Lu Hui accepted Xu You's offer, just as Du Sanxing said, he was only seeking money, and he didn't want to force Zhan Hong to take risks. However, if the money is less, the after-sales service is not so in place, and Zhan Hong's private hiding of the shade households can not be investigated, but the excess shade households must be cleared out, re-registered, and no longer entrusted, evading the tax laws and miscellaneous servants of the imperial court.

Zhan Hong came to Xu You again, Xu You thought he was going to borrow money, and was thinking about how to refuse politely without hurting his feelings, explaining his current situation of being strapped for money. Unexpectedly, Zhan Hong didn't care about money, but about those shady households who were about to be swept away.

"Lang Jun, it's not that I don't know what to do, most of them have followed the Zhan family for more than ten years, and some of the previous three generations have been doing things for the Zhan family, and now the descendants are incompetent, affecting the middle of the family, but these honest shaders should not suffer this calamity. Once they are assigned by the government, the annual rent and labor will become a heavy burden for them, and the family will not be a family, and people are not like people, I really can't bear it. Zhan Hong spoke earnestly, regretting his incompetence, and begged: "Wan Wanglangjun bothered to say yes again, please ask Lu Xian Ling to raise his noble hand." ”

Xu You has always disagreed with the shade household system, the war between the north and the south for a hundred years, the population is withering, the fertile land is barren, and aside from the huge number of tribes and tenants, the free people are already pitiful. As a result, the imperial court could not collect taxes, the poor were dying, and the infrastructure, land reclamation, water conservancy, grain storage, and armament were all backward, and they were unable to do anything. However, the scholars raised the free people who belonged to the imperial court in private estates, farming, working, and serving, and they were rich and flowing, and they did not have to pay taxes.

It is a good thing to hide wealth from the people, but the current situation is that the wealth is hidden from the scholars, and the life of the common people is still not easy. There were fewer and fewer freemen, and the taxes collected by the imperial court became heavier and heavier, so a vicious circle was created, and they voluntarily sold themselves as tenants of the noble clan, and so on.

However, this is a hundred years of accumulated shortcomings, and Xu You can't solve it for a while, with a look of embarrassment on his face, he said: "Lu County's order is not easy to talk to......

He went to Du Sanxing to spread the word, and even said some threatening words, Lu Hui must have been unhappy in his heart, but for various reasons, he didn't get angry. If you get an inch further, the consequences will be known.

Zhan Hong hurriedly said: "I understand, if Lu Xianling agrees to open the net, I will give 100,000 yuan every year as a reward." ”

100,000 dollars to buy dozens of tenants, such a deal is really cost-effective. Xu You was silent, he didn't know much about Lu Hui's personality, at present, greed for money is certain, but does this person pay attention to face? Do you feel that the two orders were pushed back, hurting the self-esteem of the head of a county, so as to ignore this mere 100,000 yuan and provoke a more fierce counterattack?

greedy for small profits and ignoring the overall situation, Xu You's impression of Zhan Hong was greatly reduced. Listening to Zhan Wenjun, among her brothers, only this Zhan Hong is still a complete instrument, but she didn't expect to be so unbearable. The decline of the Zhan family is fifty percent due to external factors and fifty percent internal factors, and I can't complain about others.

"That's it, I'll try to say that it won't work out, you don't have too much hope!"

Sending Zhan Hong away, Xu You asked Zuo Yan to pay a greeting and invite Du San Province to come over to drink. Du Sansheng spread the word in the center this time, not only made two million dollars for Lu Hui, but also left a lot of favor on Xu You's side, flattered both ends, was proud, and happily came to the banquet, but Xu You proposed to Zhan Hong to keep the existing shade unchanged, and his face suddenly became ugly.

"Lang Jun, is this what you mean, or does Zhan Hong mean?"

Xu You poured him a glass of wine and said, "Is there a difference?" ”

"Of course there is a difference, if Lang Jun means, I will be scolded by the Ming Mansion desperately, and I have to be cheeky to intercede, and the Ming Mansion will blame it, and I will bear it. But if Zhan Hong means it, I can only say that this kid is blinded by lard, and he doesn't know how to advance or retreat, and obviously wants to roast Lang Jun on the fire. ”

Xu You chuckled: "It's not that serious, if you say something from the Ming Mansion, Zhan Hong will have 100,000 yuan of filial piety every year." It's great that everyone takes what they need. Of course, the county lieutenant has been traveling to the northeast and west for the past few days, and he has worked hard, and Zhan Hong will also prepare gifts to send to the mansion later......"

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say!"

Du Sansheng is a smart person, he never mentions remuneration in his mouth, and he knows in his heart that Xu You will not forget his benefits, and said: "If these shade households want to continue to be the attachment of the Zhan family, it is estimated that the Ming government will never allow it." ”

The household registration system of the Chu State is not much different from that of the Six Dynasties, and it is also divided into yellow and white registrations. The legal shade households must be registered on the yellow register, but there is no independent household registration, but it is written behind the owner's household registration, which is called attached registration, which is the so-called "guest family registration".

