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Lu Lin ignored him, and only left a word of reassurance, and took Yu Qian to Zhuangzi.
Let the tenant farmers collect all the grain in the field.
Basically, the sweet potatoes planted in Zhuangzi are system-improved countries. After about two months of planting, sweet potatoes have grown, but they are still small.
Harvest now, at least half of the yield.
When the tenant farmers heard Lu Xianzi's request, they immediately became noisy.
"Is Lu Xianzi crazy? Now is the time when the sweet potatoes are growing at their best. Why are you harvesting them?"
"That's right, now that we have harvested, we can't even get back half of the grain."
Zhuangzi's steward, Zhuangtou, immediately came out to persuade him.
"Xianzi, this is absolutely unacceptable. Now that the grain has been harvested, it will lose half of it."
"Yes, magistrate, you can't."
There were wave after wave of doubts below, and everyone didn't understand why the good food was collected in advance.
But Lu Lin didn't give them any chance to question.
"This farm is mine, and I'll take it as I say. If anyone doesn't want to do it, I'll get severance pay here."
As he said that, Yu Qian asked someone to bring out a basket of copper coins, spread paper on the table next to him, write the contract, take the money and press his fingerprints to leave.
The tenant farmers looked at each other in blank dismay, not understanding why Lu Xianzi, who was usually approachable, gentle and kind, suddenly became so tough and unreasonable today.
There is no way, even though I am reluctant, I can only bite the bullet and do it.
Seeing this, the tenant farmers around all came to watch.
"I'm afraid Mr. Lu has lost his mind. At this time, the grain harvest will be reduced by half."
"That's right, I don't know what he's doing."
"Don't command blindly if you don't understand."
"Fortunately, we are not his tenant farmers, otherwise it will be miserable."
Facing the doubts from the onlookers, Lu Lin's tenant farmers were bleeding, and every sentence was heart-pounding.
Helpless, their county sons went crazy, and they suffered from these tenant farmers.
It happened that Lu Lin's farm was next to Xu Guogong's farm. Seeing this, Zhuangtou quickly sent someone to notify Xu Guogong.
Xu Guogong was still busy selling salt, and it was very strange to hear that Lu Lin had harvested the grain in advance.
Hurry up and ask your confidant to investigate clearly. After a stick of incense, your confidant came back in a hurry, and brought back the news that Lu Lin had harvested the grain in the field in advance and purchased a large amount of grain outside.
"He bought all the grain in Nanjing and surrounding counties?"
The second monk Xu Jingchang was puzzled.
"What does he want to do?"
In the past, there was a severe drought in the south, there was no hope for spring plowing, and famine was prone to occur, so hoarding food was justified.
But now the food is not all planted, and the sweet potato is the fairy food, the output is huge, the people don't have to worry about food, why is he hoarding food?
The confidant also shook his head.
"The little one doesn't know that Lu Lin never takes an unusual path in doing things."
"Come on, let's go and have a look." Xu Jingchang put down the ledger and rushed over with his confidants.
When he arrived at the farm, he saw Lu Lin and his tenant farmers harvesting sweet potatoes in full swing.
The sweet potatoes were only the size of a stick, more than a third smaller than a normal ripe sweet potato, and he couldn't help but stamp his feet and beat his chest when he looked at them.
You little bastard, you're just reckless.
"Lu Lin, why are you crazy? Now that you have harvested all the sweet potatoes, do you know how much food you will lose?"
Lu Lin didn't show any surprise when he saw Xu Jingchang.
"You are so strange, I collect my own food, what does it have to do with you?"
When did Xu Jingchang suffer this kind of neglect.
"Let me tell you, although His Majesty gave you this farm, you still have to pay taxes to the imperial court. If you waste food so much, I can sue you at Yingtian Mansion. Do you believe it?"
"Are you sick? Just take care of your own affairs. What do you care about me?"
Xu Jingchang was stunned for a moment, hey, hey, this bastard, he used to pretend to be acting in front of him, pretending to be docile, but now he can't pretend anymore?Showdown?
"Come here, tie him up to the Lord of the country and take him to Yingtian Mansion."
"I don't believe it anymore, and I can't deal with you anymore."
As soon as Xu Jingchang finished speaking, his confidants rushed forward with his people, without saying a word, he threw Lu Lin to the ground and tied him up.
"What are you doing, let go." Yu Qian hurriedly rushed over to save someone.
But Lu Lin gave him a stare back.
"Go home and wait for me."
"Brother Lu..." Yu Qian was worried.
But Lu Lin's calmness made him feel that the matter was not simple, so he immediately retreated: "Be careful."
Lu Lin just nodded and said nothing.
Xu Jingchang didn't expect that Lu Lin would be so obedient today, and he would be caught without a fight.
He was not used to it.
"Why don't you resist?"
Lu Lin was laughed at by him: "Mr. Xu Guo has a high position and authority. I am a county magistrate. How dare I resist."
Xu Jingchang spat at him, if it wasn't for the fact that his feet were still not moving smoothly, he would really have believed his evil.
I always feel that there is something wrong with this bastard today, and he is a little too obedient.
But he couldn't tell.