Wei Bao rubbed his temples, although he is still a 15-year-old young man, he has been too tired these days, there is nothing when people are tired, the key is to use his brain a little excessively, and he is not a smart person, just an ordinary person. If you have Zhuge Liang's IQ of one fan and three strategies, it is about the same.

"Let's go down first, I'll think about it again, and you guys will think about it again, there's no hurry about it!" Wei Bao Road.

Lin Wenbiao agreed and asked, "Then today's singing celebration is still as usual, right?" ”

"As usual, why not? Now that the land of these Li Zheng, Jia Chang and the rich families has been handed over, how much more storm can there be? Wei Bao said.

"Yes." Lin Wenbiao hurriedly agreed, and Shi Li retreated.

"Do you want to go back to sleep?" Seeing Wei Bao's injured appearance, Wang Qiuya asked distressedly, "Or do you want to have breakfast now?" ”

"Let's have breakfast first." Wei Bao Road.

While eating breakfast, Wei Bao was thinking about how to solve the problem of the large number of arrears in the hands of Li Zheng, Jia Chang and the rich households, as well as the survival of five or six thousand villagers in the four local areas.

He had two options, either to bother or to ignore it. It doesn't matter if you ignore it, he holds the land in his hands, which is the most solid, and no one can do anything to him.

These people are looking for trouble, and they can only wait for him to get out of these four miles, and on his own territory, he can rest assured that he can be a big landlord who doesn't care about the world! Is it just that from now on, this large area of land under his jurisdiction has been isolated from the world?

If he wants to pay attention, what can he do? Carrying all the debts alone? Like taking the villagers under Zhao Liquan's hands, let these people become his serfs?

If the money is less, it doesn't matter, five or six hundred thousand taels of silver, the amount is too big, and he continues to use silver now, to start the infrastructure construction of nearly 1,000 square kilometers of land, at least tens of millions of taels of silver, to catch up with half of the annual taxes paid by the Ming court in this era, this is still infrastructure construction.

Only after the completion of the infrastructure construction will this large area of land only meet the standard of habitability, and the development process of a quasi-modern city is only the first step and a tenth of the way has been completed. Probably less than a tenth.

100 million taels of silver, or even 200 million taels of silver, may not be able to make a desolate and barren land reborn, Wei Bao estimates, it may take 300 to 400 million taels of silver! What a terrible number.

Xu Rui and Wang Qiuya accompanied Wei Bao to eat, and when they saw him eating slowly, they always looked preoccupied, and they didn't dare to speak, so they could only accompany each other silently.

"I have thought about it, these debts will be borne by our Heaven and Earth firm!" Wei Bao suddenly put down the chopsticks in his hand, wiped his mouth, and said as if he had made a lot of determination.

Xu Rui and Wang Qiuya sighed in surprise.

"Shall we take it?" Wang Qiuya said gloomily: "The amount is too big, this is a lot of silver, and besides, we don't need to bear it, right?" They bought the land voluntarily, and we didn't force them. ”

"If we don't bear it, five or six thousand villagers will be displaced, and there will be only one way left to go out and beg for food!" Wei Bao said solemnly: "I'm not for those rich people, I'm for the common people!" ”

Xu Rui and Wang Qiuya looked at Wei Bao, and at this moment, they had a new understanding of Wei Bao. Originally, Wei Bao often said that for the sake of the villagers, they only regarded it as a beautiful word, but they didn't expect Wei Bao to really think so in his heart, how much measurement and courage does it take to bear debts that he does not need to bear?

"Childe, have you thought about it?" Xu Rui asked.

"You've figured it out!" Wei Bao nodded and said: "It's just that I still have to negotiate with those Lizheng, Jiachang, and rich people, and I can't follow their interest algorithm, at least cut it in half!" According to their usury algorithm, this account is a bottomless pit and will never be paid off! ”

"Cut in half? How could they possibly agree? Xu Rui was puzzled.

"yes, they won't say yes." Wang Qiuya also agreed.