"Think of a way, I once heard a well-educated old gentleman say that as long as you put your mind to it, there are always more ways than difficulties!"

Du Sanxing thought for a while and said, "There is only one way to let these shade households voluntarily sell themselves into slavery. As a slave of the Zhan family, he naturally has no constraints on the shade household system, and Zhan Hong can raise them as long as he wants. ”

Conversion to slavery is one way, but most of the shaders may not be willing to give up their status as semi-free people, and from then on live and die in the hands of their masters. Although Zhan Hong treats them well, never harshly, and is not tyrannical, who can guarantee that the future master will also be such a gentleman?

"Is there any other way?"

"If someone doesn't want to become a slave, he can pick out a few clever people from the shade to serve as food and clothing. The food and clothing customer is different from the tenant, different from the pawn, neither engaged in farming, nor paying rent, similar to the retinue of the head of the house, providing food and clothing, and acting in chores. ”

Xu You knows a little bit about food and clothing, and the absolute number is less than that of Yin households, and the scholars above the grade can only have one or three people, which is a drop in the bucket and useless.

"This is a feasible way, but there are more than 30 more households under Zhan Hong's name, and he can't fill this hole just by relying on food and clothing!"

"Aren't there many homeless people in Zhan Hong's shade? Some of these refugees fled from the Northern Wei Dynasty, and some of them were fugitives from other prefectures and counties. According to the law of Da Chu, the scholars can shelter the relatives within the nine clans, anyway, the origins of these displaced people are nowhere to be checked, so that Zhan Hong recognizes them as distant relatives or branch relatives, so as to avoid the number of people required by the shadow household system, and can legally avoid the annual inspection! ”

Du Sansheng is worthy of being an old criminal name, he has been immersed in officialdom for many years, and he knows all kinds of disadvantages well, and in a blink of an eye, he gave Xu You a practical method, and no one can exploit the loopholes in the law.

"The county lieutenant is really powerful, come, I'll toast you!"

Du Sansheng raised his head and took a sip, the mellow and strong wine smell went down his throat, and his whole body immediately warmed, and he couldn't help but praise: "Good wine!" ”

"This is the crane wine of the Northern Wei Dynasty, drink ten cups, and you won't wake up after menstruation."

Du Sanxing was shocked and said, "But is it brewed by Liu Baisheng? ”

"Exactly! The famous wine of the northern capital, this is the most. Fei Qing gave it to me when he left, and I was never willing to drink it, so I specially took it out for the county lieutenant to taste today! ”

"Good, good!" Du Sanxing's excited hands were trembling, he put the wine glass to the end of his nose, sniffed it deeply, and said with a look of intoxication: "Lang Jun, I have to taste this wine today, Zhan Hong's matter, no matter what, I will handle it for you!" ”

"Here, cheers!"

"!"

That night, Du Sanxing was drunk in Jingyuan, and the next day Xu You sent someone to send him home, and then he lay down for a day and night before waking up. Since then, he has said good things about crane wine when he meets people, and has become the most loyal supporter, and he will never forget it after many years.

Zhan Hong's family affairs were finally properly resolved, as tenants, food and clothing customers, and relatives in the nine clans, a total of 18 households, 6 families voluntarily sold themselves into slavery, and the other 11 families dissolved their tenant relationship with the Zhan family, became a family of Qi people, and regained their freedom. Under the guidance of Xu You, Zhan Hong prepared a generous gift to thank Du Sanxing. Du Sansheng didn't have a good impression of people who like to find trouble, but for the sake of money, he still entertained him kindly, and said a few words when he said goodbye: "Your business was originally impossible to be done, but fortunately, Xu Langjun came forward to mediate, do you understand what I mean?" ”

"Understood, understood, I know how to do it!"

A few days later, Zhan Hong visited Jingyuan again, and this time he came, and instead of raising a problem, he gave Xu You a big gift. Xu You was stunned when he saw the thick stacks of lists, and said, "What is this?" ”

"This is the slave document of the thirty tribes of the Zhan clan!"

"I know, I'm asking you to show me these papers, what?"

"Because from today on, they are all Lang Jun's people,!"

Xu You put the list in his hand on the desk, looked at Zhan Hong, and remained silent for a long time. Zhan Hong was able to keep his complexion unchanged at first, and his face was respectful, but as time passed, he slowly became a little embarrassed, and his eyebrows showed a little unease.

The Xu You in his cognition is gentle, generous, and talks like a spring breeze, but Xu You at this moment is still him, but he is not angry but mighty, which makes people tremble.

Finally, Xu You broke the silence and said with a smile: "Zhan Langjun, don't misunderstand, I helped you, not to ask for payment." ”

Zhan Hong felt that his actions were a little abrupt, Xu You was different from Lu Hui, and he was also different from Du Sanxing, there was no contact between the two before, and there was no friendship, but people didn't say a word and ran around for his business, and even didn't hesitate to offend the Qiantang County Order, which naturally looked like Zhan Wenjun's face, not this mere thirty subordinates. He rewarded him with it, not only did he fall behind, but he also seemed too utilitarian, it was really a vulgar thing!

