Yunhelou is the largest restaurant in Dengzhou Mansion, count up, it is almost called a century-old shop, after three generations of hard work of the Han family, it has become a four-story building from the tavern of the year, it may be nothing in Jinan Mansion, but it is the first one in Dengzhou.

Especially the largest private room on the top floor, you can overlook the sea by opening the window, and you can't help but feel relaxed and happy, and you have always been very popular with the blue eyes of Dengzhou officials and businessmen.

At this moment, in the private room on the top floor of the Cloud Crane Tower, the window was wide open, and a wealthy man about fifty years old drooped his thick eyelids, squinting his eyes as if he was burned by the light refracted by the blue waves outside the window, but asked left and right: "The goods unloaded by the Lu family into the C-shaped warehouse, but the grain and rice?" ”

The table was full of delicacies from the mountains and seas, and everyone at the banquet was richly dressed.

In fact, these people have another common feature - their names appear on the merit tablets in the newly built "Jishan Hall" of the government, but they all refuse to buy grain and rice.

This merit monument is claimed to be engraved with the name and surname of a wealthy family in Penglai County who understands the righteousness and donates money to buy grain for disaster relief.

After the end of the government deliberations on the same day, a house next to the Chenghuang Temple in the north of the city was immediately vacated, and the plaque of "Jishan Hall" written by the prefect himself was hung, and this merit tablet was erected inside.

As soon as the firecrackers went off, the old men of the county magistrates of the prefecture and even the famous people of Penglai County were invited to visit, and the gate was opened, and the people of the city could come to pay their respects at any time.

The house is ready-made, which is easy to say, where is the time for this monument to be engraved now?

But when everyone went in to visit, the stele had already been carved with the name and surname of the donation, and it was also painted with gold lacquer, which was very beautiful, and it could be seen that it had already been prepared.

All the "good people" laughed so hard that their faces froze in the praise of the official and the praise of the onlookers, and only one person knows what he feels in his heart.

And the stone tablet lying horizontally in the form of a cirrus book is half empty.

Lord Zhong of Penglai Zhixian also announced with a stiff smile that this place was reserved for future donors.

He also said that this stele could not be engraved, it didn't matter, the stele could be increased, and the building could be expanded if it was not enough. In the future, anyone who does good deeds for the people, Jishantang will leave his name and surname for the people and even future generations to pay homage and thanks, and the merits of the good people will also be written into the county chronicles, which will be passed down through the ages.

After the words, the people below applauded thunderously, and the faces of the businessmen and wealthy households were different.

In this way, the rich and noble families whose names are not on the stone tablet, if they want face, have to think about donating more or less. Don't want to be ethereal through the ages, just don't let your neighbors, relatives and friends poke at your backbone and say that you are rich or unkind.

There are also some ordinary people who have a good life, and those who want to gain a good reputation are also a little moved - just like building a temple and donating merits, no matter how much money there is, they will leave their names and surnames, and they will boast to others every day, and they also know the Buddha in their hearts, and plant some good causes to seek good results.

On the spot, some people went to consult the masters, junior officials, and even officials of the county government.

Seeing this, the governors and counties of the public also obeyed.

There will be some big families in various places, or during the New Year's holidays, or happy events and birthdays, and give some money and rice noodles to the people, and the government will not say anything.

And the higher-class people, building bridges and paving roads for the benefit of the township, of course, the government is very welcome, but it is just to give a commendation and set up a memorial arch.

Whether these people are sincere in accumulating virtue and doing good, or boasting about wealth or gaining reputation, they are all personal behaviors, and there are very few people who compete with each other - even if they have enmity with each other, they have no enmity with money.

Lord Xiao Shen, this, this, this is forcing people together, and it can't be compared if you want to--the eyes of the people are bright.

Regardless of whether the governor of the state and the county is really willing in his heart, he will have to build this Jishan Hall according to the cat and the tiger when he goes back, the so-called upward and downward effect, the prefect has made an example, how can he not follow it, I am afraid that this is also within the scope of the investigation.

On the same day, it was announced that the first batch of funds from Jishantang would be used to buy grain and rice to stabilize grain prices.

Because a large number of cultivated cattle and lambs came from Liaodong, although it was clearly stated that they were going to be sent to the farmers for the start of the Zhuzi Shecang, and did not flow to the market, the price of meat on the market still fell by 30%, and even the price of vegetables, grains and rice also fell.

And the government really started to buy rice and grain, and a group of businessmen led by the Lu family, especially those who were among the best on the merit tablet, all responded-Originally, not to give heavy gifts to the prefect was just to tie the knot, and where would they do it against the adults in the matter of buying and buying.

As a result, those who have food shops or hoarders at home will inevitably become uncomfortable.

There are also some people who feel that the gifts have been given, and the prefect has come to ask for and buy food, and it is clear that they want to dig up a large piece of meat again, and they will inevitably be insatiable and greedy, so they want to stop the loss in time and no longer fill this bottomless pit.

There are also those who believe that they have a relationship with their superiors, and who believe that they have the means to fight.

The new official takes office with three fires, and the official master must first be placed in the place, and how can the local heroes not want to give the official master a dismissal, they must always let each other know the rules of getting along.

You must know that the squire and elders have a very strong ability to control the place, and it is not a strange thing to really control the government and make it impossible for the government to be sent to the countryside.

"Liaodong also pointed to the grain in Dengzhou, no matter how big the Lu family's kid is, he can't get grain from Liaodong, right?" Listening to the officer's question, a triangular eye said busily.

The Lu family has long opened up the relationship with Dengzhou Wei, and built a row of warehouses next to the Liaodong Warehouse, because within the protection of Dengzhou Wei, the guards are strict, and the loading and unloading are all used by the Lu family's own people, and the security and confidentiality are good.

These people in the private room only got a little bit of news from the guards of the Dengzhou Health Office, saying that in addition to the cattle, sheep and livestock that the Lu family rushed to the village and the leather and mountain goods sent to the warehouses of the Lu family's shops, some other things were unloaded by the Lu family's own people into the C-shaped warehouse next to the warehouse.

"What about food?" A man with a gloomy face said coldly, "There are only a few ships in total, how much food can he have?" Can you supply a county in Penglai and a mansion in Dengzhou? As long as the price of grain is high, he dares to sell grain at a low price, but I will not accept it, and the people will rush to buy it, and how much grain he has will sell out sooner or later. In another two months, he will not be able to pick up, he will have no food - he has not yet stood firm, and the imperial history is in Shandong, hehe, let him know that it is not possible to be clever. ”

The rich man squeezed his hand comfortingly, and said: "Qin Sanye, don't worry, this matter has to be considered in the long run, if it is really grain and rice, he rushes at us, and we are afraid that we will also lose some of it." It's better to do everything perfectly. ”

The triangular eyes shouted, "Master Wei! Titina has been planning for a long time, can't he wait for him to come to the door to search for food?! ”

The yin owl man, Qin Sanye, twitched his nose and upper lip, and said fiercely: "Grandpa just has no food for them to buy!" See if he dares to come to check the cellar of his grandfather's house?! - Yu Shike is still there! ”

Everyone sighed in their hearts, pretending to be a grandfather at this time, and not pretending to be a grandson when giving gifts to the prefect! That's not a light gift!

Someone whispered: "Isn't Yushi here to check the grain?" ”

A fat man with a kind and wealthy face sneered and said, "You're a little timid!" Yu Shi is here to check the official warehouse, what do we have to do? As Qin Sanye said, the eldest master can't come to our cellar. ”

After that, he laughed to himself.

There was also laughter at the banquet, and some people were suffocated, and they hurriedly squeezed out laughter, regardless of whether he was smirking or not smiling.

