On the carriage, Zhu Sanfu stuffed a silver ticket to the county man.

"It's hard work today, this is a little careful, leave it for you to drink tea, we still have to go to Tongzhou City, so I won't invite you to go to the restaurant."

That county Cheng is really tired, after all, he followed Zhu Sanfu to seven or eight houses this morning, and the squires and wealthy households in the entire Miao County have walked all over again.

pinched the silver ticket, didn't dare to look at it, and quickly pinched it into his sleeve, with an embarrassed smile on his face.

"That's embarrassing."

Zhu Sanfu waved his hand, "Don't care, then I'll put you down when you get to the county office, and we'll continue on our way." ”

"Okay, okay! Just stop here! ”

Zhu Sanfu was not polite, patted the carriage door, the carriage slowly stopped in the downtown area, and the county government was not two steps in front, and after saluting the carriage, he watched the carriage gradually move away.

Patting the dust on his body, the county man walked quickly into the county office.

In the secret place, he took out the silver ticket and took a look, and the county was trembling, this is one hundred taels!

Hurriedly looked around, and saw that no one was paying attention to him, so he put the silver ticket in place again, tidied up his clothes, and turned around a few times to a room.

A person in an official uniform in the room seemed to be practicing calligraphy, and when he saw the county Cheng coming back, he hurriedly smiled and waved his hand.

"Zhang Xiancheng, you came back just in time, hurry up and take a look, how is my handwriting?"

Zhang Xiancheng stepped forward, didn't read the words, put down the box with a nervous face, and said:

"Lord County Order, let's stop reading the words, something is wrong!"

Kuang Zhaoen snorted twice, raised his hand and stroked his beard, but didn't look at Zhang Xiancheng.

"Miao County is such a big place, so Zhizhou can come over twice, and now he has planted golden potatoes and corn according to the instructions, and he can't afford to be sick, what big deal can it be?"

Zhang Xiancheng was in a hurry, so he hurriedly stepped forward and told him everything about this morning.

After hearing this, Kuang Zhaoen was also stunned, blinked and dropped the pen in his hand, looking suspicious.

"Buying land, and buying so much, what is this going to do, our Miao County is the farthest away from Tongzhou City, where birds don't, just a dock is considered a number of people, what is this going to do? Do you know who the other person is? ”

Zhang Xiancheng shook his head, "I don't know the little one, but I went up to sit in this person's carriage, not what we usually use, I remember that when Uncle Zhou came over in the capital, it was such a carriage, it was as smooth as drinking tea in the house, but it ran fast."

As for the shopkeeper Zhu, the accent is from the capital, the body is two times the width of me, white and fat, with a pair of ink-colored glass pieces on his nose, and the little one has never seen what it is.

But the glass piece is made of red gold for a week, oh yes, there is also a red gold chain tied to the edge of the glass piece, which shows that this thing is much more valuable than red gold! ”

Kuang Zhaoen can be regarded as having seen the world, thought about drawing the appearance of the mirror on the paper, pointed and asked:

"But such an object?"

Zhang Xiancheng kept nodding, "Yes, yes, it's such an object!" ”

Kuang Zhaoen looked at the land deed foundations in Zhang Xiancheng's hands, looked through them from front to back, and the more he looked at them, the more frightened he became, and he subconsciously gasped.

"So much, there are more than 800 acres of land here, according to the calculation of 1221 acres, wouldn't it cost nearly 10,000 taels of silver?"

Zhang Xiancheng nodded vigorously again, wiped the sweat on his forehead, one of him was hot, and the other was anxious, and the whole person was sweating at the moment.

"I saw the person who followed the shopkeeper Zhu, his box was full of sorted silver tickets, stacked one by one, folded with paper, marked with the name of the county, the number of acres, the price, and the location, I am afraid that there are 100,000 taels in that box!"

Kuang Zhaoen's legs were weak, and he quickly stood up on the table, and hurriedly asked:

"Tongzhou has these four counties?"

Zhang Xiancheng nodded, "Yes, but there are no small households, all of them are big squires." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a servant came to report.

"My lord, Old Man Wei came here to ask for a meeting."

Kuang Zhaoen frowned, his face was puzzled.

"What is he here for? Don't you regret it, go and invite in! ”

The official quickly retreated, and brought the old man Wei in a moment, and the old man, who was trembling with a crutch, had a red light on his face at this time, not to mention walking like flying, but also walked in quickly.

"My lord, I wonder if you know the shopkeeper Zhu in the capital?"

There is no head and no brain, if it weren't for Zhang Xiancheng saying it in advance, Kuang Zhaoen wouldn't know what it meant.

Kuang Zhaoen hurriedly asked Old Man Wei to sit down, "Don't be in a hurry to sit down and say!" ”

"My lord, don't you know, this matter can't be rushed, I want to inquire, this shopkeeper Zhu has been to the county office, where did he go?"

