Is the rent for seven buckets of white rice per acre of paddy field high? It depends on whether it is official land or private land?
If it’s Guantian, that’s a joke! Not to mention seven buckets, on average seven liters may not even be collected.
If it’s a private farm, who can rent it to you if you don’t have a pound of rice? Really high-quality paddy fields can guarantee harvests regardless of drought or flood, and can produce three kilograms of rice a year without any problem. You can also raise some fish and shrimp in the paddy fields, and you can sell them for a few bucks.
To be able to rent such a field for one stone of rice, you have to be a "big farmer" like Ye Jiaxin. Ordinary poor and lower-middle peasants can't even think about it!
Because "big farmers" have a relatively strong risk tolerance and a high level of management, they generally don't have any difficulty paying land rent. In addition, they can also pay a certain amount as a deposit. Therefore, landowners are willing to rent land to them for farming, even if they charge less rent.
The risk tolerance of "small farmers" is weak. I am so weak! Moreover, the management level of "small farmers" is generally not as good as that of large farmers, and they may accidentally lose money in farming. There will be problems paying rent at that time...and small farmers generally do not have the ability to pay more deposits. Sometimes they have to borrow farm tools and cattle from the landlord, so the rent they need to pay is higher.
Landlords leasing land is actually similar to bank lending in later generations... Of course, the premise is that it can truly operate in a market-oriented manner.
"Guantian, can I rent it?" Ye Jiaxin asked him while following Yao Daqiao.
"Yes!" Yao Daqiao said, "You didn't know, right? The imperial court openly rented public land in Nanzhili... The quantity is not large, but it can still be rented."
Ye Jiaxin was stunned, "Open for rent? Where does Tian come from?"
"The first is to expel the tenants...the public land managed by the Military Tunnel Division is not allowed to be subleased now. If it is not rented, it can only be returned." Yao Daqiao said, "The second is to expel the tenants!"
"What? Can public land be used to drive out tenants?"
"Of course we can drive them out!" Yao Daqiao said, "What should we do if we can't pay the rent? If this matter can be accommodated, then in a few years, the imperial court will not be able to rent tens of millions of dan a year. !”
It was unthinkable in the past to drive out tenants from public land! But Zhu Cixi still authorized the military garrison below... He couldn't do it otherwise!
Military expenditures are increasing, and more and more people are fleeing from the north.
If the court has no foundation at all, Zhu Cixiang will have to follow the old path of Emperor Chongzhen before long!
Nowadays, the court has limited ways to make money, and the rent of official fields and military villages is a huge expense... The amount that can be put into the treasury alone is 16 million shi in a year!
If there were no more, Zhu Cixiang's court would probably not be able to survive.
Therefore, the issue of "evicting tenants from public land" has been talked about repeatedly since the beginning of the year. Although not a single tenant has been actually evicted (paying rent has to be done in the autumn, and it has just started now), people's ears have already heard the cocoon. .
Yao Daqiao said: "According to the rules of the Military and Tunnel Division, public land leasing requires bidding."
"How to recruit?" Ye Jiaxin was interested. His best thing was farming!
Yao Daqiao said: "The first is to see who pays the highest rent? But the rent is capped, and one acre of land is at most seven buckets of rice.
The second is to see who gives the larger deposit... There is no cap on the deposit, so whoever gives the larger deposit can rent the land. "
In fact, "deposit bidding" is a disguised rent increase! Because there is no interest on the deposit. It's just that Zhu Cihong was unwilling to tear off the mask of "benefiting the people" and at the same time hoped to attract powerful "big farmers" to rent land, so he used this method.
Yao Daqiao smiled and said: "Brother, I still have some money in my hand, which is stored in the Salt Merchant Bank, so it was not copied by Li Zicheng... Now the boat has been taken away by the Zuo family, and the business of selling rice to the southeast is also done. It didn’t work out, so I thought about bidding for a piece of public land. But I don’t know how to plant it!”
"It's on me, it's on me!" Ye Jiaxin was already smiling. He finally had a little hope in his life!
I just don’t know when Zhu Cixiang started to rectify the Guantian military camp in Huguang?
When the two of them were talking, they had already entered Hanyang Gate, and inside Hanyang Gate were the bustling streets and alleys of Wuchang Fucheng.
