Chapter 497 Alternative Redemption 19
Wushuang saw that Gu Beifang's expression was more joyful than the previous Twelve Flowers, and he knew that the two sets of glass products were delivered correctly.

Gu Beifang admired it for a long time before he was satisfied with Wushuang and said: "This gift is too expensive, and you have spent too much money."

Wushuang smiled and said: "These are rare items brought back by my family's caravan from overseas. I chose the two sets that I thought were the most exquisite and sent them to Sir. Thank you for your care."

Gu Beifang nodded in satisfaction and said: "Your gift is very good, I like it very much, it just so happens that the Guo family in the capital was ransacked by the emperor the day before yesterday.

The hometown of the Guo family is in our Jinnan County. The emperor issued a harsh order this time to punish the Guo family severely. All members of the Guo family in Jinnan were also convicted, and all the land in the family was confiscated.

There are still many hidden fields in this property. If you are interested, I can make the decision and sell the Guo family's land to you at a discount. "

This Guo family Wushuang knows that Jinnan is a hegemon, bullying the market, and has done a lot of things to rob the people of their land.

I don't know how the car overturned this time, and even the clansmen in my hometown were confiscated, but Wushuang didn't care about anything else, she only cared about how much land she could get this time.

I really never expected to come here to give a gift, and there was such an unexpected harvest.

Wushuang said to Gu Beifang with genuine affection and surprise: "Thank you for your care, my lord. Please see how much land you can sell to folk girls, and all of them are wanted."

Gu Beifang thought for a while and said, "Although I would like to sell it to you, it's not tasty, and the meat is not even served to others.

How about this, you take 5 taels of silver, and the official decides to sell you [-]% of the land, and the rest will be divided by others, which is almost the same. "

Wushuang thanked Gu Beifang repeatedly, and said that next time if there is any good thing, he must send it to Gu Beifang as soon as possible, and then left.

Seventy percent of the Guo family's land is twice as much as Wushuang bought before, which shows how badly the people are oppressed.

This time, Gu Beifang specially instructed that Wushuang's red contract was processed faster than last time. When she got the red contract, she would go to see the land with Bai Junying immediately.

The people of the Guo family were all convicted, and the big and small stewards who managed the land were gone, leaving only the tenants who were responsible for farming.

Now that the drought has just recovered, there is only a bunch of green vegetables that have been rushed to plant in the field, and the grain can't wait for it to mature, so we can only grow some vegetables and the like, at least they can get something to eat.

When Wushuang, Bai Junying and others arrived at the place, most of these tenants were sitting on the ridge with their heads drooping.

Some of these tenants rented and cultivated the land of the Guo family in the early days, and some of them could not survive the drought and sold the land to the Guo family at a low price, turning from land owners into tenants.

Although they had a hard time when the Guo family was here, at least the Guo family still took care of their lives.

For example, in times of drought, in order to prevent too many tenants from dying and leaving no one to cultivate the land, the Guo family will give them a little old rice.

Although the rice may have been moldy and may have been mixed with sand, it was still food that kept them alive.

Now that the Guo family has collapsed and the land has been taken back, I wonder if the new owner will use them?Will he be more ruthless to them than the Guo family?

As for treating them better than the Guo family, they were so used to being bullied that they didn't even dare to think about this possibility.

When Wushuang's frame arrived in a mighty manner, these tenants just looked up and didn't do much.

Since the collapse of the Guo family, there have been many rich and noble lords who have come back and forth to look at the land, but no one has been able to buy it.

It wasn't that they were reluctant to give the money, it was that Gu Beifang held onto these lands, intending to make a fortune, and refused to let go easily.

It was also because Wushuang's gift was too pleasing to the heart, and also in line with Gu Beifang's thoughts, so he took the initiative to let go and sold it to Wushuang.

Whoever gives benefits and benefits will be given to others, and others will not benefit as much as Wushuang, so Gu Beifang naturally gave Wushuang the benefits.

There is a lot of land, Wushuang took a carriage and walked for half a day before checking all the fields.

Fortunately for Wushuang, none of the tenants left. Although they were depressed, they still stayed where they were with a glimmer of hope.

It's fine if you don't leave, as long as people don't leave, someone will plant the land, so you don't have to worry about the land not being productive and unable to pay taxes.

Wushuang asked Bai Junying to gather all the nearby tenants in the large square where they usually dry their grain.

In order for everyone to see her clearly, Wushuang climbed onto a large table that Bai Junying had found somewhere, and stood on it to speak to the tenants.

"Everyone, from now on, I will be your new owner. Forget about what you rented in the past.

