This point made Xiao Ai very moved, and Mrs. Qiao also said that if the aunts are satisfied with the character and ability of the village leaders after contact during this time, these people will be given to the aunts.

At the beginning, Dai Ai and the others were still a little unaccustomed to this, and said that these big living people can be sent back and forth like this?

However, they soon learned that these people were all tenant slaves of the Qiao family, that is, the previous generation and even the previous generations of these people were sold to the Qiao family.

According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty or the Qing Dynasty, these tenant slaves could indeed be given to others by the property of their masters.

Of course, another reason why the Qiao family is doing things very well is that all the money for all this operation is from the two aunts, and most of the money given by the Qiao family is actually all kinds of conveniences and favors, but even so, both Xiao Ai and Dai Xiaoshan are very grateful to the Qiao family.

At the same time, the two brothers also have a lot of feelings, and often talk in private that the Han society in this era is really a society of human feelings, which is really good for their own families, but it is really ruthless enough to outsiders, according to Zhu Beiguo, this is an important feature of clan society---- the whole society lacks the rule of law, but it is full of all kinds of human feelings in the family.

Anyway, the Qiao family is really very practical in doing things for their own family, unlike in the old world, there are not too many people who specialize in acquaintances and relatives!

So Xiao Ai lamented to Brother Dai that the so-called "declining world" that people often talk about in the old world probably refers to the loss of human touch.

However, Dai Xiaoshan has his own unique views on this phenomenon, and he said to Xiao Ai,

In fact, this is the inevitable result of the old morality being broken and the new moral order being unable to be established.

You must know that in today's era, if a person unfortunately breaks away from the family environment such as the clan and the township party, and loses a group that can huddle together for warmth, he will not be able to survive in this society alone.

Dai Xiaoshan went on to explain that the society of human feelings and the society of the rule of law are always incompatible, and the conclusion by analogy is that the more legal the society, the higher the individual's ability to survive in society, and vice versa.

And now we live in an era that is a humane society where people don't know what the social legal system is, so it is a society where people absolutely need to huddle together for warmth, so this kind of help from the Qiao family is natural and a matter of course.

Therefore, when the Qiao family also needs this kind of help in the future, we should also be obliged, Dai Xiaoshan finally concluded......

"What if it violates the law?"

Xiao Ai asked suddenly.

"Take advantage of the law and help."

Dai Xiaoshan replied.

"This is a humane society!"

Xiao Ai was silent for a long time and responded.

"That's right, the human society ......"

Well, at this moment, Xiao Ai's thoughts are a little far away, this old Zhuang who follows behind him in Xiao Ai's eyes may actually be his servant, Xiao Ai suddenly has some illusory feelings.

Qiao Zhuangtou is an old and respectful person, Xiao Ai knows that he was originally a grange steward in Qiao's mansion, and he belongs to the family servants who have followed the Qiao family for generations since his grandfather's generation, and the old Zhuangtou's name is Qiao Baoming, but now since the old lady of the Qiao family plans to give people to the two aunts, the old ancestor has already let go, and according to the rules, Qiao Baoming can change his surname or surname Ai.

Of course, these two uncles will not be so big, they have not really married the girl of the Qiao family, how can they accept other people's slaves, so after going to the island, Xiao Ai said to Qiao Baoming very generously, your old man is so old, I am embarrassed to take the genealogy of the master's family, I heard that your ancestor's surname is Meng, so you simply restored your original surname when you are old.

When the old Zhuang heard this, he froze for a moment, and then cried and said that he didn't serve his good uncle, and actually asked your old man not to want me as a servant?

Xiao Ai listened and quickly explained no, no, purely because your old man is old, respecting the old and loving the young is the code of conduct of Australians, and it has nothing to do with whether you are old or not, besides, your old man is so attentive, how can he not want you?

Don't overthink it, okay? Besides, don't call me an old man in the future, it sounds awkward, in short, your real surname is Meng, and you will be called Meng Baoming in the future.

Well, when Meng Baoming heard this, he relieved himself, thinking that it was because his uncle was kind-hearted and couldn't bear to take it big in front of the elderly, so he calmed down.

Xiao Ai knows that this Meng Baoming is the old man brought out by the Qiao family from Jingshi, the Qiao family went south all the way, and followed the old lady and the old lady to break through the world, he is very loyal and capable......

These days, Meng Baoming and his two little guys are almost around Xiao Ai every day, listening to him at any time.

Now, Xiao Ai is slowly walking on the ridge with his hands behind his back, smiling and posing as a leader inspecting the work of the masses, while inspecting the people to open up the wasteland, while greeting the people around him, Meng Baoming beckoned his subordinates to open the way in front, and he was responsible for following Xiao Ai behind him to fan him, and he kept introducing the situation of reclamation to his uncle.

Xiao Ai listened and watched like this along the way, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart that the Han people in this era are really powerful! It is really professional to engage in farming, settling down houses, and repairing canals to divert water, so it is no wonder that the Dutch are also recruiting Han people to open up wasteland in Nanyang on a large scale!

The Han people are a bit too much, not only can bear hardships and stand hard work than the local natives, but also have smart professional skills, and the key is that everyone is very obedient and easy to manage.

According to the policy announced by Dai Ai and the others before the farmers went to the island, the tools for land reclamation and the initial grain were provided free of charge, and the plots of land were evenly distributed according to the households.

In addition, it is no problem for families with spare power to open up more wasteland, and if they are opened, they will be rented by your family.

As a result, the tenants' enthusiasm for reclamation was greatly increased.

Twenty days after landing on the island, that is, on October 5, the reclamation of the small basin in the mountains was basically completed, and through these days of hard work, people have opened up a total of 450 acres of land.

Because Xiao Ai announced in time that the land here would be distributed to the tenants in a lump sum according to the capitation, and the tenants would remain unchanged for about thirty years! The tenants paid only one-twentieth of the output of the land, that is, 5 percent, and the rent was waived for the first year, which was said to give the newcomers a respite time.

This standard was much lower than the eight percent of the Qiao family and the ten percent rent that was common in this era.

What's more, because there is no government to collect taxes here, all the income from the tenants after paying the land rent goes to their own homes, which obviously stimulates the tenants' enthusiasm for work.

So the heads of the Qiao family immediately took the male owners of the tenants and began to measure the land everywhere, and distributed these plots to each household according to the distance of the water source and the fertility of the land.

For this kind of thing, Xiao Ai is a complete layman, so he simply handed over all these things to the three heads of the Qiao family to discuss and do, Xiao Ai has only one requirement for the bosses: the tenants have no opinion on your land distribution, as for which one has more and which one has less, how the land is good to match, and other specific issues, Xiao Ai ignores them all and completely decentralizes power.

This "unchanged for 30 years" and the 5 percent land rent policy were formulated by the Red Mansion.

Xiao Ai is just a proclaimer, but the tenants and tenants don't care about these, in the eyes of these people, these lands are taken out by the Qiao family's aunt, and the housing tools and grain are also obtained with the help of the Qiao family's aunt, and the people also give the An family silver according to the head, so this geography should belong to the Qiao family's aunt, plus this tenant deed and the proportion of ground rent is very beneficial to the tenants, so Xiao Ai's image in the minds of everyone is more lofty than in the past, and even the village leaders sighed privately, This practice has been rare since ancient times, and to be able to treat the tenants and tenants like this, the two uncles of the Qiao family are simply good people......