Ding Yezi frowned and thought for a while, and said: "This year's output is so high, and paying a rent of one and a half is not too much. Don't you mean that the farmers will not agree to a rent increase in the coming year? ”

Tao Bo bowed his head and said: "Back to the young lady's words, the old slave is exactly what he meant, after all, it is impossible for the annual harvest to be as good as this year, and the eldest young master has always been generous to people before, but now once the matter of raising the rent is mentioned, I am afraid that some Diao people will not agree to it." ”

Ding Yezi quickly measured in her mind, she was born hard, but it didn't mean that she was also a good bully. Renting land is also a business, and Mr. Hao has made a lot of concessions, trying to make money for the farmers, but if he gives up too much, Mr. Hao will inevitably be gossiped by his peers.

Could it be that you are the only good person in this world? Are you the only one who can be a man?

"Tao Bo, who is going to collect this rent?" Ding Yezi asked in a deep voice, after all, it is impossible for her to collect it from house to house, right? This is clearly unrealistic.

Tao Bozuo said: "Generally speaking, in previous years, it was collected by the village chief in the village, and then handed over to the eldest young master in the Zhuangzi. ”

Ding Yezi heard the meaning of Tao Bo's words, and hurriedly asked, "What about this year?" ”

Tao Bo looked unhappy, and replied in a deep voice: "Back to the young lady, I have also found the village chiefs of each village this year, hoping that they can put away the rent as soon as possible, and when the eldest young master comes, they can also pay the account directly, which is convenient and saves a little trouble." However, those people said that the matter of raising the rent would have to be discussed again, and it would have to be talked about when the eldest young master came, and the matter of collecting the rent had been delayed. ”

Ding Yezi nodded slowly, pondered for a while, and then looked at Steward Li on the side, now Hao Ling is not here, and she doesn't know how much the rent should increase in the coming year, so she can only ask Steward Li, a knowledgeable person.

"Steward Li, what do you say should be done about this matter?"

Steward Li clasped his fists and said: "Young lady, in my opinion, this bumper harvest is really rare, and there are only three or four times in a hundred years, if the rent rises too much, and the harvest is not good in the coming year, it will inevitably have a certain impact on the reputation of Hao Mansion." ”

"And what do you mean?" Ding Page asked with a frown.

Steward Li said: "I think it's better to directly change this year's rent to two loads, and the rent for the next year will not rise, depending on the situation." In this way, the farmers should also be satisfied. However, this is only the opinion of one person, if the young lady feels that it is necessary, she can send someone back to the mansion to ask the eldest young master's meaning. ”

Ding Yezi was very satisfied with Steward Li's idea, after all, such a good harvest was indeed rare.

She turned her head to look at Tao Bo and said, "Tao Bo, you also heard what Steward Li said just now, so let's do it." ”

Tao Bo's face was embarrassed, "Young lady, don't you really need to discuss this matter with the master and the eldest young master?" ”

If this matter is not handled well, Ding Yezi is the young lady of Hao Mansion and Hao Ling's nobleman, Hao Mansion will definitely not do anything to her, so he has to be angry with someone like Tao Bo who is doing things underneath. Although Tao Bo knows that Hao Mansion is not the kind of mansion that does things indiscriminately, and has always been kind to people, there will always be exceptions, right?

Ding Yezi said: "Tao Bo, if the situation is really as you just said, then do it like this, if there is anything, you can rest assured, I will bear it." ”

Seeing that Ding Yezi insisted, Tao Bo didn't want to say anything more, so he had to respond, saying that he would send someone to inform the village chief as soon as possible, and inform all the villagers of the result.

Taking advantage of this notice, Ding Yezi took out the account book again and sorted it out, compared with the total amount of rent collected in previous years, this year it has doubled, and the account is much easier to calculate.

Then she asked Tauber how long it would take.

Tao Bo replied: "If nothing else, this news will be notified to the village chiefs, the village chief should call a meeting of the villagers, inform the villagers of the result, if the villagers have no objections, they should quickly collect all the rent, and then the village chief will hand over the rent, so it will probably take more than two or three hours." ”

Since it was still early, Ding Page went back to the courtyard to rest first. At the moment, it seems that things are relatively easy to deal with, but I hope it is really that simple.

But he said that after Ding Yezi returned to the courtyard, he had just asked Qinglian to fetch her some water to wash up, so as to drive away the fatigue of the journey, but Tao Bo came over again.

Ding Yezi secretly guessed that something must have happened again, and Tao Bo came to greet her.

Let Zishuang go out and ask Tao Bo to wait in the side hall for a while, and she will arrive later.

Ding Yezi quickly changed her clothes and hurriedly walked to the side hall, this was the first thing she did on behalf of Hao Ling, but she didn't want to mess it up. When she arrived at the side hall, she saw Tao Bo pacing around the side hall, and his face seemed to be difficult.

