Su Jinli looked at the poor tenants who were pushed out: "Those inferior fields, you are responsible for farming?" ”

Perhaps because they had been pushed out, these people nodded cautiously although they were afraid.

It's just a look of evasion, panic.

Su Jinli said: "I asked you to come today just to tell you that from now on, I will be in charge of the inferior field." Therefore, you must all listen to me from now on. ”

The tenants were visibly stunned for a moment, and then became even more nervous.

Su Jinli continued: "Now I want to ask, how much rent do you pay every year? ”

As soon as these words came out, the faces of those stewards suddenly changed.

There has always been a lot to be done about the matter of paying rent.

For example, on the bright side, because the land yield of the inferior fields is too low, only 30% of the rent is required every year, and the remaining 70% is owned by the tenants.

In the medium field, the tenant has to pay forty percent of the rent.

For the high-quality land, the tenants have to hand over fifty percent.

These things were to be handed over, and they had to be written down in the books of accounts and sent to the king's house.

And in private, those who are in charge of affairs will inevitably receive some filial piety.

This thing received privately cannot be recorded in the account books, nor can it be known to King Qin.

Before, they only thought about handing over the hot potato of the inferior field to this Su Gongzi who suddenly appeared to take care of it, but they forgot about the tenant rent!

What they didn't expect was that this Su Gongzi seemed to have been prepared, and he actually asked directly!

If these tenant farmers say the wrong thing and poke out those private things, then they ......

The stewards were so frightened that they couldn't help but stare at the tenant farmers with their eyes, for fear that they would say something they shouldn't have said.

These tenant farmers are obviously honest people, and after hearing Su Jinli's words, they were stunned at first, and then they were silent and did not dare to speak.

"Why not?" Su Jinli had to ask again, "How much rent do you pay?" ”

This time, her tone was deep, and she seemed to be a little displeased.

When the tenant farmers heard this, they became even more uneasy.

Perhaps because he was afraid of being punished, someone finally had the courage to speak: "Return...... Back to the adult's words, we ...... The grass people pay 30% of the rent every year, and the fields are inferior...... It's all 30% rented. ”

"Thirty percent ......" Su Jinli was a little surprised when she heard this number.

The inferior fields have to pay so much, the medium fields and the upper fields......

So she asked again, "How much do you pay for the middle and upper fields?" ”

This time, without waiting for anyone to answer, a steward couldn't wait to say: "He is right, the prince is benevolent, here, the lower fields are all paid 30% of the tenant rent, the medium fields are 40%, and the upper fields are 50%. ”

"I see." Su Jinli glanced at the stewards with a smile, and then looked at the group of tenant farmers, seeing that their expressions were different, it seemed that some people were quite dissatisfied with this, and the smile on his face couldn't help but deepen.

"Since the regulation is to pay 30%, then 30%. But I have something to tell you. I've heard that there is no need to fertilize the inferior fields, but from now on, this rule has changed. It's just that what fertilizer to use and how to fertilize and farm, you all have to listen to me. ”

As soon as she said this, a steward suddenly asked, "Master Su, you said that you listened to you, but there is no problem." But these tenants live on the harvest of the field.

If something goes wrong with the crops, their hard work for the year will be in vain, and when there is no harvest, then their lives will be even more difficult, and they may even starve to death. ”

Su Jinli looked at him and asked, "So what are you worried about?" Afraid that this son will mess around and cause them to lose their harvest? ”

The man laughed dryly, and said righteously: "The humble duty is also worried about these tenants, after all, they also have a family to feed, and if they accidentally spoil the crops in the field, the family will not be able to survive." ”

As soon as he said this, the faces of those tenant farmers who were already miserable really became even more ugly, and the eyes that looked at Su Jinli were a little more defensive and hostile.

Su Jinli felt funny, so she asked: "Since this is the case, then let's talk about it, what is the yield per mu of this inferior field?" ”

As soon as she said this, a steward rushed to say: "If you go back to Su Gongzi, the output in this field depends on the time." If the weather is good, one season of rice and one season of wheat can be harvested a year, six or seven buckets of rice can be harvested per acre, and four or five buckets of wheat can be harvested per acre. ”

When Su Jinli heard this, her brows furrowed tightly.

The bucket is a unit of capacity, and a bucket of rice is converted to 12.5 catties, which is not rice, but rice and wheat grains. If the density of bran and bran is definitely not as heavy as rice, so in the case of the same volume, the weight of a bucket of rice and a bucket of wheat is definitely not enough for 12.5 catties, and it is estimated that it is about 10 catties.

Those six or seven buckets, even if they are counted according to seven buckets, are only seventy catties. Four or five buckets are even less, only forty or fifty catties.

Of course, there is no fertilization, but this yield is too low.

This is still a good time, if the weather is not good, the worst case, I am afraid that there is no harvest!

It is estimated that it has something to do with the variety.

The current varieties are naturally incomparable with the high-yielding varieties of later generations.

Su Jinli couldn't help but ask again: "What about the high-grade fields and the medium-sized fields?" ”

As soon as these words came out, another steward stood up and said with some smugness: "The yield of the best and medium fields is naturally much higher. If the weather is good, one acre of high-quality land may be able to harvest two stones of rice and one stone of wheat. ”

Su Jinli calculated again, one stone of rice is one hundred and twenty-five catties, and if it is converted into rice and wheat, the weight must be slightly smaller than this, and one stone is more than a hundred catties.

The two stones of rice are only more than 200 catties.

Compared with the super hybrid rice of seven or eight hundred kilograms or even thousands of kilograms in later generations, the yield per mu is really pitifully low.

It is no wonder that these tenants are all in rags, and their clothes are stuffed with straw wool.

This amount of output, they still have to pay rent, plus the squeezing of these stewards, they have been busy for a year, how much food is in their hands?

The yield per mu of inferior fields, rice and wheat combined, the annual yield is only 12 buckets at most.

This is what the steward said, and even if there are many of them, they will swallow them privately.

The yield per mu of twelve buckets, even if you rent ten acres of land, is only twelve stones. After paying thirty percent of the rent, there are only nine stones left. This amount of output has to be taxed.

I'm afraid the rest is not enough for my own family to eat.

No wonder they always say that they eat bran vegetables, dregs of bran couples, the grain yield is too low, and the bran and bran have to be eaten together, and the taste can be imagined.

Su Jinli secretly shook his head in his heart, and then said: "Since this is the case, then calculate the yield of twelve buckets per mu a year, if you cultivate according to my requirements, and the yield is less than this number, I will double the supply to you." ”

When the tenant farmers heard this, they were dumbfounded.