Chapter 508: The Steward of the Field

The tenant went to the opposite side of Huang Tiandi's table, looked at Huang Tiandi, his mouth moved, but he didn't say anything.

Huang Tiandi immediately determined that this was a person who was not good at words, of course, this was not surprising, because most rural farmers were not very good at words, they were good at digging soil.

Huang Tiandi pursed his mouth, and sneered twice in his heart, this is another person who came to look at his face for nothing, and he came to take advantage of the old man, see if the old man doesn't give you some color to see, otherwise you don't know, how many eyes does Lord Ma have?

Huang Tiandi touched his goatee, nodded slightly at the tenant, and then said, "Looking at your face, the old man can tell that you have a name!" ”

The tenant was taken aback, and he immediately nodded and said, "Old fairy, you are really accurate, don't I have a name!" ”

Huang Tiandi nodded at him inscrutablely, which means to say, look, I am very accurate, when you are asked to pay for it in a while, don't be stingy, look at your appearance is a little pick!

This tenant didn't realize Huang Tiandi's routine at all, but was very nervous to make sure again, whether Huang Tiandi was really very good at pinching and calculating, and he cautiously tested: "Old fairy, can you figure out what my name is?" ”

If Huang Tiandi can calculate this, then he is really not a half-immortal, but an immortal, but guessing the name is not difficult for him!

Huang Tiandi said: "Your name is related to poverty, the old man doesn't want to say it, you just call it yourself, why let others say it!" ”

The tenant was taken aback again, he said: "Old fairy, you are too accurate, my name is really related to poverty, my surname is Hong, my name is Duomi, it is because the family is poor, my father and mother want me to be able to eat rice in the future, and I can eat a lot of rice, so I took such a name, half of the people in our village are surnamed Hong!" ”

Huang Tiandi smiled slightly, and continued to make an unfathomable expression on his face, he had already guessed where this Hong Domi was from.

As for the fact that he can guess that Hongdomi's name is related to poverty, in fact, this is nonsense, and it has something to do with poverty, or it has something to do with rich, in fact, it can be explained in a similar way!

And when a farmer's child like Hondomi was born, the elders of the family must have good wishes for him, but what kind of wishes can the poor have? Having enough to eat, dress warmly, and have a house or a field are all these most basic wishes, so naming children is often related to these wishes.

Huang Tiandi guessed the name related to poverty, which can be regarded as every guess, even if the name of this person is called one, two, three, it can still be explained, and it will be said that it is because of poverty, so it is not possible to ask the reader to give a good name, so it is called one, two, three, which is not related to poverty.

This little routine put Hong Domi into it at once, and he really began to think that Hong Domi was a capable fortune teller.

In this way, Hong Domi said the purpose of his coming here, which turned out to be related to the income of the field.

Hong Duomi lives in Xiaohong Village outside the city, and there is a lot of land around the village, but at least half of the land in this village belongs to the rich man Wang, so tenants like Hong Domi are all rented from the rich man's land, and they used to be peaceful, you plant my land, I collect your rent, everything is normal, but after this year, it is not normal, because the housekeeper of the rich man Wang is going to raise the rent.

In the past, the housekeeper of the rich man Wang came to collect the rent, but he had to share it with the tenants, and the income in the field was half of one person, but the landlord was responsible for paying the tax, and this share ratio was quite so-so, and the people of Xiaohong Village were basically able to accept it.

However, this time, the rich man's housekeeper said that the land rent would be increased by 10 percent in the future, and it would be 46 percent in the future, and the landlord would be divided into 60 percent, and the tenants would be divided into 40 percent, and this proportion would be a bit high, even in a large county like Qianfeng County, where there were many fields, such a land rent would be quite high.

Of course, tenants like Hong Duomi are not willing to increase the land rent, but if they do not agree with the steward of the rich man, then the housekeeper will say that he will not rent the land to them, and this consequence is also unacceptable to Hong Duomi.

So everyone discussed it, and then Hong Domi entered the city to ask Huang Tiandi for an explanation.

After Huang Tiandi listened to Hong Duomi's narration, he couldn't help frowning, and there was no way to pretend to be an unfathomable expression.

Huang Tiandi was a little puzzled and said, "You came to the city to find me, didn't you come to see your face?" Why do you still say that you want to ask for an explanation, what explanation can I give you, if you want to ask for an explanation, then you go to the official, I can write a statement or something for you, do you want to sue? ”

Hong Domi shook his head and said: "I also came to look for you, but there must be a statement, because the matter of increasing the land rent is related to you, so I have to ask you to help and see how to make the land rent not rise?" ”

Huang Tiandi was a little angry, he said: "Don't talk nonsense, you landlords and tenants, what kind of land rent and grain do you have, what does it have to do with the old man, whether the land rent is increased or not, why do you have to ask the old man?" ”

Hong Domi was also anxious, he said: "It's really about you!" Do you think, if you don't calculate the fortune for that guy, will he be able to run to find a marriage? If he can't find his own marriage, will he be able to get the land of the rich man? If he doesn't get the rich man's land, can the rich man's steward come and raise our rent? ”

Huang Tiandi felt a little dumbfounded, this guy Hong Domi really doesn't look good at words, and his mouth is full of nonsense, this guy is here to maliciously blackmail, what kind of nonsense is this!

Hong Domi was excited, but he quickly regained his composure, after all, he came to ask someone to do something, if he annoyed Huang Tiandi and caused Huang Tiandi to refuse to help, then who would suffer the loss, wouldn't it still be their bitter tenants!

Hong Domi began to talk about this matter, in fact, the first half of the matter is still very easy to understand, that is, because the guy got a good marriage, as well as real estate and land, this is all because Huang Tiandi gave him accurate fortune telling, so there will be so many benefits.

But then, because someone has gained a benefit, then someone will lose it, and one of the people who has lost it is the steward of the rich man.

The rich man's housekeeper is specifically responsible for taking care of the land, and he is not only a housekeeper for the rich man's family, but a steward for many rich people, and the rich man gives the land to this steward and lets him manage it, but in fact he is not the kind of housekeeper who lives in the rich man's house, he can only be regarded as a field agent, but others are used to calling him a steward in terms of address.

The relationship between this steward and the rich man is that I will collect the land rent for you, and I will give you a fixed amount every year, and then the land rent obtained beyond this quota will belong to the steward and be counted as his reward.

However, because the rich man Wang gave 300 acres of land, and the guy who got the land did not intend to continue to use this steward, 300 acres of land is not much, but it can be managed by himself, so there is no need to find a second housekeeper.

In this way, of course, the second housekeeper will lose a part of his income, in order to make up for this loss, of course he will increase the rent, and the object of the rent increase is the tenants on the land of the rich man's family.