Sima Chang suddenly woke up, yes, isn't the money on this bill all his. Thinking of this, his mood suddenly improved, and his resentment towards Xia Xin was a little less.

But Sima Chang still pretended to be very unhappy, he frowned and said, "No." The widow is also poor, the widow wants to repair the palace, and recently sent troops to live in the village, and he has to pay a lot of money. The widow is also short of money! ”

Zheng Sheng said dissatisfiedly: "Could it be that the king intends to repay the debt?" ”

Sima Chang was furious: "Zheng Sheng, if you want to defraud Xia Xin's money, you dare to deceive me?" Is there really a loss of two million dollars in Qingzhuling? ”

Sima Xin on the side immediately persuaded: "Brother, don't be angry. With Zheng Shizi's character, he will not deceive you. ”

Sima Changxin said, why do you always help outsiders speak! And Zheng Sheng's personality, he also knows it, this kid is not a good person!

Sima Chang sneered: "Really? Then I want to ask, in the fireworks business, why are you repeatedly embarrassed by the palace, Xia Xin was coerced by Lehuo Village in order to deal with you, and things will not be so troublesome these days! ”

Zheng Sheng couldn't cry or laugh, embarrassed by the palace? It's just funny, it's obvious that Xia Xin has been embarrassing him, okay!

So, Zheng Sheng and Sima Chang took a good look at the "facts" that Xia Xin had told him in the past two months. Zheng Sheng couldn't help but sigh, Xia Xin is really a talent! It is possible to say black to white, and summer to winter.

That day, if he didn't have a bad idea and really brought the kingdom's pro-army to the door, Zheng Sheng really couldn't deal with it.

At this time, Sima Dingyun walked in again and handed him a letter: "King, this is the report that Lieutenant Liu just sent back. ”

Sima Chang opened the letter and read a few sentences, he gritted his teeth and said hatefully: "Go!" Drive Xia Xin out of the palace and never be recalled! And say unto him, The widow does not want to see him again. ”

This is Sima Chang's final decision. Expelling Xia Xin from the palace didn't seem to be a heavy punishment, but Zheng Sheng thought about it and approved of his approach. What made him even more curious was what Liu Min said in this letter, which made Sima Chang make up his mind.

However, Sima Chang turned his head and said to Zheng Sheng with a sigh of anger: "Although this is the case, this fireworks business is not easy to do. In the past two months, the money earned by the palace is only tens of thousands, which is time-consuming and laborious, and it is really not worth it. ”

Zheng Sheng shook his head and said, "King, the reason why you didn't make money is that Xia Xin did something wrong. He set the price of fireworks too high, so they didn't sell well. He really doesn't know how to do business. ”

Sima Chang sneered, looking like he didn't believe him at all.

"I heard that a firework was sold for more than 600 yuan in Nanyang, not to mention ordinary people, even if it is a rich family or a prince or nobleman, they will carefully calculate whether it is worth it."

"Even if you put it one after another, it won't take enough time to make half a stick of incense, and tens of thousands of dollars will be spent. Anyone will feel distressed. Zheng Sheng said, "But if the price is lowered, it will definitely be able to sell more." Even if the price is lower, you can sell more. ”

Sima Chang was silent for a moment, then called Sima Dingyun in, and Zheng Sheng said it again.

Sima Dingyun thought for a moment, "It should be so." ”

"You'll be in charge of the business from then on." Sima Chang said.

Zheng Sheng said with a smile: "Go around and around, and I will have to cooperate with Steward Sima in the future." ”

When Sima Chang heard this, his heart was even more unhappy, only to hear Zheng Sheng talk about the incident again, "King, the fireworks business is over." But you still have to compensate me for the loss of Qingzhuling! ”

Sima Chang began to cheat: "The widow has no money, and there is no money to pay you back." ”

Sima Xin couldn't cry or laugh, Sima Dingyun bowed his head deeply, looking extremely respectful.

