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Volume 4 Empire Dongsheng Chapter 2 The Legend of Master Huang

.The identity of the middle-aged man in front of him is not revealed. The more respectful the old farmer is, the more the middle-aged man is.

"Go back to the master, 70% of the young family planted twelve acres of water, 25 mu of dry land only one mu of paddy land, and three mu of dry land are owned by him, and the rest must be rented from the head family. You can harvest more than 30 stones of rice and more than 40 stones of miscellaneous grains every year. After paying the boss's rent, you will keep your own rice and about 15 stones of miscellaneous grains. The family of five young people is barely enough." Kang Erniu said a little angrily that most of the food he had worked hard to plant must be handed over to others. He must be unhappy. If the rice and more than 30 stones of miscellaneous grains are all owned by his own family, it can be considered a small wealthy family.

"Little bastard, please be content. Our boss is quite kind, only 70% of it. Zhang Laocai from the next village received 80% of it, and another grandson received 85% of it from the tenant. If our boss is the same, I will make you drink every meal." Kang Laonong cursed.

The middle-aged man frowned: "With such a high rent, there are still people?"

"Go back to the master, Sun Heizi's family occupied half of the land in the neighboring village, and the remaining few rich men accounted for another 40%. He would rather have land deserted than reduce the rent. The tenant has no land to plant, so what if he doesn't plant it? In the end, it won't have to plant it." The old farmer surnamed Kang said helplessly. Compared with Sun Heizi's tenant, he was already satisfied. If he collects 15% more, the food left by the tenant will be reduced by half.

The middle-aged man felt something and said for a while: "Old man, little brother, thank you for chatting with me. Come, Yang Lin, give them ten silver coins."

"Yes." A big man in his thirties responded, took out ten silver coins from his pocket and handed them over: "Give it, this is the reward given by the emperor... Mr. Huang."

Seeing ten silver coins with sparkling silver coins, Kang Erniu's eyes suddenly straightened. One silver coin in Jiangnan could buy two stone grains. If it was rice, it would be about one stone and one dou. The Kang family's income from a year of exhaustion was only worth more than ten silver coins, and most of them had to be consumed by themselves. Perhaps even one silver coin could be less than one silver coin.

"Bang." The old farmer surnamed Kang slapped his hand and pulled Kang Erniu aside before saying, "Master Huang is just asking a few questions. The old man has not lost anything, so he cannot be rewarded with him."

Seeing that his father actually refused the large amount of reward, Kang Erniu was so anxious that he scratched his head and wanted to snatch the money, but he was beaten by his father just now, but Kang Erniu didn't dare to act rashly.

The middle-aged man nodded: "Although the old man is poor, he is really rare to be able to see money but not be greedy. Yang Lin, add twenty silver coins to reward him."

"Yes." The big man did not frown. He took out twenty silver coins from his arms and was shocked: "Oh, I can't do it, I can't do it."

"Hold it." The man stuffed the silver coins straight into the old farmland. The old farmer was anxious to shrink his hands. The man glared: "If you ask you to hold it, take it. Do you want my master to add more money?"

The old farmer surnamed Kang suddenly shrank his hands, either, nor did he. He had to take the middle-aged man with his hands and said with a smile: "Old man, this money is not only for you to give me questions and rewards. I'm afraid that this little brother will be smart in the future. If he is not a farmer, he will send him to read and read. Maybe he can become a pillar of the court. This little money will be used to study for this little brother."

"How is this good? This is so good." The old farmer surnamed Kang was muttering. He was originally resistant to the flying fortune. But the other party said so. If he didn't accept it, it would be a delay in his son's future. He held thirty silver coins in his hand, which seemed like thirty hot lyrics. Of course, for most people, the more hot lyrics, the better.

The middle-aged man smiled slightly and said nothing more. He held the little boy's hand and boarded the carriage again. The coachman said "drive." He raised the reins and walked along the carriage. He went further and further. After a while, only a black spot was left.

"Dad, you have money, you have money, and you are still old. If it were me, you would be satisfied with ten silver coins. I didn't expect that my father would get thirty silver coins." Seeing the carriage far away, Kang Erniu jumped up from the ground and looked at his father with admiration on his face.

Seeing his son's lazy look, the old farmer surnamed Kang couldn't help but pick up the pipe in his hand and knocked it at his son, saying, "Little bastard, what nonsense? Today I met a noble man. Otherwise, you will suffer a great loss sooner or later. Go and go to the field to work."

"Dad, let's not work today. With so many silver coins, it's better to buy some delicious food and go home to celebrate.



"Erniu, crops are the foundation. I will keep this silver coin. I will tell you to use it in a few years. The rest will be stored in order to prepare for the famine."

