The Big Farmer of Time Traveling

Chapter 161

"Brother Wenliu, are you free tomorrow? Let's go to the farm together?" Lin Xiazhi asked. He planned to go and see for himself. He has the title deed of [-] mu of land at once. Now he can be said to be a veritable landowner. No, I always feel a little empty and unreal if I don’t see it for myself.

Of course Cheng Wenliu was willing to stay. The two of them could see each other more before proposing marriage. After proposing marriage, they would avoid suspicion. Even if he didn't have time tomorrow, he would make time to come out: "I have time tomorrow."

Lin Xiazhi thought for a while, and continued: "Well——except for 950 taels to buy a farm, you have to ask for money when you go to the government to exchange the land deed. Tell me how much you spent in total, and I will bring it to you tomorrow."

In terms of money, Cheng Wenliu didn't dare to fool Lin Xiazhi, he answered honestly: "It only cost ten taels of silver to change the land deed."

When Cheng Wenliu went to the government to transfer the title deed, he directly recorded the farm in Lin Xiazhi's name, so Lin Xiazhi didn't need to go to the government to transfer the title deed again.

The next day, Lin Xiazhi told his family that he was going back to Cheng Wenliu to go somewhere farther away today. Li Xiu and Yang Yusheng told him to bring good people and let him go out.

When going out this time, Lin Xiazhi took a 500 tael bank note, two 200 tael bank notes, a few 100 tael bank notes, a few 50 tael bank notes, and a bag of broken silver.

When Lin Xiazhi and Cheng Wenliu met, he brought two people with him, one was Lin Xiaoqiu and the other was Xiangbo.

Before the new year, Lin Xiazhi thought about buying a carriage for his family, but then he forgot about it as soon as something happened, and now it's too late to think about it.

For example, now that he wants to go to the farm with Cheng Wenliu, as Lin Xiazhi is the host, it is a bit unreasonable to ride in his own donkey cart, not to mention that the Cheng family's cart next to him seems to be even cheaper in comparison. Get into the Cheng family's carriage.

The matter of buying horses and carriages can only be arranged by Xiang Bo when he comes back. He can buy two horses at a time. The Lin house is small and difficult to raise, so both horses can be raised in Linjiacun.

Along the way, Cheng Wenliu told Lin Xiazhi about the farm in detail, lest he rush over and be confused.

The location of the farm is in Beishan Village in the north of Jiangning County. After leaving the county seat, it takes a town to get there. It takes an hour to travel from Jiangning County by horse-drawn carriage.

The road along the way was uneven, and sitting in the carriage was still bumpy. Lin Xiazhi endured the discomfort and insisted on listening to Cheng Wenliu.

After turning over a small piece of hills, you can see Beishan Village. Cheng Wenliu continued to talk about Beishan Village after talking about the situation of the farm: "The terrain of Beishan Village is flat, and there are large stretches of fertile land. Many wealthy households in Jiangning County buy land in it, hire sharecroppers farming.”

As soon as he walked into Beishan Village, Lin Xiazhi could see far away at a glance, and the mountains in the distance looked a little unreal: "Beishan Village is really not small."

Cheng Wenliu nodded: "Beishan Village almost covers the entire basin. To tell you the truth, our family also has a manor here, which is bigger than the one you bought. It covers about [-] mu, all of which are paddy fields. "

When Cheng Wenliu said this, he had a feeling of showing off, Lin Xiazhi felt his fists itch a little and wanted to punch someone.

There is a river in the middle of Beishan Village, and there are all good paddy fields near this river. These paddy fields have long been seized by wealthy households, and the farmers are left with remote dry fields.

The farm that Lin Xiazhi bought had paddy fields because the farmers worked tirelessly to transport water to the fields, turning the dry fields into paddy fields.

Lin Xiazhi thought about going to see the tenants in the farm soon, he had to figure out what the tenants and landlords were like: "By the way, tell me in detail how the tenants rent the land."

Cheng Wenliu didn't expect Lin Xiazhi to be unaware of this. Then he thought that there were no tenant farmers in Linjiacun, and it was normal for him not to know, so he told him the common rules of renting land between tenant farmers and landlords.

"Jingguo's default is that the tenant farmers have to hand over [-]% to [-]% of the grain to the landlord every year. Like our Lishui County, we usually collect [-]% of the rented grain." Cheng Wenliu paused after speaking.

Beishan Village is managed by the shopkeeper who is full of grain. Fortunately, every month when the shopkeeper gets the account book, Master Cheng will ask him to read it together. He is not a stranger to this side, so he paused and continued: "The location of Beishan Village is good, and the annual grain output is not bad. Landlords can collect [-]% of the rented grain. Landlords in places with poor land may charge higher rented grain."

"With such a high income, can the tenant farmers survive?" Lin Xiazhi asked in surprise.

Cheng Wenliu sighed in his heart that Lin Xia was kind-hearted: "The tenant farmers live in the landlord's house and plant the landlord's field. As long as they don't starve to death, the landlord is considered kind-hearted."

"If the grain output increases, it won't be like this." When Lin Xiazhi said this, his voice was so low that only he could hear it.

Cheng Wenliu didn't pay attention to what Lin Xiazhi said just now, and thought he was frightened, so he comforted him: "Although being a tenant farmer is hard work, at least they still have freedom. If they really can't survive and sell themselves to the landlord, that is the real life. There's no hope."

