It turns out that Jie's surname is Qi, and his name is Qi Shijie, who is thirteen years old this year, while Cui'er's surname is Tian, ​​and his name is Tian Cui'er is only twelve years old this year. The Qi family is a landlord in this village. He has 80 acres of land, hired four tenants, rented out 60 acres of land, and left twenty acres of land to cultivate by his own home. This landlord model that combines renting land and self-cultivation is very common in ancient China, and it is also a weather vane in ancient Chinese society. The more landlords there are, the more stable the social outcomes and the ease of class contradictions.

To a certain extent, such landlords were the middle class of ancient Chinese society. They had a certain economic foundation and risk resistance and became the main taxpayer of ancient Chinese dynasties because they did not have enough privileges to evade taxes and had considerable economic conditions to pay various taxes to the government. Moreover, the exploitation of tenants was much lighter than that of large landlords.

In the old time and space, in some articles discussing landlords on the Internet, there is a theory that the landlords' exploitation of tenants is not serious, and they even give them some items to tenants during festivals to attract these tenants, for fear that the tenants will no longer plant their own land, so they will not be able to collect rent. This method is not unreasonable, but it actually refers to such landlords.

Such landlords are an extremely unstable class. On the one hand, they have sufficient economic conditions to allow themselves and their children to receive a relatively good education, so that when opportunities arise, they seize the opportunity through various methods and squeeze into the class of large landlords. The most effective way is to take the imperial examination. As long as they pass the exam, they can lead the entire family to advance in one fell swoop; and in economically developed areas, doing business is also one of the more effective ways. In addition, through the diligent farming and fine planting of several generations, coupled with certain objective conditions, the change from quantitative change to qualitative change can also be completed.

But it is easy to advance, and it is also not difficult to downgrade. Natural disasters, political wavering, and the squeeze and merger of major landlords can easily squeeze these landlords. Once such landlords go bankrupt in large quantities, it means that the social balance is broken and conflicts in various aspects are intensified. If it is serious, peasant riots and uprisings will break out.

The landlords do not have to please their tenants. First, the landlord has a strong family background. Even if a few tenants do not work, they can withstand such losses and will not surrender to the tenants. If the tenants stop working, there are great risks in their own survival and may not dare to give up easily. Second, the tenants have considerable personal dependence on the landlord, because the contract between the two parties often stipulates that while renting land for the landlord, they must also bear some other obligations, such as giving the landlord a part-time job. Housekeepers and guards, all of them are volunteer work, no income, and the tenants cannot unilaterally interrupt the contract, otherwise the landlords can punish the tenants who interrupt the contract through the government. Therefore, in the game between the landlords and the tenants, the landlords have an absolute advantage, and the tenants' only hope is to go to officials like Hai Rui who are "the poor and the rich fight against each other, and they will definitely favor the poor." When the large-scale destruction of the landlord class, it means that the social change will come.

In rural China, child brides are an extremely common phenomenon among middle and lower-class farmers. Child brides do not refer to children's marriages. There is a considerable difference between the two. The latter refers to the marriage between men and women in the period, but men and women still grow up at home until they get married in adulthood. When the child brides are married in time, the girl is kept at the boy's house until they grow up. To a certain extent, this is a transfiguration of population transactions. The families who have given birth to daughters cannot support their daughters, or for other reasons, they give their daughters to others as child brides and exchange them for some money. As for whether the daughter is good or bad in other people's houses, they can only leave it to fate.

This is the relationship between Qi Zhijie and Tian Cui'er. However, although Qi family is a place, it has a good reputation in the village and has a good relationship with other self-cultivated farmers. Although Tian Cui'er bought it, Qi family treated Tian Cui'er quite well, basically raising her as her daughter. Qi Zhijie and Tian Cui'er grew up together and had a clear relationship, so Qi Zhijie has always taken great care of Tian Cui'er very much. Later, the Eight-Nation Alliance rushed to the village, and both of their families died in the war, leaving only these two children alone.

After listening to Geng Jinyan's introduction, everyone sympathized with the experience of the two children. Although the other children were not doing right, they were also victims of such wars, and everyone could not bear to blame them too much.

