When the next day was negotiating, the Duke of Tang was surprised to find that things were going very well. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Impatient, and even impatient, Count Mel didn't wait for the little Tang Grand Duke's ass to sit firmly, and agreed to all the conditions put forward by the little Tang Grand Duke last night, and even made a request that surprised the little Tang Grand Duke:

"We can rent you all the public land as well, as long as you pay a small amount of taxes, which is the same as that of ordinary farmers."

As mentioned above (see the chapter on land consolidation for details), the most common type of land cultivated by peasants in the Middle Ages was the open land system, which was a long strip of land that could not completely encompass all the land available to the entire village.

These communal lands, nominally owned by the lords, were traditionally shared by the peasants, where many poor peasants could cut firewood and raise livestock, poultry, and even a pig to be slaughtered in the winter—a precious right and an important resource for the peasants to supplement their livelihoods.

But now, Count Mel is going to lease all these public lands to the Grand Duke of Don Jr.

"What is this? Conspiracy? Test my strength? Or is it just a matter of getting a little more money? ”

In the blink of an eye, many thoughts had flashed in the mind of the little Tang Grand Duke, a public land in an earldom, this is not a small amount, otherwise it would not be regarded as the hope of the peasants. The communal land of three counties can be said to be almost one-fifth of the counties.

In addition, since the public land is the hope of the peasants, Xiao Tang Dagong rented the public land, or continued to open the public land to the peasants, and he would lose money; Or, if the peasants are not allowed in, they will definitely offend the peasants and lose their hearts and minds.

"I don't think that's the idea...... They don't look like smart people either. ”

The Grand Duke of Little Tang secretly instructed that the Earl of Leinster was timid and afraid, the Count of Sennar was a fool, and among the three, only the Count of Mel was a little clever, but he was clever, it shouldn't be possible to come up with such an idea, right?

"Okay, then I'll agree."

After thinking about it again for a while, the little Tang Grand Duke finally nodded and agreed to this matter, the size of the land is just a trivial matter, the key is not to show weakness, whether these three counts have this head or not, this is not a big deal for him. Even if he wanted to rely on the peasants to make trouble for him, he was already very experienced in the previous land consolidation, and he guaranteed that the peasants would be obedient and obedient.

Hearing that the little Tang Grand Duke agreed, the three counts were overjoyed at that time, and the Count of Mel and the Count of Senal secretly exchanged a look - this small action was immediately noticed by the little Tang Grand Duke who had been staring at them.

Originally, no matter whether the business was negotiated or not, a grand banquet could not be avoided, which was the face of the aristocracy. It's a pity that three of the four people present had ghosts in their hearts, and only the Earl of Leinster was stupid, so this banquet was ...... It can't be said that it broke up unhappily, but it was indeed over after only eating a little.

It's a shame that so much delicacy has been wasted.

Xiao Tang sighed with a little regret, the fragrant roast suckling pig, the golden swan meat, and the prawns in one hand are not things that can be easily eaten on weekdays, and in the eyes of the peasants, they are delicacy that has never appeared even in their dreams......

Thinking of the peasants, the little Tang Duke suddenly had an idea.

"Knight Wade, take these dishes out and distribute them to the servants, otherwise it will be a bit of a waste."

"Yes, Lord Duke, your kindness shines as brightly as the stars of heaven."

Knight Wade immediately said, this is not a flattering word, just look at the appearance of the servants standing around the table, their throats constantly rolling, you can know that they are already salivating.

Hearing that the little Tang Grand Duke said such words, some of the servants were moved to tears. The servants who work in the castle, their lives are good, and the salary offered to them by the little Tang Grand Duke is not low, but the high salary does not mean that they can eat such delicious food.

You know, other lords would rather dump the leftovers and feed them to the dogs than let the servants take a bite!

Little Tang Dagong looked around, as if he saw a green 'favorability +20' UP sound, and after humming with satisfaction, he went to the study, where Klein had been waiting for him for a long time.

"It's going to be a little troublesome here, because we didn't expect the three counts to ask for the public land to be given up, so our plans have to be adjusted again."

"It doesn't matter, I just want to know if it will have an impact on our own production."

Directly waved his hand to interrupt Klein's words, Little Tang Dagong understood very well, if this really made Klein mutter, it would be a whole day, as if Tang Seng was chanting scriptures in his ear, even if you know that what he said is right, you are impatient!

Klein was slightly stunned, and then directly turned the paper in his hand to the end, which made the little Tang Grand Duke happy.

"I don't think so, because now that the autumn harvest has passed, we will have a large number of workers idle, and correspondingly, your students will also be free, and send them to instruct the peasants of the other counties at this time, and it should be about the same by the next spring."

"Well, that's fine."

nodded with satisfaction, just don't delay, although it doesn't matter if you lose money in the first two years, Duke Tang still doesn't look down on these small money, but the feeling of losing money is always uncomfortable, especially when you have to post money upside down.

"My lord, I don't understand."

Klein endured and endured, and finally couldn't stop the curiosity in his heart, and asked, "Why did you sign this kind of treaty, it is too unfair to us, and it will ......"

"It's going to spread our technology out and reduce our advantage, right?"

Seeing that Klein hesitated, and swallowed back when the words came to his mouth, back and forth two or three times, Xiao Tang almost laughed out loud.

"Crane, let me ask you, how long did it take us to consolidate the land we did in Desmond?"

"One year...... No, two years in a remote place. ”

"Two years."

The little Tang Grand Duke raised two fingers and repeated the words just now, two years.

"Two years, that is, until the beginning of this year, Desmond's land consolidation is really over, so let me ask you, how many two years are there in a person's life? Thirty? Or is it shorter, twenty? ”

“……”

Crane seemed to have caught something, and it was as if he had caught nothing.

"You don't have to worry about the diffusion of technology, the method of fertilization and irrigation, this is really not a secret. As long as you have the heart to inquire and persevere, you can always have some clues, and in the end, technology is inherently used to proliferate. ”

"But land consolidation, it's the same as population, there is no way, it can only be consumed by time, and I really can't afford to wait, so I adopted some small ideas."

"You mean to say ......"

Crane asked tentatively.

"I did it on purpose, deliberately to spread the technology, to make the three counts aware of the benefits of land consolidation - they couldn't figure out the difference between fertilization and land consolidation anyway. In the first year, a good harvest is used to arouse their greed, and in the second year, if a little bit of news leaks out of the way, they will surely follow suit, and even be more active than us. When we go to receive it three or four years later, the land there is all in order, and we don't have to worry about it anymore. ”

"And while they tidy up their land, we can do the same, and neither side will be delayed. So, I call this idea 'borrowing chickens to lay eggs', what do you think? ”

PS: The next chapter is at twelve o'clock, drinking, and I have to code words, what a headache.