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Chapter 855, the panicked landlord

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    Lin County, Henan Province, Lin County is the Lin County where the famous Red Flag Canal is located in later generations. Lin County suffers from water shortages.

    Because of the unique geographical structure and environment, Lin County is extremely short of water, experiencing droughts nine times out of ten years, and severe droughts year after year. The drought in Lin County is far from comparable to the droughts in other places.

    In other places, when droughts hit the sky, there is no harvest, and farmers have no harvests. But here in Lin County, when there is a drought, even drinking water for people and animals becomes a problem. Rivers dry up and wells dry up, and you often have to go dozens of miles to carry water.  outside.

    Lin County is very poor. The whole county has undulating mountains, criss-crossing ravines, thin soil and thick rocks, and has experienced drought nine times out of ten years.  The mountains are bare and the mountains are bare, water is scarce and as expensive as oil, the rich are forced to pay rent, and the poor are worried day and night. The entire Lin County is suffering from hunger and drought.

    During a severe drought, it is too common for a person to lose his life because of a load of water.

    At this moment, on the pipeline leading from Lin County to the outside, thousands of Lin County people are dragging their families and moving out, preparing to immigrate to Liaodong, the Western Regions, Nanyang and other regions.

    Anyway, it doesn¡¯t matter where you go, as long as you leave Lin County.

    Since the imperial court began to organize immigration, people from Lin County who immigrated to other places in the early stage have successively sent back the news, and the entire Lin County has begun to set off a wave of immigration.

    Especially this time, with the imperial court issuing documents to immigrate millions of people to the Western Regions, almost all the people in Lin County are empty. Regardless of whether there is a quota or not, almost everyone is ready to immigrate.

    On the official road leaving Lin County, groups of people from Lin County were migrating. Some were pushing carts, some were carrying burdens, and some were carrying packages, thinking about the outside world.

    "Dear villagers, please don't believe what those people say. There is no place like your hometown in the outside world."

    "This Western Region is thousands of miles away. It is said that they are all desert areas, even drier than our Lin County. Where else can there be a large number of Tatars, and those Tatars are murderous without blinking an eye."

    "Liaodong has been a land of bitter cold since ancient times. I heard it's so cold that you'll freeze to death in winter wherever you go. What's a good place?"

    "There is also Nanyang, which is a barbarian land, full of miasma. Mosquitoes are big enough to eat people, and there are so many that they can even suck cows dry."

    "Everyone should calm down first. A golden nest and silver are not as good as a doghouse at home. No matter how good the outside is, it is not our hometown. No matter how bad Lin County is, it is still our hometown."

    "Don't be deceived easily. It's better to calm down first. This year, as long as you rent my family's land for farming, I will only charge 30% of the rent. 30%, just 30%!"

    Mr. Cai Lin, the landowner, stood beside the road and looked at the people who were migrating in groups, dragging their families and families with them. He was very anxious.

    There are so many people who have moved out this year. Almost nine out of ten households are empty. People in nine out of ten households are all migrating and immigrating outside.

    Originally, at first, Mr. Lin felt that their life and death had nothing to do with him, so just move out if they moved out. After they moved out, he took the opportunity to seize some people's fields.

    There were also some people who moved out and sold their fields cheaply, which Mr. Lin took advantage of. He occupied a lot of fields in one fell swoop and even prepared to raise the rent this year.

    After all, a large amount of silver flows into Ming Dynasty every year, which causes the price of Ming Dynasty to start to rise. Silver is no longer as valuable as before. If rents are not increased, the standard of living will decline.

    However, soon, Mr. Lin was dumbfounded.

    Because there are so many people migrating out, almost all the tenants who have rented Mr. Lin¡¯s land for farming for generations have decided to emigrate.

    It seems that spring plowing is coming soon, but no one comes to rent land from him. If it were in the past, there is no need to say that these people themselves would come to their homes and beg him to rent more land for them to plant.

    No one rents their own fields, so you can¡¯t cultivate them yourself, right?

    Mr. Lin panicked and began to persuade these people with earnest words not to immigrate. Not only did he not increase the rent, but he also lowered the rent.

    But still no one paid attention to Mr. Lin. Everyone knew the news. As long as they were willing to immigrate, not only would they have enough water to drink, but they would also have a lot of fields that were their own. Who would be willing to stay in this shabby place like Lin County?

    "Wang Laogen, you are already old, do you still want to immigrate?"

    Mr. Lin saw an old man and walked over in a hurryThe situation has reached an urgent level. If you don't take action, in a few days, our Lin County will be empty.  "

    Mr. Lin said anxiously, there are too many people migrating out, it¡¯s impossible not to be anxious.

    "I have reported the situation to the state capital. Now that everyone wants to go out, I have no choice. Firstly, this is an order from the court. Secondly, if people want to leave, even if they stay for a while, they cannot stay for a lifetime."

    Li Rusong said helplessly that he had already decided to leave Lin County. The Western Regions, Nanyang and other places needed a large number of officials, and he had already applied for them.

    Looking at the anxious expressions of the landowners and gentry in front of him, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He didn't expect that one day these landowners and gentry would worry about their fields being left uncultivated.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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