Seeing this lonely woman, Wei Xuan asked his entourage to bring a piece of bread to her. The woman hesitated for a moment and then took the bread and kept putting it in her mouth. It was obvious that she was hungry. A piece of bread was as big as a palm.

She actually put the pancake directly into her stomach in one breath. Then her face finally regained some vitality and a slight smile appeared on her face. However, she looked at Wei Xuan's empty hands helplessly. Wei Xuan knew it was because he was hungry.

It was so miserable that when I finally met a generous person who was willing to give alms, I naturally wanted to save myself and eat. So I asked the passerby again for a piece of bread.

After the result, the woman still stuffed it into her mouth, chewed it a little, and swallowed it. This time she was obviously full, and the smile on her face was even brighter, with two rows of teeth showing out.

Just when Wei Xuan thought she was going to say something grateful, he found that the woman leaned back and quickly took off her pants. While everyone was stunned, she spread her thighs and said to Wei Xuan and others: "Come here.

Bar."

Wei Zheng frowned, and Wei Xuan was also stunned, but he soon understood that this woman used this method to make deals. She was penniless and I had no way to repay her, so I could only do this. Wei Xuan felt sad in his heart, and he approached

It can be seen that underneath the dirt on this woman's face is a beautiful girl's face. And just to thank Wei Xuan for the two noodles, she gave up the chastity that a woman regards as her life.

She thought that the reason why Wei Xuan gave her food was because he was greedy for her beauty. She was so hungry that she chose to accept the deal, and it was a deal in public!

No wonder people around her who are also in trouble are avoiding her. If this woman is not crazy, she must have experienced something big or have a belief that supports her to survive.

When the woman saw that Wei Xuan and others did not move, she was about to take off her top, but was stopped by Wei Xuan's entourage. The smile on her face disappeared and she was at a loss.

Wei Xuan had no choice but to turn his head to find Chunqin among the entourage with an embarrassed look on his face, and asked her to handle it. Chunqin did not go directly to help the woman up, but just stood in a circle with four people around the woman. In Chunqin's opinion, she was proud.

Sword Maid, she asked someone to go to the manor to call two women, and then asked Wei Xuan if he decided to take this girl in. Wei Xuan thought for a while and said something like staying in the manor to do some groceries or going to the Wei Mansion to be a maid.

It should be possible, but you still have to ask him what he means.

Wei Xuan saw someone on TV in later generations saying with arrogance that it was impossible to work part-time, and it would be impossible to work part-time in this life. You cannot guess the worldview of some people!

After this episode, Wei Xuan's mood became even worse. He thought that he had been mentally prepared for the bad situation of this era these days, but now it seems that he was wrong. The Wei family is not the kind of Zhou Papi.

The situation of the landowners is like this. No wonder Zhang Tianshi, Ji Yanqingxu and other places responded to the call.

When he learned that the second young master was coming, the two stewards of the manor hurriedly came to greet them. Wei Xuan ignored their solicitude and continued to walk among the crowd. He found that although these people were poor, no one dared to approach the Wei family.

Within a hundred steps of the manor, they were obviously afraid of the Wei family. Some of them seemed to know Wei Xuan. Several old people muttered for a while and then knelt down in front of Wei Xuan with a plop.

Wei Xuan quickly helped a few old people up and asked, "What happened to you gentlemen?"

Several old men were wiping away tears. You looked at me and I looked at you but hesitated to speak. One of them knelt down again: "Second Young Master, please forgive me for rent. This spring, there was a severe drought and the harvest was not good."

In the middle of last year, there were floods again in the summer, and I didn’t make much money from the autumn harvest. Seeing the debt reminders coming to my door every day, I still want to leave some food for the children at home! Next year, as long as the harvest is a little better next year, I will

Repay the principal and interest together."

Wei Xuan had no choice but to help the old man up again, and then looked at the people around him with expectant faces. Just when he was about to agree, Wei Zheng reminded him from the side: "Zhongdao, you can't let go of this kind of thing easily. It will be difficult for everyone. Once

If you let go, everyone will follow suit, and the tenants of other estates will be in trouble.

There are many adults in our Wei family. If the rent cannot be collected, not only your life and mine will be affected, but the lives of the servants in the mansion may become like theirs. Don't worry about them causing trouble and not paying the rent. We will send someone back to inform you later.

In the mansion, just ask the prefect and county magistrate to come forward to help collect the money!"

Wei Xuan did not refute Wei Zheng. He knew that his brother-in-law was telling the truth. There were so many people in the Wei family to support, and Wei Xuan planned to expand the scale of the guard, most of which would come from the grain and rent paid by the tenants. If a few

A tenant casually agreed to the request, so what else could the Wei family gain?

As for asking county magistrates and prefects to send people to collect money, it was very common in this era, because many times local governors had to rely on local wealthy families.

