"Godsend, how much land have been harvested in total?"
After the registration work was completed, team leader Wang Long asked Gu Tianci, who was in charge of statistics.
"The 306 villagers have acquired a total of 1,867.4 acres of land, about one-third of which is irrigated land and two-thirds of which is dry land." Gu Tianci said.
"There are about 3,000 acres of farmland in Lujia Village, but we only collected 60% of the land?"
"Pretty much, the remaining land is basically owned by landlords, and most of it is fertile irrigated land, but it is in the hands of a few landlords in the village. None of them have any intention of selling the land to us," Gu Tianci said.
Wang Long's brows suddenly frowned.
You have to be ready to bite a hard nut.
It is not an easy task to take over the land from the landlords.
What's more, some landowners are squires with honors such as scholars, civil servants, and Jinshi. They enjoy the tax-free policy of different quotas of land, and many people donate land to their names. They are the most stubborn interest groups in feudal society.
It is extremely difficult to obtain the land from these landlords. Even if you offer extremely favorable conditions and purchase it at a sky-high price, it may not work.
When Xujiazhuang was established two years ago, there was a problem with the landlords.
"Tomorrow, let's go visit some landowners."
Wang Long rubbed his temples, knowing that he was going to fight a tough battle.
Actually!
The process of establishing a new manor does not mean that all the land must be expropriated. This is impossible and simply unrealistic.
Just to improve the efficiency of farming and facilitate the use of mechanization, what is needed to build a manor is a large and complete piece of land.
The terrain is required to be flat, with few obstacles from rivers, forests, hills, and swamps.
The best shape is square, circle, or polygon.
A land of tens of acres should be left in the middle for building the bastion.
Clear the barriers between fields and increase the area of effective cultivated land. There should not be any "nail fields" belonging to others mixed in the land of collective estates.
That is to say, all the land designated within the scope of the manor must belong to the manor, and no one's fields are allowed to affect the planning and integrity of the manor.
Based on the above principles, for those landowners, buying their land by hook or by crook is the next best thing. But as long as the landowner's land is no longer within the scope of the manor, the purpose is achieved. Of course, it can be bought.
Their fields are better, that's the ideal situation.
…
Lujia Village.
In the living room of Lu Jinggon's mansion, several important figures in the village were sitting.
Lu Juren, who holds the top position, is the largest landowner in the village. He owns 500 acres of fertile land, and the large irrigated land near the Dagou River belongs to his family. Naturally, he has become the richest family in the village.
But at this moment, facing the vigorous land acquisition activities for collective estates in Xujiazhuang, Lu Juren couldn't help but feel a sense of crisis.
"Mr. Lu, we must not sell our land to that Xujiazhuang, not even an acre!"
Li Yanzhi and Li Xiucai from the village said firmly: "Xujiazhuang has evil intentions and evil intentions. They want to cut off our foundation. If we sell the land to them, we will be finished."
"Brother Yan, what you said makes sense, but that Xujiazhuang came prepared."
Another scholar said: "Xujiazhuang is very wealthy and powerful. In order to expropriate land, they will adopt various methods, which can be said to be unscrupulous. They are polite first and then attack. They first increase the price to purchase the land. For twenty taels of silver per acre, the price is increased to fifty taels, one acre.
One hundred taels, ten times the premium, and use this method to settle some people."
"If the premium acquisition fails, they will propose a land replacement plan, exchanging large fields for small fields, fat fields for lean fields, and near fields for distant fields, so that those who exchange the land will feel that they have taken advantage. In this way, many large households have been settled."
"If acquisition at a premium or land replacement does not work, the big households are unwilling to sell their land for land. In order to achieve their goal, Xujiazhuang will collude with bandits, kidnap and extort money, and hold your grandson or son in their hands. If you don't agree, they will break up the vote! In addition, Xujiazhuang will
They also use petty profits to win over all farmers and hire a large number of long-term and short-term workers, resulting in a labor shortage. There will be no people to farm the land of our squire. Even if we can hire people, we will spend more money, and the gains will not be worth the losses over time.
, we can’t hold on any longer.”
"This is a desperate plan to pull out the bottom line!"
Li Xiucai's face turned pale, his body swayed, and he felt very bad.
Although his family only has 50 acres of fertile land, it is impossible for him to work in the fields himself. That kind of work is done by poor people. How can he do farm work if he has a golden body?
Lu Juren's face didn't look good either.
