The cow ploughed the ground on all fours, splashing the muddy water on the old high, but it couldn't move forward even half a step. I heard him let out a roar of rage, and the head of the bull pressed to the ground. Immediately after that, there was a "bang", and the front legs of the ploughing ox were also pressed to kneel down by this person. The ploughing ox screamed violently, its huge body swayed from side to side, and it tried to struggle to stand up several times, but it was held down by this person, and Jing Ran couldn't move at all.

Yang Yan saw that this person was capable of cultivating cattle, and he was greatly admired. He didn't waste his strength to kill this ploughing cow, but if he wanted to subdue this cow like this, Yang Yan couldn't do it by himself. Among the people he has encountered, only Bi Zaiyu has such divine power. Even the tassel couldn't help but poke his head out from behind Yang Yan to watch, but this person happened to be facing away from them at this time, and he couldn't see his appearance clearly, but he saw that his two legs had fallen deep into the muddy water, and he obviously used all his strength. At this time, the tenants and farmers who had just scattered and fled also gathered around to watch.

The man said in a deep voice, "Whose cow is this, quickly take a rope and thread the nose of the cow."

One of the people in the crowd jumped out, holding a rope, and shouted, "This is my cow, my cow." As he spoke, he went to the cow and threaded the rope through the cow's nostrils. The ox was pressed to remain motionless, obediently at the mercy of others. When the rope was finished, the man let go of his hand, and the ploughing ox stood up. But at this time, the shock passed, and he honestly stood aside.

The owner of the ox pulled the man to his knees and thanked him. Not to mention that a ploughing ox is worth dozens of dollars, it can also double the workload, which is really important for farmers. And trampling on the crops or trampling on the injured people are to be compensated by the owner of the cow, fortunately now only trampling on a few acres of land, without hurting people were restrained in time, if the cow runs crazy, I don't know what the consequences will be.

The man lifted the cow and said, "No need to do this, you can quickly bring the cow back!" In the future, you can watch the cow carefully. With that, he turned around and kicked on the ridge, which happened to be opposite Yang Yan.

Only then did Yang Yan see this person's appearance clearly, and saw that he was about forty years old, extremely tall and burly, only six feet five or six inches tall, with broad shoulders and broad back, big ears, thick eyebrows and big eyes. A long hair was draped over his shoulders, strangled with an iron hoop, on which was engraved a flame pattern, a coarse cloth dress, but a string of prayer beads hung on his chest, looking like a monk and a vulgar appearance, with leggings on his legs, and a pair of multi-eared bast shoes, but more than a foot of mud sticked.

Yang Yan wanted to get acquainted with this person, took two steps forward, and said, "This strong man is really powerful, may I ask for your name." ”

The big man hurriedly said: "Don't dare, in Xia Zhaocao, this son has a big name, what do you have to say." ”

Yang Yan said: "In the lower Yang Yan ......"

Before he finished his words, a hint of surprise flashed on Zhao Cao's face and said, "Could it be that General Xiao Yang, who went on an expedition to Heiyang Mountain, crossed the Yellow River three times, and broke the Jin Army?" ”

Yang Yan nodded and said, "That's me." ”

Then the tenants heard it, and they all gathered around them.

"This is General Xiao Yang, he looks so young!"

"That's it, I'm afraid I'm not twenty years old."

"It's great to see the real General Xiao Yang today."

Listening to everyone's discussions, Yang Yan didn't expect that he was so famous, so he could only stand there and smirk.

Yang Quan hurriedly came over to relieve him and said, "Everyone, General Xiao Yang is just here to take a look, you should go your own way!" But no matter what, the crowd just didn't go. Yang Quan said helplessly to Yang Yan: "Second Young Master, let's go to the village, if you don't leave, they won't disperse." ”

Yang Yan also understood, and said to Zhao Cao: "Zhao Zhuangshi, please go to the village with us for a while."

Zhao Cao nodded and said, "Since that's the case, I'm worried." ”

Then led by the old aconite, Yang Yan, Tassel, Yang Quan, Zhao Cao and others went to the grange.

The grange is not large, with only about 40 households, all of whom rent the fields. However, there was a large house on the farm, which was used by those who came to inspect the fields or to collect rent.

When he arrived at the house, Yang Yan hurriedly asked someone to take Zhao Cao to wash his feet, and asked someone to find him a new pair of multi-eared hemp shoes to change into.

