Not to mention how Lord Zhang is entangled here, the riverside in Zhang Ye's backyard that night, but the clear waves rippled, the sound of frogs, accompanied by thin laughter, it was not warm.

Zhang Ye as a "sick number", half lying on the bamboo chair, a big pu fan in his hand for Man Qing sitting next to him for a while, no way, there are many mosquitoes by the river; Man Qing sat next to him, one hand on her cheek, the other hand from time to time to eat the watermelon on the plate, she is rare to be so idle, is very comfortable; on the bamboo chair next to her is half lying Aunt Gui, she is afraid of the heat, the pu fan in her hand has not stopped fanning, even Uncle Gui who is sitting next to her is also fanning her; Gao Siliang sat next to Uncle Gui, he didn't talk much, so he buried his head in eating fruit. Watermelons and grapes were placed on the stone table nearby, wormwood was burning not far away, and the river breeze blew, stirring the willow branches to sway in the flickering and dimming lights of the dead wind, and by the way, the bamboo bushes made a loud noise, as if they were echoing the words of these people.

Because Zhang Ye was still pretending to be sick, although it was two streets away from Master Zhang's yard, even Aunt Gui lowered her voice, "This watermelon is sweet!

Uncle Gui nodded again and again, "I took a closer look, and the open land to the west can be opened, and it is good to grow crops......! I just don't know if I can open it. As he spoke, he looked at Zhang Ye on the side.

Zhang Ye took advantage of the darkness to grab Man Qing's little hand and rub it, and he had already thought that he had run away, so he didn't react until he was pinched by Man Qing fiercely, "Oh, Uncle Gui is talking about the land in the west," he calmed down, "I'm already going through the formalities with the old men in the town over there, and it is estimated that I will be able to come down in half a month." This time, I applied not only for more than 500 acres of land in the west, but also more than 300 acres in the south, as well as several nearby mountains. ”

Tong River in the east of the wharf, across the river there is a small piece of flat land, but more is a big mountain, a large piece of gentle mountain in the north is the tung forest, the west is to go to the town, is also a mountain, mostly weeds and shrubs, tall trees can not be seen, but fortunately the mountain undulation is not big; the terrain in the south and the north is similar, there are some undulating small slopes under the high mountain, and some tung trees have grown, but the level is uneven, and it has not had time to take care of.

Speaking of this, Zhang Ye became interested, put down Man Qing's hand, and moved the bamboo chair in the direction of Uncle Gui, " Once these places are approved, my plan is as follows: More than 100 acres in the south will be planted with tung forests, and the oil mill will be built in the south, and then some land will be left in the southernmost part to build some simple houses, and when the time comes, the tung forests will also be planted by people, and they will live there; I am going to ask people to open up the land in the west, and the land over there is quite flat, and it is good to grow grain, fruits, and vegetables; and the north is not ready to expand now, and if necessary, I will go up a little bit to the mountains in the future. Zhang Ye stopped again and looked at Uncle Gui, "Uncle Gui, do you say that there is anything else to grow by the river besides the paulownia tree? ”

Uncle Gui and the others frowned and listened to him.

"You see, our Tong River is wide and deep, and although there are many mountains nearby, the current is not very fast, and it is the most convenient to sail. In the future, we will have more tung oil here, and there will be a lot of big ships coming, and the big ships can't just load some tung oil, right, what else can they decorate?"

Uncle Gui and the others nodded again and again, and couldn't help but fall into thought, "Plant something that is good luck and go out, and sell it well...... I'll have to think about it. ”

Zhang Ye nodded, solemnly handed over this task to Uncle Gui, and then said his own plan, "I plan to build a large distribution market here at the dock - here," he sat up, dipped his hand in the water on the plate, and drew briefly on the table, "After crossing the river and going over two more mountains, there are Miao and Yao people, and they have a lot of good things in them!" They can't get their good things out, and it's not convenient to come out to buy things, so I plan to build a simple wharf on the riverside side in the future, and then build a simple road to their big village. Here, twenty miles to the top of the Tong River, there are no towns, all villages and villages, and it is not convenient for them to go to the county or the town, but what if I hire a few boats and a market every three days to pick them up? There is also our sweet water town, which is far to the county seat, and even farther to the next county, what if we go from our wharf? If we take the waterway, we go to the county seat a little far, but the next county is convenient......

Man Qing listened to him quietly, and in his low voice filled with excitement, he seemed to see the future here: a prosperous dock town, a market every three days, ushered in the send-off, people in the vicinity gathered, rich in products, everyone was busy for the future, full and happy. She looked up at him in the shadows of the lamp, and his eyes sparkled in the darkness, as if the distant stars in the sky had run into his eyes, gentle and dizzy: he was so good, he was not only her hero alone, but the hero of all the people in the neighborhood, how fortunate she was to be favored by him.

Thinking about it, she involuntarily leaned towards his side. Zhang Ye saw it, and while chatting with Uncle Gui and them about the future plan to make the men enthusiastic, he grabbed her hand again and rubbed it carefully where her palm had a calloon.

For a man like him, the most important thing is to expand his territory outside in the wind and rain, so his woman can't be a little white flower who can't lift her hands and shoulders, she must be his virtuous helper, and carry everything inside and outside the house. He wants a woman's softness and obedience, but he appreciates the cocoons in the woman's palm more. To tell the truth, Aunt Gui is the person he admires, if he hadn't pretended to be sick today, he would have been willing to sit on a small bamboo stool and give up the comfortable recliner to Man Qing.

That night, Man Qing and Aunt Gui went to live at Gui's house, and the senior stayed to accompany Zhang Ye. Early the next morning, Uncle Gui and Aunt Gui were worried about the family's fields, so they went back first, and Man Qing continued to be a little maid for Zhang Ye.

Zhang Ye sent a worker to Master Zhang early in the morning and asked them what they wanted to buy. Mrs. Liu said wait, don't bother them. Zhang Ye estimated that they would not stay for a long time, and it was not good to continue to pretend to be sick, so he simply got up early in the morning and went to work in the tung forest. As soon as he left, Man Qing naturally wouldn't stay stupid in the yard, and went to her small yard by the river to clean up. So Mrs. Liu sent someone to Zhang's house to take a look, and there was no ghost.

She was so angry that her eyebrows were about to rise when she heard Mrs. Liu's report: "This is what you said is not in the pool?! I don't even have this etiquette, and I still want to eat swan meat like a toad, and I don't pee and take care of it myself!"

Master Zhang touched the few beards on his chin, very helpless. Zhang Ye sent someone early in the morning to tell him that he was going to Tongshulin to have something to do today, and invited him to join him - he was not one of those big men who rolled up his sleeves to work, what was he going to do, so he declined politely, and greatly praised Zhang Ye for his hard work. But Madame, here it is—

"I think you'd better go back first! Now this dock is still just being built, and you can't see a lot of things now, and when it's built, you will have everything, and you can come back to escape the heat in the summer!" Lord Zhang looked at his strong wife, still a little unwilling, "You really don't want to give Xiao Wan a consideration for this kid? I can tell you-"

"What kind of consideration do you consider, it's so big and coarse, and you still want to marry the baby daughter of my Liu family, dream about him!"

"He's a big guy now, but in the future—"

"In the future, he will also be a big boss! Could it be that he can still go to the top exam to be the prefect?!"

"Alas-" Lord Zhang sighed, sighing for this short-sighted old lady, and also sighing for this big brother: Also, this dock is so big, how capable can it be in the future?

He didn't know that Zhang Ye's land was granted in the town, and the county officials were not as good as the current management, and the ancients were honest and did not deceive me.