For all those who rent land from me, I only take [-]% and the remaining [-]% belongs to you. I will guarantee that you do not have to pay any miscellaneous taxes, and you can keep [-]% of the food. "

Wushuang's words were like a drop of water falling into a pan of oil, and it exploded instantly, and the originally numb expressions of the tenants came alive.

There was a lot of discussion, and I couldn't believe it was true. Two old men stepped forward boldly and looked at Wu Shuang with disbelief in their expectations.

"Madam, is what you said true? We really only need to pay [-]% of the grain? No additional tax? Give us the rest of the grain?"

It's not that these tenants doubt Wushuang and don't believe her, it's that they have been exploited for too long, and they are used to every host family peeling off layers of skin on them.

They really couldn't believe that someone would treat them well and give them such great benefits!
They were afraid that they heard it wrong, that they would be happy in vain, even if they heard Wu Shuang's words, they still couldn't believe it.

Wushuang repeated what he said in a gentle manner: "You two old men, you heard me right, what I said is true.

If you rent the land, I will collect the rent at a rate of three out of ten, and the remaining seventy percent will belong to you. I guarantee that there will be no miscellaneous taxes. "

Speaking of this, Wushuang thought that the disaster this year would make life difficult for these tenants, and added: "This year's harvest is not good, and everyone has suffered disasters.

What you plant in the field this year will belong to you, and you don’t need to pay rent or tax. You can figure out what to plant again and get through this year. "

I thought it would be lucky enough to only pay [-]% of the rent, but I didn't expect that this year's rent could be exempted, which made the tenants even more unbelievable.

Tenants kept coming to ask Wushuang, is it true that only [-]% of the rent is charged, and this year is really rent-free, so that they can survive this disaster year?

Wushuang had a gentle attitude and took the trouble to answer these tenants' questions again and again until everyone was sure that what Wushuang said was true.

Wushuang's tenderness and patience gave these tenants hope. After Wushuang's gentle answers again and again, they finally confirmed that they had really met a good owner.

A group of tenants knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Wushuang, crying and crying: "Thank you madam!"

"Thank you, Living Bodhisattva, you are a living Bodhisattva!"

"Thank you Bodhisattva for your life, we must cultivate the land well, thank you Bodhisattva!"

The corner of Wushuang's mouth twitched, how could he become a bodhisattva again? It was so embarrassing.

Instructing Bai Junying and others to help him up, Wushuang said: "Everyone, get up quickly, don't call me a Bodhisattva, I'm not a Bodhisattva, call me the master in the future."

After tossing and tossing for a long time, it was very difficult to help the crying and trembling tenants. These people really suffered too much.

When they were oppressed, they didn't cry, because crying was useless, and no one cared about their poverty.

But when they met Wushuang, a person who sympathized with their hard work, for some reason, the tears could not be stopped.

For a moment, all kinds of grievances and misery came to their hearts, and many people cried dizzily, but their hearts were no longer hopeless and numb, but filled with infinite hope.

Wushuang appeased the tenants here, and then went to the next place to gather the tenants and announce that they had changed owners.

Because there is a lot of land and there are too many tenants, Wushuang traveled to seven places in total to convey the news and appease the tenants.

Originally, Bai Junying could also be responsible for this matter, but Bai Junying is the housekeeper to the outside world, so it is more reassuring than talking to her as the master.

When all the tenants know the news, Wushuang will be involved in it all in one day.

It's getting dark, and it's definitely too late to go back to the village. It's okay for Wushuang to climb the mountain in the middle of the night, but Bai Junying and the others definitely can't.

Bai Junying looked at the pitch-black night around him. Fortunately, the people in the cottage had eaten well during this time and had cured their night blindness, otherwise they would be really blind at night.

Bai Junying suggested to Wushuang: "Master, why don't we stay with me for one night."

Bai Junying is responsible for handling the land at the foot of the mountain. He also needs to let the refugees from other places know that there is land for rent and plantation here, and also arranges for the people who have fled and returned.

There were too many things to deal with, and it was too strenuous to go back and forth up and down the mountain, so Wushuang simply built a house for Bai Junying.

This house is very big, but the materials are relatively good, but the construction is not fancy. It is similar to a modern rural house, mainly spacious and comfortable.

If it weren't for the glass, it wouldn't be easy for outsiders to know. If the house was replaced with glass windows, it would be more comfortable to live in than those rich and powerful mansions.

Bai Junying lived in the main house with his wife and children, so it was inconvenient for Wushuang to live in it.

Anyway, the wing room was not worse than the main house, so Wushuang lived in the wing room. Bai Junying's wife and two daughters worked hard for a long time, cleaning up and arranging the house to make it warm and comfortable.

