Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 181 The Salt Company Closed (4000 [-]nd update)
"Brother talented, please teach me this method!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Lu immediately threw himself in front of Wu Liang, begging impatiently, "Those brothers in the family all rely on the power of the Zhu family to gain official positions or fame in Chenliu County. If I can get promoted and get rich without relying on the Zhu family, it will prove that I am stronger than those brothers, this is something I dream of doing!"

"Brother Yongkang, you don't need to be so excited. I already have a plan for this matter. I want to share wealth and honor with Brother Yongkang. That's why I came here to mention this."

Wu Liang smiled, but said with vacant eyes, "However, this matter depends on Yongkang's courage and determination."

"As long as a talented brother is willing to support me, I will have courage and determination!"

Zhu Lu quickly expressed his opinion.

"That's good."

Wu Liang helped Zhu Lu back to his seat, and finally continued, "Actually, this matter is difficult to say, and it is not difficult to say that it is difficult. Brother Yongkang, please think about it carefully. Under the current situation, the Zhu family will not If there is a shortage of fields, secondly, there is no shortage of cattle, and thirdly, there is no shortage of farm tools, so what is the most lacking?"

Obviously, with a large reduction in tenants, there must be some cattle and agricultural tools left idle.

Most of these cattle and agricultural tools belonged to the Zhu family, especially the cattle. In this era, a cattle was even worth hundreds of gold.

Farmers with cattle in their families are all big local households without exception, and they will never become tenants who lease the land of the landlord.

"This……"

As a result, Zhu Lu thought about it carefully for a long time, and finally answered: "The most short of gold?"

"puff……"

Hearing Zhu Lu's godlike answer, Wu Liang almost choked back his old blood.

However, there seems to be nothing wrong with this answer when you think about it carefully. For the sake of the big plan in mind, Wu Liang still patiently explained to him: "Everyone is short of gold, and there is no time when there is no shortage, but what I am talking about is not gold, but people. It is a tenant who rents and farms the land. As long as there are enough tenants to cultivate your good land, you can collect the full amount of rent. If the properties of other places in the Zhu family have shrunk this year, only Yongkang Xiandi has received the full amount of rent. Ren, Younger Brother Yongkang is the one who stands out...is that the reason?"

"That's right, that's right, what Brother Youcai said is very true. Right now, what I lack the most here is tenants. With tenants, you can have tenants. With tenants, you can have everything!"

Only then did Zhu Lu suddenly realize, and he nodded repeatedly in agreement.

"Brother Yongkang is decisive and intelligent, he can understand everything."

Wu Liang said with a smile, "To be honest, I have a solution to the problem of tenants, so that every piece of fertile land owned by Brother Yongkang can be rented and planted, and the full amount of rent can be collected at that time."

"This is true, please give me your advice!"

Zhu Lu was overjoyed, and hurriedly cupped his hands and said.

"Actually, the matter of the tenants is not difficult. My elder brother has the full power to take care of it for Brother Yongkang. It can ensure that when the spring plowing comes, tenants will come to rent crops in every place under Brother Yongkang's rule."

Wu Liang patted his chest and said.

"Brother talented..."

Hearing this, Zhu Lu was so moved that tears were about to fall, he held Wu Liang's hand tightly and said, "You are really my nobleman, you have helped me a lot, thank you for your kindness, little brother will help you in the future." There will be a reward!"

"Brother Yongkang is serious."

Wu Liang smiled, and asked again, "I don't know how much the Yongkang brother's field has been rented in previous years?"

"Sixty percent."

Zhu Lu explained to Wu Liang in detail, "Actually, it wasn't that high. It's not that the recent years of wars have been rampant, and the land tax collected by the imperial court has become higher and higher. The rent we collected was not even enough to pay the land tax. It can only rise together, so it has risen to [-]%."

Speaking of this, Zhu Lu actually added another sentence: "Actually, I also know that with such a high rent, the life of those tenants is very difficult, but there is no way to do it. If I don't increase the rent, I will be hungry." It's me."

Unexpectedly, this guy actually has such thoughts...

Wu Liang had to admit that he really underestimated him before. Although this Zhu Lu's head didn't look very bright, his heart and eyes were not as dark as he imagined.

Of course, this may also be one of the reasons why this guy is not favored by Zhu Xun, the head of the Zhu family.

As the son of the Zhu family, if his heart is not dark enough, he is the stupid son of the landlord's family. Especially in this troubled world, the landlord's family doesn't have much food left. Such a "stupid son" can easily defeat the family.

