With the autumn winds, the weather irreversibly begins to cool. Duan Tiande was wearing cotton clothes, and he felt cool and comfortable. As soon as the tea was brewed, the bookkeeper walked in quickly, and after saluting, he said, "Master, the person who asked for the account has returned." I've made the list. ”

"It's our own family who went to ask for the account this time, right?" Duan Tiande asked.

"Yes. It's all our own family. Don't give them the errand fee. The bookkeeper replied hurriedly.

Hearing that there was no need for additional expenditure, Duan Tiande took the list and looked at it. Judging from the accounts, more than 80 percent of the households have completely recovered their money, and most of the remaining 10 percent have also repaid a large part of it. In the face of such success, Duan Tiande frowned, and he asked, "In the village where these people are located, are there people who work on the government's farm?" ”

"Back to the head of the family, now as long as there are retired soldiers in Jiangning's villages, there are people who work on errands on the farms in official uniforms."

"Hmm." Duan Tiande nodded slightly. Compared to previous years, the debt recovery rate is extremely high. It shows that the Duan family's money is basically coming back. Even a lot of money is old accounts. As a big landowner, Duan Tiande knew very well that what could bring the Duan family the greatest benefit was precisely the old accounts. Tenant farmers can only repay a part of the interest each year, and the principal and interest that cannot be repaid will become the principal of the next year. Every year, he provides a lot of money to the Duan family.

Those tenants are not stupid, and once they can afford to pay off their debts, they will naturally not borrow again. The Duan family's money returned to the Duan family, and it was gone. If only he could forcibly lend money to these tenant farmers, Duan Tiande couldn't help but think. In that case, the Duan family can eat interest forever. Thinking of this, Duan Tiande asked, "Isn't there anyone borrowing money this time?" ”

The bookkeeper shook his head, and the people in the village seemed to have discussed it, and did not mention the matter of borrowing money. Before coming to see Duan Tiande, Mr. Bookkeeper was already shocked. He felt that no matter how much had changed now, it would not be easy to recover all of his debts.

"Go down." Duan Tiande said.

As soon as the bookkeeper left, Duan Tiande called the housekeeper. "How many people have tenants for next year's land so far?"

"Thirty percent of the land where barley is planted is out. At present, only 10% of the land for rice cultivation is shared. ”

“…… Looks like they're full! Duan Tiande's tone was full of mockery.

"Master, what should I do?"

"Keep waiting." Duan Tiande replied, "Those people still want to rent our land, but after a few days of full food, do they think that every day is after the autumn harvest?" ”

"The head of the house. The government won't hire any more people? ”

"No, it won't. The government will not recruit any more people in the next two years. Duan Tiande replied categorically.

"That's good." The butler's face lit up when he heard this.

Duan Tiande didn't want to explain anymore, so he let the housekeeper go down. He sat back down at the table and reached for the teapot. Feeling that there was only a trace of residual warmth in the tentacles, he called in the servants and boiled water to make tea again. Looking at the back of the servant, Duan Tiande began to consider whether he really wanted to give Duan Fengming a piece of money. In the past, there were very few officials in the government, and the government could do even less. It's actually quite easy to get the news. At present, the scale of the government is much larger, and the difficulty of getting information has skyrocketed.

Just like the news of whether the government's farms want to recruit new people, there are two opinions of 'want' and 'don't' coming back from different channels. 'Don't' is fine, there's only one content. The coverage of the message of 'recruiting people' is too wide, from recruiting 100 people to recruiting 10,000 people. There are various theories.

In the end, Duan Tiande had to go to Zhao Duan Fengming to get very accurate news. At present, the average person on the farm cultivates 20 acres of land, and the manpower has been exceeded, so in order to improve efficiency and profits, the recruitment is suspended. What impressed Duan Tiande was not this news, but the content provided by Duan Fengming contained a lot of information. This includes the efficiency in the current government farm. These are of great value to Duan Tiande's judgment.

The thought swirled in his mind for a while, but Duan Tiande still couldn't make up his mind. It is difficult to describe in words, but Duan Tiande knows that there is a deep gap between himself and Duan Fengming. Maybe Duan Fengming has never relied on the Duan family, so his relationship with the Duan family is very weak. Giving money to such a person is beyond Duan Tiande's bottom line.

A few days later, new news came that the government's farms began to grow winter wheat. It was already planted by the government at this time last year, and there was a bumper harvest at the beginning of this summer. Duan Tiande hurriedly sent people to watch, wanting to see what method the official government used. The two brothers who were ordered to go were Duan Renfeng and Duan Fengxiang.

