Chapter 13 [Carrot and Stick]

Oh, it sounds like you are quite proud. It seems that you have not wronged this Hassan, even though he looks very pitiful. In fact, he is still a lazy person at heart. Since he expects his son to marry a wife and receive a huge dowry to improve his family's life, he does not want to rent more acres of land and grow more food with his own hands.

Then pay the land rent and grain in full, and then keep the rations. You can also get a good profit by selling the remaining grain to the town. Unexpectedly, Hassan was actually planning on getting his eldest daughter-in-law's dowry. It seemed that the other party was not a person worthy of pity. But if we want to scare the monkeys today, we will not deal with Hassan hastily. We must let the remaining more than a thousand villagers understand what kind of person Hassan is, this lazy person.

Knowing what mistake he made and being dealt with by himself, although Belinger was very angry, he would not let the other party feel his emotions, so he asked with a smile. "That's right. There is going to be a happy event at home. How many people are there in your family and who are they? Come out and meet, especially the groom and the official, haha, haha."

Hearing that Mr. Belsinger actually smiled, Hassan's original nervousness immediately disappeared. Since he stood up from the ground without Belsinger's permission, he called the family members in the crowd to come out and let Mr. Belsinger take a look.

Getting up from the ground without his permission is a great insult to Mr. Belsinger. You, a slave Sudra, got up from the ground without your master's permission. This is disrespectful and intolerable. Behind Belsinger, the old butler Jamal and his follower Jamal were immediately furious and wanted to reprimand or even beat up this Shudra who did not understand the rules.

But Bersinger stopped him. The performance wasn't over yet. How could he reveal his emotions? So I stopped it with my eyes. The grandfather and grandson watched the play quietly. It was an honor for slaves like them to be questioned by a high-caste master. Therefore, although the Hassan family was a little scared and at a loss, they also stood out from the crowd. stood up. He actually stood in front of the most distinguished old man and didn't know how to kneel on the ground to salute, which made Jamal and his grandson even more angry. Even the men and servants who followed Mr. Belsinger out to inspect the village were all red-eyed with anger.

The three members of the Vaishya family in the crowd also glared angrily, and would have knocked each other to the ground if they had not seen that Mr. Belsinger did not give orders. Let him, a pariah slave who doesn't know the rules, have to remember for a long time what slaves know what to do and what not to do. It seems that the other party is really a useless person who knows nothing.

There were eight people in total who came out. There was a skinny, dark-skinned old man in his 60s. This was Hassan's father. There was also a man who looked like Hassan, standing there crookedly and touching his neck, grinning and looking at Mr. Belsinger in front of him nonchalantly.

Judging from this young man's age, he should be Hassan's younger brother, but there was only one middle-aged woman in the crowd. The remaining five people were all children, and there was even a baby sucking milk in his arms. There was a little boy about 14 years old who stood there quite well and did not dare to move. It's really a strange family. Is that one worth 2.58 million? Isn't Hassan's brother married? Why is there a female member in the entire family? Of course, those little girls under ten years old are not included.

This made Mr. Belsinger confused. He turned his head and motioned to Butler Jamal with his eyes to explain. Butler Jamal knew it well and came to Persinger's side and whispered a few words quietly. Persinger's eyes became more and more strange, and then he raised his head and said with a laugh.

"Hassan, this old man is your father, right? This young man is your brother. He also has a 14-year-old son and a 12-year-old son. Together, the family has three strong laborers, two and a half He works hard and has a wife to take care of the housework.”

"Life is going well, so I want to ask you, your family has so many laborers and oxen to help. Why is the third quarter sowing season delayed for several days, and the land has not been plowed or fertilized until now. If we delay without planting the seeds, the yield will definitely be reduced.”

Before Hassan could answer the question, Hassan's younger brother stood in the crowd, the second-rate man who looked like 2.58 million. He scratched his head and answered this difficult question first, scratching his chest nonchalantly and saying. "Mr. Belsinger, you are so high up there that you don't know how hard it is to go down to the fields. The sun can peel off the skin. I have to admire people of your grandfather's generation for finding such a good valley and buying so much land."

"The food grown three times a year is piled up like a mountain. It's really enviable, but our family is different. Our family can eat two crops of food. Why do we have to work so hard to cultivate the third crop of food? Let's rest for a while. Isn’t it good? This is really a strange question.”

At this time, the old butler Jamal was so angry that he ran over at an incredible speed with a roar after the other party finished speaking. In front of this second-rate man, before the other party could react, he fired his bow from left to right, and started to twitch his mouth "Pap, Pap, Pap," and cursed while hitting him. "You untouchable, you slave, how dare you talk to your master like this. You are seeking death. I will let you know today what kind of punishment it is to contradict your master."

You see, the old butler is over 60 years old and his legs are not very good, but the old man has been able to serve as the butler of the entire family for more than 50 years. How can it be so easy? He has kung fu skills, otherwise he would not have been able to protect the young master Belsinger to survive until now. A few slaps with all his strength hit the second-rate guy who was as arrogant as 2.58 million and was immediately knocked to the ground. Then the male servants following behind Persinger, especially the little follower Jamal, and the human mule Brooke surrounded him like crazy and punched and kicked him.

Erliu, who was lying on the ground, could only scream, but next to Erliu, no one in the family dared to intervene, and even the villagers began to buzz and discuss. The content of the discussion was that this waste who contradicted Master Singh should have his hands and feet chopped off and thrown into the forest to feed the wolves. He really didn't know the rules and it was too much. He would never pass it even if he was beaten to death.

After a while of chaos, Erliu, who was lying on the ground, had been beaten to the point of breathing less and exhaling more, and it looked like he was dying. At this time, Bel Singh spoke. After returning to normal, Bel Singh asked Sangh with a sullen face. "Answer me, with the help of the bull and so many people, why did your family only cultivate two crops? Why did you give up the third season? Do you know that you have affected 1/3 of my income? How do you compensate me for my loss? Tell me."

At this moment, everyone understood why Bel Singh made such a big scene, and everyone also understood why Master Bel Singh was so angry. Obviously, you can grow three crops and get three harvests, but the Hassan family blatantly gave up one crop. As a result, the rent collected by Master Bel Singh was obviously reduced by 1/3. Anyone would be angry and unbearable, let alone Master Bel Singh.