"Moreover, even if it is cut in half, it will be at least more than 200,000 taels of silver, right?" Xu Rui reminded: "300,000 taels are possible. Where did we get all this cash? ”

"So, if you want to pull these rich people into our construction plan, you will never be able to do anything by relying on the strength of one person!" Wei Bao's eyes burned. If you want to popularize and support the capitalist system, you should first start by supporting these local rich households! Always thinking about how much land and wealth he controls, what is the difference between himself and Wu Xiang, a traditional big landlord? Even if you have thousands, or even tens of thousands of serfs in your hands, what can you do?

The weakness of society and the weakness of the country lies in the system! If the system doesn't change, then it's not a change of soup or a change of medicine? Just like the Ming Dynasty, science and technology are definitely ahead of the Jiannu and rebel armies, and the level of rules and regulations is definitely mature, more advanced than the Jiannu and rebel armies! The system that has been developed for more than 200 years is impossible if it is no longer mature. But what if you are mature?

Facts have proved that the big ship of the Ming Dynasty can no longer be driven, or the big ship with the peak feudal system as the core can no longer be driven, and it has accumulated heavy burdens and is difficult to return, and it has developed for more than 200 years, leaving behind a large number of tumors, accounting for 90 percent of the population, and the resources in the hands of the common people are not even 10 percent, but they have to bear all the taxes and the operation of the entire country.

The gentry, who made up at most 10 percent of the population, was not subject to taxes.

This system faced internal and external troubles, natural and man-made disasters in the late Ming Dynasty, so that Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di could not be resurrected.

If Emperor Wanli always insisted on Zhang Juzheng's reform, it could only be said that it was only to alleviate this acute social contradiction, and it could not be cured, because Zhang Juzheng's reform operation was not big, and it was still only a small repair within the feudal system, and it did not touch the fundamentals.

Wei Bao's operation to convert the serfs tied to the land into wage workers is a major operation! Even though these people were still peasants, they were not the same as the original serfs because they were freer.

The whole course of history shows that the freer you are, the more you progress!

Xu Rui and Wang Qiuya had no way to understand Wei Bao's point of view, and at this time, Fan Xiaolin came back from doing things outside and was surprised to hear Wei Bao's thoughts.

"President, we don't have to be afraid of them, if we want to fight, we still have to fight, let's just let them go!" Fan Xiaolin said with iron blood: "Even if we go to the capital and make trouble in front of the saint to sue the emperor, we don't have to be afraid, we don't violate any Da Ming law, Da Ming law is to protect the land." As for the five or six thousand villagers, it's not that we don't want to take care of it, we can't manage it, there is no way, let them go out and hide first, and when the rumors pass, and then come back like those homeless people, it's a big deal to change the name, let's go down with those Lizheng, Jiachang, and rich people, and see who can consume whom! ”

Wei Bao smiled slightly, he had also thought about the method Fan Xiaolin said, and felt that Fan Xiaolin was really a typical village girl, with a ruthlessness in her bones, she was tougher than a man when she encountered trouble, and she always wanted to fight in the toughest way.

Wei Bao appreciates Fan Xiaolin's this, but he can't do it, he realizes that it is not easy to stand in a high position, it is not okay to be too presumptuous, in order to develop, when it is time to compromise, you must be able to swallow a breath.

"Do you think only about profit, have you ever thought about time? If it continues like this, neither side can please it, and it is a waste of time! Wei Bao smiled: "Isn't it better to win-win?" ”

Fan Xiaolin was silent thoughtfully.

"I'm afraid they don't understand this." Wang Qiuya said.

Wei Bao smiled and stood up: "I don't know if I don't understand the reason, but they value money very much!" Just understand the money! ”

Xu Rui likes to watch Wei Bao in this kind of confident moment the most, knowing that Wei Bao has made up his mind, she smiled and followed Wei Bao out.

Today is still singing, after yesterday's warm-up, everyone is enthusiastic, nothing has to be done, early to clean up everywhere, more than 3,000 people in the big square of Benjia sat and chatted, waiting to watch the play, very lively.

Wei Bao walked around.

"Childe, Master Wu and Miss Wu, Zhao Yuanhua, are here with a group of Lizheng, Jiachang and rich people." Luo San was stunned and came to report.

Wei Bao was waiting for them, and smiled slightly: "It's coming very quickly!" ”

"Five or six thousand!" Luo San was stunned and reminded.