The leading Wei Yuanwai got up and waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and said: "That's the way to say, the investigation should also be investigated, Qi Wuye, you still have to work the Dengzhou guard, that one pushed a thousand households to the Dengzhou affairs position, the original affairs in this guard have not yet fallen into real power, he has a piece of the pie, how can he be flat?" That's the opening. You go to Qi Ye and Xiao Ye to drink. ”

The next person answered.

The Wei Yuanwai commanded: "That one got out of the city yesterday and went to the countryside, and when he went to anyone's village, he was on alert, and came to report a message to everyone to know......

While he was talking, a servant outside who didn't know who knocked on the door and said, "The owner, Han Dong's family is here." ”

Everyone at the table got up to greet each other, and Master Han, the owner of Yunhe Tower, walked in with a smile on his face, stretched out his hand to take down the wine pot and wine cup from the tray held by the guy behind him, and toasted everyone, saying "It's too late".

After everyone drank a cup, Wei Yuanwai said to Master Han: "Xuansheng, you came just in time, it is the important place to discuss, you are ...... here."

Master Han showed a wry smile on his face, and said: "Brother Wei is embarrassed brother, isn't this going to smash the brother's signboard, that is, the brother responds, and my old man refuses to respond." Today's meal, count it on the brothers, don't you have a ...... to accompany you?"

Mo said that outside Wei Yuan, everyone at the table changed their faces, and one of the triangular eyes shouted dissatisfiedly: "Han Da, what do you mean by this?" At this time are you going to quit? ”

The yin owl man, Qin Sanye, slammed the table even more, and shouted: "The Han family is doing a good job, and after probing the words, now they want to deny it, this is to be sold to the other side?" Think beautifully! Grandpa, don't protect your signboard! ”

Master Han sank his face and said coldly: "Qin San, what's the matter, you're here to smash the store today?" Okay,, I'll take a look here, why do you make my sign unsafe! ”

Then Qin San raised his hand and smashed the wine cup on the ground, kicked over a stool, and a series of local scolding came out, which really meant to do something.

The people on the side hurriedly grabbed him and hurriedly persuaded him.

Wei Yuanwai stared at Master Han and said, "You said that he will be done after receiving the grain?" Han Xuansheng, don't think too damn beautiful, let me tell you, he also has a teahouse restaurant in Beijing, Shandong Post Road, and the inn next to the Eight Immortals Carriage and Horse Shop have his share. Now that he has come to Dengzhou, do you think his partner will not come to Dengzhou to open a restaurant? Hmph, surnamed Han, what does Yunhelou rely on, you don't know it in your fucking heart? If you don't make a rule at this time, Yunhe Tower will wait to close in the future! ”

Master Han listened expressionlessly, but when he heard the Eight Immortals chariot and horse, his cheeks still trembled unconsciously.

The round-faced fat man still smiled kindly, and said, "Han Da, you are confused, you said, you have dedicated all the grange, how many days can you last?" Don't you want grain and rice, pick melons, fruits, and fresh flesh from your restaurant? Our old brothers, we can always keep your family a piece of rice. ”

Master Han seemed to persuade him, and said, "I can't stand for a long time, but how long can you stand it?" I'm making it clear that I'm not going to participate now," he said, turning his eyes around the room, "I just don't know how many of you secretly cast over there when you can't stand it." ”

As he spoke, his eyes were fixed on the round-faced fat man.

The fat man rolled his swollen eyes, and said with a smile: "Then don't bother Brother Han." A word of advice, it's useless for you to go over there to tell the truth, there is no food, and the emperor Lao Tzu is not there. He bit the accent.

Master Han snorted and looked around, the people sitting here were all holding a large amount of fertile land in their hands and hoarding countless grains and rice.

In the end, the Lu family is just an outsider, and they focus on shops, and there are not many granges, including those who are now standing on the prefect's side, and they are probably such people.

In front of him, he is a real big grain and rice household, controlling nearly seventy percent of Dengzhou's grain.

Master Han believes that their ultimate goal is not to force the new little prefect away, jokes, what kind of goods are these, how can they have the ability to force away an old son-in-law.

In the past, there were so many prefects who had no backstage, and which one of them could get rid of, it was just that different officials used different means to get along with different rules.

In the famine years, the most precious rice grain, these people's only reliance and lifeline are the same, and it is no wonder that these people are in a hurry.

Master Han stared at Wei Yuanwai, and the reason why Wei Yuanwai came to him was because only the two of them had a relationship with the political secretary.

The surname Wei has a cousin of three thousand miles who is the wife of Zhang Ji, the right-hand political envoy, and she gave birth to Lin'er in the first year, so she feels that she can get some relatives' genealogy.

Hmph, wouldn't people do things for you in vain if you don't give money?

Is it on the face of relatives, or on the face of silver?

The surname Wei is just pulling this flag to scare the people of Dengzhou.

His Han family doesn't wade into this muddy water.

The words were not speculative for more than half a sentence, and Master Han didn't bother to say more, so he bowed his hand and said goodbye.

Looking at the back of Master Han leaving, everyone's faces were extremely ugly. It took a while for someone to break the silence and said, "This idiot is also more than successful and more than defeated, far worse than Old Man Han." ”

Speaking of the old man Han who had a strong temper and strong wrists, everyone nodded frequently, but they all thought that it was a loss for the old man Han to hurt his leg and go home to retire, otherwise if the old man Han was here at this time, they would only have to walk around.

"Don't think about him." The fat man with the round face said coldly, "Discuss ours yourself." With Wei Ye here, what is the political envoy doing with the Han family's uncle who can't beat him! ”

"Exactly, exactly, it's just Lianzong, what is the Han family." Everyone hurriedly raised their glasses to Wei Yuanwai.

Wei Yuanwai politely replied, but there was no smile on his face.

Over there, Master Han came out of the private room, and the big shopkeeper of Yunhe Tower followed, looking at the owner's face, and stopped talking.

Master Han ignored him, only had a black face, went downstairs, and ordered, "The fish don't have to be given to them." After a while, the people were gone. ”

Yes, the big shopkeeper knew that this was a collapse of the conversation, and the guest naturally would not stay, but unfortunately the fish had already been cooked, he smacked his lips and asked carefully: "The account ......?"

Master Han squinted at him, snorted, and said, "Of course, it's hanging on Wei's account." The fish, did you do it? Regardless of whether you do it or not, you can write it down, and you will write it down to the person surnamed Wei. ”

The big shopkeeper smiled and squinted, and responded happily, and said while going downstairs: "But it happened that Third Master Lu came, he happened to be here, and this fish just happened to be for him......"

Master Han was impatient with these trivial matters, dropped a sentence and walked downstairs quickly.

After boarding his own carriage, he instructed his entourage and said, "Go to Lu's house to deliver a letter." ”

After a pause, he said, "I'll go find Qin Er." You go back and ask the master, do you want to send someone from our family to follow that one? When it's not time to fish, I see that the third and fourth are idle......"

*

Because of the lack of rain in successive years, the water level of the Heishui River has dropped a lot. On the dirt road next to the valley, the wheels ran over, bringing up puffs of smoke and dust.

"Opening the sea is a good cure, but it is not a cure-all." On the carriage, Shen Rui said to Lu Sixteen Lang.

Lu Liulang, who returned from Liaodong, had a slightly darker complexion, and his big white teeth were particularly dazzling when he smiled, and the originally not very authentic Shandong dialect was mixed with a little Liaodong accent: "These people are also anxious, don't be strange." In fact, we are also looking forward to having a schedule, and we are also mentally aware of it, and we are planning and scheming, ship, cargo and manpower. ”

Shen Rui sighed and said, "I'm just as anxious, even the emperor, and I also want to hear the good news as soon as possible." But now......" he turned his gaze out the window.

On the bare river beach, farmers are already busy farming.

