At this time, Han Zhen asked, "Who is the lieutenant chief?" ”

"Old decay is the chief."

The white-haired old man who had spoken earlier stepped forward.

"The lieutenant stays."

Han Zhen waved his hand: "Everyone else is gone, what should I do." ”

The villagers scattered in twos and threes, but there were still six or seven families standing still, men and women, old and young.

Han Zhen raised his eyebrows and said, "What's the matter with you?" ”

The villagers looked at each other, and one of the middle-aged men stumbled and said, "Little ...... Xiao Langjun, we are tenants of Wang Yuanwai's family, and now that Wang Yuanwai is gone, what should we do? ”

Han Zhen asked, "How many fields are there outside Wang Yuan?" ”

The man said: "Forty-six acres of paddy fields, one hundred and eighty-five acres of dry fields." ”

"It's all rented to you to plant?"

"It's all rented to us."

"And how was the rent calculated?"

The middle-aged man shook his head: "There is no rent, we help with farming, and the king will give us a bite to eat." When the harvest is good, there will be some extra food. ”

Boy!

This is a tenant, isn't this a serf?

Seeing Han Zhen's surprised expression, the lieutenant on the side explained: "Xiao Langjun, it's all like this now. In the early years, there were indeed tenants, but the relocation of tenants required a document from the owner's family, and many owners deliberately did not open the documents when they saw that the tenants were leaving. The tenants could not leave, so they could only stay, and over time they became what they are now. ”

After listening to the explanation, Han Zhen suddenly realized.

Got it!

It is the landlord who deliberately does not let the tenants go, and forces the tenants to become serfs and farm for themselves from generation to generation.

And what the landlord needs to pay is only a little grain.

There are so many fields, someone has to plant them.

Thinking of this, Han Zhen groaned: "Now I will give you two ways to choose, the first method is to pay fifty percent of the rent, and the rest will belong to you, and you don't have to pay the field tax." The second way is to get a salary, 300 yuan per month, and two meals. ”

Fifty percent rent is not high, but it is not low either.

Considering that Wang Yuanwai's family is all good land, the grain yield rate must be higher than that of ordinary fields, so after paying the rent, the remaining grain is enough for their family to eat, and they can still have some money to spare.

After he finished speaking, the villagers immediately said in unison: "Let's choose the second method!" ”

They are not stupid, although the first method sounds tempting, but the harvest of this thing depends on God's face.

God is in a good mood and rewards you with a bite to eat, but if you are in a bad mood, you don't even have to eat.

The second method is different, the harvest is guaranteed in drought and flood, no matter what the harvest is in the field, there is a bite to eat, and you can still receive a monthly salary.

Three hundred wen.

At the end of the year, it was more than five times, which was a huge sum of money for these poor people, who were called tenants and were actually serfs.

Han Zhen nodded and said, "Okay, I'll write a few deeds when I go back, and sign them by the way when you come to dinner tomorrow." ”

"Thank you, Xiaolang-kun!"

More than 20 people knelt down together and kowtowed to Han Zhen sincerely.

When these tenants left happily, Han Zhen turned his head and asked, "Are there any relatives in the village who are other than the king?" ”

"It's gone!"

The chief heard the meaning of his words and shook his head: "Wang Yuanwai is the eldest in the family, and there are two brothers below, and the old man died of tuberculosis in three hours, and the Wang family Erlang moved to Yingtianfu after splitting up. The two daughters were both allowed to be concubines by Master Xu. ”

Han Zhen asked again: "Are there many escapees in this mountain?" ”

"Why not much!"

Li Chang sighed: "In the early years, Xiaowang Village was also a big village with ten miles and eight townships, with more than 260 households. ”

Han Zhen nodded, already having a plan in his heart.

After pondering for a moment, he suddenly asked, "Is the Elder Li's family okay?" ”

Li Chang smiled bitterly: "Barely satisfied." ”

He, the lieutenant chief, actually just has an empty name, no different from ordinary villagers, and everything in the village is decided by the king.

"From today onwards, the long moon will be 500 Wen." Han Zhen said, and instructed Ma Sangou on the side: "Go find my sister-in-law to get 500 yuan." ”

Soon, Ma Sangou came with a bag of copper coins.

took the copper coin and stuffed it into the chief's arms, Han Zhen said with a smile: "These five hundred wen is this month's money, I hope the chief will take a lot of trouble to help me manage the village well." ”

"This ......"

