"Your Majesty, due to the drop in rice prices, many landowners feel that they are losing money by growing rice, so they are planning to take back their farmland and plant garlic or sugar cane instead..."
Speaking of this, Luo Fangbo looked at King Zhu Ming with some complaints.
You said so.
This life-renewing water is good stuff.
It’s also expensive to sell.
There are even many businessmen from the north who come to buy and smuggle them back quietly.
This is really life-saving water.
Wind-chill, which could only be considered a minor cold in later generations, can easily kill someone in this era.
And this life-saving water really has the meaning of being a cure-all for all diseases.
Things like dysentery can be cured by medicine.
Medicine is good medicine.
But it pushed up the price of garlic.
Coupled with the huge price reduction of rice.
Many landowners began to switch from rice to garlic.
This kind of garlic is not easy to collect rent, and the purpose of growing garlic is to make money. Leasing fields to tenant farmers is not actually a very efficient business method.
Instead, hiring people to run plantation-style farms can better save costs and allocate resources.
Capitalist-style production relations are certainly more efficient than the sharecropping economy of the agricultural era.
But also more... cannibalistic.
Especially when evictions of tenants happen one after another, if one thing is not handled well, it will be a lot of fun if something goes wrong.
"Right Prime Minister, this land belongs to the landlords. We can't control what they do." Zhu Daohua waved his hand and said, "And it's not like I haven't given small farmers a way out. They can go to the railway company to build roads, or go to Lanfang to cultivate land. But they are all good ways out.”
Luo Fangbo shook his head when he heard this.
This King Ming is good at everything.
I just really don't seem to care much about Xiaomin...
You are a good Ming Wang, and you will be the Ming Emperor in the future.
How can you side with the landlords?
The group of people walked along the field ridge at the foot of Lotus Mountain.
Zhu Daohua looked at the surrounding scenery very seriously.
Lianhua Mountain was developed into a scenic spot in later generations.
It is indeed a good place with beautiful scenery.
"Huanxiang, what village is ahead?"
Zhu Daohua asked a middle-aged scribe in his thirties standing aside.
Huanxiang is his given name, and his name is Songxiang.
Zhu Daohua knew this person because he heard the name "Eight Sages of Meizhou" when he traveled to Jiaying Prefecture.
This Song Xiang was from Jiaying Prefecture. He came to Guangzhou to study and became a scholar of the Qing Dynasty.
Originally, according to the original history, Song Xianghui passed the exam in the fifty-sixth year of Qianlong's reign, and then passed the imperial examination in the fourth year of Jiaqing's reign.
But now the Ming army occupied Guangdong.
It seems that Mr. Song, a famous scholar from Guangdong Province, has no hope of becoming an official in the Qing Dynasty again.
But it's not bad now.
In the eyes of many people, Song Xiang of Jiaying Prefecture has also become a "close minister of the emperor".
Now he is Zhu Daohua's secretary, responsible for transcribing oral edicts, writing royal edicts and other secretarial work.
Although his official position is not high.
But he is extremely envied by many students studying in the Government Affairs College.
"Your Majesty, this is Gangwei Township in Panyu, and ahead is Daling Village."
"Who owns the land here?"
"He belongs to the Chen family of Yimen in Daling Village."
"Are they all from their family?"
"Your Majesty, Yimen Chen belongs to a large family in Panyu. There are hundreds of men in each house. Part of Daling Village is Yimen Chen's family land, and part of it is private land belonging to each house. It's very big. Most of Lingcun is owned by the Chen family."
Song Xiang said.
Although he is from Jiaying Prefecture, he came to Guangzhou very early and enrolled in Yuexiu Academy.
Chen Tingxuan, the third eldest son of the Chen family in Yimen, is his classmate, so he still knows something about the affairs of Daling Village.
Just when a few people were talking.
Then I heard bursts of crying coming from the front. Taking a few steps forward, I saw a large group of people gathered to watch the fun.
"It seems like another eviction of tenants happened..."
Song Xiang frowned and said.
"Have a look."
Zhu Daohua put his hands behind his back and stepped forward.
...........
Zhu Daohua and his party came without attracting any attention.
After all, Zhu Daohua was only visiting incognito, and the guards following him were also dressed as servant boys.
Short-barreled firecrackers were hidden under his robes.
Zhu Daohua is not close yet.
I heard crying in front of me.
Although the vernacular spoken in the suburbs of Panyu is slightly different in accent from that spoken in Guangzhou.
But it's relatively easy to understand.
