But, Lord Zhang, I suddenly had a very bad idea.

In feudal society, the largest landlord was the emperor, who owned all the land in the country. The rest was divided according to social status, from the big landlords down to the small landlords, and finally to the lowest-ranking peasants.

Baili Tang, therefore, can be said to be the largest landowner in Jing State. And Jia Shidao is the largest landowner in Xiyun County. He and his relatives own a total of 20,000 acres of land.

Therefore, it is not surprising that he can come up with ten thousand silver coins.

A landlord is someone who does not farm the land at all but rents it out to others or hires long-term workers.

Those who own their own land and production tools, cultivate the land themselves, but need to hire temporary workers are considered rich farmers, just like Liang Sangong and others.

Liang Qiuyu's family is well-off, but they are an exception and rarely hire temporary workers.

A family like Liang Erhu's, who have their own land and tools for production, do not need to hire farmers, and rely entirely on their own family members to farm, are considered middle peasants.

Those who have land but not enough for farming and need to rent land from others or do odd jobs for others are considered poor peasants.

Those who have nothing and work as long-term laborers for others or rent land and tools from landlords are called red peasants.

Most of the farmers in Xiyun County are from middle-peasant families like Liang Erhu, followed by poor peasants, red peasants, and rich peasants.

In other counties, they might be poor peasants, red peasants, middle peasants, rich peasants...

Whether you are a landlord or a poor peasant, you all have to pay taxes. There are two types of taxes in the Jing Dynasty: a poll tax and a land tax. The other is a commercial tax.

Poll tax - all people, regardless of their class, such as scholars, farmers, merchants or artisans, have to pay the tax. Of course, scholars and officials generally do not have to pay this tax.

Baili Tang was on the large ridge next to Liang Qiuyu's field. Someone brought him a bamboo bed, and he sat on it. Imperial Physician Lu and the other two burned several piles of things around him, presumably to repel mosquitoes and insects.

Anyway, Baili Tang hadn't been bitten by mosquitoes so far. He wanted to praise Imperial Physician Lu, but when he saw the annoying officials, he said:

"If you have nothing to do, you can help out in the fields. My beloved concubine is a stunning beauty, and she doesn't mind the dirt..."

You bunch of rough old men, hurry up and go work in the fields, don't stand here and get in the way!