After signing this contract, Guo Dan immediately became not so strong, and smiled at Liang Kui and other big landlords: "Seniors, this will be a historic contract, and it will definitely go down in history."

Because this contract will make Weihui Mansion recast its former glory, it should be celebrated, but now the situation of Weihui Mansion is really not suitable for celebration, so we will postpone this celebration to a year later, I promise that after a year, you will be very happy to sign this contract, and life must be much better than now. ”

It turns out that after saying so much, we will not be left to eat here.

Many landlords showed disdain, and they all let us go home to eat at such a late hour.

Liang Kui smiled: "Okay, then let's celebrate in a year." ”

"It's a deal."

After sending them away, Zhu Yihua said: "Guo Dan, I think you are really cheap to them, why should you help them pay taxes, if you exempt this agricultural tax, what do you give to the imperial court." ”

There are still some differences between this guy and Xu Jirong, because during the period of Zhang Juzheng, Empress Dowager Li had the idea of abolishing Wanli, so he was also cultivating him at that time, and later when Wanli went to his mausoleum to inspect the period, he was responsible for handling government affairs.

This is also why he can talk eloquently in the hall without stage fright at all.

Guo Dan smiled bitterly: "I have no choice, I have to control grain and grain prices, if there is no such foundation, then it will be difficult for industry and commerce to develop, and it will be difficult for me to control the situation in Weihui Mansion." ”

No matter what area is developed, the first step is to solve the food problem, if this problem is not solved, then there is nothing to talk about, Guo Danyan's purpose is to control the grain.

And the price of food should not be too high, if the price of food is too high, then all the money will be sucked away by the grain merchants, the currency will not be circulated, and other industries will not be able to develop, especially the service industry.

Therefore, after negotiating with Liang Kui and them, Guo Dan did not stop there, and he began to interview the big landlords in other counties and buy all their grain.

When those big landlords saw that Liang Kui had signed them, they didn't play tricks and honestly owed a contract to Guo Dan.

In fact, they do not lose money, the grain is left there, it cannot be sold, and it is difficult to preserve, so it is better to exchange it for some silver, and they can now be justified without paying taxes, and officially take the land they hide for themselves, and no matter how much land they own, they do not have to pay taxes anyway.

Within a few days, Guo Dan controlled eighty or ninety percent of the grain in Weihui Mansion, of course, he paid a small part of the money.

Although in recent years, the weather has not been beautiful, and the grain harvest has not been successful, but it does not mean that there is no food, these big landlords occupy half of the land in Weihui Mansion, pay little taxes, and there is no way to collect the Luwang Mansion from them.

Therefore, there are many, many surpluses every year, so much that they can only raise rats, in short, it is drought and drought and waterlogging.

All their grain was enough to sustain the autumn harvest.

On the other hand, Guo Dan was frantically recruiting workers, and began to divide the people into types of work, those who were about forty years old, and had no skills, and could only farm, went to work as hired farmers.

The imperial court still has a lot of land here, of course Guo Dan will not plant it himself, he will contract all these lands to some small landlords who are on the verge of bankruptcy, and at the same time gather all the fragmented land in the hands of the people, and subinherit a piece to them, because the people now have to find a job to be able to get food immediately, and planting their own fields cannot get food immediately.

And those small landlords are actually worse than the commoners, because they have a bit of a family background, but at the same time, their background is not hard enough, and they all rely on their own efforts, so those minions of King Lu are specifically looking for this kind of small landlords and small businessmen.

A lot of them have gone bankrupt.

If you don't go bankrupt, you're lucky.

These small landlords, get so many fields, merge together, to form a large-scale farmland, it is really endless, they also turned into one of the top landlords in Weihui Mansion, and Guo Dan will also plough cattle and farm tools for redistribution, all farms are cultivated with livestock, to minimize manpower.

In this way, the productive forces are freed from the farmland.

In addition, the notice stated that when both husband and wife were working, the children went to school free of charge, thus freeing up the women's labor force.

Of course, this is just the beginning, not immediately into the workshop work, but mainly engineering.

Lots of young people are building docks, roads, warehouses and rivers.

They all settle accounts every day, take as much as they do, and go to the grain store to buy grain when they get the money. Guo Dan took the money and paid them salaries, this money is going around here, Guo Dan is losing money every day, and he has to bear more than 200,000 taels of taxes.

But he got a revitalized Weihui Mansion.

The entire Weihui Mansion seems to be alive, a few days ago, it was still tense, to fight and kill, but now it is not closed at night, and the road is not left behind.

Of course, it is worth it, because it will lay a solid foundation for the arrival of industry and commerce, and the stability maintenance fee will also fall in an avalanche.

"I have to admit that kid is indeed powerful, it's only been a few days, and the entire Weihui Mansion has returned to calm, even if Lord Shoufu comes here in person, it is impossible to do so."

Dong Ping stood on the hillside, looking at the busy people, looking at the curling smoke of each household, he couldn't help but sigh, after a while, he turned his head to look at Tong Li and said: "Tong Xiaoqi, he is your subordinate, and you are the boss who is also stained." ”

Tong Li cried and laughed: "My lord is laughing, and now I am still confused about this, who is the boss and who is the subordinate." ”

When Dong Ping heard this, he couldn't help but change his complexion, and said seriously: "You are Xiaoqi, and he is just a small captain, of course you are his boss, you must keep this in mind, otherwise, I will remove you." ”

Tong Li was stunned for a moment, and then hugged his fists and said, "I understand my humble position." ”

Dong Ping nodded and said, "In a few days, I will return to Beijing to resume my life, and this place will be handed over to you for the time being, and if anything happens, send a message to me immediately." ”

"Obedience."

