In the northernmost part of Zhangjiazhuang, the house facing north and south, this place should have been a very important building in the village. This can be seen from the surrounding blue brick walls and the remaining buildings that have not yet collapsed.

However, most of this important building has collapsed now, and some places are even completely buried in the snow.

But now the snow has stopped. All the men in Zhangjiazhuang have arrived here. While cleaning up the snow on the collapsed building, they are looking for something in the rubble. Occasionally, there will be a series of howlings or two, because

This is the ancestral temple of Zhangjiazhuangzi. All the tablets of our ancestors are enshrined here. Now, they are all crushed by heavy snow.

When Zhou Chong and the other two came to the Zhang Clan Ancestral Hall to find Zhang Kuang, he was carrying wooden beams with the men in the village and clearing out the collapsed roof, revealing the piles of grain piles piled up below. Zhang Kuang was not as gentle as a scholar at this time.

His face was gray and muddy, and his clothes were not colored. He really couldn't believe that he was actually a scholar.

"Brother Fang Shi, isn't this an ancestral temple? Why do you still have food?" Zhou Chong asked strangely. Zhang Kuang was very happy to see the three of them coming. He grabbed a handful of snow and wiped his face, then

I took Zhou Chong and the others to chat outside the yard. After all, there was really no room for conversation in the yard.

"Haha~, in fact, this is not only the ancestral hall in the village, but also the Changping warehouse in the village. Whenever the grain harvest is good, every household in the village must hand over a portion of the grain according to the person and store it in the most solid state.

In the ancestral hall, if there is a famine, the whole village will rely on these foods to save lives. If there is no famine, it will be replaced by rice and meat to the people in the village at the end of the year, so that everyone can have a good New Year, but

This ancestral temple is too old, and the village has not been able to organize maintenance. As a result, the heavy snow fell and the house collapsed in an instant." Zhang Kuang explained, and at the end he shook his head helplessly.

.Originally, the ancestral hall was the tallest and most sturdy building in the village, but unfortunately, as time goes by, this ancestral hall has become extremely dilapidated. Another one will definitely be built next year.

After hearing Zhang Kuang's explanation, Zhou Chong and others nodded. The ancestral temple in front of them is not only a place of spiritual belief in Zhangjiazhuang, but also a place for them to store life-saving food. No wonder they saw a lot when they went in just now.

People cried while digging, and the ancestral temple collapsed, and they will definitely be rebuilt next year, and the burden on them will be heavier by then.

Zhang Kuang's surname is Zhang, and the people in the Zhang family village are also Zhang, but they are only of the same clan. But they are not of the same clan. The reason why Zhang Kuang came to help was to fulfill his responsibilities as the master's family. After all, the ancestral temple collapsed.

For people in the village, it is like the sky has collapsed, so as the main family, you cannot ignore it no matter what. Otherwise, you will be scolded by others. As a scholarly family, the Zhang family will naturally not lose their reputation.

Even Zhang Kuang went down to help himself. This was not only because he sympathized with the people in the village, but also because he also made a name for his family.

When a friend came to visit, Zhang Kuang naturally could no longer work with the people in the village. At that moment, he greeted an old man who was respected in Zhuangzi, and then walked to the Zhang family courtyard with Zhou Chong and others. He just arrived at the gate of the courtyard.

I saw someone coming over with two fat pigs. When I saw Zhang Kuang, I immediately shouted: "Young Master, where are these two fat pigs?"

"Run to the ancestral hall and ask the fifth master to find someone to kill him. Today I will invite the people in the village to eat meat!" Zhang Kuang also responded loudly.

"Okay~" the visitor agreed and drove two fat pigs to the ancestral hall.

Seeing the visitor driving away the fat pig, Zhou Chong, Zheng Jing and Li Zheng all looked at Zhang Kuang with strange looks. After all, Zhang Kuang did too much, and he worked himself and killed pigs for the merchants.

What does a meat eater look like what a landlord should do?

Zhang Kuang also saw the strangeness in Zhou Chong and his eyes. He smiled helplessly and pointed at Zhou Chong and said, "It's all your fault. Now Taiwan is short of people, even if hundreds of thousands of victims have been moved in.

, It is still very scarce, so the people in your Governor's Office said that if those who are willing to move to Taiwan can be distributed to the fields like those victims. As a result, many poor families in the coastal areas are now moved.

, Our Zhang family has so many land. If all the tenants below go to Taiwan, who can farm for us, so we can only use this method to buy people's hearts."

Hearing Zhang Kuang's helpless explanation, Zheng Jing and Zhou Chong both laughed, but Li Zheng asked in confusion: "Brother Fang Shi, Wen Da did this for the sake of the poor people, but since you don't want to let it go

Why don’t the rent be reduced if the tenant farmers are lost? Isn’t this much more affordable than if you spend your energy on making a reputation like this?"

