25. The leader of the concession industry (catching insects)
Facing the ambiguous gaze of the students, Jia Hu ignored it, what can a little kid in his twenties do? [Beep-beep] hasn't developed well yet?
Invited a few new friends to play together, Lin Li smiled bitterly and declined, saying that he still wanted to review the scriptures, Sun Muge was eager to try, but he was defeated under Zhao Yi's warning eyes.
Jia Hu raised his eyebrows: "You ......"
Zhao Yi was extremely possessive and hugged Sun Muge's waist, and his speech was as concise as ever, "Brother Qi." β
Seeing that there was no one else nearby, Sun Muge did not struggle, and acquiesced to Zhao Yi's words.
Jia Hu understood.
After saying goodbye to a few friends, Jia Hu took the elated Zhou Ren out for a trip.
JHU: Why is this man so happy? How long has it been since you went out to let the wind out?
Zhou Ren: Hey, hey, I don't know why, there's only two people going out to play, so happy. Well, it's just that the maid that Jia Hu brought with him is really an eyesore.
Xia Yu: Uncle's new friends are weird.
Jia Hu was happy outside, and Lin Zhixiao, who stayed in the old house, was not idle.
In addition to taking care of Jia Hu, Lin Zhixiao and Lai Er also came with other tasks assigned by Rong Guogong.
Ning and Rong Erfu have a lot of fields on this side of Jinling, and most of them are good paddy fields. As early as when Lin Zhixiao was busy raiding his house, Lai Er took people to visit various Zhuangzi. Lai Er's face is raw, and no one on Jinling's side has ever seen it. He was also shrewd, and found a few local tenants, and paid them to inquire about the rent of each village, and soon inquired.
Lai Er wanted to tell Uncle Hu in person, but Uncle Hu didn't give him a chance, and the credit was taken by Lin Zhixiao. Who says honest people are honest? Lin Zhixiao is really not soft when he squeezes out Lai Erlai. Should it be said that he is worthy of being the old man designated by Rong Guogong?
Lai Er was a little resentful and a little powerless. He is good at selling well to his master, but he can't get close to the master's god at all, Lin Zhixiao calls him like a little steward under him, let him do it, but don't give him a chance to show his merits.
Can't sit back any longer!
Lai Er gritted his teeth and took the initiative to recommend himself to Lin Zhixiao and wanted to follow him to Zhuangzi.
Unexpectedly, Lin Zhixiao only glanced at him with a smile and agreed.
Lai Er was ecstatic, with his means, are you afraid that you won't be able to clean up a few villages?
After Lai Er came to Zhuangzi, he shouted in his heart that he had made a mistake.
I saw that Lin Zhixiao was familiar with the way and entered Zhuangzi, and first called an old village chief over.
Lai Er was a little puzzled, and asked humbly: "Manager Lin, why do you want to call the village chief of Zhujia Village?" Shouldn't all the stewards and servants in the Zhuangzi be called first? β
Lin Zhixiao nodded and said, "Huzi, you lead a few people to invite the head of the village over." β
Huzi understood, laughed twice, and went to arrest people with more than a dozen men.
They broke in, and they didn't notify Zhuang Tou at all, at this time, Zhuang Tou was probably dreaming of Mei Jiao Niang.
Sure enough, the head of the village was brought out in rags. He yelled, "Who are you?!" This is the territory of Rongguo Mansion! Rongguo Mansion! You dare to touch the place of our grandfather!? β
Zhuang Tou was shocked and angry, and was interrupted in the morning to move harmoniously, and it was a person who wanted to blow up.
"Zhu Zhuangtou, I haven't seen you for a long time."
Hearing a familiar voice, Zhu Zhuangtou turned his head in disbelief, and saw where Lin Zhixiao was standing with a smile. Hasn't he been abandoned by his master a long time ago?!
Zhu Zhuang looked like he was stunned.
The other people who were kidnapped had all been β‘β‘ in recent years, and they didn't know the son of the Lin steward of the Rongguo Mansion in the past, and one of them said disrespectfully: "Which onion are you?" β
Unexpectedly, Zhu Zhuangtou turned around and took a spit, and the man's fat face received a baptism of spit, and the whole person was demented. He is the No. 1 henchman under Zhu Zhuangtou's hands, and he rushes to get out of everything, but he didn't expect to kick the iron plate this time.
