Chapter 53 Land Buying Turmoil

In the first year of Chongzhen, at the beginning of May, the drought in Shaanxi, Gansu and Shanxi intensified, especially in many places in Shaanxi, and there was no harvest for many years.

Zhu Youzhen united with the Donglin Party, swept away the eunuch party, and reused Yuan Chonghuan to pacify Liaodong, and the result was a sharp reduction in the tax burden, and a large amount of money and grain was invested in Liaodong. As a result, the imperial court will have less money and food to use for disaster relief.

In the seventh year of the Apocalypse, since the outbreak of Wang Er's uprising, the imperial court has tried its best to provide disaster relief, and there have been signs of peace. Nowadays, the money and food for disaster relief are almost cut off, and the number of hungry people in Shaanxi and Shanxi has skyrocketed.

By mid-May, the northern and eastern parts of Shaanxi were almost starving, and the situation in Shaanxi was rapidly eroding. Wang Er's uprising has not been completely extinguished, and Wang Jiayin, a native of Fugu, led the hungry people to rebel.

In the first year of Chongzhen, on May 11, Wang Jiayin and Wu Yangui broke through the county seat, robbed the rich households, and raised the banner. For a time, the responders gathered, Zhang Xianzhong, Wang Ziyong and others took the initiative to lead troops to vote, and the civil unrest quickly swept the whole of Shaanxi. Subsequently, Wang Jiayin's department merged with Wang Er's department, and the number of people quickly swelled to more than 50,000 people, and Bingfeng pointed directly at the relatively wealthy Jinzhong.

This year, the smoke of the northern land of the Ming Dynasty is everywhere, and who will notice a person named Tiemo?

At this chaotic time, Tiemo began to truly implement his own plan to open up the wasteland.

Just when Wang Jiayin led the hungry people to attack the city, no one noticed that a war broke out on the Zhangbei Plain.

Princess Luodan of the Naiman tribe of the Mongol Chahar tribe suddenly led a thousand soldiers and horses south to Zhangbei, and soon clashed with the Sunit tribe west of Zhangbei.

Aitler, the leader of the Sunit tribe, received an order from Bayan Khan and led his troops quickly southward, and a major battle began between the two sides on the Zhangbei Plain. In this battle, neither side got any benefits, but it turned the Zhangbei Plain into a bloody battlefield.

There was infighting in the Chahar Ministry, and at the same time, Chang Minyue, as a representative, invited the wealthy gentry who lived in Datong and Zhangjiakou to the Agarwood Building.

Chang Minyue offered to buy the title deed in the hands of the gentry of Zhangbei, but it was not as smooth as expected.

Chang Minyue, no, it should be said that it is iron ink. He still ignores the importance of land in the hearts of those people, Chang Minyue interviewed for the first time, but there are very few people who are really willing to sell land.

In Dark Zhuang Fort, Chang Minyue looked at Tie Mo with an unkind face, and said with a sarcastic smile: "Aren't you full of confidence?" Now you can't even buy the title deed, what kind of waste is there to open up? ”

"Are those people stupid? There is so much land wasted, and you don't have the courage to plant it, why don't you sell it while it's worth some money and keep the cubs? ”

Tie Mo scratched his scalp and looked angry.

"You can make an appointment with them in two days, and this time, push the price down a bit."

"What do you want? Now they don't want to pay this price, and they still push down the price? Chang Minyue felt that Tiemo was a little crazy.

Tie Mo's eyelids twitched, "You'll soon understand what I mean." ”

After sending Chang Minyue away, Tiemo asked the Mongolian man Ba Lie to find him, and after carefully instructing him, Ba Lie rode his horse and hurriedly left the Dark Village Fort.

Looking at Ba Lie's distant back, Tiemo only felt that his heart hurt.

In order to persuade Azig to help, he promised a lot of benefits. However, sometimes you have to give up, and you can't give up the child and can't get the wolf.

Two days later, Chang Minyue really made an appointment with those Zhangbei gentry again, and this time she not only did not raise the price, but also lowered the purchase price by one percent. Those Zhangbei gentry only felt that they had been tricked, and most of them left the Agarwood Building with black faces.

What happened in Agarwood House is not a secret, many people say that Miss Chang is sick, otherwise, how could she, who has always been shrewd and capable, do such a thing?

