Hearing the question, the old farmer who was hoeing raised his head and replied with fear, "I dare not deceive the nobles, there are still a few months before the harvest."
Zhu Jinghong smiled and asked again He said, "I know, I'm asking about the harvest. How much grain can be harvested from one acre of land?"
This group of people all carry swords, and they are majestic and imposing. Wouldn't ordinary farmers be afraid of them.
Seeing Zhu Jinghong's expression, the old farmer's son had the courage to reply, "Sir, the situation this year is not bad, and one acre of land should be worth 500 to 600 kilograms."
"It's so good that one acre of land only weighs five to six hundred kilograms." Zhu Jinghong couldn't believe it. This output was far worse than that of later generations.
"How many acres of land do you and your family have now?"
The man replied, "There are seven people in the family and we rented six acres of land from Yuan Lu's wife's family."
It was actually a rented land, which Zhu Jinghong also didn’t expect.
"What is the annual land rent?"
"I don't know how much the land rent is. Anyway, the Lu family collects three hundred catties of grain per mu of land"
One mu of land is five percent. For a harvest of 600 jins, each acre has to be paid 300 jins, so the entire year is not occupied by others.
For example, one acre of land yields 600 kilograms of grain, and after paying 300, only 300 is left. Six acres of land equals 1,800 kilograms, and the average family of seven only gets more than half a kilogram of grain.
This standard of living is probably just enough to make ends meet, and without suffering from minor disasters or illnesses, the possibility of starting a business is extremely slim.
It is said that in modern times, people are treated like cows and horses, but in ancient times, people are really treated like cows and horses. Zhu Jinghong sighed secretly.
The Zhu family where he lives is the largest landlord in the world. From a world perspective, the "Lu Yuanwai" in the peasant household is also a tenant.
While Zhu Jinghong was deep in thought, he saw a child not far away, walking towards here with a basket.
Seeing Zhu Jinghong and his party, the child was obviously frightened and did not dare to approach after being more than ten meters away.
"Child, come here." Zhu Jinghong waved to the child and showed what he thought was a friendly smile.
But these people are so powerful that the child dare not come over at this moment, the atmosphere is so awkward.
This frightened the three people working in the fields. They were deeply afraid that their children would anger the nobleman and eventually cause disaster to our family.
Although they are farmers in the countryside, this family can also see that Zhu Jinghong and his party are more powerful than the Lu family.
"Er baby, if the master asks you to come over, just come over." The old man in the field was full of anxiety.
"Grandpa"
The child was really frightened. At this moment, he cried "Wow", which made several people in the field panic.
Zhu Jinghong was a little embarrassed, so he took the initiative to walk towards the child, waved to Lu Yuxin, and shouted, "Bring some food"
They followed him out and had something to eat and drink. I brought everything, even the medicines.
I saw Lu Yuxin touching the package in front of the saddle, taking out a small cloth bag from inside, opening it and taking out a small oil paper bag.
"Thirteenth Master"
"What can I do for others?" Zhu Jinghong pointed to the crying child.
Lu Yuxin took a look and saw that the child was wearing a shabby short shirt, the clothes were stained with mud, and there were oil stains and snot marks on his face.
"Here you go, the Thirteenth Master rewarded me, so why don't you thank me?" Lu Yuxin handed over the oil paper bag.
What is wrapped in the oil paper is the dried meat that the royal chef of the palace has worked hard to make. Even though it is tightly wrapped, it still exudes an attractive fragrance.
The child was only seven or eight years old, but he was conquered by the fragrance now, so he took it from Lu Yu's novice hand, and he stopped crying now.
"Second son, quickly kowtow to the noble man"
The child's father came out of the field and came directly to the direction of the child, for fear that the child would offend the noble man.
But his reckless move immediately triggered a reaction from the guards. Two people immediately stopped him and then kicked him to the ground.
Seeing his father being beaten, the "second baby" who had just been coaxed burst into tears again.