Lu Liulang ran all the year round, watched and listened to all directions, and when he saw Shen Rui's sight, he said: "This place is more dangerous, and there used to be times when the water rose......

The river water brought about by the rainfall in the flood season has skyrocketed, not to mention the river beach, both banks are gone, it must be that there is no harvest, and the seeds and time invested in the early cultivation will be in vain.

"It's not like the past two years have been dry, and the water has not risen, and there are always people who are lucky." Lu Liulang shook his head and said, "It's all wasteland, and there is no tax, so the villagers want to collect a little." In the end, it is still close to the water's edge, and it is easier to water the ground. ”

Shen Rui clearly knows that it is not just a trivial matter of being afraid of flooding crops, farming on the river beach can easily cause soil erosion, the soil is entrapped by the river water, and the downstream water flows down when it is gentle, resulting in the riverbed being raised.

"Farming on the river beach is not the way to go." Shen Rui frowned, and he tried his best to explain soil erosion in the vernacular.

Lu Liulang understood when he heard it, but he could only smile bitterly.

In disaster years, farmers have no more options.

Shen Rui's eyes unconsciously glanced at the undulating distant mountains, in fact, it is not without land to open up the wasteland, but the continuous drought makes people stretch a line psychologically, and they are infinitely eager to be close to the water, the mountains, how to irrigate......

Dengzhou's geographical conditions are not good, and the hilly and mountainous areas of the whole territory account for seventy or eighty percent, and the land is not fertile.

Of course, relatively speaking, the population of Dengzhou is not that large, so it is not extremely difficult to be self-sufficient in a good year.

But in the famine years, this geographical disadvantage was completely highlighted.

Water conservancy is a big problem, and Shen Rui struggled to recall all his knowledge of water conservancy, reservoirs, canals, and waterwheels......

Then, even if you can't generate hydropower, you can always do something with hydropower, right? Iron smelting, rice licking, milling......

Professional questions still have to be asked to professionals, Shen Rui has already made up his mind, after a cursory survey of the terrain, he will go back and write to Li Yanqing, after all, Li Li is a good hand at water control, if possible, it would be better to invite two experts from the Ministry of Industry to come to the field to see it.

Here he still has to organize people to step up the collection and burning of agricultural books, he vaguely remembers some of the Han and Tang dynasties began to use hydraulic machinery, but he doesn't remember the details, flipping through the miscellaneous records of the previous dynasty's agricultural books, there will always be some gains.

Shen Rui took out the notebook he was carrying, a charcoal pen and a sharp record.

This is meant to be seen at any time, recorded when a problem comes to mind, and sorted out at night so as not to miss a flash of inspiration.

Lu Liulang had seen him like this before, and he had also learned this trick, so he closed his mouth at this time and gave him a quiet space.

After a while, seeing that he had finished recording, Lu Liulang said: "My lord, you don't have to worry too much, the situation in Liaodong is very good now, if it is like this time, a large number of grain ...... will be bought from Liaodong."

Shen Rui shook his head slightly.

The merchants really thought that sea trade could solve all problems - it didn't matter whether they produced grain or not, they could buy it from outside, and in the eyes of the merchants, there was nothing in the world that money could not buy.

In the past, Dengzhou was the only way for Japan and Korea to pay tribute, and it was also a prosperous treaty port in the Tang and Song dynasties.

Now that Dengzhou has lost its former status, they are looking forward to restoring its former prosperity.

"The important town of Liaodong, even now, there is also news of the raids and plunders from time to time, which is not so peaceful, and it also points to the grain from Dengzhou. Even if there is grain in the tuntian, how can a large amount of it be allowed to flow out? Shen Rui said solemnly.

Grain has never been a purely commercial issue, and whether it is a border pass or not, a series of military and political issues have always been involved behind it.

"When you buy farming cattle and farm tools this time, you said hello first, and you have a special approval. And these cultivated cattle can't be digested in Liaodong now, so you are allowed to buy them. Shen Rui glanced at him, "Sixteenth brother, don't try to be cheap and miss a big event." ”

Lu Liulang said that he was taught, but his eyes flickered, even in the carriage, and his voice was very low, "And North Korea." The place is poor, but there are always some fertile fields that can be cultivated, if we hire someone to open some farms over there, for our ......."

Overseas plantations. Shen Rui smiled dumbly, and then said solemnly: "On other people's land, you have a good time to plant, and when the harvest is about to be harvested, who knows that they will not take your harvest from you?" Although the Korean court is weak, it is not stupid, and it will never be up to you to take away a lot of grain from their land. ”

"And how much grain can you grow? Enough for a Penglai County? Enough for a Dengzhou Mansion? In recent years, there have been frequent droughts and floods in Shandong, and Dengzhou will not come to ask for food elsewhere? How much grain can a North Korean state supply to my Ming Dynasty? This matter is not a trivial matter! ”

Seeing Lu Sixteen Lang hanging his head, Shen Rui sighed: "Brother Sixteen is a good heart, only, if it is not my race, his heart will be different, for us and for them, it is the same." Once there is a conflict, it will be a matter for the two countries, and even the emperor will not be able to speak for us. ”

Lu Liulang bowed his head and said, "It's because I'm thinking too shallowly." ”

Shen Rui waved his hand, relieved himself, and said, "Dengzhou Mansion is not only a rice grain problem now. Of course, rice grain is the foundation, and if the foundation is unstable, nothing else. In addition, all kinds of basic conditions are not available, seaports, roads are to be repaired, the current dock shipbuilding and repair ships can not meet the requirements of the full opening of the sea, in addition, manpower is also a huge problem, why let you bring ploughing oxen, tools back, is to the greatest extent to snatch these strong labor from the heavy farming. ”

He saw that Lu Liulang seemed to want to speak and stopped, so he patted him with a smile and said, "Take your time, you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, the foreshadowing in front is done, and the back will be up soon." If you have any ideas, you might as well write them down briefly, and we will meet every ten days like the states and counties......"

The two were discussing, and suddenly there was a sound of horses' hooves behind them, and the guard who followed the car immediately turned the horse's head to greet him and asked, and brought a Lu family to accompany him in a moment.

The man panted and got into the car, knelt down and said, "My lord, uncle, the Han family sent a letter over...... and said what the Han family had told him.

Lu Liulang sent his entourage expressionlessly, and arched his hand to Shen Rui: "Sure enough, the master is clever." I thought it would ...... This group of villains is not so ignorant of current affairs. ”

The trick of this group of people to raise prices was already expected by Shen Rui, and he also discussed with the Lu family's father, son, uncle and nephew how to deal with it.

It's just that Lu Liulang really didn't believe it at that time, with Shen Rui's background, the little businessman dared to stroke the tiger's beard?

Unexpectedly, there are really people who are brave and not afraid of death.

Shen Rui only smiled and spread his hands, "In the end, it is their interests." It is common for people to die for money, and birds die for food. ”

Lu Liulang said: "Then I'll go back." Only the C-word warehouse ......"

"The food in the barn is still very useful, and I am not here to fight with them." Shen Rui waved his hand and said, "You don't have to be busy, wait for them to move." They don't move, and it's hard to check them. We are in Fucheng, they have taken care of it, and they can't let go of their hands and feet, let's just finish this trip, and when we go back, we will jump out of the area, and we will arrest him again. ”

Lu Liulang smiled: "Exactly, catch them all." ”

The carriage continued to creak forward, and Lu Liulang also told Shen Rui about the situation of several families in the letter handed by the Han family, especially the leader Wei Yuanwai.

