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Chapter 4 My Field

With Wei Du's introduction, Chen Chu quickly met the little gentry mentioned by Wei Du. Then, Chen Chu let Wei Du see what a truly unfathomable bargaining method was.

Under Wei Du's dumbfounded gaze, Chen Chuyao cut the already low price of three thousand gold to two thousand five hundred gold.

When Chen Chu took the land deed, the little gentry was already pale and sweating. When he left, he kept muttering: "This man is too cruel! Two thousand five hundred gold coins actually bought my 5,000 acres of fertile land!"

After the little gentry left, Wei Du came to Chen Chu and gave him a thumbs up and sighed: "Young Master Chen, this is the first time I have seen a person as bargaining as you."

Chen Chu just slightly and didn't say much.

Seeing that he had taken such a big advantage, Wei Du could still calmly look calm and calm, and couldn't help but look down on him a little more in his heart.

In fact, what Wei Du didn't know was that Chen Chu felt so happy at this time, but in order to leave a good impression on Wei Du, he forced himself to act calmly.

The next day, Chen Chu went to the suburbs alone to receive the five thousand acres of fertile land.

The 5,000 acres of fertile land purchased by Chen Chu is located in Wuli in the western suburbs of Leping. It was the end of February and early March, and the wheat seedlings were planted. What caught Chen Chu's eyes was a vibrant new green. Chen Chu walked between the wheat fields, smelling the fragrance of green grass, and felt comfortable.

"This is all my property!" Chen Chu kept murmuring, with a little excited expression. No wonder Chen Chu was like this. He once lived in modern society and could not dream of owning such a vast land. At this time, Chen Chu felt particularly accomplished.

After about half an hour, Chen Chu came to the tenant farmer village located in the middle of the 5,000 acres of wheat fields. The tenant farmer in the tenant farmer was sold to Chen Chu at this time with the 5,000 acres of wheat fields, which is now considered Chen Chu's property.

As soon as Chen Chu walked into the village, he saw hundreds of people standing on a clearing in the middle of the village.

One of the old men hurriedly walked up as soon as they saw Chen Chu.

"Is the visitor the new owner of this field?" the old man asked respectfully with a bow.

When Chen Chu heard this, he thought to himself: It seems that the tenant farmer here already knows that he has changed his master. I think it must be that the little gentry had already told the tenant farmer here before he arrived.

Chen Chu nodded immediately.

Seeing Chen Chu nodding, the old man immediately knelt down and said, "The 93 tenant farmers in the tenant farmer have seen the new master." His tone was quite humble, and then hundreds of people behind him also knelt down, "I have seen the new master." His voice was messy and weak.

Chen Chu had never seen such a scene. He was shocked on the spot and quickly helped the old man up and said, "Old man, what are you doing! Get up quickly!"

The old man stood up under Chen Chu's pull, and his eyes looked at Chen Chu with surprise.

Chen Chu helped the old man up, looked at the people kneeling not far away and said, "Everyone should get up. Don't do this kind of kneeling ceremony at all in the future." Chen Chu, who was full of modern thought, was not used to being worshipped around.

Everyone looked at each other in surprise, then kowtowed to Chen Chu and said loudly, "Thank you, Master Xin." This time the voice was much louder and neat than before.

A trace of warmth flashed in the old man's eyes. At least this new owner's performance did not treat them as animals.

"Is the old man's surname?" Chen Chu asked with a smile, holding the old man's hand. Chen Chu had no experience as an expert, but as the saying goes, he always saw pigs running, so he learned how the chairman treated the people in the film and television dramas in his previous life.

When the old man heard this, he panicked and quickly bowed and said, "I dare not, my surname is Deng, and I dare not be dirty. Everyone in the village calls me Mr. Deng."

Chen Chu nodded and smiled and said, "Then I will call you Mr. Deng in the future."

Duke Deng was immediately frightened and quickly knelt down and said anxiously: "The untouchables dare not call him Duke in front of their masters."

Chen Chu helped Gong Deng up again and pretended to be displeased and said, "Didn't I say not to kneel down again?" Then, in order to win people's hearts, Chen Chu glanced around and said, "You are not tenant farmers in the future, they are all my subordinates. Don't call yourself a pariah."

Mr. Deng looked at Chen Chu gratefully and said with a sob, "My lord is really a kind and righteous person!" As he said that, he knelt down again. Mr. Deng's name to Chen Chu also changed unknowingly. The meaning of this change is profound. If Mr. Deng was forced to serve Chen Chu, the new master when he was called the master, then calling him lord now means that Mr. Deng is determined to serve Chen Chu with all his own. However, Chen Chu did not understand the difference at this time. He just felt that the old man in front of him was completely different from before.

The tenants around also showed extremely excited expressions. You should know that it is almost impossible for people like them who live at the bottom of society to get rid of the lowest status of tenants. Each of them longs for the arrival of this day in their hearts, even more eager than to be fed and fed.

