At ten o'clock in the evening, the housekeeper of the Cheng Mansion returned to the house with a drooping face, and when Cheng Shizhang saw the housekeeper's expression, he knew that this matter had not been done, and he couldn't help frowning and asked, "What?" Are they not willing to come to process money for those untouchables? ”

The housekeeper hung his head listlessly, and said weakly: "The little one doesn't know what medicine Lin Xifeng poured into the tenant farmers, he gave the tenant farmers four times a year, and the small ones said that the wages they gave them were consistent, but no tenant farmers were willing to come ......"

Cheng Shizhang slapped the table and roared angrily: "If you don't work consistently, add two times!" I don't believe that they don't want to come if they are paid six times a year! Are you pig brains!? ”

The housekeeper was frightened by Cheng Shizhang and took a small step back: "But the tenant farmers said...... He said that even if they were paid ten times a year, they would not come......"

Cheng Shizhang laughed angrily: "What? Ten times the money doesn't come? These untouchables are crazy about money! If I give them ten wages, I will lose my money! It's ridiculous! ”

"They didn't ask the master to pay ten times, but they said that even if they were paid ten times, they wouldn't come......," the butler explained carefully.

"Shut up!" Cheng Shizhang yelled anxiously, he naturally understood what the tenant farmers meant, and now that he was explained by the housekeeper, he felt even more uncomfortable.

The housekeeper immediately kept silent, as the so-called too much talk will be lost, and if he talks too much, he will be scolded again, and he naturally doesn't want to talk anymore at this time.

Cheng Shizhang sat on the chair with a dejected butt, stunned for a long time, and then muttered to himself: "The rice will be ripe next month, if you don't harvest, it will be all over as soon as the heavy rain comes, what should I do now......?"

The butler hung his hands and remained silent.

Cheng Shizhang saw the housekeeper's attitude of "it's none of his business", and he was angry again: "Didn't you hear?!" What do you ask? ”

The housekeeper took a deep breath, he had been in the Cheng Mansion for so long, in fact, he could fully understand why the tenant farmers were unwilling to do things in the Cheng family, and at this time he was scolded by Cheng Shizhang so unreasonably, and he was naturally very unhappy in his heart, if it wasn't for his livelihood, he couldn't wait to scold Cheng Shizhang instead, now thinking about it, if Lin Xifeng can give him a housekeeper position, not to mention giving them processing money, he is willing to do it with less wages, and he is scolded here every day, no matter who does it, it is very uncomfortable.

But no matter what, Cheng Shizhang was still his master after all, and he was silent for a while before he spoke: "There is another way now, go to Lin Xifeng to talk to him, and let him arrange for the tenant farmers to harvest the rice in the fields, although I don't know why, but those tenant farmers seem to listen to Lin Xifeng's words, as long as he speaks, the tenant farmers will definitely do it." ”

"Let me beg him? There are no doors! Cheng Shizhang couldn't help but be stunned, he suddenly remembered what Lin Xifeng said that day, and it seemed to have come true at this time.

"It's not for the master to beg him, but for the master to talk to him calmly." The housekeeper carefully repeated the wording again, so as not to make Cheng Shizhang angry with him again, and then said: "Anyway, we have to harvest this season's rice first, and we must not let the rice rot in the ground." ”

"You mean that I will give him the money, and then he will arrange for the tenant farmers to help harvest the rice?"

The housekeeper hurriedly explained: "This can only be the case now, in fact, the lord can think about it from another angle, anyway, the lord plans to increase the wages of the tenant farmers to six times, as long as the rice is harvested, then the money is not the same for everyone?" Let's count according to fifty tenant farmers, each tenant farmer has six guan, a total of three hundred, but the rice can be harvested twice a year, so this price must be removed by at least half, that is, one hundred and fifty guan, although this number is still a bit much, but there is no way at the moment, as long as Lin Xifeng's price does not exceed this number, we can reluctantly accept it, at least we can still make dozens of guan. ”

"That kid is now in the middle of a rock, will he be willing to talk to me?"

"Yes, if he doesn't help, the lord can pull this matter to the government, saying that Lin Xifeng has poached all the tenant farmers in Chengfu, and the lord is kind and persuasive, he still refuses to help harvest the rice, and will let most of the rice rot in the crops, Liu Zhixian knows about it, and he will definitely not sit idly by, after all, the 100 acres of rice will have a great impact on the livelihood of the entire Xihu County, and he will definitely meddle in this matter."

"In that case, why don't we go directly to Liu Zhixian?"

"It's useless, even if you find the magistrate, he has a good chance of it. Jiu will also find Lin Xifeng to ask for tenant farmers, at that time, it will be Liu Zhixian and Lin Xifeng to talk, if the latter is a lion speaks, his requirements will have to be met by us, and then we will be in a disadvantageous place, it is better for us to go directly to Lin Xifeng to talk to him face to face, at least not so passive, all in all, Lin Xifeng will definitely help in this matter, but what is the price, it will be up to the master to talk with him. "This butler's thinking is meticulous, and he predicts the follow-up events.

After being silent for a long time, Cheng Shizhang waved his hand and sighed: "You go down first!" I'll think again. Obviously, let him take the initiative to find Lin Xifeng, but he still couldn't pull off this face.

The next morning, Lin Xifeng went to the county government to find Liu Wen to ask for a map of the wasteland, the westernmost part of the Gukou market is the fertile field, and a little west of the fertile field, is near the foot of the wasteland, these places are scattered with rocks, overgrown with weeds, the terrain is quite high, usually some civilians will come here to graze cattle and sheep, or here to cut grass and feed livestock.

The shape of the wasteland is longitudinal from north to south, narrow from east to west, fifty acres of land is not small, a small part has even extended to the middle of the mountainside, about ten acres, on the ten acres of land on this mountainside, it is no longer suitable to plant wheat, Lin Xifeng plans to plant fruit trees.

There are scattered trees on the wasteland, about hundreds, Lin Xifeng first asked the tenant farmers to cut down all the trees, but these trees are public, he can't make the decision at will, after consulting Liu Wen's opinion, the dead trees are distributed to the tenant farmers, they keep these firewood for fire, sell money, and go with them.

Lin Xifeng's move naturally made the tenant farmers grateful to him, after all, each of them received almost two trees of firewood, which was already a lot of wealth for them.

Correspondingly, everyone's enthusiasm was even more unusually high, and in one morning, they all the trees were removed, and they helped each other to carry the trees to their respective homes.

The next thing is naturally to pull out the grass and reclaim the land and loosen the soil, such a large piece of land, these things will naturally not be completed in a while, Lin Xifeng explained to the tenant farmers, and saw that they were in full swing, so he left with a smile.