Xujiazhuang has too many tricks. If the soft ones don't work, they can use hard ones. If the hard ones don't work, they can use harsh methods. If the harsh ones don't work, they can use extermination measures. Not to mention ordinary landlords, he finds it difficult to withstand them.
"This Xujiazhuang really has no laws and is lawless. Is there no one who can control them?"
Lu Juren's son, Lu Shengwen, patted the coffee table and said angrily.
These words caused everyone to fall silent.
The wealth of Xujiazhuang is obvious to all. As we all know, Xu Yuan, a maritime businessman from overseas, is even richer than anyone in the country and has countless wealth.
This can be seen from the sugar, glass mirrors, lighters, soaps, clocks and other products that appear in Lu Ju people's homes.
In order to purchase these items, Lu Juren spent more than 5,000 taels of silver. He had saved up his family fortune for several generations and spent less than half of it. This was still the result of some restraint. If he were to imitate those real wealthy households, in order to consume Xujiazhuang's products,
It’s not unusual to spend tens of thousands of taels every year.
In ancient times, money could communicate with gods, and money was also omnipotent.
Although fame is more important than money, the fact that Xujiazhuang has been able to stand safely until now proves that it has a strong backing or its own strength, otherwise it would have been torn apart long ago.
…
the next day.
Wang Long and Gu Tianci came to visit.
Although Lu Juren was a little resistant, he still treated him politely and served him good tea, not daring to offend him by neglecting him.
In the living room.
After chatting for a while, Wang Long revealed his purpose. He said that Lu Juren's 500 acres of fertile land, about 300 acres of which was within the planning area of the collective estate, was unknown if Lu Juren could bear the pain to sell it, and Xujiazhuang was willing to buy it at a high price.
"Nephew Wang, can Mr. Lu use the farmland to invest in your manor? I won't pay a penny, as long as you give me half of the dividend every year."
Lu Juren revealed his plan and wanted to invest in the collective estate.
Because he also visited Xujiazhuang in person. The scenes of wheat and corn yielding thousands of kilograms per mu, potatoes and sweet potatoes yielding tens of thousands of kilograms per mu, and the harvest scenes of these high-yielding crops, as well as those agricultural machinery like steel monsters, were completely overturned.
It changed his world view and allowed him to let go of all his arrogance as a scholar.
Then he also saw huge benefits.
If his family’s 500 acres of fertile land were planted with high-yielding crops, and they were farmed and harvested using steel machinery, resulting in five or ten times the output, how much money could he earn in a year?
It’s just that Xujiazhuang’s supply of high-quality seeds is limited, and the farming practices are illegal and no chemical fertilizers or pesticides are used. Last year, the five acres of high-yielding crops his family planted were not as high-yielding as expected. The yield was only about twice as high, which brought a little disappointment.
a big surprise.
Presumably, only under the collective estate model can we achieve a real increase in production, and it is not possible to do it in a small way.
So Lu Juren came up with the idea of joining the collective estate. Thinking about 500 acres of fertile land, after joining the collective estate, the total production increased tenfold. He got half of it, which would also be a fivefold gain. He bought the land as a share in Xujiazhuang, and
It's not a matter of losing money, but a big profit.
"Our estate does not accept land shares."
Wang Long decisively refused: "The best plan we can offer is the 300 acres of fertile land in the planning area. We can buy it out for 50 taels per acre, or divide 350 acres from other plots for land replacement.
If Uncle Xian is willing to cooperate, he will be the priority partner of Xujiazhuang in the future. He will enjoy priority in purchasing improved seeds, farm tools, pesticides, and fertilizers. He can even rent large machinery to help with harvesting. The grain produced can also be sold to our processing workshop first. No need.
Worried about sales issues, the price is particularly fair and I guarantee you won’t suffer a loss..."
Wang Long listed many preferential conditions, leading people to conclude that as long as they cooperate with the collective estate, even if they cannot buy shares, they can still get a lot of benefits and share the benefits brought by the estate.
"Father, I think I can agree!"
Lu Shengwen couldn't help being moved, and said in Lu Juren's ear: "Father, Xujiazhuang is good at farming and management, and its output is amazing. It is not a loss to cooperate with them. Why not agree to the land swap and become Xujiazhuang's priority partner? If you don't agree to cooperate, you will be offended.
If we go to Xujiazhuang, the consequences will be unpredictable."
Lu Juren remained calm, but nodded slightly, clearly showing his intention.