Chapter 17 Thinking about change when you are poor

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After entering the house, Su Tiancheng didn't care about other things, how the tenant's house was furnished, whether there was decent furniture, it was not important for the time being, he walked straight to the side of the rice jar and uncovered the lid on it.

Farmers in the area of Binh Duong Fucheng, every household has a rice jar, to see what the conditions of the house are, the focus is to see how much rice or wheat noodles there are.

In the huge rice bowl, very little wheat noodles could be seen, Su Tiancheng bent down as much as he could, and inserted his hand into the wheat noodles to estimate how much wheat noodles there were.

"Is the wheat flour in this rice jar all the food your family has?"

"Master, this is all the food for the whole family, we really can't afford to pay the rent."

"It's only the end of October now, this bit of wheat noodles, a family of three, a month is not enough, winter wheat will be sown soon, next year's wheat harvest, in May, your family will have this bit of food, what will you eat in a month."

The man's lips trembled a little, probably because he didn't expect the old man to say such words.

"The tenants haven't started to plant winter wheat yet, why is that?"

The man looked at Su Tiancheng and didn't speak, probably because he had some scruples.

Su Pingyang also lowered his head and did not speak.

"You don't say it, let me guess, is it the Su family forced to pay the rent, you even handed over the seeds, now there are no winter wheat seeds, and there is no food at home, so you can't sow seeds, and you don't need to plow the fields."

The man lowered his head, and the woman behind him was originally thinking of speaking, but when she saw the man like this, she stopped talking.

But the little girl spoke.

"Master, there is no wheat noodles at home, I can't eat enough, and my father is going to ask me to go to a big family to eat white noodles."

Su Tiancheng's body began to tremble, and he picked up the little girl.

"There is no food to eat, are you going to sell your daughter?"

The man and woman knelt down in front of Su Tiancheng.

"Master, we really have no choice, the children follow us, only starve to death, last year's harvest and the year before last were not good, the rent was paid, there was almost no food at home, I thought that this year's harvest would be better, make up for the rent owed, who knows that this year's harvest is even worse, many people are out of food, our family is better, and there is some food, but it can only be eaten for more than a month, and the seeds can't be saved."

Su Tiancheng hugged the little girl, hurriedly stepped forward, stretched out his right hand, and was about to help the two of them up, Su Pingyang beside him reacted quickly, and he had already gone to pull up the two of them.

"You planted my family's land, and it fell into today's field, this is all the problem of Sufu, I am here to apologize to you, it is absolutely impossible to eat without food, Sufu cannot starve to death, all the tenants of the Su family must survive this winter, winter wheat must be sown, the problem of food, I will find a way, the seeds must be kept, not all can be eaten."

Su Pingyang was stunned, the young master actually said such a big thing, the Su family has more than 300 tenants, so many tenants, how much food is needed, there are still seven months, even if each family solves five buckets of wheat noodles a month, the total amount is more than 1,200 stone wheat noodles, which is equivalent to nearly 400 taels of silver, where to find so much silver.

The man probably thought that he had heard it wrong, where was the matter of the master giving food to the tenants.

"Master, let's figure it out ourselves, as long as we don't rush to pay the rent."

"Don't worry, I'll count, uncle, all the tenants in Su Province, how much grain is stored at home, how long can it last, count it, see what the total number of gaps is, within this month, each family will solve at least one stone of wheat noodles, get through the current difficulties, and then take your time to find a way, the top priority is to organize all the tenants and sow winter wheat."

"Young master, there are a total of three hundred and fifty tenants in Su Mansion, and each family solves one stone of wheat noodles, a total of three hundred and fifty stones, with these wheat noodles, it is not much of a problem to maintain until the New Year."

"I know that it will not be maintained until the New Year, but until May next year, this data must be counted, the tenants of the Su family cannot sell their children, let alone starve to death, uncle, you are now the housekeeper of the Su Mansion, if there is such a problem, I will not be polite."

