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Part II.  Examining the Rent.  "For the peasants fleeced in a thousand and one ways by the landlords and their henchmen, the rent collection courtyard was the gateway to hell."

The man with the stern look on his face is one of the landlord's "henchmen" and is examining the grain brought in by the peasants, who do not look upon their oppressor.