After Ye Guangyuan and his entourage left, Ren Xiaoyao glanced at Bai Liyun and Bai Rongquan, and didn't understand why these two people didn't leave, so he was embarrassed to talk to Ye Guangyuan about building a house and sharing profits.

"Uncle Rong, don't you have something to talk to Ren Gongzi? Now that Ren Gongzi is idle, aren't you going to say it? Bai Liyun felt Ren Xiaoyao's gaze and shouted at Bai Rongquan behind him.

Ren Xiaoyao rolled his eyes when he heard Bai Liyun's words. If it weren't for you here, I would have had a lot of things to discuss with the fat man.

raised his head and glanced at Bai Rongquan, who was rarely awkward, and said with a smile: "General Bai has something to say, except for my innocence that I can't give you, I can consider and consider everything else." ”

"Poof!" Bai Liyun heard Ren Xiaoyao's ridicule, her face was slightly red, and she hurriedly covered her cherry mouth and forcibly held back the smile in her heart. And Ye Guangyuan had already laughed out loud.

"Let it go!" Bai Rongquan gritted his teeth and shouted: "I just heard that you are going to build a tent and want to find some small money for the soldiers for the New Year, what are you talking nonsense, who is rare about your body, eh, who likes men"

After listening to Bai Rongquan's words, Bai Liyun finally couldn't help the smile in her heart, picked up the handkerchief in her hand, blocked the lower half of her face, and laughed quietly.

Ye Guangyuan laughed even more, and joked: "Hahaha, Lao Bai, I can't see that you are good, I finally know why you haven't married until now." ”

"What General Ebai said just now, Xiaoyao doesn't understand very well, what does this have to do with Xiaoyao." Ren Xiaoyao saw Bai Rong's black face, and it was not too funny, so he couldn't help but laugh.

"Hmph, I heard that the prince said that you need to build a tent on 200 acres of land, and all the soldiers I waved have experience in setting up tents, so I came to ask you if you need it." Bai Rongquan knew that he was stupid, so he didn't pay attention to the laughter, and said seriously.

Ren Xiaoyao suddenly realized that he wanted to set up a tent, but he didn't plan to waste the silver here, setting up a tent in the space was only a matter of minutes, so why use slow manpower.

He refused: "I'm afraid this will not work, although I see that the soldiers of the palace are well-trained, but my tent is different, and there is already a group of people ready to build the tent needed for 200 acres in one night." ”

Bai Rongquan showed a disappointed look, he originally thought that he could earn a sum of money from Ren Xiaoyao, so that the soldiers could go home a little, even if the soldiers couldn't go home for the New Year, they would have as much filial piety as possible.

He came back to his senses and said, "Even if Ren Gongzi doesn't want to hire me to wave down the soldiers to build a tent, he can't say such wild words!" The tents needed to be built on 200 acres of land, I didn't dare to guarantee that they could be built overnight with 5,000 elite soldiers. “

"Hehe, is it my wild words or General Bai's lack of knowledge, won't you know when the time comes?" Ren Xiaoyao saw Bai Rongquan's disappointed eyes, and said lightly: "However, although I don't need the manpower to build a tent, I still have a project that requires a lot of manpower."

"What engineering? Although I can't put all the soldiers into the project, I can still command 4,000 soldiers, and these soldiers are idle anyway. ”

Bai Rongquan saw that there was still a glimmer of life, and hurriedly said.

Ren Xiaoyao rolled his eyes at Bai Rongquan, and a moment ago he was sneering, and his face changed suddenly.

"You should know that I have already started to buy the Xishi Courtyard Mansion, and the purpose should also be to know that I haven't recruited anyone for this house demolition, and if you swing the soldiers fast enough, I don't mind recruiting all 4,000 people."

Compared with recruiting scattered people, Ren Xiaoyao still prefers well-trained soldiers, at least the soldiers will not be lazy, easy to manage, and if there is anything, just talk to Bai Rong directly.

"Don't worry, with me, those rabbit cubs don't dare to slack off, but this salary, how to calculate." Bai Rongquan assured in a serious manner.

"Fatty, do you see enough silver, no matter how long you look at it, it won't give birth to broken silver. Come and talk to General Bai about the wages for the demolition of the house. ”

Ren Xiaoyao turned around and shouted at Ye Guangyuan, who didn't know when he ran back to see the silver, he didn't know the market, so he should hand it over to Ye Guangyuan to talk about.

After talking for a long time, Ren Xiaoyao felt that his throat was smoking, glanced at the silk bamboo next to Bailiyun, and shook his head, he didn't want to ask this woman to serve tea, in case he got nervous again, and it would be troublesome to pick his own thorns.

