"Uncle, how was the harvest in the first half of this year?"

"Housheng, look at your whiteness and purity, are you also here to pay taxes and grain?" The shirtless, wrinkled old man with a cigarette pouch and pot in his hand turned his head to see a young man talking to him. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"No, I'm just here to see."

"You don't look like a farmer, the young man is here to buy grain, right?"

"Sort of, uncle, how much food do you have to pay?"

"In the past, it was necessary to pay 30% per mu, but now there is a policy to reduce it by a quarter, about 20% or 2." On a hot day, the old man said with a smile while wiping his sweat.

"Do you have to pay rent?"

"Some of them have to be handed over, and some of them are not called to be handed over."

"How many acres of land do you have at home?"

"I have four acres of land at home, and ten acres from the owner of the lease, a total of 14 acres of land."

"How much does it produce per mu?"

"The owner's is the upper field, which can make more than 300 catties of wheat per acre, and the own is the middle field, which can harvest about 200 catties, and there is some wasteland to grow some vegetables or something."

"Is it enough?"

"In the past, the rent of the owner was high, and after paying the rent, it was a good year, and you could eat a full stomach, but if it was a bad year, it would be difficult to say......"

"How many people are in the uncle's family?"

"Eight."

"With so many people, how much food can be harvested every year?"

"When there are more, there are three or four thousand catties, and when there is less, there are only one or two thousand catties."

"How much do you have to pay for the landlord's rent?"

"We are calculated according to the acres of land, in addition to handing over to the landlord, but also to hand over to the state, Shangtian is 400 catties of grain per season, we have to pay 320 catties."

"To pay so much?" The young man was surprised and asked, "Aren't you paying rent according to the percentage of the harvest?" ”

"Young man, you think too much, we are here to collect rent according to the quality of the land, no matter whether your harvest is good or not, he will collect so much grain from you anyway, and he wants good grain, if it is bad, they don't want it."

"Doesn't this landlord have to bear any losses from natural and man-made disasters, and his income is fixed?"

"You're right, they really don't have to bear any losses, if they can't pay it this year, they will continue to pay it next year, as long as you plant his land, you have to pay rent according to what he said, and the landlords in the world are generally black."

"Since your family has land, can't you not cultivate the land of the landlord's family?"

"You can't plant it, but what do I eat as a family?" The old man snorted a little angrily and asked rhetorically.

The young man smirked, and he himself felt that the question was a bit stupid.

According to the population of the old man's family, as well as the output of each mu of land, in addition to the tax and grain to be paid, the real remaining grain may not be enough to eat, and if there is not enough food, you can only rent the land of the landlord's family.

Moreover, the landlord's land is all high-yielding and high-quality fields, and the output of one acre of land, excluding the rent to be paid, is probably higher than the output of one acre of his family's land.

The premise is that you have to have a good year.

The peasants who came to pay the taxes and grain were lined up in a long line, some shoulder-to-shoulder, some pushing small carts, and some dragging their families and mouths.

Excess grain can also be sold to the grain depot, which is purchased at market price at a fair price and does not deduct two pounds.

Leng Feng also knew that good policies need good implementation, so he took the time to come down and take a look, of course, he was slightly convinced.

At this time, he learned some information that he did not know before, and it was not for nothing why the common people enthusiastically supported the "two-five-year rent reduction."

Moreover, the landlords and squires exploited the peasants to a rather harsh point, and this northern Henan is still a rich area rich in grain, and if this is changed to another place, the life of the common people can be imagined.

Leng Feng made a rough calculation, a family, three generations of grandparents, if you count five people, the annual ration is at least 1,500 catties (pure grain rice and noodles), and northern Henan is two crops a year, one season of rice, and one season of wheat.

The land in northern Henan is fertile, the rain is abundant, and the people cultivate intensively, and the average yield per mu can reach 350 catties of 300 catties.

The average yield of rice per mu is also about 400 catties.

One acre of land produces 700 catties of grain every year (only 500 catties when converted into rice and flour).

For a family of five, three acres of land are needed for simple grain, and if you have to go to the top of the field, if you count the seeds, you need at least four acres of land.

Four acres of land can only be said to ensure that the family will have no expenses within a year, just to fill their stomachs.

In fact, the output of four acres of land is far from enough to buy farm tools, clothes, medical treatment, medicine, and other daily necessities.

You have to have at least eight acres of farmland to barely make ends meet.

And this has to be in a good year, if God is in a bad mood, this will be miserable.

The high-quality fields are in the hands of the landlords and the powerful, how can ordinary people have the financial resources to buy the high-quality fields?

Therefore, even if they have their own land, they must rent the landlord's land to cultivate it, otherwise their life will be tight.

The core of the "Second Five-Year Rent Reduction" is "rent reduction", but more importantly, it is to break the strong position of landlords to forcibly pay rent.

No matter how good or bad the year is, they all charge the same rent, and the standards they set are still relatively high.

If the farmer fails to harvest, he may not grow enough grain to pay the rent, so he will have to pay the rent from the output of his own fields.