Let’s just say that the Wei family actually doesn’t need to rely on official power, because the Wei family itself has its own strength. Don’t look at the fact that Wang Yue and his men were exposed to all odds that day. Wang Yue is a world-famous knight who can’t be found in the entire Hedong.

The second one came out. Moreover, the vast majority of the ordinary people were law-abiding and the Wei family had so many people that they could only use this method to get a grace period. They never thought about exempting or not paying! A few thorns

There is nothing that can be done about the Wei family's slaves.

But Wei Xuan couldn't just watch some people starve to death. So after he entered the manor, he asked the two stewards to bring the tenants' rent and loan status. The steward was a shrewd man and quickly obtained the information at Wei Xuan's request.

I issued almost all the lease contracts and loan IOUs. I also calculated the annual rent and all loan amounts of the tenants around the manor.

What is surprising is that the annual rent paid by more than 200 households in the neighborhood is very limited, and the IOUs are all kinds of. Several households can borrow an ox for a combined cost of 6,000 yuan, and pay back the ox after harvest.

Borrowing two hoes for a total of three hundred dollars, less than half of the people actually borrowed the money. The key is that the amount is not large, only hundreds or thousands. In this case, they can't afford to pay it back, which shows that the people around them really

He is extremely poor.

Seeing the steward come out with a large stack of things in his hand, the people outside the manor who could stand stood up and looked forward to it, while some sharp-eyed people sighed. It seemed that the second son of the Wei family had brought someone to urge him.

The rent has been paid.

Wei Xuan waited for the steward to finish his introduction and said to him: "Steward Cao, burn all these!"

Manager Cao was shocked. Seeing that Wei Xuan didn't seem to be joking, he quickly looked at Wei Zheng for help. Wei Zheng also suspected that he had heard wrong and quickly turned to Wei Xuan: "Zhong Dao, no!"

"Fourth brother, the Wei family's inability to collect the rent may be because you and I miss one meal, two meals of meat, and one drink of wine. But if these people pay according to this amount, they will probably starve to death before winter.

Before he dies, someone will start making trouble in the south. Not to mention anything else, just smashing up the manor and killing a few strong slaves on the farm will cause huge losses. Where will there be people to farm for my Wei family next year?"

Wei Zheng was speechless. Wei Xuan's logical thinking was obviously beyond ordinary people. Wei Zheng only thought about the consequences of burning these things and the immediate interests of the Wei family. But if the Wei family follows the same agreement as in previous years to pay dues, what will happen in the future?

It's hard to say what happened.

Seeing that Wei Zheng was silent, the manager quickly ran into the manor holding the account book and the IOU.

Wei Xuan laughed and said to the few followers he brought with him: "Stop him, grab what he has in his hand and order it on the spot!"

The followers brought from Anyi were all carefully selected. They were not only good at skills, but also very loyal. However, Wei Xuan's move was obviously a random act, so he was stunned on the spot for a moment.

There are four exceptions, that is, Wei Xuan's four personal guards, especially Chunqin. The sisters are all from poor backgrounds. They saw Wei Xuan treat the woman kindly and had a good impression of Wei Xuan. Now they heard that Wei Xuan wanted to

After burning the account books and IOUs that were weighing on the poor people outside the manor, he immediately reacted and led his sisters to chase the manager.

The person in charge was about forty years old, so naturally he was not the opponent of the four well-trained guards. He was caught up before he could run a few steps, and then he watched helplessly as the account books and IOUs in his hands were taken away, and then in

It was lit not far away. He wanted to order people to snatch the things back several times, but was stopped by other guards who reacted.

These things are all flammable, and a fire will immediately break out, and then quickly devour all the items. The steward knelt on the ground and cried loudly. Several people working in the manor came to persuade him and wanted to help him up.

He refused to get up and cried even more heartbreakingly as he looked at the burning fire.

The people who were watching from a distance were at a loss when they saw the commotion here. Finally, an entourage named Liu Ming brought by Wei Xuan from Anyi came to the crowd and said: "Dear fellow villagers, our Mr.

You have already ordered your past IOUs to be burned, and this year's rent will be waived. After you go back, live well and try to get more food next year to repay Mr. Xuan."

Everyone was dumbfounded when they heard this. What was going on? Looking at the faces of the Wei family across the street, all of them were livid, and the person in charge was sitting on the ground crying and refusing to get up. Soon some people understood that this might be true.

Legend has it that Mr. Xuan of the Wei family almost died because he blocked his father's sword. He finally became angry. Maybe there was something wrong with his brain. It's just that he couldn't do this if he had a brain problem. Their IOU was burned. What do you mean, they don't have to pay it back!

And you don’t have to pay this year’s rent?

The crowd quickly gathered around, and some even boldly ran to the fire to pick up things that had not been completely burned. They found that they could not read, so they took them to the crowd. Everyone saw that this was not the kind with their own handprints.

IOU?

Then the crowd became commotion, and then spread the word. The people outside the manor, led by several old people, knelt on the ground and kowtowed desperately in the direction of Wei Xuan!


Chapter completed!