There have always been many people on the official road in Jiangning, and most of the animals coming and going are donkeys. A group of Great Song cavalry marched on the right side of the official road, which made many people's eyes brighten. The cavalry did not ride their horses, and drove their horses calmly. The leather goods of the horses, the neat uniforms of the cavalry, and the sleek figure all made the pedestrians on the road greatly admire.

Qian Yuanwai and his family are riding donkeys, and most of the donkeys now are Guanzhong donkeys that are brought back from the north, and their height and size are not much smaller than those of Mongolian horses. The horses, however, watched as they walked apatheutically, leaving behind the donkey, which was struggling to move forward with small steps.

Not long after the cavalry in front disappeared from view, another group of cavalry came from behind. When this group of cavalry also came to the front of the Qian Yuanwai team, they arrived near the Qian family's land.

"Go down." Qian Yuan said. The group rode the donkey down the road, and then the young man of the Qian family said: "I didn't expect the horses to go so fast." ”

Qian didn't bother to answer, if the donkey ran faster than the horse, wouldn't the cavalry have ridden the donkey long ago? The group continued on their donkeys, making detours along the rough paths of the fields to the town. I saw that several billboards had been placed in the town. It reads, 'Borrow grain from the government, borrow money, and the monthly interest is one cent'.

Seeing such a blatant viciousness, Qian Yuanwai was angry. I don't know which landlord deliberately wanted to make a person outside the money clerk, but he wanted to kill people near Zhuangzi outside the money clerk. If the person kills, it is enough, but if the person is not killed, he will be caught. Qian Yuanwai could only suspect that someone was deliberately trying to get him.

But there is no other way to do this kind of thing than conjecture, and if you ask it back then, you will definitely not be able to reach a conclusion. Qian Yuanwai could only call back the family members who were looking for the bandits in Jiangbei, and at this time he could no longer catch people.

When they arrived at the Qian family's compound, the local elder immediately pounced on him and grabbed Qian Yuanwai's hand, and hurriedly asked, "Family master, what should I do?" If this goes on like this, our family's money will be gone. ”

Qian Yuanwai patted the elder's hand and said helplessly: "The money can't be released, we can put it in our hands." If this person is gone, how will everyone find it? Human life is more expensive than money. ”

The elders listened to Qian Yuan's helpless but heartwarming words, and some of them already had tears in their eyes. Qian Yuanwai sighed and raised his voice, "Everyone, no matter which dog thief attacked Song Gongming, the Jiangning chairman of the Great Song Society, near the land of the Qian family, this matter will not be easy to be good. Our family has tried to get through this, but we can only get through it. The people in the government are looking at nothing else now, they are waiting. If something happens a little more this time, they'll have enough reason to do it. This time, I just want to say to you that the monthly interest rate of the government is one cent, and we will reduce it to one and a half cents. If one point and five points are not good, let's put one point and two points. Let's not fight with the government now, just follow. ”

"How's that going to work? It's only one and two, what do we eat? The voices of the elders were full of grief, and there were tears in the eyes of only a few people, but now there were tears in everyone's eyes.

Qian Yuanwai looked calm, because he had cried several times in the house before, and even had the idea of hanging. When he got rid of such a mood, he was able to face everything calmly, "Everyone doesn't have to be afraid." I've been inquiring about it these days, but I've come up with a new piece of news. The government's farm is not what we originally thought, and the government does not want the whole village to become its tenants. On average, each person on the farm has to grow 30 acres of land. ”

The elders' minds were already confused at this time, and only one person continued the topic and asked, "Why do you need an average of thirty acres of land per person?" ”

Qian Yuanwai said loudly: "The people on the farm have to get a salary of two yuan a month, and they still have a few hundred catties of rice and noodles a year. If you fold it down, you will get 30 yuan a year. Everyone also knows that one acre of real estate runs through the sky. There are no thirty acres of land per capita, how can the government make money from it. ”

The elders were all in a depressed mood, and what did the government have to do with them. In the end, only one elder answered, "What's the use of this?" ”

"Of course it works for us. The government now has 150,000 acres of land, which can accommodate up to 5,000 people. The population of Jiangning Mansion must be 500,000, how useful can 5,000 people be. Even if these 5,000 people drag their families with their families, one person can feed five people. There were only 25,000 people. Qian Yuanwai spoke loudly about his opinion, and the whole person was quite confident. This self-confidence also makes others can't help but pay more attention to what is being said.

"Of the 500,000 people, 25,000 have defected to the government, and there are still 400,000 left, so how can we lack tenants. At most, the government will reduce the interest on borrowing money and grain, but what if they really get these lands? Jiangning Mansion is just a lot of people and little land, and no matter what the government does, it's useless. ”

"If there are many people and there is little land, will they not take our land even more?" The elders asked, puzzled.

