"Old man, how is the harvest in the first half of this year?"

"Young Master, look at your clean and clean, are you here to pay taxes and food?" The old man, shirtless, with a wrinkle on his face and a cigarette puddle in his hand, turned his head and saw a young man talking to him.

"No, I'm here to see it."

"It seems that you are not like a farmer, you are here to buy food, right?"

"That's right, old man, how much food do you have to pay?"

"In the past, I had to pay 30% per acre, but now there is a policy to reduce it by one quarter, about 22%." On the hot day, the old man said with a smile while wiping his sweat.

"Do you want to pay the rent?"

"Some of them need to be handed over, and some of them should not be handed over."

"How many acres of land are in the family?"

"I have four acres of land in my family and ten acres of land from my own family, a total of fourteen acres."

“How much is the output per mu?”

"The owner's home is the upper field, which can make more than 300 kilograms of wheat per acre, and his own home is the middle field, which can collect about 200 kilograms, as well as some wasteland, and plant some vegetables and so on."

"Is it enough?"

"In the past, the owner's rent was high. After paying the rent, it would be a good year. If you can have enough food, it would be hard to say if you have a bad year..."

"How many people are in the old man's family?"

"Eight."

"How much food can so many people bring every year?"

"When it's too much, only one or two thousand kilograms."

"How much do you have to pay the rent for the landlord's family?"

"We calculate the land acres. In addition to giving it to the landlords, we also have to pay it to the country. The land is 400 kilograms of grain per season, and we have to pay 320 kilograms of food."

"Do you have to pay so much?" asked the young man in surprise. "Don't you pay the rent according to the percentage of the harvest?"

"Young man, you're thinking too much. We are collecting rents according to the quality of the land. Regardless of whether your harvest is good or not, he will collect so much food from you anyway, and it also needs good food. If it's bad, they don't want it."

"Don't this landlord have to bear any losses from natural disasters and man-made disasters? His benefits are fixed?"

"You are right, they really don't have to bear any losses. If you can't pay all this year, you will continue to pay next year. As long as you plant his land, you have to pay the rent as he said. The landlords in the world are like black."

"Since your family has land, isn't it okay if you don't farm the landlord?"

"You can't grow it, but what should I eat like a family?" The old man asked back with a angrily groan.

The young man smiled embarrassedly, and he himself thought the question was a bit stupid.

According to the elderly’s family’s population and the output of each acre of land, except for the taxed grains to be paid, the food that can be left is probably not enough to eat. If it is not enough to eat, you can only rent the land of the landlord’s family.

Moreover, the landlord's land is all high-yield high-quality land. The output of a mu of land is probably higher than the output of a mu of land in his family.

The premise is that you have to have a good year.

The special grain treasury for paying tax grains was opened. Farmers who came to pay tax grains lined up in a long line, some carried shoulders, some pushed carts, and some brought their families with their families.

The excess grain can also be sold to the grain warehouse. The grain warehouse can be purchased at the market price, and the price is fair and no deductions are required.

Leng Feng also knew that good policies require good implementation, so he took time to take a look. Of course, he was in vain.

This time, he learned some situations that he did not know before, and why the people enthusiastically supported the "two-five-year rent reduction"? This is not without reason.

Moreover, the exploitation of farmers by landlords and gentry reached a very harsh level. This northern Henan is still a rich area with abundant grain. If it were to be replaced by other places, the lives of the people could be imagined.

Leng Feng roughly calculated that a family, with three generations of grandparents, if you count five people, the annual rations will be at least 1,500 kilograms (pure grain rice and noodles). In northern Henan, two ripenings a year, one season of rice and one season of wheat.

The land in northern Henan is fertile and rainy, and the people are thriving and planting carefully. The average yield per mu can reach 350 kilograms.

The average yield of rice per mu is about 400 kilograms.

The grain produced by a mu of land each year is 700 kilograms (just 500 kilograms if it is counted as rice and flour).

For a family of five, a family of five requires three acres of land and a high-quality field. If the seeds are included, at least four acres of land are required.

The four acres of land can only be said to ensure that the family has no expenses within one year, and they can only fill their stomachs.

In fact, the output of four acres of land is far from enough to buy agricultural tools, clothes, medical treatment, medicine, and other daily necessities.

You have to have at least eight acres of land to barely make a living.

And this has to be with a good year. If God is in a bad mood, it would be miserable.

The best land is in the hands of landlords and powerful people. How can ordinary people have the financial resources to buy the best land?

Therefore, even farmers who have their own fields must rent the landlords' fields to cultivate, otherwise their lives will be tight.

The core of "reducing rent in the second five" is "reducing rent", but more importantly, it is to break the strong position of landlords forcibly paying rent.

Regardless of the good or bad years, they charge the same rent, and the standards they set are still relatively high.

Once farmers lack harvest, they may not have enough grain to plant, so they have to take out the output from their own fields and pay rent.