"No, no, steward Chen, what will my family eat if you drive me away?"
A middle-aged farmer was sitting in the field, crying and yelling.
Next to him, a stout woman with thick arms and legs and a thick neck tried to pull him up.
"My family has never been short of rent."
Butler Chen also said with a helpless look: "Xu Sanjin, it's not that I won't rent it to you, but my family has said that this kind of rice is going to be a loss, and we need to take it back and hire someone to grow garlic."
"If I continue to rent you rice, my family will lose money. Can you do this business?"
"I can't live anymore, I can't live anymore." Xu Sanjin still sat in the ground and wailed.
Seeing that Xu Sanjin was unable to communicate, Butler Chen had no choice but to look at the strong woman next to him.
"Miss Xu, please look at your father. I can't help you. You should quickly find your own way to make a living. Working as a worker at a construction site or going to Lanfang is one way out."
Butler Chen shook his head and said.
"Oh, what kind of world is this?"
"Yes, yes, I heard that the county magistrate doesn't care about this matter..."
"Well, in the past during the Qing Dynasty, there was no expulsion of tenant farmers."
"But Butler Chen is right. I heard that the wages for building railways are quite high."
"The road construction will not last long. What if it is not repaired? It is better to farm."
"Then go to Lanfang. I heard that the land in Lanfang is all wasteland. If you plant it in five years, it will be yours."
"There are many barbarians in Lanfang. You need to learn how to use a musket before you can go there. I'm afraid you may die if you go but not if you come back."
The people watching were talking.
Luo Fangmei also looked worried.
The tenant farmers were driven out and had no food or clothing.
If not handled properly.
It would be a big trouble if things got messed up.
She looked at Zhu Daohua and found that her husband seemed to have no intention of stopping this kind of thing.
When Zhu Daohua saw this scene, he thought of three words: sheep eat people.
Sheep cannibalism occurs in the UK.
With the opening of new shipping routes, international trade expanded rapidly.
The woolen textile industry was boosted in Britain.
The rapid development of the wool textile industry has gradually increased the demand for wool, and the price of wool on the market has begun to soar.
As a result, sheep farming is becoming more and more profitable compared to agriculture.
At this time, some wealthy nobles began to invest in sheep farming.
Raising sheep requires large tracts of land. The nobles drove away the farmers who had rented their land, even demolished their houses and occupied the land that could be used to raise sheep.
For a time, grasslands divided into patches by wooden fences, hedges, ditches and walls could be seen everywhere in Britain.
Peasants who were driven out of their homes became homeless vagrants.
This is the enclosure movement.
This is almost exactly the same situation as the current demand for garlic by the pharmaceutical industry has pushed up garlic prices, causing a large number of landowners to take back their fields to grow garlic.
"Chen Xiucai is here, Chen Xiucai is here."
"Give it all, give it all."
"Chen Xiucai, Chen Xiucai, you have to go talk to your ninth uncle about the eviction of the second room of your family."
"Yes, yes, Yoshimon-chan never did this kind of thing before."
Just when the big guys were shouting.
A young official wearing a green official uniform, a square hat, and a short-barreled firecracker hanging on his waist hurried over.
The official system of the Ming Dynasty basically followed that of the previous dynasty and was divided into nine ranks.
The style of the official uniform is similar, but it has been slightly improved. The hem is not so long to facilitate movement.
The official uniforms of officials of different grades mainly differ in color.
Ranks 1 to 4, scarlet robe; ranks 5 to 7, green robe; ranks 8 and 9, green robe
Chen Zhongliang, the youngest of the three brothers in the Chen family, was awarded the title of Scholar at the age of seventeen. He was a well-known genius boy.
But it's embarrassing.
Chen Zhongda, who had won the title of scholar early on, failed in consecutive examinations. The nickname of this talented boy Chen Xiucai is now becoming more and more ironic.
However, as the Ming Dynasty occupied Guangdong.
This Chen Xiucai quickly got an official from the Ming Dynasty - a ninth-grade dispatched officer of the Cabinet Colonial Department.
The so-called dispatch officers are miscellaneous officials who do not have a fixed official position and are dispatched wherever manpower is needed.
Now this mung bean official with a small quail embroidered on his patch was assigned a hard job: to take people's heads to Lanfang for farming.
Specifically, they recruit people here in Guangdong. After recruiting a hundred people, they board a ship and go to Nanyang. They hand over the people to the local officials of the Reclamation Department and that's it.
This is really not a good thing.