"Tauber, what's the matter?" Ding Page asked in a deep voice.

Hearing Ding Page's voice, Tao Bo hurriedly paused, turned around and walked towards Ding Page, and respectfully hugged his fists and said: "Young Madam, just now there was news from Zhuangzi, after the village chief summoned the villagers to announce your words, Young Madame, there were villagers who questioned your words, and I had to see you in person." ”

Ding Page was stunned, "See me in person?" ”

Tauber nodded, "Exactly." Originally, there was a method written in the contract, but now the young lady says that you don't follow that and only charge two rents, the villagers are still not at ease, so you have to say it in person in front of them. ”

Ding Yezi also said that it was a big deal, it turned out to be just such a thing, but it was simple. Think about it, even if this happened to her, and the boss suddenly said that the contract was going to be changed, she would definitely ask the boss to say it in person in front of her, instead of waiting for someone else's message.

"Okay, this is no problem, you ask Yang Li to prepare, and I'll go to the village." Ding Yezi agreed very eloquently, and explained that she was going to the village by herself, not asking the villagers to come to the village to find her.

Tao Bo looked at Ding Page hesitantly and asked, "Young lady, I'm afraid it's not appropriate for you to go in person, right?" Or let a few representatives from the village, and let them hear what you mean, young lady, and then go back and convey it, so you don't have to go back and forth, young lady. ”

Ding Yezi shook his head and said slowly: "It's okay, since I have to deal with this matter, I have to deal with it after all." It's better for me to go to the village in person, and tell all the villagers what I mean, and the people who come back to the province will spread a shadow, which is not good. ”

Since Ding Page is not afraid of trouble, Tao Bo is not good at saying anything more. Moreover, in his mind, it was naturally the most appropriate for Ding Page to personally tell all the villagers, if Hao Ling came, he would definitely do so, but because Ding Page was a woman, he had many concerns. But thinking about Ding Page's background, that trace of concern was quickly left behind by him.

Tauber answered yes and hurriedly went out to prepare.

Yang Li is a small guy under Hao Ling, he is very clever in his work, and he has some fists and feet, this time Hao Ling specially sent him over, and he also protected Ding Page 1 or 2. When he heard the news from Tauberna that Ding Page was going to the village, he hurriedly asked the coachman to start setting up the car, and when everything was ready, he went to Ding Page Yard to report it.

Ding Yezi was busy and took Qinglian Zishuang, as well as Steward Li, Yang Li, Tao Bo, Aunt Tao and others to the village together.

After soliciting the opinions of Tao Bo and Steward Li, Ding Yezi went to Zhangwang Village first. As the name suggests, most of the residents in Zhangwang Village are surnamed Zhang and Wang, which is closer to the Zhuangzi of Haofu, and the voice of doubt is also the largest.

Wang Taili, the village chief, led a group of people to meet the village early, and when he saw two carriages coming in the distance, he smiled on his face, and told the villagers behind him to silence him.

In the face of the simple villagers, Ding Yezi will not put on any pretentious displays, after all, she was also a farmer's child in her previous life, and she has the most feelings for these people who face the loess and turn their backs to the sky.

Seeing Ding Page approaching, Wang Taili first bent down and saluted: "The villain Wang Taili has seen the young lady. Following Wang Taili's salute, a group of villagers behind him also saluted Ding Yezi.

Although Ding Yezi's identity is not so noble, nor is he the wife of an official family, as the head boss of these villagers, he is still qualified to take advantage of them.

Ding Yezi smiled lightly, stretched out his hand from afar, signaled that the villagers did not need to be polite, and said: "You just have to act cheaply, don't be so polite." ”

Seeing that Ding Yezi was so approachable, Wang Taili and the villagers were relieved, and they had a bottom in their hearts. In fact, as long as the main family is easy to speak, they are not the kind of unreasonable people.

Under the greeting of Wang Taili and his party, Ding Yezi and others took the lead in going to Wang Taili's house.

As the head of Zhangwang Village, Wang Taili's yard is also the largest, located on the highest eastern plot of Zhangwang Village, and the courtyard occupies as much as one acre of land. Compared with the three or four small houses of other villagers, Wang Taili's family can be regarded as a mansion.

Regarding Wang Taili's wealth, Ding Page is noncommittal, everyone makes money by their ability.

When he got into the courtyard of Wang Taili's house, Ding Yezi secretly sighed in his heart. I have to say that Wang Taili is really a little rich lord, not to mention the large area of the yard, there are also two courtyards inside, and even a small garden is attached, some flowers and plants in the garden are even common in Hao's mansion, and the windows are bright and clean everywhere, and even some furnishings can be seen to have spent thought and silver.