Lu Bu took Ye Zhao Lion out of the mansion and wanted to go to the farm with Zhen Yi to go through the settlement procedures.

Seeing the Ye Zhao lion holding the hand of Lu Bu, Zhen Yi couldn't help but praise: "A good horse is really a horse that is a thousand miles away! This horse's divine horse is the only one I have seen in my life!"

After hearing Zhen Yi's words, Lu Bu couldn't help but smile and became humble.

Then Zhen Yi got on the carriage, Lu Bu led the horse through the downtown area, and when he reached a secluded place, he turned over and went straight to the village outside the city with Zhen Yi.

There are dozens of families in Zhuangzi, which are located fifteen or sixteen miles outside Luoyang City. One side of the Zhuangzi is against the Luo River, and there are more than one meter high earthen city walls on the other three sides.

There are as many as four or five hundred acres of land outside the farm. Since the season is not too late, no crops are planted.

The tenants in the village had obviously received notice in advance and had all gathered together to greet them outside the village.

Seeing Zhen Yide's carriage from afar, an old man came out first and stood respectfully beside the road.

When the carriage stopped, when Zhen Yi got off the car, the old man jokingly said, "Shi San greets the master!"

Zhen Yi got off the carriage and helped the old man up, laughing and said, "Old Shi, you old guy, your body is still so strong! Do you know? From now on, your boss will not be our Zhen family, but this young master Lu."

Shi San turned to Lu Bu, bent down and saluted, "Shi San has seen Mr. Lu!"

After Shi San finished speaking, the villagers in the village behind him saluted to Lu Bu and said, "Have you met Mr. Lu!"

Lu Bu quickly stepped forward, helped Shi San up, and then said to Shi San: "Old man, you are so old, I can't afford your gift!"

Shi San said respectfully: "Master Lu, don't say that. Old and young are orderly, and superiors are different. When you see the master, you are a little duty."

Lu Bu was about to speak, but heard Zhen Yi laughing and said, "Okay, Zhuangzi, you have seen it and the matter is done. If you have anything, just say to them! Fengxian, let me take a step first if you have something to do!"

Lu Bu quickly said, "Brother Zhen, it's all here, it's not too late to leave after eating no matter what you say!"

Zhen Yi laughed and said, "No, Brother Wei really has something to deal with! When I have time, Brother Wei will come over and disturb you!"

Lu Bu smiled and said, "I can't ask for it!"

Lu Bu kept watching Zhen Yi get on the carriage until the carriage started and walked a distance, and then Lu Bu turned around.

Hundreds of villagers gathered together, and the person in front was Shi San, who greeted Lu Bu again.

Lu Bu nodded and greeted the villagers. Knowing that Shi San was the most prestigious in the village, he couldn't help but ask Shi San: "Old man, don't know what your plans are in the future?"

Shi San quickly said to Lu Bu: "Master Lu, you can't be the old man's words for these three words! You should call me Lao Shi!"

Lu Bu also knew that the idea that there is a difference between superiority and inferiority is deeply rooted in the minds of these people, and it is not forced.

"Okay, that master will call you Lao Shi. Lao Shi, I ask you, what are your plans in the future?"

Shi San said to Lu Bu: "Go back to Mr. Lu, we rented the land for Mr. Zhen. The ancestors have been used to it for several generations. Now this farm has been transferred to the master. If the master does not allow us to farm, even if we cut off our life, we will still ask the master to enjoy the food!"

After hearing Shi Sande's words, Lu Bu couldn't help but nodded, and then asked Shi San: "Old Shi, I wonder how your rent was calculated before?"

Hearing Lu Bu’s question, Shi San quickly replied: “After Master’s words, the rent here used to be a load of grain per acre of land a year.”

After saying that, Shi San couldn't help but look at Lu Bu nervously, wondering what answer Lu Bu was going to answer.

The land here is pretty good, the rent for a scoop of grain is not low, nor is it high, it is considered medium.

If the years are good, they will still have a lot of surplus.

In general, the Zhen family is quite tolerant.

Now I don’t know if this Mr. Lu will continue to rent the land to them?

Will rent rise?

When Lu Bu heard that the rent was a load of grain per acre of land a year, he couldn't help but nod.

The rent is almost at the market price.

A load of grain is about 100 kilograms from later generations. If it were replaced by later generations, the rent of 100 kilograms of grain per acre would be really cheap.

However, the yield per mu at that time was no match for modern times.

Take rice as an example. The yield per mu of rice in modern times has reached thousands of kilograms, and the latest high-yield rice has even reached thousands of kilograms (test field data).

But what about the Han Dynasty?

The yield per mu of rice is less than 200 kilograms, which is less than two pounds.

In other words, the rent of acre of land and a load of grain has already collected more than half of the harvest of these tenants.

After thinking for a while, Lu Bu said, "Old Shi, since you are willing to rent and plant them, then you will still rent these lands for you! As for rent, it will be enough to be worth every acre of land every year!"

One load is ten dou, and now Lu Bu has reduced two dou for them, which can be regarded as reducing a considerable burden for these villagers.

In fact, Lu Bu didn't even like this little money. After learning from later generations, Lu Bu knew very well that if you want to make big money, you still have to rely on business.

Originally, Lu Bu wanted to reduce the rent directly to half, but after thinking about it, if it was reduced so much at once, it would cause uneasiness among these tenants.

Therefore, Lu Bu reduced his rent by only 20%.

Even so, it surprised all the villagers in the village and bowed to Lu Bu repeatedly.

Shi San even knelt on the ground excitedly and kowtowed to Lu Bu and thanked him hard.

Lu Bu quickly helped Shi San up and comforted the villagers.

When Lu Bu was about to let the villagers disperse, he suddenly remembered something and turned around and said to Shi San: "By the way, old stone, this year I am going to plant some new products. You can leave me a hundred acres of fertile fields to not sow anything."

Although Shi San didn't understand what the new product meant, he could probably guess it.

And Lu Bu's words made Shi San embarrassed.

I knew that there would be no pie falling from the sky. No wonder the master gave up two buckets of rent. It turned out that he was waiting here!

If one hundred acres of land is left, they will plant a hundred acres less. Each family will plant nearly two acres less land, and the grain produced is not enough for chewing.

Seeing Shi Sande's expression, Lu Bu quickly reacted and couldn't help but say to Shi San: "Old Shi, like this, for these hundred acres of land, I am going to plant some other things. You should plant them according to my instructions. I will pay you a scoop of grain per acre of land. What do you think?"
Chapter completed!