But the light-hearted thought lasted only a few hours.

In the afternoon of the same day, Bai Qiao was still taking a lunch break, Qinglan hurriedly woke her up and asked her to change her clothes quickly, the sage announced that she was serving tea, and the little eunuch who came to pick her up was already waiting outside.

Bai Ko was speechless for a while, dressed up, and entered the imperial camp in the carriage that came to pick him up, and after washing his hands, he was led into the dragon tent.

The dragon tent was warm and coaxing, the saint was already waiting, and there was still only one person around him, Bai Ko stepped forward to salute, and then went to the tea table to boil water, made a pot of kung fu tea for the saint, and served it in front of the emperor.

The saint picked up a small cup with two fingers and tasted it slowly, looking comfortable and relaxed, while Bai Ko returned to the teastove and waited for the second pot of water to boil, added water to the teapot, and took it to the emperor to fill the empty teacups one by one.

The saint who had drunk a cup of tea was not in a hurry to drink it again at this time, let the tea be placed, reached out and picked up the dim sum with the tea and tasted it slowly, and then drank another cup, and when he put down the tea cup, his eyelids lifted, and he saw Bai Ko standing respectfully below, snorting.

"Little girl."

"The slave is here."

"How busy has Gu Yun been lately? Let him be an imperial businessman, except for seeing his letter of thanks, he has not seen any movement, it seems that there is nothing to talk to me, and I have to give it to him to use, do you know how many people are jealous? ”

"The slave and maid dare not thank His Majesty for his grace on behalf of the prince, it is better for the slave and maid to invite the prince to thank His Majesty in person."

"Hmph, it's not uncommon."

The sage rolled his eyes, picked up the small teacup in front of him and drank it in one gulp.

"I heard that there are five other natural villages on the land that the young people have united? Is there no better land on the outskirts of Beijing? ”

"Your Majesty, there is only a day's journey from the capital by carriage, to be honest, there is really only that eye-catching land, if you go farther, go farther than this Balidu royal paddock, naturally there will be better land, but too far away is inconvenient to communicate with the capital, compromise, there is only that one is the best choice."

"What are you going to do with those five villages?"

"The current plan is to lease the entire village land and hire the villagers as hired farmers."

"Let the villagers earn two shares?"

"As long as they are willing to sign a contract, the water conservancy works under construction will be extended to the village for them to use for free, and the villagers do not have to leave their homeland for generations, and after becoming hired farmers, the quality of the crop harvest has nothing to do with them, even if the grain is not harvested, it will not affect their monthly wages on time."

The sage's brows widened when he heard this, and his eyes lit up, "Hmm, it's a little interesting, it should feel good, have you talked to the villagers?" ”

"Not yet, the water conservancy fortifications are still under construction, the five villages are temporarily hanging aside, and then talk about it when it is repaired near them, if they don't agree, they won't be forced to go around, just go around, sooner or later they will take the initiative to ask for cooperation, and at that time, the villagers will agree to any harsh conditions on our side."

"Isn't it good to play with people's hearts?"

"Your Majesty, this is not called playing with people's hearts, this is called taking the blame on ourselves, now we are asking the villagers to cooperate, and the conditions are open to them, and we are even ready to turn the wasteland into a place overnight, but if they themselves give up this only best opportunity, and regret it after a year or two, and come to us again, then the conditions should be opened by us. After all, at that time, the basic civil works were completed and officially used, and the villagers came to ask for cooperation, so in order to extend the water conservancy fortifications, a large area of nearby land was about to become a construction site, which means that the land would have no income, which was a great loss for us, so we still hope that it can be negotiated at one time, not repeatedly. ”

"Well, I understand what you mean, the method seems to be a good way, it shouldn't become a matter of forcible requisition and forcible occupation, otherwise the villagers are so close to the capital, and they will go to the yamen to complain, and I won't have a good face to show them those boys."

"Those sons and brothers are also worried that if they don't get it right, it will become a scandal and affect the family, so they came up with such a gentle idea, and they just waited for the time to talk to the villagers."

"It's okay, since you have an idea, I'll do it, anyway, I'm watching the good and bad things from behind, and if you get into trouble, be careful."

"The slave must tell my family."

"Okay, step down, come back tomorrow, you will serve the tea for the past few days."

"Yes, slave and maid."

Bai Ko saluted and retired, there was a carriage outside to take her back to the small camp, put her down outside the camp gate, Bai Ko walked into the camp, and when she passed the small square in the center of the camp, she was called in by Gu Yun, he was alone in the tent, and there was not even a girl who served tea, Bai Ko called the prince lightly, walked to the brazier and rubbed his hands.

"You like to be alone so much when you're away from home?"

"I deliberately waited for you, otherwise I would have played with them a long time ago."

"Oh, I'm going to keep catching foxes this year, don't forget."

"Excuse me, huh?"

"Don't dare."

"Tsk, is there anything else in this world that you don't dare?" Gu Yun hooked his fingers at Bai Ko, Bai Ko pretended not to see it, and stood firmly in front of the brazier without moving.

Gu Yun got up helplessly, walked over to talk, Bai Qiao insisted on being separated from him by a brazier, causing Gu Yun to stare at her with his arms crossed, but after a while, he laughed again.

"Okay, okay, let's stop making trouble, let's talk again in the saint's tent?"

"Talked, good chat."

"What did the saint say?"

"He said you can do whatever you want, anyway, he is watching the good and bad things from behind, if you get into trouble, don't blame him for not having a good face for you."

"Excuse me?"

"** not far from ten."

Gu Yun rubbed his face vigorously, "This is telling us not to come nonsense." ”

"The sage said that the idea of renting land and hiring farmers is good, you can give it a try."

"I knew it might have something to do with it."

"The sage also said, let you be an imperial businessman, except for the beginning of the receipt of a book of thanksgiving, there is no news, I don't know if you have nothing to talk to him, we are short of talent and have to send people over to his old man, he is a little dissatisfied with you."

"Huh?! The craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry took the initiative to come to the door, is it really the meaning of the imperial court? It's a shame that we've been deceiving ourselves for so long. ”

"The saint actually has a lot of grace to you, do it well, don't disappoint him, the fact that the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry took the initiative to come to the door has caused many people to be jealous, be careful."

"So it's not easy to say that the imperial merchant is not good, and no one knows when he offends him."

"Be more careful, now the saint is staring at the farm's every move, if those five villages are taken safely and smoothly, your status in the heart of the saint will be different, if you take the Jinshi exam again in the future, there will definitely be a place for you in the big and small Jiuqing in a few decades."

"It's sweet in your mouth."

"Shooting the master and the horse P is a necessary skill."

"This kind of Cheng dù's horse P just wants to coax me? Am I so coaxed? ”

Gu Yun suddenly grinned, jumped over the brazier, pounced on Bai Ko, hugged her tightly, and led her to the inside of the tent, avoiding the cold wind at the door, and then, of course, taking the sweetness he liked.