As he spoke, he soon arrived at Lin Xiazhi's farm. It was said to be a farm, but it was actually a few fields surrounded by bamboo fences.

A total of [-] mu of land was leased to four tenant farmers, and each tenant farmer used bamboo fences to enclose their own land.

These tenant farmers knew yesterday that they had changed their landlords, and they waited anxiously by the side of the road for the new landlords to arrive.

I don't know if the new landlords are willing to continue to give these lands to them for planting. If the new landlords don't recognize the contract they signed with the old landlords, then the seeds they planted in the spring will be in vain.

Cheng Wenliu and the others met before. The old landlord introduced him to the tenant farmers during the handover. When the Cheng family's carriage came, the old and the young all rushed forward and kowtowed.

"Master Cheng, we must cultivate the land well, please don't take the land back."

"Here are the contracts signed between the old landlord and us. If you are worried, let's sign a new one."

"Our family has been tenant farmers in Beishan Village for generations. We are honest and responsible, and we will never cause trouble for you."

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Cheng Wenliu jumped out of the carriage first, and then turned to help Lin Xiazhi down: "Everyone, don't get excited, I am not the one who bought these properties, but this Mr. Lin."

After Lin Xiazhi stood firm, he immediately went to help an old man who seemed to be in his 60s. He told Xiang Bo and Lin Xiaoqiu to help other tenant farmers up, stood up and said loudly: "Everyone, get up first and listen to me, don't worry. , Don’t worry, as long as you don’t embarrass me, I won’t embarrass you either.”

Maybe it was because Lin Xiazhi spoke sincerely, or maybe it was because Lin Xiazhi looked kind, the tenant farmers gradually recovered their calm, and were helped up one by one by Xiangbo and Lin Xiaoqiu.

There was a tenant farmer's house nearby, and Lin Xiazhi and Cheng Wenliu took all the tenant farmers to that house.

After entering the room, Lin Xiazhi glanced at the people in the room and said, "The children go back first, and the adults just stay."

Each of these sharecroppers gave birth to a large group of children, and they were all crowded into one room. Lin Xiazhi felt that the air in the room could hardly circulate. Seeing that there were still two or three brothers with big bellies, he quickly added that the pregnant woman also left first. .

The room was spacious only after the child and the pregnant woman had left.

Only Lin Xiazhi and Cheng Wenliu sat on the stools, and the tenant farmers stood aside and looked at Lin Xiazhi uneasily.

These tenant farmers were all yellow and emaciated, malnourished at first glance, their clothes were mended and mended, their shoes had several big holes, and their exposed toes were covered with mud.

Lin Xiazhi closed his eyes and calmed down, calming himself down: "Where is the land lease contract you signed with the previous landlord? Let me take a look first."

A cell boss stood out from the four tenant farmers, holding four pieces of paper in his hands. He was the oldest one, and Lin Xiazhi helped him when he got off the carriage.

These four contracts were still stamped with red seals from the government, and Lin Xiazhi read them carefully after receiving them.

The content above is nothing more than which land is leased to which family, how many years the lease period is, and at least how many catties of grain are handed over each year.

The contents of the four contracts are similar, and Lin Xiazhi quickly finished reading them: "These contracts are all right, you don't have to worry that I will change the tenants to farm the land, whichever farm used to farm the land is still farmed now."

After hearing Lin Xiazhi's words, the tenant farmers were all relieved. It seems that the new owner is not the kind of hard-to-find one, as long as they farm the land honestly.

"The new contract can be re-signed with everyone today, but I have a request. You have to plant my land according to my arrangement, and the rent for farming will also change accordingly." Lin Xiazhi continued explain.

Lin Xiazhi's words made them feel relieved and raised their hearts again. The rent had to be changed, and even the farming had to be arranged.

The atmosphere in the room suddenly became tense. Lin Xiazhi looked at the tenant farmers nervously, and said to them with a smile: "You don't have to worry too much, the rent will only be less or more. I can assure you that according to my It is said that farming will not let you suffer.”

"Brother Xia bought these lands because of your luck." Cheng Wenliu chimed in, "Have you heard of the Lin family tofu? This Mr. Lin is from the Lin family."

After more than a year, tofu has long been a well-known food in Jiangning County. These tenant farmers have also heard about it, but the price of tofu is not cheap, so they only heard that they have never eaten it.

Even if the Lin family made tofu, it had nothing to do with farming. The tenant farmers did not know what Cheng Wenliu said about the Lin family's intentions.

Cheng Wenliu looked at the faces of the tenant farmers who were confused about the situation. It is estimated that the tenant farmers did not know how well the Lin family farmed the land, so they could only talk about farming: "The vegetables in the Lin family village in winter, and the potatoes grown by the Lin family every year. Have you heard of two-ripe rice?"

"I've only heard of greenhouse vegetables." A young man standing behind answered.

The tenant farmers in the greenhouse vegetable area have heard of it, and there are other landlords in Beishan Village who asked their tenant farmers to learn how to grow greenhouse vegetables in Linjia Village. Last year, there was no success.I heard that they have figured it out, and they can try to see if they can succeed this year. As for the other breed that Cheng Wenliu mentioned, they have never heard of it.