The gate of Anyuan imitates the appearance of those mansions and gardens in the capital. Three rooms and five frames of the eaves gatehouse, the double-sided brick carved with the lintel of the peony flower passionflower, the edge of the bucket frame is full of various carvings of fresh patterns, which does not fall into the cliché of the ordinary rich and noble people of the people, and it seems quite atmospheric. The two words Anyuan on the plaque do not know where to find the famous calligrapher, at first glance it is a little magnificent, but after a closer look, it is only minus two points. If you're just a newcomer, you might think it's a royal house.

At this moment, twenty or thirty tenants knelt in front of the green-painted gate, some wearing large cotton jackets, others just shabby jackets, and all of them had patches of one kind or another. Zhang Zhuangtou himself brought over more than a dozen Zhuang Ding had encountered tenants resisting tenants and reducing rent, but at that time, after all, it was the old land of the Hou Mansion for many years, or handed a note to the official mansion, or beat people away with a stick, how could they have seen such a situation, they just opened their heads in the door and poked their heads inside the door, but none of them rushed out. As for the women who came to help in the front yard, they kept tiptoeing over to take a look, after all, they were all from the village on the edge of the Chaobai River, and these tenants were either relatives or neighbors.

As for the Hou Mansion Ding who came here with the Zhu family before. Nor did he act rashly. The Zhu family has been the housewife since marrying into the Yangning Hou Mansion, and the old Hou Ye Chen Yong has been away for many years, so although there are two sides and three knives in the Hou Mansion, there are also loyal and honest and reliable. The people who came out this time were all cronies who obeyed the old lady's orders. At this moment, a group of people stood silently in the courtyard, and several of them looked at the account room behind them.

In the account room, Zhang Zhuangtou looked at the middle-aged man in front of him with an impatient face, his forehead was already a little sweaty, but he could only explain in a continuous voice: "I really don't know what is going on." A few days ago, there were occasional people who came to the door to plead, but it was only two or three, and I asked people to go out and talk a few times, and soon the people were sent away, but I didn't expect that this time there would be such a big group. You must know that the old lady and the third lady and the fourth young master are all here, and I have a few dares to be deceived. ”

Chen Rui was the Zhu family when he went to Huguo Temple to pray for blessings when he was pregnant with Liujia, he happened to pick up the abandoned baby at the gate of the temple, and he was brought back to the Hou Mansion with kindness for a while, and handed it over to Mrs. Zhao to raise him. At this moment, after listening to Zhang Zhuangtou's words, he frowned.

"Then watch these poor men kneel here and beg for nothing?"

"I've already sent someone to the Inspection Department to report the news, and some archers will be sent there soon to disperse the people."

"What's the use of dispersing for a while, if they come to make trouble every day, will the old lady still recuperate?"

"That's what you say, but that's all you need for now. I'll tell you the truth. When I took over this Zhuangzi, I felt strange, all the surrounding horses and rivers are good fields, this Zhuangzi is really magnificent, to say that it is just a Zhuangtou of an imperial village, it seems that there is no such hand, but if you want to say that the palace is the royal supervisor Xia Gonggong, it is enough to buy more land, and he can't live in this Anyuan, so why bother? I went to ask the people who had helped in the Zhuangzi, and the Zhuangzi had only been built for less than two months, and the land was given to our house. ”

Although Chen Rui said that he had done a lot of things for the Zhu family, inside and out, and also read a few books with Steward Zheng, but there was not much ink in his stomach after all. Just as he raised his eyebrows and was about to open his mouth, he heard a soft knock on the door outside.

"Brother Rui, I went out with Chu Ping and the other three people from the Fourth Young Master to deliver hot water to those tenants."

"Are those four boys who haven't grown their hair yet?" Chen Rui was taken aback for a moment, and after asking, he got a positive answer, and he suddenly snorted angrily, "Four and a half children dare to care about this kind of thing." How daring! Go out with the two of them to have a look, after all, they are the people of the fourth young master, and the third young lady and the fourth young master don't look good when something happens. Also, tell me to go down, don't alarm the inner courtyard! ”

When the outsiders heard this, they hesitated and replied: "After all, there are a few rough women over there, and they just went outside to wander around, maybe the news has already passed in!" ”

Before Chen Rui could answer, a louder shout came from outside: "Brother Rui, the third lady inside sent someone out, please talk to Zhang Zhuangtou!" ”

Hearing this, Chen Rui and Zhang Zhuangtou glanced at each other, Chen Rui frowned and was a little dissatisfied, but Zhang Zhuangtou remembered the two questions he was asked when Steward Zheng led him to kowtow. However, after all, the two did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly walked out of the house one after another. Chen Rui summoned the person who reported the news to ask a few words, and then walked inside side by side with Zhang Zhuangtou. Turning the last stone bridge along the road, and when they reached the gate of the weeping flowers, they saw two rough women standing in front of the door, so they stopped.

After a while, a peaceful voice came from inside: "No need to salute, let's talk about what's going on outside?" ”

Chen Rui glanced at Zhang Zhuangtou, Zhang Zhuangtou hurriedly stepped forward and repeated what he had said to Chen Rui at the beginning, but he pressed his own doubts behind him, and finally pleaded guilty and said: "It's all petty carelessness, you should send someone to keep an eye on these tenants as soon as possible." But please rest assured, Miss San, the inspection department has already handed over the note. In a moment, they will send archers to drive them away. ”

"I drove people away today, and I will come back tomorrow, is it possible that I will have to alarm the inspection department every day?"