The other subordinates in Zhuangzi were full of this fat pig, and their hearts were very happy, and their good impression of Lin Steward was rising.
Lin Zhixiao saw that he was interested and asked someone to loosen his ties.
Zhu Zhuangtou is a sleek person, and as soon as Lin Zhixiao appeared, he knew that the old lady's tricks could not be hidden. Grandpa Guo has always ignored the general affairs, Zhuangzi or anything is in charge of the old lady's people, Lin Zhixiao's family is all old people, when the old lady was there, they were all in charge of the Zhuangzi in Jinling. As soon as the old lady left, the old lady was replaced, and Zhu Zhuangtou offered his loyalty at the first time, in exchange for the status of Zhuangtou.
Over the years, Zhuangzi has long been controlled by him, his eyes are rolling around, the old lady can't fight the grandfather of the country, but his old lady's people, just by doing what he has done for the old lady over the years, he can't wash it when he jumps into the Yellow River.
He said tentatively: "Why is Steward Lin here?" β
Lin Zhixiao looked at him steadily, and a glimmer of hope rose in Zhu Zhuangtou's heart, could it be, it was Uncle Hu of the big house on a whim, right? That......
At this time, Lin Zhixiao drank: "Grandpa Guo knows everything!" You still haven't confessed! β
Zhu Zhuangtou was not so deceitful, he asked aggressively: "Grandpa Guo?" It's such a big banner, Grandpa Guo never pays attention to these chores, aren't you cheating people? β
Lin Zhixiao looked at the servant in the Zhuangzi who was looking at him with suspicion for a while, and shouted: "Huzi! β
Then, introduce him to everyone: "This is Huzi, the son of one of the personal soldiers of the grandfather of the country. β
Huzi grinned at everyone and shouted: "On the orders of Grandpa Guo, obey the dispatch of Steward Lin!" β
"Bring everybody here."
"Yes!"
Dozens of men surrounded the old village chief of Zhujiazhuang.
Finished.
Zhu Zhuang's head fell to the ground.
Just when Zhuangtou was stubbornly resisting, Lai Er was also talking, hoping to make achievements before Lin Zhixiao. The uncle pays attention to Zhuangzi very much, and now Lin Zhixiao is not good to skip his credit.
"Old man, when will you harvest in your field?" Lai Er asked the old man gently.
This is the largest Zhuangzi of Rongfu in Jinling, and the tenants are all villagers from nearby villages, and this old man is the village chief of the nearby Zhujia Village.
The old village chief looked sad and said tremblingly: "Master, this year's early rice will be harvested in two months, don't worry, the rent, the rent will definitely be paid." At the end, there was a look of pleading on his face, "Master, there won't be a rent increase this year, right?" β
Lai Er also did not correct the title of the old village chief, and asked: "Old man, don't be afraid, we were sent by the grandfather of the capital city, I heard that the harvest in the past few years has not been very good, and the grandfather sent us to ask, how are the tenants living?" β
Bad harvest? Many tenants have their ears up, and the past few years have been a rare year of good weather, even if they pay sixty percent of the rent, everyone can barely get by.
Could it be that the head of the village was corrupt and was discovered by the people above? I don't know if the head of the village is cheating people.
The people below exchanged heads and talked about it, and a middle-aged man was pushed out and cautiously said: "If you go back to the master, God has appreciated your face in the past few years, and everyone can still get by." We paid the rent on time, forty percent, enough. β
The old village chief also said: "Master, who knows when God will appreciate his face, and if the rent will rise again, everyone will really not be able to pay it." β
Lai Er saw that he didn't eat oil and salt, and he was also a little impatient. He already knew that Zhuangtou received sixty percent, and this group of people didn't know what was going on, how to cover up for Zhuangtou?
Isn't this village chief and Zhuangtou in the same stream? Lai Er looked at the old village chief suspiciously.
The old village chief calmly accepted Lai Er's scrutiny.
As an old man, the village chief has the wisdom that life gives. When he saw that this person in charge was a fresh face, he could see that he had been pampered since he was a child, his face was calm and honest, but there was cunning in his bones.
And Zhu Zhuangtou is the same kind of person.