In this way, as long as the situation is not good for one year, the farm name will go hungry, and the rent is profitable. Even if you move it to the next year to pay the money, the interest for this year will be enough to make an ordinary farm name bankrupt.

The farmer with land can also pay off his debts with the land under his name, and then completely become a proletariat.

The landlord used this method of forcing and robbing the land in the hands of the farmer and then rented the land to the farmers to plant.

If a farmer wants to live, he has to listen to the landlords. The landlords can bully the farmers at will, forming a terrible vicious cycle. In the end, the social order collapses and history will start a new cycle.

"The military captain, the seventh brother secretly telegram, the 'Epiphyllum' plan does exist. In addition, Kenji Doihara arrived in Nanjing safely, and his status is currently unknown."

"Oh, I understand. I took a look at it today. There are many problems. It seems that it is not enough for us to just promote rent reduction. We must fundamentally solve the method of paying rent between farmers and landlords." Leng Feng nodded.

"Also, Mr. Zhang Huapu, a water conservancy expert, is waiting for you in the Administrative Office."

"Okay, then let's go back first, don't let the experts wait too long." Leng Feng nodded and ordered.

Back to the Administrative Office.

Mr. Zhang Huapu, a water conservancy expert specially appointed by the North Henan Administrative Administration, has been waiting for nearly an hour. He did not know that Leng Feng was out for inspection.

"Professor Zhang, I have been waiting for you for a long time. Is there anything important to you here today?" Leng Feng personally welcomed Zhang Huapu to his office.

"General Leng, I do have something to do, and it's a big deal."

"Professor Zhang, you said, I'm listening."

"The temperature has been rising continuously in recent days. Does the general feel anything abnormal with the extremely hot weather?"

"Abnormal, the temperature rises in summer, is this normal?"

"It's normal for summer heat, but it's a bit abnormal. I'm deducing that the rain in northern Henan will be extremely abundant this year."

"Is Professor Zhang worried about the flooding of the Yellow River?"

"Yes, the Yellow River has not experienced major floods for several years. If the rain is abundant this summer, it is very likely that the river will surge and cause huge floods. At that time, the people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait will suffer a catastrophe." Zhang Huapu said.

"This is just Professor Zhang's speculation, can it be confirmed?" Leng Feng was skeptical. Natural disasters are difficult to predict. Not to mention the current technical level, even if you have a thousand years, your prediction of natural disasters may not be accurate. It would be amazing to have half the accuracy.

"From my years of experience, it should be fine, so I came to General Leng, hoping that you can order several counties along the coast to organize manpower and materials to strengthen the embankment and prevent problems before they happen."

"This is not a big problem. I can issue a notice in the name of the Administrative Administration, which reflects that the following counties along the river should prepare prevention facilities." Leng Feng nodded. During the flood season every year, the Yellow River is mainly monitored.

Once a dam breaks or pipe surges, it will be a huge disaster.

"General Leng, a notice is far from enough. A special patrol team must be organized, and sacks and other emergency supplies must be prepared."

"Professor Zhang, you said, how many people are needed and how much money is?" Leng Feng understood as soon as he heard it. This is indeed not something that can be solved by a notice. If he does not organize the manpower and prepare various emergency materials seriously, if there is a disaster, he will be helpless.

"A patrol team should know a little about water conservancy, not paying for wages, always needing food and accommodation. In addition, prepare emergency materials and tools in places where dangers may occur everywhere. There were some of this, but now I don't know how much there is left, so I need to buy it urgently..."

"Professor Zhang, there is no money now. I can appoint you as the commander-in-chief of flood control in northern Henan. What you need? You can write a blank note. I will pay for the account. If you want, you can find someone. As long as there is no accident in northern Henan during the Yellow River flood season this summer, I will remember the credit for you."

"General Leng, this is not something that money can solve..."

"I don't care. I've given you the position of flood control commander-in-chief in northern Henan. What you do is your business. If you do well, you will be rewarded, and if you don't do well, I can only ask you for your crime."

"General Leng, you are driving the ducks on the shelves. I have never done this flood control commander..." Zhang Huapu was anxious. He is a water conservancy meteorological expert, specializing in research, but he has never done administration. Letting him be responsible for flood control command work. Isn't this a bit messy?

"Professor Zhang, no one here understands this. You said you are here, and I can only let you take it on your shoulders. Those who can do it will work harder."

"General Leng, that's not what he said..."

"Wei Quan, come with a letter of appointment!"

...

"Professor Zhang, look, I have signed the letter of appointment for you. Don't you want to do something for the elders in northern Henan?"

Zhang Huapu looked at the letter of appointment that had not yet been done in his hand, and was a little amused. What's the matter?

It made me seem to be here to ask for an official job.

However, Zhang Huapu was also very excited. After all, it was not easy to meet a local military and political chief who Leng Feng thought he was concerned about the people's livelihood and trusted him so much.
Chapter completed!