Chapter Forty-Nine

tenant

After the weeds have been dug up, the back of the villa is full of new soil dug up. Recently, Qin Jun has been busy researching the matter of well salt, looking and looking at the thin book paper he found from Jiangnan Bookstore.

Ji Si was busy adjusting the traps and sentries arranged by the hidden guards all over the villa, and also practiced martial arts and studied every day.

Because Qin Jun couldn't find a suitable teacher, Jin Xiu sent a few first-class court ladies to teach He Yi and others how to practice calligraphy.Because of this, Qin Jun knew that there were many illiterate maids in the palace. Everyone spent the whole day sweeping pavilions and gardens, sewing clothes and weaving, and serving the master. They never thought of being able to read and write.Only a court lady can read and write.

The rest were all fools with empty appearances. Qin Jun had to send people to teach in turn. Occasionally, when he got interested, he went to the side hall where everyone was studying to teach a few crooked poems.

Xiaotao and Aunt Tian were in charge of shopping. On the day Mrs. Liu delivered the grain, the two bought a hundred chickens and a whole pig in Jiangbei, a few hundred catties of eggs and a carload of good wine, hundreds of catties of millet and Qin Jun.The polished rice to eat was transported back to the villa in a mighty way, and it cost more than 20 taels of silver, which was only enough to feed more than a hundred people for more than a month.

There was smoke and smoke in the village all day long, and the guards went out at dawn every day and returned only after sunset. They sweated profusely every day, and when they returned to the village, they ate and drank indiscriminately before falling asleep and doing the work of plowing the land day after day.

Qin Jun is playful, and often takes a crowbar to imitate a farmer and digs a shallow water diversion near the river beach, and then digs out a canal to divert the river water to the fields bit by bit.

Every time Ji Si went out to look for Qin Jun, seeing this situation, she took Qin Jun back to the room to wash it without saying a word.She has been busy practicing kung fu recently, and other things that Qin Jun ordered, and it is rare for her to be inseparable from Qin Jun.

The maids are in the manor to feed hundreds of people every day, and when they are free, they have to embroider some flowers with Madam Tian and go to the side hall to learn to read.Qin Jun walks around in the study with a book, often muttering words.

Everyone does their own thing every day, ten days have passed, and five days have passed.There was still no reply from Jindi, and Qin Jun felt uneasy, so she had to persuade herself to focus on supporting the villa first, and she needed to light a soothing incense every night to sleep.

The day was getting warmer and warmer. The night before yesterday, Qin Jun was very hot. The thick quilt was replaced by a thin silkworm quilt. It was just right for two people to sleep at night, but it was a bit cool to sleep alone in the middle of the night.

Qin Jun turned over, lazily buried her face in the quilt, hugged the quilt tightly and exhaled deeply, leaving nothing beside her.

back mountain.There was a sneezing sound in the wind, a stone pierced through the air from behind her ear, and shot towards the depths of the dense forest. Jin Xiu calmly wiped her nose, rolled up her sleeves and stood behind a tree.

There were several jingling sounds, and arrows were shooting randomly. Just as the eyes were dazzled, an arrow shot through the rope on the side tree stump!

The net ropes on both sides fell off, and stones weighing dozens of kilograms whizzed towards the tree that was about the thickness of an arm in the middle, and the tree broke in half.The Muge shattered and fell, and the green branches crushed a bush.

A pheasant was startled and was about to escape, but was shot by several silver needles hidden in a secret place, and fell from the air with its neck crooked, and fell into the trap that had been covered with fallen leaves in the morning.

A few tits were disturbed at night, and each of them flapped their wings and flew into the moonlight. This commotion attracted dark guards who were patrolling in the dark to sneak in. Several people hid in the dark in black, and recognized Jin Xiu and Ji Si.And quietly retreated into the night.

Jin Xiu asked: "It's done?"

Ji Si nodded: "It is enough to guard against some shrimp soldiers and crab generals."

Jin Xiu nodded: "Your organs are all dirty tricks, they don't seem to be used for hunting."

Ji Si smiled indifferently, and said lightly, "What does that look like?"

Jin Xiu asked blankly, "How did you do this?"

Ji Si walked to the edge of the trap, used a branch to fork the pheasant and fetched it up, and said cheerfully, "I learned from the woodcutter."

Jin Xiu narrowed her eyes slightly: "It's getting late, let's go back."

Ji Si hummed, and said casually: "Tomorrow, I will give you the mechanism map. You can arrange the rest yourself."

Ji Si threw the pheasant to the back kitchen and threw it with the chicken bought in the village, and went back to the wing to wash.

In a quarter of an hour.As the moonlight grew thicker, Ji Si pushed open the door of Qin Ji's room with a body of steam, and a black shadow passed by outside the room, causing the candles in the room to flicker. It was the night guard who saw her coming back, greeted her and left.

