Chapter 375

The kneeling people all turned their heads and stared at the man behind who threatened Lu Jiao: "Niu Er, what are you talking nonsense, are you trying to kill us?"

"Who are you, you dare to threaten the master's family. This field belongs to the master's family. If she doesn't want to rent it to us, there is nothing we can do."

Several families turned around and blamed Niu Er.

Niu Er opened his mouth to refute, but Lu Jiao said, "Uncle Xiao, you handle this matter."

Old man Xiao will be the farmer in the future, and Lu Jiao wants to see how he handles it.

After hearing Lu Jiao's words, old man Xiao immediately walked out and looked coldly at the strong man who threatened Lu Jiao with words just now.

"Niu Er, right? You said that if the lady doesn't give you the land, she is forcing you to die. Then you go to die. I want to see if you dare to die."

Old man Xiao said loudly.

Niu Er's expression changed, and so did the expressions of the family members behind him.

But he rolled his eyes and burst into tears: "Look, this woman doesn't want to give us the land. She doesn't give us a way to live. She wants to force us to die? We can't live anymore."

As soon as Niu Er finished speaking, many people were frightened, adults and children panicked, and two of them started crying along with Niu Er.

"No, why not let us grow the land. We used to plant the land well, but when the owner changed, the land was not given to us. Is there any law for the king?"

"You really want to force us to death. If you dare not give us the land, we will die."

The old man Xiao sneered and said: "If you want to die, go quickly. You don't need to cry and make noise here. I want to see if the county magistrate will punish us if you seek death yourself? We buy land, willing It is our kindness to rent to you, not a reason for you to force us to rent to you."

After the old man Xiao finished speaking, Lu Jiao ordered coldly from behind: "Uncle Xiao, Ruan Zhu, drive these three families out for me directly, and Feng Zhi will convert the land they planted into money according to their normal income, and let them Get out immediately."

"Yes, my lady."

Everyone on the scene was shocked, and Niu Er wanted to make trouble when he stood up.

Old man Xiao walked over and lifted Niu Er as soon as he stretched out his hand, as if he was carrying a chicken.

Ruan Zhu even dragged one with each hand, she was obviously a little girl, but she dragged the two men, making them unable to move.

Everyone on the field saw the actions of the two people, and there was something they didn't understand.

The people brought by the master's family are obviously skilled, and they don't seem to be weak.

Now no one dared to speak, at most they begged a few times.

Lu Jiao ordered Uncle Xiao and Ruan Zhu to drive all three families out of Zhuangzi.

The subordinates brought by Zhao Lingfeng also went to help, and quickly drove Niu Er and the other two families out of Zhuangzi.

Lu Jiao glanced at the tenants on the field and signaled them to get up.

"To tell you the truth, it's not that I don't rent out the land to you, but that I bought this field specially to grow medicinal materials, not to let people grow rice."

As soon as Lu Jiao finished speaking, the tenants knew that they had no land to plant, and all of them turned pale, and the old man and the children all cried.

Lu Jiao cleared her throat and said, "Actually, the land you rented is only enough for food and clothing, and it didn't make you much money."

An old man among the tenants quickly said: "Although there is only enough food and clothing, at least we can support a large family. We go out to work. First, we can't do it when we are too old. Second, normal people's bosses are more mean and always deduct our money intentionally or unintentionally. In the end, there is almost not much money left after the settlement, so what should we do as a big family?"

Tears flowed down the old man's face after he finished speaking, but Lu Jiao couldn't bear to see it, so she spoke slowly.

"Don't be sad and afraid, I have another method of cooperation here, can you listen to it and see if it works?"

"Although my field grows medicinal materials, it needs people to take care of it, so I can hire you as my long-term workers for a period of five years, and I will pay you every month, so that each of you can earn money. When you get the money, and I think the money you earn is no worse than farming, the money left over after you eat, drink and spend, maybe you can buy a few acres of land for yourself in five years, isn't that better than renting out other people's land?"

As soon as Lu Jiao finished speaking, some of the quick-responsive people among them were moved, and quickly asked: "Miss Lu, how much is it a month for us to do long-term work for you?"

Lu Jiao glanced at the person who was speaking and said, "A strong laborer pays one tael of silver a month, and a woman and an old man get six hundred cash."

Strong laborers have one tael a month, twelve taels a year, and the wife and the elderly in the family have six hundred taels. In this way, each family can save more than ten taels a year after eliminating food, drink and flowers. After five years, There are fifty taels, and fifty taels can buy seven or eight acres of land near the small town.

Many people on the court were moved by this, but someone asked worriedly: "Ms. Lu, you won't not pay us wages in the future, so find a reason to fire us."

Lu Jiao laughed: "This will be stated in the contract. The host is not allowed to dismiss long-term employees for unknown reasons, nor to deduct wages for any unreasonable reasons, so don't worry about it."

As soon as Lu Jiao finished speaking, Zhao Lingfeng said, "Do you know who she is? The wife of Xie Xiucai's family who helped Qinghe county magistrate to pick up two corrupt officials, she can't withhold money from you."

The hottest topic in Qinghe County recently is the removal of two corrupt officials by County Magistrate Hu. Many of them mentioned Xie Xiucai, saying that Xie Xiucai helped County Magistrate Hu fight against Yangxian Cheng and Peng Zhubo.

So even the people in the countryside heard about it. At this time, when these tenants heard Zhao Lingfeng's words, they first shouted happily.

"It turns out that Mrs. Lu is Xie Xiucai's wife, so we can rest assured."

One of them murmured softly, "I heard that Xie Xiucai was born in poverty."

What this means is that Xie Yunjin was born in a poor family, how can he have the money to buy land now.

Zhao Lingfeng immediately looked at the speaker and explained: "Xie Xiucai was born in poverty, but his wife is capable and can make money. Don't underestimate Mrs. Lu, she is a very powerful person and can make money very much." of."

Everyone subconsciously looked up at Mrs. Lu, thinking of the two people who appeared next to Mrs. Lu, and thinking about her cold and stern look, she really looked like a very powerful person.

With such a powerful lady, would Xie Xiucai dare to be bothered in the future? Even if he became an official, would he dare to accept a concubine?

Many people sympathized with Xie Xiucai.

Lu Jiao glared at Zhao Lingfeng angrily, and asked Xie Yunjin what to do.

Zhao Lingfeng smiled wryly. He originally wanted to flatter, but ended up slapping the horse's leg. It seems that he is not suitable for flattering.

(end of this chapter)