"So many people?" Wei Bao was secretly surprised, he didn't expect that all the people came?

"Do you want to call all of us out here?" Luo San asked stunned.

"No, it's okay to be in the escort and the people in the Statistics Department!" Wei Bao said: "Let's go, go out and have a look!" ”

Luo San was stunned, and hurriedly followed the escort team and the people from the Statistics Bureau, and went out to check with President Wei.

Early in the morning, Zhao Yuanhua didn't care about being kicked by Lin Wenbiao yesterday, his chest was full of panic, and he vomited some blood in the morning, so he went to Zhao Kehu's house to meet with Wu Dagongzi, and then according to Wudagongzi's instructions, he went around to contact Li Zheng, Jiachang and the rich households.

After these people sold the land, the more they thought about it, the more bad they became, even though they didn't dare to ask Wei Bao for the land, but they thought that a large number of arrears in their hands would become waste paper because of the loss of the land, and they were anxious to wait for someone to take the lead.

Now there is Zhao Yuanhua in the center, so it is easy to hit it off and reunite in one place.

And this time, not only Lizheng, Jiachang and the rich households, but also the villagers of each Jia, five or six thousand people also gathered together, which were all encouraged by Lizheng, Jiachang and the rich households, and there were many people, this time, regardless of whether they were strong or not, everyone came, including the doll in their hands!

Wu Xuexia sat in the carriage, looking at the villagers in the four miles outside the window, with a smile on the corner of her mouth, and said to Wu Sanfeng: "Big brother, this trip, let me see what else Wei Bao can do?" Even if there is no evidence of his poisonous mist for a while, just these villagers will be able to stand it if they ask him for food every day. ”

Wu Sanfeng looked calm and relaxed at this time, and said with a smile: "I have never taken Wei Bao seriously, I have told you a long time ago, if you want to occupy a place in the township, where is it so easy?" Look at those first-handed, first-class and wealthy families, which one hasn't saved some family business after several generations of slow accumulation? Including our Wu family, it has also gone through more than ten generations to form a little climate in western Liaoning. ”

Wu Xuexia looked at her eldest brother as if she was holding the chance to win, and thought it was funny, secretly thinking that you are not learning how shrewd your father is, as if you are the most impatient jumping up and down.

Wu Xuexia didn't stay with Zhao Jinfeng today, she went home first yesterday, and then she never talked to Zhao Jinfeng again, there was a dislike between the two girls, mainly because Wu Xuexia ignored Zhao Jinfeng.

Zhao Jinfeng doesn't care, she didn't think about how deep she had a relationship with a daughter like Wu Xuexia, she didn't come to find herself, but she was happy to avoid socializing.

"You seem to hate this Wei Bao very much now, and you want him to die immediately?" Wu Sanfeng looked at her sister who was staring, "You rarely get so angry?" Did he mess with you? ”

Wu Xuexia couldn't tell how Wei Bao provoked herself, because of the relationship of the 'deed of sale', she was still very worried about Wei Bao's accident.

But now seeing that Wei Bao is not only fine, but also has pocketed all the land for four miles, this is what surprised Wu Xuexia.

The angry place is Wei Bao's attitude towards her, she has been growing up, or is it the first time someone has been so cold to her like Wei Bao, who is not careful and polite to her when talking to her?

What made Wu Xuexia most angry was to see Wei Bao and Zhao Jinfeng grinding their ears and temples together, and making love, which was simply disgusting.

"I hated him all the time!" Wu Xuexia said.

Wu Sanfeng smiled: "I remember when I was going to kill him before, you still said good things for him?" ”

"I'm not saying good things for him, I'm afraid that you'll get into trouble, big brother!" Wu Xuexia corrected: "What does it matter to me whether he lives or dies?" I wish he was such a bad person, and it would be better if he died sooner. ”

Wu Sanfeng smiled and sighed.

Wu Xuexia was taken aback: "What? Big brother, do you want to find someone to kill Wei Bao again? ”

Wu Sanfeng was secretly funny, and said in his heart that you still don't care about Wei Bao?

