In the first month of the fourth year of Chongzhen, the imperial decree was finally promulgated, and notices were posted outside the government and county offices, and from this year, additional salaries were levied.

Su Huawen took the lead and allocated the land to the names of Su Tianhao and Su Tiancheng, both of whom were scholars, one was a prisoner and the other was a student, according to the regulations, they could be exempted from taxes, so that Su Tiancheng's 500 hectares of cultivated land, the original taxes and the increased taxes were borne by the farmers.

The land endowment of the imperial court is fixed, and there are so many in every place, and it will not be reduced because of the annexation of land, and the government has no choice but to increase the taxes of peasant households, and those who can afford to pay taxes do not have to pay taxes, and those who cannot pay taxes have a heavier and heavier burden.

The land levy levied by the imperial court was not very high, but some miscellaneous taxes were added in various places, such as Junping silver, Junyao, the discount silver for the materials, the supply of post stations, the people's strength, etc., which further intensified the contradiction.

Strictly speaking, the total amount of land endowment is not very high, and it is said that in the counties under the jurisdiction of Binh Duong Prefecture, the highest amount of land endowment will not exceed 10 percent of the total income per mu of land, but the successive years of disasters and famines have left the peasants desperate.

Just after the first lunar month, Su Tiancheng went to the tenant's house.

He first went to Niu Er's house.

During the Chinese New Year, Niu Er renovated the house a little, the food was sufficient, there was meat to eat, there was refined salt, and the energy was better, so it was natural to make the house better.

Su Tiancheng had just entered the house, and Niu Er was busy asking the woman to boil water.

Su Tiancheng found that although Niu Er's house still has nothing and can be regarded as a family with four walls, it has been cleaned up, giving people a different feeling, and people's mental outlook has improved a lot.

"Niu Er, the growth of winter wheat is good, I just came over, I took a look, it's all okay, it is estimated that this year's harvest will not be a big problem."

"Young master, that is, we can have winter wheat here, but not nearby, you asked us to dig ditches, weir ponds, nugget gold and get water, play a big role, a lot of water has accumulated in the weir pond, even if you sow spring wheat, there will be no big problem."

"Oh, then you can estimate how much wheat you can harvest per acre."

"I estimate that this kind of growth will not be less than one stone."

Seven thousand five hundred acres of land, that is, seven thousand five hundred stones, is equivalent to no more than one and a half million catties of wheat, which is worth more than two thousand taels of silver, and this output can be said to be very low, Su Tiancheng sighed secretly.

"Young master, we have all discussed, and the lieutenant and the first head also told the big guy, after harvesting wheat this time, we must hand over more than fifty percent, if it weren't for the master and the young master, we wouldn't be able to live."

Su Tiancheng shook his head.

Niu Er was a little dazed, and he didn't know what Su Tiancheng meant.

"Niu Er, you can tell the big guy, after the winter wheat is harvested, according to the average yield per mu, hand over one-fifth, if the yield per mu is one stone of wheat, hand over two buckets of wheat, it's fine, keep the rest."

Niu Er's mouth opened wide, and he was almost speechless.

"Young master, this can't be done, you have already given us so much, if you hand over the grain like this, won't you suffer a loss, besides, now there is no tax, and every family doesn't need so much of the remaining wheat."

"Over the years, everyone has worked hard, save some wheat, enough to live, and the rest will be traded in exchange for some silver, and it is time to buy some things, besides, this house should also be renovated well, as for the purchase of grain, I will arrange someone to do it."

"Young master, you are really a great bodhisattva."

Seeing that Niu Er was about to kneel again, Su Tiancheng hurriedly stopped him.

Next, Su Tiancheng went to the homes of several lieutenants and the head of the armor, and said his thoughts, everyone felt shocked, if the young master used to take out food, seeds and other things to relieve the tenants, the purpose was not to let anyone starve to death, but seeing that the winter wheat is growing well, two months later, it will be harvested, the young master actually only needs such a little wheat, and the rest is bought with silver, this is not a simple favor.

The tenants of the Su family, each household rents more than 20 acres of cultivated land, each family can harvest more than 20 stone of wheat, according to the young master's requirements, each family pays one-fifth, and the remaining has more than ten stone or even twenty stone of wheat.

To solve the problem of eating, on average, each household has three stone wheat in two months, which is enough, and a year is twelve stone of wheat, and there is a lot of wheat that can be taken out and traded, and then it will be sown, and the grain produced can be traded, except for the part that has been handed over.

In this way, in just one year, everyone will be able to completely get rid of the previous difficulties.

There is a lieutenant and a head proposed that the tenant thought that he could slowly return the grain that the young master had subsidized before, including other materials, Su Tiancheng shook his head and refused, saying that these grain seeds, etc., since the subsidy has been subsidy, there is no thought about taking it back, as long as everyone farms the land well and produces more grain, it will be fine.

This news spread like the wind, and many tenants went to Niu Er's house, to the house of Li Chang and Jiashou, to ask about the situation, thinking that these news were fake, and after being confirmed, everyone felt that the young master was simply a Bodhisattva.

The lieutenant chief and the first head also asked everyone, the young master said, straw and straw must be prepared more, and some farm manure must be prepared, and livestock manure must be used everywhere, which will be useful when the time comes.

Just after the Spring Festival, it could have been more leisurely, the winter wheat has not yet been harvested, but the tenants of the Su family have been busy, women and children chop straw and straw at home, and men go out to collect fertilizer, that is, the manure of livestock, as for the manure stored in the thatched houses of each family, it has become a good thing.

The hope of life appeared in front of them, and all the tenants felt it, according to such a momentum of development, it would not take them a year to turn over, and the seeds of maize and sweet potato seeds had been purchased, although these two crops had not been seen by everyone, and I didn't know how the road grew and how the yield was, but as long as it was proposed by the young master, everyone would do it according to the requirements.

All the tenants have a kind of blind worship of the young master.

Back in the house, Wang Dazhi found Su Tiancheng and said that many farmers in the village wanted to sell their land to the young master, and the price was good, as long as a child in the family could enter the Su Mansion to do things, or become a tenant of the Su family.

Su Tiancheng already has the idea of expanding the scope of land, he is by no means thinking about annexing land, the five hundred hectares of land under his name is really nothing, let's just say that Lei Wentong has thousands of hectares of land in his hands, many princes and nobles, and even more than 10,000 hectares of land.

Su Tiancheng thought that by increasing the land area, he could solve the difficulties of some peasant households as much as possible, and if the famine continued to expand and the peasant rebel army continued to grow, it would be difficult to be peaceful in Shanxi, and many of his plans could not be realized.

Of course, even if you want to expand the land area, it is also a little difficult now, after all, the preparation is insufficient, there are still a lot of doorways in the middle, the students are exempt from taxes, you have too much land, and the government can't bear it, those princes and nobles, the government has no way, and it is more than enough to deal with you as a student.

Moreover, he may not have time to do these plans, he will go to Taiyuan Mansion in July to participate in the township test, at that time, maize and sweet potatoes can be harvested, spring wheat is almost harvested, and then you can rest for about two months, and in October, continue to plant winter wheat.

Therefore, during this time, many rules have to be set, and they can be implemented by Su Pingyang.

There is also one biggest problem, Su Tiancheng vaguely remembered that in the fourth year of Chongzhen, the peasant rebel army seemed to have some big moves, the location was in Shanxi, and he couldn't remember exactly where, this was the biggest hidden danger, and he definitely couldn't let the rebel army destroy the results of his painstaking operation.