First of all, it is difficult to recruit people.
If it weren't for being a dispatch officer for half a year, it is said that there will be 10 extra points in next year's big exam.
The thirteenth young master of the second room of the Chen family in Yimen would not do such an errand that was considered an official job in the Qing Dynasty.
Chen Xiucai has been wandering around his hometown for more than two months, but he has not been able to recruit many.
But with the end of the autumn harvest.
His recruitment has become much smoother - this is also the result of quitting the tenant farming.
Chen Xiucai is obviously very experienced in handling this matter.
He walked forward, looked at the Xu family woman, and paused slightly.
Honestly.
He is not afraid of these three kilograms.
He is quite afraid of his daughter Xu Hongxia.
They are all from Daling Village.
Chen Xiucai was beaten once by Xu Hongxia when he was a child, which left an indelible shadow on the young Thirteenth Master's mind.
Xu Hongxia is a famous old leftover girl in Daling Village.
It's nothing to be tall and thick.
Being stronger is still a big advantage in a farm family.
Just a bad temper.
No one can control it if it happens.
Young men in the Chen family sometimes walk around when they see her.
At the end of the post, there are two surnames: Chen and Xu.
Although the Xu surname is not as prosperous as the Chen surname, it is still the largest family in Daling Village, and the number of people is larger than that of the Chen family.
Although Xu Sanjin's house was in decline, it was reduced to the point where he had to work as a tenant farmer for the Chen family.
But the young men of the Chen family did not dare to bully the Xu family casually.
This is the characteristic of the clan.
Even if Xu Sanjin is very poor and his family is not prosperous, this house will basically become extinct in his generation.
But he is a member of the Xu family. You can look down on him on weekdays, but if you want to dare to harm his girl's life, the Xu family will never agree.
Therefore, when Chen Xiucai was beaten when he was a child, the most he could do was ask his brothers to beat him back, but there was nothing he could do with the power of the Chen family - it was okay to bully foreigners with power, but it was not okay to bully a large number of people in his hometown. It's just unrealistic.
In fact, Chen Xiucai was too embarrassed to beat him back.
The other party is always a girl.
I haven't seen Xu Hongxia for a long time. The thirteenth aunt of the Xu family is getting stronger and stronger.
Suppress the vague fear brought about by the shadow of childhood in your heart.
Chen Xiucai stepped forward.
"Xu Sanjin, what are you howling for? You don't want to ask around, Guangdong is full of tenant expropriators. There is no way, now we are losing money by growing rice, and we can't even pay the land tax!"
After the endless coma, Shi Yu suddenly stood up from the bed. If you want to read the latest chapters, please download the Star Reading app and read the latest chapters for free without ads. The website has not updated the latest chapter content, but the Xingxing Reading APP has updated the latest chapter content.
He took a big breath of fresh air, his chest trembling.
Confused, confused, and all kinds of emotions came to my mind.
Where is this?
Afterwards, Shi Yu subconsciously observed his surroundings, and then became even more confused.
A single dormitory?
Even if he was successfully rescued, he should be in the ward now.
And my body...how could I not have any injuries at all?
With doubts, Shi Yu's eyes quickly swept across the room, and finally his eyes rested on a mirror beside the bed.
The mirror showed his current appearance. He was about seventeen or eighteen years old, and he looked very handsome.
But the problem is, this is not him! Download the Star Reading app and read the latest chapters for free without ads.
My previous self was a handsome young man in his twenties who had been working for a while.
And now, no matter how you look, this appearance is that of a high school student...
This change made Shi Yu stunned for a long time.
Don't tell him that the operation was successful...
The body and appearance have changed. This is not a matter of surgery or not, but magic.
He turned into a completely different person!
Could it be...that he traveled through time?
In addition to the mirror placed by the bedside, which was obviously not feng shui-friendly, Shi Yu also found three books next to it.
Shi Yu picked it up and took a look. The title of the book instantly silenced him.
"Essential Animal Breeding Manual for Beginner Breeders"
"Postpartum Care of Pet Pets"
"Evaluation Guide for Interracial Beast-Eared Girls"
Shi Yu:? ? ?
The names of the first two books are pretty normal, but what happened to the last one?
"cough."
Shi Yu looked solemnly and stretched out his hand, but his arm soon stiffened.
Just when he was about to open the third book and see what it was about, his brain suddenly felt a sharp pain, and a large number of memories came flooding back.
Icefield City.
Pet animal breeding base.
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Beastmaster?
