When Li Kou returned to the inn, two or three village elders came to visit.

It was a young and virtuous person among the displaced people in Qinzhou.

Two or three people are very grateful, there is a family of little grandson is frail, all the way frightened and afraid of stroke and cold, the government does not prescribe medicine to the homeless, Li Kou asked the doctor in Weizhou to take care of it, only three doses of medicine to go down, there is a sheltered house, the baby can already make a loud cry, this is completely good.

Li Kou pushed Zhu Wen to entertain in front, he listened for a long time, it turned out that the displaced people already knew that Li Kou was going to set up a village, so more than a dozen households were willing to join him, and specially invited the villagers to come to inquire about the news.

Li Kou's impression among the homeless people was not very good, and the villagers also knew that he was a bad-tempered person.

It's just that this person has a cold face and a warm heart, although there are some rules, I'm afraid it's not very comfortable, but in the border land, and when I first arrived in Weizhou, it is not easy to find a way to live, and it is not enough to ask for anything else.

Zhu Wendao: "Dalang wants to open a mountain, so he naturally wants people, but the village is dozens of miles away from the city, which is inconvenient. ”

There is an old man from a township, surnamed Liu, who is already a person in the same house for four generations, seeing that his spirit is also very strong, and his mind is quite flexible, he hurriedly asked: "Since it is a mountain, I am afraid that it is not enough for the government to relieve those grains and grass?" ”

What he meant was how to solve the problem of eating at the beginning.

Zhu Wen looked back at Li Kou, and Li Kou said: "There is some money, and it should be worry-free for a year and a half." ”

The villagers cautiously asked: "That's the grain on credit, I don't know how much the rent is?" ”

Li Kou said: "I don't know the geometry of the landlords in Weizhou. ”

Liu Lao said: "We have also asked about the soldiers, most of them are the 'tax tithes' commonly used in the country, if the lord leases the official land, I am afraid that some will have to be added." And if you want to lease cattle and the like, you are afraid of more. ”

Li Kou was surprised in his heart, wouldn't it be half of the land output when he saw the tax tithe?

How much ration will be left for the farmer?

In order to ask clearly, Li Koute asked Zhu Wen.

Zhu Wendao: "The country is the same in the north and the south, the wealthy people or open mountains, or lease official land, and then sublease to tenants, whether it is north and south, it is almost this sharing ratio." However, there are three ways to lease in the dynasty, one is to divide the production in half, and the other is to rent the labor, that is, the owner's own arable land, for the tenants to cultivate. There is also a type of tenant who spends money to lease the land of the owner's family. ”

He leaned towards the second option.

Li Kou pondered for a moment and said: "I am different from ordinary people, I have many rules, and I will discuss them one by one in the future." But I can't take half of this rent with peace of mind," he said, pacing, "and there is no chemical fertilizer in these days, and my family's hills have not been developed, and they are all raw land, and I am afraid that the first year will not produce much, and it is already great to have a modern fifth." ”

The villagers looked at it with a blank eye, they had inquired about the rent of the lord outside the city, and when he was busy with farming, he first cultivated the land for the master's family to harvest, and the other ploughing cattle and the like and farm tools had to be counted as rent, and there were very few people who could supply the first year's grain, but this Li Dalang was a character, if he rented less, he could go to the mountains, and everyone was willing to follow him.

Li Kou stopped pacing and turned back and said: "I have a decision, you will tell everyone: I am here, the land is mine, the cultivation lies with you, the government is responsible for the land tax, and I only need one percent of the remaining grain." ”

Boom, the three or five diners sitting in the lobby and the shopkeepers, errands, and helpers were all crazy.

Zhu Wen was shocked and said: "How can such a big man come from the foundation? ”

The villagers also said: "The young gentleman is merciful, but the rent is so low......"

"There is no need to say anything about this matter, I have another matter, I hope you will return to tell the villagers, not only to gain a foothold in Weizhou, but also to unite without it. I am the main family, and I should think about the future of the villagers, so if there is a really difficult situation in this harvest year, I will reduce or exempt it, and I will only give it to me. In addition, the life of a village is not complete only with food, veterinarians, blacksmiths, and even water conservancy. In the slack time, I also have to call young adults, build water conservancy, build bridges, this is only to provide meals, but there is no pay. Li Kou said.

The villagers bowed down in unison and said, "The young gentleman is so benevolent and righteous, which one dares to shirk?" ”

Li Kou said: "In the first two years, the life of the villagers is afraid that it will be more difficult, and when the village is established, I will buy grain and lend to those who are willing to belong to it, this is a loan, and I will not charge interest, but if I want to pay it back, I will pay me back with the same wheat." There is also a ploughing cattle, if I have more money, I will buy more, I am afraid that it will not be enough for the needs of the whole village, so when the time comes, I will work with everyone, the men will open the mountains in front, and the women will level the land in the back, and if there is no disease, the old people can cultivate in the back, and the production in the first year will be distributed to each household according to work. ”

He added: "When the time comes, the cattle and farming implements will have to be taken care of from house to house. ”

The villagers no longer had any doubts, Lao Liu wiped a handful of shriveled tears, and only said: "If there is really such a master, what else do we have to say?" As the house of the Lord says, so it is. ”

Li Kou said: "If the verbal agreement fails, the contract must be signed." If I have a plan, the villagers must help me, and this agreement stipulates that I can ask the government to supervise - I don't know what the government thinks. ”

The shopkeeper sighed: "It's really hard to meet such a master's house. The young monarch can bear it, why should the government care about it, and the economic envoy will be sympathetic to the peasants, and will not be willing to make difficulties. ”

It's just that he said: "Shaojun earns a hundred percent of the rent, when will he make a fortune?" ”

Li Kouxin said: "Even though I don't know how to get a huge amount of value or chemical industry, I also know that industrialization is the king, and what I want is the hearts of people who belong to me for the time being." As for the long-term people's hearts, they are obtained in the process of development, not to mention that the land belongs to me, I am not a good man and a woman. ”

So he said, "I have my own plans, and then I will work hard with everyone to get rich." ”

The villagers were very grateful, and they didn't feel very relieved.

