Author: Mrmumumuah

Sichuan, Daqiao Town, Luojiang County, Jinjiang Prefecture, the ancestral residence of the Li family.

Li Zhongren sat in his room, lost in thought.

Although the Li family in Daqiao Town can be regarded as the home of the gentry in the local area.

But the gentry's homes in the mountains around Sichuan are not the same as those wealthy people in Jiangnan.

Among the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River, which cellar does not contain blackened silver?

But in Sichuan, how can ordinary landlords have any chance to make money?

They all eat from the ground.

The Li family in Daqiao Town has experienced this disaster, and now they don't have much money left.

In order to get him out of prison, Li Zhongyi spent almost all his family's money.

He even mortgaged the land and got a hundred yuan in exchange for it. After a lot of planning, he was acquitted and released.

But after this incident.

The Li family's wealth in Daqiao Town has shrunk by more than half.

Nearly half of the land has also been mortgaged, leaving only the bones.

The so-called "field skin" and "field bones".

It is the right to use and own the land.

Selling farmland means selling the right to use it.

It is equivalent to still owning the land, but the right to use it belongs to others, and you can no longer collect rent.

But if you have the Tian bones in your hands, you can still redeem them in the future.

Li Zhongren sighed.

Originally, he had already made plans.

Emperor Zhu could take whatever test he wanted.

The Four Books and Five Classics are also good.

No matter how new you learn.

Anyway.

As long as you can take the exam.

With my academic brain, it is easy to become a scholar.

Why did Lard go to trouble with those people when he was blinded?

But I never expected it.

Just got out of jail.

I can't take the exam myself.

Li Zhongren, who has lost his goal in life, now even wants to die, and wants to imitate Fan Jin and jump off the building to end everything.

If his younger brother Li Zhongyi hadn't been so careful, he might have actually done this.

But now that I have returned to my hometown.

The desire to die was mostly extinguished.

Since I don’t want to die.

Then you have to live well.

After all, Li Zhongren was also an "elite" who had been selected as a scholar and passed the examination.

How can I live in a state of confusion for the rest of my life?

Li Zhongren took out the account books at home and looked through them.

"One hundred and sixty acres of paddy fields, 190 acres of dry land, 90 acres of paddy fields and 100 acres of dry land were mortgaged, and the remaining fields were leased to 20 households, with an average of less than eight acres per household.

Paddy field and dry land”

Li Zhongren was muttering in his mouth and already making plans in his mind.

Otherwise, the brain of a top student would be good.

He discovered the problem immediately.

More than 100 acres of paddy fields and dry land.

Twenty households of tenant farmers.

None of the tenant farmers owned cattle.

Moreover, the average leased land per household is less than eight acres, which is not enough for these tenant farmers to invest in their fields.

"No wonder the harvest is getting smaller and smaller."

Li Zhongren shook his head.

At this moment.

Li Zhongyi pushed the door open and entered.

There was also a food box in his hand.

Inside are several Sichuan side dishes and a bowl of rice.

Although the Li family in Daqiao Town has some wealth, they are not a wealthy family after all.

Li Zhongren went in these days and spent a lot of money on everything.

So money is a little tight right now.

Therefore, these four plates of side dishes are not expensive dishes. Two of them are made of raw materials. There is a plate of steamed eggs and a pile of fried Sichuan bacon. There are red peppers in them and they are fried with peanut oil. They look very good.

Have appetite.

This dish was fried by Li Zhongyi himself.

However, he went to the town, gritted his teeth and bought a pot of wine.

"Second brother."

Li Zhongren looked at these wines and vegetables, but there was only a chopstick, and he could not help showing a bitter smile.

"During this time, it costs a lot at home?"

"Fortunately, the elders who looked for other houses borrowed some money, and mortgaged the Tianpi of dozens of acres of land, and made hundreds of dollars to make a relationship." Li Zhongyi said.

"Rent the rest of the field. Since you can't get the imperial examination, go to the ground to eat it." Li Zhongren walked to the side of the cupboard, took out a pair of tableware, poured a bowl of wine for his brother

, Pour a bowl for yourself.

All are yellow wines now, not distilled wine.

So the degree is not high, and it also has a sweet taste.

Li Zhongren's bowl of wine.

It seems that I have a lot of spirit.

Some chaotic ideas have become clear now.

"Brother, are you going to plant land?"

Li Zhongyi stunned.

His elder brother, he has been smart since he was a child.

I haven't touched the hoe at all, so I will collect the rent at most.

He goes to plant land?

Can't you lose money?

"Why, don't believe the ability of the elder brother?"

Li Zhongren clamped two slices of bacon, wrapped in red pepper, and the bacon with oily light and peppers were entrance. The chewing was full of the fragrance of the bacon, and he drank a sip of rice wine. The smile on his face showed a smile.

"Although your elder brother has not been planted, but this kind of land is similar to doing business. He pays attention to a business, buying and selling low. I see the world, which is not the same as those crops and Han mud legs. And our Li family

In Bridge Town, there are also a little connected, and there is no shortage of land. As long as it is well operated, not to mention that it is a big money, make a small money, or not. "

Of course, Li Zhongren did not plant land himself.

Instead, I plan to go to the elite land farm.

Hire people to farm.

The Li family has more than 100 acres of water fields, more than 100 acres of dry land.

Even if the mortgage is not taken back for the time being, there are still more than 100 acres.
To be continued...