The first of these, " zerat ", is used if the land is in the planter's sole possession, and the ryot employed to work the land is a hired labourer.
12.
To give people more incentives to participate in the market, they reduced the tax burden in comparison with the late Ming, and replaced the Corv�e system with a head tax used to hire labourers.
13.
A well known folk song, " The Galbally Farmer ", ( with a tune also known as " Thank God we're surrounded by water " ), tells of the trials suffered by a hired labourer working for the miserly farmer of the title, Darby O'Leary.
