Chapter 2545

The examination of the Ministry of officials took half a day. Bai Erlang finished the examination today and got the result the next day. Among the more than 20 Jinshi, they are not up or down, and their ranking is OK.

However, unlike Bai Dalang, who hurried to the Marquis, Bai Erlang didn't go to the official department after getting the results. Instead, he ran home to find Mingda and took her to the imperial villa.

Now go to line up and choose officials. In case his father-in-law gives him an official directly, will he report for duty immediately or two days later?

So there was no hurry for the marquis. He decided to rest for a few days first.

From last year to now, he has been very busy. It is rare that he can go out for a visit. It is also a heart-to-heart play. He can't play wholeheartedly at all.

Mingda knows grain, even sows seeds and sees people farming, but his understanding of farming is only based on the surface.

Unlike Bai Erlang, he was in charge of a Chuang Tzu since childhood.

So he took Mingda to live in the imperial villa for two days and walked around. He knew that there were only 68 tenant farmers and 29 slaves in the huge imperial villa

Every year, Liyang county will send a mile of servicemen to help plough in spring and harvest in autumn. The rotation of villages under the county can ensure that it will not be repeated for several years.

Bai Erlang and Mingda said, "Zhou man recruited 100 tenants for a mile in the vocational field of Pucun village. Because there is little land, they can cultivate intensively. There are only so many people in Chuang Tzu as you. Basically, they just sow the seeds, chase some fertilizer, let alone water. I'm afraid they don't even remove the grass. After two months, the grass can grow better than the wheat seedlings."

Mingda suddenly realized, "no wonder the wheat field I saw last time is thinner than the grass next door."

Bai Erlang smiled and said, "there are too few people, and the soil is different. There are also the reasons for last year's snow disaster."

"But no matter what it's for, it's not enough for such a big imperial villa to have so many people," he said. "Farming is not just about sowing seeds. It's also very important every day."

Bai Erlang thought he probably knew why the emperor had so much land, but he was still so poor.

He said, "every year, the imperial villa can get 100 servants for free, but they only plough for ten days in spring and harvest for ten days in autumn. What's the long time between them?"

"The seeds planted need fertilization, watering, weeding, and even pest control. Beans alone should be weeded at least twice after planting. Otherwise, the grass that rises later will rob the soil of fertilizer and grow better than beans."

Bai Erlang said, "so you can't rely on servants. You still have to recruit long-term workers or tenants."

Mingda tilted his head and wondered, "why can't Huangzhuang recruit tenants?"

Bai Erlang: "because you are too dark."

Mingda:

Bai Erlang said, "do you know the annual tax of ordinary people?"

Mingda said with a smile, "every Ding has to pay two millet stones every year."

Bai Erlang nodded and said, "this tax is not high. Compared with their land grant, it's almost 40 taxes a year. But tenants who rent other people's land generally have to pay 40% to 60% of the tax. "

Mingda calculated the gap between the two and was surprised, "how can there be so much difference?"

Bai Erlang said, "after all, private people are not the state. Since ancient times, the tax on tenant farmers has been so high. There are also mean families who raise the tax to 70%

"However, in order to ensure the harvest, the owner will generally provide improved seeds, farm tools and some cattle, but some people are mean and will not provide them. Finally, the tenants leave and prefer to be refugees rather than farming." Bai Erlang looked at Mingda and said, "didn't we ask just now? The tenancy of Huangzhuang has always been 60%

Mingda:... So her family is a mean family?

She asked, "how much is your tenant's rent to the tenant?"

"Depending on the situation, sometimes 50%, sometimes 40%, at least 20%. If there is a major disaster, you have to rent free." Bai Erlang used to inherit his father's land and become a small landlord. Now he is an examiner. He knows this very well. He said: "the rent that the tenant should pay to the imperial court is paid by the owner. Unless he has another mouth to share the land, he should share it in proportion."

"Like my family, Da Zhen has been flooded for ten years, and my father has exempted the taxes of many people. My father has to pay the taxes of every Ding Er Shi in their family. This is a loss."

In that year, master Bai lost a lot. If the tenant did not share the land and only rented the landlord's land, he would only need to serve the state, and the remaining taxes and taxes would have to be paid by the landlord.

Usually, the owners will set aside land to grow mulberry and hemp for the tenants, spin and weave their own cloth, hand in part according to the reserved rent, and the rest is theirs.

When the imperial court wanted to collect taxes, the owner handed over the rent and tax of the tenants to the county government, so master Bai not only paid the rent and tax to the tenants for nothing, but also gave relief to the tenants from Tao's pocket, which lost the grain of that year

Of course, Bai Erlang said this to tell Mingda, "although there are few people in mianzhou, my family can always recruit enough tenant farmers. Even if there is no one in mianzhou, there will be people from other places."

Mingda thought, "you think our imperial villa is not wide enough, so you can't recruit enough tenants?"

Bai Erlang nodded gently and said to her, "although the capital is rich, there are many people who have lost their fields here. As long as you give enough interests, it's not difficult to recruit people."

He said: "our family is not short of money, that is, we invest more in the early stage. As long as we cultivate such a good land carefully, the harvest will not be low. Even if we only receive 40%, we will get a lot of income every year."

Just look at Zhou's income over the past two years.

Mingda became interested, his eyes twinkled and said, "OK, we'll take care of the imperial villa ourselves."

She also discussed with Bai Erlang, "do you want to change the steward?"

The wise Mingda naturally knows that there are so many greasy things in the imperial villa because of being in charge.

Bai Erlang also wanted to change, but he felt that changing people was a big deal, and he couldn't make up his mind, so he ran back to ask Bai Shan and Zhou man.

Bai Shan said, "as long as he is obedient, he doesn't have to change."

He said: "he has been used to the imperial villa for so many years. He is familiar with the land and people there, and can manage people. It doesn't matter how he was in charge before. At present, he just needs to listen to you, no, listen to the princess."

As long as Princess Mingda asks him to do anything, he can do it.

Man Bao said, "even if you want to change, you'll have to go through spring ploughing first. It's not good to change a steward to manage so much land at this moment."

Bai Erlang was reassured. After breathing out his breath, he asked man Bao, "where do you say I go to recruit workers and find tenant farmers?"

Man Bao thinks it's too late to find tenant farmers now. For such a good land, we must find hard-working people. What if Wan Yizhao finds some lazy people?

So she said, "you can directly hire long-term or short-term workers at a cost. Anyway, there are many idle people in the capital. These people should not be difficult to find."

Bai Shan said, "it's a pity that my fourth brother has gone out, otherwise I can ask my fourth brother for help. However, the steward of Huangzhuang should also have familiar children. You will certainly invite a lot of people if you make announcements in the capital and Yongzhou. "