The two of them immediately mounted their donkeys and set off, this time passing by the river, where the mulberry trees that had grown a little like their fingers last year. It looks short and sturdy, not at all like the previous appearance of not knowing life and death. After crossing the mulberry forest, the two walked forward for a short time before they reached the edge of the wheat field.

And he saw four oxen walking in the field with ploughs. The shining plough passed through the ground as if there was no resistance, and the ground rose like a wave. The two brothers set their eyes on the stout cow, both of which had strong torsos and strong limbs. The most interesting thing is the huge hooves, which are already very large, and the hooves of the cows ploughing in the fields look much larger than ordinary hooves. The two brothers squatted on the edge of the field, staring intently at the ploughing cattle that were walking in. The hard work paid off, and when the cow reached the edge of the field and the cow driver made the four cows turn, the two were finally able to watch it up close.

I saw that the hooves of the cow were black, and the black was quite shiny, which was by no means a normal hoof. At this moment, the herder of the cattle asked the four cows to stop. He picked up something from the ground again. He told the ox to retract its hind legs, and the raised hooves stretched out backwards. The cattle herder knocked the black thing off the dirt in his hand and put it on the outside of the cow's hooves. And he drove nails into the hooves of the oxen. Only then did the two Duan brothers understand that this thing turned out to be something similar to a horier.

Since they had never taken physics classes, the brothers certainly did not know the law of pressure. Under the same force, the smaller the contact surface, the greater the pressure. That's why it's hard for a fist to pierce a free-falling piece of paper, but a steel needle can easily pierce a cowhide.

The Duan brothers saw last year that the cattle on the official farm could be used for a long time, but the Duan family's cattle could not do it. After working for a certain period of time, if the cow is forcibly used, the cow itself will be tired, and the cow's hooves are more likely to be injured. Once the hoof is injured, the cow has to rest for a while. Just like a person's foot injury, you have to rest for a while.

At this time, the two brothers took out their pocket watches and looked at the time, and then sat outside the field to watch. If it weren't for the fact that the two of them were still holding donkeys, they would look no different from the unemployed. However, not long after the two brothers sat down, someone else came to the side with a donkey. Looking at the clothes should be someone from the nearby landlord's house. The two brothers didn't talk much, but smoked cigarettes while watching the cattle plough the farm. Four oxen ploughed the ground, and another passed through the field with a disc. The disc on the instrument cuts into the soft soil, and the ox pulls the instrument forward, and the disc rotates as it advances.

As far as the two brothers could see, there were two groups of oxen pulling instruments past them. Seeing the evening, the two found that there was no one to work on the farmland that had been cultivated. If I had to say yes, it was a knight on horseback patrolling the neighborhood.

Neither of them wanted to spend the night in the cold field, so they rode away on their donkeys. All the way I just took care of the donkey. When they saw the lighted city wall in the dark night, the two brothers got off the donkey and led it forward. After being bumpy for so long, the two brothers really need to walk to soothe their qi and blood.

"There are more livestock on the government's farms than people." Duan Renfeng couldn't help but sigh.

"They dare. With so many livestock, a plague would be terrible. Duan Fengxiang also sighed.

For such a negative emotion, Duan Renfeng echoed with bad intentions: "Hehe, it's not bad if it's a plague." ”

Before the laughter fell, Duan Renfeng heard Duan Fengxiang ask: "You hate the government so much?" ”

When Duan Renfeng heard this, he didn't know how to answer. He led the donkey and walked for a while, and then said: "I can't talk about hating the government, I just think it's not a big deal to watch the excitement." ”

"Me too." Duan Fengxiang frankly agreed.

The two brothers walked a few more steps and couldn't help but laugh together. They all felt that this matter was funny, logically speaking, the Duan family and the government had reached such a point, and the two of them should hate the government deeply. At least the elders of the Duan family think that the younger generation should hate the government as much as they do. But the brothers didn't have that in mind.

Duan Renfeng sighed: "I heard that after a while, the head of the family is afraid that we who don't have much land will withdraw from the public land. ”

Duan Fengxiang heard the same news, and the reasons given by the narrator were very convincing. The children of the Duan family have to work for the family, for example, the Duan brothers have to run all kinds of errands. Then the land of the two families can get eighty-five percent of the average yield per mu of their land, and the other one-five is to be given to the clan as the capital.