In this way, as long as the situation is not good for one year, the farmer will starve, and this rent is profitable, even if you move to the next year to make up for it, the interest of this year will be enough to make an ordinary farmer bankrupt.

A farmer who has a land can also use the land in his name to pay off his debts, and then completely become a proletariat.

The landlord used this method of forcible seizure to take back all the land in the hands of the peasant name, and then rented the land to the peasants for planting.

If the peasants want to live, they have to listen to the landlords, and the landlords can bully the peasants at will, forming a terrible vicious circle, in which the social order will eventually collapse and history will start again.

"Junzuo, Seventh Brother Secret Telegram, the 'Epiphany' plan does exist, and in addition, Kenji Dohihara arrived in Nanjing safely, and the current status is unknown."

"Oh, I know, I came down today to take a look, there are a lot of problems, it seems that it is not enough for us to just implement rent reduction, we have to fundamentally solve the way farmers and landlords pay rent." Leng Feng nodded.

"Also, Mr. Zhang Huapu, a water conservancy expert, is waiting for you at the Executive Office."

"Okay, then let's go back first, don't make the expert wait too long." Leng Feng nodded and commanded.

Back to the Executive Office.

Mr. Zhang Huapu, a water conservancy expert specially hired by the Northern Henan Branch, had been waiting for nearly an hour, and he did not know that Leng Feng had gone out to inspect.

"Professor Zhang, I've kept you waiting, are you here today for something important?" Leng Feng personally welcomed Zhang Huapu as if he were his office.

"General Leng, I do have something, and it's a big thing."

"Professor Zhang, you say, I'll listen."

"The temperature has been rising continuously for the past few days, and the weather is unusually hot and sultry, does the general feel anything abnormal?"

"Abnormal, it's normal for the temperature to rise in summer?"

"It's normal to have high temperatures in summer, but it's a bit abnormal to be hot, and I guess that this year's rain in northern Henan will be unusually abundant."

"Professor Zhang is worried about the flooding of the Yellow River?"

"Yes, the Yellow River has not had a major flood for several years, and if there is abundant rain this summer, it is very likely that the river will rise sharply, causing a huge flood, and then the people on both sides of the river will suffer a catastrophe." Zhang Huapu said.

"This is just Professor Zhang's speculation, can you be sure?" Leng Feng will be skeptical, natural disasters are difficult to predict, not to mention the current level of technology, even in another thousand years, the prediction of natural disasters may not be accurate, and it is remarkable to have half of the accuracy.

"Judging from my years of experience, it shouldn't be wrong, so I came to General Leng, hoping that you can order several counties along the coast to organize manpower and materials to strengthen the embankment to prevent trouble."

"This is not a big problem, and I can issue a notice in the name of the executive office to show that the following counties along the river have done a good job of prevention facilities." Leng Feng nodded, every year during the flood season, the Yellow River is monitored.

If there is a burst or pipe surge, it is a huge disaster.

"General Leng, a notice is far from enough, a special patrol team must be organized, and there are sacks, shovels and other emergency supplies prepared." ”

"Professor Zhang, you said bluntly, how many people are needed and how much?" Leng Feng understood as soon as he heard it, this is indeed not something that can be solved by a notice, if you don't seriously organize manpower and prepare all kinds of rescue materials, once a disaster occurs, it is really helpless.

"A patrol team, to understand a little about water conservancy, do not use labor, always need to manage food and housing, and prepare emergency materials and tools in places where danger may occur, this was originally some, but now I don't know how much is left, and I need to buy ......it urgently."

"Professor Zhang, there is no money now, I can appoint you as the commander-in-chief of flood control in northern Henan, what do you need, you can make a white slip, I will pay for it coldly, who do you want, you can find it, as long as there is no accident in northern Henan during the flood season of the Yellow River this summer, I will give you credit."

"General Leng, this is not something that money can solve......"

"I don't care, I handed over the post of commander-in-chief of flood control in northern Henan to you, what you do is your business, do it well, remember the merits, have rewards, do not do it well, I can only ask you for guilt."

"General Leng, you are driving ducks to the shelves, I have never done this flood control commander-in-chief......" Zhang Huapu was anxious, he is an expert in water conservancy meteorology, specializing in research, but he has never been engaged in administration, let him be in charge of flood control command, isn't this a bit messy?

"Professor Zhang, I don't have anyone here who understands this, you said that you are here, and I can only let you pick it up on your shoulders, you can do more."

"General Leng, that's not what you said......

"Wei Quan, get a letter of appointment!"

……

"Professor Zhang, you see, my letter of appointment has been signed for you, don't you want to do something for the fathers and elders in northern Henan?"

Zhang Huapu looked at the letter of appointment in his hand where the ink had not yet dried, and he couldn't laugh or cry, what was the matter.

It looks like I'm here to ask for an official.

However, Zhang Huapu was also very excited in his heart, after all, it was not easy to meet a local military and political chief like Leng Feng who thought he cared about people's livelihood and trusted him so much.

He had never seen a chief who handled government affairs in such a way and acted resolutely and decisively.