The safety and comfort of traveling through farming

Chapter 109

"Boss, you are really a good person..."

"Good man..."

"A good owner will be rewarded!"

The tenants of Hedong Village kept bowing and saluting, emptying their stomachs and giving all the good words to Fu Shi and He Tao.

"I heard that the Hu family is well-known as a great benevolent person..." He Tao was very curious about this: "Why didn't you tell the Hu family?"

As a well-known benevolent person in the village, not to mention asking everyone in the family to follow suit, at least he would not choose someone whose behavior style is completely opposite to his own to be his subordinate, right?The old man gave up his own vested interests, just to gain a good reputation, and in the end it was all messed up by his shit-stirring stick. Can he not be angry?Daoxiang Village is not far from Jinhuai Town, and everyone knows that the Hu family is there. Isn't it just a matter of suing each other when they come to the door to file a complaint?
How could he be oppressed for so many years in vain?
Jin Tie sighed and said: "The old man of the Hu family is indeed a good person. He must not know what happened here. I heard what my father said. It turned out that when the old man was in charge of the house, the most rent collectors were pickers. Fruits and melons. It started when Mr. Hu, the father of Mr. Hu who passed away a few years ago, was in charge of the house 20 years ago. He changed the housekeeper and accountant. At the beginning, the villagers didn’t dare to say more, but the more they wanted They came more and more, and when it reached [-]%, there were a few households who couldn't take it anymore and went to the Hu family to file a complaint. They were beaten out by the family at the door, and the land of the family who went with them was taken back after the lease expired. The fertile land in our area is owned by a big family, and we don’t even have to reclaim the wasteland. If we lose the leased land, we will starve to death. Since then, no one has dared to sue.”

It turned out to be deception.Hu Yiming and his father are really weak!
He Tao thinks that the people in Hedong Village are too simple. If He Tao had encountered this kind of thing herself, she would use a very damaging method to directly spread the hypocrisy of the Hu family. The Hu family will come to investigate by themselves.However, although the people in Hedong Village are free, they speak and act with a slavish air that cannot be ignored. It is estimated that they cannot do such a thing.

After a bit of self-contempt, she went back to business.

Soon the contracts of Hedong Village were all dealt with, He Tao and Fu Shi packed up and planned to go to Hexi Village, thinking of the misunderstanding just happened, she proposed to let Jin Tie go with them, so as to avoid being treated as a liar again if there is a witness .

Jin Tie is a straightforward person, and he agreed without saying a word.

The three villages of Hedong Village, Hexi Village, and Yaoqiao Village are the villages with the most concentrated tenants in Daoxiang Village. Besides this, there are many scattered in other villages.He took He Tao and Fu Shi directly to Lizheng's house in Hexi Village, and Yulizheng came forward to maintain order. He himself called a few people to go to other villages to inform the tenants, and went to Yaoqiao Village, the next stop that the host's family was going to. Gathering saved Fu Shi and He Tao from running around.

Seeing that he was very organized and literate, He Tao decided to appoint Jin Tie as the head of Daoxiang Village after discussing with Fu Shi, and solemnly announced the news to the villagers present, and asked the three The people of the village were witnessing.

Jin Tie was both surprised and happy, and asked a little embarrassedly: "Master, what does Zhuangtou need to do?"

"Well, when it's time to pay the rent, you should notify the families who have prepared the rent and food, and then go to my house to inform us, and we will come to collect the rent. There is also a tax payment on food. These are the names of the families who paid the rent. You take it. In the future, the food will be delivered directly to your home, and then all of it will be transported to the Yamen to pay the food tax. You will pay the freight and wages according to the market price, and record the expenses clearly. When we come to collect the rent, we will pay Give you the money according to the record."

This matter is a matter of a few words, but it is not easy to do, especially the collection of grain and payment of grain tax.But it was because of the trouble that He Tao didn't want to do it by himself. Don't worry, why bother yourself when you can solve it with a little money!

Jin Tie also knew that this matter was very important. Thinking about so much food, if something went wrong, his whole family would not be able to pay for it if he sold it twenty times!

"Boss, there are only seven people in our family, I'm afraid I won't be able to take care of them..." Jin Tie said hesitantly.Among the seven people, there is an old woman who is sick in bed, and a son who is only four years old. In fact, there are only five laborers. Among the five, there is an elderly father and a 13-year-old sister. Daughter-in-law, and three younger brothers.

"If you don't have enough manpower, you can find some acquaintances in the village to help. The price should not exceed [-] yuan per day! It's the same as the cost of transporting food. You should remember it clearly, and we will settle the bill afterwards."

He Tao thought for a while, and guessed that Jin Tie's family didn't have any money left, so he said, "Well, you can go to my house in a few days and recognize the door. We didn't bring much money with us today. I will give you [-] wen to keep as expenses for this autumn harvest. Write down every expense clearly and keep a good account.”

"Hey, okay, boss, don't worry, I will never be like those two villains, and I will not be greedy for a penny." Jin Tie said solemnly.

He Tao smiled and said, "You have to do what you say, otherwise, the wages I give will be wasted!"

