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The 800 acres of irrigated land on the banks of the Lanxi River changed owners again and officially became an industry under the name of Li Xiao, the owner of the Li family.

These 800 acres of land are considered to be excellent fields, counting the first-class Tianzi fields, because they can be irrigated by the river, so the yield is guaranteed, and it is a fertile land for drought and flood protection.

With 800 acres of good land all of a sudden, Li Xiao immediately became the number one landlord in Lanxi Township. Although it is far less than the original when it has nearly 2,000 acres of land from the peak of the Li family, and the huge net worth of eight shops, it is already rich in Lanxi Township.

Especially now that Li Xiao has the care of the Chang'an Xue family and the county magistrate Liu Yan behind him, this makes him even more daring to underestimate, and a local snake like Zhao Lushi has to be kind to each other. Otherwise, how could the 800 acres of good land be given to the Li family, and even if the land was given, it would definitely be replaced by other fields.

Owning 800 acres of land and becoming a small landowner is not only rich, but also represents status. Land is fundamental, and if there is land, there will be tenants, and if they control the land, they will also control the right to speak on one side in disguise.

A few Li Zheng in Lanxi Township have already been waiting outside, they are well-informed, and they have more or less known about the great changes in the Zhang family in the past few days through their own people in the county government.

Now that Li Xiao is back, he has taken back the ancestral house, and he has taken back 800 acres of land, and he has a relationship with the Xue family in Chang'an and the Liuxian Order of the county government, and it will be a matter of time before the Li family is revitalized in the future.

In the one-third of an acre of land in Lanxi, although they are also local clan surnames, they often have to rely on the snort of big landlords like the Li family.

"San Lang, as soon as I heard that you came back to revitalize the family, the uncles were very happy, and they immediately rushed to congratulate you."

The five people in Lanxi Township were standing in front of Li Xiao in a row, each of them was forty or fifty years old, and they congratulated him.

Stretching out his hand and not hitting the smiling person, Li Xiao naturally greeted them with a smile.

The system of the Tang Dynasty, Daozhou County and Township Protection, the Tao is virtual, the state and county are real, and below the county level is actually the imperial power does not go to the countryside, and basically still relies on the local squire clan autonomy.

There is no township head in each township, but the following five lizheng are responsible for presiding over the affairs of the township in turn and assisting the county government in managing the township.

Li Zheng not only manages his own affairs, but also has to take turns to preside over the affairs of the township, and fully cooperate with the county government to manage the township, and is responsible for assisting in the collection of taxes, conscription, arresting thieves and other tasks. On the county government's side, their status is very low, and they even have to be submissive to foreign officials like Zhao Lushi, but in the township, their status is actually very high.

Those who can be upright are generally the patriarchs of those big clans in the township, the clans are already strong, and they have a strong voice in the local area, and the government is also using their power.

In the past, the Li family had a good reputation and sufficient wealth, but it was very detached and did not be upright, but in fact, in Lanxi Township, it had a lot of right to speak.

"Uncles sit, Li Xiao just came back, I was going to visit a few uncles' homes, but I didn't expect to let a few uncles come first, it's really rude. Aunt Cuihua, let people serve tea. ”

People like the icing on the cake, but few really give it away. The Li family had an accident in the past, and I didn't see any of these uncles helping out, but now that the Li family has turned over, these people have all come over again.

But this kind of thing is also human nature.

"San Lang, I heard that you took out the jasper cucumbers sold outside now?" Someone finally asked.

There is nothing to hide from this kind of thing, if it was before, Li Xiao would definitely not admit it, but now that he has a backer, he will admit it generously.

"That's right, this jasper cucumber is what my Li family sells."

Hearing Li Xiao admit, someone's eyes lit up, Jasper Qing is very hot these days, and this winter is so tender and crispy, and it is better than summer. Especially when I heard that this jasper green can be cultivated and planted without a greenhouse, many people listened to it and thought carefully.

If you can get some seedlings and plant them yourself, then you will be rich. Now the jasper green outside will be sold for a few pennies, and even if he sells one penny, or even two pennies, or even ten pennies, he will still make a lot of money.

"Huh!"

In the face of these people's expected inquiries, Li Xiao replied.

His cucumbers can't really be cultivated outdoors in winter, or he can really sell cucumber seeds and cucumber seedlings or something, but unfortunately he can't.

He didn't have any more cucumbers to sell, so his little space was already full, and the yield was already marketable, so there was no need to share the profits with others.

Although when the Li Zhengmen came, each family brought gifts, and Li Xiao accepted them unceremoniously, but in this matter, he did not plan to let go.

No matter how everyone asks, Li Xiao is hehe.

"San Lang, there are a lot of dealers outside, saying that they want to see you. Many of them are tenants from our land! Mr. Zhao came over and said.

"Since it used to be a tenant of our family, then please come in."

After a while, about a dozen men poured in from outside, but they were the representatives of the tenants outside. In the past, they were tenants of the Li family, but later the Li family's land was seized by the Zhang family, and they became tenants of the Zhang family.