"Crops, crops, if so many crops are all from their own, it would be fine, but they are all from others. How much money can they be sold after paying the rent and taxes?" Kang Erniu muttered dissatisfied.

"Erniu, my father is right. Our farmers are the fundamentals of crops. No matter how much money comes from outside, they will not be able to take it safely. This time it is a coincidence. You can't think about it in the future.

Kang Daniu also said that he had just seen his father and younger brother being caught in a dozen times, so he came over with confidence. Although he didn't dare to get close, he knew the reason in the middle clearly.

When Kang Erniu heard his father and elder brother say this, he was very depressed. It seemed that he would not be able to have a good meal. When he remembered the middle-aged man's reward of thirty silver coins at will, Kang Erniu couldn't help but envy him. This kind of life is what he wants. He must not be trapped in this field in this life. He will only make his boss fat if he is tired.

"Dad, brother, do you think, what did Mr. Huang do just now?"

"No matter who he is, as long as you know it is definitely expensive, it is our luck to meet such a noble person."

"Dad, since he is a noble person, what he said must make sense. Anyone who is a noble person said that I am not suitable for growing crops. It seems that I am not the fate of growing crops. Dad, just let me study." Kang Erniu said seriously.

The old farmer surnamed Kang was stunned when he heard it. He seemed to know his son for the first time. He looked at his son up and down. The middle-aged man's words just now came back to his ears, and his heart couldn't help but move: "Eniu, you are serious."

"Dad, do you think I'm serious this time?"

"Success, my father will send you to study, but there is a saying that if you can't study, the money has been spent. Don't blame your father if you can't marry a wife."

"Dad, don't worry, your son must be a high-ranking official, and you can marry a few wives if you want."

This sentence suddenly showed that Kang Erniu was exhausted, but Kang Daniu's face was still excited: "It's great, our family will have scholars in the future.



Whether Kang Erniu can study and become a high-ranking official is still a matter of the last doubt. If the father and son know how noble the nobles they meet are, they will probably be scared to death. The middle-aged man on this carriage is Emperor Hongguang of the Ming Dynasty today, and that little boy is Zhu Ci, the only son of the emperor today.

At this time, it was nearly three months since the emperor returned to the capital. This time, the emperor was in charge of the emperor. In addition to being able to directly attack the Manchus, he could be said to have achieved brilliant victory. After returning to the capital, there were naturally a series of activities such as prisoners of Taimiao and sacrifices. In addition, the organization of the trial of traitors like Wu Sangui and Fan Yongdou, the emperor was still very busy and did not get off until a few days ago.

In order to relax, Wang Fucai took the prince out for a tour in a low dress. After the emperor returned from his personal mission, Wang Fucai realized that less than a year later, his son was trained by two well-educated but extremely old-fashioned masters to become a normal person, and he looked like an adult. His relationship with him became unfamiliar and followed the etiquette in everything.

Zhu Ci is the emperor's only son. Although the emperor is still energetic now, he will definitely have other sons in the future. However, Zhu Ci is the eldest son. According to the principle of inheriting the law and establishing the eldest son in the Ming Dynasty, as long as Zhu Ci does not die young, it is almost a foregone conclusion. Even if the emperor is dissatisfied, it is useless. King Fu was the lesson of the past. No matter how Emperor Wanli likes King Fu, the emperor's final successor was the emperor's prince Zhu Changluo who was born with a palace maid.

These two old masters wished that the eldest son would be trained to become a qualified king according to their wishes. They asked the prince to follow the etiquette of the monarch and his subjects in everything. Of course, Wang Fu did not want his relationship with his son to become so distant, and he did not want his son to be taught to be extremely old-fashioned by a group of old masters. He brought the prince to the fields to broaden his horizons and at least understood how the crops were obtained, so that he would not tell jokes about why not eat meat.

The carriage was moving forward, and the fields on both sides passed by the carriage. Occasionally, Wang Fu would order the carriage to stop and talk to the farmers on the roadside. They talked about some family matters. After that, Wang Fu would order people to leave dozens of silver coins as bounties. This made many farmers seem to dream of guessing who this generous Mr. Huang was, and left a series of legends to the local area, but they could never imagine the emperor.

All of this is very new to Zhu Ci, who had left the palace since the end. When he first sat in the carriage with his father, Zhu Ci was a little detained. However, he was still young and was quickly aroused by nature. He shouted from time to time, and the question was even more. Wang Fu answered his son one by one. Before he knew it, the relationship between the father and son suddenly became close.

After traveling in Xiaowai in Nanjing for four days, Wang Fu felt a little overwhelmed with not wanting to return to the palace. He had been traveling to this dynasty for six years, but he had been busy with military combat before, and had no time to learn more about the people who had been in the 600th century. Everything about Xiaowai was new to the emperor's eldest son, and for Wang Fu, the same was true.
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