Holding the heavy cloth bag, the chief looked complicated, and then said gratefully: "Thank you Xiao Langjun, the old man will do his best." ”

……

Seeing the chief leave, Ma Sangou finally couldn't help it at this time, and asked the doubts in his heart: "Second Brother Han, aren't we going up the mountain to be bandits, why do we stay here?" ”

Han Zhen pointed to the three surrounding mountains: "Aren't we just occupying the mountains as kings now?" ”

Ma Sangou scratched his head, which was completely different from what he imagined.

In his thoughts, Han Zhen should be like Li Tianwang on Montenegro, occupy a mountain, build a cottage, and then gather a group of bandits to eat meat and drink wine in large bowls.

Seeing his dazed look, Han Zhen patted him on the shoulder and chuckled: "There are several kinds of bandits who go up to the mountain, since we want to be a high-end point." ”

Who wants to live in the mountains if they have nothing to do?

Snakes, insects, rats, ants, and beasts are rampant.

In addition to solving the problem of housing, it is also necessary to collect the fugitives and reclaim the land......

How good it is now, there is a house with blue bricks and red tiles to live in, and many steps have been saved.

More than 100 ready-made farmers, as well as hundreds of acres of grain about to ripen.

Han Zhen is confident that he can deal with these villagers, even if he really doesn't do it, it will not be too late to run up the mountain.

And the reason why he chose Xiaowang Village was after careful consideration.

One is that Xiaowang Village is located in a remote area, and when he came yesterday, he noticed that it is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and there are more than ten miles of road from the county seat, and there is only a rugged loess mountain road leading to the outside world.

As long as you hold the only exit, you can sit back and relax.

In case it doesn't hold, there is enough strategic depth, just drill into the mountains.

The second is that Wang Yuanwai's reputation is too stinky, and he has bullied the villagers too hard over the years.

Wang Yuanwai was killed, and the villagers would only applaud.

Just need to give the villagers some sweetness and make their lives better, and the villagers will spontaneously support Han Zhen.

If it were a different village, it might not have ended like this.

There is a third and most crucial point.

Han Zhen was sure that even if the county government knew that they occupied Xiaowang Village, he would not dare to come to them for trouble in the short term.

Today, he made such a fuss in the county town, which scared many people.

Moreover, as soon as Master Xu dies, Changzhi County will definitely take advantage of the situation to control power, and it is inevitable that there will be a battle with the wealthy gentry in the county, where will there be energy to find trouble with him.

Thinking from another perspective, if he is a Changzhi county, after taking control of the county, he will never take the initiative to provoke himself, but seize the time to make money.

When he is about to leave office, he will report to the imperial court for recruitment.

It can not only add a political achievement to the resume, but also earn a settlement fee from the imperial court.

In the end, he was promoted with his political achievements and money.

Of course, these are just his guesses, and he can't be sure that Changzhi County will have a brain convulsion one day, and he will be suppressed with a slap on the thigh.

However, it is conservatively estimated that Changzhi County will definitely not be able to free up his hands to target him within a month.

Suddenly, Han Zhen thought of something and asked, "By the way, what about Wang Yuanwai's wife?" ”

"Dead!"

The monkey replied.

"You killed it?"

"I didn't kill her, there was chaos in the backyard at that time, and several servants rushed in to snatch the money, and the wife of the king tried to stop her, but was pushed down by a servant and died on the corner of the flower bed." The monkey explained

When the servants of a large family see that the lord's house is in trouble, even if they do not rise up to resist, they will not take advantage of the fire to rob and rob the lord's house.

It can only be said that it is self-inflicted, and it cannot live.

Wang Yuanwai was not only ruthless to the villagers, but also extremely stingy with his own servants.

The cook was slapped in public just because she put more salt in the cooking, and the other servants were beaten and scolded on weekdays.

It is estimated that these servants have been holding grudges for a long time, and today they have completely exploded.

Han Zhen instructed: "Monkey, the four of you drag out all the corpses in the house, pile them up and burn them." Sangou, you go and bring the cook and the maids. ”

After a while, Ma Sangou led seven or eight women over.