Chapter 159 Ask the farmers in detail

Perhaps it is because I have seen a lot in Hao Mansion during this period. As soon as Ding Yi saw the things in Wang Taili's family, he estimated the economic situation of Wang Taili's family in his heart, and it can be said without hesitation that Wang Taili is definitely the kind of person who loves to show off.

Wang Taili respectfully asked Ding Page to sit on the main seat, and asked Li Guanzhi and Tao Bo to sit left and right. He stood in the main hall with a slight humility.

As soon as several people sat down, a little maid about thirteen or fourteen years old sent tea and put one next to everyone.

Wang Taili smiled flatteringly and raised his voice, "Young lady, please have tea. There is no good tea in the small family, only some new Longjing this year. Let's quench your thirst for human rights."

Ding Yi didn't say anything. He quietly picked up the tea cup and seemed to inadvertently glance at the glazed blue, white and green bamboo tea cup. Then he gently picked up the lid of the tea cup, slowly played with the tea on the water, sniffed it gently, and then took a sip of fragrant tea.

As soon as this tea comes to your mouth, it's good or bad!

Wang Taili's little life is really rich. The tea that served her is not much worse than that of Hao Fu. Did the head of an ancient village have so much oil and water? Or does Wang Taili have a lot of fields under his own?

This question just flashed in Ding's mind, and then she put it aside. She is talking about collecting rent this time, but she doesn't come to gossip about where other people's money comes from.

"Village head Wang, please invite all the farmers here. I will tell them about the rent in person so that they can rest assured."

Wang Taili held his fist and arched his hand and said guiltily, "I'm really sorry for the young lady. It's not good for the young lady to do things, so she bothered the young lady to run this trip. The farmers are waiting outside now, and the small ones let them all come in and be obedient.

After saying that, Wang Taili quickly turned around and went out. A group of people who had followed him before were standing in the yard, while Wang Taili went straight out of the courtyard door, thinking that he would call some other farmers in the village.

Ding Xiaozi did not put on airstingy. Seeing another group of people coming in outside the gate, she got up and walked out. Qinglian and Zishuang followed closely. Manager Li and Tao Bo naturally did not sit much and hurriedly followed Ding Xiaozi out.

Ding Page stood on the slate road in the courtyard and looked at the farmers standing in the yard generously. At present, most of the farmers who come here are men, old and young, and only a few women. She looked at the door of the courtyard faintly, but found that there were many people gathered outside the gate of the courtyard, and even some women came to watch with young children in their arms.

Everyone is curious. For this monkey-like scene, Ding Niazi is emotionally calm and there is nothing to be dissatisfied with.

Wang Taili quickly gathered the farmers and let them stand quietly in the yard until everything was ready. He walked to Ding Page and hugged his fist and said, "Young lady, everyone has gathered. Please talk."

Ding Page nod his head, glanced at the farmers in front of him, and said in a low voice, "You must know what's going on here, right? Regarding this year's rent, since you think it is necessary for me to say it in front of you, I will say it. This year is indeed a good year. Every family has a bumper harvest, and each mu of land can even produce more than one or two loads. You are also very clear in your heart that compared with other masters, Hao's lease contract has always been very generous, and the rent collected is also the least. However, we also agreed in the past that if the yield is more than three dans per mu, according to the contract, not only the rent in that year will rise, but also the rent in the coming year will also rise! However, in previous years, even if we produced more than three dans per mu, our Hao Mansion has never increased any rent with you, has it?

At this point, Ding Nianzi paused and carefully glanced at the people in front of him, but when she saw the praise on everyone's faces, she continued: "Wh or not, it doesn't matter whether we say it's good or not. God has the final say. Even if one or two loads of grain are produced per mu of land this year, it may not be the same tomorrow, so after careful consideration, for your consideration, I changed the treaty of increasing the rent in the coming year to receive two loads of rent per mu of land this year. Please pay the rent according to this treaty.

When the meaning was announced, Ding Page was silent and looked at the people in front of him with a faint expression.

Wang Taili immediately stood up and asked the farmers, "Do you understand what the young lady said? I have to pay two rents this year! The young lady's time is precious. You'd better go back and prepare it for me immediately. I'll take someone to collect it later!"

Wang Taili's voice was slightly sharp, and Ding's page felt harsh for a while, and he always felt that there was something wrong. She looked carefully at the farmers in front of her and didn't find anything wrong.

She turned her mind and suddenly remembered something. Then she waved to call Mr. Li, and then walked to the corner with him. Far away from everyone, she whispered to him, "Mr. Li, do you find anything wrong?"