"His family is also ordinary, only such a political envoy is like a wife, and it is immediately a different 'weather', and there are a lot of places in the suburbs of the city, and the government and county government are all turning a blind eye." Lu Liulang said with disdain, "Since Mrs. Naru gave birth to a little son, the surname Wei has also set up a banquet at home, which is ridiculous!" All the adults in the officialdom of Bidengzhou rewarded him with this face, which made him more and more arrogant. If it weren't for that, I'm afraid he wouldn't dare to make this thorn! ”

Shen Rui had only seen Zhang Ji, the political envoy of the right cloth, in Jinan Mansion a few times, and had not had much contact, only Shen Li said that he was the only Jiao Fang horse leader, so the patrol who took Liu Jinmen's road dared to pose in front of him.

As for this surnamed Wei, Shen Li has never mentioned it at all, with Shen Li's character, he will not pay attention to the dirty things in the inner courtyard of anyone's house, it is more likely that this cousin of the Wei family can't make waves in the backyard of the political envoy at all, and is not noticed, the Wei family is just pulling the banner in Dengzhou as a tiger skin.

After listening to what Lu Liulang said, Shen Rui shook his head and said: "Some villains, climb up some nepotism, and treat yourself as a 'relative', stop laughing." ”

However, since the surname Wei was involved with Zhang Ji, and Zhang Ji was Jiao Fang's person, Shen Rui still decided to be cautious, so as not to let Zhang Ji use the topic to play. At the same time, I also have to write back to my father-in-law, Yang Tinghe, and tell me briefly.

Lu Liulang sighed: "It's a pity that there are few people who take the right path, and there are always those who think of some crooked ways and try to take a shortcut." He was not without emotion in his heart, in fact, no one in his family had such an idea.

It was not someone else who was tempted, but it was his own uncle, and it was Shen Rui's idea that was beaten.

His uncle didn't call the Hun family, so he went to talk to Mrs. Lu Qi, and saw that the prefect had just come to take office, and the lady had not yet followed, so he wanted to stuff the young daughter into the backyard of the palace, and said: "The servants of the government are stupid and useless, your niece is careful and ingenious, isn't it cheap to take care of the adults' daily life, and it can also share the worries of the wife, and it seems that the two families of Lu and Shen are close." ”

In fact, his uncle's family is also a first-class wealthy family, and the young girl has good looks and a rich dowry. The Wei family has such a bad head, so that many people always have the idea of opportunism.

Mrs. Lu Qi is not a fool, and she heard Lu Erqilang say that Shen Rui has a deep affection for his wife, so she spat her brother back and scolded: "Don't daydream about the blue sky!" I don't look at my own identity, whether I deserve to stand over there! Your surname is Li, what does it have to do with the Lu family, if you mention the Lu and Shen families, you will be ashamed to death! ”

Although Uncle Li was afraid of the eldest sister, he was not convinced, and couldn't help muttering: "It's like you don't have the surname Li!" How can the Lu family be nobler than the Li family! ”

Mrs. Lu Qi only said, "Don't know who you are after a good life for two days", and pressed Uncle Li to lose her temper.

At the beginning, Master Lu Qi had some business dealings with the Li family's grandfather, and he married the daughter of the Li family. Master Lu Qi is a branch of the Lu family, and he is also a child of the Wang family, and the Li family is not ranked in Dengzhou Mansion at all, so it can be regarded as a high climb of the Li family.

When the master of the Li family passed away, Master Lu Qi also helped the Li family, and the Li family has today's status, and it is indeed thanks to the Lu family.

Seeing that her brother was honest, Mrs. Lu Qi persuaded her with kind words: "Is it good for you to be a concubine?" You don't feel sorry for your daughter, but you still feel sorry for your niece. Besides, the concubine's family is not a relative, we are usually friends with the prefect, and we really have a girl as a concubine, wouldn't it be embarrassing to meet? How? It's not easy to get along. ”

Uncle Li pouted and said, "If you want to have a good relationship with the prefect, wouldn't you be low in front of the prefect." How don't you look out the outside, who doesn't have a thin face with three points! Look at the scenery of the Wei family......"

Mrs. Lu Qi grabbed Uncle Li's ears and scolded him, telling him not to learn from villains.

However, in the end, she turned around and sighed with her husband and son, saying that it was all to blame for the Wei family.

Lu Liulang didn't want to mention this to Shen Rui, but he still quietly nodded with Zhang Chenglin beside Shen Rui.

After all kinds of experiences on the way to office, Zhang Chenglin not only has the ability to guard, but also follows several masters for a long time, and he has become more and more thoughtful in dealing with people and things, and has faintly become a big steward like longevity.

After listening to Lu Liulang's words, Zhang Chenglin smiled and said that everything was wrapped up in him, and he would never let the master live in the prefect's back house uncomfortable.

The river in front of the mountain comes out, the river beach on both sides is narrow, and there are no cars and horses, and an old catcher surnamed Yue in the government is the guide of this trip, and after asking Shen Rui's opinion, he took everyone to the mountain.

Lu Liulang also traveled all over these places, so he explained to Shen Rui that this mountain was originally opened up by a rich family surnamed Lei and covered the mountain, so he spent a lot of effort to repair the mountain road so that the carriages and horses could go together.

"This mountain?" Shen Ruidong looked around, and couldn't help but be curious, "What does he plant?" ”

He thought about opening an orchard in the mountains, but it is not advisable to copy the experience of the previous life in the "take-it-ism", now is not the era of developed storage and preservation, the transportation speed is extremely slow, the shelf life of the fruit is not long, and the price cannot be sold near the place of origin.

If we talk about deep processing, in addition to making candied fruit and winemaking, the existing conditions can not be done.

Preserves require a lot of sugar, which is also a scarce resource in this era, and only fruit wine and fruit vinegar can still be considered, but fermentation itself has a lot of uncertainties, which requires technology and trial and error.

Not to mention that the finished product will not be produced for a while, even if the fruit trees are planted, there are few fruits that bear fruit in the same year, which will be a long-term project and does not conform to the current public sentiment in Dengzhou.

"Old Lei's family, plant something. Where the soil is fertile, you can plant some millet and beans, and if you have no land, you can plant some millet. Catch up with the suitable places, and also plant cotton, safflower, and blue (dye). Lu Sixteen said as he pointed to the mountain roads near and far.

Cotton likes light and sandy soil, and has a high degree of drought tolerance, especially during the picking period, which requires sufficient sunlight and low rainfall.

Shandong's geology and climate are suitable for the growth of cotton, and cotton has a certain degree of resistance to drought and flood disasters, and the Ming Dynasty also has policy support for cotton planting, such as allowing flowers and cloth to replace grain and rice to levy taxes, and cotton and cloth are distributed as border guards and officials, so Shandong has always been a major cotton-producing province in the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Although all provinces in Shandong have cotton planting, but of course, the planting area in the plain area of the West Sanfu is large, and it can be seen from the tax payment that the velvet levied by Yanzhou Mansion, Dongchang Mansion and Jinan Mansion is more than 20 times that of Dengzhou Mansion, which is Laizhou and twice that of Dengzhou.

Although there is kapok in Dengzhou Prefecture, it has not been formed on a large scale, and it is mainly based on taxation and self-use, and has not been commercialized.

On the contrary, the cotton trade in the western three provinces was quite prosperous, but it was probably transported to the south with the help of the canal - that is, Songjiang cotton cloth, which was also woven with a large number of "northern flowers".

It can be said that at this time, Shandong is still only a raw material production area, its cotton textile industry has not developed, and the cloth on the market is still mainly "south cloth and north transportation".

As the owner of the Songjiang Shenjia Weaving Factory, who paid "Gongbu", he came to Shandong Dengzhou Mansion to take charge, and Shen Rui naturally included the cotton textile industry in promoting the economic development of Dengzhou in the plan early.

In fact, a group of gold medal weavers and spinning wheel craftsmen in Songjiang Prefecture have been on their way to the north under the organization of Shen Qi.

