"Achoo ~! Ah ~ Achoo ~! "
Li Zexuan, who was engrossed in writing in the study, inexplicably sneezed twice. He was already under pressure from a bunch of chemical reactions, and at this moment, he was even more depressed.
"Damn! Which family's little girl is thinking of me ~? Sigh ~! It's also a sin to be too outstanding ~! "
As the saying goes, when you sneeze once, someone will scold you; when you sneeze twice, someone will think of you; when you sneeze thrice, someone will think of you; and when you sneeze thrice, someone will think of you. That's why Li Zexuan shamelessly muttered to himself.
"Heh ~! Who are you thinking of ~? "
Han Yuxi pushed open the door at this time and quietly came to Li Zexuan's side.
Li Zexuan blushed and quickly said, "Cough, cough ~! Do you still need to ask ~? Of course, I'm thinking of you ~! "
Han Yuxi sneered and said, "Glib tongue, it's clearly not like that ~!"
Although that was what she said, Han Yuxi didn't intend to dig into it seriously. She was mostly joking.
Li Zexuan smiled embarrassedly. Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of the cup of bright red juice that Han Yuxi brought in. He said in surprise, "Ah ~! This is iced watermelon juice ~? "
Logically speaking, there were no juicers in the Tang Dynasty ~!
Han Yuxi smiled gently and said, "Ah ~! How did you know ~? "
"Mm ~! I smelled it ~! "
Was there anything more blissful than having a cup of iced watermelon juice in front of him on a hot summer day ~? Li Zexuan didn't bother to ask Han Yuxi how she squeezed the juice at this time. He directly picked up the cup and enjoyed it while answering Han Yuxi's question.
Now it seemed that although writing books at home was a little tough, it felt good to have a considerate person by his side to take care of him ~!
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Six days later.
"Haha ~! I'm finally freaking liberated ~! Damn it, I didn't expect being a rich second-generation heir to be so tough ~! "
On this day, Li Zexuan finally walked out of his Western Courtyard. His one-month closed-door training had made the people of Chang 'an very lonely. Without the big news that he made every now and then, the people of Chang' an felt that their lives were less interesting. Fortunately, they still had the Datang Daily to pass the time.
"Hehe! Young Master, have you come out of seclusion? "
Xiao He trotted over from a distance, and said with a bright smile.
"Mm ~! That's right! What do you think? I went into seclusion for a month. Xiao He, did you miss me? "
Li Zexuan squinted his eyes and teased.
Cough! Actually, it couldn't be said to be flirting. He had been with the two maidservants for so long that they couldn't be more familiar with each other. Rather than flirting, it was more like playing around ~! Li Zexuan would never joke about this kind of thing with an unfamiliar girl.
Speaking of which, during the month of his closed-door training, not only were the people outside unable to see him, but even many people in the mansion rarely saw him. Xiao He, who spent every day in the western courtyard, could only see Li Zexuan's real body when he came out to go to the toilet every day.
"Hehe ~! No way ~! Young Master, aren't you afraid that Young Madam won't let you enter the room at night ~! "
Xiao He wasn't afraid of Li Zexuan. She stuck out her tongue and said mischievously.
Li Zexuan was amused by her words. He laughed carelessly and said, "Heh ~! My Yuxi isn't such a person ~! On the other hand, little girl, when you get married in the future, you might become a fierce shrew ~! "
"Young Master, you ~!"
Xiao He was furious. She put one hand on her waist and pointed at Li Zexuan with the other. She said angrily, "Young Master, you're too much ~! Xiao He … Xiao He doesn't want to get married ~! Aiya ~! I'm ignoring you ~! "
If the person in front of her wasn't Li Zexuan, with Xiao He's unruly temperament, she would have already verbally abused him or punched him ~! It was rare that the little girl could still maintain her last bit of rationality at this time.
"Haha ~! Little girl, you still want to fight with me? "
Li Zexuan looked at Xiao He's back and muttered to himself happily.
It seemed pretty good to be able to bicker with such an unruly little girl every day ~!
"Husband, you're really too much ~! How can a girl like Xiao He withstand your words ~? "
Han Yuxi walked in from outside the courtyard and complained to Li Zexuan slightly.
Li Zexuan laughed and said, "Haha ~! It's fine, it's fine ~! This little girl forgets everything after a meal and a nap ~! "
Han Yuxi was speechless. She looked at Xiao He's back and then turned to Li Zexuan and said, "By the way, Mother just said that the villagers of the Han Family Manor and Plum Village have begun to urge us to collect rent. It just so happens that you've finished your work, husband, so I won't participate ~!"
Li Zexuan was stunned. Only then did he remember that he was a big landlord. Under normal circumstances, he only needed to eat at home and wait for death. However, since ancient times, when would a villager take the initiative to urge the owner to collect rent ~? It was really strange!
Shaking his head and throwing away the messy thoughts in his mind, Li Zexuan replied, "That's fine ~! I'll go on a trip ~! But wife, how's the harvest on the farm this year ~? "
With his current wealth, of course, he didn't care about the rent. The quality of the annual harvest didn't affect him much, but the impact on the villagers was too great. That was why he asked this question.
Han Yuxi's face darkened when she heard this. She said softly, "There's little rain this year. I heard from my father that the harvest on the farm wasn't very good. Overall, it will be about ten to twenty percent less than last year. The villagers of the Han Family Manor and Plum Village didn't have much of an impact because you gave them a discount on raising chickens. However, the villagers of the other farms probably didn't have it easy ~!"
Li Zexuan heard this and couldn't help but ask, "Didn't the imperial court also issue a decree to reduce the burden of raising chickens? Although it's not as strong as our family's, it can at least reduce their burden ~? "
Han Yuxi rolled her eyes and said helplessly, "Husband, aren't you asking the obvious ~? Although the imperial court's decree can reduce the burden of some people, that's only for the villagers who have land to enjoy ~! Most of the villagers farm the land of the landlords ~! Those landlords can't wait to collect 100% of the rent. Why would they care about the lives of the villagers ~? "
The Tang Dynasty implemented a system of equalization of fields. Yongye fields and oral fields were divided. Yongye fields could be inherited and didn't need to pay taxes. Oral fields had to pay taxes and had to be returned to the country when they died. Every adult could be allocated 80 mu of oral fields and 20 mu of yongye fields. Yongye fields could be bought and sold. When the year wasn't good, many people's oral fields weren't enough to pay taxes. They had no choice but to sell their yongye fields.
The landlords collected a lot of yongye fields, but their oral fields were only 80 mu. They only needed to pay a small amount of taxes ~! What about the villagers who sold their yongye fields ~? Although they received a large sum of money from selling their land, they still had 80 mu of oral fields to pay taxes. When the year wasn't good, they would still have to spend a lot of money. Therefore, many people eventually went to the landlords to rent land to make up for their income.
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