At this time, Zhao Jinfeng and Zhao Kehu were sitting in another carriage, and neither of them got off.

"Daddy, Wei Bao is in trouble this time." Zhao Jinfeng said softly.

Zhao Kehu nodded and said: "Indeed, this is not something that can be solved with a little silver, no matter how financial Wei Bao is, it is also the silver he has earned from a little business recently, and he can't afford such a large amount of arrears." Moreover, his family has no foundation, and if he wants to borrow money from outside, he will never be able to borrow money. ”

"Do you think Wei Bao will take on such a large sum of silver? It's none of his business, he already has land, so he can ignore it completely. I mean, Wei Bao has to face so many people begging for food every day, and he doesn't have to do anything. Zhao Jinfeng said.

Zhao Kehu looked at Zhao Jinfeng and didn't talk about this issue anymore: "Every time you went home before, you came on the same day, and you went back on the same day, and you spent the night at home both times." ”

When Zhao Jinfeng heard this, his face immediately blushed, knowing what Zhao Kehu meant, and said angrily: "Dad." ”

"You went to the theater at Wei Bao's armor last night? Is it good-looking? Zhao Kehu smiled slightly.

"Daddy. What time is it now? You still ask if the play is good? Zhao Jinfeng looked at the five or six thousand people outside the car window with a sad face, heard the noisy voices, and couldn't help but be upset, and then heard the sound of singing in Wei Baojia, which was even more annoyed: "Wei Bao's heart is really big!" When is it, he still has the leisure to sing big plays! ”

"If they don't sing, what can they do?" Zhao Kehu said: "You girl, dad doesn't need to ask what you mean, seeing that you are so nervous Wei Bao, dad will understand everything." ”

"Daddy." Zhao Jinfeng lowered the curtain: "Talk about this again." ”

"You have a heart for Wei Bao, but Wei Bao has two problems now, one is that the land in these four miles has not yet been heated, which is the instability of his family business. Dad can't marry you to a man with an unstable family business, and he can't let my daughter live a hard life. Second, Wei Bao has no fame, his father didn't propose to Wei Bao at the beginning, but he saw that Wei Bao was not very old, quite spiritual, and he was a rare talent in the local area, so he wanted to use you as bait, so that Wei Bao would not do so many things again, and he could get along with the surrounding Lizheng, Jiachang, and rich people. Who would have thought that Wei Bao would actually get four miles of land in two or three clicks! Even if he can settle so many people, Dad still wants him to be famous, at least he has to take a test before he can consider deciding on your relationship with him. ”

Zhao Jinfeng stared at his father with wide eyes, he didn't expect his father to think so much, and he wanted Wei Bao to calm down so many people and a lot of debts, and he wanted Wei Bao to gain fame in the examination: "Dad, you are an immortal when Wei Bao?" Not to mention that I can't imagine how he can get through this, even if he can, how many years will it take? And is it so easy to take the test? In the past two hundred years in Yongping Mansion, how many people have been raised? In recent decades, even Xiucai has been rare. ”

"Hehe, that's his business, if you don't do these two things, I will never let you marry him." Zhao Kehu smiled: "Are you so anxious to go to the door of the Wei family?" ”

"Daddy." Zhao Jinfeng held Zhao Kehu's arm angrily: "I don't want to get married." ”

Zhao Jinfeng's words provoked Zhao Kehu to laugh again, in fact, Zhao Kehu was not nervous, Wei Bao can win a large piece of land, he is already the largest local big landlord, and he is the only big landlord, so there is room for things to turn around, so he is not very worried about Wei Bao's family business, but he is worried that he doesn't know how Wei Bao will deal with the relationship with these Lizheng, Jiachang, and rich households, and he is most afraid that Wei Bao will drive people away in a hard way.

As for Wei Bao's promotion, Zhao Kehu is worried, some prestigious families hope that their daughters can marry the families of officials, and he is no exception.

While the father and daughter were talking, Wei Bao arrived with two hundred followers! If it weren't for the big pomp of five or six thousand people, Wei Bao would not have brought so many people.

When everyone saw Wei Bao come out, there was immediately another chaos.

