, "They are all imprisoned with their masters."

Xia Zixuan nodded, "I see."

However, she did not ask them what crime they had committed. The group walked around the farm again until the man came and they left.

When we arrived at the front yard, we saw about fifty people. Each of them was wearing coarse cloth clothes with no less than five patches on them.

Although no one died of starvation in the Qianqing Kingdom, people could barely eat half full. No one knew whether there would be people who loved their children so much that they would endure hunger and cold just to let their children eat more.

The man introduced: "This is the county magistrate, this is Miss Xia, this land will be hers from now on."

"Miss Xia, this is the village chief of their village." He pointed at two of the old men.

Xia Zixuan nodded, and then she heard them say, "Greetings to the county magistrate. Hello, Miss Xia."

Chu Qingchuan nodded and said, "No need to be polite. I brought Miss Xia to see the fields. Just tell her."

Xia Zixuan smiled and said, "Hello, uncles and uncles, don't be nervous, I just want to talk to you about something."

The village chief stepped forward and said, "I wonder what this girl wants to say?"

Xia Zixuan asked, "How did you divide the land you rented?"

The village chief heard this with a somewhat helpless look on his face and said, "It's 60-40. The landlord has 60 and we have 40."

After he finished speaking, he thought of something and hurriedly said, "Miss, can you please not take the land away? We can also split it 60% to 40% as long as you give us the land to farm."

Another village chief also echoed: "Yes, girl, if we lose these lands, we won't have enough food at home."

"Yes! Yes! Please, girl, don't harvest the fields."

"Girl, as long as you don't collect the fields, you can ask us to do anything."

The other villagers looked at her anxiously, and some of the men even had tears in their eyes. They just hoped that she would not take the land back.

Xia Zixuan raised her hand and said, "Everyone, please be patient and listen to me first."

Everyone fell silent upon hearing this. Xia Zixuan looked at them and said, "You can still plant the land, but you have to plant it in a different way. As long as you all listen to me, I guarantee that you won't starve."