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Chapter 112 The Tenant
Meng Xiaowan has been living in Taowan these days.

I only went back to the county on August [-]th.

The 110 five-acre land deed given by the government government has not yet been paid.On the [-]th day, she went to the Taolin county government office to pay the money, and also met Huo Bingcheng's concubine, Mrs. Zhao.

Mrs. Zhao accompanied her to have half-day tea in the side hall of the yamen, and Zhang Wuliu and several clerks went through the formalities together.This is the territory of the Huo family, and Meng Xiaowan didn't even ask, what Zhao said, she asked Zhang Wuliu to follow suit.

In exchange for the 110 mu of paddy fields in Huang Lizheng's family, Huang's father and son were only allocated [-] miles.The Huang family had established a relationship before, and in the county's Husukida register, his family's best paddy fields were listed as low-grade dry fields, and they only handed over a few loads of millet to the county every year.

This time the official house took it away, and it was also collected on the basis of "dry land". At that time, with a stroke of pen and ink, the scribes and team leaders who handled it would be able to share a lot of money, and even Huo Bingcheng's father could still get the big head.

But the Huang family's case was suddenly taken over by the county, and it was dealt with together with the Song family's case. Before the county's documents could be handled, the Huang family's land deed was confiscated by the government.At first, I thought that these benefits must go to the people in the government office, but who knew that the prefect and the Tongzhi would approve notes at the same time and sell these "dry land" rewards to Zhang Xinzhi.

Since it was sold for a fee, the price had to be lowered by three points according to the law. The Zhang family only paid an average price of three or two acres for one mu of good paddy fields.

Meng Xiaowan got Zhang Zhe's instructions, and all the 400 taels of silver that Zhang Zhe got from Hyundai stayed in the house, which was 55 taels higher than the price.

However, the Zhao family and a group of clerks regarded it as normal, so they naturally accepted 400 taels of silver, which was so good that it was so fine, and issued a proof of payment of 340 five guan to Meng Xiaowan.

After returning to Taowan, Meng Xiaowan got busy.

Of the newly added 110 mu of land, more than 60 mu were tenanted by the Huang family, and the rest were also tenanted by people surnamed Zhang.

After everyone heard that the land had returned to Zhang Erlang's house, a group of tenants eagerly came to Zhang's yard to listen to the greetings.

This is for fear of taking the tenant!Especially those with the surname Huang.

There are many Zhang families in Taowan, and they are all worried that there is not enough land to plant. Meng Xiaowan took all the tenants surnamed Huang, and could find a large number of Zhangs surnamed Zhang to plant the land the next day.

Some people surnamed Zhang didn't have enough land in their homes, so they hurried over and stood apart from the person surnamed Huang outside the yard.

Those surnamed Huang all looked bitter, while those surnamed Zhang mostly looked forward.

This kind of thing is very important and very troublesome in the country.

The families whose tenants were seized would immediately become proletarians, their livelihood cut off, and the whole family could only beg for food.

Therefore, when the main family has the tendency to "seize the tenant", most of the tenants will adopt the most extreme method, drawing lots to pay for their lives!

The tenants draw lots, and whoever catches the lot will go to the door of the master's house to kill himself when the master's family raises the tenant, forcing the master's family to make concessions.This is a very helpless, tragic and extreme approach.

Meng Xiaowan was sitting in the yard, looking through the village household certificate sent by her old uncle who just took office.Bai Lu's hand was shaking while rubbing the ink. She could hear this kind of thing almost every year. She knew that this kind of situation was the most likely to cause serious trouble.

But looking at the expression of the eldest lady, she didn't seem to care at all.

Both Zhang Wuliu and Zhang Sanqi blocked the gate of the courtyard, the two father and son seemed to be facing a formidable enemy.The old cousin's family also came, and Zhang Tai and his son squatted behind Zhang Wuliu and Zhang Wuliu. If something really happened, these four men would be Meng Xiaowan's only support.

Although the old uncle was in the village, he listened to Meng Xiaowan and went to sit in the ancestral hall.If the Huang family really made a big deal, he could summon the Zhang family on the spot.