From the point of view of tenant land, the rent that can be obtained is generally 50%. is higher than fifty percent, which is what the Duan brothers did for the family. Now the Duan family is facing a big problem, and a guy like the Duan brothers who only has fifty to one hundred acres of land in the family seems to be worthless. If you let them out of the clan field, you can save a lot of money.

"I think we have done so much for the Duan family, and the clan will not be so affectionate." Duan Fengxiang expressed his opinion. He did so much because he didn't want to be kicked out.

Duan Renfeng sighed: "You go ahead and get it." I'm really tired and can't do it anymore. Even if we don't have it in the clan field, we can still get an extra fifty percent of the land if we farm it ourselves. In the past, there was a private school in the clan, but now I have to go to school to study. Even if we don't rely on the clan, we can also afford to pay for the children in our family to go to school. ”

Duan Fengxiang didn't know whether Duan Renfeng's words were angry or true, no matter what he said, the Duan family had been engaged in clan farming for so long, and Duan Fengxiang really didn't have the will to slap his ass and leave. If he could, he would still like to be able to stay with the clan.

It was getting late, and the two brothers went back to their respective homes when they entered the city. The next morning, the two went to Duan Tiande's house and first returned to the things that had been explained. After listening carefully, Duan Tiande was silent thoughtfully for a while, and asked a few more questions. Then he said: "Ren Feng will go out first, and I will talk to Feng Xiang about something." ”

Thinking back to the recent rumors, Duan Fengxiang's heart immediately became nervous. I saw that Duan Tiande asked someone to take a thick envelope and handed it to Duan Fengxiang. Duan Fengxiang opened it and saw that it was full of money. He was overjoyed and surprised, happy that he got a lot of money, and surprised that the money was not so easy to get.

"Feng Xiang, you also know what happened to our Duan family." Duan Tiande said seriously, "At the moment, we can't sit still, you just go to Hangzhou to complain." Let's see if we can take another route. Our Duan family still has a few friends in Hangzhou, so we really can't help but walk around. It's up to you to go this time. ”

“…… I'm worried that I won't be able to do something so big. Duan Fengxiang said.

"Don't be afraid, this is your regular money this year. We will send your brother Duan Feng to Hangzhou with you first. ”

Duan Fengxian is Duan Tiande's son, and now Duan Fengxiang has some bottom in his heart. It turned out that Duan Tiande wanted his son Duan Feng to lead the team first. Looking at the current situation, Duan Tiande was also preparing for them to stay in the capital for a while longer. Because he couldn't find a reason to refuse, Duan Fengxiang responded: "It's all up to the patriarch's arrangement." ”

After saying this, let Duan Fengxiang go first, and Duan Tiande called Duan Renfeng, "Renfeng, are you still willing to farm now?" ”

More than two hours later, Duan Fengxiang went to Duan Renfeng's house for the second time, and the news he got was that Duan Renfeng did not go home. This can make Duan Fengxiang anxious, how can he see the sub-patriarch Duan Tiande, and the person will disappear.

And Duan Renfeng's family didn't know where Duan Renfeng went, and it wasn't that he disappeared after suddenly receiving an errand from the family. At this time, it was already noon, and Duan Renfeng could only go to see Duan Fengxian after eating. I originally made an appointment to meet in the afternoon, but when I arrived at Duan Fengxian's house, no one was there. When I asked Duan Feng where he went first, the answer he got was 'I don't know'.

This can make Duan Fengxiang angry, who is not there, and there is no accurate news, is this a trick on Duan Fengxiang? Leaving a note for Duan Fengxian in a huff, Duan Fengxiang turned around and went home. Isn't it just dragging each other, who wouldn't?

When he got home, Duan Fengxiang was sulking on the bed in a huff. Because it was a little cold, I dragged it over and covered it with a quilt. After this back and forth, he fell asleep.

"Xianggong, Xianggong." Hearing his wife's voice in his ears, Duan Fengxiang pulled the quilt and wanted to continue sleeping.

"Xianggong, Renfeng is coming to you." The wife continued to call from the side.

"Huh?" Duan Fengxiang finally came to his senses. He struggled to open his eyes, yawned and said to his wife, "Please let him in." ”

Waiting for his wife to go out, Duan Fengxiang put his head on the pillow, and immediately felt that he was about to fall asleep if he continued to fall asleep. At this time, I heard Duan Renfeng say beside him: "Feng Xiang, my family's land is about to leave the clan field." ”

A spirit, Duan Fengxiang finally came to his senses.