According to Ding Yezi's idea, every farmer should have their own land, and a few acres of land can barely be planted, and if you do some other work, the income is definitely stronger than farming.

Hao Ling smiled and stretched out his finger to knock her on the head, shook his head and smiled: "Do you think that every family has its own land?" A few years ago, there was a drought, and many families had no food and clothing, so they had to sell their land. ”

Without waiting for Hao Ling to finish speaking, Ding Page said clearly: "So you took advantage of that time to hoard a lot of land?" ”

Hao Ling smiled silently, but the meaning was already obvious.

Ding Yezi silently, this is also in ancient times, land can still be bought and sold privately, and those farmers who sold their farmland for a temporary purpose have to rent land to make a living, needless to say, the hardships are self-evident.

It has been a long-standing proposition between businessmen and peasants who is good and who is bad, and no one has made it clear.

The carriage stopped, and Yang Li quickly jumped off the carriage and knocked on the door.

Soon, Tao Bo, the steward of Zhuangzi, opened the door, arched his hand to Yang Li with a smile, glanced at the carriage quietly, and asked quietly, "But the eldest young master is here?" ”

Hao Ling's illness Hao Mansion did not hide it, although Tao Bo lived some distance away from Hao Mansion, he still knew some major events in Hao Mansion, and he also knew that Hao Ling had become a relative.

Yang Li shook his head and said, "The eldest young master didn't come, this time the young lady came instead of the eldest young master, and she waited carefully." ”

Tao Bo was stunned for a moment, and looked at the carriage in amazement, he knew who the young lady was, and he had heard some things, but he never thought that this time the rent would be collected by the young lady, this year's harvest is very good, it should be a festive thing, but it is also a complicated thing. The young lady and a female streamer came to collect rent, I am afraid that she will not be able to control the scene.

Tauber couldn't help but get worried.

Xu is accustomed to begging for food under people, after more than an hour, Qinglian and Zishuang also accepted their fate, they are also involuntary people, whose hands are in the hands of their own life and death, naturally who is their master.

After adjusting my thoughts, this attitude became much more attentive.

When Yang Li asked the young lady to get off the car outside, Zishuang took the lead in opening the curtain of the car, jumped out of the carriage quickly, and hurriedly moved a footstool to put on the ground, so that Ding Yezi could get off later.

Zishuang was supporting outside, Qinglian was protecting in the car, Ding Yezi saw the actions and changes of these two people, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. She is not a person with a small belly, and if these two people really work hard under her hands, she will not treat them lightly. Of course, it is impossible to trust them, and the knot was formed from the beginning.

Ding Page stepped on the footstool and slowly got out of the carriage, and did not jump directly from the carriage as Zishuang did before, one identity and one behavior pattern. Now that she is the young lady of Hao Mansion, she naturally has to pay a little attention to many aspects, and she can't let Hao Mansion be talked about because of her.

Today she specially wore a lotus pattern gown inlaid with blue lotus, a fine sprinkled flower inlaid with silver-edged Luo skirt, and only a beaded jade hairpin was simply inserted on her head, although it was not very rich, but the atmosphere was solemn, but it made people look high, and they would have some respect for her.

Ding Yezi knew that when she first married into Hao's mansion, and now she came to collect rent instead of Hao Ling, there would definitely be some people who were dissatisfied with her. And since Aunt Shen handed over this matter to her, she must have some thoughts of watching jokes, and she will definitely not find credit for her. So before coming, Ding Yezi took great pains to dress herself, not only to make people not think that she was a nouveau riche, but also to make people not look down on her, fortunately, she had experienced enough things in her previous life, and she briefly picked out her wardrobe and makeup, so she had the dress she has today.

In this regard, Hao Ling also praised her and praised her actions very much.

Tao Bo saw two people dressed as maids walking around a young woman, and knew that the young woman among them was the young lady of Hao's mansion today. He hurriedly stepped forward, respectfully made a gesture for Ding Page, and said, "The old slave Tao Yuanzhi has seen the young lady. ”

Ding Yezi had a shallow smile on the corner of his mouth, looking very approachable, and he stretched out his hand to signal Tao Bo to get up, and asked indifferently: "Tao Bo, how is the harvest in Zhuangzi this year?" ”

Tao Bo hurriedly responded with a smile: "Back to the young lady's words, the harvest in the Zhuangzi this year is very good, and one or two more burdens of land per mu than in previous years. ”

Fortunately, before Ding Yezi came, he also had an understanding of the farmland output of the current era, and knew that the current grain output could not be compared with modern times, and now this mu can produce three or four hundred catties of land, which is considered a high yield, and this year's harvest is so good that it can be said to be a bumper harvest.

