Daming: Depriving Zhu Yunqi of luck at the beginning

On the other side, Yangzhou Weizhong stands out as a powerful character.

These people came out of the city gate aggressively.

Soon, they came to a field of the Ding family.

Zhu Yuanzhang stopped his horse, looked back and asked:

"This place...is all the fields of the Ding family?"

He Li, who followed closely behind, hastily replied:

"Yes, Your Majesty, I have checked... this piece of land belongs to the Ding family."

talking.

He Li pointed to the distance.

"Such a large area?" Zhu Yuanzhang was also a little stunned.

He is still very sensitive to the fields.

If this was in his youth, how many families could be supported by such a large field!

Even rich man Liu's land is less than one-tenth of this place!

Chapter 125 Abandoned Fields, People Appeal

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the boundless fields, frowned and said:

"It's too big, it stretches all the way to the foot of the mountain over there..."

He Li added:

"Your Majesty, this is just a property of the Ding family outside Hangzhou."

"In addition, there are three villas with more than a thousand acres of fields."

this.

Lao Zhu was so shocked that his eyelids twitched.

"With so many fields, don't the people in Hangzhou City sell them to the Ding family, so they don't grow them themselves?"

on horseback.

Zhu Xiongying looked up, and after seeing a forest in the distance, there seemed to be several families.

He hurriedly stretched out his finger to show Zhu Yuanzhang:

"Grandpa, there seems to be someone living in front."

"Why don't we inquire about the situation of the Ding family's fields?"

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced in the direction Zhu Xiongying pointed, nodded and said:

"Alright."

"But too many people can easily scare the people."

"The rest of you are watching nearby, He Li and you guys just come with us."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

soon.

He Li, Li Munian and the most skilled guards rode out on horseback, following behind Zhu Yuanzhang.

Several people came to the door of the thatched cottage together.

Zhu Yuanzhang got off his horse and walked to the door of a house, only to find that the house didn't even have a wooden door.

Just right.

An old man in shabby clothes was carrying an ax and was about to go out.

Seeing this, He Li quickly put his body in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, blocking the old man.

Before He Li could say the word "back off".

Zhu Yuanzhang pushed He Li away and said:

"It's just ordinary people, don't be so nervous."

After finishing speaking, he kindly asked the old man:

"Old man, don't be afraid, I'm passing by and want to ask you something."

The old man was very thin and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with a look of fear on his face. Hearing what he said, he had no choice but to nod, and then put the ax down against the door.

"You said."

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't beat around the bush, and asked straightforwardly:

"Whose family does the surrounding land belong to?"

The old man knew what Zhu Yuanzhang was asking without even looking, and replied:

"Ding's family in Hangzhou City, and the fields around here belong to his family."

The old man then asked cautiously:

"Why are you asking this?"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said:

"I'm just curious. It's a pity that no one is busy in such a large field."

Speaking of this.

The old man said angrily:

"It's all owned by the Ding family. They don't let people farm the land. What can we do..."

"Wasting the field like this will be punished by God!"

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The old man seemed to feel that what he just said was too excited, he sighed silently, shook his head and said:

"If it's all right, old man, I still have to go to the mountains to chop firewood... I'm wasted time, there is no firewood to sell, and my whole family will be hungry tomorrow."

Zhu Xiongying winked at Li Munian.

Li Munian immediately took out a silver ingot from his sleeve and handed it to the old man.

"Old man, this is given to you by my young master, so that you don't have to worry about being hungry."

Who knows.

The old man just glanced at the silver and didn't intend to take it at all.

"What are you going to do?"

Knowing that the old man was too cautious, Zhu Yuanzhang took the silver ingot from Li Munian's hand and stuffed it into the old man's hand.

"Don't worry, old man, we don't want anything from your house, we just want to chat with you."

"If you delay your going to the mountain to cut firewood, this money will be considered as compensation for you."

Only then did the old man accept the silver taels.

"Ask anything, I will tell you everything I know, old man."

then.

Zhu Yuanzhang continued to ask:

"So many good lands are being abandoned, why doesn't the Ding family let them breed?"

The old man sighed, and said: "Other landlords collect land rent after planting the land, but Ding's family collects money before the land is planted, before the seeds are sown..."

"I don't want any food, just money... let those who have no money go to the grain store in the city to exchange money... But most of the grain stores in the city are owned by his Ding family. It’s not worth the price at all.”

"In the end, the land hasn't been planted yet, and the food and money are gone."

"Who can afford this?"

"Most of the people in the village have left now, and there are only a few families left. Our family can only survive by chopping firewood, fishing, and hunting some game in the mountains."

Hearing what the old man said, Zhu Yuanzhang was puzzled and said:

"That's strange. Wouldn't it be more wasteful for him to leave this place unused? He can't earn a dime back..."

"It's better to lower the land rent and let people plant it."

As a time traveler, Zhu Xiongying can guess a thing or two.

This is a routine used by capitalists of later generations. In order to preserve value, even if all the commodities are ruined, they will not deal with them at a low price.

But he didn't know much about economics, so he didn't rush to explain to Zhu Yuanzhang.

The old man shook his head and said:

"I don't know what the Ding family thinks. Anyway, the Ding family doesn't have to worry about food and clothing, so they probably don't care if the land grows or not..."

The old man finished speaking halfway.

A guard came to report:

"Your Majesty, a group of villagers came here and said they wanted to sue the imperial court."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang quickly waved and said:

"It came just fine."

"Let's listen to what they have to say."

When the guards called Zhu Yuanzhang "Your Majesty", the old man didn't feel anything at all, and he was not familiar with this title.

But I heard the guard said that someone wanted to "sue an imperial court".

The old man is getting excited.

Sue imperial court, he understands!

The whole village, no, it can be said that most of the farmers around Hangzhou want to sue the court.

If it weren't for the government's strict control, they would not be able to leave Hangzhou Mansion at all, and they would have wanted to sue the imperial court for a long time...

"Are you... the emperor?"

The old man asked Zhu Yuanzhang with trembling hands.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said:

"Yes."

When he came out to inspect this time, he didn't intend to hide his identity.

The old man fell to his knees on the ground with a plop, with tears in his eyes and trembling lips:

"Grass people... grass people..."

Knowing that he had a lot to say, Zhu Yuanzhang patted him on the back and said:

"Let's go, go outside and see what other people say."

"If you have anything to say, you can tell us with the big guys."

"We have plenty of time today."

……

at the same time.

A group of scholars hurried and hurried, and finally arrived at the entrance of the village.

They watched a group of villagers walk into the village under the guidance of officers and soldiers, and immediately wanted to go forward.

But soon, a Yangzhou guard soldier stood in front of them and asked sharply:

"What?"

The leading scholar cupped his fists and said:

"Wu Heng, a scholar in the city of Hangzhou, once met His Majesty the Emperor..."