Even though he was mentally prepared, Man Bao was still choked, a little sad, "Why?"
The young man was speechless, and he said after a long time: "It's too tiring to grow these fields, and I still can't get enough to eat."
He couldn't explain why, and a few older youths on the side answered for him, "It's not easy to grow a job field. There is a master Fang's house in this area, and he only needs to pay 50% of the land to rent it." Rent child."
Man Bao asked: "How much fixed rent do you want from the imperial court?"
"This job field is not bad, so they all ordered six buckets of rice and five buckets of noodles"
Six buckets of rice is almost two buckets of millet for one stone, and the harvest of one field is two or three stones, which is also 50%. .
The young man continued: "But Mr. Fang gave us half of the grain seeds, one cow for one hundred mu, and half of the money to repair the farm tools if they broke down. The yamen didn't give us anything, and we had to own the seeds and farm tools. I pay all the money, and I have to give you staff every season throughout the year... "
The three of Bai Shan were particularly curious, "What is a professional grass?"
"You don't even know the grass? It's the grass that your horses eat," the young man said, "It takes a lot of time to prepare the grass for you every year. Fortunately, you are not a military officer, otherwise if you have more horses in your family, you will use all the piles." On us, we have to give you horse grass even during the Chinese New Year."
Man Bao swallowed, "So there is such a thing as a job grass?"
"No, there are too many things. Sometimes adults will come down to look at them. When they see that we have raised chickens and ducks, we have to divide the eggs and duck eggs and part of the chickens and ducks, saying that these chickens and ducks are also raised on the farm. of."
Bai Erlang and Bai Shan turned their heads to look at Man Bao together.
Man Bao was ashamed, and whispered: "This has nothing to do with me, I just started to take over the job field now."
Bai Shan then asked the young man, "Where is your home, can we go and see your home?"
The young man ate all the candy in his hand, and felt that although they were also nobles, they were a little different from the nobles they had seen in Yongzhou City, and they were quite kind, so he took them to his house indifferently.
These houses have only been repaired for more than ten years, but they look very old, because they are all built of grass mixed with yellow mud, and the houses are very low. Except for three houses in the whole village, the rest of the houses are all thatched roofs.
Bai Shan is not particularly tall, but when entering the room, he had to bend slightly to get in. After entering, he found that the room was very dark, and then he realized that the windows were very small. When the young man saw them looking at the windows, he said, "Oh, the window paper is broken. Oh, that one is too expensive, and it’s not cold at the moment, so I didn’t stick it.”
Man Bao asked, "Why do your windows open so small?"
"Is it still turned up? It's so cold in winter, and the heat in the house can't be kept if it's turned up."
The three could only accept this statement, nodded and turned to go out.
Man Bao simply found all the children who came to join in the fun, and began to visit each house.
Both Man Bao and Bai Shan found out that there are very few chickens and ducks in the village, and they don't know whether they are afraid of being separated by the court or cannot afford to raise them.
A few people walked around the village, and when they returned to the door of the head of the village, the adults had finished talking, and the setting sun appeared in the sky, obviously the sun was about to set.
The head of the village already knew from his sons that Zhou Man was following the children of the village to look around. He originally wanted to stop him, but after thinking about it, there was nothing in the village that they couldn't keep from knowing.
The villagers just don't want to rent and plant their fields, so what can they do
Unless they can persuade the county yamen to force the county magistrate to share their jobs.
This is the difference between self-management and court management. If the court manages, the household department will send a document to the county government, and the head of the county will have to run away for this job.
But if it is an individual, whether the job field can be rented out depends entirely on one's own ability.
Anyway, the job field has been entrusted to you to manage by yourself, and you are responsible for your own profits and losses.
Seeing Man Bao, the old Zhou Tou immediately stepped forward and pulled Man Bao aside, and said in a low voice, "Man Bao, Dad just talked to the head of the village, but he actually said that everyone is not very happy to rent our field, saying It’s because everyone has decided to rent a field belonging to Mr. Fang.”
Old Zhou was a little worried, "I asked Zhuangtou today, and there are quite a lot of people in Yongzhou, but no one is willing to come to work."
"It's really weird. Isn't this job field also a field? I think the land is pretty good, why don't everyone want to plant it?"
Man Bao said: "Father, leave this matter to me. It's getting late now. You and mother should get in the car and go back. I'll talk to the village chief."
"That… "
"Don't worry, it's not getting dark so fast. We will catch up with you soon on horseback, and Daji and the others are still here."
Only then did Lao Zhou agree to go back first.
Mr. Zhuang called three people to give a lecture, saying: "As an official, you must be kind to the people, but you must not be too weak. Your strengths are that you are young, thin-skinned and kind-hearted. The shortcoming lies in this. Decide on the rules before the talks, and once you’ve decided, don’t change the bottom line easily.”
Mr. Zhuang said meaningfully: "If there is a loss, there must be a gain, otherwise the gain will not be worth the loss."
The three of them thought about it.
Then Mr. Zhuang and Lao Zhoutou left together by car.
Bai Erlang turned his head to look at the two of them, and asked, "What do you mean, sir?"
Bai Shandao: "Sir, let us not be too soft-hearted, don't give in without a bottom line just because they are living a miserable life, that will harm others and ourselves."
Man Bao said: "Sir, if I give them the profit, then they have to pay the corresponding price or responsibility, so that it will be regarded as a loss and gain."
Bai Erlang looked suspicious, "Really, why didn't I hear it?"
Bai Shan and Man Bao ignored him, but Qi Qi smiled politely and turned to face the chief.
Watching Old Zhou Tou and their carriage leave, the head of the village, who was about to send Zhou Man and the others away with a smile, couldn't help but shudder at the smiles of the two of them.
Man Bao said: "Li Chief, why don't we talk to you and the villagers."
The chief was taken aback for a moment, and asked, "What are you talking about?"
"Talk about rent."
Li Chang's face was slightly stiff, and he said with a stiff smile: "Master Zhou, this renting has to be done voluntarily, because you came late, and they have already booked the land of Master Fang's house before."
No wonder, the food has not been harvested for a long time, how could it be possible to decide to go home
And those children said that the adults were very worried, so they surrounded the head of the house, and they didn't want to rent a job.
Man Bao laughed at the door and said to Li Chang: "I don't charge fixed rent, and you know that I am in charge of this job field now, so I don't do the yamen's business anymore. I can call the shots."
She said: "I don't want a fixed rent, but a 40% rent. What do you think?"