Isn't it too insincere to keep the purchase price pressed again and again?

Soon, a message came from Zhang Bei, so that everyone couldn't say anything anymore.

The Naiman Department sent 4,000 troops, not only defeated Aitler, but also completely occupied Zhangbei City.

Luodan princess Aqige moved her tooth tent to the south of Zhangbei City, and lived in the county yali of Zhangbeiyuan, and changed the county government to "Moon Palace".

The Moon Palace has another meaning on the prairie, meaning the palace of the pearl of the prairie.

Princess Luodan is going to live in Zhangbei City!

Azig wants to stay in Zhangbei City, doesn't that mean that the Kachin Khan of the Naiman Department has completely included Zhangbei into his sphere of influence this time.

In the past, the Mongols often attacked Zhangbei, and Zhangbei was actually under the control of the Mongols, but before, whether it was the Naiman Department or the Sunit Department, no one really regarded Zhangbei as their own territory, but just regarded Zhangbei as a fat sheep on the side of their mouths, and they fought grass and valley at any time.

That is to say, no matter how erosive the situation in Zhangbei was at that time, at least nominally, Zhangbei was still under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty.

Now it's very different, and the Naiman Department regards Zhangbei as their own territory.

As soon as this incident came out, the eyes of the people of Zhangjiakou who looked at Chang Minyue changed a little. Miss Chang boldly lowered the price before, either because she got some inside information in advance, or she was crazy.

Miss Chang can't be crazy, so there is only one answer.

When did the Chang family become so close to the Naiman Division? Such a secret plan of the Naiman Ministry would be revealed to the Chang family in advance.

No wonder Chang Minyue is willing to spend money to buy Zhangbei wasteland, eighty percent of the Chang family has secretly reached an agreement with the Naiman Ministry.

A few days later, the gentry of Zhangbei gathered in the Agarwood Building again, but this time they were the ones who were anxious. The gentry of Zhangbei unanimously agreed on Chang Minyue's previous price, but unfortunately, this time Chang Minyue said that they should consider it.

Chang Minyue's attitude is not salty, and the gentry in Zhangbei can't help but feel a little bitter in their hearts.

Hey, Miss Chang thinks the price is a bit high, and she wants to lower the price again.

Think about it, Zhangbei's land was still worth a little money before, although there is no way to farm now, but there is still hope in the future. It's good now, Princess Luodan lives in Zhangbei and doesn't leave, who wants Zhangbei's land?

At this time, when you go to Zhangbei to open up wasteland, is it to farm for yourself or for the Mongols?

Only half a day later, the gentry of Zhangbei took the initiative to lower the price by one percent, and Chang Minyue agreed to buy the title deed.

The Chang family bought land deeds on a large scale, and at the same time, the Kang family also began to find the gentry of Zhangbei and took a large number of land deeds from these gentry.

At this point, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Shanxi Jin merchants have been faintly divided into two factions.

One faction is headed by the Chang and Cao families, and the other faction is headed by the Kang family.

However, few people know that the real driving force behind this matter is the inconspicuous military Tiemo.

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Everything was ready, but the Kang family suddenly inserted a lever and snatched a lot of land, which made Chang Minteng feel a little angry.

I worked hard to keep the price down, and in the end, the Kang family didn't do anything, but they ate a lot of money.

"..... This Kang Zhendai is against us everywhere....."

Chang Minteng, who has always been elegant, couldn't help but whisper a foul word.

Chang Minyue sipped her tea, and when she saw Chang Minteng's atmosphere, she smiled and comforted: "Big brother, why are you so angry, maybe you can turn a bad thing into a good thing." ”

"Huh? What do you mean by that? ”

"In the matter of recovering the land, it seems that we are making wedding dresses for others, so that the Kang family has taken a big advantage. However, if the Kang family collects the land, but they can't open up the wasteland and farm the land, it will be a joke, and what will the other families think of the Kang family at that time? ”

"This ....."

Chang Minteng pondered it carefully, and had to admit that what Chang Minyue said made some sense.

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As soon as the vigorous land purchase turmoil dissipated, an official letter was sent to the Wanquan Command Division.

Looking at the official document in front of him, Hou Shilu only felt a little pain in the back of his head.