There was no tea at home, so Wanniang found some honeysuckle, so she soaked the dried honeysuckle and brought it up. Honeysuckle is a herb that has the effect of clearing heat and removing fire. It is also good to soak water as tea. Fortunately, everyone doesn’t care about it.

Several representatives of the elderly merchants took the tea bowl from Li Xiao, and bowed and nodded politely, and took the cup with both hands.

"Sanlang really looks more and more like the old man."

"Yes, I have the same kindness as the old man."

The new land rent plan proposed by Li Xiao was unanimously welcomed by the representatives. Although they had to go back to discuss with other tenants in the final decision, there was no reason to refuse the proposal. No matter what, Li Xiao not only lowered the land rent back to the original amount, but even gave the tenants another concessions.

When Zhang Bapi collected the rent, he received 70% of the rent, and even had to hand over the products every year. The Zhang family often asked the tenants to do labor for them for free.

"In the future, we will collect the rent by fixed amount of one mu and six dou. If we take care of the crops well and collect three or five dou in the fields, I will never collect one or a little extra for everyone outside the six dou. And if we encounter drought and flood, we will reduce the rent in proportion. We are old tenants of our Li family, and some even started to plant our land since my great-grandfather's time. We have planted land for decades or hundreds of years. We have to take care of each other."

"Yes, yes, what Saburo said makes sense, and Sanlang is kind and righteous."

A few old men said a few uninformed words over and over again, which could not hide their happiness. In the past, they were divided into rent, so no matter how much they collected in the land, they had to pay the rent in proportion. But now if it is a fixed rent, it will be better in the future, so the excess harvest will not be divided into the owner, they will all belong to their own.

"In the future, rent is based on six dou of millet per mu. Of course, everyone is willing to pay wheat, minced rice, or even marinade, or beans. As long as the market price is equivalent to six dou of millet, or even discount money and silk." Li Xiao can be said to be very easy to talk about. No matter what you plant, my rent is fixed, and I can always go with the market and make it easier for everyone to pay the rent.

Some are happy, some are unhappy.

What was happy was the 800 acres of land in the Li family, and what was unhappy were the tenants who had been Li family members in the past, but this time, because the thousand acres of land were not returned to the Li family, they were unable to become the tenants of the Li family members.

Their boss will not be as kind and generous as Li Xiao.

"Sanlang, I used to get along with your father's peers, so I asked you to call you a nephew. As an elder, there is a saying that I want to remind you, you will break the rules." Wang Li was looking at the laughing tenants, but his brows frowned, and he pulled Li Xiao aside.

"Uncle Wang, today I am just restoring the rent in our Li family. In the past, our Li family shared 55% of the share, and only collected about six dou per acre. Now I am just in charge of the company and I think it's troublesome, so I just collect the rent at six dou per acre. Isn't that different?"

Li Xiao also knew that changing the amount and method of collecting land rent would cause some shock. After all, his change would be a bad impact on other landlords. But Li Xiao pretended not to understand, and there were not many changes on the surface. The Li family used to be 55% and many landlords also 55% and he did not break this bottom line and got 46% and 46% of them.

"That's right, but since the Zhang family was in the past, they all mentioned that the 73rd division was divided. Even if you want to change it, it will be fine at most. Why do you have to change it back to 55th? It's difficult to raise it up. If it drops down, it will be difficult to raise it later. Why don't you take advantage of the Zhang family being a villain first and maintain the 73rd rental amount."

"Uncle Wang, the 50% share is a century-old old case for our Li family. I, an unfilial son, cannot change the rules left by my ancestors casually." Li Xiao pretended to smile bitterly and helplessly.

"Hey, you're still too soft-hearted. These untouchable tenants can't be too kind to them, otherwise they'll be on the nose. Listen to my advice, you'd rather collect rent from July 3 or June 4, and then lend them some food in daily life, or even slow them down the rent, so that they can remember you better."

However, Li Xiao will not change the decision easily. Even if he maintains the 73rd or the 74th period to 64th period as the king said, it will be of no benefit to him.

Seeing that Li Xiao was not in, Wang Lizheng was a little annoyed and snorted and stopped talking.

The other people were taking turns to teach, but Li Xiao was polite on the surface, but actually ignored him.

But a group of tenants came to thank them happily.

"Sanlang, in the future, if there is anything that needs to be done in the courtyard, we will come and help with it even if we say a word."

These are also old examples. Basically, every tenant will do something for the owner for about ten days every year. This is a hidden rule. For landlords like the Zhang family, they have to add ten days and half a month to this ten-day old example, which makes everyone suffer.

"Okay, I will call you everyone when I need help in the future."

The 800 acres of land were distributed to about twenty households to tenant farmers. At this time, the agricultural technology level in the Tang Dynasty was relatively poor, and the rotational tillage technology was mostly implemented in three years or two years. It was even widespread and thin harvests, with low yields per mu and rough farming, which led to the people's land plowing more, but the harvest was low.

Holding the honeysuckle tea cup, several old men hesitated for a while and pushed someone out to speak.

"Sanlang, we heard that a gentleman was hired in the courtyard to teach and teach, and asked the children from the tenant family to study for free. We asked boldly, I wonder if the children of our family, who are about the same age, can also be sent to study?"

This matter is too important. Although everyone finds it abrupt, it is impossible not to mention it. It is a rare opportunity to have the opportunity to study for free. Even many children from rich peasants and small landlords don’t have the opportunity to study. Now there is a teacher in the courtyard teaching, and Li Xiao is willing to ask the tenant to send his children to study for free. Who would like to miss this opportunity?

"Boys over five years old and under ten years old can be sent here." Li Xiao thought about it. Anyway, one is to teach, and the other is also to teach. Since they are all their own tenants, there is no need to treat them differently, so they just accept them.

Anyway, there are only about twenty tenants here, one or two children of appropriate age, and there are only a dozen or twenty, so it is still the same class to get together.

"Everyone will send the right children here. I can teach them to read and read for free, but I will explain it in advance. I have to pay for my studies and accommodation. But I have to learn the rules and be sensible. I have to do things while studying. I have to endure hardships. If I can't endure hardships and disobedient things, I will refund them."
Chapter completed!