Kuang Zhaoen glanced at Zhang Xiancheng, even more confused, could it be that he was deceived?

"This person didn't come to the county office, he just put Zhang Xiancheng down, and walked directly in the direction of Tongzhou City, what happened in such a hurry?"

Old Man Wei was stunned, and immediately understood that he was unclear and misunderstood, so he hurriedly waved his hand and said:

"It's not an accident, I just want to find the shopkeeper Zhu and ask him if I still have hundreds of acres of land, whether he wants it, he left and I think I sold less, isn't this a little regretful!"

Kuang Zhaoen came to his senses and stretched out his hand towards Old Man Wei.

"This matter really can't help you, we don't know this person, Zhang Xiancheng said something just now, judging from the way he dresses, he is by no means the shopkeeper of ordinary people, he is also ink-colored glasses, and a red gold chain, and he is so generous, all of them are newly made silver tickets from Zhengtong Yinhao, I think I am afraid that a certain prince sent someone out to do it in order to act in a low-key manner!

But what do we have to buy in our fields here? ”

Old Man Wei nodded, "This is where I was initially puzzled, the 200 acres of land I sold were all Zhongtian, and this year it was almost wasted, and finally the rent was reduced, so it can be regarded as a plant, I don't understand why I bought so much land?" ”

Kuang Zhaoen was silent, and looked up at Old Man Wei for a while.

"We can't find this Zhu shopkeeper at this time, but someone will naturally take over the land after buying it, don't worry, since it is heading towards Tongzhou, I am just going to go to the Zhizhou Mansion to see Lord Liu, to see if I can know a thing or two, if the entire Tongzhou is bought, then something big must happen."

After speaking, he didn't wait for the stunned old man Wei to react, got up and walked away, his favorite sedan chair was not done, he found an inconspicuous carriage and hurried up, a woman looked surprised and shouted in the back:

"Master, where are you going to eat?"

“......”

There was a burst of smoke and dust, the carriage had already disappeared, and Kuang Zhaoen on the carriage was anxious, and the more he thought about it, the more something was going on.

Just before leaving, Zhang Xiancheng gave him a map, which marked several pieces of land for sale this time, and when he unfolded it, Kuang Zhaoen was even more puzzled, because these plots all surrounded the canal wharf, and then extended towards Xianghe County.

Carefully distinguish, on the map, these plots are completely connected, as if they are a belt, horizontally splitting Miao County in half, what does this mean?

Thinking all the way, the carriage had stopped in front of the county yamen in Xianghe County, Kuang Zhaoen got off quickly, he had a good personal relationship with Wang Xianzhong, the commander of Xianghe County, so the officials were very familiar with it, and when he saw Kuang Zhaoen coming, he hurriedly gave a salute.

"Kuang County Order, why are you here, my county commander is not here, I heard that I went to some medical center in the capital."

Kuang Zhaoen was stunned, and wanted to talk to Wang Xianzhong all the way, after all, he had a lot of doubts in his heart, and suddenly knew that the person was not there, Kuang Zhaoen was a little stunned.

"Did you say when you would be back?"

The man shook his head, "I just left early this morning, and I won't be able to come back in three or five days, I heard that one of his uncles was seriously ill and needed money, so my county commander hurried there." ”

Kuang Zhaoen heard that he left in the morning, and he would definitely not be able to come back today, so he waved his hand and got into the car directly, and the coachman waited there for a long time, and he didn't hear the order, so he quickly looked back.

"My lord, where are we going?"

"Go to Tongzhou City!"

......

Half an hour later, the carriage was already approaching Tongzhou City, and in the outer ground, someone was holding strange things, and the other side kept whistling and waving the flag, as if directing something, and finally after the selection, someone brought a one-man high wooden stake and nailed it down in place.

Although the distance is far, Kuang Zhaoen's eyesight is very good, the wooden stake is painted with black paint, and a string of zigzag symbols is written, and when he sees this, he quickly pats the wall of the carriage.

"Slow down, just walk slowly, can you see what they're doing?"

The coachman was a straight man, and when he saw the carriages in front of him, he pointed and grinned and said:

"My lord, there is a carriage ahead, and it seems to be with those people, and they are all dressed in dark blue clothes."

Hearing this shout, Kuang Zhaoen hurriedly looked over, and sure enough, there were several carriages on the side of the road, with umbrellas next to the carriages, and a few people standing by the umbrellas chatting.

Kuang Zhaoen hurriedly patted the driver, "Hurry up, go over and ask what this is for?" ”

The coachman jumped out of the carriage and walked quickly to the men.

"What are you busy with, are you going to harvest corn and golden potatoes?"

A few chatting men put down the large teapot in their hands and looked at the coachman with a smile.

"Haha, it's taking measurements."

The coachman looked confused, he had heard of the word measurement, and he had seen it in the yamen by measuring the land for the yellow book.