Hearing that the Lei family grows cotton and red and blue dyes, Shen Rui is also interested, cotton spinning is naturally profitable, and if the dyeing cloth can develop well, the profit will be doubled.

It's just that I listened to Lu Liulang's introduction, the cultivation of safflower and blue in Dengzhou is still very small, but the dye planting in Laizhou Mansion ranks first among all prefectures, especially the red and blue in Weixian, which is already quite famous. Of course, dyes are still sold as raw materials, and the printing and dyeing industry is also underdeveloped.

Here Lu Liulang was talking, and over there Shen Rui had already taken out a small notebook to write and draw and record it, thinking of going back to discuss it with several masters and the Lu family.

Although the mountain road has been rested, it is not as flat as the ground, and the car is still bumpy, but suddenly it stabilized, and Lu Shiliulang laughed and said that he was only afraid that he was about to arrive at the Zhuangzi of the Lei family.

In the end, the Lei family built the road only for their own convenience, not to serve the public, so they were not very dedicated on most of the mountain roads, but they repaired the left and left of their Zhuangzi neatly.

While he was talking and laughing, the car suddenly stopped, and the servant outside the car immediately came to report, saying that there was a car broken down on the road in front of him, and the other party's servant came to ask for help.

Lu Liulang was a little surprised, confessed, got out of the car and looked ahead, this realm is not far from the Lei family, why didn't he go to the village to ask for help, but came to block the road? It's a rare thing to do in normal times......

He got out of the car here, and Liu Sheng, the eldest entourage of Shen Rui and Lu Dong, who was younger than the master and Shen Rui in the back car, also got out of the car.

This time, the other masters and Zhang Chenglin were left by Shen Rui in the palace to take over the affairs of the house, tidying up and rectifying, less than the master and Qi Sheng followed Shen Rui out, and Tian Shun led people to protect him as the leader of the guards.

The men gathered together and went forward together.

In front of the convoy stood a servant woman in her early thirties, with an ordinary appearance, but also neatly dressed, smiling before speaking, speaking in an orderly manner, obviously a housekeeper's daughter-in-law who had been in charge for many years.

When Lu Liulang and his entourage arrived, the servant woman was grinding in Tongtian Shunyang, begging for a hand here, or borrowing them a car, and there would be heavy thanks.

Tian Shun was already quite impatient, Shen Rui went out in microclothes, saying that he wanted to see the situation in the countryside of Penglai County, so Tian Shun was not easy to show his identity, and it was not easy to be rude in the face of a woman. This woman was difficult to deal with, and she couldn't get rid of her, so she had to send someone back to ask the master to come and cheer her up.

When Lu Shiliulang saw someone, his face sank, and he coughed heavily.

The servant woman originally looked over with a smile, and when she saw that it was Lu Shiliulang, her smile froze, but she quickly returned to normal, and walked over quickly to salute, saying that she didn't know that it was Lu Ye's convoy, and her eyes flashed as she spoke, and she looked at the people around her.

Lu Liulang is a master, he will not surrender his identity and the theory of a servant woman, the elder behind him Lu Dong immediately stepped forward, pointed to Yue Yu Kuai on the horse over there, and said: "Thunder Axe family, you don't recognize these people, and you don't recognize Brother Yue?" ”

This servant woman is the Hun family of the Lei family's second steward, Lei Axe, who originally followed Mrs. Lei to do things, because she was so good-mouthed, she was sent to the familiar merchants' houses to post gifts and other things, and she also came to kowtow to Mrs. Lu Qi's grandmother Lu, so Lu Liulang and the people around him knew her.

A businessman like the Lei family, who has no background background, usually has to make good friends with the low-level officials in the government and county, and Lei Axe is also a steward outside, so it is impossible that he has not dealt with Yue Yukuai.

The self-esteem of the Lei Axe family lied to her face and said that she didn't recognize it, she sneered and said: "Recognize, recognize, how dare you not recognize it, it's the old slave who is anxious and hasn't paid attention to it for a while......"

Lu Dong said coldly: "Even if you recognize Brother Yue, you dare to entangle here?" Go ahead. ”

The Lei Axe family smiled bitterly, and actually didn't entangle it anymore, and blessed, and said to Lu Liulang, and explained: "Don't hide it from Lu Ye...... The old slave came out with my girl, but in fact, the axle suddenly broke, and almost fell on the girl, and in the end he broke his foot, and he happened to meet Lu Ye, your convoy came over there, and there was no way, so he came to ask for help...... and then he retired.

Tian Shun had already jumped off the horse when he saw Lu Liulang coming, and when he saw that the servant woman was gone, he leaned over and gave a thumbs up, and said with a smile: "It has to be you Lu Ye." ”

Lu Liulang said angrily: "Lao Tian, don't make fun of me." ”

Lu Dong also came up and said with a smile: "Brother Tian disdains to ignore a mother-in-law, or he sent her away without two sentences." ”

"Hey, you kid are praising me or scolding me?" Tian Shun scolded with a smile, turned his face, but squinted his eyes and looked at Yue Zhukuai up and down, and said coolly: "Old Yue, why don't acquaintances say hello, come over and help?" ”

Na Yue Zhukuai had a simple face, he looked like an honest man, he only smiled embarrassedly, and he didn't dare to answer.

Lu Liulang patted Tian Shun, Tian Shun didn't find fault with him when he saw him like that, but he couldn't help it, and said to Yue Zhu with a smile: "Lao Yue, since you are familiar with them and our guide, please take a trip and talk to them, the bad car is moved to the side and let the road out?" ”

Yue Yu became more and more embarrassed, his hands slowly rubbed the placket of his clothes and wiped the sweat from his palms, standing there is not going to, not going.

Lu Dong is a clever person, and he is used to getting along with the fast catchers, so he hurriedly came forward to relieve the siege, indicating that he was going to run errands, and couldn't help muttering: "It's not far from the Lei family Zhuangzi, I'll send them back to move the rescuers." ”

He walked quickly, and Tian Shun over there squinted his eyes when he heard this, he saw a lot of tricks in old rivers and lakes like him. Yuan Da saw that there were several servants and little maids around the broken car over there, and only one of the old men who was driving the car was a man, and he was too old and weak to look like him, so he didn't doubt their help.

This will be like a knife on Yue Zhukuai's body, gloomy and murderous, I can see Yue Zhukuai's forehead sweating, legs and stomach tendons, I only feel that the sweat in the palm of my hand can't be wiped clean.

Lu Liulang's face was as dark as the bottom of the pot, but it was not good to have a seizure at this time.

Master Xiao's face also became solemn, although he had not experienced the assassination attack, he had also heard the guards talk about the tragedy of that day, and had seen those wounded and those urns of ashes. If someone leaks the whereabouts of the prefect, it is not to plot the assassination, and it is also a great security risk.

Lu Dong's loud voice suddenly came from there, "Oops, Miss Lei......"

Everyone looked over there in unison, but two little girls with umbrellas were in front of them, and the two servants behind were actually petite girls wearing hats, almost with their feet off the ground, walking quickly this way.

Tian Shun snorted heavily, Lu Liulang had already begun to scold his mother in his heart, but the younger master relaxed a little, and looked at the people over there with sarcastic eyes.

As soon as the girl's feet touched the ground, she hissed in her mouth, as if she was in great pain, and then said "Brother Sixteen" to greet Sixteen Lang, saying that she forgave her own injuries and was inconvenient to salute.

The voice of the youngest daughter's family is delicate and soft, and she endures the pain because of the injury, which is more meaningful.

