Shen Tianli made Manager Li and his family kneel for an hour before bringing Liu Ye to the gate.
At this moment, a lot of people gathered far away at the gate, and Shopkeeper Li and his wife had already collapsed on the ground, especially Mrs. Li, who had a fat face and white eyes, with bloodshot eyes, looking like she was about to die, but it was Li who was the idiot. , he actually lay on the ground and fell asleep, still snoring.
Shen Tianli asked condescendingly: "Li Fu, tell me, are you guilty?"
Li Fu hurriedly cried and said: "Master, you are very aware of everything. I, Li Fu, have been in charge for so many years and I am dedicated to my master. I will never dare to hide anything!"
"Oh? Really? It seems that I have wronged you? Let's not talk about this house first. Then tell me, what is going on with the 500 acres of land in the next village and the orchard in the back mountain?"
Li Fu gritted his teeth and said, "Master, I bought all this for you, but I haven't had time to give you the land deed. I will get the land and house deeds for you right now." As he said this, he struggled to stand up.
But she was pulled by Mrs. Li on the side and cried softly: "Is that ours?"
Li Fu shook off her hand with a warning in his eyes: life or money!
Of course Li understood, but she was reluctant to part with it. This was their life savings. Seeing that Li Fu really handed over the land deed and house deed to the young man, Li immediately cried: "My aunt, my biological aunt, my niece's Life is miserable!"
Shen Tianli looked at Ms. Li coldly. Ms. Li was crying miserably. She noticed Shen Tianli's cold gaze. It seemed that if she cried again, he would strangle her to death. He stopped instantly as if he was strangling her neck. Howling loudly.
Only then did Shen Tianli look away, took the house deed and land deed into his arms, and then said: "I'll give you one night to think about whether you are guilty or not! I want to hear you tell the truth."
After saying that, he took Liu Ye and left.
When Li Fu saw the two people leaving, his feet softened and he fell to the ground.
The next day, Shen Tianli and Liu Ye arrived at Guatian Village and saw Li Da running over crying, kneeling down and saying, "My lord, your lord, it's not good. Li Fu's family hanged themselves out of fear."
The tenants who were following him in the village also knelt down after Li Da.
"Suicide?" Of course he knew, it was the method used by him and his wife, no matter what, he still said coldly: "Even if he is self-aware, if not, this kind of deceitful slave will definitely beat them to death with sticks. ."
If they weren't really related to Aunt Gui, and Aunt Gui was an arm of the imperial grandmother, he would have really wanted to kill them directly, instead of using any means.
Li Da couldn't help but trembled, and said in a trembling voice: "Noble sir, although I help the tyrants, I was forced by Li Fu, so please be noble and spare my life!"
Shen Tianli looked at him condescendingly and said leisurely: "Let's see how you behave in the future."
Li Da felt that he was about to cry, so he might as well punish him directly, and said hurriedly: "Your Excellency, I will definitely behave well. I will definitely behave well."
Shen Tianli nodded, "Bury their family!"
Li Da quickly got up and ran out.
Xu Man, who was kneeling at the front, kowtowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for giving me the medicine yesterday to save my wife and my daughter. I don't know what your Majesty's instructions were, but I, Xu Man, will definitely do it well."
"You get up and answer the question, and you all should get up too!" Seeing everyone getting up, Shen Tianli asked, "Do you know how many cows Li Fu has?"
"Back to your lord, Li Fu has a total of twenty-three cows, two horses, forty pigs, and nearly a hundred chickens, ducks and geese. In addition, the Li family also has two cows. These are the only cows in the village."
Shen Tianli and Liu Ye instantly felt that this Li Fu was a promising talent, and continued to ask: "How many cattle are there in the surrounding villages?"
"My lord, there are fifteen oxen in the surrounding countryside."
Shen Tianli nodded. Although there were fewer cattle than those in Zhuangwang Village, in comparison, there was still so much manpower.
"Has everyone in the village come?"
"Back to your lord, no."
"Go and find all the people in the village and gather in front of my house."
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and soon understood that his house was Li Fu's house. Everyone nodded, some followed the carriage, and some ran to summon the villagers.
By the time Shen Tianli and Liu Ye drove the carriage to the house, all the villagers had arrived.
Shen Tianli caught the child, jumped off the carriage, then stood side by side with Liu Ye on the steps in front of the house, and said: "Let me introduce myself, my surname is Xiao, and this is my wife. The land we farm is We are husband and wife.”
Everyone was shocked. They never thought that the real owners were such a young couple. Everyone stood up and shouted respectfully: "Master Xiao, Mrs. Xiao."
"Everyone has seen that there are not many wheat seedlings growing in the fields, and the weather is warm now. If the fields are plowed again and good seeds are planted, there may be a harvest next year, don't you think?"
As soon as Shen Tianli finished speaking, everyone started talking, one by one, and finally Xu Man took a step forward and said: "Master Xiao's method is good, but we don't have so many good seeds, and we don't have much spare money. !”
The meaning is obvious, there is no money to sell seeds!
Liu Ye said: "My husband and I have discussed it. In order to prevent the newly planted wheat seedlings from becoming worse than before, we plan to take back all the land we have today."
When everyone heard this, they immediately became anxious. Just as they were about to speak, they heard Liu Ye say: "But don't worry, the land will be allocated to you for planting next year, and you will work according to your merits this year. How much work have you done? How much money will we give you?"
Everyone was discussing in low voices. Everyone knew that with the wheat in the fields looking like this, they might not even be able to pay the rent next year, and a year's hard work would be wasted.
Now the owner actually took back the land without paying rent, and also gave them money to work for. With the money, they can still buy food.
They all looked at Liu Ye in surprise, and heard Liu Ye say: "From today on, we will start plowing the land again, and one acre of land will be plowed for 80 cents. But before the ugly words, whoever plows the land is responsible for planting. , don’t blame us for being rude."
Everyone below said no or no!
Liu Ye ordered Li Da on the side: "Li Da, you are responsible for supervising them with the servants at home."
When Li Day heard that Liu Ye had found him such an "important" job, it was an important task, and he hurriedly promised: "Madam, don't worry, I will watch them carefully and not let them be lazy."
Liu Ye nodded and said to Xu Man: "Uncle Xu, go to the nearby villages to find oxen to plow the land. Tell them that one acre of cultivated land costs 50 cents, and growing wheat costs 50 cents a day."
Xu Man nodded hurriedly and said, "Madam, don't worry, I will definitely take care of this and find more cattle to plow the land."
"Okay, everyone, let's sow the seeds and get ready to start plowing the land. Li Da, go and arrange things."
Li Da nodded hurriedly. Although he relied on connections to get to the position, he was also capable, otherwise he would not have been working under Li Fu.