"Young master, within three days, I will solve this problem."

"Okay, I think it's still the chief and the first head of the army to come forward to count, so it's faster."

The household registration management system of the Ming Dynasty, the core is the Li Jia system, every 110 households are a mile, called Fang in the city, of which ten households are selected as the chief, and the remaining 100 households are divided into ten Jia, and each Jia elects a household as the first one.

There are 350 tenant households in Su Province, and according to the requirements, there are 30 li chiefs and 30 jia heads, and these people are organized to count and urge production, which is much more efficient.

After Su Tiancheng said these words, the man finally believed that what the young master of the Su family said was true.

He pulled the woman to her knees.

"The great kindness of the master, we will remember it for the rest of our lives."

Su Tiancheng was still holding the little girl, and the tenant kowtowed to him, he didn't feel the majesty, on the contrary, he was full of sadness.

"Get up, the child is hungry, there are still some wheat noodles at home, cook a good meal, let the little girl eat, within three days, the wheat noodles can be sent down, and solve so much for the time being, today I came to your house first, which shows that we are destined, and you have to take the lead in sowing winter wheat."

"It's good, after eating, I'll go to the field, the big guys have wheat noodles, and they will definitely sow winter wheat."

Su Tiancheng is very careful, his habits, everything he does, must be implemented, otherwise it is empty words.

"No, there's still a problem here."

Su Pingyang looked at the young master and didn't speak, he had already guessed what the young master cared about.

"If there is no seed of winter wheat sown here, there is still nothing to be done when the big guy goes to the field, besides, the field is not dry, and the seeds planted will not have much effect."

"Young master, there are still a lot of winter wheat seeds in the house, and the master arranged to leave these seeds at the beginning, supplying five hundred hectares of fields, there will be no problem, it's just a matter of lack of water, it's not easy to find a way for the time being."

Su Tiancheng smiled.

"How can a living person suffocate urine, the way is always thought of."

Su Pingyang's men didn't expect that Su Tiancheng would actually say such a thing, they wanted to laugh, but they couldn't open their mouths.

"Uncle, it's still what I just said, please ask the lieutenant and the head of the first to help organize, the seeds of winter wheat, all the seeds of the Su Mansion will be provided, after subsidizing the grain and distributing the seeds, organize everyone to dig ditches, dig wells for water, the Su Mansion does not have so much silver for the time being, all this is recorded in the account, and when there is silver, the Su Mansion will provide money to subsidize, I don't know if this method is feasible."

"Young master, leave this matter to me, the young master has arranged it, I will definitely implement it."

The man's face was flushed, obviously thinking about speaking.

"If you have anything to say, just say it directly, don't hold it back."

"Master, my name is Niu Er, the master is already a great grace to our tenants, if anyone still doesn't follow the master's arrangement, I will find him desperately."

"Hehe, Niu Er, don't be excited, all things, let's discuss this, there are still many things in the future, which need to be implemented step by step, if you are poor, you will think about change, if it goes on like this, I won't be able to bear it next year, I just talk about it, specific things, you still need to do it."

Next, Su Tiancheng continued to look at several tenants, but they didn't get up, and Niu Er accompanied him and Su Pingyang.

The son of Su Fu came to the tenants' houses, and each tenant was given a stone of wheat flour and all the seeds of winter wheat, and the news spread quickly.

Many tenants don't believe that there is such a thing, but Niu Er said it vividly, although the old man is young, but after arriving at his house, he said it very simply, the tenants of Su Mansion are not allowed to starve to death, and they are not allowed to sell their sons and daughters, and one stone of wheat noodles per household will be implemented within three days. The grain that the lord gave to each tenant was by no means just a stone of wheat flour, and it was to be maintained until May of next year, before the winter wheat was purchased.

Niu Er tried his best to publicize, the lord arranged, everyone should start sowing winter wheat, digging ditches, digging wells for water, and the lord also said that the living cannot be suffocated by urine.