The story of a noble girl

Chapter 147 Who is more suitable to be a landlord

"Is there anyone in the village who knows how to grow cotton, village chief?" Lin Xiaoning asked.

"Yes, a lot of them know how to grow. They used to talk about this, saying that cotton is more expensive than grain, and whether they should plant some cotton next year. Seeing that the rice is growing so well today, they all plan to grow rice next year. gone."

"Remember those who know how to grow cotton. Tomorrow I will plant cotton on the [-] acres of land over there."

"But Xiao Ning, our rice is growing so well now, we should plant it again next year."

"Don't worry, the village chief, it's the same when growing cotton, it will be like our rice."

"That's good, that's good," the village chief said with a smile, "Also, those men who helped us open up the land said that they want to come to rent our land next year."

"Village chief, I'm just going to tell you about this. After the autumn harvest, when you are free, you have to build a house on the four thousand acres of land. If there are tenants, they have to have a place to live. However, these tenants are not refugees. For those who do not settle down in Taocun, the house is only for them to live in, so that they can farm with peace of mind. They can bring their family members, and the female family members can arrange to work in the workshop. Now that Taocun has more land, but fewer people, it is not To 1000 people, we need more people to build up the entire land of Taocun.”

The village head pondered: "Xiao Ning, I thought the same way before, but now it's a little troublesome. Because the county magistrate Tian said that once the land in Taocun was opened, all the villagers in other surrounding areas would come here. There will be no one to plant, and all the land in Taocun will be planted. This will not work.”

"Tell him, you can go to any kind of place you want to go to. Taocun has good geomantic omen and good crops. It's normal for everyone to want to plant it. Ask the county magistrate Tian, ​​which one is the name? It is written in the law that people are not allowed to rent land from other villages to plant? Village head, our Lin family is now a fourth-rank official family, so don’t be afraid of that county magistrate.”

The village head said: "Xiao Ning, our rent was originally set at [-]% to [-]%. For the refugees, if you perform well and work hard, you will be charged [-]%. If you are lazy and slippery, you will be charged [-]%. But now it is all fixed. Forty percent, as the old man said, it’s not easy for everyone, even a little bit of laziness is unavoidable, forty percent is unified.”

"Isn't that right? Other villages are [-]% and we are [-]%. Those guys like to farm whose land, so it's clear. Don't even think about it."

The village head said: "If this is the case, the landlords around Qingshui County will have to reduce their rent in order to keep people. This is afraid of causing public anger."

"Then tell me, village chief, if you don't want to make people angry, our Lin family's land will be left unused here if it is open."

"Actually, there is a way. We hire long-term workers. We hire some long-term workers. Our land in Taocun is good and the harvest is good. If we only get [-]% of the income, we will lose money. This is hiring people, not renting out land. It's the best of both worlds." .”

Lin Xiaoning laughed loudly: "It's okay to invite long-term workers, and long-term workers are also hired, but there are so many lands, and there are still [-] lands that have not been opened, and they will have to open in the spring of next year. When will we invite them? Now the four thousand Mu, as long as someone wants to come to the tenant, I will go out. I will let Mingchao’s rent be reduced by [-]% like Taocun. I will start with Qingshui County. I don’t believe that these people have worked hard for a year and paid the rent. There are not many houses left, our rent is [-]%, the harvest is higher than others, and we still have brick houses to live in. Let the magistrate of Tian Tian tell the landlords in other villages that if the rent is reduced, people will naturally be able to keep people.”

The village chief said: "Xiao Ning, you are ruining other people's wealth. Our Tao Village was developed on wasteland, and the land is not expensive, but it has been raised for a year. These are all silver, and the land is expensive. [-]% is not impossible, but for so many years, it has been [-]% of the rent, and [-]% is the price of the rent between relatives."

"Village chief, I just want to ask you, if the landlord loses this tenth of the rent, will it hurt his vitality?"

"That won't happen."

"But if the common people have [-]% more, wouldn't life be much better?"

"Of course."

"Yes, village head, I'm going to do this right now. The rent in Taocun is [-]%, and we still have a house for them to live in. If you want to come to the tenant, you can come and register, but these people have to be good farmers. , family members can arrange to work in the workshop."

"Xiao Ning, the surrounding landlords must be making trouble."

"Okay, if they want to come, just call me. I'll accept the recruits one by one. I don't believe it. Without these farmers, how will their land be planted? Is it possible to reduce the rent in front of them? I will go to Qingshui County tomorrow. Post the notice and let the word out, I just have nothing to do now, so I will come to meet these big landlords around Qingshui County to see which one is more suitable to be a landlord?"

As expected, four days after the village chief posted the notice in Qingshui County, someone came to Taocun.

It was a group of people, about a dozen of them, the leader was an old man, dressed richly, but not vulgar, and his appearance was gentle, he seemed to be a wealthy family of several generations, and he was a literate person.

Lin Xiaoning asked two maids to serve them tea, and Meizi was reading medical books in the room, so she was not asked to do these trivial tasks.

After a group of more than a dozen people took their seats in the main hall, the old man at the head said to Lin Xiaoning: "Miss, can I invite your master, I have something important to discuss with your master."

