Second Brother Su explained: "Big brother, this time is really different. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThe new owner sent someone to announce the rules, all the national taxes of the imperial grain are covered by the owner, and we only need to pay two stones of grain per mu, and we don't have to exchange silver! ”

Su was stunned for a moment: ", right?" The new owner's head was squeezed by the door or kicked by a donkey, how can there be a locust in this world that does not suck blood. ”

If you ignore all the taxes and only pay the rent of two stone of grain, and do not have to bear the loss caused by the exchange of discounted silver, then at least two or three stone of grain can be left per mu of land. His family of five can basically eat enough if he rents five acres of land, and if he rents more than ten acres, he will be able to save money for him to marry his daughter-in-law in a few years.

Seeing that the eldest brother didn't believe it, Second Brother Su was anxious: "It's true!" Abba just asked me to call you back, our family originally rented five acres, after you go back, let's intercede with the new owner to rent a few more acres, work hard for a few years, and then we can tell you a daughter-in-law, Abba also promised to let me go to a private school to study! ”

Su Thick Leg was still skeptical, and the good thing came too suddenly, making people can't believe that it was true.

However, he still couldn't resist his brother and promised to go back with him. But when he left, he kept an eye on it, and did not resign according to Abba's instructions, but just took a few days off from the boss, saying that there was a bit of an urgent matter at home, and if this was not true, he still had a way out.

As soon as he returned to Hefeng Village, Su Bujiao felt that the atmosphere was very different.

In the past, the villagers had withered faces and lifelessness, and everyone didn't want to say a word when they met, no wonder, tortured by the pressure of survival, every day I don't know if I will starve to death tomorrow, everyone is living a day at a time, how can I have the heart to smile and welcome people. And now, although the villagers still have vegetables on their faces, their spirits are obviously different, everyone's faces are full of joy, and they still know him if they have a good memory, and they greet him loudly: "Isn't this the boss of the Su family?" I haven't grown this tall in a few years. ”

On the way back to his house, he had to pass by the ancestral hall in the village, and when he arrived at the entrance of the ancestral hall, he was startled, there was an endless stream of people coming in and out, and the ancestral hall was noisy and noisy, like a vegetable market.

In his childhood memories, the ancestral hall was a serious place, but whenever there was a big matter in the village, it was here to discuss. In the era of Gou Dafu, this place gradually became the place that the people in the village were most afraid of -- all tenants who could not pay their taxes, grains and rents would be taken here by Gou Dafu's family thugs to set up a private torture hall and tortured severely, because his family was wealthy, he was the head of the village, and there was a younger brother who was a county official who was a bookkeeper, and the people in the village dared not speak out.

At present, such a scene makes Su Thick Legs confused, is this still the ancestral hall in his memory? Second Brother Su was more clever, saw his doubts, and told him: "The person sent by the new owner is in the ancestral hall, and now every household in the village has come and begged to rent a few more acres of land, so it is very lively here." ”

Just as they were looking, their son Su Lao came out and happily took a piece of paper and looked at it again. Su Thick Legs greeted him and called him: "Abba, you can't read, what are you looking at?"

"The eldest is back, the second is also here, just right, you know a few words, show me the number of acres, right?" Su Laoqi greeted his son briefly, and handed the paper in his hand to Second Brother Su to see.

Second Brother Su likes to study since he was a child, because his family is too poor to study, but he often goes to the only private school in the village to eavesdrop, but he also knows some words. He took a look, but it was written that his family rented a 15-mu slip, and also indicated that he paid a total of 30 stone of grain rent every year.

Su Laoqi's fingers poked and poked on the paper: "Do you see clearly, how many acres is written?" ”

Second Brother Su told him that he was fifteen acres. Su Lao asked happily: "That's right, it must be fifteen acres?" Receiving an affirmative reply again, he smiled so much that the folds on his face were scattered.

Su couldn't hold his breath and asked, "Abba, is the new owner reliable?" In the past, I didn't have this note for planting a few acres of land, would it lie to us? ”

"What do you know, what do you cheat, what do we have to make the owner cheat? If you want to collect more rent, just learn to use whips and boards, and you still need to cheat like this? Although Su Laoqi is illiterate, he has the wisdom of a peasant, and his thinking is very clear.

"Everyone was begging the new owner to give him a few acres of land, and the person sent by the new owner said that they could have more tenants, but they should be calculated according to the amount of labor in the family. Our family of three men can share 15 acres, but unfortunately the old man is not with a handle, otherwise we can share 20 acres. ”

Su Laoqi's optimistic mood infected the two sons, and the father and son walked happily home, and there were still mothers and sisters waiting for their good news!

When I got home, my mother Su Liu and Su Xiaomei greeted me. The corners of both mother and daughter's eyes were moist. Su Liu choked up and said, "The boss is back?" Good ...... back."

Su Bushy Legs left home since he was a child, and the owner gave little leave, and often returned home during the New Year, Su Liu missed his eldest son very much, but his livelihood was forced to make him have no better way. Now that the new owner has changed, it seems that there is a way out, the boss has the possibility of going home, and Su Liu is happier than Su Laoqi. Seeing his mother like this, Su Thick Legs was also very emotional, and called Grandma, and the corners of his eyes were a little moist. The golden nest and the silver nest are still not as good as their own kennels, and being able to stay with their families is the happiest thing in the world.

Tomorrow, I will go to the county seat to settle the wages of the blacksmith shop, and then quit my job and go home to farm, Su Thick Leg finally made up his mind.

Such a scene not only happened in Hefeng Village, but also in all parts of Lingao. Tan Shan came all the way, but he didn't expect the master's new rules to be so popular, and the tenants asked to increase the area of the tenants.

Tan Shan didn't dare to call the shots, so he hurriedly sent someone back to ask the master, and the answer he got was that he could rent more, but according to the calculation of the labor force at home, an average adult male could be counted as five acres, and he would not give more. Tenants who increased the area of their tenants also received a note indicating the area under cultivation and the amount of rent to be paid, and the two sides drew a pledge, which was written in black and white, so that the tenants could feel more at ease.

In April of the fourth year of Chongzhen, the turmoil caused by the Li people's rebellion dissipated silently like ripples on the surface of the lake, except for the big family members who died, ordinary people have forgotten about this matter, and more people are immersed in the yearning for a better life, such as the Su family father and son.

The tenants who had changed owners were motivated by the new distribution method, and the whole family went into battle to get up early and work in the fields in the dark. Occasionally, some surviving large family members reported to the county government that their land and property had been embezzled, and the result was that without exception, they were all lost in the sea.