"Where is Childe?" The steward asked with a smile.

Lu Jincai replied: "My young master is from Yingtianfu. ”

The steward was stunned: "It turns out that the son is from the capital, and the little one is really eye-catching......." ”

At this time, several maids from the wine shop brought wine and food.

The blue and blue fine porcelain, sandalwood chopsticks, four small plates of cold dishes, four plates of hot dishes, a pot of tea, and a jar of wine, just placed on the table, the steward hurriedly introduced, "Childe, although this county is a small county, we have everything...... This is Meiling Maojian, which is buried in the ground for nine years of aged liquor, Xiajiang anchovy, Nan'an duck...... There is a way that the anchovy goes out of the net to cover the Jiangzhu, and the bamboo shoots are fat and sweet to win the milk, although the son is from the capital, but this fresh anchovy is not a common ....... ”

Wu Zheng smiled slightly, beckoned, "Come, sit down, and have a drink with my son." ”

The steward was flattered and humbly said, "This ...... It's not in order. ”

"My son's words are rules, and there is no need to be formal."

"That'...... The small one is presumptuous? The steward twisted and said no, but the body was very honest, but after all, he only sat on half of his ass.

Lu Jincai carried Wu Zheng behind his back and glared at him fiercely, and the steward was so frightened that he almost got up, but under Wu Zheng's harmless smile, he boldly maintained his sitting position.

At this time, a few people came in from the gate of the wine shop, and the first one was a middle-aged man, who was dressed in fine clothes and had a lofty spirit.

The steward took the initiative to introduce in Wu Zheng's ear: "Son, this is my county parent official, Lord Liu Yuan...... If the son is interested, at the end of the bidding, the small one will be introduced to the child? ”

Wu Zheng nodded casually and said, "Now that the Liu County Order has arrived, it's time for the bidding to begin, right?" ”

The steward smiled and said, "We'll have to wait." ”

Wu Zheng was a little puzzled, in a small county, the county order is the parent official of the main hall, is there anyone more noble than the county order?

"Is there any other guest coming?"

The steward nodded, suddenly turned his head to the side, pointed to the door of the wine shop, and said, "Isn't this coming?" ”

Wu Zheng immediately followed the steward's finger and looked over, only to see a man in his twenties dressed in military uniform, surrounded by five or six entourage, into the wine shop.

Wu Zheng frowned slightly, looking at this military uniform, it should be Guangxinwei's, no, to be precise, it should be the old military uniform of the loyal battalion before Guangxinwei was reorganized.

After Guangxinwei was reorganized, it has been redressed, and like the Northern Expeditionary Army, it is a black military uniform.

But when the steward looked back at Wu Zheng, Wu Zheng's expression had recovered as before, and he asked casually: "Dare Qing is a general...... It's just that I don't understand, a soldier also came to your store to bid, could it be that today's bidding will be ordnance? ”

The steward smiled and said, "Childe is really an understanding person. ”

Wu Zheng felt in his heart, Li Guo and Liu Tiren dared to buy and sell ordnance privately?

At this time, the steward continued: "But please rest assured, it is not only the ordnance that is bidding today, there are two other ...... It will definitely satisfy Childe. ”

Wu Zheng smiled, "You don't know how to sell Guanzi...... Ben Gongzi was curious and wanted to know immediately. ”

Speaking of this, he glanced at Lu Jincai, and Lu Jincai didn't even happily take out a few more silver dollars and threw them into the arms of the steward.

The steward immediately smiled, and the joy at this time was definitely different from that at the door, it was joy from the heart.

"This ...... How embarrassing is that? Having said that, Ke Hand had already dragged the silver dollar in the palm of his hand, he looked left and right, and said softly: "The other two bids today, one is the Yushan land ......." ”

Wu Zheng was surprised, land?

Although the General's Mansion is not directly under the jurisdiction of Guangxin and Raozhou, it is subordinate to the General's Mansion after all.

Since the construction of Songjiang New Town, in order to prevent the wealthy from enclosing land, the General's Mansion has explicitly decreed that the people are not allowed to buy and sell land privately except for their own homestead land and cultivated land, and the upper limit of private land purchase and sale has been limited, which shall not exceed 20 acres.

But obviously, if it is only twenty acres, it is far from reaching what this steward says, and the starting point is thousands of taels.

Wu Zheng interrupted: "The government has a clear decree that the private sale of land shall not exceed 20 acres, I don't understand, what kind of land should be sold by bidding?" ”

The steward smiled mysteriously and said, "The prince is really from a rich background...... Don't you know that in these years of war, the Tartars slaughtered the city at every turn, and tens of thousands of people were killed in the small counties of Yushan District alone...... You think, so many people were killed, how much terra nullius was left? ”

Wu Zheng was surprised: "But shouldn't this be taken back by the government?" ”

The steward smiled, and said in the direction of the county order: "Isn't that the official mansion?" ”

Wu Zheng listened, but still couldn't understand this strange phenomenon.

It is said that this is not a matter that a county order can do, you must know that the two prefectures of Guangxin and Raozhou were not in the form of dispatching officials to the imperial court in the heyday at this time, but in the form of a military government, which was even more thorough than the general's mansion.

Speaking of which, Wu Zheng also took the initiative to entrust government affairs to Xiong Rulin, Zhang Guowei and others, and only controlled the military power.

But Li Guo and others, that is called a military, political and legal three powers in one.

Therefore, such a large number of land transactions cannot be made by the county order without the nods of the three princes.

Moreover, the more than 100,000 soldiers of the original loyal battalion, plus their respective families, all need to be resettled, and the land of Erfu is suddenly filled with such a large population, and the states and counties should not have enough land, so why do they need to use bidding to sell a large amount of idle land?

Wu Zheng had more and more questions in his heart.

"Dare to ask, who is that general?"

The steward whispered, "That's amazing...... It's the Major General. ”

Major General?

Wu Zheng asked, "Which major general?" ”

The steward was stunned, glanced at Wu Zheng, and said with a smile: "Also, the son is a foreigner...... This is the eldest son of Kui Guogong, the commander of Guangxinwei, Li Dingbang Li. ”

Wu Zheng stretched out his head in surprise and glanced at the position where Li Dingbang was sitting, just right, Li Dingbang listened to the whisper of the shopkeeper and looked at Wu Zheng, the two looked at each other, Wu Zheng smiled and nodded, and Li Dingbang glanced coldly and turned his head.

Wu Zheng smiled indifferently, turned to the steward and asked, "Then what is the other thing to bid for?" ”

The steward suddenly "eats" and laughs: "That thing...... Childe must like it, yes...... Pick your head! ”

"Color?" Wu Zheng is confused, do you need to bid for the lottery? Shouldn't it be the winner's reward?

The steward was stunned and explained, "It's a pick...... Hey, let's put it this way, it's a young woman. ”

Wu Zheng was taken aback, "Do you dare to openly sell human beings?" ”

The steward hurriedly explained: "Childe misunderstood, how dare we do such illegal things...... You see, Major General Li is here, and Liu County Ling is also there. ”

Wu Zheng was relieved, yes, it's too late to avoid people's eyes and ears for such illegal things, how can it be made public.