After pondering for a moment, Wu Liang asked again: "Then after deducting the land tax collected by the imperial court, what percentage of the food left in the Zhu family's hands will be left?"

"Less than [-]%."

Zhu Lu did some calculations in his mind, and said truthfully.

"Okay, then [-]%, this year you will only charge [-]% of the rent, and I will find someone to be your tenant, and the rent will guarantee that the grain that will enter your hands will definitely not be lower than in previous years."

Wu Liang immediately said, "As for the land tax collected by the court, you don't have to take care of it, and I will be fully responsible, how about it?"

In fact, what is the so-called "land tax collected by the court"...

Now that the heroes are divided, since Chenliu is Boss Cao's territory, this tax is used as military salary for Boss Cao, and Boss Cao is the so-called "imperial court".

And since it is the land tax collected by Boss Cao.

Wu Liang felt that it was still possible to show some generosity to Boss Cao.

Anyway, according to his plan, in the harvest season, the grain harvested by Yongqiu County's "grain farming system" will definitely be many times higher than in previous years, which is enough to surprise Cheng Yu and Boss Cao.

As for Zhu Lu's land tax, if Wu Liang doesn't want to harm him, he just needs to tell Boss Cao that this person has provided a lot of help in the process of implementing the "farming system" and spent a lot of food and money. Meritorious, and by the way, able to fulfill the previous promise, it is a matter of one or two sentences to ask for an official position for him.

of course.

It's not that Zhulu's land tax is completely exempted.

He plans to share [-]-[-] with the recruited villagers, the villagers get six, and he gets four.

In this way, some of the villagers were arranged to farm in Zhulu's fields, and he became a labor dispatch company, and he was able to earn back [-]% of the land tax for Boss Cao.

And to set [-]% of the rent, in today's current situation, there is absolutely no one who is more conscientious than this in the world, let alone someone who is responsible for the food and housing of the villagers before the crops grow. , this is simply heaven for them.

In fact, Wu Liang knew that in the feudal society of thousands of years, [-]% of the rent could never be considered low.

But times are different, and some things should change accordingly.

Just like the rent, it really doesn't mean that the lower the better.

Rather, it is best to choose a moderate point that both the ruler and the common people can accept.

If it is too high or too low, as long as any party is dissatisfied, the system will quickly collapse, and the current situation will only become more chaotic, and the people will suffer.

In history, the "farming system" implemented by Boss Cao was only stable for decades when the government and the people divided it [-]-[-].

In the later period of Cao Wei, the exploitation gradually became serious, and the proportion of the division even reached the level of eight officials and two people. In addition, the land in the village was continuously invaded by the powerful and powerful, and there was a large-scale resistance and escape of the villagers. "Since then it has completely collapsed.

The reason why Wu Liang set it as four or six.

It also deliberately left some leeway for Boss Cao, which is like bargaining. If it is [-]-[-] when it comes up, Boss Cao will definitely want to increase it and squeeze it.

If Boss Cao personally adjusts the share ratio from [-]-[-] to [-]-[-], he will feel that he has already taken advantage of it, and he will adjust it a little slower in the future.

This is the only thing Wu Liang can do.

He knows that he can't be a savior. All he can do is to slow down the collapse and exploitation of the farming system as much as possible while satisfying his own goals. At the very least, he can make these villagers live a more stable life.

Exactly.

Xing, the people suffer.

die, the people suffer.

As long as there are people, there will be exploitation. This is a social problem that can never be solved.

"Then I don't have to do anything, just collect the rent?"

Zhu Lu was taken aback, there is such a good thing in the world?
And getting [-]% ​​of the rent must be more than the previous "less than [-]%"!

"Of course not. Brother Yongkang needs to provide me with some other support during this period. You need to lend me the cattle and farm tools you have for free."

Wu Liang finally revealed the purpose of his trip.

"This is natural. These things are originally used for farming, and they are idle anyway."

Zhu Lu said without thinking.

"Besides, Brother Yongkang has to provide me with seeds for farming for free, otherwise I will be a clever woman who can't cook without rice."

Wu Liang said again.

"It's easy to say! The seeds are only a few dollars. If you have a talent, you can come to me to get it."

Zhu Lu said again very generously.

"and also."

