Chapter 157 Accidents

According to Ding Page's idea, every farmer should have his own land, and it is okay to barely grow a few mu of land. If you do some other work at ordinary times, the income is definitely better than farming.

Hao Ling smiled and knocked her on the head. He shook his head and said with a smile, "Do you think every family has its own land? There was a drought in the past few years, and many people had no food and clothing, so they had to sell the land.

Before Hao Ling finished speaking, Ding answered calmly, "So you took advantage of that time to hoard a lot of land?"

Hao Ling smiled and said no words, but the meaning was already obvious.

Ding Page is silent. This is also in ancient times. Land can still be bought and sold privately. Farmers who sell arable land for a time have to rent and grow land to maintain their livelihood. Needless to say, the hardships are.

Which is good or bad for businessmen and farmers? This is a long-standing proposition, and no one can explain it clearly.

The carriage stopped, and Yang Lixun jumped off the carriage and knocked on the door.

Soon, Tao Bo, Zhuangzi's stewman, opened the door, arched his hand to Yang Li with a smile, quietly glanced at the carriage, and whispered, "But the young master is coming?"

Hao Fu did not hide Hao Ling's illness. Although Tao Bo lived a distance away from Hao Fu, he still knew some major events of Hao Fu, and also knew that Hao Ling had become a marriage.

Yang Li shook his head and said, "The young master didn't come. This time, the young lady came in place of the young master. Serve him carefully."

Tao Bo was stunned and looked at the carriage in astonishment. He knew who the young lady was and had heard of something, but he never thought that this rent collection would be collected by the young lady. This year's harvest was very good. It should be a festive thing, but it was also a complicated thing. The young lady, a female, came to collect the rent. I'm afraid she can't control the scene.

Tao Bo couldn't help but worry.

Maybe they are used to begging for food under people. After more than an hour, Qinglian and Zishuang have also accepted their fate. They are also involuntarily people. The power of their life and death is in the hands of whose hands is naturally their master.

With the adjustment of thinking, this attitude is much more attentive.

When Yang Li was outside and asked the young lady to get out of the car, Zishuang took the lead in opening the curtain, jumped out of the carriage quickly, and hurriedly moved a footstool on the ground, so that Ding Yi could get out of the car later.

Zishuang supported them outside, and Qinglian protected them in the car. Ding Page saw the behavior and transformation of the two people, and couldn't help sighing in his heart. She is not a person with a small belly. If these two people really worked hard under her, she would not treat them. Of course, it is impossible to trust them, and they have been knotted from the beginning.

Ding Page slowly got off the carriage with a footstool, and did not jump directly from the carriage as Zishuang had done before, with one identity and one behavior pattern. Now she is the young lady of Haofu. Naturally, she should pay a little attention to many aspects. She can't let Haofu be told because of her.

Today, she specially wears a green lotus-colored lotus-patterned coat, a fine sprinkled silver-edged skirt, and a simple jade hairpin on her head. Although she is not very rich and noble, she is dignified, which makes people look high, and will also have some respect for her.

Ding Xiaozi knew that he had just married into Hao Fu, and now he came to replace Hao Ling to collect rent. There must be some people who are not satisfied with her. Since Aunt Shen left this matter to her, she must also have some thoughts about watching jokes, and she will never find credit for her. Therefore, before coming, Ding Niazi spent a lot of time thinking about her dress, not only to make people feel that she is an upstart, but also to make people not to underestimate her. Fortunately, she has experienced enough things in her previous life. She slightly chose from her wardrobe and makeup, and then she has today's dress.

In this regard, Hao Ling also praised her and appreciated her behavior very much.

When Uncle Tao saw two maids dressed up around a young woman, he knew that the young woman among them was the young lady of Hao's house now. He hurried forward, respectfully bowed Ding Page, and said, "The old slave Tao Yuanzhi has met the young lady."

Ding Pagezi smiled with a light smile on the corners of his mouth and looked very approachable. He stretched out his hand and motioned Tao Bo to get up and asked indifferently, "Tao Bo, how is the harvest in Zhuangzi this year?"

Tao Bo responded with a busy smile and said, "In the words of Mrs. Hui, the harvest in the village is very good this year. One acre of land is one or two more than in previous years."

Fortunately, before Ding Nianzi came, he also had an understanding of the farmland output of this era. He knew that the current grain output could not be compared with that of modern times. Nowadays, it is a high yield of three or four hundred catties per mu of land. This year's harvest is actually so good that one or two more pounds per mu of land, which can be said to be a bumper harvest. .

