"Mr. Mu Zhai, Tiger Idiot, Hou Fu, Da Mu, do you think, who is with the Zhu family in the southeast half of the wall now?"

At this moment, the moon and stars are scarce, the sky is sunny and windless, and the two banks of the Qinhuai River are shining brightly. Between the courtyards of the Quanguo Mansion in the Sanshan Gate, in the flower hall, Zheng Zhilong, dressed in a Confucian shirt, sat on the seat, but asked such a sentence.

At this time, those who were in the same room with him were Qian Qianyi of Hao Mu Zhai, Huang Binqing of the word Tiger Idiot, Zhang Mingzhen, the former guerrilla of Zhejiang Shipu Sailor of the word Houfu, and Zheng Sen Zheng Damu, the eldest son of Zheng Zhilong.

Among them, Qian Qianyi is Zheng Sen's teacher, and Huang Binqing is Zheng Zhilong's Fujian countryman. Zhang Mingzhen was born in Nanjing, although he did not participate in the "Eunuch Rebellion" in Nanjing in September, but because of the embezzlement of the military tuntian in his family, he was found by the right class Yushi, and he was dismissed from his official position and became Qian Qianyi's eater. Although there is no worry about food and clothing, it is not related to the official career, and the family's land has also been lost, of course, it is a stomach of resentment.

Zheng Zhilong asked this sentence, and sure enough, Zhang Mingzhen sneered: "Who can share it?" It's just a husband! Earlier, the Wu family thought that they could Zhu and Wu and share the southeast...... And then? One pass to divide the fields, divide the money, and divide the lady, the little strength of the Wu family is swallowed by the prince! Who still recognizes the old Wu family now? That is, the silly girl of the Wu family can really please the prince. It is said that with a big belly, you can also pet the room.

Now there are still some Donglin Party members who want to share the southeast with the Zhu family, look at it...... When the Donglin Conference starts, it is time to know who is the master and who is the servant! ”

Zheng Zhilong frowned, and glanced at his old friend Huang Binqing again, Huang Binqing smiled and said: "There is some truth in the words of the tiger idiot, the prince does have the means...... My little boat operator is now owned by the Yangtze River Sailors. At least you can get a regular salary of five taels of silver, plus miscellaneous silver, there are always seventy or eighty taels a year, and you can also eat and drink spicy food.

But this is also to deal with a martial artist like us who doesn't have much strength...... Now the mountain harrier (Gao Jie), Huang Chuangzi and Wuchang Hou Ke are still heavy troops, occupying the state capital, and they are very happy! ”

Zheng Zhilong glanced at his son again, and Zheng Sen smiled: "The mountain harrier and Huang Chuangzi didn't run away, as soon as the Tartar hit, their little strength will soon be exhausted, and they will be rich in Jinling in the future." But our family is different, our family's roots are on the sea. And the method of Chitose Ye to control the soldiers is to grant land, which is actually the way of the soldiers of the Sui and Tang dynasties and the old military households at the beginning of the country...... But you can't get sailors by dividing the land and dividing the land, and if the sailors become farmers and don't go to sea, what's the use? ”

"yes!" Zheng Zhilong nodded and said with a smile, "Going to sea is bitter and dangerous, that is, the Fujian people with eight mountains, one water and one field have no way, so they risk their lives for silver." If there are 100 acres of paddy fields, who is willing to run a boat to the sea? ”

Zheng Sen continued: "My lord, the child thinks that it is very beneficial for our family for Master Chitose to give Quanzhou to our family...... This Quanmin merchant is all over the South Seas! With Quanzhou, our family will control the roots of Quanmin merchants, and we will be able to lead Nanyang. He paused, "But the opening of Shanghai's port is a mixed blessing." ”

Zheng Zhilong looked at his son.

Zheng Sen said: "When my son went back to Zhoushan, he passed through Shanghai and found that there was a deep and wide Wusong River that flows into the mouth of the Yangtze River. No matter how big the wind and waves are at the mouth of the Yangtze River, the Wusong River is calm. Moreover, the terrain on both sides of the Wusong River is open and flat, the water network is vertical and horizontal, and the other end of the Wusong River leads to Suzhou and flows into the canal...... It's really blessed! Once the port is opened, it will surpass Anping within ten years and become the first port in the world! If it is based on the first port in the world, the imperial court may be able to set up a sailor who can cross the seven seas. ”

Zheng Zhilong nodded lightly, noncommittal. He turned his gaze to Qian Qianyi, who had been smiling and silent, and said with a smile: "Pavilion guy, how much land and tenants does the Chitose Lord have in hand?" ”

"There are more than 50 million acres of land......," Qian Qianyi said with a wry smile, "of which more than 35 million acres were copied from the nobles and ministers of Jinling." The rest came from the four two Huaiyan sums and the military tun official fields of Huai'an, Yangzhou, Fengyang, Yingtian, Zhenjiang, Chuzhou, Hezhou, Taiping and other state capitals.

