Hami's eyes lit up: "Miss, can you rent it to my father to plant?" My father is very good at farming, and he will harvest more beans than others. ”

Jiang Chan rubbed Hami's head: "Your father can't grow so much by himself, and I plan to rent it to a few more people." ”

"Yes, it's a big land, bigger than our whole village combined. Amy nodded, not quite understanding what it meant to rent land.

In the evening John came to pick up Hammy and Amy, and when Hammy saw him, his eyes lit up, and Amy couldn't hide her words, "Daddy, Miss said today that she was going to rent the fields near the manor to someone else for farming. ”

John's feet slipped: "Miss really said that, how much land?"

Amy drew a semicircle with both hands on her chest: "So many!"

Hami: "Miss said, there are about 150 acres. ”

John touched his head: "There are so many, our family can't grow them." ”

Hami: "Miss said to find a few more people to plant, and Miss also asked others how much more rent a year if they rent land." ”

John: "Seven tenths for the harsh ones, and half for the kinder ones, and if the year is bad and the rent cannot be paid, the farmer will be compensated for the loss." ”

"I'm also hesitant to rent land, because if it's not good to catch up with the new year, I will owe more to the farmer, and it will not be good to become a serf at that time. ”

Once you become a serf, it is difficult to get rid of this status again. John had also heard that some people end up working for the farmer because they can't pay off their debts.

"Miss is benevolent, she won't charge so much rent. Hammy frowned, this was something he hadn't thought about, but no matter how serfs were, there were no free people to come to the land.

"I'm going to go back and talk to your mom about this and see what she thinks. John couldn't make up his mind, so he had to go home and discuss it.

Dinner at John's house was boiled beans and white bread brought back by Hammy and Amy. They couldn't have imagined such a day before, before everyone could only eat black bread, and white bread had to be sold in the town.

Renee tore off a corner of the bread and dipped it in the soup from the boiled beans: "What's the matter, you guys are all restless when you come back?"

In the past month, because of Jiang Cicada invisibly supplementing the brothers Hammy and Amy, the life of Reni's family has been much better, at least there are two less mouths for eating at home.

Her face was also much more ruddy, not like the sallow and sallow one before. The youngest child also grew a lot of flesh and no longer looked skinny.

John copied Hami and Amy's words, and the bread in Ruiming's hand fell: "Such a good thing must be promised!"

"But what if the young lady asks for a lot of rent?" John was still a little worried, what if the rent was too expensive, and what if the family ended up becoming serfs?

"Miss is kind, and she will definitely not take a lot of rent. Rui Ni changed the position of the youngest son in her arms, patted it gently, and analyzed Jiang Cicada's character with John.

"We are so poor here, why did Miss choose Hammy and Amy to feed the horses? Isn't it that Miss wants to take care of us? Looking at the bread that Hammy usually brought back, and Miss gave a piece of cloth the day before yesterday, these all show that Miss is kind-hearted. ”

"Besides, we don't rent just by asking, if you think the rent is too expensive, we can also not rent, and don't offend people by asking. But if the rent collection is reasonable, then our family's life will be much better. ”

I have to say that compared to the honest John, Renee is still very shrewd.

"Cheng, I'll go over tomorrow and ask. John was also a resolute man, and as Renee said, he asked questions without offending anyone. Of course, if he takes half of the rent, he rents.

The next day, Jiang Cicada ushered in a nervous John, Reni had to take care of the children at home, otherwise she would come by herself.

Listening to John's intention, Jiang Chan smiled: "I will collect 30% of the rent here." ”

John's eyes widened: "How much? Thirty percent rent? Great!"

This honest man's eyes are about to smile, if he collects 30% of the rent, he will be diligent, and his family will be able to save a lot of food in a year. Thinking like this, John immediately made up his mind and did it!

Jiang Chan led John to walk around the outside of the manor, looking at the vast land in front of him, John swallowed his saliva, his eyes were full of burning light.

"Miss, I'm going to rent five acres of land, can I choose which land to choose?" asked John after assessing his own abilities.

"Spread out from the location of the manor, the first to rent must be near the manor. Jiang Chan glanced at the ground conditions: "The fields here are all in similar condition, and I can't say which one is the best." ”

"I'll pick this one. John looked around and finally chose the field closest to the manor. Jiang Chan was noncommittal and signed a contract with John, in duplicate, and John went back with this contract in his arms.

If he rents the land where the ginger cicada grows for a long time, he already plans to move his home to the vicinity of the manor. It would also make it easier for the two children to go back and forth, and if Renee could find another job on the estate to earn a living, John's pace of returning home was a little quicker.

One hundred and fifty acres is a lot, but in fact, it is really divided very quickly. When John returned to the village, he said that in less than three days, all the land in Jiang Chan's hands was rented by the villagers in the village.

John rented the most, five acres of land, and the others were two or three acres. They don't dare to rent too much at a time, and if this is a trap, they are just working for nothing, but if they become serfs, they lose their personal freedom.

There has been a boom in the area of the manor, and it is not a simple task to clear these lands after so many years that they have been barren.

Jiang Chan also promised that no rent would be collected in the first year, as long as they opened the land, thirty percent of the rent would be collected from the second year. With this commitment, these people are more enthusiastic about their work.

If the ground is opened, if it is carefully tended in the first year, then what you get your hands on is your own. Besides, the young lady also said that if her own food is rich, she can also choose to sell it to her, and she will buy it at the market price.

For a time, the area around the originally deserted manor was in full swing, and people came and went every day, usually in groups in the morning and in the evening.

There are many people, and it is no secret that Hammy and Amy feed the horses in the manor, and the village knows about it. For the treatment of these two children, it's not that no one is blushing, but who let them not meet Jiang Chan first?

Rui Ni naturally came to work in the manor, and Jiang Chan asked her to be in charge of the kitchen, after all, she was a noble lady in the eyes of outsiders. It seemed a bit unrealistic for the aristocratic lady to cook for herself, so Reni moved into the manor.