The cannon fodder landlord in the farming novel

Gu Jingyu opened his eyes and found that he had arrived at the next task.

When he opened his eyes, he saw a man kneeling in front of him, dressed very "splendidly".

Gu Jingyu didn't want to use this word to describe a person, but for a moment, he couldn't think of how to say it.

He has seen many nouveau riche in the modern world. Their bodies are full of gold and their clothes are very glittering.

Compared with the person in front of me, those nouveau riche don't seem so eye-catching.

"Sir, how should I charge this year's rent? Should I still charge it as before?"

Gu Jingyu sat on it with his eyes closed, ignoring the people kneeling below.

After a while, a memory belonging to this body appeared in my mind.

This body belongs to an ordinary landowner from Yaoguang Kingdom. When the original owner was very young, his parents left him a large amount of wealth.

If the following things had not happened, he would have had enough food and clothing for the rest of his life and would not have to worry about making a living.

The original owner grew up under the love and care of his parents since he was a child. His character is also very simple and kind, but he is definitely not stupid.

Originally, a person like him would not be in big trouble if he were an ordinary landowner.

But the problem lies in the mess left by the original owner's parents, their servant Lin Gui.

Speaking of Lin Gui, he has been a servant of the Gu family since his ancestors, and every servant has fulfilled his duties.

Until Lin Gui's parents' generation, he still served the original owner's parents.

Unexpectedly, on the way to do business again, I met bandits. No one in the group was alive, including the parents of the original owner and Lin Gui.

After the original owner found out, even though he was very sad about the death of his parents, he remembered that there were so many people in the caravan, so he quickly collected a lot of money, resettled the old, weak, women and children, and gave them a considerable sum of money.

So in the end, although they were sad about the death of their loved ones, they did not have any complaints against the original owner.

After Lin Gui received the compensation money, he deliberately pretended to be upright and upright.

"My parents have been following the master since they were young, and this time they can go with the master. Even if an accident happens, they have never complained." Lin Guiyi stood there solemnly, with a tone of sadness and stubbornness in his tone.

"Master, I can't ask for this money! As a domestic servant, it would be an honor to die for the master. I can't let this money tarnish my parents' loyalty."

The original owner was moved by these emotional words. He was born to be a passionate person, and he also admired people like Lin Gui.

In this way, Lin Gui was kept, and the original owner trusted him very much.

But it was this trust that made it impossible for him to turn around in his life.

Fortunately, in the past few years, Lin Gui suppressed his temper and tried his best to help the original owner stabilize the shop.

He fell ill several times and fell ill outside. The original owner was very touched by such a central person and gave him many good things.

These things have far exceeded the compensation amount that year by thousands of times.

But in the past few years, whether because of his arrogance or something else, Lin Gui began to act in a shady and corrupt manner.

A lot of money is embezzled from shops every year, and the total amount of money is enough to cover the entire Jiangnan tax revenue for a month.

The original owner trusted him very much, so he never noticed that so much money was missing from his account. He just thought that business was not doing well in the past few years, so he lost money very seriously.

Every time he saw Lin Gui's angry look on his face, the words the original owner wanted to say were instantly extinguished.

With the connivance of the original owner, Lin Gui's corruption became more and more serious, and his appetite became bigger and bigger.

The greedy money in the shops was no longer enough to satisfy Lin Gui, so he began to turn his attention to the tenants who rented the land.

The parents of the original owner left them tens of thousands of hectares of farmland and various land deeds.

Of course, the original owners of these lands cannot be of the same race. They rent out these lands every year and charge a certain amount of rent.

The rent is a share of the food produced by these farmers.

The annual share is about 20%, which not only ensures the original owner's own income, but also prevents farmers from starving to death because they cannot afford to eat.

It would have been fine if it continued like this, but one day Lin Gui suddenly said to the farmer: "The master said that the rent collected in recent years has become less and less, and the rent has increased from the original 20% to 40%."

Suddenly, many farmers sighed. They relied on the harvest from the fields throughout the year. Some families had several members, and there was not much food left every year.

This rising rent is completely giving people no way to survive.

Immediately, the original owner's reputation was ruined. After all, the rent charged by other landlords was only 30%.

The original owner's reputation for being insatiable was soon known throughout Jiangnan.

The original owner didn't know anything about it, and even Lin Gui complained in front of him.

"It's getting more and more difficult for farmers now. They can't even eat enough for 20% of the rent. It's really heartbreaking." Lin Gui spoke very affectionately, and the original owner was also moved when he heard it.

"Sir, I want to be honest with my old face and ask you to lower the rent for these farmers. After they have passed this period, we can raise it back."

Of course the original owner agreed. After all, the money he now has is enough for him to live comfortably for a lifetime.

Naturally, I don’t value money that much anymore.

The original owner's parents raised the original owner too simply, and they didn't find anything wrong with Lin Gui.

Of the total 40% of the rent, he alone took in 25%, which was simply insatiable.

Suddenly one year, there was a severe drought in the south of the Yangtze River. It had not rained for almost two years. Even if it rained, it would only be light rain, without any relief at all.

Farmers really couldn't deliver their harvests, so in the end most people chose to go up to the mountains and become bandits.

Those who became bandits hated the original owner the most. If he hadn't charged such a high rent, then they might not have ended up like this.

Many people even have such high rents that their children cannot eat and starve to death at home.

The original owner was miserable. At this time, he had planned to take out the grain in his granary to provide farmers with emergency supplies, but he was hacked to death by bandits who suddenly came down the mountain.

Even when he died, he didn't understand why the man looked at him like he was an enemy.

He felt that he had not offended anyone in his life, nor had he ever felt sorry for anyone. The only thing he felt guilty about was that he was unable to avenge his parents.

It wasn't until he died that he learned the truth. It turned out that Lin Gui, whom he trusted most, had been lying to him.

Even when the bandits came down the mountain, he got the news early, packed up his belongings and ran away secretly.

Lin Gui's disguise was really good. It turned out that it wasn't the right time that he couldn't detect what Lin Gui was hiding.

Guess who the protagonist of this story is!

Prompt: Farming heroine!
Chapter completed!