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For example, now, the rice is almost ripe, and there are not many things in the crops during this time, just waiting for the next month's harvest, therefore, the wages of the tenant farmers are not fixed, they are busy and idle, and even when the farm is slack, they can also take leave, go to chop firewood, hunt and sell some odds to supplement the family. ~Top~Point~Small~Say~~

Lao Lin is one of the tenant farmers who have taken leave, so he has time to sit in the tavern, so that their wages will naturally not be more, and after a year, it will be like three times of money.

Early in the morning of the second day, Cheng Shizhang was just admiring the flowers stained with crystal dew in the yard, when a housekeeper came to report, saying that there were several tenant farmers who were going to quit their jobs, Cheng Shizhang didn't even think about it, and waved his hand: "If you don't do it, let them go!" Their fields are in my hands, and I will see what they will eat in the future! ”

At noon, Cheng Shizhang was a little restless, his family had a total of thirty-seven tenant farmers, and now there were more than 20 who came to quit, wave after wave of coming, making him more and more unable to resist, faintly felt that this matter was a little abnormal, next month is the harvest season, if these tenant farmers have run away, what should he do with the rice of 100 acres of land.

Anyway, there are a large number of poor peasants who are willing to be tenant farmers, and the supply exceeds demand, and the reason why his family only has about 30 tenant farmers is because in his opinion, so many people are enough, and some more people are a waste of wages, so he rejected the idea of many poor peasants to be tenant farmers.

Only 30 or so people were allowed to plant hundreds of acres of land, and it is conceivable that this kind of squeezing is too much, and half of the life of the tenant farmers can be put into it when the farmers are busy.

"That...... You should hurry up and recruit some tenant farmers, anyway, there are many poor peasants looking for this errand, and you don't have to worry about finding anyone. Cheng Shizhang hurriedly ordered the housekeeper.

"Master, these small things have been asked, and no one is willing to come to the Cheng family to be a tenant farmer anymore, it seems that they have all gone to the Lin family......

"Which Lin family? I haven't heard that there is a landlord of the Lin family in Xihu County? Cheng Shizhang said with a frown.

"It's Lin Xifeng Lin Gongzi!"

"What? He? Cheng Shizhang couldn't help but be surprised: "I know the situation of his family, since the death of Old Man Lin, the Lin family has long been worse than it was back then, how can he have so much money to rent tenant farmers and fields......

Speaking of this, Cheng Shizhang suddenly paused, and then he remembered that Lin Xifeng had just bought the tavern back with forty yuan a few days ago, and forty yuan was not a small amount.

"How did he get so much money...... Cheng Shizhang's expression was sluggish, and his eyes were blank.

"Master, don't worry about the Lin family's affairs for now, what should we do now! Our rice will be ripe next month, but if it goes on like this, the tenant farmers will probably run out, and who will harvest the rice! ”

While the two were talking, a few more tenant farmers ran to Cheng Zhong and said that they wanted to quit their jobs, because they couldn't find the housekeeper who was in charge of their daily work, so they rushed directly to Cheng's house.

Cheng Shizhang had to reluctantly approve, usually when the tenant farmers worked, they thought they were slow, and they could be treated as tigers, but now if they did the same when they resigned, they would have to suffer a lawsuit, for Liu Wen, a little Qing official, Cheng Shizhang was still a little scared from the bottom of his heart.

In the afternoon, the thirty-seven tenant farmers had all left, and the Cheng family's fertile fields were unusually quiet, and there were no more poor peasants working with their bodies on their backs, which showed how dissatisfied they were with Cheng Shizhang's usual domineering and meanness.

Cheng Shizhang sat on the wooden chair in the courtyard, his eyes were dull, and Cheng Bocheng stood behind him, his mouth opened for a while, Cheng Bocheng couldn't help but whisper: "I said it, I should have returned the two acres of land of the Lin family to him a few days ago, but now it's okay, don't listen to my persuasion, this loss is ...... compared to two acres of land."

"Shut up!" Cheng Shizhang slapped the wooden chair, got up suddenly, and vented the resentment in his heart towards Cheng Bocheng.

Seeing this, the housekeeper beside him hurriedly bent down and said respectfully: "Master, don't blame the young master now, in a small opinion, we should ask people to inquire about the wages that Lin Xifeng gave to these tenant farmers now, and let's pull them back at a high price, as long as the wages satisfy them, they will naturally come back." ”

Cheng Shizhang was silent for a while, his expression was a little bitter, obviously asking him to beg this group of lowly tenant farmers in his eyes to come back, he was somewhat reluctant, and he also had to process money for the tenant farmers, which was even more unhappy for him, who was usually stingy.

But now is not the time to be angry, this gamble, a hundred acres of rice can be played, tangled for a long time, Cheng Shizhang did not hold on to his temperament anymore, waved his hand and said to the housekeeper: "This matter will be handed over to you, go and ask Lin Xifeng how much salary this kid gave them, and we will add more consistency every year on his basis, I don't believe that these poor people don't like money!" ”

"Yes!" The housekeeper hurriedly hugged his fists and ran away from Cheng's mansion.

Compared with the oppressive atmosphere of Cheng Mansion, Lin Mansion can be described as enthusiastic, cheerful and warm.

Lin Xifeng gave them four times a year, which was more than the Cheng family, and then promised to send them some drinks every month, as for how much, Lin Xifeng did not set a detailed number, but also left him some leeway, in addition, Lin Xifeng also promised to invite them to the tavern at least two meals a month to get together, naturally free.

Now in Xihu County, the tavern in Lin Xifeng's market and the wine at the Liu family's wedding banquet that day are the two things that the commoners talk about the most, and Lin Xifeng promised to let them taste the dishes and wine every month, which naturally made everyone quite excited.

Watching the tenant farmers sign the notes one by one, Lin Xifeng smiled lightly and exhaled, there is only one note, they only need to deploy all the names below, although most of them are illiterate, but they can still write their names, although the font is crooked.

It's just that Lin Xifeng didn't expect that the Cheng family had only about 30 tenant farmers in total, and at this time, there were more than 50 in his family, and the extra 20 people who came were naturally rejected by the Cheng family before. To be honest, eating more than 50 tenant farmers with 50 acres of land is already a bit saturated, and according to the calculation that each person is responsible for 2 acres of land, more than 50 people can already plant 100 acres of land.

However, now the wasteland needs to be reclaimed, and it is more troublesome in the early stage, and it is better to have more people, and it should be possible to sow seeds in a month to catch up with the winter wheat season.

And Lin Xifeng also calculated the account a little, based on the salary of four times per person per year, he can still earn a few hundred times a year, which is okay, the main purpose of his reclamation is not to make money, but to take the land in his own hands, in this era, the importance of land is self-evident.