The Great Song envoy turned over and wrapped the quilt on his body, and the envoy felt that his body was warmer. After a short nap, the messenger finally woke up. When I opened my eyes slightly, I saw that it was pitch black outside.

The messenger wrapped his head in a quilt to make himself warmer. The 3rd meridian of the first month of September in the Great Song Dynasty was the second half of the 10th month of the Western calendar, and he slept in a room without charcoal, and the envoy of the Great Song Dynasty already felt that the house was a little cold. Thinking back to the stories of those predecessors before coming here, the envoy felt that it was best to stay in the Great Song Dynasty.

Jet lag, temperature, food, all of which bothered the messengers. When the messenger woke up on weekdays, it was already dark. When I wake up now, it's not dawn at all. It will take a long time to see the light of day. The envoy couldn't help but miss his days in Hangzhou. Except for the time that has already been adapted, Hangzhou at this time will not be so cold.

At this time, Hangzhou was indeed not so cold, and the minimum temperature was at least six or seven degrees higher than that of Kyiv. Zhao Jiaren is thinking about the south, which is warmer than Hangzhou. This change of events forced Zhao Jiaren to order the dispatch of official officials and troops to Sinhala.

The order for Sriwijaya to send troops, including soldiers, was originally to see the local mobilization capacity of Sriwijayaya, but he did not expect it to become a classic of a mistake. Later, Zhao Jiaren found that he had a huge problem with the intelligence mastery, and the war against the southern states of Tianzhu had now turned into a fierce war to wipe out the local state of Sinhala.

The discussion had been going on for a while, and just as it was time to rest, a major general walked up to Zhao Jiaren's side. said in a low voice: "Guanjia, I have something I want to talk to you about. ”

"Something to do with the military?" Zhao Jiaren asked.

"It's not. It's a family thing. The Major General's expression was a little bitter.

"Your family is a landlord?"

"There's a bit of land at home." The major general's face lit up.

Zhao Jiaren decisively refused, "Today we are talking about war, you can go to the Political Department to talk about other things." They take care of this. ”

Seeing Zhao Jiaren's firm attitude, although the major general still wanted to speak, he had to leave helplessly.

At noon, Zhao Jiaren left the General Staff. In the carriage, he asked the secretary, "Are there many people who have asked you to hand over letters to me recently?" ”

The secretary hurriedly replied: "Guangjia, not only Jiangning, but also the landlords in areas where land reform has not been carried out much seem to be in an uproar. ”

Zhao Jiaren nodded, but did not speak. In the past, the Great Song Dynasty carried out public land reform in Jiangnan, that is, Suzhou, Hangzhou and Zhenjiang. Later, it also became an area of land state ownership. Cochin, Champong, Siam, Sriwijaya and other places are, of course, state-owned land. In areas with small populations such as Liangguang and Guangzhou, and newly liberated areas such as Henan, Hebei, and Shandong, all land is state-owned in terms of system regulations.

In contrast to these areas, which were institutionally stuck, the rest of the vast areas were privately owned and there were a large number of landlords. Beginning with Jiangning, the struggle within the Great Song Dynasty had entered the end of the second year. The landlords have finally begun to make big moves.

Outside the car window, the street trees on both sides of the streets of Hangzhou are already lush and green, and in the bright autumn sunshine, the streets are full of traffic and people. The struggle caused by the new system did not seem to make the people in the city feel uneasy, and Zhao Jiaren also felt a lot more at ease. He didn't want to see the world boiling at all.

It was a sunny day in Hangzhou, and it was raining lightly in Jiangning Mansion, a few hundred kilometers away from Hangzhou. The autumn breeze blows, making people feel a burst of coolness. A considerable number of Jiangning people put on rubber-soled rain boots and walked briskly through the streets with bamboo or steel sisal umbrellas.

Dressed in similar attire as these people in the city, Duan Tiande, who was standing by the Qinhuai River, looked angrily at the busy pedestrians on the riverside road, his heart full of grief and indignation. The world has become so dark that these people in the city don't feel anything!

With a sad and indignant mood, Duan Tiande walked on the embankment of the Qinhuai River. The grass in the green belt on both sides of the river embankment is still green, and the small trees planted have survived, and it is not yet the time for the leaves to fall, and the small trees look vibrant. The channel of the Qinhuai River, which has been widened to 200 meters, is already full of water, and the muddy river flows along the channel in the direction of the Yangtze River.

When you go down the embankment, you can feel the pulse of the Qinhuai River even more. The sound of the river lapping on the riverbank, the smell of aquatic plants in the air. Walking on the pontoon bridge across the bank of the Qinhuai River, I saw the thick boat tightly holding on to the pontoon bridge. In addition, other iron chains used as guardrails are woven into an iron net to prevent people from accidentally falling into the water. Pat the iron chain that is the core trunk with your hand, and feel that the big iron chain does not move at all.

