Xiang Han strolled around the field ridge, then looked at the green wheat field and sighed. The wheat has just been jointed, where to pull the ears
He held his chin and glanced around, and suddenly saw a piece of golden yellow, and hurriedly ran over.
It was a small piece of rapeseed, and the light yellow flowers gathered at the end of the stem, swaying in the wind, it was really cute.
Xiang Han's hands were itchy, and he couldn't help stretching out his sinful claws. The farmer who was weeding in the field got up at this time, and he was so scared that he quickly retracted.
Seeing him, the farmer felt a little embarrassed, rubbed the mud on his hands, bowed and said, "Young Master."
Hearing this, Xiang Han hurriedly coughed lightly, pretending nothing happened, and said reservedly: "It's nothing, I'll come and take a look, you keep busy."
The farmer hesitantly responded, his expression still tense, and he stood aside respectfully, as if he was afraid that Xiang Han would take the land back.
Seeing that he didn't leave for a long time, Xiang Han couldn't bear it anymore and asked, "What kind of flower is this?"
"Go back to Young Master's house, this is a brassica flower..." Thin beads of sweat broke out on the farmer's forehead.
"Brassica?" Xiang Han repeated, and then asked the system: "Didn't you say Zhan Luan? The common people have the leisure to plant flowers, and... this flower looks familiar, why haven't I heard the name?"
System: "It's rape blossoms, I've seen them in the past few worlds. It's edible, and it's usually used to extract oil."
"Oh." Xiang Han suddenly remembered something.
The farmer became even more nervous when he heard this. The harvest in the field was good last year and there was some surplus grain at home, so he dared to plant this small piece of land and planned to extract some oil. The Jin family has always collected high rents. Seeing these brassicas, will the young masters think that the tenants have a good harvest and have a lot of surplus grain, so they will take the opportunity to increase the land rent
"Hey, can I... pick one?" Xiang Han asked.
"Of course." Seeing that he didn't mention the rent, the farmer was also relieved.
Xiang Han was overjoyed when he heard the words, and hurriedly picked out the thin ones with few flowers.
The farmer was still very distressed when he saw it. Xu Yanze happened to come over and couldn't help asking after seeing it: "Why are you picking other people's flowers?"
"Uh." Xiang Han hurriedly got up, quietly handed over the flowers, and said, "It's not that I didn't find the ears of wheat. I saw that the flowers are pretty..."
Xu Yanze was in a good mood, subconsciously took the flower, and a slight smile rose from the corner of his mouth. It wasn't until he caught a glimpse of the distressed farmer from the corner of his eye that he stopped laughing, coughed lightly and said, "That shouldn't be picked randomly, farmers, it's not easy to serve the land."
Pack! Why didn't you think of this question when you asked me to pull the ears of wheat? Xiang Han couldn't help rolling his eyes.
After hearing this, the farmer hurriedly said in trepidation: "Well, if the young master likes it, it doesn't matter if you pick more."
Xiang Han felt a little embarrassed, took out a dime of broken silver and handed it to him, saying, "I bought this plant."
The farmer was even more terrified when he heard this, and repeatedly refused: "I can't do it, I can't do it..."
"I'll take it if I give it to you." Xiang Han forced it, and then asked, "By the way, how much rent do you pay every year for planting these lands?"
The farmer shook his hand, and the pieces of silver fell to the ground. He also knelt down and said anxiously: "Young master, the harvest in the field is not good, you must not increase the rent! This brassica, this brassica..."
Xiang Han and Xu Yanze were stunned at the same time. Seeing the farmer blushing anxiously, Xiang Han hurriedly supported him: "Get up first, when did I say the rent increase?"
The farmer saw that his expression did not seem to be fake, so he reluctantly got up, but still couldn't help but bend over: "Thank you, master, thank you..."
"Okay, it's okay, I'll just ask casually, you can continue to work." Seeing him like this, Xiang Han didn't want to ask any more questions, so he dragged Xu Yanze away.
Halfway through, Xu Yanze suddenly said: "The Jin family's land rent... is 70%."
This is Yan Xiaoze's memory, in Xu Yanze's view, it is considered very high. Especially after experiencing the end times, people always have an inexplicable possessive desire for food.
"Seventy percent?" Xiang Han was also very surprised, and said in disbelief: "Then the tenant's annual harvest, isn't most of... handed over to our family?"
"More than that." Xu Yanze frowned and said: "The actual delivery time is based on the harvest in a normal year. First, the amount of grain to be paid per mu is stipulated. For example, in a normal year, when the land is 200 catties of wheat per mu, when the tenant rents the crops, no matter how much the harvest is, They have to pay 140 catties. When the harvest is not good, all the grain may not be enough to pay the rent.”
Xiang Han was speechless, and finally understood why the farmer was trembling after seeing him.
Back at Yan's house, he didn't stay any longer, and quickly urged Xu Yanze to leave.
Xu Yanze was not in the mood to pay any attention to his second uncle's family, so he entered the room to say goodbye to Father Yan, and told the little steward who was left behind to serve him before leaving with Xiang Han.
Second Aunt Yan had hoped that Xu Yanze would do her a lot of good, but when she saw that the little steward only gave them some white flour and millet, she became very angry.
Seeing that she was going to be rude, the little steward hurriedly warned: "Before I came, the old lady told me that if the in-laws are not greedy enough, the twenty mu of land that they rented will not be planted next year."
Second Aunt Yan's voice fell silent immediately, and she didn't dare to say anything more. In fact, the old lady did not explain this, it was Xu Yanze who asked the little steward to say so on purpose. If Uncle Yan's family hadn't arranged for food today, he wouldn't even want to give this little food.
After Xu Yanze got into the carriage, he was still holding the rape flower in his hand, and the more he looked at it, the happier he felt.
