The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor

After some inquiries, Mo Yan learned about Zhuangzi's general situation from Zhao Dafu.

Zhuangzi is located in a territory called Chenjia Village. Most of the people in the village are named Chen, and there are only a few outsiders. The thousand acres of fertile land in Mojia Farm were leased to the villagers of Chenjia Village.

Those lands are also within the scope of Chenjiacun. In addition to the 200 acres of paddy fields, the remaining 800 acres include 600 acres of dry land and 200 acres of sloping land.

Compared with sloping land, the soil of dry land is more fertile and can be easily irrigated. It is good for growing wheat, corn, rapeseed, sorghum, etc. The soil quality on the slopes is not bad, and peanuts, soybeans, corn, and buckwheat can all be grown. As long as there is no drought or flood, the annual yield per mu is several bushels more than other places. Therefore, all the fields on Zhuangzi are robbed by the villagers. While renting, few villagers will return the rent.

As for the rent, you should have paid another five cents after paying the tax on the grain harvest. However, the former owner of Zhuangzi was an official. According to the tax law of Dachu, there was no need to pay rent for the fields under his name, so the rent directly became Six cents, that is, the tenants could get 40% of the harvest. If there is a bad harvest year, the rent will usually change to five cents or four cents.

If Mo Yan was a tenant, she would always complain about the high rent. Now that she has become the owner of these fields, her mentality is different, although she still feels that the rent is a bit high. However, the general environment is like this. If she rashly reduces the rent, she may be able to gain a good reputation among the tenants, but this will break a certain balance, and she may be resented by Ren, and something bad may happen.

Therefore, rent reduction is not advisable. If Mo Yan wants this merit, he can only start from other places. She also has a way, which is to sell the dryland crops in the space to the tenants as seeds. The seeds produced in the space not only have high yields, but are also very resistant to pests and diseases. When the harvest is ready, the tenant farmers will naturally benefit.

In the spring of this year, Mo Yan asked Zhao Dafu to bring some rice seeds back. Zhao Dafu followed Mo Yan's instructions and distributed the rice seeds to the tenants of the paddy fields. Now the two hundred acres of rice fields are being harvested one after another. , the rent can be collected in these two days.

Speaking of this season's rice, Zhao Dafu couldn't hide his excitement: "A few days ago, some tenants came to the door specially and asked the slaves to thank the county master for giving them the high-yielding rice seeds to plant. He also said that he would wait until the county master comes. , come and pay your respects to the Lord."

Mo Yan was just about to say that it doesn't have to be like this, but he swallowed the words and changed his words: "I will stay here for two days this time. If you are free tomorrow and later, you can gather those tenants together. I will I want to meet them.”

"This..." Zhao Dafu's expression changed slightly. He originally just mentioned it casually, trying to make the new master happy, but he didn't expect Mo Yan to actually agree, which put him in a difficult position: "The county prince has a distinguished status. I'm afraid it's easy for that rough guy to collide with me, so if the Lord has something to do, he can just ask his servants to take care of it."

Mo Yan glanced at Manager Zhao who was obviously guilty, and said calmly: "I have other arrangements for those fields. It's not that I don't believe in Manager Zhao's ability to do things. It's just that there are some things that I need to hear from the tenants." Only with your opinions can you make a decision.”

When Manager Zhao heard this, he felt a little calmer and his expression gradually returned to normal: "The county master has made arrangements, and I must comply with them. I will inform the tenants in the afternoon and ask them to come over as soon as possible."

Mo Yan nodded slightly and went through it in his mind. After making sure that nothing was missed, he said to Zhao Dafu: "You go down first and have a few clean rooms cleaned. After lunch, you can send the accounts over. .”