"Huh?!" Jin Tie looked at her suspiciously, as if he didn't understand why there was still wages.He is a tenant of the owner's house, so he doesn't need any wages to do some physical work for the owner's house!
"Didn't your family rent twenty acres of land?" He Tao dug out Jin Tie's deed, smiled and said something that surprised Jin Tie so much that he almost didn't die on the spot: "From now on, your family's rent will be waived." !"

"All, all free?"

"Okay, do it well, we won't treat you badly if you do it well!"

He Tao climbed into the bullock cart, Fu Shi flicked his whip, and walked away gracefully.

Jin Tie stood alone in the wind and messed up - the rent was all waived?Is the rent for [-] mu completely free? !

What does this mean?It means that as long as he works hard and the boss does not change people, the family will have [-] shi of grain every year, which is nearly [-] catties.There are only seven people in the family, save some food, and if the surplus food is exchanged for money, the second brother will have a dowry to marry a wife, the eldest sister will also have a dowry, the old mother’s illness will be treated with money, and the son may still be able to go to school!

Jin Tie froze in place. When they were talking, the villagers who were watching from a distance saw that He Tao and the others had left, so they all surrounded him, circled Jin Tie in the middle, and asked questions in a hurry. Finally, what did the boss secretly say to him? up.

After being shaken a few times by the folks, Jin Tie finally came back to his senses. He took a few breaths before suppressing the ecstasy in his heart, and pretended to be calm and explained: "My boss said that when I pay the grain tax in the future, let me ask you A few folks helped watch and transport the grain, and those who worked could get [-] Wen as wages every day."

"What kind of wages do you need to do some work for the master!"

"Our boss is the real kind person!"

Because of the help of Jin Tie, He Tao and Fu Shi left Daoxiang Village much earlier than expected. He Tao thought of the two deceitful housekeepers and accountants of the Hu family, and a long-lost sense of justice suddenly emerged. Anyway, She had time, so she decided to abduct Hu's house and file a complaint with Hu Yiming.

"Why should we bother with this nosy matter? Both of them quit their jobs and left, so it's useless to talk about it." Fu Shi felt that He Tao was just looking for trouble.

He Tao said angrily: "Even if you can't get those two people together, you can still remind Hu Yiming! He is going to be an official! He doesn't know that he was cheated by his subordinates when he became a young master now. After that, he will be an official! When he was an official, he must have been cheated by his subordinates. Now he may feel that it is not painful to be cheated. Anyway, he should be given a lot of money. If he is an official in the future, if he is cheated, he will lose his official position and lose his job. What about the head! For the sake of 500 taels of silver he gave us, it should be reminded! Moreover, the most important thing is that when he was an official, it was the same as others said, and it was the common people who suffered. !"

Sure enough, Hu Yiming had no knowledge of what the housekeeper and accountant were doing.

He has always been proud of the good reputation of the Hu family, but when he suddenly heard that such a wicked servant bullied the people in his family, his first reaction was that it was impossible, he must have made a mistake.

Fu Shi told about the fact that the tenant came to complain and was kicked out by the servant.

Hu Yiming's face darkened.

He was really impressed with that incident.At that time, he was only five or six years old. When he was playing in the front yard, he heard a noise at the gate.When I sneaked out to see, several countrymen yelled to see Mrs. Hu rush in, but they were beaten by the servants and thrown out.He also asked the housekeeper standing there what happened, and the housekeeper said: "Master, those people are troublemakers. They rented our land and didn't pay the rent on time. They thought the master was kind-hearted and came to pretend to be pitiful. You Don’t pay attention to them when you see them in the future.”

Master Hu made a big fuss that day and scolded the housekeeper for being a "trickster". At that time, he also said that the rent would be raised, but the housekeeper persuaded him a few words, saying that the rent was set by the old man. I just gave up, and went back to the study angrily to continue studying hard in the cold window.

Hu Yiming recalled the past, his face became darker and darker, and he felt that he and his own father were a big joke, and that a pair of cunning servants had deceived them for so many years!
Fu Shi didn't care whether his face was black or not, and he took He Tao away after he finished speaking.

As soon as they left, Hu Yiming changed his clothes and went to the county government office, and talked to the magistrate in the study for about half an hour.Early the next morning, the two teams of government servants set off separately, and at noon they brought back two heavily tied up old men and two carts of "stolen goods".

"What did they do?"

"I heard that it was Hu Dashan's housekeeper and accountant who stole a lot of money from the Hu family..."

"This kind of person should be beaten, he is unkind!"

"Oh, so that's what happened! I just said, that person looks familiar! It turns out that he is really the housekeeper of the Hu family!"

"He was so tyrannical in the past, bullying others with his power, now, hmph, he deserves it, retribution!"

The yamen servants were very efficient in handling affairs, and the criminals were taken directly to the court as soon as they came back.The magistrate gave a slap on the gavel, pointing to the properties that are completely impossible to own with the status of housekeeper and accountant and financial resources, as well as the land and shops belonging to their family members archived by the county government. There are as many as two thousand taels, no matter how they quibble, the magistrate will be convicted of stealing the owner's property for a long time without saying a word.They received a solid 1 boards on the spot, and then they were thrown into the prison on the verge of death, enjoying the ensuing ten years of imprisonment—if they still had that life to live for ten years.

The greedy money from the housekeeper and accountant moved into the county magistrate's pocket. Hu Yiming vented his anger and went to work refreshed.

(End of this chapter)