Chapter Five Hundred and Eighth Field Butler
The tenant went to the opposite side of Huang Tiandi's table, looked at Huang Tiandi, and his mouth moved, but he didn't say anything.
Huang Tiandi immediately determined that this was a person who was not good at speaking. Of course, there was nothing strange about this, because most rural farmers were not very good at speaking, and they were good at digging soil.
Huang Tiandi slapped his mouth and sneered in his heart. This is another person who came to see the beauty of the world. They all came to take advantage of me. I won’t give you some colors. Otherwise, you don’t know how many eyes Mr. Ma has?
Huang Tiandi touched his goatee, nodded slightly to the tenant, and then said, "From your face, I can calculate that you have a name!"
The tenant was shocked, and he nodded immediately and said, "Old immortal, you are so accurate. I just have a name!"
Huang Tiandi nodded at him in a mysterious way, meaning, look, I'm very accurate in calculating. When you ask you to pay for it later, don't be stingy, look at your appearance!
The tenant did not realize Huang Tiandi's routine at all, but was nervous to confirm whether Huang Tiandi was really good at calculating. He carefully tempted: "Old immortal, can you figure out what my name is?"
If Huang Tiandi can calculate this, he will be really not a half immortal, but a god. But guessing a name will not make him difficult!
Huang Tiandi said: "Your name is related to poverty. I don't want to say it. Just call it yourself, why bother letting others say it!"
The tenant was shocked again and said, "Old immortal, you are really accurate in your calculations. My name is really related to poverty. My surname is Hong, and my name is Duomei. Because my family is poor, my parents want me to eat rice in the future and eat a lot of rice, so I gave this name. Half of the people in our village have the surname Hong!"
Huang Tiandi smiled slightly, and continued to make an unfathomable expression on his face. He had already guessed where Hong Duomie was.
As for what he could guess that Hong Duomi's name was related to poverty, it was actually nonsense. It was related to poverty or wealth, and it was actually possible to give similar explanations!
When a farmer like Hong Duomi was born, the elders in the family must have good wishes for him. What kind of wishes can the poor have? It is to eat more, dress warmer, have a house or have a land, these most basic wishes, so naming children are often related to these wishes.
Huang Tiandi guesses the names related to poverty, which can be considered as a hit every time he guesses. Even if the person is named Yi23, it can still be explained. It can be said that because of poverty, he cannot ask a scholar to give him a good name, so it is called Yi23. Isn’t this related to poverty?
This little trick suddenly trapped Hong Duomie. He really began to think that Hong Duomie was a capable fortune teller.
Only then did Hong Duomi tell his purpose here, it was related to the income from the land.
Hong Duomi lives in Xiaohong Village outside the city. There is a lot of land around the village, but at least half of the land in this village belongs to the rich man Wang. Therefore, tenants like Hong Duomi rented the rich man Wang’s family’s land. They used to be peaceful. If you plant my land, I will collect your rent. Everything is normal, but after this year, it is abnormal because the rich man Wang’s housekeeper said that the land rent will be increased.
In the past, when the steward of the rich man Wang came to collect the land rent, he only had to share the income from the tenant with the tenant. The income from the land was half of each person, but the landlord had to be responsible for paying the tax. The share ratio was quite sloppy, and people in Xiaohong Village could basically accept it.
However, this time, the butler of the rich man Wang said that the land rent would be increased by 10% in the future, and then the landlord would be divided into 60% and the tenants would be divided into 40%. This proportion would be a bit high. Even in a large county like Qianfeng County with a lot of land, the land rent would be quite high.
Of course, tenants like Hong Duomi are unwilling to increase their land rent, but if they disagree with the steward of the rich man Wang, then the steward would say that he would not rent the land for them, and such consequences were unacceptable to Hong Duomi and the others.
So everyone discussed it, and then Hong Duomi came to the city to find Huang Tiandi to ask for an explanation.
After listening to Hong Duomi's narrative, Huang Tiandi couldn't help but frown, and he couldn't pretend to have any mysterious expressions.
Huang Tiandi was a little puzzled and said, "You came to the city to find me, aren't you here to see the face? Why do you still say that you want to ask for an explanation? What can I say to you? If you want to tǎo shuō fǎ, then you go to the official, and I can write a complaint for you. Are you going to complain?"
Hong Duomi shook her head and said, "I'm here to look at you, but there should be one statement. Because the matter of renting a land is related to you, I also need to ask you for help to see how to prevent renting a land to rise?"
Huang Tiandi was a little angry, and he said, "Don't talk nonsense. What kind of landlords and tenants do you do to rent food? What does it have to do with me? Whether the land rent increases will increase, why should I ask me?"
Hong Duomi was also anxious, and he said, "It's really related to you! Think about it, if you don't calculate the divination for that guy, can he go to find a marriage? If he can't find his own marriage, can he get the land of the rich man Wang? If he doesn't get the land of the rich man Wang, can Wang's housekeeper come to increase our land rent?"
Huang Tiandi felt a little stunned. This guy Hong Duomi really didn't speak well and was full of nonsense. This guy was here to blackmail maliciously. What he said were all messy things!
Hong Duomi was excited, but he quickly recovered his calmness. After all, he came to ask for help. If Huang Tiandi angered Huang Tiandi and caused Huang Tiandi to refuse to help, then who would suffer? Isn’t it still these hard-earned tenants?
Hong Duomi began to tell this matter. In fact, the first half of the matter is easy to understand, that is, because the guy got a good marriage, real estate and land. This is because Huang Tiandi told him accurately, so there are so many benefits.
But then, because some people get benefits, some people will lose benefits. One of the people who lose benefits is the housekeeper Wang.
The steward of the rich man Wang was specialized in managing the land. He was not only a steward for the rich man Wang family, but also a steward for many rich man. The rich man handed over the land to the steward to manage it. But in fact, it was not the kind of steward who lived in the rich man's house. He could only be regarded as a land agent, but others used to call him a steward.
The relationship between this housekeeper and the rich man Wang is that I will collect the land rent for you, and I will give you a fixed quota every year, and then the land rent obtained outside the fixed quota will be considered as his reward.
However, because the rich man Wang gave 300 acres of land, the client who obtained the land did not intend to continue using this butler. The 300 acres of land was not much or less, but he could manage it himself, so there was no need to find another second butler.
In this way, the second housekeeper will certainly lose some of his income. In order to make up for the loss, he will of course rent an additional rent. The target of the rent is the tenants on the land of the rich man Wang family. Who made the loss caused by the rich man Wang family? Who wouldn't you look for them? 13
Chapter completed!