A group of Lizheng, Jiachang and wealthy families mostly had donkey carts, mule carts, and horse-drawn carts, and when they heard that Wei Bao had arrived, they also came out of the car and surrounded Wei Bao.

Luo Sanzi, Chang Wuye, Tan Maniac, Lin Wenbiao and other stewards, as well as the guards and the people from the Statistics Bureau, saw so many people rushing towards Gongzi, and hurriedly stood in front to separate Gongzi from the crowd and be on guard.

"So many people." Fan Xiaolin frowned and said behind Wei Bao.

Wei Bao didn't speak, calmly facing the crowd, what he saw was not a fierce face, a resentful face, or a face that owed a huge amount of money, but the faces of the common people, the faces of the croppers, and the faces of the villagers.

Although he didn't even have a half-dime relationship with this place in his previous life, but in this life, he was born here, and Wei Bao regarded them as his neighbors, sincerely.

"Wei Gongzi, you took away our master's land, what should we do now?"

"Wei Gongzi, there is no land to plant, how will we live in the future? Originally, there was no food in winter, and the lord gave him a little more, but now the lord has no land, so he only asks us for tenant rent, what do we give? ”

"Everyone has nothing to eat in the future, so they all come to Wei Gongzi to ask for it!"

The villagers gathered around Wei Bao's first door, blocking the door, you and I said a word, there were many people, and it was very noisy.

Fan Xiaolin frowned, "Who are they?" Scoundrel not to be? Our son-in-law just wants the land, and he still has to pay for your food? ”

"But we make a living from farming, huh?"

"You're full and full now, what are we going to do? If you don't have anything to eat, who will you go to if you don't look for Wei Gongzi? ”

A group of Li Zheng, Jia Chang, and the rich families all stood in front of the people, and did not speak, and all the villagers under their respective subordinates argued with Wei Bao's people.

Wei Bao pressed his hand, but it didn't work at all, the villagers had no rules, and they spoke loudly, and when they made a noise here, they couldn't stop at all, and they were foaming and flying, where to pay attention to Wei Bao.

Wei Bao narrowed his eyes, what he didn't like the most was this kind of uncontrolled scene, he was not afraid of these people gathering to attack, if he really started to do it, his own people would fight with them, and he would not suffer, you must know that there are more than 3,000 people under his command, even if they don't count the people in the escort team, the strong men alone account for ninety percent! And they can eat enough every day, and their combat effectiveness far exceeds that of these five or six thousand villagers, and they are skinny and skinny, that is, they stand in place and fight with mouth cannons, and there are not many people who can really take it out and do it.

"If you keep talking like that, there's no need for me to be here!" After Wei Bao finished speaking, he didn't care whether everyone listened or not, and walked back.

As soon as the group saw that Wei Bao was leaving, they were all excited, the noise was louder, and they kept pushing forward.

The combined force formed by a group of five or six thousand is not trivial.

Wei Bao said to Luo San stunned and the others: "Dare to step into the first step, don't be killed!" ”

"Yes! President! When Wei Bao's subordinates heard this, they agreed in unison: "Don't kill it!" ”

This voice was particularly neat, so it was particularly loud, and immediately suppressed the voices of five or six thousand villagers.

A group of Lizheng, A Chang and the rich families saw that the villagers' voices were suppressed, and they knew that it was not a way to quarrel like this, and it was better for Wei Bao to come out and show his face than for Wei Bao not to even come out.

So, they helped to tell the villagers to stop and listen to what Wei Bao had to say.

The scene finally fell silent.

Wei Bao stood on a large stone pier and said loudly: "Folks! Now the land is in my hands, but I have not deprived you of the opportunity to farm! What land you planted before, you can still farm in my hands in the future! The remuneration is the same as before. ”

Wei Bao threw out a move first, which was a decent move, and he knew that Li Zheng, Jia Chang and the rich would definitely not want to. He paid the wages of hired laborers to cultivate the land, and if it had been according to their original standards, their income would have been greatly reduced, because they had only lowered the wages of the tenant farmers, whose main income was obtained by selling grain, and now that the land was gone, it would certainly not be their turn to sell the grain.