In the past, when the Li family was given land, the Li family has always been kind and kind to everyone, the land rent has not been high, and the Li family will also borrow grain and money when encountering problems, and the interest on the loan is never high, and even if it is due, it can't be taken out, and it can continue to be in arrears.

But since becoming a tenant of the Zhang family, the situation has been different. The Zhang family directly raised the rent, which rose a lot, and if there was something to borrow grain and money, although it could also be borrowed, the interest rate was extremely high, and the lowest was also the double interest rate commonly known as lamb profit, or nine out of thirteen.

Today, everyone heard that the Zhang family had fallen and Li Sanlang had returned, so they came over immediately.

First, I want to confirm it, and secondly, I want to talk to Li Xiao to see if the rent can be reduced to the past in the future.

Land rent is closely related to the life of the tenants, and if you collect more rent, the people will earn less. In the past, the Li family was benevolent and kind, and the set rent was as much as it was, and they would not change it arbitrarily, let alone ask the tenants for any rent increase for this grain and that money.

"San Lang, our Li family's previous tenants have not changed for several generations, and it has always been that share." Mr. Zhao said on the side.

"How was our family's rent collected?" Li Xiao asked.

"In the past, the Li family collected rent in kind, and it was also a shared rent, and they collected what they planted, and collected rent according to 50% of the harvest. In case of famine or poor harvest, rent can also be reduced or deferred at discretion, and the amount of reduction and the period of deferral are generally relatively relaxed. ”

Li Xiao nodded, fifty percent of the rent is still quite high, but it will reduce the rent according to the facts, which is really good.

"What did the Zhang family do before?"

"The Zhang family is ruthless, their family has always collected dead rent, also known as iron plate rent, that is, regardless of the apology of the year, they have to pay the rent according to the prescribed amount. Earlier, their family's rent was 60%, but after taking over our family's land, the rent was increased to 70%! In addition to handing over the staple food, you also have to hand over the by-products, full of vampires. ”

"What about the others?"

"Most of the other families are 60%, and some are 50%, which depends on the situation of each family, but most of them are iron plate rents."

The Li family used to rent land, and they never cared about what the tenants planted, and the rent was low, and they would also consider the facts, which was the most popular among everyone.

In particular, some landlords not only have to collect rent in kind from tenants, but even ask tenants to pay rent for by-products, such as planting grain and paying grain, and may plant other crops in autumn, and they also have to pay rent.

Even almost all the landlords had to bear a certain amount of labor on the tenant farmers. For example, the tenants had to share the work of firewood and grass, cattle and sheep herding, and some miscellaneous work for the landlord's family without compensation, which was shared by the tenants. This also places a lot of burden on the tenants.

Not to mention that the tenants had a wedding and funeral, and in the year of disaster and famine, the landlords also took the opportunity to lend money and grain to the tenants, earning high interest rates, and constantly exploiting them.

Even the public estate, vocational field, and school field of the imperial court are generally very high tenant rents, for example, although the imperial court has regulations, the rent per mu shall not be higher than six buckets. In fact, the yield per mu in the Tang Dynasty was very low, and the average yield per mu was only about one stone, which means that the maximum rent allowed by the government was sixty percent, which was still official land.

Rent in kind and rent sharing are the more common ways of renting tenants now, but after the Tang Dynasty, they gradually became mainly fixed rents, and rents in kind gradually became money rents.

For example, the current rent is how much is produced in the field, and the rent is collected in proportion, but after the Tang Dynasty, the rent per mu is mainly set early, for example, one mu is six buckets, then no matter whether you collect one stone or two stones in the field, only six buckets are collected.

Even according to the rent amount of these six buckets, the rent is directly discounted at the current price, which is more convenient.

"Uncle Zhao, do you think our family should reduce the rent?"

"These are all old tenants of the Li family, and I think we can restore the old examples. In case of a poor harvest in a disaster year, the rent will be reduced and the payment will be delayed according to the actual situation, and some grace will be given. ”

"Uncle Zhao, I think this way of collecting rent is still more troublesome, our family's 800 acres of land are all high-quality fields, and the annual yield per mu is at least one stone and two stones, and most of them are mainly planted with millet. I think it's better to be simpler, and in the future, we will collect a fixed amount of rent, and rent six buckets of corn per mu, and we can also discount copper coins or silk at the current price. If there is a bumper harvest and an increase in production, we will not increase the rent, and if the harvest is bad in a disaster year, we will reduce the rent according to the actual situation, what do you think? ”

Li Xiao's proposal was also to make it easier to collect rent, and at the same time, it was also to try not to interfere with the tenants' freedom of farming.

High-quality good land, one mu of rent six buckets, in fact, is still collected according to fifty percent, but the rent is fixed, no longer according to the specific harvest to fifty-five every year. If the harvest is good and the tenant rent remains unchanged, this is actually a concession to the tenants.

"You can talk to everyone and see what they mean." Mr. Zhao did not object.