But Wushuang couldn't sleep, so she found out the spare paper and pen on the carriage, and wrote and drew. She planned to design a Zhuangzi, so that it would be convenient for her to settle down after leaving the cottage.

Most importantly, she can build paper-making workshops and brick-burning workshops in Zhuangzi.

These two things will be commonly used things, and they will be conveniently taken out at the foot of the mountain, saving the effort of carrying them down the mountain if they are done on the mountain.

As for the glass workshop, it must be kept secret and cannot be built on a large scale. Wushuang intends to keep it in the cottage and be managed by a few trusted confidants of Wushuang.

After Wushuang struggled to draw Zhuangzi's drawings, more than half of the night had passed.

Seeing that the sky was about to dawn, Wushuang simply stopped sleeping, sat cross-legged in meditation, and practiced a circle of inner strength and mental methods, and soon the sky would dawn.

For breakfast, he ate porridge and eggs, Wushuang ate two mouthfuls of dipping sauce, and gave the rest to the children who were watching anxiously.

It's not that Bai Junying is stingy and reluctant to give the child good food, which makes the child greedy. The main reason is that he has been poor for too long and has a bad mouth. It is not something that can be raised by eating delicious food in a short time.

Wushuang returned to the cottage, just said that he wanted to build a Zhuangzi, and people who knew the news immediately came to sign up, and they all wanted to help Wushuang, the kind that didn't require money.

Of course, Wushuang can't lose everyone, and those who are willing to go down the mountain to build a village will be paid double the market price.

Wushuang chose a place closer to the county seat and drew a site for Zhuangzi.

Zhuangzi Wushuang didn't build it too luxuriously, he chose to be spacious and comfortable, with a large enough area and enough houses to accommodate his servants.

According to Wushuang's own estimate, if he wants to build the entire villa, he will have to wait until March or April next year at least.

The main thing is that Wushuanggai's Zhuangzi is too big. It is said to be Zhuangzi, but it is actually no different from a small town.

In addition to the main house where Wushuang lives in the villa, there are rows of houses behind where people can live. Wushuang plans to train some self-protecting villa guards, and these houses are just right for people to live in.

In fact, Gu Yanzhi had discussed with Wushuang about selecting a group of people to train according to the military method.

However, the timing was not ripe at that time, mainly because the relationship with the county magistrate Gu Beifang was not close enough. Once the other party knew that she had private soldiers in her hands, there would definitely be a lot of trouble.

But now, Gu Beifang was fed by Wushuang's gifts, and he was very close to Wushuang, so she changed the name of the private soldier to a guard.

Wushuang is confident that even if the current Gu Beifang finds that Wushou has too many guards, he won't meddle in other people's business.

This person loves money and treasures. As long as he has these two things, he probably won't even blink if he betrays the country.

The construction of Wushuang's villa is in full swing, and I don't know how the news reached the ears of those tenants.

Knowing that the head of the family was going to build the Zhuangzi, the tenants spontaneously brought tools and flocked to help Wushuang build the Zhuangzi.

The ideas of the tenants are very simple. Wushuang, the host family, gave them a good life, and pity them for exempting them from this year's land rent.

Although it is almost autumn, as long as we work hard and grow some vegetables that can last for a long time, such as cabbage, this winter will not be easy, but we will definitely not die of hunger.

The host family is very kind to them, and they can't stand by when the host's family has something to do. Upholding this simple idea, all the tenants sternly rejected Wushuang's behavior of giving wages.

The tenants thought very simply, how much would it cost to pay wages for so many of them.

They were afraid that Wushuang would spend too much money and would sell the land they bought if they had no money in hand. In this way, tenants like them would lose a good owner.

So the tenants wanted to help Wushuang, the master, save money, and they hoped that they could always be the tenants of the good master, Wushuang.

No matter what Wushuang gave, the tenants would not accept it. There was no other way but to ask people to set up a big pot and cook meat for these tenants three meals a day.

Since you don’t need money, give them food and eat more meat. If you are full of meat, your body will be strong, and a strong body will be able to survive the winter of lack of clothing and food better.

The tenants ate the steamed buns with white noodles and the big pot of vegetables with meat, and cried again because the host family was so kind to them.

When they were full, the tenants worked as hard as they could, working as hard as they could.

Stimulated by the tenants, the people who came down from the cottage also began to work hard. They are the direct descendants of the head of the family, how can they compare with those who came later.

This state of working hard made Wushuang a little nervous, afraid of hurting their bodies, she tried to persuade and refused to listen, so Wushuang could only let the cook continue to add meat so that everyone could eat well.

Then within a few days, the chef in charge found Wushuang, saying that the food and meat were about to be cut off, and the head of the family should find a way.

(End of this chapter)

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