It's a pity that there was no one present who cherished flowers, and Lu Liulang said coldly: "Miss Lei didn't wait for the servants to go back to the village in the car to call helpers, what are you doing here?" ”

The Lei girl said: "Fang Cai's servant woman in the family is rude, I heard that the sixteenth brother is here, and there is Yue Catch, I think we collided with which adult, so I am here to make amends." ”

Tian Shun took out a rough posture, and said in a vicious voice: "That little lady, since you know that you have collided with an adult, why don't you quickly move your broken car that is in the way, and do something here!" When it comes to making amends, ask your parents to go to the yamen to make amends, what are you! ”

Miss Lei seemed to have been humiliated, her body trembled a little, and she became more and more cowardly and pitiful, but she said very stubbornly that since she was rude, she would see an adult and make amends in person.

She didn't pay attention to Tian Shun at all, and only spoke to Lu Liulang.

Lu Liulang is already very annoyed, the Lei family should not be too obvious! If you really want to send a woman to the prefect's side, it is still the turn of the Lei family who is outside the eighth road? Even his uncle Li family is a hundred times stronger than the Lei family! I still make such a means here.

He didn't want to talk harshly to a little girl, so he said, "If you are injured, go back." I'll go talk to Master Lei when I go back. ”

Tian Shun didn't care about that, his mouth became more and more vicious, and he said coldly: "Joke, you claim to have injured your foot, and you can't even salute, how can you kowtow to adults to make amends?" Ming'er asked your father to make amends, you little lady, save some face. ”

The thunder girl's body shook, as if she was about to faint from the unpleasant words.

The servant woman next to her, Lei Axe, couldn't help but reply: "How can this master speak?" My girl came to make amends according to the courtesy, but I told you to ridicule it, there is no reason for this! ”

The little girl with an umbrella on the side was so angry that the umbrella was crooked, and she even glared at a pair of almond eyes, and said with sharp teeth: "It is said that the prime minister is a seven-rank official in front of the door, and the adult is going to become the prime minister one day, but this uncle is now putting on the official authority of the seven-rank official?!" Hey, hey, it's such a big shelf, it's rude, but it's a discredit for adults! ”

The Lei girl hurriedly stopped the little maid and scolded: "Don't talk nonsense!" He apologized to Lu Liulang again: "It's the little sister who can't discipline him." ”

These words are stabbing Lu Liulang and others - Tian Shun is speaking ill of others, isn't it also that the master's family has no way to discipline him.

Lu Liulang's face was pale, just about to speak, I didn't want the Lei girl to be iron-hearted, the previous sentence was still soft and weak to pretend to be a lady of etiquette, the next sentence was to play a scoundrel, raised his voice, with a crying tone, and shouted at the back: "It was the folk girl who collided with the adult, and it should be made amends to the adult in person, the adult is blaming the folk girl, and refusing to accept the folk girl's apology?" The maiden had no choice but to kneel here to apologize and beg your lord for forgiveness. ”

It's as if he's been wronged.

And what "long kneeling" is just lip service, people don't have the slightest intention of kneeling, and they are shouting for joy.

There is such a lively front, and Shen Rui is not deaf.

Only this matter, although the other party's means are clumsy, but it is really difficult to deal with, a merchant girl stopped on the road crying and shouting, whether it is bluntly driving away the other party, or their own turn away, or go out to meet, it is not a good reputation.

How well the prefect called a merchant girl and persecuted it - empty to add a laughing stock to the market!

Shen Rui coldly instructed the little guy who was following the car, Changxi, to ask what Master Xiao was doing.

This is already a manifestation of extreme dissatisfaction with the master, as the master, he should share the worries of the master's family, and the master's family spends money to invite you to stand there and watch the excitement?

It's just that Changxi hasn't walked to the front yet, and the younger master over there has already opened his mouth to play a role.

Master Xiao coughed and said to the Lei girl: "What the girl means, we all understand." Regardless of whether it is the girl's own meaning or the meaning of the Lei family, a certain persuasion girl said, Hugh is messing around here, don't backfire, but it will tire the family! The last sentence was already very loud.

The Lei girl's body stiffened, and when she saw that she was dressed as a Confucian scholar who was younger than the master, she knew the identity of this person and knew who she could speak for. Her grip on the Thunder Axe's hand tightened unconsciously.

The Lei Axe family was wrong, and subconsciously replied: "Look at what this person said, let's act according to etiquette......"

Master Xiao didn't pay attention to her, only stared at Miss Lei, and said almost word by word: "Miss Lei is a smart person. ”

"Mother Wang!" Miss Lei whispered to the Lei Axe family, took a few deep breaths, and still said in a mournful voice: "This gentleman also saw that the little woman's car was damaged and injured, and there was really no way, so please ask Mr. to help." ”

Master Xiao pulled out a smile and said, "Naturally, I won't let the girls and a group of 'weak women' do the stupid work of carrying the car." He called a few people to help the girl move the car. ”

Miss Lei was choked and couldn't speak for a while, and the younger master over there had already ordered the guards to go over to help "lift the car".

Lu Liulang glanced at Miss Lei coldly, and said, "The people in the yamen don't know the way to the Lei family's Zhuangzi, the eldest girl can use my people to report a message?" ”

Miss Lei stiffened her face, and her voice was finally no longer sweet, revealing some resentment, "No need, Brother Sixteen refuses to help, and there are still two servants on my side, so it's a big deal to carry me back to Zhuangzi instead." ”

Lu Liulang nodded solemnly and said, "That's very good." That's not far away. ”

Miss Lei was so angry that she couldn't hold back in the end, and said unwillingly: "Brother Sixteen is ruthless!" ”

Lu Liulang only raised his hand and made a "please" gesture.

The guards over there had already moved the car away, and the person who came back said to Lu Liulang in a loud voice: "The axle is a little weird." ”

Miss Lei and her entourage here listened to it, everyone couldn't see the reaction of the master with the hat, the two servants pretended to be casual, only the two little maids were young in the end, and there was some embarrassment on their faces.

Lu Liulang nodded to the guards, and said loudly: "I know, I'll talk to Master Lei when I go back." ”

Master Xiao beckoned everyone to set off, and said meaningfully to Miss Lei, who was standing on the side of the road, "The girl is a smart person, don't be tired of the family." He made a sealing motion.

Under the hood, Miss Lei's pretty face was already iron-blue, and her cherry lips were bitten and bloody.

The group walked away under the leadership of Lu Liulang and Master Xiaoxiao.

After getting rid of the Lei family far away, Lu Liulang returned to Shen Rui's car and couldn't stop apologizing.

Shen Rui waved his hand, laughed at himself, and said, "It's become a fragrant dumpling." ”

Lu Liulang was a little embarrassed, touched his nose, and finally said: "Like the Lei family, there is no big family behind him, and if you don't stammer, I'm afraid there will be no way to live." ”

Shen Rui couldn't help but roll his eyes, "This is a stutter?!" "Okay, it's all the means of the female goblin to the Tang monk! Who exactly plays whom?

Outside the car window is the land of the Lei family, and as far as the eye can see, the neat place has been reclaimed, and the ridges have been turned, and the tenant farmers are sowing seeds. There are also trees in rows, which are obviously not wild, but also planted by the Lei family.

Shen Rui said angrily: "Isn't this mountain running quite well, why bother to follow those crooked ways." ”

Lu Liulang also sighed: "What the adults said is extreme. In fact, the Lei family is a diligent person, and everything that can be planted and harvested on this mountain makes him ponder it all over again, and all the family wealth is saved little by little. If he doesn't come to this crooked way, he will expose your recruitment list and be a farming expert. ”

In his heart, he naturally scolded the eighteenth generation of his ancestor surnamed Wei one hundred and eighty times, and deeply hated the Wei family for bringing bad folk customs.

The carriage staggered along the mountain road, although Lu Liulang hated what the Lei family did today, but he still had a positive attitude towards the Lei family's mountain reclamation, and along the way, he had a ride with Shen Rui and introduced the vegetation he saw.