The Wuchang City of the Ming Dynasty had a circumference of 20 miles and nine gates. The city's area is only about six square kilometers, and a large area has to be set aside to build the Chu Palace. Therefore, the land left for ordinary residents is very cramped. Now that there are 300,000 to 400,000 people crammed into it, you can imagine how crowded the city is.
So as soon as he walked into Hanyang Gate, Ye Jiaxin felt the noise coming towards him.
Farmer Ye Da, who spent most of his time in the countryside, felt very uncomfortable and felt dizzy. Faintly, someone was heard shouting something loudly.
"Petition, petition to His Highness the Crown Prince!"
"I must ask His Highness the Crown Prince to send troops quickly to expel the bandits and regain the lost territory in Huguang!"
"We must regain the lost ground! At least we must regain Chengtian Mansion..."
Ye Jiaxin listened for a while, became interested, and wanted to listen, but Yao Daqiao dragged him towards his house. After walking to a quieter alley, she whispered to him: "Don't think too much... The prince has big ideas, why would he listen to a bunch of bereaved scholars? They have lost their homes." Everyone is anxious about their business, and naturally they want to fight back, but why is the prince anxious? Li Zicheng left without defeat for a day, and the southern part of Huguang was left to him to rectify! No matter how much he rectifies it, he will not be able to control it by dictating the land!"
Yes, Li Zicheng planned to give land to others by dictation and waived debts and interest... He really forced the gentry and profiteers to go bankrupt!
As long as Zhu Cixiang wanted to take back the official villages and military fields, he was not afraid of not knowing the goods, but he was afraid of comparing goods! As long as Li Zicheng is still in Hanyang and has not been beaten away, Zhu Cixiang can relax and rectify Huguang without worrying about anyone making trouble.
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"Wuchang City is still too small. With only 300,000 to 400,000 people, it is so crowded. How can it be the capital of the Yangtze River? It needs to be expanded...it needs to be expanded at least three times! It needs to be properly organized, and there needs to be special facilities. The place where people go out is for people to do business and open workshops for people.
By the way, the rivers in Wuchang City are no less than those in Jiangnan! Many hydraulic hammers can be repaired... Western craftsmen in Hao'ao know how to use hydraulic hammers for forging, drilling and cutting. I heard that some people in Shanghai are imitating it. There will definitely be people in Wuchang who do this, so we have to find a place where waterwheels can be repaired to expand Wuchang City. "
While some Huguang gentry who had been exiled to Wuchang City were struggling with the "petition to send troops", Zhu Cixiang settled down in the Prince of Chu's Mansion. Not only was he not anxious about the people's concerns, he was also working with Liu Kongzhao, Qiu Yu, and Fang Gong. Yue and three others discussed the expansion of Wuchang City.
Liu Kongzhao said: "Master Qiansui, isn't it a little early to discuss this matter now?"
"Yes," Qiu Yu also said, "Li Zicheng's soldiers are still in Hanyang Mansion!"
Fang Gongyue said: "There are also Hongyi cannons on Guishan Mountain!"
"It's not early, it's not early, it's just the right time." Zhu Cixiang said with a smile, "There are so many refugees in Wuchang now, so it's a good time to use work as relief and let them help build the new city. Moreover, Li Zicheng's army is at the city, and the land price inside and outside Wuchang is very cheap. It’s just right to buy it at a low price!”
This is money! Buy them at a low price now, then sell them at a high price after development, or just rent them without selling them... If a big Shanghai or a big Wuhan can develop, the internal funds will be abundant in the future!
Zhu Cixiang was almost laughing from ear to ear as he calculated the real estate development accounts. How could he still be a prince? He is clearly a real estate profiteer!
But Zhu Cixiang can’t be blamed for this, it’s all Chongzhen’s fault! He is now dissolute and immoral, spending money like a flood... If a filial son does not earn a few more small goals, will he be able to support the extravagant and lustful Emperor Chongzhen in the future?
Just when he felt that his filial piety was touching the heavens, the foreman guard Yan Yingyuan suddenly came in from outside, saluted Prince Zhu, and then reported: "Master Qian Sui, people from Jinyiwei Nanfu just came to report that the gentry in Wuchang City The scholar is planning a petition.”
"Oh." Zhu Cixi nodded, noncommittal.
Yan Yingyuan said: "It is said that they are going to the Yangtze River to petition!"
"What?" Zhu Cixiang was stunned, "Going to the Yangtze River? Want to commit suicide by throwing yourself into the river?"