The events before and after happened in just a few seconds, and Zhu Jinghong had no time to react.
At this moment, after kicking the child's father down, one of them had drawn out his saber and walked directly towards the man, obviously treating him as an assassin.
"Stop"
Zhu Jinghong scolded the two people in front of him to stop, and they all turned around with puzzled expressions.
Zhu Jinghong was originally very angry, but when he saw the innocent faces of these two people, he swallowed back his curse words.
The guard is also performing his duties, so why should he scold others?
"You're so good, what are you doing to hit someone? Put the knife away," Zhu Jinghong said solemnly.
After looking at the frightened peasant man, the two guards felt that this man was not a big threat, so they put away their knives as ordered.
"Hel the person up" Zhu Jinghong spoke again.
"I dare not bother the noble man, the villain can get up on his own."
The peasant man got up quickly. He was really scared just now. The look in the guard's eyes when he drew the sword , which really made him shudder.
Old Liu Touer, the pig butcher at the entrance of the village, always looks like this before he kills the pigs.
"Don't cry, we are not bad people. There is delicious food in the oil paper, hurry up and try it"
"Second son, hurry up and kowtow to the noble man" Ignore the pain, the peasant man Anxious shouting.
Looking at the man, Zhu Jinghong said calmly, "No need."
From the beginning to the end, Zhu Jinghong behaved warmly. He comforted the "second baby" and stopped crying. He took off the oiled paper bag and ran to his father.
Seeing this scene, his father was so frightened that he froze on the spot.
Sure enough, the next moment, Wang Jie from a hundred households was heard scolding him for being "daring"
The peasant man quickly knelt on the ground, pressed his son down and kowtowed, "Noble man, calm down, noble man, calm down."
The rest of the people also knelt down and kept kowtowing to beg.Rao, Zhu Jinghong felt a little uncomfortable.
Once upon a time, he was so humble in front of his superiors
The situation here attracted the attention of the people working around him, but in the end no one dared to come and interfere. and.
Picking up the oil paper bag from the ground, Zhu Jinghong slowly walked towards his kneeling father and son. When he got closer, he squatted down and said, "Come, eat a piece, does it smell good?"
Maybe Feeling safe next to his father, the child reached out and took the meat, then put it into his mouth and chewed it.
"Is it delicious?"
"It's delicious"
"If it's delicious, take it." Zhu Jinghong handed over the oil paper bag again.
"Thank you for the reward, thank you for the reward." This time, the farmer man thanked him on his son's behalf.
"Everyone get up, everyone get up"
As he ordered, the father and son got up. The children were satisfied with the delicious food, but the adults' faces were full of fear.
"What's in the basket"
"To answer the noble question, it's for lunch"
"Oh, what's for lunch"
< p>The peasant man replied "Rice balls and pickles""Can I eat enough every day?"
"The women and children at home eat less, but they can still eat enough"
< p>Zhu Jinghong asked again, "How long has your family been a tenant farmer? Your ancestors have not passed down the fields.""The fields from our ancestors were gone when I was a villain. It has been sixty or seventy years ago"
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"There are so many tenants in this generation"
"More than half are tenants. Some families with little land will rent fields from larger families to farm"
Next , Zhu Jinghong asked some other things, which were summed up in one word: "bitter".
The current life of the common people is really too hard. Their only pursuit is to have enough to eat, and they have never thought about anything else.
After deeply understanding the current situation of the world, Zhu Jinghong’s mentality was also changed.
Before, he wanted to be the emperor for power and status, but now he changed his mind and just wanted to do his best to change the world.
If he could make this world a little better, if he could benefit all people in the world, then his life would not be in vain.
"It seems that I can't sit in the old emperor's position." Zhu Jinghong murmured in a low voice. Please remember to collect it. The website is the latest and fastest without anti-theft. To find books and add books for free, you can join the qq group 952868558