Lin Xiaoning smiled, and the maid beside her went to report.

Mr. Lin had to report and asked, "What's going on, you have to find me?"

The old man at the head got up and said: "Master Lin, I have admired you for a long time, it is like this, I am from Guohe Village, Qingshui County, surnamed Guo, and these people and I are rich households in the surrounding villages of Qingshui County, because the rent of Master Lin's family Regarding the son, come to bother me to discuss..."

Mr. Lin smiled and said: "You can discuss these matters with my girl, ah."

Master Guo at the head said urgently: "Master Lin..."

Mr. Lin still smiled: "Master Guo, let's talk, I'll go play cards first, let's have dinner here in the evening, and ask someone to say hello to the kitchen and prepare some dishes."

Master Guo stood up and declined politely, and said, "Master Lin, this matter of renting...?"

"Master Guo, you can just ask my girl about renting a house, if she can't solve it, then ask me."

Mr. Guo and the other landlords who came here looked at Mr. Lin with a little dumbfounded as he went out with the little silver wolf.

The village head said with a smile: "Masters, please take your place. Regarding the land rent, just ask the lady of the host family. The old lady of the host family doesn't care about such trivial matters."

Master Guo and the other landlords turned their attention to Lin Xiaoning again.

Lin Xiaoning sat on the main seat in the main hall with a smile, wearing a beige muslin coat, a navy blue cotton skirt underneath, and a pair of black cloth shoes with brown hems.Not even a single flower.

But the whole body, no matter the clothes, skirts, or shoes, are so exquisitely made, using the best fine cotton cloth in the dynasty, which is thin, breathable, and spun evenly. Wearing, the price is comparable to silk.Looking at the method again, even the stitches are invisible. This method is the best silk method, but it is used on muslin.This is the best lady Fu Guanyue invited, and she was stitched out stitch by stitch. This set didn't have a single flower, but it took seven days and seven nights. Lin Xiaoning's body was not so time-consuming Fee work.

Master Guo suddenly felt that his eyesight was dumb, and he thought she was just a big maid, but later he heard her called Grandpa, and he only thought of Miss Lin's family, and she dressed like this.Looking at it again, I can see that this dress is not inferior to that of a young lady from any rich family.This young lady is the person in charge of the Lin family. It seems that she is the rumored second young lady of the Lin family. She was so young.

Master Guo stood up again and said, "Second Miss Lin, I've been waiting for you for a long time..."

Lin Xiaoning interrupted with a smile: "Master Guo, let's get down to business. I have been waiting for you to come here for this matter. I have been waiting for a few days. Today, I saw that there are still quite a few people."

Master Guo and the landlord Yicong looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

Lin Xiaoning picked up the vegetable cup and took a sip with relish: "Master Guo, are you here for the rent?"

Master Guo hurriedly said, "Exactly, the second miss of the Lin family, we are here for the rent."

"Well, gentlemen, how much land do you have in total?"

Everyone was silent and didn't know how to answer. Finally, Mr. Guo cleared his throat: "Second Miss Lin, my Guo family's land also has thousands of acres. The land of these people is almost the same as my Guo family's land."

Lin Xiaoning took a sip of tea, but didn't answer.

Master Guo continued: "Second Miss of the Lin family, last year the Lin family opened up wasteland and took in the refugees, and the rent was cheap. This is a good deed of the Lin family. But now the Lin family has opened up a new wasteland, and the rent is still the same as that for the refugees, [-]%. They also arranged for the family members to work in the workshop and temporarily live in the house. In this way, there are many villagers in our village who want to stop renting our land after the autumn harvest, and want to come to Tao Village to farm. I don’t know what the second Miss Lin’s move means. , Since ancient times, the tenant rent has been [-]%, you are messing up the market, aren't you?"

Lin Xiaoning smiled again: "Master Guo, each of your lands is thousands of acres. There are so many of you and tens of thousands of acres of land. Why are you afraid that my newly opened four thousand acres will divert your tenants?"

"Second miss of the Lin family, this statement is wrong. Although your family has only newly opened [-] mu of land, there are still two kilns, a workshop, and a medicine workshop. After all, each family does not need to rent much land. If you have three acres of land, you can temporarily live in Taocun, and you can work in two kilns during the slack season. If you calculate it, there will be a lot of diversions."

"Master Guo is good at calculating. It's all calculated in detail, but I don't understand. If people love to come to my peach village, I can stop them."

"Miss Lin, what do you mean by saying that? We are all wealthy households, and we live on those land rents. You have kilns and workshops, but we don't. If you reduce the rent, we will reduce it by [-]%. But it hurts the muscles and bones!"

"Oh, if I don't reduce the rent, won't your people be diverted? Master Guo, if my Lin family also rents [-]% of the rent, like you, then if someone comes to rent the land, they won't do anything about my Lin family. Bar?"

All the landlords fell silent.

　Ladies and gentlemen, there is only one update today, I am too tired from overtime, and my aunt, this time my aunt has not left for many days, which is a bit troublesome.I drank Wenjing soup and went to bed earlier, please understand me.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)