Chapter Seven My Field

  Under Wei Du's introduction, Chen Chu soon met the young aristocrat mentioned by Wei Du. Afterwards, Chen Chu let Wei Du experience what truly profound and unfathomable haggling skills were.

  Under Wei Du's stunned gaze, Chen Chu still managed to haggle the already low price of 3,000 gold down to 2,500 gold.

  When Chen Chu took over the land deed, that small aristocrat was already pale with sweat raining down. As he left, his mouth kept muttering: "This person is too ruthless! Two thousand five hundred gold coins actually bought my five thousand acres of good fields!"

  After the little aristocrat left, Wei Du came before Chen Chu and gave him a thumbs up, sighing: "Young Master Chen, I've never seen anyone as good at haggling as you."

  Chen Chu just smiled slightly and didn't say much more.

  He saw him taking such a big advantage and still being calm and composed with a bland face, and couldn't help but look up to him a few more points in his heart.

  What Wei Du didn't know was that Chen Chu's heart was actually over the moon, but in order to leave a good impression on Wei Du, she forced herself to appear calm and collected.

  The next day, Chen Chu went alone to the outskirts to receive those 5,000 mu of good land.

  The five thousand mu of good land purchased by Chen Chu was located in the western suburbs of Le Ping, five miles away. At this time, it was late February and early March, and the wheat seedlings had just been planted. What entered Chen Chu's eyes was a lush new greenery. Chen Chu walked among the wheat fields, smelling the fresh scent like green grass, and felt refreshed all over.

  "This is all my property now!", Chen Chu muttered to himself, his expression somewhat excited. It's no wonder Chen Chu was like this, he who had lived in modern society couldn't even dream of owning such a vast expanse of land, and at this moment Chen Chu felt particularly accomplished.

  After walking for about half a time, Chen Chu arrived at the tenant farmer village located in the middle of the 5,000 mu wheat field. The tenant farmers in this village also sold their 5,000 mu wheat fields to Chen Chu and are now considered his property.

  When Chen Chuyu walked into the village, he saw hundreds of old and young people standing in an open space in the center of the village.

  One of the elderly men hurried over as soon as he saw Chen Chu.

  "Could it be that you are the new master of this land?" The old man asked with a slight bow.

  Chen Chu heard this and thought to himself: It seems that the tenant farmers here already know that they have changed masters. I suppose it was before I arrived, that little aristocrat must have informed the tenants here.

  Chen Chu nodded immediately.

  Chen Chu nodded, and the old man immediately knelt down and said: "The 93 households of tenant farmers in the village, with a total of 373 people, have met the new master." His tone was quite humble. Then, the hundreds of people behind him also knelt down, saying "We've met the new master" in a disorderly and listless manner.

  Chen Chu had never seen such a scene before and was startled on the spot. He quickly helped the old man up, saying: "Sir, what are you doing! Get up quickly!"

  The old man stood up under Chen Chu's pull and looked at Chen Chu with a surprised expression.

  Chen Chu helped the old man up and then looked at the crowd kneeling in the distance, saying: "Everyone get up. From now on, don't perform such courtesy of kneeling and bowing for no reason." Chen Chu, who was full of modern ideas, was not used to being bowed to back and forth.

  Everyone looked at each other in surprise, then bowed their heads to Chen Chu and said loudly: "Thank you, new master." This time the voice was much louder and more uniform than before.

  An old man's eyes flashed with a hint of warmth, at least this new master did not treat them as livestock.

  "What's your honorable surname, sir?" Chen Chu asked with a smile, holding the old man's hand. Although Chen Chu didn't have any experience in this regard, as the saying goes, "If you haven't eaten pork, you've at least seen pigs run," so he imitated the way leaders treated their people in his past life's TV dramas.

  The old man was startled and hastily bowed his head, saying: "I dare not, my surname is Deng, my humble name is not worthy of your ears, the villagers all call me Deng Gong."

  Chen Chu nodded and smiled: "Then I'll call you Lord Deng from now on."

  Deng Gong was suddenly frightened and hastily knelt down, saying in a urgent voice: "Your humble servant dares not address you as 'Gong' in front of the master."

  Chen Chu helped Deng Gong up again, pretending to be displeased and saying: "Didn't I tell you not to make obeisance anymore?" Then Chen Chu looked around at the crowd in order to win their hearts, saying: "You are no longer tenant farmers, but my subordinates. Don't call yourselves humble people anymore."

  Deng Gong looked at Chen Chu with gratitude, his voice choked with emotion: "Master is truly a benevolent and righteous person!" As he spoke, he knelt down again. Deng Gong's way of addressing Chen Chu had also changed imperceptibly, a change that held profound significance. If previously calling him "master" meant Deng Gong was forced to serve this new master, now calling him "master" meant Deng Gong had made up his mind to devote everything he had to serving Chen Chu. However, Chen Chu did not yet understand the difference and only intuitively felt that the old man's attitude towards him was completely different from before...

  The surrounding tenant farmers also showed extremely excited expressions, to know that people like them who live at the bottom of society want to get rid of this lowest and most humiliating identity is almost impossible. Each of them has been longing for the arrival of this day in their hearts, even more than longing for warmth and food.

  Chen Chu was unaware of how shocking and unconventional his actions were at this moment. If the news got out, he would definitely be subjected to endless criticism from moral guardians. However, even if Chen Chu knew, he would still do the same, as he was now concerned with surviving in the impending chaotic world.

  Warm reminder:

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