Although Lu Liulang has been here, he has only stopped at the Lei family's Zhuangzi, and has not deeply explored the mountain that the Lei family has packaged, and some things can't be said.

Just like a large forest in front of him, Shen Rui didn't know what he saw, so he immediately shouted to stop and got out of the car to see.

Lu Liulang didn't know why, followed behind, and also stretched his neck to see, this forest has a variety of trees, chestnut trees, oak trees, maples, willows, there are also nothing unusual, if it is in an ordinary place, it should be cut down and sold by the wild sky.

Seeing that there were farmers working in the forest, Lu Liulang thought that Shen Rui wanted to see the chestnut tree, after all, if it was about fruits, the sales of chestnuts as dried fruits were still good.

Although he didn't know much about farming, he traveled extensively in the end, and collected goods from the north and south, and heard a few ears at the banquet, so he followed behind Shen Rui and said casually: "Calculate the time, it should be the time for the chestnuts to bloom, this year is still dry, I think I am busy irrigating water and protecting moisture." ”

Seeing that some peasants were not taking care of the roots of the trees, but were busy with the treetops, he said, "I heard that it is necessary to erase some dense buds and pinch some flowers so that they can grow well." ”

Shen Rui shook his head, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and said, "No, they are not taking care of the trees, like they are herding silkworms." ”

In his previous life, Shen Rui knew that there was a special product in Shandong, which was cocoon silk. The cultivation of silkworms originated from Shandong, and then developed to Henan, Hebei, Shaanxi, Liaodong and even Sichuan, Yunnan and other places.

It's just that he hasn't heard of it in this life, but he has seen some records, in the early Ming Dynasty, the "wild silkworm into a cocoon" was regarded as auspicious, and the Hongwu Yongle Dynasty had records, what "the ministers congratulated", and even "ordered the crown prince to recommend it in the Taimiao", which can be seen that it is very important.

That shows that the mountain silkworm is still in a purely wild state and has not been artificially stocked.

Shen Rui guessed that it was about the end of the Ming Dynasty or even the Qing Dynasty that the scale of breeding was formed.

When he came to Shandong, he did not include the development of cocoon silk in his plan, because none of the agricultural books he could find such as "Nongsang Jijiao" introduced the stocking of silkworms.

Combined with historical data, he believes that this technology has not yet taken shape, the mulberry silkworm is a domestic silkworm, and the silkworm is a wild silkworm, and the two are completely different.

At the same time, there is a large amount of cotton cultivation in Shandong, and the Shen family has cotton spinning technology, so it is obviously easier to develop the textile industry, so he will naturally not put silk fabrics in the first place.

Now, looking at the large forest in front of me, those tenants are skillful in stocking and transplanting silkworms, which shows that they are really skilled. How to make Shen Rui unhappy!

The unhappiness brought by the Lei family before dissipated without a trace, and Shen Rui stared at the tenants in the forest working for a long time before turning his head with a smile and saying to Lu Shiliulang: "If this pile of silkworm breeding can be promoted, Dengzhou will be rich." ”

Lu Liulang was stunned for a moment and muttered, "Silkworm? I haven't heard that the Lei family sells silk ......"

But then he was also happy, the cotton fabrics he sold overseas silk fabrics are basically from Jiangnan, car sales costs, the cost is really not low, if Shandong or even Dengzhou local silk production, then he earned double.

Lu Liulang's eyes rolled, and he immediately smiled: "Don't worry, my lord, this matter is on me." ”

Master Xiao also followed behind and listened, he is a native of Jinan Prefecture, and he has traveled all over Shandong Province, and he also knows that the wild silkworms are cocooned, but most of them are mountain people who are left to fend for themselves, and when they meet, they will be collected as mountain goods, and I have never heard of anyone stocking.

And in his opinion, the blue and gray silk of wild silkworm cocoons is not as white and pleasing as the silkworm cocoons, and even if they are woven, they may not be able to sell at a high price, so he never expected that this thing could be stocked and make a big profit.

However, listening to Shen Rui Lu Liulang's conversation, knowing that they wanted the craft of the Lei family, Xiao Xiao Shi smiled and said: "Today's matter should also be knocked on the Lei family." ”

Lu Liulang was thinking about this, so he smiled and said, "What Mr. said is true." Don't worry, Lao Lei is more anxious than us, and when he finds him, we will make a price. ”

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Sure enough, on this day, Shen Rui and his entourage had just stayed in the town at the foot of the mountain in the evening, and Master Lei came with a large number of gifts.

Of course, he also knew that he was not qualified to meet Shen Rui directly, and he was even more afraid that it would be difficult to maneuver after he came up, especially when he heard that the servants said that the palace guards had broken through the axle bureau, so he quietly came to Lu Liulang first.

Someone bought off the guy, handed a message to Lu Liulang, chartered another tavern in the town, and invited Lu Liulang to dinner.

Lu Liulang went to the appointment, which made Master Lei breathe a sigh of relief.

In the countryside and small towns, there is nothing to eat, especially in the context of the disaster year, it is good to not stop cooking, and it is a good dish to barely make up the stewed pheasant and fried sprouts.

Master Lei lifted the food box, and the appearance of the snack box seemed to be to add food, but after opening it, it was a small ingot, which was slowly placed in a box.

Master Lei is not a few years younger than Master Lu Qi, but on Lu Liulang's side, he is still an equal, a brother, and he doesn't care at all that Bai Xian's daughter has called Brother Sixteen.

Lu Liulang glanced at those silver ingots, and listened to Master Lei keep saying that his brother was hard, and he lacked a little heart for his brother, he sneered, and the chopsticks dotted the silver, and said: "Old Lei, your family, you are all fools for others." ”

Master Lei hurriedly made amends and said with a smile: "Your nephew is naughty, how much do you ...... forgive?"

Lu Liulang waved his chopsticks and said, "Sensei said those are false." What do you think, but you push it on the child. Your daughter is a three-year-old and five-year-old baby? If you always think that you are the only smart person in the world, then you don't have to eat this meal. With that, he put down his chopsticks and got up to leave.

Master Lei hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed him, and said, "Don't, don't, good brother, good brother, it's the old brother who is confused, you will spare me once." ”

Lu Liulang said coolly: "Old brother, can you think about what to say?" ”

Master Lei smiled bitterly, "Brother, I am ...... I want to ask my brother to save me. ”

Lu Liulang snorted, with a mocking face, Master Lei stomped his feet and said, "Brother, it's me, but I'm really forced to lose ground by the surname Wei." ”

Lu Liulang paused, looked at Master Lei twice, and the latter gave up his hands again and again, Lu Liulang went back to sit down, paused the chopsticks on the table, and fished a chopstick meat into the coarse porcelain bowl and started eating.

Master Lei breathed a sigh of relief, sat down heavily, picked up the small wine bowl and drank it all, Fang sighed and said: "Brother, you have a wide face, I don't want to say it, I think you also know that the surname Wei is collecting grain, and he wants to add a little bit of greasy to the new prefect." ”

"It's not that I don't want to listen to the prefect's words, I didn't respond and buy it at the beginning, too...... Alas, I have a little selfishness, just this mountain, I can't compare to those good Zhuangzi, there is not much income, there are many people employed, the food is not prepared, and my heart is bottomless.

"I know that the Lord is the blue sky, and I also heard the rumors in the city about the various righteous deeds of the Lord in the capital. I'm afraid, adults first came to Penglai, I don't know those two old men (small officials) in Penglai County, they are good at deceiving the upper and lower, I am afraid that I have no backer, nodding and buying, saying that one stone is collected three stones, and they have to give them benefits...... If they had stripped them of their skins and collected all the grain, not only my whole family, but also the whole family of the tenant farmers would starve to death.

