Traveling through ancient times.

Chapter 127: They are anxious, they are anxious

Jiang Yizhou killed one person to warn the rest and rectified the atmosphere in Yunshan Farm.

Let those who are trying to take advantage of others think carefully.

After the farm completes the summer harvest, it begins the next round of sowing.

This time, Jiang Yizhou found an excuse to exchange the high-quality sweet potatoes.

Have people grow seedlings in the shed, and then intercrop sweet potatoes and corn.

Although these lands are rented to farmers for cultivation, they are still basically planned uniformly by the farms.

Everyone's trust in the head of the Jiang family reached an unprecedented level, and both the irrigation water source and various sowing and harvesting machines were provided by the farm.

Therefore, no matter what the head of the Jiang family said to plant and how to plant it, everyone followed his instructions completely.

After completing this round of farming, Jiang Yizhou asked Yucui to organize a construction team.

This time I am going to Jiang'an County, which is more than 200 miles away, and will stay there for at least half a year, so I will try my best to find unmarried men and women.

Yunxin, on the other hand, is looking for people who have more planting experience and are able to endure hardships.

The team was quickly organized, and just when Jiang Yizhou was about to take this group of people to Jiang'an County to open up the large piece of wasteland, a group of uninvited guests came to the door.

"Master Jiang, you are now controlling all the labor here, what are you going to do with our land?"

"Yes, Master Jiang, when you first came here, we all supported you and helped you a lot. We are all from the same village, so you can't be too ruthless."

"Just dismiss half of those people. Don't worry, I won't let you dismiss them for nothing. I'll give you ten taels of silver for each of them. How about that?"

"Yes, yes. As long as you share those peasants with us, I will give you ten taels of silver each."

"Don't worry, this is just a private transaction between us. We will never tell anyone..."

After these landlords and gentry sat down, they threw a bomb directly at Jiang Yizhou.

Jiang Yizhou smiled and said, "Is this the reason why you all came to see me today?"

"Master Jiang, we know that you have a lot of connections now, and you have the support of senior officials in Kyoto, but don't forget that we are all from the same place, and harmony brings wealth."

Jiang Yizhou waved her hand to signal these people to stop talking. She put away the hypocritical smile on her face and said seriously: "If you say someone endorses you, I see that there are always adults supporting you. Do you think your adults are not strong enough and want to find someone else to hug?"

"Master Jiang, what does this mean?"

"It doesn't mean anything. I already understand what you mean. You want to manipulate the people on my farm into your slaves, right?"

"That's not the case. Besides, this is mutually beneficial for us."

"Well, for the sake of our fellow villagers, I will once again make my position clear to you: the people in the village are all free. They signed labor contracts with me, and did not sell themselves to me. Also, I will never terminate the agreement with them without reason."

"Jiang Yizhou, we are here to discuss this with you with good intentions. Don't think that we will be afraid of you just because you use those despicable means to collude with the people above you. You..."

The wealthy man in silk hadn't finished speaking when there was a snapping sound.

Jiang Yizhou suddenly stood up at some point, and before people could react, he was slapped twice.

The man's originally fat face instantly swelled up like a pig's head, "You, you——"

Jiang Yizhou said sternly: "Since you are here to discuss something, then let's talk about it properly and keep our mouths shut. Otherwise, I, Jiang Yizhou, will never side with someone who gossips about others, especially in front of me for no reason."

As the words came out, more than twenty well-trained guards in uniform came over to the hall.

The rest of the people slowly came back to their senses... Speaking of which, when Old Liu said that just now, they didn't realize it, because they usually said this underground.

However, I didn't expect that this woman was so tough and actually took action directly.

They subconsciously wanted to blame each other, but found that there were dozens of strong men standing outside the door, with sticks on their waists, looking like they were ready to eat people.

Yes, these people were basically selected from those groups of tenant farmers who were forced into desperation. They were full of gratitude to the head of the Jiang family for taking them in, giving them a place to settle down, a place to live, food to eat and clothes to wear.

Now I hear these guys slandering their patriarch, what a despicable person! You scumbags are the ones who will do anything to achieve your goals and have no limits!

So, these landlords immediately became timid when they saw the murderous guards.

While trying to calm things down, he tried to make amends for Old Liu: "It was just a casual remark, Master Jiang, please don't be so stingy..."

"Yes, Master Jiang, we are here to solve the problem sincerely. You see, so much land is left uncultivated. If we can't plant it this season, we will have to pay the land tax."

"How about this, you lend us the people, and we'll return them to you after we finish planting this season. We'll give you double the price, what do you think?"

After hearing what these people said, Jiang Yizhou suddenly burst into laughter.

Said: "Your abacus beads are all jumping on my forehead. Do you think you are all smart people and others are fools?"

"No, we have absolutely no such intention. Look, we have brought all the deposit. You charge those people ten cents a day, and I will give you twenty cents. If you don't believe me, we can sign the agreement now."

Seeing that these people were not giving up, Jiang Yizhou stepped forward, picked up his document and went outside, and said to Qi Hao: "Go and call everyone here. I will call everyone to a meeting."

Soon, some people who had no urgent work gathered in the front yard.

Jiang Yizhou pointed at the landlords and gentry standing on the steps and said loudly: "Dear fellow villagers, I am sorry to waste your precious time today. Just now, these gentlemen came to me to discuss borrowing some workers from me for the next season of farming. The asking price is 20 cents a day."

The whole yard was filled with noisy discussions. Twenty cents? Would these ruthless people be so kind? Would they give them twenty cents? Two cents would be about right.

These gentlemen seemed very embarrassed. They had originally planned to pretend to reach a deal with Jiang Yizhou in private and then announce it in a high-profile manner.

Let those peasants take a good look at the ugly side of this vicious woman.

But who would have thought that this woman would just gather everyone together and put the agreement in front of everyone.

They still wanted to make excuses, but they could not deny what was written in black and white.

Jiang Yizhou continued, "Now that our farm work has come to an end, anyone who is willing to work as a helper can come and sign this agreement."

"I don't want to work for these people. I won't get paid."

"That's right. We agreed on four cents a day, but in the end, they deducted this and that, and even asked him to make up for it. I won't go."