At this time, Han Zhen asked, "Who is the village chief?"

"I am the village chief."

The white-haired old man who had spoken before took a step forward.

"The village chief stays."

Han Zhen waved his hand: "The rest of the people are gone, what should I do."

The villagers dispersed in groups of three or three, but there were still six or seven villagers standing there without moving, including men and women, old and young.

Han Zhen raised his eyebrows and said, "What's wrong with you?"

These villagers looked at each other, and one of the middle-aged men said stutteringly: "Little...Little Langjun, we are tenants of Wang Yuanwai's family. Now that Wang Yuanwai is gone, what should we do?"

Han Zhen asked: "How much land is there in Wang Yuanwai?"

The man cherished it: "Forty-six acres of paddy fields and eighty-five acres of dry land."

"I have rented it to you?"

"It's all rented to us."

"How did the rent be calculated before?"

The middle-aged man shook his head: "There is no rent, we help farm, and the king gave us a bite of food. When the harvest is good, we will also give us some extra food."

Good guy!

This is not a tenant, isn’t this a serf?

Seeing Han Zhen’s expression surprised, the village chief explained: “Little Langjun, it’s all like this now. In the early years, there were indeed tenants, but the tenants had to be relocated to the owner’s house to issue a document certificate. Many owners deliberately did not issue documents when they saw the tenants leaving. The tenants could not leave and could only stay. Over time, they became what they are today.”

After listening to the village chief's explanation, Han Zhen suddenly realized.

I understand!

It is the landlord who is rich and does not let the tenants leave, and forces the tenants to become serfs and farm for themselves for generations.

What the landlords need to pay for is just a little food.

There are so many fields, someone must be planted.

Thinking of this, Han Zhen pondered: "Now you two have the method to choose. The first method is to pay 50% of the rent, and you will have to pay the rest. You don't have to pay the land tax. The second method is to get wages, 300 labour per month, and also take care of two meals."

50% of the rent is not high, but it is not low either.

Considering that Wang Yuanwai's family has fertile land, the grain production rate is definitely higher than that of ordinary land, so after paying the rent, the remaining grain is enough for their family to have enough food to eat, and there is still some extra money.

After he finished speaking, the group of villagers immediately said in unison: "We will choose the second method!"

They are not stupid. Although the first method sounds touching, the harvest depends entirely on God's expression.

God is in a good mood to give you a bite of food, but you don’t even have to eat shit.

The second method is different. It is a guaranteed harvest for drought and flood. No matter what the harvest in the fields is, you can eat a bite of food and you can still get wages every month.

Three hundred texts.

It's more than five cents a year, and for these poor people who are called tenants but are actually serfs, this is simply a huge sum of money.

Han Zhen nodded and said, "Okay, I'll write a few deeds in the future. I'll write a note when you come to have dinner tomorrow."

"Thank you, little husband!"

More than 20 people knelt down and kowtowed to Han Zhen sincerely.

When these tenants left happily, Han Zhen turned around and asked, "Does there be relatives of Wang Yuanwai in the village?"

"It's gone!"

The village chief heard what he said and shook his head: "Mr. Wang is the eldest in the family, and there are two brothers below. The old man died of tuberculosis in three hours. After the Wang Erlang split up, he moved to Yingtian Mansion. Both daughters were promised to be concubines by Xu Zhubu."

Han Zhen asked again: "Are there many fugitives in this mountain?"

"Why aren't there too many!"

The village chief sighed: "In the early years, Xiaowang Village was also a big village with more than 260 households. The levy taxes have become heavier in recent years. Now only 120 households are left."

Han Zhen nodded, already thinking about it.

After pondering for a moment, he suddenly asked, "Is the village chief's family doing well?"

The village chief smiled bitterly and said, "Please fill your stomach."

His village chief is actually just a name, no different from ordinary villagers. The king has the final say in all matters of big and small in the village.

"From today, the monthly salary of 500 million yuan will be born." Han Zhen said, and ordered Ma Sangou on the side: "Go and get 500 million yuan to find my sister-in-law."

Soon, Ma Sangou came with a bag of copper coins.

