Autumn is crisp and sunny, and it is a good season to harvest wheat.

This year's Zhangjia Town grain harvest, everyone has a smile on their faces, whether it is the host's family, or the wheat customers they invited, at this time the face is happy, after all, seeing this yellow and clear wheat, who is not happy?

This wheat grows in the ground and is called a crop, and when it is harvested, it is put into a house and called grain, and it is ground into flour, and it is called food in a cage, and when it is eaten in the mouth, it is life.

After so many years of ups and downs in the Ming Dynasty, everyone has experienced what it means to be hungry, so they know the preciousness of food, and all those who don't know the preciousness of food are all brocade clothes and jade food, and only people who have not experienced hunger will have naïve ideas.

Li Dingguo put down the sickle in his hand, straightened his waist, and skillfully broke the wheat he had just cut into bundles and piled them together, and there would be a special ox cart behind him to collect the wheat bundles.

After tying up all the wheat that had been cut down just now, he stretched out his arm and pulled the sweat on his forehead, picked up the water hyacinth on the ground and poured a big mouthful, and suddenly felt that his whole body was refreshed.

During this time, he traveled with Wang Jiadong from north to south, from Hubei to Henan, and saw countless human tragedies, where the people were hungry, unclothed, and their faces were yellow and thin, their bones were as thin as firewood, and their eyes were hollow, as if they were not alive.

The land is large and abandoned, overgrown with weeds, it looks like a miserable, he Li Dingguo has been used to all this, and along the way, he didn't feel that there was anything unacceptable about this meeting, but when he came here, he saw that the people here were thriving, and the old people and children here were living happily.

Especially when he saw the yellow and endless wheat fields, he felt that this was the life that people should live.

People are not afraid of hardship, they are not afraid of difficulties, they are afraid of comparison.

When people are accustomed to living a hard life, they will become accustomed to it, and even live in poverty, but if they find that another place is living a fairy-like life, this comparison will tilt the balance of people's hearts.

Li Dingguo, who is accustomed to seeing tragedies in the world, felt unreal for a while when he saw the thriving and prosperous picture of Lantian and the people, this is not an illusion.

"The Ancient God Emperor"

But this thought did not last long, because Li Dingguo grabbed an ear of wheat, kneaded it in his hand, blew off the wheat husk, and a handful of yellow-brown wheat grains appeared in his hand, threw the wheat grains into his mouth, and a real wheat fragrance burst out of his mouth.

At this moment, Li Dingguo was sure that everything was true, everything in front of him could be deceiving, only the wheat that he ate in his mouth would not deceive people, and the grain would not deceive people.

"Hey, Dingguo."

Li Dingguo was stunned, at this moment Wang Jiadong on the side shouted, Li Dingguo came back to his senses and looked at Wang Jiadong, Wang Jiadong was in full swing at this time, I don't know if it was his own delusion, he always felt that Wang Jiadong since he came to Lantian, his mental state has changed, and the spirit is not the same as when Zhang Xianzhong was in the military camp.

It seems to have become more comfortable and comfortable.

"Dingguo."

Wang Jiadong shouted again, Li Dingguo looked at Wang Jiadong and said, "What are you doing?" ”

"Don't you boast that you're a good hand at the crops? What's the comparison? ”

Li Dingguo looked at the wheat field in front of him and laughed: "It's better than that." ”

After saying that, he picked up the sickle on the ground, hung the water hyacinth on his waist, and began to cut the wheat frantically with the sickle, as if the wheat in front of him had become a stumbling block in his path.

"Death to those who stand in my way!"

Li Dingguo shouted angrily, brandished his sickle and slaughtered into the wheat field.

Seeing him so crazy, Wang Jiadong was not to be outdone, picked up the sickle on the ground and rushed out, for a while the two of them were like two harvesters, moving forward rapidly, leaving a group of wheat customers behind, and the rest of the wheat customers who watched scolded their mothers: "Whose melon baby is this?" ”

Yes, everyone was going together, but the two of you went out and pulled a bunch of people behind you, which made the host's family look at it, and thought that they were lazy.

Thinking about a group of microphones, they also began to speed up.