Manager Li blinked his eyes, hissed softly, shook his head, frowned and said, "No, I don't know what the young lady means?"

Ding Yizi frowned and asked softly, "Mr. Li, how did you collect the rent when you and the young master came to collect the rent? Are they really waiting in the village, and have they never asked anything among the farmers?

Manager Li shook his head and said, "No, it was the village head who directly collected all of them, and then sent them to the village. The young master came to the village for this trip."

Ding Niazi thought for a moment and ordered, "Mr. Li, well, I think there seems to be something wrong with it. Please find a reason to go out later, wander around the village, and ask the farmers next to the village how to pay this rent, how much to pay, and then tell me later."

Ding's words have been made very clear. How can steward Li not know what she means? In addition, the situation of Wang Taili's family is indeed surprisingly good. There is nothing wrong with it. Thinking about the problems that may be in it, stewor Li answered quickly and said, "Young lady, wait a minute. I'm going out to have a look."

After saying that, Manager Li walked directly out of the yard, and Ding Yizi walked back to the farmers.

Wang Taili looked at the stewor Li who went out in surprise and inadvertently winced at the little boy at the gate and motioned him to follow the stewer Li.

When he walked out from steward Li, Ding's page has been paying attention to Wang Taili's movements. If he has no problem, he naturally doesn't have to worry about steward Li's where to go. If he has a problem, he must be worried that steward Li will know something when he goes out. Sure enough, as soon as steward Li went out, Ding's page noticed that a person also went out with steward Li.

The man may be that Wang Taili was worried about not taking good care of Mr. Li, so he was sent out. He may also be worried about what Mr. Li knew. If Hao Ling's evaluation of stewor Li is not wrong, then stewor Li should also know what to do.

Ding's heart was slightly raised. This is the first thing she did instead of Hao Ling. If it doesn't do well, there will definitely be a disturbance when she goes back. Aunt Shen will definitely use this matter to make a big story to make her want of the housekeeper's power.

In fact, she doesn't have to earn anything from Aunt Shen. Is the power of the housekeeper in her hands, and she will get rich? Obviously, it's impossible. It's just that there is more oil and water, but in the final analysis, it's all earned by Hao Ling. In the future, it will also be divided equally between Hao Ling and Hao Yu. Ding Page is not the kind of person who only knows how to think about himself. Hao Ling and Hao Yu are both sons of Master Hao. He should share his property equally, and there is no reason why anyone should occupy more.

But although she is open-minded, Aunt Shen doesn't think so. Ding has reason to suspect that if the head of the family is really Aunt Shen, when Master Hao dies, Aunt Shen will definitely try her best to get more property, instead of thinking like her.

Wang Taili walked to Ding Baizi with a restrained look and asked with a smile, "Young lady, let them go back to prepare food, okay?"

Ding Page was worried that once the crowd in front of him dispersed, it would affect Li's investigation, so he raised his hand and said, "Wait a minute, I have something else to say."

Wang Taili's face changed slightly, but he quickly turned around and hugged his fist and said, "I don't know if the young lady has anything else to tell you?"

Ding Baozi glanced at him with a faint smile on his face. When she didn't know anything for the time being, she had no reason to look at others and said, "Well, I'll ask something more. I won't be in a hurry to collect the rent for a while."

After saying that, Ding Shizi motioned Wang Taili to get out of the way, so that she could talk to the farmers.

Without the instructions of Ding's page, the farmers naturally did not disperse and still stood in the yard in a regular manner.

Ding Page asked again, "What else do you don't understand about what I just said?"

The farmers shook their heads together and understood that there was no question to ask.

Ding Page casually looked at the old man who was about 50 years old at the front of the farmers and asked with a faint smile, "Uncle, how many acres of land have you rented? How much has an acre of land been produced this year?

The uncle who was asked quickly took a step forward and looked back and said, "In the words of the young lady, the old man rented three mu of land and planted more than four dans per mu. Even if he paid two dans of rent, he will receive a lot more this year, and next year's life will be much better."

Ding Page nod and randomly pointed to a mid-aged man in the middle and asked, "How many acres of land have you rented and planted?"

"In the words of Mrs. Hui, the small rented two mu of land, and this year is also a bumper harvest, with as much as five burdens of one mu of real estate."

Ding Page nod and smiled, "Oh? Then your grain is very good.

She then pointed to an aunt standing at the end and asked with a faint smile, "Auntie, how many acres of land does your family rent?"