In addition, more than 8 million mu of these more than 50 million mu were allocated to the officers and men of the New Army and the heroes who went south. The remaining 42 million mu is in the hands of the Generalissimo's Army. During this period, it is being sorted out, and it will take six months to clarify the tenant relationship, and the tenant contract is still being drafted...... It will also sign a tenant contract with all tenants who actually rent land, and require tenants to pay rent on time, otherwise the contract will be terminated and the tenants will be evicted! ”

"How much rent do you have to charge?" Zheng Zhilong asked.

Qian Qianyi said: "Ueda collects seven buckets of rice, Nakata collects five buckets of rice, and Shimoda collects three buckets of rice...... On average, it's about five buckets of rice.

If more than 42 million mu can be collected according to this standard, then a total of more than 21 million stone white rice will be received. One percent of it is used for the expenses of military cantonment guards and military cantonments at all levels, one percent is used for transportation expenses, and the rest is handed over to the Generalissimo's Palace...... That's about 16 million stones. ”

"Not much!" Zheng Zhilong said with a smile, "The land in the southeast is two seasons a year, erasing the harvest year and the famine year, and then deducting the grain, how can the average amount obtained is one stone and a half hundred meters, right?" Less is lazy...... One stone and a half to five buckets, and one stone of rice remaining. If you want to rent my family's land, you can't pay that little rent! ”

"Not much!" Qian Qianyi said, "The rent they originally had to pay would not be less than one stone per mu, but the imperial court could not get a few catties of rice. ”

The fields in the southeast, as long as they are not terraced fields or sloping fields, have an average yield of rice and two stones per acre. If you rent the landlord's land, the rent of one stone of rice will definitely not be less. Jun Tuntian only charges five buckets, which is definitely a preferential price.

Moreover, not all the fields in the southeast are planted with rice, and a considerable number of them are planted with cotton, mulberry trees, tea, rape, vegetables, and fruits. Growing cash crops can make more money than growing rice!

At present, no matter what the tenants plant, all the tenants are renting three to seven buckets of rice. And there are no additional assessments, taxes, levies, levies.

For the private households and military households who really rent land for cultivation (now they are also exempted from military registration), such rents can definitely be called the emperor's grace.

But the problem is that there are still many scholars and doctors in the southeast who "rent" military and official fields, and then do not hand over a grain of rice...... The so-called "encroachment" is actually carried out in the name of renting seeds.

Otherwise, how to occupy it? Directly classify the military land and official land under the name of a private person to make a title deed? That's not going to work, what to do in the fish scale books?

Therefore, once Zhu Cihong promoted the rectification of the general's tunguantian to Nanzhili, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian and other southeastern provinces. Then Dr. Southeast is about to suffer heavy losses!

In addition, the practice of directly signing tenant lease contracts with tenants in the military cantonment station set up by Zhu Cihong also made people of insight in the southeast see bad signs.

There are no less than 2 million tenants on the more than 42 million acres of land alone...... As soon as the lease contract was signed, the 2 million households were placed under the protection of the military cantonment.

Although they are not in the military, through the military cantonment, Zhu Cihong can still recruit soldiers directly from among them! And the authority of the military cantonment could also save them from exploitation by other gentry and officials.

In a sense, these 2 million households are tenants who are dependent on Zhu Cihong...... If in the future, Zhu Cihong will include all the military tuns and official fields in the entire southeast into the military tunwei, then it is very likely that the land under his control will exceed 80 million mu, the number of tenants will reach 4 million, and the annual land rent collected will reach 32 million stones!

And Zhu Cihong has an extra 32 million stones, and the southeastern scholars and nobles will lose at least 40 million stones in their pockets every year...... 40 million stones plus 4 million households, who does the southeast belong to, isn't it obvious?

Zheng Zhilong exhaled and said to Zheng Sen with a smile: "Ming'er will take Aunt Tea to see it...... Let Chitose take a look at your sister-in-law. ”

Zheng Sen said: "My lord, will you give the 1 million acres of land?" ”

"Give!"