When I saw a garden hall in the courtyard that was taking care of ornamental plants, I walked over and asked him to bring a set of teacups and a pot of hot water, and casually go to Hu Dahu to get some saffron

Walked back to the stone pavilion, wiped the sweat on his body, I don't know why, it was very hot at noon today, fortunately I wore silk clothes and pants, otherwise I don't know how hot it is.

Looking up and seeing Bailiyun's sweaty skin, he asked strangely: "County Lord, don't you think it's hot today?" Is it usually so hot this season? ”

"Well, this year is indeed a little hotter, and in previous years, I have already put on a cotton jacket, which may be related to the locust plague in the Chu River area. But the heart is calm and naturally cool, so it's good for Ren Gongzi to calm down. But I'm afraid that food prices will rise a lot next year," Bai Liyun said lightly.

"A plague of locusts? How can there be a plague of locusts in this winter, and are not locust nights only common in summer? Why is there a locust night now! Looks like I'm going to have to be ready. Ren Xiaoyao muttered to himself.

The locust plague was very terrifying in this relatively primitive period, no less than the spread of viruses on Earth. In ancient Chinese history, there was even nothing to eat because of the locust plague, to the point of eating people.

came back to his senses and said to Ye Guangyuan, who was negotiating with Bai Rongquan on the side: "Fatty, you immediately send someone to call back all the people who bought the house, stop all plans to buy the house, and forget about the houses that have already been bought." ”

"Huh? Loose boy, you shouldn't regret it, this can't be done, then I will die, I must continue. Ye Guangyuan suddenly heard that he didn't buy the hospital, and hurriedly said.

Bai Liyun frowned, she knew why Ren Xiaoyao did this, and she was a little annoyed why she said the locust plague, and said angrily: "Ren Gongzi didn't do this properly, right?" What is the difference between this and robbing while the fire is hot? ”

"The reason why a merchant is called a merchant is because I believe that the county lord also knows how to strive for the greatest profit, and this is a qualified merchant. If you don't even know what a merchant means, don't talk to me about the word merchant. ”

Ren Xiaoyao had to admire Bai Liyun's cleverness, and guessed his purpose at once, and said solemnly.

"That being said, the money you earn can be used with peace of mind, Uncle Yuan, I don't allow you to stop buying the courtyard." Bai Liyun got up and glanced at Ren Xiaoyao in disgust, gritted her teeth.

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Bai Rongquan and Ye Guangyuan glanced at each other, not knowing what Ren Xiaoyao was talking about, Bai Liyun suddenly became so excited.

"County Lord, why are you so excited? I can't help but discuss it with Ren Gongzi."

"Hey, carefree boy, why did you provoke Qian Yun like this? If you have something to say, you can talk about it! ”

Ren Xiaoyao glanced at Bai Liyun, whose eyes were red, shook his head and said to himself: "I don't deny that you are very smart, but." It doesn't seem to be one, it doesn't seem to be the sky; More than one, less than the day; Never smart and clever, but he counted all the mechanisms. ”

After speaking, he ignored Bai Liyun, turned his head to Bai Rongquan and asked, "Can the prince be in the house?" I have something important to discuss with the prince. ”

"Lord E, you should be taking a nap at this time" Bai Rongquan saw Ren Xiaoyao's serious expression, and the anger in his heart disappeared inexplicably, and he spoke.

"Then take me to the prince, at this time, it is about the life and death of all civilians in Four Seasons County, and I can't afford to delay." Ren Xiaoyao is a serious way

After Ren Xiaoyao and Bai Rongquan left, Ye Guangyuan dared to breathe hard, he had never seen Ren Xiaoyao so serious, even if he talked to him about buying hundreds of thousands of taels of silver from the courtyard, he had never been so serious, as if he had become another person.

"Qian Yun, are you okay? Why did you and that kid get into an argument so well? I've never seen this kid so serious. ”

"It's okay, Uncle Yuan, let's go over and have a look." Bai Liyun gently wiped the tears in her eyes with a handkerchief and said

In the main hall of the palace, the voice of Prince Jing came.

"Oh? Do you mean that during the locust plague, you provide rice without interruption? Isn't it too much of a loss to do so? Tell us about your conditions! ”

"Of course, the conditions are there, but I said in advance that this rice will only be provided to the residents of Four Seasons County, and if outsiders come to make trouble, I will not show mercy."

Ren Xiaoyao said with unprecedented seriousness: "The condition is to give me all the unreported courtyards in the West City, including the land in the streets, in other words, except for the courtyards in the West City, all the other lands belong to me." ”

"Huh? Ren Gongzi's ambition is not small, but this is impossible, although there are few unreported courtyards and streets, but at least it also accounts for one-tenth of the land in Xishi, and there are 150 acres, which can never be given away in vain. Prince Jing shook his head and said.