Zhan Hong lifted the placket of his wide robe, folded his hands on the ground, blamed himself, and said: "Hong Shao did not do anything more, and acted recklessly, so that he offended Lang Jun, a capital crime!" ”

Xu You helped him up and said, "It's not that I refuse your kindness, these parts are all old people in your door, and sending them out like this will inevitably hurt their hearts and violate the way of loyalty." ”

Zhan Hong was full of shame, he didn't dare to look directly at Xu You, and said: "I learned that these parts were not my people, and when Xianjun was still there, he assigned them to follow Zhan Ting to do things, and all of them were superb in martial arts, and they were all rare talents. Later, something like that happened, Zhan Ting was exiled to the army, and the Zhan family was separated, and they ended up in a situation where they had nowhere to go, and several brothers were unwilling to take them in, so they begged to go to the sister's mansion together. My sister is soft-hearted, and she pities them and is also burdened by Zhan Ting, and she is not a bad person, so I personally explained that I must treat them well and not be angry with others because of Zhan Ting. How dare I disobey? The monthly money is paid on time, and the clothes and food are supplied as well as possible, but they are good at martial arts but not good at farming, and there is no other use for me except for daily inspections of the mansion. ”

Xu You sighed and said, "Since you don't want to delay them, you have pardoned the slaves and let them fend for themselves, why bother sending them here?" ”

"How easy is it to fend for yourself?" After Zhan Hong became disabled, he studied hard, and his mind and vision have changed greatly compared to before, and he is not comparable to those children of the scholar clan who are clothed in fine clothes and food and do not know the sufferings of the world, and said: "Now in this world, I really let them out, in less than half a year, in addition to falling into the grass, I can only re-enter other people's doors as slaves, maybe I will meet a master with bad intentions, but I will be used by others, and finally my life will be ruined." ”

"It's hard for you to have this insight!"

From farming, business, politics, thieves, the world to make a living is nothing more than these four roads, but the first three roads will not work for these rough people who can only martial arts, no farm tools, no land, no technology, when farmers can't even support themselves, don't think about politics, as for business, no capital, no way to do business? In the end, it's not just a thief?

Zhan Hong saw that Xu You's was not as resistant as before, and half of the anxiety in his heart was gone, and he spoke more smoothly and more convincingly, and said: "I know that Lang Jun is a person who wants to do great things, and there is just a shortage of people in his hands, so I think about it privately, and I want to find a place for them to make a living and do some meritorious deeds, maybe they can get rid of slavery in the future and glorify their ancestors." Of course, without them, these martial artists can make trouble at home, and I can have less trouble. This little bit of selfishness, for me and for them, Wan Wanglang Jun understands. ”

Of course, Xu You is not a fool, these parts have been following Zhan Ting for some years, Zhan Hong may not have the ability to subdue them, rather than putting them at home and causing trouble at some point, it is better to be a favor to Xu You. As for whether Xu You can subdue them, it depends on his ability.

"Well, since you said so, I refuse again, it seems impersonal. However, this is only this time, not the next one! ”

Zhan Hong was overjoyed and said, "Thank you Langjun!" ”

sent Zhan Hong away, and when he came back, he saw He Wei looking through the list, he turned his head and smiled: "Qilang is a good means, accept gifts from people, and let the giver be grateful to Dade." Zhan Hong doesn't have a city government, so he can't see that Qilang has actually moved his heart early, and he is begging you to accept it, which really makes people laugh. ”

Qiantang seems to be stable, but in fact, I don't know how many dangers are hidden in secret, the last time the mountain sect sneaked in, he didn't have bad intentions, otherwise, with Zuo Yan alone, he couldn't protect everyone. Xu You had already had the intention of recruiting some troops to enrich Jingyuan's defense, but where to find martial arts for a while, and there was no master as a slave? Buy some good seedlings from the human market and slowly hand them over to Zuo Yan*, for three or five years, it may not be impossible to cultivate a batch of elite troops, but after all, it is far water, and it can't quench the thirst of the near. Zhan Hong came to the door today, and someone sent a pillow when he was really sleepy, and it seems that luck is still on Xu You's side.

"Laugh leisurely, really laugh through your belly, see how you enjoy the countless delicacies in the world!"

Xu You said angrily: "These thirty people will come over in the afternoon, you and Fenghu will go together, pick out ten of them with good martial arts, and stay as the guards of Jingyuan." The others were sent to the paper mill and followed Fang Kang to familiarize themselves with the papermaking process......"

"Hey, I thought Shichiro would test their loyalty first?"

"Loyalty?"

The sunlight, which is as gentle as a girl's jade hand, is projected on Xu You's toes through the window lintel, his body is just hidden at the boundary between light and darkness, and the voice seems to come from the netherworld, gentle but cold: "I have neither kindness nor authority to them, in terms of identity, I am just a new master, where is my loyalty?" If I have just taken refuge and immediately shown my loyalty, why should I care about such cheap loyalty? ”

He Wei slowly clapped his hands and said, "Holy words! ”