In the summer, Nan Shi Ran left, leaving more than enough money to watch this plate of silver and heaven and man fighting. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

He thought about it, things were already like this, even if he didn't collect the cash, it wouldn't change anything. If a man does not destroy heaven and earth for his own sake, don't let the money sent to the door be in vain. He gritted his teeth, first picked up the five ingots from the plate and put them into his pocket, and then took the remaining five ingots and the deed on the table and walked to the house.

Under the highly efficient work of the county government, the largest landlord in Lingao County was produced -- in just over a month, the total amount of 1,120 mu of fertile land in the south of the summer set a record in Lingao, and in any dynasty before Chongzhen, there was no landlord of such a large size in Lingao County. Whether it is the population or the area of acres of land reclaimed, Qiongzhou is not the same as Jiangnan and other places, and it can have hundreds of acres of land, all of which are accumulated by several generations of talents.

In Hujiazhuang, after Xia Nan announced the results, everyone cheered. Tan Shan was so excited that he couldn't speak, "Old ...... Sir, there really is such a ...... So much land? This will be passed on to your children and grandchildren without worrying about food and clothing! ”

Liu Quan said to Xia Nan: "Congratulations to the master, congratulations to the master, now there is no need to worry about the lack of food to feed the workers and soldiers, the hegemony is just around the corner." ”

"Yo, I can't see it, you Liu Quan will still drag a few sentences!" Xia Nan was in a good mood and teased him.

Sima De twisted his beard and said slowly: "Ladies and gentlemen, we have obtained this property, and the deed has been changed. However, the key to maintaining the results lies in us, and if we are not strong enough, what we have stolen will eventually be snatched back. ”

Tan Shan, Liu Quan and the others glanced at Sima De dissatisfiedly, this scholar who joined halfway always wanted to show his difference, pouring cold water on his eyes at this juncture, it was really a bad scenery.

Xia Nan disagreed: "What Mr. Sima said is very right, although we use Huang Mengjia as a cover, ordinary people don't know the truth, some people must know that these fields can't change the fact that they were robbed after all." If we are strong enough, these things are ours, if we are not strong enough, whether it is the landlord or the squire, or the government, we will definitely try to snatch it back, more than 1,000 acres of good land, who is not red-eyed? ”

Lin Weiye nodded in agreement: "The ancients said that the puppet was innocent and guilty, even his own treasures would be coveted, not to mention that we had robbed them in the first place." ”

Xia Nan's finger tapped on the armrest of the chair: "So what we have to do now is to eat this acre completely." ”

The reason why it is said to completely eat into the acres of land is because these fields are scattered in ten miles and eight townships, and they belonged to different owners before, only by virtue of the land deed, it is only owned on paper, if there is no special person to manage, the tenants will not take the initiative to pay the grain, and in the summer Nan does not want to work hard to fight down, and in the end he can't collect a few grains of grain, and he is busy in vain.

Regarding how to manage it and who will manage it, Xia Nan has already had a belly case. He said to Tan Shan: "Old village chief, these acres must be managed by someone who is old and respectful, and I can only work hard for you!" ”

Tan Shan was the first to follow Xia Nan, seeing that Liu Quan, Sima De and others were very important, it was inevitable that he was a little lost, and now he suddenly heard this sentence and was overjoyed. Needless to say, Xia Nan also knew the importance of food, and handing over such a heavy burden to him showed that he trusted and valued him.

Tan Shan hurriedly said: "Thank you for valuing me, I won't say pretty things, but I promise to do this errand well." ”

"You pick a few people from Ma Yuan Village, take Tian Qi to run around all the places first, and explain the rules by the way." Xia Nan sorted out his thoughts and said word by word, "First, if you change the rent of the owner, no matter how much the rent was set before, and how much tax the government adds, you will pay two stones per mu per year, only pay grain, and you don't need to exchange it for cash, and the grain tax of the government will be paid by us; Second, anyone who cheats or cheats or refuses to pay will be handed over to the county government for three days to show the public, and then the rented land will be recovered, and the whole family will roll up and get out. ”

These two rules can be said to have subverted the previous tradition, Tan Shan and other people from farming looked at Xia Nan in surprise, and Sima De fell into deep thought.

Qiongzhou because of the abundant rainfall and warm climate, theoretically able to a season of three cropping, even if the single-season yield is not as good as the land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River, there are always five or six stones per mu a year under three planting, if you can't do three times a year, then there are about four stones in two making. The rent of two stones accounted for nearly half of the harvest, which seemed to be a bit high, but in fact all the other apportionments and miscellaneous taxes were exempted, and the burden on the tenants was actually lightened, and what really overwhelmed the peasants was actually the tax increase by the local government.

Compared with the previous landlords, the difference between Xia Nan is that one is to pass on the tax increase and forced labor to the tenants, and he has to extract and suck blood from the tenants, and the other is to exempt the tenants from all the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and the situation of the tenants can be described as different.

As for the second rule, it is not uncommon to punish tenants who do not pay rent, but it is unheard of to use the government to punish them, because according to the first rule, even if the tenants refuse to pay the rent, it is still the rent of the master's family, not the refusal to pay the imperial grain and national tax, and the public utensils are used for private purposes, and only Xia Nan, who is currently in control of the county government, can do so. In addition, in the face of tenants who cannot pay the rent, the ordinary landlord will not easily take back the rented land, even if he uses intimidation, coercion, beating, etc., to take it all back, who will plant it? You can't farm the land by yourself.

Tan Shan and the others felt incomprehensible, but Xia Nan committed suicide Hu Gang was born, and the decision he made never missed, and they didn't dare to question it.

Sima De positioned himself as a strategist's staff, and while he was puzzled, he felt that it was necessary to plan for Xia Nan's staff and avoid detours, so he asked: "I have three questions, and I hope that the lord will give me advice." First, if you pay taxes and grain for the tenants, will the rent of two stones per mu be low? Second, although Lingao is small, the topography and soil of each village are different, and the yield per acre must be uneven, so why not set the rent according to the actual harvest? Uniformity is set as two stones, and it is inevitable that those who have fertile land will take advantage, while those who have poor land will be dissatisfied. Third, it is understandable to punish those who do not pay rent, and it can also be an example to be taken to the county government to show the public, but why must the rented land be recovered? If everyone does this, even if we have more fields, it will be useless if no one cultivates them. ”

"Good question!" Xia Nan looked around, "I guess everyone has similar questions, right?" ”

Tan Shan and the others scratched their heads embarrassedly and acquiesced to his words.