"And what if I add one more condition? If the court wants to levy grain for disaster relief, I can reduce the market price by half and sell it to the court for five cents a pound of rice. It's okay now, right? ”

Ren Xiaoyao had already guessed that Prince Jing would not give in so easily, and said in a surprising voice.

Prince Jing glanced at Ren Xiaoyao strangely, and wondered in his heart: What kind of trick did this kid make, shouldn't this be stupid. opened his mouth and said: "Boy, you can't talk nonsense, if I report to the court, if you lie, you will punish the nine clans." ”

"This is not to worry about the prince, Xiaoyao is self-aware, and the grain is only afraid that if he does not buy it, it will definitely not be enough." Ren Xiaoyao swore and promised.

For him, buy some rice crops that are several crops a year and plant them in space, taking varieties with three crops a year as an example. In reality, you can harvest a crop in 10 days, and this is still not using the speed of spring water and river water.

If you use diluted spring water, the yield is immeasurable. Even the most ordinary spring water in the space at the beginning had a miraculous effect of a drop of five years, let alone a drop of fifteen years now.

A drop of 15-year-old spring water can be diluted 45 times to become 46 drops of 1/3-year-old miraculous spring water, and a single drop of such spring water can instantly turn a young rice seedling with three stubbles into a mature rice seedling full of rice.

Faced with Ren Yao's tempting conditions, Prince Jing was very entangled. Although he had not experienced a locust plague, he knew the consequences of the locust plague.

But he has been ignoring the government for many years, and he has recently been pressed to Beijing because of the original county order of Four Seasons County to develop iron ore without permission, and the new county commander has not arrived, so he took over Four Seasons County.

After many years, his influence in the court has long been less than before, and he can't guarantee anything to Ren Xiaoyao, just as he wanted to open his mouth to explain to Ren Xiaoyao, he heard Ye Linfeng's voice from the courtyard.

"Okay, the old man agreed for Tiancheng, from now on, you will provide a catty of white rice to every resident of Four Seasons County every day, and I will send someone to negotiate with the emperor."

Ren Xiaoyao heard the voice and looked back at Ye Linfeng strangely, not knowing what kind of ability this old man had to speak like this, and asked Prince Jing, "Lord Wang, what is this?" ”

"Hehehe, this is the emperor's concubine today, and he is also Guangyuan's father, although he has ignored the government for many years, most of the civil officials in the current court are the disciples and grandsons of Ye Taifu, and what he said is a hundred times more useful than this king." Prince Jing explained.

Ren Xiaoyao remembered the strange look in his eyes when he talked about Ye Guangyuan's father with Baili Yunshang that day, and now he finally knows why.

He originally just thought that the Ye family was just a family that got rich in business and hooked up with the palace with silver, but he didn't expect the old man of Ye Guangyuan's family to be so big, and he scolded Ye Guangyuan one hundred and eighty times in his heart.

"Taifu's words are poor, and the folk words Taifu should also know, don't be gullible when you speak for officials; For businessmen, you should be suspicious. If you don't get the court announcement on this day, it is impossible to send rice to Xiaoyao. ”

"Hehehe, you are the third person who doubts what I said, the first is the emperor today, and the second is Tiancheng in front of him, and he has guts. I can now ask Tiancheng to write a contract to transfer all the borderless lands in West City to you, so satisfied, right? You can just send rice tomorrow, right? ”

Ye Linfeng laughed.

When Ren Xiaoyao heard this, he glanced at Prince Jing, and saw that he kept signaling him to agree, and said: "A gentleman's word, the horse is difficult to chase." I'll go back and prepare the grain, and after dark, ask the prince to send someone to deliver the contract, and come to get the grain by the way. ”

After saying that, he saluted, and strode out, and halfway through, he remembered that he didn't know how many people there were in Four Seasons County, and he didn't know how much food to prepare.

Just as he was about to turn back, he saw Bai Liyun and Ye Guangyuan just walking to the courtyard. He walked forward and asked Ye Guangyuan about the approximate number of people in Four Seasons County, and left. From beginning to end, I didn't look at Bai Liyun squarely.

For Bai Liyun, who doesn't know the cause and effect, he speculates indiscriminately, and is blindly arrogant. Ren Xiaoyao adheres to the principle that the Tao is different and does not conspire with each other, and stays away, anyway, he has nothing to do with Bailiyun.

Along the way, I saw many ordinary people holding a lot of things, all kinds of things, but most of them were some food. There are all kinds of whole grains such as potatoes and sweet potatoes.

Originally, at this time, the stall owners who were all on the street were gone. I don't know who revealed the news of the locust plague.

To be continued (To be continued. )