"Measurement? Is it to buy land, what is this measurement? ”

A hearty man shook his head and said with a mysterious expression:

"There is a road to be built here, from the canal wharf to Tongzhou City, a new road connecting the port of Tianjin and the capital, and it won't be long before the fields are gone."

The coachman was surprised, pointed to the road under his feet and said:

"Isn't it an official road under our feet, and the location you measured is not far away, wouldn't it be a waste to build another road here?"

The man smiled and shook his head, and a man next to him poked him, his face gloomy.

"There's so much nonsense, it's not an order, don't let you leak it, what should you do in a hurry, it's all dispersed!"

The hearty man hurriedly put down the teapot, patted the dust on his body, and stomped the mud on his shoes.

"Don't worry, boss, let's start working now, this is not to drink some ice to relieve the heat, let's have numb hands and feet!"

Saying that everyone was scattered, the coachman hurried back, he didn't find that the carriage behind him was secretly looking at Kuang Zhaoen, although it was not very luxurious, but the sign of the four words of the Miao County Government was still very conspicuous.

The coachman hurriedly got into the car and repeated the answer just now in a low voice, Kuang Zhaoen narrowed his eyes and waved his hand for a while.

"Hurry up, go directly to Tongzhou City!"

Seeing that Kuang Zhaoen's face was not good, the coachman hurriedly jumped into the car, and the horsewhip was rounded towards the horse's buttocks, and the carriage sped quickly and quickly disappeared on the official road.

The leader drank a cup of tea and waved his hand at the hearty man beside him.

"The performance is good, if you encounter a carriage with the seal of the government again, or a squire and a wealthy family, just say so, the ordinary people will forget it, and give it a reward."

Saying that he had thrown a few pieces of loose silver to the hearty man, the man happily put it up and ran away to get busy.

Kuang Zhaoen's carriage rushed to Tongzhou City, and it seemed that the streets were more prosperous after a few days of not coming, and several inns encountered on the road were hung up early with full signs.

Kuang Zhaoen put down the curtain, and his heart was even more uneasy, now it was just past noon, and it was full before the evening, these inns were expensive, when did so many people gather in Tongzhou?

The shopkeeper Zhu who came from the capital bought land, someone measured it on the way, and the coachman inquired about it, obviously this noble person from the capital wanted to make a big move in the boundary of Tongzhou.

Building a road can be described as a matter of labor and money, but people's actions are like building a wing house in their yard and doing it if they want to, who has such ability?

Just thinking about it, the carriage suddenly stopped, Kuang Zhaoen was flashed, almost fell, and hurriedly held the carriage and asked.

"What's wrong?"

The coachman lifted the curtain and quickly accompanied a smile on his face.

"My lord, we arrived, a team of people ran out of the mansion just now, and they stopped a little more in a hurry to make way, are you okay?"

Hearing this, the expression on Kuang Zhaoen's face softened a lot, and he waved his hand and said:

"It's okay, I'll go down, you pull over and wait."

Saying that, he got out of the car alone, and when he came to the Tongzhou Mansion, he still had to clamp his tail and be a man, not to mention that the master had to respect three points.

Looking at the busy people coming in and out, he didn't dare to stop him, and asked with a smile towards the porter:

"How is Liu Zhizhou, I'll come over to take a look, and there are some things to report!"

When the man saw Kuang Zhaoen, he quickly said with a smile on his face:

"It turned out to be Kuang County's order, Liu Zhizhou's health is much better, but the doctor is not allowed to handle official business, people from the palace are helping to settle the backyard, Liu Zhizhou is accompanied, if you have any urgent matter, you can go to Master Zhang, he is in the public house."

Kuang Zhaoen nodded, hurriedly entered from the corner gate, and went directly to the public house, Zhang Huaiyuan was very busy, surrounded by a group of people, some asked Liu Zhizhou's body, some asked about planting, and after waiting for a while, there were fewer people.

Zhang Huaiyuan saw Kuang Zhaoen at this time, and hurriedly saluted Kuang Zhaoen.

"When did the Kuang County order come, Zhang was negligent, and I hope to forgive my sins!"

"Master Zhang, don't say that, Zhizhou is recuperating, and I don't want to worry about everything because I lost you, I just had some doubts and wanted to talk to Master Zhang alone."

Zhang Huaiyuan nodded and waved his hand at the people in the room, who went out very interestingly.

Kuang Zhaoen approached, and at this moment he didn't even have the heart to hesitate, and if he didn't ask, grass would grow in his heart.

"Master Zhang, I don't go around in circles, I walked all the way and saw a lot of people surveying and mapping on the side of the road, and there was also a Zhu shopkeeper from the capital in our county who was buying land.

I bought 800 acres in one go, and of course other counties seem to have bought it, is it ...... Could it be that there is something big going to happen in our Tongzhou? ”