"They took all the land, and the tenants of Jiangning Mansion still did not have enough to eat. At most, we sold the land, and the money was still in our hands. But what if the tenants only collect 30% of the rent? The government says it nicely, but it's hard for them to really keep tenants? They themselves have made it clear that what they want is to collect taxes. ”

What makes the elders miserable is that the interest is less, and no matter how much money is said outside the staff, this problem cannot be solved. So some elders dragged the topic back, "Let's put it in one and a half, will the tenants borrow it?" ”

Qian Yuanwai also felt that the elders didn't care about such an important matter at all, and he didn't bother to say more, so he replied: "I should be able to borrow, we know tenants better than those officials." The government's lending is only for a while, coming in March and leaving in April. This is not the only place where tenants can spend their money. When the time comes, if they don't borrow ours, who can they borrow? ”

"But the interest rate is so low, we suffer."

"If the most profitable Qinghuang doesn't accept the intervention of the government, let's not think about it. Besides, the interest can be adjusted, so let's deal with it with one into five now. ”

It is Song Gongming who sits on the core territory of the Qian family, and he has been working very hard in the past few days. If the Qian family is provoked and has the slightest force to fight, he can just mobilize troops to exterminate it. The cavalry patrolling the streets was now an emergency unit to monitor the road. There was no way for the regular army to act on a large scale, because the war zone of the Great Song Dynasty was in the north and in the west, and Jiangning was too far away from the war zone, and there were not many regular troops stationed in the non-war zone of the Great Song Dynasty. It is even more unlikely that it will be transferred to this side all of a sudden.

There are many ways to provoke the landlords, but in the final analysis, they will greatly damage their interests, and lending money is undoubtedly the most direct way. Song Gongming has been pushing this matter hard in the past few days, and when he learned that Qian Yuan came here, although he was a little nervous, he did not hesitate. After three days, the number of people who came to borrow money and food suddenly decreased. Then the retired soldiers in the town came to report, "The Qian family began to lend money with a monthly interest rate of one and a half cents?" ”

"What?" Song Gongming was surprised.

"The Qian family lent money at a monthly interest rate of one and a half cents, and the people felt familiar with the Qian family and went to the Qian family." The veterans who helped replied.

"Half a cent more." Song Gongming didn't understand why the people were willing to suffer this loss.

The retired soldier has been in the township for so long, he sighed: "President Song, it turns out that the monthly interest rate can be tolerated by five cents, and the people do not feel that there is more than half a cent of interest, but that the interest has been reduced by three or a half." ”

“…… Stumped, do these people still think that the Qian family is closer than the government? Song Gongming quickly figured out the crux of the problem.

The retired soldier didn't speak, he was silent for a while, and he sighed and replied, "President Song, I'll go and get busy first." ”

Song Gongming knew that retired soldiers were reluctant to say too much, and if they said too much, they would feel a little shameless. Facts have proved that there is only one answer to Song Gongming's question. The local people may think that the Qian family is very bad, but between the government and the Qian family, a large part of them are willing to get close to the Qian family, but not to get close to the government.

In order to verify the results, Song Gongming stayed in the town for another three days. Sure enough, there are fewer and fewer people who come to borrow money and grain, and there is an endless stream of people who go to the Qian family to borrow money and grain. If you just look at this situation, it seems that the interest on the Qian family's loans is one cent per month, while the interest on government loans is one and a half cents per month.

The situation reached such a point, Song Gongming chose to leave and go to the next target, the Duan family's town. The Qian family's town is probably only like this.

The retired soldier sent Song Gongming to the entrance of the town, and said to Song Gongming with some anxiety: "President Song, I didn't expect the Qian family to deal with it like this. ”

"Nothing." Song Gongming had recovered his usual spirit at this time, and he said with a smile: "I heard something from the official family when I was in the school. I don't remember exactly. I can only say what I mean. When you go back, tell the people, "When we go." The landlord will give them a rent reduction and interest reduction, and maybe a little higher wages. But this is not because the landlords have found out their conscience, nor because the landlords have become good people. It's just because our government has been here. ”

After hearing this, the retired soldier initially wanted to laugh, but after opening his mouth, he laughed dryly, but his eyes were red and tears flowed down. He wiped his tears, but he couldn't stop them from pouring out, and finally he simply cried.

Song Gongming patted the local man on the shoulder, "What are you crying about, what is there to cry about." We didn't win, it was just against the landlord. If you look at it from the heart, the society is for the people. This time, the people have really benefited. If the landlords dare to raise interest rates again, they will increase rents. The people will once again lean on the side of the government. At that time, the landlord wanted to deceive the people again, but it was not so easy. Without further ado, I'll go first. ”

The escort of Song Gongming this time was not an ordinary staff member, but several soldiers. The people did not ride on donkeys anymore, but all horses. There was no one on the pipeline in the morning, and everyone got on their horses and rode away in the morning sun.