Ji Si closed the window and sat on the side of the bed. First, she reached out and touched the back of Qin Jun's hand hanging in the air, then stuffed it back into the silk quilt, and then took off her outer clothes and fell asleep next to Qin Jun.

"Back?" Qin Ji hugged her back, muttering unconsciously.

Ji Si hummed, and kissed her on the top, "The mechanism test has been completed. In two days, we can cut down trees and move rocks, and we can make preparations on a large scale."

Qin Ji was drowsy, buried deep in Ji Si's arms unconsciously, and exhaled hot air, "Hmm."

Ji Si said in a low voice: "What the master ordered, is there no reward for the slave?"

The air was a little quieter, Qin Ji's deep breathing came, and Ji Si held the corner of her mouth, and stroked Qin Jun's shoulders to her waist with her palm, and fell asleep hugging her.

Two days later, the grain was planted in the ground, the water was diverted to irrigate the land, and the reclamation and sowing of wasteland finally came to an end.

After Qin Jun went to the back mountain to inspect, he was discussing matters with Mother Tian in the study.

Qin Jun: "The villa is located in the middle of the mountain, and it is difficult to draw water. The wells drilled when the villa was built in previous years are not enough."

Mother Tian said: "The old woman went to Jiangbei to find some well diggers."

Qin Jun shook her head with a smile, and said, "There are people in our family, why worry about no one, it's just..."

Ji Si replied outside the study: "Master, Aunt Liu is here to say goodbye."

Qin Jun put down her pen and went out with Aunt Tian Jin Xiu and others to see Aunt Liu off.

At the gate of the villa, the guards loaded dozens of pairs of borrowed hoes, shovels, plows and hoes onto the horses one by one.

Qin Jun smiled and said, "Thank you, Aunt Liu, you have been of great help this time."

"Miss, what are you talking about? Just take orders if you have anything to do." Aunt Liu took the reins of the horse and stood heroically in front of the door, "Miss, I am going back to Jiangnan.Raise two cows, each family manages dozens of acres of land, and then stay in the village and listen to the young lady! If you are not satisfied, you can drive them out at any time!"

"There is no shortage of people in my villa." Qin Jun said helplessly.

Aunt Liu: "There is no shortage of people, but there is a shortage of people who can farm."

Qin Jun laughed, "Thank you, Aunt Liu, for your kindness."

Aunt Liu saluted Qin Jun, looked up at Qin Jun with some relief, "Miss has the demeanor of my wife back then."

In the front hall, Qin Jun called the tenants to meet up, and told Aunt Liu's intentions to see their reactions.The guards brought from the capital couldn't always put people in the fields to farm. Even if Aunt Liu didn't say anything, Qin Jun would find a way to find a few tenants who were good at farming to manage the harvest of the hundreds of acres of land.

Several tenants looked at each other, obviously they knew about it, and one of them stepped forward and asked, "Can my master agree? If I agree, I will discuss how to take over the old and the young. I have to build a house to rent land in the villa.The house is not."

"Not busy," Qin Jun said, ordered Ji Si to pour tea for the five tenants, and asked one of them, "How did Aunt Liu share with you?"

The tenant did not dare to hide the truth from Qin Jun, but seeing the expression on his face, he was obviously reluctant to stay, saying: "Jiangnan is rich in water and soil, and can grow three crops of rice. Most of the tenants and landlords get a 30-70 share."

Qin Jun pondered for a moment, hummed, and then Ji Si took the tray and brought five cups of tea to the tenants.

The five tenants took it and stood in the hall without drinking it for a while, for fear that it would be difficult to leave after drinking the tea.

Qin Jun said: "I am in the upper reaches of Jiangnan. It is far away from Jiangnan on the frontier. Three crops of rice may not be feasible. The first year of planting and spring plowing and sowing are late, and the harvest is unpredictable. Well... If you are willing to stay, this year'sIf you rent, just take a thirty-seven."

Tenants: "..."

Ji Si added: "You seven, master three."

The tenant didn't seem to believe Qin Jun, and said embarrassingly: "This... To tell you the truth, the land I planted in Jiangnan was just sown.I can take care of food and drink for half a year, I..."

"Don't worry," Qin Jun sat on the main seat, with a slender figure, but with the air of a patriarch, "I don't care how you discussed with Aunt Liu about the land you planted in Jiangnan. How could Aunt Liu send you here?You did it for nothing?"

The tenant didn't dare to refute, so he said, "East Liu's family... gave me a penny."

Qin Jun put down her teacup: "I'll charge you 30% of the rent this year, and 50% of it every year in the future. You are recommended by Aunt Liu. I'm not afraid of you being lazy. This 50% rent is the preferential treatment for your first wave of tenants., so that I can teach those rough men in my village to farm, and the rest of the time, I have to help you when needed."

A group of tenants looked at me and looked at you, unable to make up their minds for a while, unwilling to speak.

Qin Jun: "If you have any concerns, just say it."

One tenant whispered: "...Jiangbei is barren, far worse than Jiangnan. I am afraid that we will encounter drought or flood, and the grain will not be enough for flowers."