Therefore, Gao Jun gave Qi Zhijie and Tian Cui'er one piece to compress the biscuits one by one, and gave each of the other children one piece. The child who took the biscuits was overjoyed. After taking the biscuits, he opened his mouth and chewed them voraciously. While distributing the biscuits, Gao Jun said, "Don't be anxious, eat slowly, and each person will not lose one piece." Then he asked Geng Lu'an to get some water to avoid choking.

Soon, every child finished eating the biscuits and drank another water, but they all looked at Gao Jun. They were all hungry for two or three days. Of course, this biscuit was not enough, but they didn't dare to ask for it anymore, because when the soldiers caught them just now, they were indeed scared.

Gao Jun shook his head and said, "We only bring so much food. We will have to eat it later, so we can't give it to you anymore."

In fact, military compressed biscuits are not as thin as those sold in stores. Each piece is the size of a palm, about one centimeter thick. In addition to flour, the raw materials are also added with certain amounts of olive oil, milk, and meat. The nutrient calories of this biscuit can basically maintain a person's minimum daily normal demand. Therefore, although only one biscuit is given to each child, it is basically enough. Moreover, these children have been hungry for two or three days, so they cannot eat too much, otherwise they must be overwhelmed.

Although Gao Jun was disappointed, no one dared to ask for it again. Gao Jun said again: "Although your robbery is because of hunger, this is not the reason you can rob at will. Moreover, the food we can give you is limited. Therefore, if you want to have enough food, then follow us. We can guarantee that you will be full every day. Are you willing?"

After hearing this, everyone was a little hesitant and no one spoke. At this time, Geng Jinyan said, "How can you still not be willing to do this now? Staying here is either starving to death or becoming a bandit, so there is no need to think about it. They all follow us. Not only can we have food to eat, but we can also learn well. Who dares not to go?"

At this time, the child who knew Geng Jinyan said, "Sister Yanzi, let's go with you. As long as we have enough food, I can do whatever I want."

Geng Jinyan snorted and said, "Don't worry, I won't let you do bad things, I will only teach you the right path."

With the leader, there are naturally followers, and others can see that they can't escape, so naturally no one dares to object. Geng Jinyan turned to Qi Zhijie and Tian Cuier and said, "Jie, Cuier, you two, let's go with us."

When the two heard this, they were a little hesitant. At this time, Geng Lu'an said, "Jie, Cui'er, you two will go with Yanzi. You can't survive if you stay in the village. Today, Yanzi and the others come to the village to save you. Next time, there will be no such thing. You either starve to death or be arrested by others. Only with Yanzi, you two will have a way out." After hearing this, the two felt it made sense, so they agreed.

Seeing that all the children agreed, Gao Jun said, "Okay, you will live together in the future. With us, you can eat and learn to read and read, but you must listen, and you are not allowed to steal things or hit people casually, otherwise we will drive him away. In addition, today's affairs have gone through, you are not allowed to hold grudges, and you understand if you understand."

After this episode, Li Songchen decided to keep the children at Qi Shijie's house, and be taken care of by Gao Jun, Geng Jinyan and four soldiers, and the others went to the fields to check with Geng Lu'an.

In fact, Li Songchen's agricultural knowledge is basically zero. He can't recognize the crops in his land except for a few common crops. But since he decided to start from the grassroots level and work in rural areas, he naturally needs to make up for the agricultural knowledge class, and at least he must recognize the appearance of various crops.

The grain crops in Tianjin are mainly wheat, sorghum and corn. Li Songchen and his group followed Geng Lu'an around the fields and got to know a lot of crops. Li Songchen asked Geng Lu'an some agricultural knowledge. Although many of them were common sense questions, Geng Lu'an answered them one by one. In addition, Li Songchen also took photos of various crops with his mobile phone and took a lot of videos. As a result, he spent more than a while in the fields, which really allowed Li Songchen to learn a lot of agricultural knowledge.

However, when Geng Lu'an saw it, he was scared to death because he actually had a self in the brand in Li Songchen's hand. No wonder Geng Jinyan's group of overseas Chinese are much more powerful than the Boxer Rebellion. It's the magic weapon in Li Songchen's hand, which is unheard of.
Chapter completed!