At this time, the owner of Lantian who was standing on the high slope and watching the wheat customers cut the wheat couldn't help but laugh and said: "Those two descendants are really hardworking, and even brought this group of lazy donkeys to drive, and informed the family, add a piece of fat meat to these two descendants for dinner today, people work hard, we can't slack off people." ”

After hearing this, the butler behind him said, "Shopkeeper, this meat is precious. ”

The owner smiled and said: "You old goods, don't say more, we are Lantian people, not the former landlords and old wealth, people work hard, they have to give people good food, otherwise it will not be a shame for us Lantian?" ”

When the housekeeper heard this, he said, "Yes, yes, it's the old slave who thinks too much." ”

", how many times has the county respected said it, slave trading is not allowed, all relationships are hired, you old slave and old slave, let people hear, I still think Lao Tzu is a landlord and old wealth, Lao Tzu is now a serious Lantian businessman, you will call yourself me in the future."

When the housekeeper heard this, he said, "Shopkeeper, I've been a housekeeper for you for half your life, and I'm used to it." ”

"Habits also need to be changed, this is related to the reputation of our Lantian."

"Yes, yes."

The housekeeper replied, at this time the master was satisfied, he used to be a wealthy family in Dali County, although his family property was confiscated later, but with his leading insight of ordinary people, obey the command of Lantian policy, slowly go into business again to accumulate wealth, and become rich again.

Lantian does not exclude the rich, because a large part of the rich before this era were literate, and literacy represents the advanced and can lead the development of Lantian.

Therefore, all the policies of Lantian only protect human rights on the basis, such as everyone has land, and all kinds of rights are also enjoyed by the people, but this does not limit people from creating wealth with their own wisdom.

Lantian gives everyone a fair starting point, whether it is rich or poor, after the arrival of Lantian, their starting point is the same, the gap is after the start, some people finish farming, they start farming, and they are at home, and some experienced rich people, and some people with active minds, take advantage of the leisure time, or plant some vegetables and sell vegetables, or go to the city to work, or make tofu, or ......

Anyway, these people used this idle time, and they accumulated the first start-up capital, and then took advantage of the thriving development prospects of Lantian to begin to grow like a snowball.

This is unstoppable, and Li Chaosheng has no reason to stop it.

Li Chaosheng can't force everyone to enter the same running point again and again, those who can work more, and those who work more get more, this is a thing that everyone recognizes.

And only a group of people who get rich first can make the people who are rich later, and they will have the motivation to promote social development, so that Lantian can develop rapidly.

Some people say that Lantian hates the rich, in fact, Lantian is still very friendly to the rich, as long as you pay taxes on time and act in accordance with the laws and regulations stipulated by Lantian, Lantian does not restrict the rich, they can be allowed to wear silk and satin, use luxury carriages, and can hire maids, servants, housekeepers, long-term workers, and so on.

Even their children can go to school freely, and it is not impossible to be an official in the future, this is the treatment that Lantian gives to the rich, so in addition to the rumors that Lantian is a devil's cave, treat the rich to exterminate, give the poor stick food and land, and even if the poor stick has no daughter-in-law, Lantian will force the rich to marry their wives and concubines, and even daughters to poor people.

frightened some rich landowners, and they would tremble when they thought of Lantian County, for fear that their wives and daughters would be sent to the hands of poor sticks.

But those who have really been to Lantian know that this is, and Lantian doesn't do this kind of thing.

"Haha, Dingguo, I won."

Until the sky was getting dark, Wang Jiadong happily put down the sickle and looked at Li Dingguo with an unconvinced face.

The wheat customers who were left behind by the two of them held their waists, moaning in their mouths, and slowly moved closer to the wheat field, especially near the master's house, this young voice was a little louder, declaring to the master's family how hard they had worked and worked hard for a few days.

Li Dingguo also rubbed his waist at this time, this farm work is really different from marching and fighting, marching and fighting, such as the two armies facing each other, fighting is explosive, Li Dingguo is very explosive, so if he fights Wang Jiadong on the battlefield, he will definitely win, but this farm work is endurance, and Li Dingguo is slightly inferior to Wang Jiadong.

The two came to the wheat field, at this time a middle-aged woman with a group of people was serving food to this group of wheat customers, the food of the wheat customers was very good, and they ate oil and noodles today.

When Li Dingguo and the two of them arrived, the mother-in-law filled a large bowl of noodles for the two, and then took out two large pieces of meat from the small basin with a lid on the side and covered the noodles of the two.

"Afterlife, eat, eat more."

The mother-in-law said to Li Dingguo and the others with a smile, and when she saw Wang Jiadong, she smiled and said, "Thank you, auntie." ”

The mother-in-law was even happier when she heard this, who doesn't like to have a sweet mouth.

