Chapter 17 Rent Collection
Qiu Yi died, and this incident caused a lot of waves in the whole salt field. The salt people raised their eyebrows and exhaled, and had been oppressed and bullied by him. Now they finally relieved!
In the government, after a little investigation of the case, it was left to the head of the Bailian religion and the case was quickly closed. There were no ripples.
Most of the troops have been transferred to suppress the Red Turban Army. In the whole Gaoyou Mansion, there are only about 2,000 gaffenaries left, most of which are still the Han army, and the pure Mongolian army is only more than 500.
In the heart of Li Qi, the governor of Gaoyou, what he hoped was that the Red Turban Army would not make trouble here, otherwise, his own troops would not be enough to stuff his teeth at all.
Qiu Yi died. What bothered him more was who would be sent to replace him? This is a fat difference. Although I have occupied a lot of land, the income of the salt farm is not low. The salt farm has about 500 taels of silver for filial piety every month.
Liu Ziren came to Dingxi in a comfortable carriage.
"Sir, Dingxi Liu's Village has arrived." Feng Qi said in front.
Liu Ziren opened the curtain and looked at the land in front of him.
The limitless land is extremely fertile due to the irrigation of the river. In addition to the interruption of the river due to the drought in the previous two years, this year's rain is not bad. Since the harvest is good, the rent will naturally rise, four stones per mu!
This thousand mu of fertile land can be rented for 4,000 stones.
"Sir, the farmers are very dissatisfied, saying that the harvest per mu is only five stones, and the rent is four stones. They don't have enough to eat at all." Feng Qi said, with a trace of dissatisfaction in his eyes.
"How can they really do this? My lord, I kindly rent the land to them. They don't grow it well. With such a good year, there is only five stones per mu? It's impossible!" Liu Ziren was angry when he thought of the "shamelessness" of the peasants.
Be sure to collect all the rents!
"Master Liu, you're here!" At this time, a man trotted out of the entrance of the village.
"Who are you?" Feng Qi asked.
"This is the seventh master, right? I've seen it in Master Liu's house. The youngest is also surnamed Liu, and he is Li Zheng here. The person said. ( It is an official name, which is equivalent to the village head, township head and so on)
"Then we are also our family?" Liu Ziren looked at the person in front of him and said with a smile. How many tenants are there in our Liujia Village?
"Mr. Hui, Liujia Village is a big village in Dingxi. There are more than 100 households, of which more than 70 are stove households, boiling salt in the salt farm, and the remaining more than 30 households are tenants." Liu Lizheng replied.
"This grain has also been harvested, but I can't collect the rent." Liu Ziren said strangely.
"Go back to the master, the scenery of this year is a little better, but the collected grain is only more than five stones per mu. The master took away four stones. Everyone can't pass this day. Last year, there was a drought, and many people starved to death in the village. The labor force was insufficient. Although everyone got up early and was greedy, the harvest did not improve much, my lord. Please give me some time!" Liu Li is saying.
"What? A little lenient? No way! I don't care how many people starve to death. Anyway, if you rent my land, you have to give me rent. Liu Ziren said sternly.
"Sir, you can do it, otherwise, the villagers really can't live!" Liu Li was kneeling on the ground,
said with a crying voice.
"Don't pretend to be poor. They are all a group of unruly people who rent my land and don't want to give me rent. How can it be so cheap? Let me tell you, I must collect all the rent today!"
Liu Ziren was so angry that his beard was raised and waved to the nurse behind him.
The two big men immediately stepped forward, dragged Liu Lizheng's arm and threw him aside.
"Go!" Liu Ziren got into the car.
"Sir, all right!" Liu Li is still shouting behind.
"Sir, this family has rented us five mu of land, with a total of 20 stones of grain. He has handed over ten stones of grain and still owes ten stones." Feng Qi turned over the account book and pointed to a tattered man next to him.
"Difficul, don't pay the rent, go in and move out ten stones of grain for me." Liu Ziren said.
Several men behind him came out, kicked open the door, and rushed inside.
"There is food here."
"I can't. That's all I have left in my house. My lord, can you do it?"
"Get out of here!"
There is a noisy sound in.
Soon, several family people moved out the grain and put it on the cart behind them.
"Mr. Liu, please save me some food! You have moved away. How can our family live?" A village woman rushed out and cried.
"Go, it's only eight stones. Your family still owes our master two stones of grain. You must have hidden the rest of the grain and tell you that it will be ready for our master in a few days. Otherwise, we will wait to go to the county magistrate's place for a lawsuit!" Feng Qi stopped her and said coldly.
"Go, next household." Liu Ziren is very satisfied with his efficiency.
"This family still owes eight stone rent"
"This family owes a lot, twelve stones."
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The whole Liujia Village, in Liu Ziren's rent collection, had no choice but to meditate.
"Go, go to the next village." Liu Ziren is very happy.
"Sir, how can we ship it back with so much grain?" Feng Qi looked at the grain on the carriage behind him.
"Of course, it's on the waterway. I have asked Long Er to take two boats and wait at Xianrendu." Liu Ziren said confidently.
These poor people usually say that they have no food to pay the rent, and they have to bother to come from Xinghua. They have all been collected.
"The master is wise." Feng Qi said.
"Of course, although the waterway is slow, it is transported a lot. If it is transported by horse-drawn carriage, we will have dozens of cars to be enough. We will collect a village and concentrate on the ship for Long Eryun and then go to the next village. Wait until the ship is full and then ship it back. Liu Ziren said.
"However, the Red Turban Army has been making a lot of noise recently. Will it be unsafe to take the waterway?" Feng Qi asked.
"Impossible, the nearest Red Turban Army is in Haozhou. The court is besieging Haozhou. Sooner or later, Guo Zixing's soldiers and horses will be finished. The other Red Turban Army is still far away from here. Liu Ziren said.
"In addition to the Red Turban Army, what about the poles of Furong Village?" Feng Qi reminded again.
"I have a little friendship with their big leader, and I should not hit my ideas. However, if they really dare to come, Long Er is not a vegetarian. When the food is transported, you can send two people to follow."
"I know, my lord."
"Old Uncle Liu, the grain has been taken away by the black-hearted Liu Ziren. How can we live?" Surrounded by Liu Lizheng, the villagers discussed.
Think about the past few years, when the grain harvest failed, many villagers left their homes and begged everywhere. It's easy to have a bumper grain harvest this year, but Liu Ziren actually increased the rent and collected almost all the harvested grain. If there is no grain, I'm afraid he will be a relimate again.
"We asked the government to do justice for us. It was originally the rent of two stones and one mu, but he doubled it for us. Why?" A childish young man said.
"The government? If you go to the government, I'm afraid you won't be able to get out. Do you expect the government to do justice for us? It's impossible!"
"I heard that I joined the Red Turban Army, so I don't have to worry about food and clothing. Let's go to the Red Turban Army!"
"Where is the Red Turban Army?"
"I heard that there are everywhere. Let's try our luck everywhere. Anyway, there is no food at home, and we will starve to death if we stay here."
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Countless similar things have been staged in Jiangnan. Jiangnan has a bumper harvest this year. All landlords have only one idea: collect more rent and take back all the previous two years!
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