After a while, the old aconitum brought a large stack of account books, and said, "These are the account books of each tenant, do you want to see it, Second Young Master?"

Yang Yan was most afraid of looking at the account book, so he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Don't look at it." After thinking about it, he asked, "I just heard Uncle Quan say that the land rent paid is at least more than half of the yield per mu, so is the remaining tenants enough?"

The old aconitum said: "Speaking from the heart, our land rent is really not high, and the land rent of several surrounding tunzi has reached seventy percent, and two of them have even reached seventy percent and five." Anyway, most of the general years can also be used, if the wind and rain are as smooth as the year before last, there can be some surplus, as long as it is not a catastrophe, there is usually a small drought and small flood can also bear the past. ”

Yang Yan asked again: "So how is this year, can you estimate it?" ”

The old aconitum looked at Yang Yan and stopped talking. At this time, Yang Quan said: "Old aconite, you just tell the truth, the second young master won't blame you." ”

Only then did the old aconitum nod and said, "Then I'll tell the truth, this year's harvest is not very good, I'm afraid it won't be enough."

Yang Yan said: "Is there any natural disaster this year?"

The old aconitum sighed and said: "There is no disaster this year, and the wind and rain are also smooth, but since the autumn of last year, it has been fighting with the Jin country, and it has not been finished until June and July this year, and the tenants' errands have to be at least doubled, so the time of spring plowing this year has been missed a lot, although it has been made up later, but the best time to plant rice has been missed, and it is estimated that the time of the autumn harvest will be half a month later than in the past, and this year's harvest will definitely be much worse than in previous years." ”

Yang Yan sighed greatly in his heart when he heard this, if he hadn't come here to take a look today, he really didn't know that the war would have such a great impact on the country. Although I have seen it from the book of wars before: soldiers, the major affairs of the country are also. But I haven't had a too intuitive understanding, and today I really realized the true meaning of this sentence, and it is finally true.

Seeing that Yang Yan was silent in thought, the old aconite thought that he was annoyed, and he was a little uneasy in his heart. At this time, Yang Yan said: "Uncle Quan, do you see if this year's field rent can be reduced." ”

Yang Quan smiled bitterly in his heart, this second young master really hasn't been in charge, even if he wants to reduce some land rent, don't discuss here. After the autumn harvest, it is not too late to discuss how much grain will be laid. Otherwise, once it becomes a habit, every year the tenants will complain and find a land to reduce the rent. However, he also knew that Yang Yan's intentions were good, so he said: "I think it will be set at three buckets per mu first." We'll wait until the autumn harvest to see what happens to this year's harvest. ”

Yang Yan nodded and said, "That's it." ”

The old aconitum has long been overjoyed, and the reduction of three buckets is not much in the yield per mu, but it adds up to a lot. He also rented 120 acres of land, which means that he can pay 36 stone rice less this year. That's a lot of money. Hurriedly knelt down for Yang Yan and said, "Second Young Master, you are really a good person." ”

At this time, Zhao Cao had washed his feet, changed into a pair of straw sandals, walked to the door, and happened to hear what he had just said. I can't help but have a new understanding of Yang Yan.

At this time, the meal was delivered, and Yang Yan invited Zhao Cao to eat together, and Zhao Cao did not refrain from saying much, and happily entered the table.

During the banquet, Yang Yan saw that Zhao Cao was extremely powerful, and wanted to recommend him to Yang Yizhong and arrange a position for him in the army. But Zhao Cao said that he likes to travel all over the world, and he is unrestrained and thanks. When Yang Yan heard him say this, he also dispelled his thoughts. After the meal, Zhao Cao said goodbye to Yang Yan and got up to leave.

After Zhao Cao left, Yang Yan and the others went to the land given to him by Zhao Tuan. It is called Jing'an Village, and it is a large village on the outskirts of Lin'an. There were more than 300 hectares of land, which was originally the public land of the government, but more than half of it was given to meritorious ministers. Yang Yan's 1,000 acres of land is only a small part of it here. Yang Quan also came here for the first time, and walked around with Yang Yan and took a look at the environment here. He also discussed with Yang Yan who to send to take care of the land, whether the tenants would continue to retain, and how to set the land rent. Of course, in the end, Yang Yan still pushed these things to Yang Quan and let him decide these things by himself.