Li Dingguo also nodded, seeing that the meat and other wheat customers were gone, arguing that the main family was eccentric, the mother-in-law heard this and scolded angrily: "You lazy people are embarrassed to say this, the two descendants of the family cut more than you cut in a day this afternoon, if you are so capable, I told our master that I will give you meat to eat every day." ”

Hearing this, a group of wheat customers shut up, no one has anything to do, but this group of wheat customers is also scolding Li Dingguo and the others in their hearts, these two donkey dung balls, what are you doing so fast, let's settle the salary one day, delay one more day, and get one more day.

Wang Jiadong didn't pay attention to the gossip of these wheat customers, but Li Dingguo glanced at the wheat customers coldly, and when the wheat customers saw Li Dingguo's eyes, they didn't know why, and their hearts were empty all of a sudden.

The mother-in-law couldn't help but rejoice when she saw that Li Dingguo was able to live in shock, and took out two boiled eggs from the basket on the side, and one person said: "Good posterity, you work hard, my aunt can't lose you, let's eat this meat every day, I'm angry with these bastards, right, have you become a family?" ”

The two shook their heads in unison.

The mother-in-law smiled: "Okay, if you don't marry a daughter-in-law, the sister-in-law will give you a bang, see if anyone's family has recruited an elderly son-in-law, our Lantian is not easy to enter, but if you can be recruited as an elderly son-in-law, and then intercede with the governor, maybe you can be naturalized, and then you will become Lantian people, and the good days will come." ”

Hearing this, Wang Jiadong smiled and said: "That feeling is good, please also ask my aunt Zhang Luo Zhang Luo." ”

When the mother-in-law heard this, she smiled and said, "Okay, but this is the opportunity, and I can't hurry." ”

The mother-in-law said and looked at the wheat in the distance and said: "Oh, okay, it will be harvested in ten days, and when the time comes, after paying the public grain, and giving some more to the tenants who farm, I should be able to have thirty percent left, which is a good year." ”

After listening to his mother-in-law's words, Li Dingguo on the side looked at his mother-in-law puzzled and said: "Your family's field is harvested, you can only get 30%, is the tax burden in Lantian so high?" ”

After all, according to Li Dingguo's cognition, this kind of landlord's family, generally has a bumper harvest, they can get sixty percent, the government can get three percent, and the tenant farmers can get two percent, which is considered conscientious, and in the end, it is not for nothing that the tenant farmers only get one percent, but how can the landlord's family only get three layers now?

Hearing this, the mother-in-law shook her head and said: "The tax burden of Lantian is not high, so it occupies half of it, and the rest are all tenant farmers." ”

"Huh?"

Li Dingguo heard for the first time that tenant farmers can occupy the lion's share, what kind of trick is Lantian playing, the landlord's family is thirty percent, the tax burden is one and a half, and the remaining fifty and a half are tenant farmers?

Aren't you? So who is the tenant farmer and who is the landlord?

Li Dingguo was shocked by Lantian's behavior, and then the mother-in-law said: "Why are you so surprised, this is how our Lantian came from, in fact, you don't have to be surprised, because my large piece of land, not all of them are my own, of which our family only has less than 100 acres, and the rest are all tenant farmers."

"Huh?"

Li Dingguo couldn't understand it again, and his mother-in-law saw that Li Dingguo's two descendants were pleasing to the eye, so she explained the reason again, all the land in Lantian is public, and the public land is divided into the common people for farming, and the people have many choices, the first is to cultivate by themselves, such as planting corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes.

The second is to plant wheat, due to the low yield of wheat, the people rarely like to cultivate, but the taste of wheat is good, and the demand of people in the city is also great, but the people themselves are unwilling to plant, because there is a risk, how to compare the yield of wheat with corn?

Therefore, there is a gap in the market, so some bold and active people will sign contracts with the farmers, and you will plant the land for me, and I will guarantee you how much you will harvest in a year, and then you will cultivate the land for me, and I will also pay you wages.

In this way, the people received two incomes, the first was the money for contracting the land, and the second was the money for people to cultivate the land as tenant farmers.

The landlords, that is, the land contractors, after some tossing, took away 30% of the net profit, which is not a loss, and these land contractors earn a share of the money, he takes 30% for one household, and what about 100 households? What about 500 households?

Therefore, these land contractors make a lot of money, and the common people also earn more than growing corn, which is a good and benign development.

Li Dingguo's eyes widened when he heard this, and it took a long time to say: "Can you still play like this?" ”