The most vocal tenants shut their mouths.
Just like what the other party said, there is no unowned idle land in Xiao Song Ji, and there is no such thing as idle land in other places.
If there was any free land, it would have been occupied by those big households, and it would not be the turn of tenants like them who don't even have enough to eat.
"Let me tell you, how could someone be so kind and give their fields to others for free, let alone a group of bandits." A tenant said with a disappointed look on his face.
Many tenants around him also looked disappointed.
Before, I still wanted to have my own land dozens of miles away, and hesitated whether to give up the house in Xiaosongji. But now I think about it, if I really want to have a few acres of my own land dozens of miles away, even if I live in a shack. Moved to his own field.
"Look at all of you, you all look like you have lost your soul." The thin-faced tenant saw the disappointed expressions on the other tenants' faces, and sneered, and then said, "Let me tell you, there is no need to go dozens of miles away. There is no shortage of land here in Songji.”
When the tenants heard his words, many of them looked puzzled.
One of the tenants said: "Didn't you just say that all the land in Xiao Song Ji belongs to Mr. Cui and Mr. Wang, so there is no idle land that can be shared with everyone."
"We all live in Xiaosongji. No one knows if there are unowned fields in Xiaosongji. Even if we want to open up wasteland, we can't find a place." Another tenant said in a group.
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Although the other tenants nearby were speechless, it was obvious that these two people said what everyone wanted to say.
"Who said there is no more land." The thin-faced tenant glanced at the faces of the surrounding tenants and said, "Wouldn't it be enough to divide the land between the Cui family and the Wang family?"
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When the tenants heard this, they dispersed in a hurry and lost interest in listening to what he said.
"Hey, hey, don't leave! I haven't finished speaking yet!" The thin-faced tenant wanted to summon him back.
Several tenants who were about to leave stopped, curious about what else he wanted to say.
At this time, a tenant looked at him and said: "Can Mr. Cui and Mr. Wang share the land with us? It's a sweet dream in broad daylight."
"You don't understand this!" said the thin-faced tenant, "I tell you, the rebels outside Xiaosongji are called Hu Ziqi. Every time they capture a place, they allocate fields to the people. The fields are all from the local big households. It’s coming in your hands.”
Hearing this, some tenants said in confusion: "Can Mr. Cui and Mr. Wang do this?"
"They dare not do it!" The thin-faced tenant snorted contemptuously and said, "The knife is placed on the neck, and if they don't agree, the head will be chopped off. If it were you, the knife is placed on the neck, how dare you disagree?"
"The knife is pressed against the neck, so of course I have to agree." One of the tenants said.
The other tenants nodded in agreement.
They didn't even have an acre of their own land, so of course they chose the lives of their own family members.
The thin-faced tenant continued: "You all understand this time, right? As long as the rebels capture Xiao Songji, we no longer need to be tenants to the Cui family and Wang family. We can all have our own fields and don't have to surrender to the court." Taxation, what a good thing!”
The tenants came forward again.
"According to what you say, it is a good thing for the rebels to enter our Xiaosongji. Then why don't Mr. Cui and the others let the rebels enter our Xiaosongji?" said a tenant.
The thin-faced tenant turned his head and glanced at the tenant who spoke, and said: "When the Tiger Character Banner comes to Xiao Songji, the fields will naturally be divided, or the fields of the Cui family and the Wang family. If it were you, you would let the people from the Tiger Character Banner enter." Collection of Xiao Song?"
"Don't you mean the rebels? Who is this tiger-character flag?" a tenant asked with a puzzled look on his face.
Hearing this, the thin-faced tenant frowned slightly and said, "Didn't I just say that the rebels outside Xiao Song Ji are soldiers and horses of the Tiger Flag, and it is the Tiger Flag that allocates land to tenants like us? Don't you If you think he is a rebel, I will give you some land!"
"That won't happen, that won't happen." The tenant shook his head in embarrassment.
Generations of rebels have been described as brutal and murderous, harming the local people wherever they go. I have never heard of any rebels who are kind to the people.
Of course, there is also the involvement of the powerful class in this.
"What do you think, let's bring in the rebels from outside?" Suddenly a tenant suggested.
The news that the rebels would allocate land to them and exempt them from court taxes was too tempting.
One of the tenants said worriedly: "What if the rebels enter Xiao Song Ji and that's not the case at all?"
These words caused many tenants to whisper among themselves.
It is a good thing to divide the fields, but they are more afraid that the rebels will enter Xiaosongji and tell the government and the Cui family that they will kill people and rob things when they see them.
"What do you have to worry about? It's the Cui family and the Wang family that are worried." said the thin-faced tenant. "Every family wishes they didn't even have an iron pot. What can the Tiger Character Banner rob you of if it enters Xiao Songji? What else can you do? Is there anything for others to grab?"
As he spoke, he curled his lips disdainfully.
In the entire Xiao Songji, except for the Cui family, the Wang family, and the scoundrels of the Cui and Wang families, no other tenant family had an easy life.
"Gou Sheng, how do you know so much? Could it be that you have colluded with the rebels outside?" A tenant stared at the thin-faced tenant and asked doubtfully.
The tenants around him all looked at the thin-faced tenant, who he called Gou Sheng.
Most people in the countryside think that nicknames make a living, such as Goudan, Gou Sheng, Silly San, and Erlu. There are many similar nicknames. Sometimes in a village, several people can stand out when they call them Goudan.
The thin-faced tenant said: "My aunt has a son who is a salesman. He has traveled to many places. He came to our Xiaosongji half a month ago to visit my father and said that their village has been returned to the Tiger Flag. , the family was divided into fields, and they even persuaded my father to move to their place to live a better life."
"I can prove that relatives did come to the Gou Sheng family half a month ago." A neighbor with a thin-faced tenant stood up to prove to others.
Due to traffic and road problems, strangers rarely come, so it is difficult for relatives to hide it from the surrounding neighbors.
"Then why doesn't your father go?" A tenant looked at the thin-faced tenant named Gou Sheng.
The other party had praised the Tiger Flag so well. If it was all true, he didn't believe that the other party couldn't bear it. At least he would drag his family and move there.
"It's not because of my father." The thin-faced tenant complained. "My father said that there are no good people who rebel against bandits, so he was unwilling to leave Xiao Songji. Not only that, he also persuaded my cousin to come with his family. Xiao Songji took refuge."
After hearing these words, the surrounding tenants looked at each other in shock.
Because the words of the thin-faced tenant's father were more in line with their psychological expectations. After all, the government and King Cui's family had been promoting the evil deeds of the rebels.
Suddenly the rebels became the good guys, which made many people feel a little uncomfortable.