In the face of such things as the seizure of tenants, Kuhaha's words are useless, and the villagers only see hoes and blood in their eyes.

Neither Zhang Zhe nor Meng Xiaowan thought about taking the tenant.

But it is necessary to change the tenancy.

Meng Xiaowan finished reading the account certificate and nodded to Chen's mother.

Chen's mother suppressed the fear in her heart, and called out to the outside: "Is the Huanghua family here? The eldest lady is here."

The two groups of people outside were suddenly silent, and the atmosphere was extremely suppressed.

The sumac whose name was called had patches all over his body, but it was the cleanest wash today, and his legs felt limp when he heard his name.

Everyone looked at him, as if the life and death of the whole family were at the door of Zhang's house.

Mother Chen called out again.

A few people surnamed Huang came up and gritted their teeth to help Cotinus cotinus, brought it to the door, and whispered to his ear, gritted their teeth and reminded: "If something is wrong, make a loud noise! ​​Those who draw the lottery will go in immediately, and let the Women, look what blood is bleeding!"

Zhang Tai (Zhang Xiukan) kicked his son's ass when he saw that Cotinus cotinus seemed to be out of his mind.

"Ergu, go support your elder brother Cotinus cotinus, be careful not to fall."

Ergu responded, stepped forward to support Cotinus cotinus, and walked into the yard.Cotinus cotinus gave Ergu a sad smile, laughing so hard that Ergu's heart shuddered.

Meng Xiaowan was carrying a small curtain, and there was a low table in front of her desk with some deeds on it.

"Greetings to the master's wife," said Cotinus cotinus, about to kneel down when he reached the place, but was held up by Ergu.

"Don't kneel, our family doesn't like that," Meng Xiaowan's polite words made the cogginosa feel like falling into an ice cave. If you don't let me kneel, isn't it just to seize the tenant?
Fortunately, Meng Xiaowan thought about the frequency and rhythm of speaking, and the next sentence dispelled Cotinus's worry.

"My family's tenants will not use this kneeling ceremony in the future, and they are not from an official family, so it makes people laugh for nothing."

"Huangxiu, your family originally rented four acres of paddy fields. I looked at the brochures of the Huang family and the household certificate in the village. Although the four acres of land belonged to your family, only two and a half acres were actually tenanted by you. The other You are actually planting the land for others. You are the one who pays the [-]% tax for the [-] mu. The original contract between the Huang family and you is that [-]% will go to the Huang family and [-]% will be taxed. Half and thirty percent belong to you."

Seeing this, Meng Xiaowan shook her head. The Huang family's land has no tax to pay. The land listed in the book is the most inferior dry land, and any grain of rice will be sent away.In fact, Huang Lizheng collected [-]% of it himself, and Cotinus cotinus planted the one and a half acres for him, and he had to pay another [-]% of "tax".

Naturally, Cotinus cotinus can't afford it, so it has always owed the "debt" to the Huang family.

The Taowan road was off the beaten track, and the subordinate officials in the county didn't bother to come. Huo Bingcheng arranged for half a box of "IOUs" copied from Huang's house to be given to Zhang's house as waste.

The Huang family owed on this "IOU" "paid the paddy field tax" on their behalf.But the county has never received these paddy field taxes at all.In other words, if there is a lawsuit, the arrears on these "IOUs" will not be established.

Meng Xiaowan picked out four or five "IOUs" from Cotinus cotinus, and let him take a look.

Cotinus cotinus saw his IOU, and he was half relieved immediately.Now I owe money to the Zhang family, so I'm afraid I will rent out the land so that I can pay back the money.

But the next moment, Cotinus cotinus was dumbfounded.

The little girl next to Mrs. Zhang's family actually took these four IOUs and threw them into the fire tray.

"The remaining debts have been written off. Your family's original four acres of virtual tenants has been changed to three acres of real tenants. My family only collects [-]% and you keep [-]%. The official land tax is in my [-]%. If you want , just make a fingerprint."

After Meng Xiaowan finished speaking, she pointed to the first contract.

Cotinus cotinus fell to his knees as soon as his legs softened, and when he came back to his senses, he kowtowed three times to Meng Xiaowan.

"Bodhisattva~!"

(End of this chapter)