Zhu Wen hurriedly dragged Li Kou into the inner courtyard and said urgently: "Da Lang promised so many benefits, but I am afraid that I will raise a group of idlers." ”

Li Kou said: "If he is not diligent, other people's families will have surplus food, and there will be new clothes for the New Year's holidays, see how he has a foothold in the village." I know what you think, but you don't know that in my opinion, agriculture is stable, I let the big profits to others, people will have the heart to stay for a long time, and you are worried that others have money, and they will also go to open up mountains and cultivate land, and compete with me for manpower. You see, ordinary people have worked hard for ten years, but is it worth as much as a glass cup of mine? ”

Zhu Wen exclaimed: "Da Lang really has the ability to make glass cups? ”

Li Kou smiled: "Try it more." Don't you tell others that the glass cup you make is not as good as what I have on hand, one is worth 100 wen, I have 10 million for sale, how much is it worth? What's more, there is more than one glass cup, when I think about it carefully, many tests, there will be good things. ”

He asked Zhu Wen again what he was going to do.

Zhu Wendao: "Da Lang is not strange, I only lease land, if Da Lang does not forget today's promise in all difficulties, then he will stay for a long time." If not, I will have a small amount of money, and I will leave after the lease is up. ”

Li Kou smiled: "This is also a wake-up call for me, the so-called 'don't forget the original intention, you have to always', I know." ”

Zhu Wen said with a smile: "Da Lang is open-minded and ordinary people are incomparable, so from now on, I will choose tenants for Da Lang, how about it?" ”

"You don't need to choose, just divide the ones that you have some ability, and those who can only farm for the time being, and that's it." Li Kou said, "It's those second-rate idlers, when they arrive in the village, I am like catching turtles with ten fingers, what kind of waves can they make?" If people's hearts are in me, no one can make a discord, and many villagers are unwilling to spare them. If it is difficult to learn in the process, the so-called removal of the false and the true, and the elimination of dross, I am not easy to bully. ”

Zhu Wen remembered them one by one, he wanted to pack up his clothes and wait for the Rizhou Ya to go to repair the urn city after tomorrow, but he asked Li Kou what he was going to do.

Li Kou said: "I have some skills in making noodles, selling along the street, one is to have something to do, the second is to understand the customs, the third is to investigate the market in Weizhou, the fourth, is in the inner city, waiting for the gang to come to find death, if you go to the outer city, it is to lure Cao Xiu to send someone to retaliate, these two enemies are not removed, we are afraid that we will not be at peace when we go to the village to set up a village." ”

Zhu Wen knew that there was a fold and stared at the gang with the plan, and although he was worried in his heart, he did not stop it.

He only persuaded Li Kou to enter the business road: "Although the merchant family is rich and not expensive, Da Lang is like an iron cone in a bag, with thousands of words, if he has no power in his hands, it is also a meal on the plate of this Tongzhi and that joining the army." ”

Li Kou smiled: "That's natural. ”

So Zhu Wen persuaded: "Why don't you be idle and run other businesses?" ”

Li Kou said: "I want to achieve great things, how can I be content with what is in front of me? Although I have money now, it is brought by things outside my body, not my ability, don't underestimate this small business, you are only busy with yours, I have my own plans. ”

Zhu Wensui didn't mention it more.

Li Kou looked for the shopkeeper and asked him where he had a bookstore.

The shopkeeper smiled: "Shaojun is really a reader, but he doesn't know what books to buy?" ”

Li Kou said: "I don't know some words, and I can't write them, so I just need a book that can be traced." ”

The shopkeeper bent down to take a thick book from under the counter and let Li Kou read it first.

Li Kou regarded it as a law book of the Song Dynasty, with the words "Song Criminal Rule" written on the cover.

The shopkeeper said: "This is a summary of the French text set by Taizu and revised by the later dynasty, and the 'statement', 'precedent', and 'command' matched by Weizhou have been added, and the text is numerous, which can be used for general knowledge." There are many volumes of commercial law in it, and we are proficient in the study of the shop, but we don't have to look at it from time to time, and we will use it temporarily. ”

Li Kou was extremely surprised, it turned out that our ancestors already had the law to spread throughout the country in the Song Dynasty.

It is also a good material for understanding the Song Dynasty.

Li Kou walked back with the book in his hand, still thinking in his heart that his original intention was just to write the two characters Li Kou in traditional Chinese in a regular manner.

Otherwise, when he was asked to sign and draw in court before, he didn't even know whether these two characters were in traditional Chinese, and it would have been a big joke.

I don't know, I have to learn, I can't turn it away on the grounds of "backwardness", after all, to live in this era, she has to understand the conventions, this is the truth.