In the past few days, many villagers have reacted that outsiders have come to inquire about the rent, and they have heard that the nobles from the capital are coming, and the old village chief is not sure whether it is from above to inspect.
Zhu Zhuang's head is powerful, and the people who come are not good people at first glance, and it is difficult to guarantee that they will not be bought by him, and the old village chief raised his vigilance when he saw Lai Er.
In fact, the old village chief's feeling was not wrong, if it weren't for the fact that there was Lin Zhixiao above, Lai Er would take advantage of the situation to blackmail Zhuang Tou, and then let Zhuang Tou clean up these uneasy elements. However, Lin Zhixiao is really loyal, and if he wants to come out, he can't make too many small moves.
Unable to ask anything, Lai Er was a little frustrated. At this time, the people inside called in, and Lai Er had to pinch his nose and admit it, he was so stubborn! He Lai Er hates these people who are like a cow the most, isn't it good to chase fame and fortune? What about good money that can make the devil grind? Why hurt each other's Q_Q so much
After entering, the old village chief first smiled again and again: "Good steward!" Good steward! β
Lin Zhixiao avoided it and motioned to Huzi to help the old man up.
"Old village chief, it's been a long time, are you okay?"
The old village chief looked at this baby in confusion, who do you know? His old eyes were dizzy, and he struggled to see the traces of the old man from the face that was a little old: "Are you?" Are you the Kobayashi steward? β
The old village chief was excited.
Lin Steward is one of the stewards of Jinling's rent collection in the early years, and he is sincere. When he was there, the head of the village never dared to overcharge, because he would tell his master truthfully that he would not eat the set of bribery. At that time, Steward Lin was followed by his son, and he was just as good, and everyone called him "Steward Xiaolin". The old village chief was also glad that in the future, when Xiaolin took over his father's class, their Zhujia Village would always be able to live as tenants. Who knew that it would change people later, and the rent would also rise.
As soon as he thought of this, the old village chief sighed: "Steward Xiaolin, ouch, now it's Steward Lin." Is your father okay? β
Lin Zhixiao said a little gloomily: "My father retired last year, and he was sick again in the spring of this year, otherwise he would have to come to Jinling." I heard that my master had sent me to Jinling, and before I set out, he struggled to get off the ground and go with me. β
The old village chief sighed: "This is what he has done all his life." When I was not the village chief, he came with me to collect the rent. We're all old. β
After talking about the old days, the two got down to business. Lin Zhixiao told him that the little master had come to Jinling, and Grandpa Guo had handed over everything to the little master, and he was here to assist.
"I heard that the head of the village raised the rent to six?"
The old village chief said yes with a bitter face, and asked without hope, what should I do with the rent added by the master to the head of the village?
Who knew that Lin Zhixiao replied: "The head of the village did not lie about the rent, and the old lady ordered it to be sixty percent." β
"It's just hiding it from other masters." Who let the old lady take care of the house.
The old village elder was surprised, "That Zhu Zhuangtou ......"
Lin Zhixiao looked around at the tenants who came one after another, and raised his voice: "Grandpa Guo said at the beginning that our Jia family also came from farming, and in order to take care of the villagers, the rent is only forty percent. Now that our uncle has arrived in Jinling, he found that Zhu Zhuangtou had hidden the rent increase from Grandpa Guo, and had already written to Grandpa SΓΉ. Now the uncle has ordered me to inform you that in the future, the rent will only be 40%. Zhu Zhuang's head is full of private pockets......"
The villagers who heard this were in an uproar again, and when they saw the old village chief standing beside the steward and nodding with a smile, and the old man said that Steward Lin's words would not be wrong, they slowly believed it in their hearts.
Later, some words were ordered, and the people in the Zhuangzi pushed out a person to be appointed as the new head of the village, and Lin Zhixiao led people to press Zhu Qian's head and left.
Next, Lai Er watched Lin Zhixiao's solo show for three or four days with a pale face.
He didn't know that Lin Zhixiao was so familiar with Jinling, and he didn't need to ask to know who was credible and who might be the old lady's person. He bet that even the stewards of the rent-collecting officers promoted by the old lady were not as familiar to him. He swore that when he returned, he would find out about this opponent!
Steward Lin Tsundere: Sample, I'm a leader in the concession industry! The kind that stands up to my dad's scrutiny.