A trip starting from the courtyard

Chapter 606 Dare to Covet His Petty Money

"Wu Zhuangtou, where is the account of the farm this year?"

After seeing Wu Zhuangtou's order, Chunlan, the eldest maidservant and chief financial officer, sat down and drank tea, pretending to be stupid, and felt a little dissatisfied.Today is the first time for the little grandpa to come to the village, so he should take the initiative to take out these things.

It's so unruly!
"Look at my memory. As I get older, I tend to forget things." Wu Zhuang hurriedly cupped his hands, apologizing to Wang Lidong, and then took the account book from his eldest son Wu Qi, "Little Lord, this is Our Zhuang's accounts for this year."

After Wang Lidong reached out to take the account book, he handed it to Chunlan without looking at it.

This farm was given to Qi Heng by the Marquis of Xiangyang as a birthday present five years ago.Although Qi's mother has been taking care of it all these years, Princess Pingning didn't care at all. Qi's family has a big business, and such a small villager sends someone to check the accounts every year.The rest of the time is in a free-range state, and Zhuangtou and several stewards have become the actual head of the family.

Even if you beat Wang Lidong to death, you don't believe that these guys will keep their lives clean and guarded like jade, and they have never reached out to take a copper plate.

It's like putting a mouse next to a rice bowl, and it can be full with just a few hops.

Who can stand it?
But he didn't intend to tell Chunlan about this.

Although this girl took care of his private room very clearly, everything could be seen and touched, and it was impossible for the people below to fool her.

But Zhuangzi's accounts outside are different. With an output of hundreds of thousands of catties a year, if you want to find out what's tricky in it, you have to use your brains.Just practice to gain experience.

"Wu Zhuangtou, how is Zhuangzi's harvest this year?"

Wu Zhuangtou hurriedly put down the teacup in his hand, and said with a smile on his face: "Thanks to the little grandpa, the weather has been good this year, and Zhuangzi's harvest has increased by 2000 catties compared to previous years."

"How are the rents collected now, and how much are the rents collected this year?"

"Zuzi has always been 1236%, and this year the rent in our village collected a total of [-] shi."

Wang Lidong picked up the teacup, gently skimmed the tea foam with the lid, and took two sips slowly.

The arable area of ​​the entire Yaojiazhuang is more than 1500 mu. During this period, the yield per mu was about 200 catties, and the annual harvest was just over 30 catties.

In the Song Dynasty, 1 shihe = 92.5 song jin, converted to about 3250 shi, and the rent was 1600%. As the farm owner, he should have a harvest of more than [-] shi.

That is to say, Wu Zhuangtou and several stewards have swallowed about 400 shi of his grain this year, and the current market price of each shi of grain is about 300 Wen, totaling 150 guan.

Wang Lidong finally understood why their family would not buy the one from Zhuangziyuan no matter how cheap it was.

Zhuangzi is close to the mansion, and it is difficult for the Zhuangtou below to find various reasons to fool the master.

If their Zhuangzi is hundreds or thousands of miles away from the capital, and they can hand over 400 shi every year, it will be blessed by Sanqing.

For example, the several farms of the Rongguo Mansion in the Red Mansions in Heilongjiang Province, the annual rent can add up to tens of thousands of taels of silver according to normal terms, but they only receive a few thousand taels of silver each year, which is really broken and then discounted Discount again.

Zhuangtou eats meat, but the owner can only eat some scraps!

But the family members of the Rongguo Mansion can only recognize it. The head of the village has a good reason. Today and that month Zhuangzi suffered floods, and next year it can be said that it will suffer from drought. In the year after that, the locusts should play for a few years. Let go and start again.
If you don't believe it, it's simple, you can send someone to verify it.

This journey is thousands of miles, not to mention the safety issues on the road, it is still unknown whether the sent out can be found out.

Just like the ones that Qi's mother sent to Zhuangzi to check the accounts in recent years, can't they see the tricks here?!
Glancing at Wu Zhuangtou and the other stewards who were staring at him, Wang Lidong smiled and nodded.

Seeing the young master's reaction, Wu Zhuangtou gently put his heart hanging in his throat back into his stomach.

Cleared! Done!

This scene made Wang Lidong not only roll his eyes.

I really thought he was a dude.

Hehe, dare to covet his petty money!

After knowing the general situation, he immediately started the chat mode, during which he also inquired about the rent paid over the past five years, which fluctuated around 1200 shi.

After about half an hour, the subordinates sent by Wu Zhuangtou returned to the hall one after another.

After getting the statistical list, there are a total of 1 children aged 15-321, including 136 boys and 185 girls.

There are quite a few people.

On average, each tenant farmer has four or five children. If the emperor sees it, he must be envious to death.

"My lord, our Zhuangzi found twelve craftsmen, ten carpenters, one blacksmith, and one bamboo craftsman." Wu Zhuangtou saw that the tenant farmers were standing stupidly, and immediately scolded in a low voice, "What did I explain to you just now?" , Hurry up and meet the little prince."

More than a dozen rough men hurriedly saluted and greeted each other one after another.

"Xiaomin met the little grandpa"

"Meet the people"

"Sit down and talk." Wang Lidong said to Wuwei: "Give everyone a cup of ginger tea, and add two braziers."

He noticed that the faces of more than a dozen men were all pale with cold, and they stamped their feet and rubbed their hands from time to time. He looked at the clothes on these men. They were all homemade overcoats, which were stuffed between two layers of linen. Sawdust, reed flowers, dried leaves, and some chicken, duck and goose feathers are added to the better ones. It looks thick, but the effect of keeping warm is not satisfactory.

There is no way, cotton has not been popularized on a large scale these days, so in winter, it is very difficult for the people at the bottom.

Wu Zhuangtou immediately stood up and took the lead in complimenting Wang Lidong.
"Thank you, little master."

"Little Grandfather is Merciful"

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After a boy added two braziers, the hall became much warmer, and the hands and feet of more than a dozen peasants gradually warmed up.

After drinking a cup of hot ginger tea, the faces of these people returned to normal, and some men still had a little sweat on their foreheads.

Wang Lidong didn't delay any longer, and said: "The reason for calling everyone over here, I think Wu Zhuangtou must have told everyone about it when he sent people to your home. The main reason is to ask everyone to help repair this courtyard. Make some tables, chairs and benches, and pay 30 Wen a day."

When they heard that there was wages, all the tenant farmers secretly breathed a sigh of relief. When the head of the village sent someone to call them, most of them were still worried that the little father-in-law would let them work for nothing.

Although 30 Wen/day is a little less, the current hard work in Tokyo is more than 100 Wen, and the difference is fifty or sixty Wen.

But they have no way, otherwise they would have gone to the city long ago.

Even if they really don't give a penny and let them work for nothing, they have to grit their teeth and agree to it, unless they don't want to continue in this kind of land next year.

When they heard Wang Lidong's promise that they would include two meals in the morning and lunch, and that their wages would be paid every day, the eyes of the dozen or so people brightened.

No matter how bad the two meals are, if you want to be full, the family can save 3 catties of grain every day, and if you work for a month, you can save 100 catties of grain and 300 Wen.

Plus the 900 Wen salary, the total is 1200 Wen. This price is definitely a conscience price.

"My lord, I did it."

"My lord, I did it too."

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(End of this chapter)