After taking the copper coins and stuffing them into the arms of the inner chief, Han Zhen smiled and said, "These five hundred citations are the salary this month. I hope the inner chief will be very concerned and help me manage the village."

"this……"

Holding the heavy cloth bag, the inside was full of complex expressions, and then said gratefully: "Thank you, my husband, I will do my best."

...

Watching the inner leader leave, Ma Sangou finally couldn't help but ask for a puzzlement in his heart: "Brother Han, aren't we going up the mountain to be bandits, why are we staying here?"

Han Zhen pointed to the three mountains around him: "Aren't we just occupying the mountains and becoming kings now?"

Ma Sangou scratched his head, which was completely different from what he imagined.

In his opinion, Han Zhen should have occupied a mountain, built a mountain village like King Li on the Black Mountain, and then gathered a group of bandits to eat meat and drink wine.

Seeing his confused look, Han Zhen patted his shoulder and chuckled, "There are several types of bandits going up the mountain. Since we want to be, we should be the high-end point."

Who would like to live in the mountains if you have nothing to do?

Snakes, insects, rats and ants, and beasts are rampant.

To solve the problem of residence, we must also gather away fugitives and reclaim land...

How great it is now. Living in a house with blue bricks and red tiles saves many steps.

More than one hundred ready-made farmers and hundreds of acres of soon-to-be-ripening grain.

Han Zhen was confident that he could handle these villagers. Even if he didn't, it wouldn't be too late to run up the mountain.

The reason why he chose Xiaowang Village was carefully considered.

One is that Xiaowang Village is remote. When he came yesterday, he noticed that it was surrounded by mountains on three sides, more than ten miles away from the county town, and only a rugged loess mountain road leads to the outside world.

As long as you keep the only exit, you can rest assured.

If you don’t keep it, you have enough strategic depth and just drill into the mountains.

The second is that Wang Yuanwai's reputation is so bad that he has bullied the villagers too fiercely over the years.

When Wang Yuanwai was killed, these villagers would only applaud.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Just give the villagers some sweetness and make their lives better, and the villagers will spontaneously support Han Zhen.

If it were a different village, the ending might not be like this.

There is another third point, and the most critical point.

Han Zhen was determined that even if the county government knew that they had occupied Xiaowang Village, he would not dare to cause trouble for them in the short term.

Today, his fuss in the county town scared many people.

Moreover, once Xu Zhubu died, the county magistrate Chang would definitely take control of power, and would inevitably fight openly and secretly with the wealthy and wealthy families in the county, so he would not have the energy to cause trouble for him.

Looking from the perspective of others, if he was a county magistrate, he would never provoke himself after controlling the county town, but would seize the time to make money.

When he is about to leave office, he will report to the court for peace.

It can not only add a political achievement to the resume, but also make a resettlement fee from the court.

Finally, he was promoted with political achievements and money.

Of course, these are just his guesses. It is impossible for the magistrate Chang to be stumbled one day and he would be suppressed by slapping his thighs.

However, conservatively estimated that the county magistrate Chang would not be able to free up his hands to target him within a month.

Suddenly, Han Zhen thought of something and asked, "By the way, where is the wife of Wang Yuanwai?"

"Dead!"

The monkey replied.

"You killed?"

"I didn't kill her. The backyard was in chaos at that time. Several servants rushed in to grab money. Wang Yuanwai's wife wanted to stop her, but was pushed down by a servant and killed in the corner of the flower bed." The monkey explained

When the servants and servants of wealthy families see that the master's family is suffering from disaster, they will not take advantage of the situation to rob and rob the master's family even if they do not rise up and resist.

I can only say that I have committed my own sins and cannot survive.

Wang Yuanwai is not only cruel to the villagers, but also extremely stingy to his servants.

The cook was slapped in public just because he put some salt when cooking. He thought that other servants were beaten and scolded a lot on weekdays.

It is estimated that these servants have been resentful for a long time and have completely exploded today.

Han Zhen ordered: "Monkey, you four dragged out all the bodies in the house and piled them up and burned them. Sangou, go and bring the cook and maids over."
Chapter completed!