Walking along the pontoon bridge across the Qinhuai River, Duan Tiande went straight to his in-laws, Lu Yuanwai's house. When he arrived at the door, he was ushered into the living room, and Lu Yuanwai was already waiting there. Duan Tiande stepped forward and asked, "How are you over there?" ”

Hearing the outsiders' words that sounded like no beginning and no end, Lu Yuanwai sighed, "Brother Duan, at least half of the tenants on my side said that if the land rent is not reduced, they will not rent so much land anymore. ”

After hearing this, Duan Tiande said angrily: "These tenants probably want to go to the big farm of the government, but they don't know that they are delusional. I've read the statutes of the big farm, and I'm looking for the best people there. ”

Lu Yuanwai did not follow Duan Tiande to criticize the big farm, he looked at the drizzle falling in the courtyard with some dejection, and muttered: "If there is land abandoned next year, you will have to be fined by the government." One acre of land is six times to pay money, this is to make us bankrupt. ”

Duan Tiande listened to these spineless words, and his anger was even stronger, "Deliver!" the fart! Never pay! ”

Lu Yuanwai shook his head slightly, and continued to say gloomily: "This year, the wheat in the government has grown well, and the beans have also grown very well. The price of this grain will not go up in any way. ”

"Then fight them!" Duan Tiande couldn't help but shout angrily.

"How to fight?" Lu Yuanwai still looked lost and depressed.

Duan Tiande really couldn't stand such an atmosphere, he dropped a sentence, "Come to me when you want to fight with Wen Zhang's dog thief!" "I went out in a huff.

On the way home, Duan Tiande strode into a meteor. When he got home, he immediately went to the back hall. The bookkeeper had already brought the books. Seeing Duan Tiande, Mr. Bookkeeper immediately came up and saluted, "Family Master, I'm here." ”

"How's the reckoning?" Duan Tiande's tone was stern.

"Head of the family, last year's rent was about the same as in previous years. But when the green and yellow were not available, the family had a lot of debts. Lost 10% of the gains. ”

"Ichisei?" Duan Tiande couldn't help but say angrily. Although he had also guessed about the same, and really heard the accurate figures, Duan Tiande's mood was still very bad.

The bookkeeper continued: "In addition, those tenants went to the government's factories to grind noodles and rice, and our family's mill did not make any money. I'm afraid that I will lose another point and two points of income. ”

After finishing speaking, Mr. Bookkeeper waited for Duan Tiande to get angry with some trepidation. After waiting for a while, he heard Duan Tiande's voice ask seriously, "Only so much?" Is there anything else? ”

"Master, after a while, it will be the dry period. The government has begun to put up notices for retired soldiers to go to the village to publicize and hire these people to work on the construction site. In the past, some tenant farmers sold their grain, and after a month or two they had spent the money, they had to borrow money from us. If the tenants could earn money on the site, they wouldn't have borrowed money from us. At that time, our family's income will only be reduced by five cents to one percent. ”

"So 20% of the income is missing?"

Duan Tiande's calmness made Mr. Bookkeeper even more uneasy, and he mustered up all the courage to make a summary, "Master of the family, this can be calculated. There are still some things that I am afraid of not being calculated. ”

"Hmm. Before New Year's Day, the family will pay a regular amount of money. Have you figured out what to do with it? ”

"Taking advantage of the fact that there is no loss of grain now, I sold the grain first. should be able to spend this year. ”

"Go down." Duan Tiande said.

Mr. Bookkeeper didn't expect that he was not being scolded, but felt very uneasy. But he didn't dare to stay here, in case Duan Tiande was about to find someone to vent his anger, then he would be asking for trouble.

When the bookkeeper left, Duan Tiande asked the housekeeper to call. Contrary to what Mr. Bookkeeper thought, Duan Tiande did not take the housekeeper for a fight. He instructed the steward to sell all the food in the house quickly.

"Master, is this okay?" The housekeeper was very uneasy.

"Hurry up. Last year, I thought that I would make a lot of money when I was not in stock this year, but I didn't expect the government to maintain food prices. The price of Chen Gu is low, and it is damaged when it is stored. This year, they were simply sold, so let the government lose it when it stores its own grain. Duan Tiande said calmly.

"But what will the elders say?"

"You can't control them, you go sell them first. If the elders have anything to say, let them come to me. ”

Duan Tiande wanted to take a good rest, but he didn't expect several elders to come that night. Seeing Duan Tiandehou, he directly asked what was going on with the grain sale.

"If we don't sell grain, we won't be able to send out this year's regular money." Duan Tiande replied briskly, while scanning the elders with his gaze. I saw the elders looking at each other, their expressions uneasy. Without waiting for the elder to speak, Duan Tiande continued: "Even if we sell all the grain, we will solve this year's urgent need, and next year's money is still not enough. ”

The elders' expressions changed drastically, and someone eagerly asked, "Could it be a miscalculation?" ”

Duan Tiande immediately replied: "Whether there is a mistake or not, we will know when this year's account room is settled." If we don't sell food now, the losses will only be even greater. I am the head of the house, and I can call the shots in this matter. ”

was able to sit in the position of the head of the family, not because Duan Tiande was better at losing his temper than others. Hearing him say this, the elders didn't dare to stop it. Already the elders asked in pain, "How can this be! ”

"There are people in the court who have spent a lot of money, and they don't want us to live no matter what." Duan Tiande replied heartbrokenly.