With a bumper harvest, anyone will be very happy when they hear these three words, and Ding Page is no exception.

"This year is really a good year. After collecting so much per mu of land, everyone can have a happy New Year."

As soon as the voice fell, Ding Yizi obviously noticed that Tao Bo seemed to have a difficult look on his face. She subconsciously looked at Mr. Li, but found that Mr. Li also frowned.

What's going on? Shouldn't the bumper harvest be a festive thing?

Ding Page was suspicious in his heart, but it was always difficult to stand at the gate and ask, and said, "Let's go first."

Tao Bo hurriedly invited Ding Page in sideways.

Zhuangzi is not big, that is, a two-entry house with a small garden for the masters to entertain.

The third generation of Tao Bo's family is responsible for managing this house. Before Ding Page came, Aunt Tao had taken her two daughters-in-law to clean up the yard where Ding Page lived.

Entering the yard, Aunt Tao came to Ding Page and asked respectfully, "Young lady, I'm tired all the way. Do you want to go back to your room to have a rest first?"

For Ding's page, the carriage that has been sitting for nearly three hours really makes her feel very tired. According to her original idea, the leased land originally had a contract. As long as the farmers pay the rent according to the contract, she only needs to collect the money. There is nothing to worry about. But just now, Tao Bo and Li's look told her that this was definitely not a simple matter.

She shook her head and said in a low voice, "No, it's important to discuss it first."

Then she strode to the main hall and was ready to ask what was going on with Mr. Tao and Mr. Li.

She also blamed her for thinking about this matter too simply before, but she didn't expect that there would be another situation.

Ding Yizi sat down on the main seat, still smiling, and did not show the doubts in his heart.

"Sin charge Li, Uncle Tao, you can also sit down. You don't have to stand there."

Manager Li and Tao Bo were so cynical that they sat down on the left and right sides, and then Aunt Tao sent tea.

Ding Yizi took the tea cup beside him, took a sip of tea, frowned, and put the tea cup back in place.

Maybe because she was used to drinking good tea in Haofu during this period, the tea that Aunt Tao just sent made her unable to drink it.

Seeing this, Qinglian quickly and quietly pulled Aunt Tao out. Ding Page only glanced at it, but didn't ask much.

"Tao Bo, you know the situation here best. I took over this matter at the beginning, and there are still many things I don't understand. Please tell me about it." Ding Page said with a faint smile, with a kind look.

Tao Bo arched his hand. Seeing the good voice of the master talking to him, he was naturally happy. "The old slave dare not. I don't know if the young lady knows something."

"What's the matter?"

Tao Bo said, "Hao's land lease contract is actually different from that of the other family. The contract clearly shows that if it is less than three loads of grain per mu of land, you need to pay one load per mu of land. If it produces more than three loads of grain, in addition to paying one and a half rent, the rent in the next year will rise! The output in previous years was about three loads, and the young master didn't care about it, but this year is really a bumper harvest. If the rent does not increase, the house will really lose a lot.

Ding Page understood and nodded. From Hao Fu's point of view, his field has a bumper harvest, so Hao Fu will naturally have to make some money, but because other people's contracts are not written like this, those farmers are likely to not agree to this condition.

Of course, Haofu can say toughly who doesn't pay the rent according to the rules, and don't want to grow Haofu's land in the future. But in this way, Hao Fu's reputation was also ruined. Although businessmen are mercenary, well-known businessmen can naturally make more money.

Ding's page quickly thought of something and asked Tao Bo, "How is the contract of the other side written?"

Tao Bo sighed, "At the beginning of the contract, the old slave persuaded the master that if the contract was established in this way, Hao's family would suffer losses, but the master was a kind-hearted person. He said that it was not easy for farmers to farm, and he also wanted to let farmers have a mouthful of food, so he set it. The contract of others is very simple. No matter what the grain output is, an acre of land only leaves a load of grain for farmers, and everything is collected. If it hadn't been for the gossip of the big family later, the master would not have added the following regulations.

Hearing what Tao Bo said, the little contempt for Master Hao in Ding's heart just now quickly disappeared. In the end, it turned out that Master Hao was for the sake of farmers. And the reason why the following regulations are added is also helpless. Since you are all doing business in Taihe County, if you are too unique and hit others in the face, can others make you feel better?

Master Hao treats farmers who rent fields in Haofu too preferentially. If these farmers who rent other people's fields know, can they not complain about their own master? Will you farm carefully? Anyway, I only keep a load of food, and it doesn't have much impact on me to produce less.

This is not the heart of a little person, but the normal idea of a normal person.