What Chen Chu didn't know was how shocking his actions were at this time. If this matter spread, he would definitely be criticized by countless defenders. But even if Chen Chu knew, he would do this. What he is concerned about now is how to survive in the coming chaotic times.

Chen Chu was a little surprised that these people's attitude towards him changed so much, but after a moment of thinking, he realized that in ancient times, tenants had no status, and their value was equivalent to livestock. The owner basically killed them whenever they wanted, without worrying about being punished. There were basically no people who treated them like Chen Chu, not to mention that Chen Chu had promised to cancel their identity as tenants at this time, so how could they not be grateful?

Thinking about this, Chen Chu happily accepted the reverent look from around him.

Chen Chu asked Mr. Deng to take him around the village for a while, but his originally good mood became bad. Why? It turned out that the villagers here lived in extremely simple and dilapidated houses. Each family basically had more than one skylight in their houses, and the houses were low, and many of them were tilted to varying degrees, giving people a shaky feeling.

Can such a house be lived in? Chen Chu couldn't help but frown. He was a drug salesman in his previous life and was no longer a good person, but he would never tolerate his subordinates' hardships.

"Mr. Deng, do you just live in such a house?"

Mr. Deng sighed and said, "Lord, this is already very good. No matter how good it is, it is at least a nest. Those refugees are afraid that they will never live in such a house in their dreams."

Chen Chu thought: The first thing he needs to do now is to build houses, and he plans to accept refugees, so building large houses and expanding villages is the top priority.

"Mr. Deng, if you want to build a house for 5,000 people to live in, how long will it take for you?" Chen Chu asked thoughtfully.

Mr. Deng was surprised. He didn't understand why the lord did. Although he had questions in his heart, Mr. Deng did not dare to neglect the problem he asked, and immediately calculated it seriously. After a while, Mr. Deng respectfully replied: "My lord, I have calculated it roughly. If the whole village takes action together, it will take about a month."

Chen Chu thought for a moment and told Deng Gong: "Mr. Deng, I will tell you two things. First, divide half of the labor force in the village to build large-scale buildings; second, the other half of the labor force will open up land and try to open more wheat fields. You will be responsible for both of these things."

When Mr. Deng heard this, he knelt down and said with emotion: "My lord trusts me so much, I will definitely live up to my lord's entrustedness."

Then Mr. Deng suddenly remembered something and asked: "Lord, there is no problem in building houses and expanding villages, but it seems that there is something wrong with reclaiming land. Can the lord have already received the approval of the government?"

Chen Chu was stunned for a moment, and asked in surprise: "What? Is this land reclamation still necessary for the government to approve?"

Mr. Deng looked at his lord with some confusion and thought to himself: This is common sense! Why doesn’t the lord even know this?

Seeing Mr. Deng’s strange expression, Chen Chu immediately realized that he had made another common sense mistake and hurriedly covered it up.

"Mr. Deng, just do what I said. As for other things, I will deal with them."

"Yes. I followed the lord's order."

Chen Chu came to the end of the village accompanied by Mr. Deng, and a large and very good-quality house appeared in front of him.

"What is this for?" Chen Chu asked curiously.

"Lord, this is a warehouse for storing grain, and there are still 10,000 kilograms of grain in it. Originally, there were more than 100,000 kilograms of grain here."

Chen Chu became interested as soon as he heard this, "Oh, go in and take a look."

Mr. Deng hurriedly asked the young man in the village to push the door open.

When I walked into the warehouse, I saw Bailaitan grain piled up in a corner. Compared with the huge warehouse space, Bailaitan grain seemed very inconspicuous.

Chen Chu couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. He just heard that there were 10,000 kilograms of grain, and thought it would be a lot!

"By the way, Mr. Deng, you just said that there are more than 100,000 kilograms of grain, so where did the other grain go?"

Mr. Deng immediately replied: "It's such a lord. It turns out that the master sent people to drive many big trucks here to transport grain last night, and most of the grain was transported away by them."

Hearing this, Chen Chu suddenly realized, but he was not displeased at all. He only said that he would sell land, but not food. After all, these foods belong to him. It would be good if he could keep tens of thousands of kilograms of food.

"It seems that your former master is not too bad, and you also know to leave some food for your food." Chen Chu nodded in appreciation, and couldn't help feeling a little guilty about slaughtering others before.

Unexpectedly, Mr. Deng shook his head and said, "Lord, the food here is not for us bitches. And the reason why 10,000 kilograms of food is left here is entirely because the former owner did not have enough carriages and horses to carry it."

Chen Chu was stunned. After a long time, he turned out to be self-indulgent!

Then he remembered something and asked, "Mr. Deng, you just said that you don't eat the food here, so what do you usually eat? Do each household have rainfall on hand?"

Mr. Deng hesitated for a moment, and then replied, "Lord, where can we eat this kind of food normally? It is usually just wild vegetables and chaff." As he said, he glanced at the pile of food, and a hint of desire flashed in his eyes.

"What!?" Chen Chu screamed in disbelief.

Damn it! Damn it! This is simply not treating people as human beings!
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