Chapter 99 The Cannon Fodder Landlord in Farming Wenli

Gu Jingyu opened his eyes, he has come to the next task.

opened his eyes and saw that he was kneeling in front of him, dressed very "grandly".

Gu Jingyu didn't want to use this word to describe a person, but for a while, he couldn't think of how to say it.

He has seen a lot of upstarts in the modern world, they are covered in gold and their clothes are very shiny.

Compared with the person in front of him, those upstarts don't seem to be so hot-eyed.

"Master, how should I collect this year's rent, is it still the same as before?"

Gu Jingyu sat on it and closed his eyes, ignoring the people kneeling below.

After a while, a memory of this body appeared in my mind.

This body is an ordinary landlord in Yaoguang Kingdom. When the original owner was very young, his parents left him a large amount of wealth.

If the latter things did not happen, then he would have nothing to worry about in his life, and would not have to worry about making a living.

The original owner grew up under the care of his parents since he was a child, and his character is also very simple and kind, but he is definitely not stupid.

Originally, a person like him would be an ordinary landlord, and he would usually not have any big trouble.

But the problem lies in the mess left by the original owner's parents, Lin Gui, their servant.

Speaking of this Lin Gui, he has been a family servant since his ancestors, and every servant has done his duty.

Up to the generation of Lin Gui's parents, he still served the original owner's parents.

I didn't expect that on the way to business again, I met a mountain bandit, and none of the group was alive, including the parents of the original owner and Lin Gui.

After the original owner found out, even though he was very saddened by the passing of his parents, he remembered that there were still so many people in the caravan. He quickly gathered a lot of money, settled the old and weak women and children, and gave them a considerable amount of money.

In the end, although they were sad about the death of their relatives, they did not have any complaints against the original owner.

After Lin Gui received the compensation money, he deliberately pretended to be righteous and dignified.

"My parents have been with the master since they were young. This time they can go with the master. Even if there is an accident, they have never complained." Lin Gui stood there righteously, with sadness and stubbornness in his tone.

"Master, I can't ask for this money! As a domestic servant, it's an honor to die for the master. I can't let this money tarnish the loyalty of my parents."

The original owner was moved by these emotional words. He was born with a temperament, and he also admired people like Lin Gui.

In this way, Lin Gui was left behind, and the original owner trusted him very much.

But it was this trust that made him unable to turn around in his life.

It was fine a few years ago. Lin Gui suppressed his temper and did his best to help the original owner stabilize the shop.

He fell ill several times outside. The original owner was very moved by such a central person and gave him a lot of good things.

These things have far exceeded the compensation money that year by a thousand times.

But in the past few years, I don't know if he has a big heart or what, Lin Gui began to act in favor of yin and yang, and began to corrupt.

A lot of money can be embezzled from the shop every year, and the sum of these money can be enough to tax the entire Jiangnan for a month.

The original owner trusted him very much, so he never noticed that he had lost so much money in his account out of thin air. He just thought that the business had not been able to do well in the past few years, so the loss of money was very serious.

Every time I saw Lin Gui's anxious look on his face, what the original owner wanted to say was instantly extinguished.

Under the connivance of the original owner, Lin Gui's corruption became more and more serious, and his appetite became bigger and bigger.

The money greed in the shops was no longer enough to satisfy Lin Gui, so he began to turn his attention to the tenants who rented the land.

The original owner's parents left them tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land and various land deeds.

Of course, these lands cannot be owned by the original owner, and they will be rented out every year, and then a certain rent will be charged.

The rent is the share of the food produced by these farmers.

The annual share is about 20%, which not only ensures the original owner's own income, but also the farmers will not starve to death because they can't afford food.

It would have been fine if it went on like this, but one day Lin Gui suddenly said to the farmers: "Master said, the rent received in recent years has become less and less, and the rent has increased from 20% to 40%."

Immediately, many farmers sighed. They lived on the harvest from the fields all year round. Some families had several members, and there was no food left every year.

The rising rents are totally giving people no way to live.

Immediately, the original owner's reputation was ruined, after all, the rent collected by other landlords was only 30%.

The original owner's insatiable reputation, it didn't take long for the entire Jiangnan to know.

The original owner still knew nothing, and even Lin Gui complained in front of him.

"It's getting harder and harder for farmers now. 20% of the rent makes them hungry. It's really distressing."

"Master, I want to be thick with my old face. I beg you, Master, to lower the rent for these farmers. After they pass this period of time, we can increase it again."

The original owner of course agreed. After all, the money he has now is completely enough for him to live comfortably for a lifetime.

For money, of course, I don't care so much.

The original owner's parents raised the original owner too simply, and they didn't find anything wrong with Lin Gui.

A full 40% of the rent is rented, and he alone is greedy for 25%, which is simply insatiable greed.

Suddenly one year, there was a severe drought in the south of the Yangtze River. It had been almost two years without rain. Even if it rained, it was a light rain, and there was no relief at all.

The harvest of the farmers was really difficult to pay, and in the end most people chose to go up the mountain to be bandits.

Those who became bandits hated the original owner the most. If he hadn't charged such a high rent, they might not have ended up like this.

Even many people are starving to death at home because of such high rents.

The original owner was very sad. At this time, he had planned to take out the grain in his granary to the farmers in emergency, but he was directly hacked to death by the bandits who suddenly went down the mountain.

Even when he died, he didn't understand why that person looked at him like he looked at the enemy.

He feels that he has never offended anyone in his life, and he has never forgiven anyone. The only thing he feels guilty about is his inability to avenge his parents.

He didn't know the truth until he died. It turned out that Lin Gui, who he trusted most, had been lying to him all the time.

Even when the bandits went down the mountain, he got the news early, packed up and ran away secretly.

Lin Gui's disguise is really good, the main reason is that it is not the time when you can't notice Lin Gui's concealment.

Guess who is the protagonist of this story!

Reminder: Farming heroine!

(end of this chapter)