Datang Nongwang

Chapter 167
at this time.

Zhaozhuang is the closest to Lizhuang.

At the same time, I also received a notice from the villagers of Lizhuang, saying that Lixian men in Lizhuang were recruiting workers.

Zhao Zhuang.

It is bigger than Li Zhuang, with nearly forty families, and more than twice as many fields as Li Zhuang, with [-] mu of land.

Moreover, the land is still in the middle and lower reaches of the waterlogged area, so it is very fertile.

But because it lives in the middle and lower reaches of the waterlogged area, although the land is fertile, as long as the waterlogged water floods, most of the land will basically lose its harvest.

However, Zhao Youcai, the owner of Zhaozhuang, never thought about rectifying waterlogging and water conservancy. He only thought about withholding some grain from those tenants.

This is not.

After the grain rent was collected this time, the owner of Zhaozhuang, Zhao Youcai, once again increased the rent by half, directly reaching [-]%.

And this moment.

Quite a few villagers from Zhaozhuang were surrounding the home of Zhao Youcai, the landlord of Zhaozhuang.

"Boss, you can reduce the rent. You see, Li Zhuang's rent has been reduced to [-]%. Boss, [-]% of the rent, we can't live anymore. If you increase it by half, what are you going to do?" Take our lives."

"Boss, if you don't reduce the rent, next year we won't be farming any more land."

"Yes, next year we will stop farming, and we will go to Lizhuang."

"..."

Zhao Youcai, the owner of Zhaozhuang.

It's not a noble, just a landlord.

Say it's the landlord.

It also has several stores in Hu County and Chang'an.

of course.

Whether it is the land or the shop, they are all inherited from the ancestors.

Zhao Youcai was in his forties and was very fat.

Zhao Youcai did not have a regular wife, and it is said that the regular wife had been divorced by him long ago.

As for the concubine's room, there are several rooms.

And under it, there are seven daughters and no heirs.

The reason was because his first wife could not give birth to a son, which made Zhao Youcai directly divorce his first wife, and then took several concubines.

but.

No matter how hard he, Zhao Youcai, is now in his 40s, no matter how hard he tries, he will not have a single heir. The few concubines he took and the ones he gave birth to are all daughters, and there is no one who takes care of him.

At this moment, Zhao Youcai was standing at the gate of Zhao's house, looking at the hundreds of men, women, old and young tenants, and shouted: "If you have the ability, you all get out of here, Li Zhuang is [-]%, then you all go to Li Zhuang , As far as he is in Lizhuang, if you go, you will drink the northwest wind. If anyone wants to leave, I, Zhao Youcai, will never stop him, but if you want to come back, hehe, then there is no way."

Zhao Youcai didn't want to follow the tricks of these tenants.

Whether it's Li Zhuang, Wang Zhuang, or Liu Zhuang, in his eyes, these nobles are fools.

You can charge as much rent as you want for your own land.

tenant?

Those are all sluts who can be trampled on at will.

If you don't cheat these tenants, who will you cheat?
Are you cheating yourself?

Increase the rent by half, that's a lot of food.

With this half of the rent, he can take another concubine.

Regarding the rent reduction in Li Zhuang, he also heard what one of his concubine brothers said, that is, He Guang, the manager of Zhao Zhuang appointed by Zhao Youcai.

He Guang.

In Zhao Youcai's eyes, he is a person who can handle affairs.

And the half-percent increase in the rent came from the hands of this steward, He Guanghe.

otherwise.

At this time, it will not provoke the tenants of Zhaozhuang to come to the Zhao family to make trouble.

As soon as Zhao Youcai's words fell, the tenants complained even more.

They don't know how much land there is in Lizhuang, what's more, there are several families in Zhaozhuang who are relatives of Lizhuang villagers.

As long as there is some movement from Li Zhuang, they will definitely know.

"Boss, please, please reduce the rent. If the boss really doesn't want to reduce it, you can go back to [-]%." Among the tenants in Zhaozhuang, an old man almost knelt down to Zhao Youcai.

"Old man Meng, don't even think about it. I know that your family has worked for Li Zhuang this year, but they have earned two or three yuan. They even want to reduce the rent, but there is no way." He Guang, who stood aside, He shouted loudly.

Looking at the tenants in front of him, Zhao Youcai didn't have the heart to talk nonsense to them, so he confessed to He Guang, "You can take care of it here, I have other things to do."

Zhao Youcai then went into the house, leaving the tenants on the spot.

The tenants wanted to stop Zhao Youcai from entering, but the Zhao family had seven or eight nurses.

Moreover, there is still this He Guanghe in charge in front of him.

As for Guanshi He, the tenants of Zhao Zhuang hated and feared him.

It is not an exaggeration to say that He Guang is cruel.

Relying on his sister being Zhao Youcai's third wife, and relying on his sister being favored by Zhao Youcai, He Guang did evil in Zhaozhuang.

Although there is no life in hand.

But it was once a woman who raped a tenant family in Zhaozhuang.

to this end.

The woman almost committed suicide by throwing herself into the water.

In the end, He Guang came to the door to send ten pennies, which put the matter down.

He Guang, as the steward of Zhaozhuang, is actually not high in terms of status.

If there is a real incident of life, there will be a lawsuit, otherwise, with his virtue, it is absolutely impossible to spend ten pennies to suppress this matter.

And the humiliated woman finally had to leave Zhaozhuang and go to Chang'an.

Up to now, she has become a woman in Pingkangfang.

This is just one of He Guang's evil deeds.

There are countless other things.

He Guang has been in charge of Zhaozhuang for five years now.

In the past five years, the evil deeds he has committed are too numerous to describe.

It's like beating and scolding tenants has become his daily routine.

Not to mention increasing the rent at will or setting the lowest grade when collecting rent.

otherwise.

He Guang would not be able to afford a house in Hu County, let alone marry several concubines.

He Guang looked at these tenants, his eyes flickered fiercely, "I'm all scattered, you can go wherever you like, if anyone dares to make trouble, I, He, is not so easy to talk, this is Zhaozhuang, but It’s not Lizhuang, and it’s not a place where you can come and go whenever you want.”

"Guan He, please, please reduce the rent."

"Guan He, if you fancy my old hen, I'll bring it to you right away, as long as the rent is reduced."

"What the hell,..."

All the tenants dare to confront this He Guang.

As for Guanshi He in front of him, he was already burning incense without beating them up.

Tenants suffer.

The tenants are poor.

Tenants are timid and fearful.

As long as they have a bite to eat, they won't be like this.

As long as there is no big incident, as long as there is a bowl of water to drink, it is absolutely impossible for them, as tenants, to have any opinions.

Even if you beat them, scold them, or hurt them, they will only bow their heads.

(End of this chapter)