When the villagers heard Wei Bao say this, they all nodded their heads, thinking that this was the truth, what land was planted in the past, and what land will be planted in the future, it was just a change of owner. Why should we be instigated by the Lizheng, the Jiachang, and the rich to make noise? Wait a minute, annoying Wei Gongzi, and he can't even plant the land, isn't it even more troublesome?

"Wei Gongzi, I'm afraid this won't work, right?" Zhao Yuanhua said.

Wei Bao smiled: "If you have something to say, just say it directly, I don't like others to talk half-cut and half-cut, just like old ladies." ”

Everyone laughed, the villagers laughed low, and if one person laughed, a group of people would laugh together, regardless of whether it was funny or not.

Zhao Yuanhua said coldly: "We don't have land, only the villagers' debts, if we follow the previous wages, then our arrears will never be recovered!" And after a long time, some people have run away, who are we looking for? After all, the land is no longer in our hands, and they don't have to listen to us! ”

With Zhao Yuanhua's words, Li Zheng, Jia Chang and the rich people nodded yes one after another.

Wei Bao smiled and asked, "What does this have to do with me?" Let me ask you, have I signed any documents with you? Is it I who owes you money? ”

Everyone was speechless for a while, and Zhao Yuanhua said angrily to the villagers: "If Wei Bao talks like this, then we have to urge everyone to repay the debt as soon as possible!" Wei Bao is going to force all of us into a corner! ”

"That's right! He is trying to force everyone to death, so he simply settles the account with him today! ”

A group of Li Zheng, Jia Chang and wealthy people echoed Zhao Yuanhua's words.

Wei Bao said indifferently: "What kind of account?" I buy your land at twice the market price, right? Again, will you sell the land to me, or will I force you to sell it to me? ”

"And what about the debt we have? Wei Gongzi, you can't ignore it! "Dongbai Tali is Bai Pengfu.

"Yes, Wei Gongzi, the arrears in each of our hands are not a small amount, accounting for more than half of the property, if you can't recover more than half of the property, are you in a hurry? If you hadn't taken all our land, it would not have been impossible for these villagers to collect these accounts as long as they did not go out as homeless people. Houmafang Lihou Lihou Lixing also followed.

"It's funny, even if the land is still in your hands, they want to go out and become outcasts, can you stop it? Do you still send men to keep an eye on them every day? Wei Bao said.

A group of Lizheng, A Chang and the rich people have a hard time talking, in fact, the matter is very clear, from a logical point of view, it is difficult to say that Wei Bao is down, because Wei Bao holds the land, whoever gets the land, who will take the reason, this is the rule of the township! But if they only charge a little interest every year, their income will drop by 80%! This is unacceptable in any way.

It's just that it's inconvenient to say this in public.

Wei Bao could naturally see their inconvenient subtext, so he was very calm and waited for the other party to make a move.

"Neighbors, everyone has seen what kind of person Wei Bao is, right? He's trying to kill us! Those of us who have a bit of a family background, which family is not a dozen people, dozens of people? If the family is big, the cost will be big! Now that we have no land, if we still collect rent according to the amount of rent we used to collect each year, we will definitely not be able to live! So, Wei Bao forced us, we can only force you! You must pay all the arrears now, or we will go to the yamen to sue the officials!" Zhao Yuanhua said loudly.

As soon as the common people heard that they were going to sue the official, they were so frightened that they roared and screamed, cried for their fathers and called for their mothers, and sought death and life. These ordinary people at the bottom of society don't even have food and clothing, where can they afford the money they owe? These pieces of silver are owed by several generations, more than twenty taels to say the least, and many families even owe nearly a hundred taels! But the vast majority of people can't even take out a copper plate.

"Wei Gongzi won't let us live, and we are not as good as him, so don't plant the land in the future! Whoever farms, we will go to the field and rob it! ”

Someone coaxed.

So the crowd was excited, and they said: "Yes, we can't live, you don't live, we can't even eat, you are still here to listen to the big play!" Everyone died clean together! ”

Zhao Yuanhua looked at Wei Bao coldly, a wicked smile rose at the corner of his mouth, seeing that the anger of the villagers was instigated by himself, he was so embarrassed, he secretly thought that Wei Bao is out of line now, right?