Another burly man said impatiently: "I'll just say it straight! Miss, I want to ask you to resign! Miss is a benevolent person. Please let me go back to Jiangnan with a good word in front of Dong Liu's family!"

Qin Jun understood that these people still wanted to go back to Jiangnan. Although the landlords in Jiangnan took exaggerated fees, life in the rich land was comfortable and there were no disasters. The annual harvest was stable and reliable. Although there was no surplus, it was much better than the poor Jiangbei.If she was a tenant, she would naturally not be able to accept such changes.

Ji Si stood behind Qin Jun with an indifferent expression: "Since you want to leave, why do you still ask about taking care of the elder and younger?" Ji Si spoke sharply, "If you want to negotiate terms, just say so."

The tenants looked unnatural.

Qin Jun thought for a while and said, "If the harvest is not worth the flowers, the village will not ignore your food and drink, don't worry."

Ji Si lightly held her lips, but said nothing, and stood aside quietly guarding Qin Jun.

"This, this..." Several tenants slowly widened their eyes, "What do you mean, Miss?"

Qin Jun: "..."

Qin Jun thought to herself, could it be that the conditions she offered were too low?

"Even if the harvest is not good, you won't be worried about food and clothing. Don't worry, this promise can be written in the lease between you and me. You won't die of starvation." Qin Jun said.

The tenant was astonished, and was suddenly shocked and speechless.

"Uh," Qin Jun said blankly, "Either call Nanny Tian, and I'll discuss it with her..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw a strong man in his forties and fifties knelt down towards Qin Jun, drank the cold tea in his cup, and said cheerfully: "Master, speak quickly! I will follow you from now on!"

Those who rely on the land to eat, the whole family eats and drinks on more than ten acres of land, the most fearful of natural disasters and man-made disasters is that the harvest will not be good.They have to sell their wives and daughters for food to save their lives.

As soon as Qin Jun said this, she was telling the tenants the truth.

With Daniel taking the lead, the other four tenants drank tea and knelt down one after another, and changed their names to Qin Jun's owner, thinking that they would be the tenants of Yanyun Villa in the future.

Qin Jun said with satisfaction: "It's so good. You pack up and go home and tell your family. You can go to Jin Xiu to take you to the place where the house is built. There are many people in the village. Before the carpenters and bricklayers in the village are gone, repair some simple wooden houses.In a few days."

The tenant was immediately grateful and kowtowed to Qin Jun.

Ji Si tucked her lips with a silk handkerchief and smiled coldly.

"I first promised 30 to 70 cents, and then promised 50 to 50 cents next year. Neither the tenants will be required to provide farm tools nor the tenants to provide grain seeds. If the harvest is not enough to eat and drink, the landlord must subsidize it?I can eat and drink enough!" Xiao Taozi tied her waistbands, ironing clothes by candlelight, and kept babbling to Jin Xiu who was holding a book in one hand.

Little Taozi was angry: "During dinner at night, I heard our princess ask Lin Yan if the conditions she rented were too low, otherwise how could those tenants cry!"

"Why is it so sad? It's obvious that I was crying with joy for picking up the pie in the sky!" Xiao Taozi said bitterly, "I asked Mother Tian, not to mention that Jiangnan's landlords and tenants are evenly divided, and it is even more difficult to distribute farm tools.The money we collect from tenants is so squeezed because of the abundance of water and soil in Jiangnan. Although we are in Jiangbei, no matter how bad the harvest is, four or six cents is already good, so why is it five or five cents! How can we control food and drink when there is no food in the field?"

Jin Xiu stole Ji Si's book of war, flipped through it but couldn't understand it, frowned and said, "The princess is kind, what's the matter with you in the past two days? Could it be that you committed the menopausal disease that the princess said?"

Xiaotao became more and more aggrieved, and said with a choked voice, "It's the one who gets sick every ten days! The other day when I got sick, I saw me bandaging a bird's injured leg in the garden, and asked me if I was a real person of the Sanqing.Get a pot to boil water, scald the bird and remove its feathers, and make soup for the master to nourish his body!"

Jin Xiu: "..."

Xiaotao sobbed: "I thought she was smiling like a fairy, so I showed her the bird cherished, who knows how to speak so viciously! There's not enough chickens and ducks to eat! Why are you trying to trick my little bird?"!"

"..."

Qin Jun was soaking in the bathtub, and whispered to Ji Si, "Why are you bullying Xiaotao again, she has served me with all her heart, and she has to take care of the money in the house, not to mention being physically and mentally exhausted... nothing else, you like thisAren't you afraid that she will short your monthly money?"

Ji Si poured hot water into the bucket, smiled gently, with phoenix eyebrows and eyes, flowing like waves, full of tenderness, "In the eyes of a slave, of course only the master's. Anything else is of course irrelevant."

Qin Jun: "..."

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I'm back~ Recovery day update.

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