Hearing Li Zheng's words, Zhou Chong and Zheng Jing stopped laughing, and looked at Li Zheng with some surprise, because they didn't expect this problem just now, but now they were raised by the youngest Li Zheng, which really made it happen.

They felt a little ashamed.

However, when Zhang Kuang heard Li Zheng’s problem, he smiled bitterly and said: “Brother Shrike, we naturally know that reducing the rent can attract the tenants to stay, but unfortunately we don’t dare!”

"Why don't you dare?" Li Zheng asked. His family mainly relies on doing business for a living. Although there is some land, there is not much, and the family does not attach much importance to it, so he does not understand the fields very well.

"Shrike, Brother Fang Shi's family really dare not reduce the rent of land. After all, they are not the only ones who rent the land. Just calculate that there are many big landlords like Brother Fang Shi, if he is the first to reduce the rent of land.

If you want to rent a landlord, what should you do with other big landlords? To put it bluntly, if Brother Fang Shi dares to lower the rent in his home, he may offend other landlords. Even if others don’t cause trouble in their home, I’m afraid

He will also be isolated by others, which is not a good thing for a family!" Zhou Chong quickly figured out the joints and immediately spoke up for Zhang Kuan and explained.

"Brother Wenda is indeed a worthy man who is the governor. He suddenly reached the key point, but in my opinion, the land rent in the future will definitely be reduced. After all, with the development of Taiwan, it will definitely attract more and more people.

People who go to settle down, and these people will be mainly tenants or refugees who have no land. Without these people, we as landlords will not be able to recruit enough tenants, so we can only reduce the rent of land and fight for the remaining ones.

The tenants are just now everyone is waiting for the first to come forward." Zhang Kuang has a very clear understanding of the situation in front of him and is very confident in his judgment.

Zheng Jing and Li Zheng nodded thoughtfully when they heard Zhang Kuang's words. Zhou Chong also looked at Zhang Kuang with great praise. Although Zhang Kuang is still young now, I don't know if he can become a good person.

An official, but with this knowledge alone, he is enough to be a qualified adviser.

The four of them entered the Zhang family's villa. Because the weather was cold, Zhang Kuang did not invite them into the living room. Instead, he went directly to the warm pavilion next to the living room. The fire in the pavilion was burning strongly and the iron pot on the stove was being

He was steaming in a dusky way, and Zhang Kuang took out the tea leaves and brewed tea for the four of them. Then he sat down and talked while roasting the fire.

"Wenda, I just saw you seemingly want to say something but stopping. Do you have something to say?" After sitting down, Zhang Kuang sipped the tea and asked.

Zhou Chong heard Zhang Kuang's words and sighed: "Brother Fang Shi, if you believe me, then find a way to change the current situation of the Zhang family, for example, you can take advantage of the current land price not dropping yet.

After that, sell some of the land early and collect some of the funds to invest in other industries. The remaining land also needs to change its current planting structure, such as planting mulberry trees on the fields and hiring others to raise silkworms and weave silk. After all, with the sea trade

If development is made, the silk industry will surely flourish.”

"This... why is this?" Zhang Kuang said in confusion when he heard Zhou Chong's words. Although he felt that the land in the future would not be easy to recruit tenants, he just felt that it was difficult and did not think that he would not be able to recruit tenants in the future.

Zheng Jing and Li Zheng next to him looked confused, and they didn't know what Zhou Chong meant?

Seeing that even Zhang Kuang and the others didn't understand what they said, Zhou Chong sighed and said, "Brother Fang, I heard from Shriku that you and Brother Minglun had met those victims who moved from the Central Plains to Taiwan, and those victims

I believe you all remember the tragic situation freshly."

Zhou Chong said this and looked at Zhang Kuang and Zheng Jing. Both of them nodded with sighs and nodded. Then Zhou Chong continued: "My biggest dilemma now is actually land annexation, a large number of

The land is concentrated in the hands of a few people, and the vast majority of the remaining people can only rent other people's land. However, in recent years, I have been suffering from natural disasters and man-made disasters. During the famine, these people who have no land will be the first victims.

…”

Zhou Chong's words just ended here, but was interrupted by Li Zheng and said, "Wenda, you have not offered two high-yield crops to North Korea. I heard that sweet potatoes can produce thousands of kilograms per mu, and the corn yield is also hundreds of kilograms.

, Can such high-yield crops alleviate the famine?”

"Shrike, you also said that the two high-yield crops, sweet potato and corn, can only alleviate land annexation, and cannot fundamentally solve this problem. Moreover, with the high yield of crops, it will only allow more land to be concentrated, so this

At most, the two crops can only delay the outbreak of land annexation problem. If you want to completely solve this problem, you need to take another path!" Zhou Chong said this with a firm look on his face. He had previously been concerned about solving the land in the Ming Dynasty.
Chapter completed!