Chen Lan stood on the sandwich road that intersected with the straight road of the Hanging Flower Gate, not afraid that someone outside would see him, at this time he couldn't help but ask directly, and after listening to the outside for a long time, she didn't know that Zhang Zhuangtou didn't have any good ideas for the time being, so she asked again: "Has that Zhang Zhuangtou ever inquired about how much the rent of the Huangzhuang should have been, how much was the bonus later, and how much did they owe, how many years in total?" Also, when this imperial village was given to our house, what did you say about the rent owed? ”

When Zhang Zhuangtou took Zhu and his party in, he had only given Huangzhuang's land to be one acre of land and two stones, and now when he heard the two words of this bonus, his heart was cold, and he hurriedly bent down and replied: "The little one asked, the rent of this Tian'anzhuang was originally one stone and four buckets of one acre of land, and then it was added to one bucket of six, and the previous Xia Zhuangtou was added to one acre of land and two stones." Later, some of the tenants escaped, but because the monk couldn't run away from the temple, it was impossible for the family to run away. Therefore, the yamen will take one by one. According to the small inquiry, there are three or four years of arrears, and one or two years of arrears, and the rent arrears range from seven or eight stones to dozens of stones, and the total arrears are about seven or eight hundred stones. ”

Seven or eight hundred stones?

Chen Lan raised his eyebrows, and quickly calculated in his heart. According to her inquiry, the price of rice today is not as good as one or two silver and two stone rice when the country was founded, and the price of rice has gradually risen for many years. That's more than a thousand taels of silver. For ordinary people, more than 1,000 taels of silver may be an astronomical amount, but if this Anyuan is not smashed into it with tens of thousands of silver, it will definitely not be built. Such a garden royal family said that they would give up, how could they let a former head of the village force rent arrears like this? Also, shouldn't we end this before giving the field? You must know that now these tenants, whether in terms of personal or otherwise, are already in the name of the Hou Mansion!

Outside, Chen Rui was already a little impatient when he heard Chen Lan and Zhang Zhuangtou's questions and answers. After all, he didn't understand these grange property matters very well, and he was also in charge of Zheng at home. He was standing there thinking about his own business, when he suddenly heard a call from inside, and then he came back to his senses.

"Steward Chen, please send two proper people to accompany Zhang Zhuangtou out again, ask those tenants kneeling in front of our house, what do they want, call them to the front yard alone one by one to ask, and then come back to me after you understand."

"Third Miss, these tenants are all poor men, even if you ask about this matter, you can't manage it, it's better to disperse the matter. As for tomorrow, if they dare to make trouble again, they will take someone to teach them a lesson. Tenants are this kind of slippery scoundrels, at the end of each year, they are fighting with the main family to resist the tenant and resist the rent, if they have the upper hand, they will reduce the rent and waive the rent, if the master has the upper hand, it is to increase the rent and seize the tenant, this has been the case since ancient times. Third Miss is better not to worry too much. ”

If it was really just a fourteen-year-old Houmen daughter living in a deep house, Chen Lan might have listened to this persuasion, but she was not a weak lady in her bones, plus this farm is the foundation of the future survival of the long house, and the tenant is also given with the grange, if it is really not handled well, it may be a big crime to reach the ears of the emperor, so she does not dare to ignore it in the slightest. Thus. Hearing the contemptuous meaning in Chen Rui's mouth, she said lightly: "The old lady is recuperating here now, and the internal and external affairs are handed over to me. ”

Hearing that there was no sound outside, she glanced at the green calyx that came out with her. Lu Cao hurriedly shouted: "Uncle Rui, the old lady instructed her to recuperate, and now she lives in Anyuan, and all the affairs are taken care of by the third lady, from the maid's mother in the old lady's house to the Zhuang Ding outside and the family who came with her, all of them are assigned by the third lady." ”

Everyone in the Hou Mansion knows that among the servants in the Lixiang Courtyard, the old lady trusts Mother Zheng the most, and the girl is the green calyx with the most face. Therefore, Chen Rui thought for a moment, and felt that the green calyx should not fake the old lady's orders, so he pressed the disapproval in his heart, bent down to answer, and went out with Zhang Zhuangtou. As soon as they left, Chen Lan asked Lu Cao to go back to the house to serve the old lady well, and then called the red snail.

"Chu Ping's four little ones have already been sent out?"

"Yes, if Su Mu goes to pass it, he should have gone outside by this time."

Chen Lan nodded slightly, and then ordered: "The four servant women of the Chu family are going to come and kowtow, but they are afraid of alarming the old lady, so they only let people come in with a word, you go and order them now and take them to the inverted seat hall in front of you first." Since they have been in Zhuangzi for several days, they are women, so they may know better. ”

Seeing that Hongluo agreed to go, she took a deep breath. She has now initially gained the trust of the Zhu family, but there are not a few people like Chen Rui who are unconvinced, and the cronies are the most important. Moreover, if you can't even figure out the specific situation, what can you hope to solve?

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