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Chapter 1100: Chapter 1106: Genius Child
Zhao Sigeng patted his head, "I was only focused on mentioning the harvest just now. Our family indeed only farms twelve acres of land, but the harvest is more than that."
Due to heavy rent, he could only tend the crops carefully, and harvesting more would allow him to keep more for his family.
So, generally speaking, each acre should yield at least four hundred catties of grain.
But the accounts showed half less!
Qiao Duo’er tapped her forefinger on the table, "I wonder if you could call some more tenant farmers over."
Just Zhao Sigeng’s family alone cannot prove anything, to prevent Yue Ming from saying he was wronged.
"Leave this matter to me, I’ll have them bring over the deeds to their tenanted lands as well," he said.
Zhao Sigeng was very willing to cooperate with the investigation; if possible, he would like to continue living in these three thatched cottages.
Soon, tenant farmers came one after another, and after verification, it was found that every family was the same, the reported harvest was only half or even less than the actual harvest, yet the tenanted land had increased by several acres.
"We are all good at farming, only harvesting two hundred catties per acre? How could we even show our faces?"
"My family harvested three hundred catties per acre last year, and my wife nagged me about it for a long time."
A few people could not help but complain.
To them, three hundred catties was a passing grade, and anything below that was too embarrassing to show to others.
"I just remembered something else, Yue Ming must have kept all the best land for himself; otherwise, it’s impossible that for several years I never farmed any high-quality land."
"That’s very possible!"
"I get understating the harvest, but how could having more acres be Yue Ming’s loss? The rent to be paid on the accounts has increased a lot!" a man asked, puzzled.
If Manager Yue was indeed a bad person, why would he do something that made him pay more silver?
Could there be some misunderstanding?
After all, based on past events, he didn’t seem like someone who would do such a thing.
Green Group spoke calmly, "The remaining produce after paying the rent is all pocketed by the Manager."
The farmers, whether they harvested more or less, always had some portion left, but in Yue Ming’s eyes, any remaining was still a huge loss.
Everyone looked towards the speaker, a young child; they all thought they might be seeing things.
How old was this child? How did he understand so much?
"Little young master is really impressive, understanding the issue at such a young age, even better than me at my age," a man said, giving a thumbs up.
"Right? I also understood after listening to the little young master."
Amid a string of praises, Green Group’s face turned a bit red; he thought it was quite easy to understand.
Perhaps he should just be a quiet child in the future.
Tan Zhenghong timely said, "Manager Yue has taken nearly thirty percent of the manor’s income, I need to have a word with him about this. Could you all serve as witnesses?"
"Of course, we are willing, should we go now?"
"I’ll go too, that old fox has duped us so badly, he must not be let off easily!"
"You must stand up for us; our lives are so hard, the winter before last, there were people who starved to death!"
The tenant farmers all responded, as they had no reason not to. 𝓷ℴ𝓋𝓅𝓊𝒷.𝒸𝓸𝓶
It was only a few months till the next rent collection, and if they could pay less, their lives would be much easier.
Tan Zhenghong solemnly said, "Don’t worry, now that I am here, I will definitely give everyone an explanation."
He wouldn’t stand idle, not just for the tenant farmers.
The manor had been under Yue Ming’s management for exactly two years, and these two years had also cost the Tan Family a lot.
Zhao Sigeng’s pregnant wife definitely couldn’t go, but she still insisted on seeing Tan Zhenghong’s family to the door.