Hearing what he said, Xiang Han felt a little uncomfortable. He couldn't help calling the steward who accompanied him to the carriage, and asked, "Guard Zhang, the Jin family rents out 70% of the rent every year?"
Guanshi Zhang is only in charge of the Yanjia Village, upon hearing this he hastily said respectfully: "Master, this is indeed the case in the Yanjia Village."
Xu Yanze also put down the flowers when he heard the words, and asked, "Why is the harvest so high?"
"Yes." Xiang Han nodded again and again, and echoed: "The income is so high, and the tenants can barely go hungry after paying the rent. If there is a disaster year..." Isn't this trying to force people back
When Xu Yanze spoke, Zhang Guanshi didn't care. After hearing Xiang Han's words, he said with a bitter face: "Master, this is the old lady's rule, and we can't make the decision."
"grandmother?"
"Hey, if you want a villain to tell you, it's no wonder the old lady." Steward Zhang couldn't help complaining: "Our Jinwu Town pays six out of ten taxes. Don't look at the Jin family's income of 70%, but 60% is handed over to the Jiedu envoy. The old lady also has to support a big family, there is no other way."
"Sixty percent?" Xiang Han frowned a little, and couldn't help but say, "The tax is so high, isn't Jiedushi afraid that the people will rebel...?"
Zhang Guanshi's expression changed when he heard this, and he glanced left and right for a while, before he moved closer and said, "Master, the Jiedu Envoy has 150,000 soldiers in his hand, how could he be afraid? Besides, Jinwu is often harassed by Turks, and the common people know who to rely on for protection." , don’t dare to mess up.”
Just as he was talking, the carriage suddenly hit a rock and shook violently. Xiang Han didn't sit still, and threw himself on Xu Yanze.
Xu Yanze quickly reached out to catch it, but he was also unstable and was knocked down directly, while Xiang Han was on top of him. Fortunately, the coachman stabilized it in time, and neither of them fell, but due to inertia, they both slid out of the car.
Zhang Guanshi was startled, hurriedly stepped forward to support Xiang Han, and said nervously: "Master, are you alright?"
"It's okay." Xiang Han struggled to pull away the hands that were tightly wrapped around his waist, then managed to get up, and reached out to Xu Yanze: "Are you okay?"
Xu Yanze raised his empty hand, then shook his head. After getting up, he searched around in the car, leaned out again, and finally found the wilted rapeseed flower on the ground. With a smile in his eyes, he jumped out of the car.
Manager Zhang said nervously, "Young Mistress, did you fall? What's wrong?"
Xiang Han also poked his head out strangely, Xu Yanze waved Guanshi Zhang away, then bent down to pick up flowers. Just when the hand was about to touch it, a foot suddenly stepped on the flower and crushed it hard.
The smile in Xu Yanze's eyes disappeared immediately, and he slowly raised his head.
The carriage stopped just in front of a restaurant, and the person who came was a drunken school lieutenant, followed by a few pawns. Seeing Xu Yanze raised his head, the captain let out a lewd smile, raised his hand towards Xu Yanze, stumbling and said, "Yo, you're just, you're the Jin family's silly, silly... hiccup, silly little wife? You're pretty, don't you?" , Don't talk to idiots... oh!"
Xu Yanze suddenly punched him, knocked him down, then stepped on his face, crushed him hard, and said with killing intent in his eyes: "Who will allow you to step on it?"
Xiang Han, who was in a hurry to get out of the car, was dumbfounded. Yan Xiaoze was thin, and Xu Yanze had only been here for three days, why suddenly... so explosive
The pawns behind the captain also panicked, rushed up and punched and shouted: "Boy, do you know who is under my lord's command?"
Xu Yanze directly kicked the captain to the side, and easily avoided the attack. When the captain was about to get up, he stepped on it again, even harder than before, and sneered, "I really don't know."
The captain suddenly burst into tears from the pain, hugged his leg and whimpered: "It hurts, it hurts, stop it, stop it..."
The pawn hurriedly stopped, looked nervously at Xu Yanze, and stammered: "I, our lord is under the command of General Chen, and he is the brother-in-law of the Jiedushi. Even if your old lady is here, you have to be courteous... "
"Chen Tinghong?" Xiang Han just got out of the car, and he couldn't help repeating this through gritted teeth
Zhang Guanshi looked terrified, and quickly grabbed him to persuade him: "Young master, please ask young mistress to release them. They are Jiedu envoys, let's offend them..."
Xiang Han waved him away, frowned and said, "Guan Zhang, how do you boost up other people's ambitions and destroy your own prestige?"
"This, this... Alas." Steward Zhang stomped his feet and hurriedly asked someone to report the matter to the old lady.
Xiang Han leaned over to Xu Yanze's side, saw that the captain's face was covered with blood, quickly retracted his head, and asked in a low voice, "You don't want to kill him, do you?"
"That's not enough." Xu Yanze snorted softly, kicked the person back again, picked up the trampled rapeseed, threw it on the captain's face, and said coldly: "Eat it."
The lieutenant stared angrily at once, and was about to curse, when Xu Yanze suddenly raised his foot again. The captain flinched when he saw the situation, and after recognizing the shape, he hurriedly picked up the trampled flowers, stuffed them whole into his mouth, and flattered him, "That's fine, young lady..."
Xu Yanze glanced coldly, and the captain quickly shut up. Only then was Xu Yanze satisfied, and when he left, he 'kindly' suggested: "Your mouth is so unclean, remember to eat more in the future, to clear the fire and detoxify."
Being molested in front of his wife is enough to lose his reputation, and what is even more annoying is that this guy dares to step on the flowers his wife gave him. Xu Yanze felt that he might have been idle for too long, and his hands were so itchy just now that he couldn't help it.