....．

on the pier.

"Uncle, this is Brother Wang, who is quite prestigious in this generation."

Chen Chen brought a young man with a beard to Guo Dan.

The beard hurriedly said: "Don't dare, don't dare, all this is the blessing of Captain Tuoguo." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Guo Dan asked.

"It's not..." As soon as the words came out, the beard suddenly reacted, and said with a smile: "Of course, this is the blessing of Captain Guo, if Captain Guo doesn't come, then I'm afraid I will have to go up the mountain to be a robber." ”

Guo nodded with a smile and asked, "What's your name?" ”

"Brother Wang."

"Your name, I asked."

"My name is Brother Wang." The beard said embarrassedly.

“......！”

In the future, I will give birth to a son called Guo Dad to see who will take advantage. Guo Dan said angrily: "Your father really knows how to choose a name, and this dock will be handed over to you in the future." ”

The bearded man was excited when he heard this, and he hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "Thanks to Captain Guo, I will not disappoint Captain Guo." ”

Guo Dan nodded, waved his hand, and said, "You go and get busy." ”

"Yes."

This Brother Wang was bought by Guo Dan's people early on, and in the process of grabbing grain, he gained great prestige, and there are many people like him, and these people will be promoted to the supervisors here.

This was also arranged by Guo Dan a long time ago.

"Uncle, look."

Chenchen suddenly pointed to the east side of the road.

Guo Dan raised his eyes and saw more than 30 cargo ships coming up the river.

After a while, I saw a round Humpty Dumpty standing on the bow of the boat and shouting, "Nephew Guo Xian, nephew Guo Xian." ”

It was Chen Ping.

Guo Dan beckoned, and then immediately walked over.

When the boat docked, Chen Ping couldn't wait to get off the boat, looked left and right, "Oh, this has already been done." ”

Guo Dan snorted: "Chen Yuanwai, you are embarrassed to say that if you want to come later, then I will do it myself, and you can go back." ”

"Virtuous nephew, this... This... It's my fault, sorry, sorry, I'm really... I really didn't expect you to settle so quickly, I thought I was too early. Chen Ping apologized again and again.

Guo Dan said: "Don't talk about these, have you brought the goods and silver?" ”

"Brought, brought, brought."

Chen Ping nodded straightly, he was very embarrassed, such a big matter was delayed.

Guo Dan nodded and said: "All the projects here will be handed over to you, and I will give you the expenditure account book for the past few days later, and you will pay me the money." ”

"Okay, no problem." Chen Ping didn't say a word, nodded and agreed.

Guo Dan won't do any project by himself, he doesn't know this thing, he doesn't want to put his energy into it, he is at most investing, this project was originally contracted to Chen Ping, Chen Ping also went to the Daimyo's Mansion to prepare, but Chen Ping didn't expect Guo Dan to settle here so quickly.

However, the arrival of Chen Ping relieved Guo Dan of a lot of pressure, the money for the project, Chen Ping himself first cushioned, and then went directly to Yinuoya to settle the bill, he not only brought a lot of silver, but also brought a large number of textile machines and other production tools.

Chen Ping is not afraid of Shilin's resistance, because all the projects he is engaged in now are in Guo Dan's hands, so as long as he does not offend Guo Dan, he will have money to make, and he has no worries.

But Zhou Feng still has a lot of concerns.

A no-tooth line.

"The old man invited you to come here today because the little son-in-law has already sent a message, he has taken over the Weihui Mansion, let the old man tell you, if you are interested in going to the Weihui Mansion to do business, you have to go now."

Kou Shouxin to Zhou Feng and the others.

Kou Liansha stood beside Kou Shouxin as before, but this woman still couldn't get on the table.

Zhou Feng was extremely surprised and said: "Brother Kou, a few days ago, we also heard that the virtuous nephew had lost the news, and I don't know where it was, it has only been a few days, why has the virtuous nephew already taken over Weihui Mansion." ”

Kou Shouxin shook his head and said: "This old man doesn't know, the letter doesn't state this, the letter just says that he has taken over Weihui Mansion, if you are interested, hurry over, otherwise, he will have to find another way." ”

After hearing this, everyone couldn't help but look at each other.

Cao Da sneered: "But we don't have anything to prepare now. ”

Kou Zhuansha said: "You just need to bring the money over." ”

"The money isn't ready either." Cao Da said busily.

Kou Shouxin said: "Then what do you mean? ”

Cao Dadao: "We are all interested, but... But we have to give some time to prepare, and it's not a small amount of money. ”

The rest of the people nodded their heads as well.

They haven't received any news yet, and they don't know what the imperial court's attitude is towards this matter, they still have to wait and see, after all, they have heard about what happened to Guo Dan on the road, and they are all secretly glad that they didn't agree to Guo Dan at that time, what is the difference between this situation and sending him to death.

Unexpectedly, Guo Dan suddenly wrote to him, saying that he had taken over Weihui Mansion.

It's incredible!

Kou Shouxin pondered for a moment and said: "The old man doesn't know what the situation is over there, since this is the case, the old man can only tell the little son-in-law truthfully, and the specific what he will do, the old man can't guarantee it." ”

The major shareholders can't help but look at each other.

Zhou Feng smiled and said, "Or, Brother Kou, you will reply later?" ”

Kou Shouxin said: "That's not good, the son-in-law asked the old man to reply to him as soon as possible, we are also taking a lot of risks in this matter, and we can't make mistakes." ”

"It's... Well, that... Then we will get back to you as soon as possible. Zhou Feng nodded awkwardly.

The rest of them were also confused.

At present, they don't know anything, where they dare to bet, they still have to inquire and see the reaction of the imperial court.