A bumper harvest, anyone who hears these three words will be happy, and Ding Page is no exception.

"This year is really a good year, with so much more per acre, everyone can have a happy New Year."

As soon as the words fell, Ding Yezi obviously noticed that Tao Bo seemed to have a difficult face, and she subconsciously glanced at Steward Li, but found that Steward Li was also frowning.

What's going on? Shouldn't a good harvest be a festive event?

Ding Yezi was suspicious in his heart, but things were always bad to stand at the gate and ask, so he said, "Let's go in first and talk about it." ”

Tauber hurriedly turned sideways and invited Ding Page in.

The Zhuangzi is not large, that is, it is a two-entry house, with a small garden, for the masters to come here for recreation.

The person in charge of managing this house is the third generation of Tao Bo's family, and before Ding Page came, Aunt Tao had already taken her two daughters-in-law to clean up the yard where Ding Page lived.

After entering the courtyard, Aunt Tao came to Ding Yezi's side and asked respectfully, "Young lady, you are tired all the way, do you want to go back to the room to rest first?" ”

According to her original idea, the leased land originally had a contract, and the farmers only had to pay the rent according to the contract, and she only had to collect the money, so there was nothing for her to worry about. But the looks of Tao Bo and Steward Li just now told her that this was definitely not a simple matter.

She shook her head and said in a deep voice, "No, it's important to go first." ”

Then she strode towards the main hall, ready to ask Tao Bo and Steward Li what the situation was.

It's also to blame her, she thought about this matter too simply, but she didn't expect that there would be another situation in it.

Ding Yezi sat down on the main seat, still smiling, and did not show the doubt in his heart.

"Steward Li, Tao Bo, you can also sit down, you don't have to stand there."

Steward Li and Uncle Tao were disrespectful, so they sat down on the left and right sides, and then Aunt Tao brought tea up.

Ding Yezi took the teacup on the side, took a sip of tea, frowned, and put the teacup back in its place.

Xu is because she is used to drinking good tea in Hao Mansion during this time, and the tea that Aunt Tao just sent her can't drink a sip.

Seeing this, Qinglian hurriedly and quietly pulled Aunt Tao out. Ding Page only glanced at it, but didn't ask much.

"Tao Bo, you know the situation best here, I took over this matter at the beginning, and there are still many things I don't understand, you can tell me about it." Ding Yezi said with a light smile, looking kind.

Tao Bo arched his hand, seeing that the master spoke to him so well, he was naturally happy in his heart, "The old slave doesn't dare, I don't know if the young lady knows a thing." ”

"What's the matter?"

Tao Bo said: "Haofu's land lease contract is actually different from the side family, the contract states that if one mu of land is less than three quintals of grain, then each mu of land needs to pay one quintal of rent, if it is more than three quintals of grain, in addition to paying one and a half quintals of rent, the rent for the next year will rise!" The output of previous years was about three quintals, and the eldest young master didn't care about it, but this year was really a bumper harvest, and if the rent was not raised, the house would be at a loss. ”

Ding Yezi nodded understandingly, from Hao Fu's point of view, his own land has a bumper harvest, so Hao Fu will naturally make some money, but because the contract of other people's people is not written like this, it is very likely that those farmers will not agree to this condition.

Of course, Hao Fu can say forcefully that whoever does not pay rent according to the rules will not want to plant Hao Fu's land in the future. But in this way, Hao's reputation can be regarded as ruined. Although businessmen are mercenary, businessmen with a good reputation can naturally make more money.

Ding Yezi quickly thought of something, and asked Tao Bodao: "How are the contracts of the people on the other side written?" ”

Tao Bo sighed: "When the contract was first made, the old slave persuaded the master, if the contract was established like this, it would be a loss for Haofu, but the master is a kind-hearted person, and it is not easy for farmers to farm land, and it is necessary to let farmers have something to eat, so it was established." The contract of the other family is very simple, no matter what the grain output is, only one load of grain is left for the peasant households per acre of land, and all the grain on the side is collected. If it weren't for the fact that there was too much gossip from a big family later, the master would not have added the regulations behind. ”

Hearing Tao Bo say this, the little contempt for Master Hao that Ding Page had in his heart just now quickly disappeared without a trace, and in the end, it turned out that Master Hao was all for the sake of the farmers. The reason why the latter regulations were added was also helpless. Since you are all doing business in Taihe County, if you are too maverick and slap others in the face, can others make you feel better?

Master Hao treats the farmers who rent Hao's fields too favorably, if these farmers who rent other people's fields know, can they not complain about their own masters? Will you farm the land with good care? Anyway, I only have one load of grain left, and it doesn't matter much to me if I produce less.

It's not the heart of a villain, it's the normal thinking of a normal person.