"The prefect is benevolent and righteous, and said that he would buy voluntarily, so I thought, then I don't sell it. I didn't expect that I didn't respond here, and the surname Wei came to the door, and what I said at the beginning was good, but I set up a bureau and put me in, I was greedy for a cup, and I made a deed in a daze, and the grain in my warehouse and the income on the mountain this year were sold to him at a low price.

"I tried to reason with him, but I was threatened by him. I'm really angry, doesn't he just rely on having a cousin who is a big official and a little wife? My family is just the age of the year, and she hasn't been married yet, I, alas, I have a crooked mind......"

Master Lei was chattering here, Lu Liulang over there had already eaten most of the bowl of chicken, and after hearing it, he knocked on the edge of the sea bowl with his chopsticks and said: "Old Lei, in this way, your family's only valuable grain and the products in the mountains have been sold, so what is left to surrender to the adult?" ”

Old Master Lei's face was slightly red, and he still whispered to Lu Liulang: "My family is a big girl......

He also knew that the two daughters of the Lu family had already married and had children, and it was impossible for him to stare at the location of the adult's backyard, so he dared to say this to Lu Liulang, but he didn't know that the Lu family was a girl who didn't wait for the boudoir, but there were still relatives in the family.

Lu Liulang snorted coldly and said, "Brother, don't think I'm talking ugly, your daughter, and it's not your turn, there are many big families in the city who fight this idea." However, what is the origin of the adult, and what is the background of the lady? Still used to find a waiter in Dengzhou Mansion? Let's die before it's too late. ”

He paused, tilted at the embarrassed Master Lei, and said lightly: "And, Old Lei, I said it all, don't always treat others as fools, your daughter's engagement and dismissal, don't look at it, no one will know." ”

Old Master Lei's face changed when he heard this, he struggled to prop his hands on the table, and said with a forced smile: "Good brother, this joke can't be made...... Can't open ......"

"Brother Lei, you are in such a hurry, it won't be the idea of beating your daughter with the surname Wei, right?" Lu Liulang's sentence is really a joke.

Before he thought about it, Master Lei couldn't squeeze out a smile, so he raised his hand and drank a bowl of wine, and said dejectedly: "Brother, you are really well-informed." ”

Lu Liulang was really stunned, the two eldest sons of the Wei family have already married, although the Wei family's business is bigger than the Lei family, but if you use your concubine to marry the only girl of the Lei family, it is really a bully.

If the two families really become in-laws, the Wei family can't even point out how much industry the Lei family girl wants to swallow up with the Lei family's girl.

However, Lu Liulang didn't come to fight for the Lei family, he snorted coldly and said, "Old Lei, it's not like you haven't dealt with the same surname Wei, and you don't know his temperament of eating people and not spitting out bones?" That's it, I don't need to mention anything, I just ask you, what do you want to do now that you come to me? ”

Master Lei softened his posture, with a bitter face, and before he could say anything to plead, he was blocked back by Lu Liulang.

"Lao Lei, you said that when the prefect needed someone to respond and buy, you were not happy, and now you are in trouble, not to mention that the food is gone, the mountain can't be saved, and even your own daughter can't be saved, and you want to come and ask for your protection." Lu Liulang sneered, "Old Lei, are you really taking everyone else for a fool?" You can't find good things, you have to carry bad things, who owes you? ”

Lei Lao Rao is an old businessman with a thick skin, and he couldn't help but be embarrassed by him, and only said after a while: "I, I also have an excellent agricultural book to dedicate to adults." ”

Lu Liulang only smacked his lips and said: "Lord Shen has printed a lot of things like agricultural books, and the agricultural books in the Ten Thousand Volumes Pavilion in the capital are all found and printed by Lord Shen." ”

Master Lei gritted his teeth and said: "Brother, don't you think that a farm book is not enough, my family is all made from this." Dengzhou is mountainous, and it is different from flat land farming......"

Lu Liulang smiled and said, "Oh, is there a way to raise wild silkworms?" ”

Master Lei, who was originally talking, suddenly quieted down, staring at Lu Liulang, his face cloudy.

Lu Liulang ate the last bite of the dish, put down his chopsticks, wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, and said slowly: "Lao Lei, since you have bought Lao Yue, you will not just pave the way for your daughter." I think, if the eldest niece is successful, she will also lead the adult to go around the Zhuangzi, but it didn't work out, and Lao Yue led it, after all, I want to see the wild silkworm forest. Lord Shen is a native of Songjiang, and he has a weaving factory at home, so he doesn't know silkworms, or he doesn't know wild silkworms, and someone will tell him about it......"

He talked endlessly, but Master Lei was always silent.

"My Lu family runs a sea boat, and I can be regarded as touching all the goods that can go to sea in Dengzhou, but I don't know that your Lei family has also produced silk. I'm afraid, you just know how to raise silkworms, sell some cocoons, and produce some raw silk in the sky. ”

Lu Liulang looked at Master Lei's face, and said pleasantly: "The friends around Master Fang Cai chatted with me and told me that this wild silkworm is not good in silk, it is thick, and it is rough in satin, and it can't be sold for any price." Therefore, this thing is for you, I am afraid that it is chicken ribs, so you have such an idea, raising mountain silkworms does not occupy arable land, and selling silk is profitable, adults are determined to forge ahead, pay attention to agricultural mulberry, you want to attract the attention of adults to wild silkworms, and you will sacrifice it to sell personal favors, a good means. ”

Master Lei was silent for a long time, and then said in a deep voice: "The old man is not greedy, this thing is a good thing, it is the old man who has no ability, the adult came from Songjiang Mansion, he is well-informed, and he heard that he has also set up a weaver school, there are many craftsmen and masters, if there is a way to solve the problem of spinning wild silk, it is really a great luck in Dengzhou." ”

At this time, he will not make that posture of being low and small, and the old brother has become old and decrepit, and he is immediately alienated.

Lu Liulang didn't care, high-fived and said, "It's a great luck for Dengzhou." In fact, Lord Shen came to Dengzhou, which was a great luck for Dengzhou. Do you know how Songjiang cloth became Kampot? It is not only Songjiang cloth, but also the grandeur of Lord Shen! Nowadays, there is the signboard of the 'Shen family weaving factory', and then there are the weavers of the Shen family, the craftsmanship of the Shen family, and His Majesty values it. There are few cotton fields in Dengzhou, what about Luxi Lubei? Lao Lei, you say, with the golden sign of Kampot, do you still have to work hard to figure out how to make the satin woven by wild silk not gray and rough? ”

Lu Liulang looked at Master Lei's defeated face with a smile, and stopped talking with a smile.

Master Lei was full of frustration, pondered for a moment, raised his eyes and looked at Lu Liulang, spread his hands, once again abandoned the cold style, and said in a low voice: "Brother, my brother really has nothing of value." I'm just a bunch of them, brother, look at the cut. ”

Lu Liulang laughed and patted it: "Brother, what does my brother want to eat your flesh for!" Aren't you afraid of running out of food to eat? Buy it back. ”

"Buy it back?" Master Lei subconsciously said: "Can he return it to me as it is?" I'm afraid I won't double the sale. ”

"Do you think he can sell you?" Lu Liulang sneered and said, "He still has a grain shop, just buy it back from the grain shop." ”

Master Lei couldn't help but widen his eyes, "Brother! You cut hard enough with this knife, cut it on the neck, but it cost my brother's life! ”

Lu Liulang said slowly: "Brother, you also know that adults are benevolent and righteous, and besides, you are offering agricultural books and mountains, how can adults make you suffer?" ”

He stared at Master Lei's eyes and said, "Let you buy it, just buy it." ”

Master Lei reacted, hurriedly opened his mouth to say yes, and then said with a sad face: "Don't mind, brother...... No, when did I say I was going to sacrifice the mountain? It's a mountain silkworm! Eh, you're even more ruthless than the one surnamed Wei......"

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