Wu Liang continued, "Most of the tenants I found for Younger Brother Yongkang are solitary refugees. They probably didn't eat until the crops were ripe...Of course, these people must not be raised by Younger Brother Yongkang. My It means that Brother Yongkang can give them some food in advance to make a living, and when the crops are ripe, I will supervise them and ask them to return them in full, what do you think?"

"This……"

Hearing this, Zhu Lu finally hesitated.

Although there is a lot of grain in his granary, it will take about half a year to raise it, which is not a small amount. If something unexpected happens during the period, how can he take care of it?
"Hiss... It's really inappropriate for Younger Brother Yongkang to bear this matter alone. I lost my mind."

Wu Liang went on to say immediately, "How about this, I'll give you the gold, and ask Yongkang Xiandi to sell me the food at half price, so that you and my brothers will each bear half of the price, one will prosper, one will lose, and the other will suffer. Are you worried that I will hurt myself?"

"Brother talented, I really don't think I'm petty..."

After hearing this, Zhu Lu's face turned slightly red, and he waved his hands again and again to explain, "Because the matter is so important, I really don't dare to make a rash decision. Since there is a talented brother who means this, then we will be half of each other. If anything goes wrong during the period, at least my younger brother will have an explanation to his father."

"Understand, understand, then this matter is settled like this."

Wu Liang was secretly happy in his heart, but his face was very solemn.

"I would like to listen to the arrangement of talented brother."

Zhu Lu said with his hands clasped.

perfect!

I prostituted Zhu’s cattle, farm tools, and seeds for free, and I could buy half the price of the food that supported the villagers through the most difficult period in the early stage.

Everything met Wu Liang's expectations. This trip was really worthwhile. Sure enough, it was right not to dismiss Zhu Lu and send him back. I'm afraid it wouldn't be so easy to talk to someone else...

But Wu Liang is not completely fooling Zhu Lu.

Especially after hearing Zhu Lu's views on land tax and tenant rent just now, Wu Liang's perception of this guy also changed slightly.

Although this guy is a little dull, and also tainted with the bad taste of some dandies, he just wanted to show himself off, but his essence is actually not as bad as imagined. Although such a person in troubled times may not be called a good person , but he is not considered a treacherous and evil person.

So in his Wu Liang plan.

Whether it is the promise of Zhu Lu's harvest or his promotion, he will definitely fulfill it one by one in the future, and it is not a betrayal of this guy's blind trust in him.

In addition, in Wu Liang's far-reaching plan.

People like Zhu Lu are not completely useless, maybe there will be times when we need to cooperate in the future, we can't do everything in advance...

……

Not long after returning to the government office, Yang Wanli and Yu Ji also came back.

They have already surveyed the terrain, and marked on the map the "Feng Shui Treasure Land" that Yu Ji used the technique of geomancy.

Wu Liang believed too much in the auspicious art of surveying public opinion, so he had no objection, and immediately decided to allocate funds and ordered some soldiers of the Tuan army to go to the designated place to build a camp... Naturally, the current prefect of Chenliu, Cheng Yu, would reimburse the expenses.

Next, Yang Wanli was ordered to take some people south to the currently unowned Yuzhou to collect the refugees.

Nowadays there are so many refugees in the world, Wu Liang only recruited 2500 people under such a good condition, it is really not too casual, most of the time is actually spent on the road.

After making these arrangements, there are only two days left before the Three Dynasties.

Wu Liang had nothing to do for the time being, so he brought Dian Wei and Yu Ji back to Chenliu County, preparing to spend the new year with Bai Jingjing and other beauties in peace.

As a result, it didn't take long to enter the city.

Wu Liang meets Wang Qing again on the street.

Although Wang Qing is still wearing filial piety at this time, he has already changed his filial piety clothes. It seems that the funeral of the old man of the Wang family should have been completed, and he has officially entered the stage of filial piety.

"I have seen a talented and virtuous brother."

This time, although the fatigue on Wang Qing's face disappeared a little, it was replaced by a sad face, and his voice was hoarse when he spoke, obviously he was on fire.

"Brother Yu Nian, please stay safe, you are..."

Wu Liang looked at the salt shop behind Wang Qing who was picking up signs, and asked a little strangely.

In this era, table salt is a hard currency. It stands to reason that as long as you keep this business, it is not easy to lose money. Why do you have to take off the brand?
"Oh, forget it."

Wang Qing shook his head helplessly, and sighed heavily...

　Thanks to the [Dark Blue Skull Flag] boss for his support.

　　
　
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