Only Zheng Sheng continued to scold him: "King, you are the king of the county with ten thousand fiefdoms, how can you be so untrustworthy?" ”

Sima Chang said angrily: "The widow of this Shunyang country is extremely poor, and so far I haven't even repaired my own palace properly. A widow is a man who has no money! ”

Zheng Sheng's mind flashed, and he suddenly had a new idea, "In that case, can the king grant me a small request?" ”

Sima Chang was suddenly alert, "What request?" ”

"Nearly half of the counties in Shunyang County are the fiefdoms of the king, and there are 10,000 households." Zheng Sheng first praised him, and then continued: "But as far as I know, most of these places are barren mountains and wild forests, and only part of the land in Yin County, Yu County, and Zhuyang is fertile land. ”

Sima Chang sighed: "Yes, Shunyang is not as good as Nanyang and Xinye, it is too poor here!" ”

Sima Xin felt that he meant something by saying this, so he didn't have time to think about it. I saw Zheng Sheng nodding and continued: "Yes, don't you think that if you reclaim the barren mountains in some places, it will become fertile land?" ”

Sima Chang nodded approvingly, and glanced at Sima Dingyun on the side: "Dingyun, you are in charge of the grange and grain in the palace." Let's talk about it! ”

Sima Dingyun took a step forward and said, "Zheng Shizi, if you can reclaim the fields and increase taxes, the kingdom will naturally do it a long time ago, but the existing land in Shunyang can't be cultivated. There are 14,000 hectares of various dry fields in Shunyang, and after the 20,000 households have finished dividing the fields, the government still has nearly 2,000 hectares of fields left behind. This spring, with the addition of the fields and manors under the names of Liu Yu, Xia Xin and others, there are now 3,000 hectares of fields in Shunyang that are uncultivated. I have already discussed with the Great Agricultural Order that I should recruit some homeless people as tenants as soon as possible to replant this year's spring seedlings. ”

Zheng Sheng raised his eyebrows: "It's not about this, I don't want your barren field either." Just give me the barren mountain. ”

Sima Chang said in a deep voice: "What do you want to say?" ”

"I want to rent a place. That repayment is the cost of my lease of the Great King's Barren Mountain. Zheng Sheng said slowly.

Sima Chang thought about it and felt that the barren mountain was not a valuable place, but he still asked, "What do you want the barren mountain to do?" ”

"The place in Qingzhuling is still too small, I want to find a bigger place to show my skills."

Sima Chang nodded and waved his hand: "Go, get the map!" ”

Sima Dingyun quickly brought people to get a huge map of Shunyang County.

The picture was nearly two meters long and wide, and Sima Dingyun commanded people to hang it on the wall.

But in Zheng Sheng's view, this map is still very simple, but the signs on it are already very detailed, the flow direction of the rivers, Dan, and Jun, the location of each county is clearly marked, and the image and specific mountains are also drawn, and even some large townships and pavilions are also marked with locations.

Sima Chang looked at this picture and was in a very happy mood, "Say it!" What do you fancy? "Sima Dingyun was a little panicked, King, isn't this a joke? Can he give it where he values it?

Zheng Sheng shook his head: "I also asked Steward Sima to mark the location of the field." ”

Sima Dingyun immediately took the pen and carefully drew circles on the map, obviously he knew his own work well enough.

Zheng Sheng watched as he enclosed the areas on both sides of several rivers in advance, this is the best fertile land, as long as there are no floods or floods, these are the most convenient lands for irrigation.

Then, he encircled the southeast area, Zheng Sheng took a boat out of Shunyang, and the fields belonging to Yin County that he saw on the shore belonged to this part of the area.

Sima Dingyun breathed a sigh of relief: "Zheng Shizi, except for these places, you can choose any other places." ”

Zheng Sheng stared at the map, and he looked at it seriously. There are names he is familiar with on them: Shunyang, Nanxiang and other counties, Taihe, Fenshan, Longchao and other mountains......

Seeing him silent for a long time, Sima Chang was a little impatient.

Sima Dingyun proposed: "How about Taihe Mountain? The entire Taihe Mountain King Mansion south of Qingzhuling can be leased to the Zheng family. ”

Zheng Sheng was looking at Negative Wu Mountain, and when he heard what he said, he couldn't help but think that this person is not kind, is there any room for development in Taihe Mountain, is there any tourism?

Shaking his head, Zheng Sheng pointed to a place on the map, "That's it." ”

Everyone looked at the place where he pointed his finger, and Zheng Sheng explained: "Well, this is a part of the Negative Wu Mountain, from ...... Shijian Mountain to the south, along Fangju Creek to the south of Qianshui. ”

Quality water, Shijian Mountain, Fangju Creek are all part of the negative Wu Mountain, belong to the southeast of the negative Wu Mountain, and the quality water is further south, is the Yin County fertile land drawn out by Sima Dingyun.

Sima Xin looked at the long and narrow strip, with mountains, water, and flat land that had not been included in the fields. He suddenly discovered that Zheng Sheng's appetite was not small, and that place was almost half the size of his fiefdom Xinye County.

Sima Dingyun was naturally not polite, he planned to argue with Zheng Sheng again: "Zheng Shizi, this place is really too big, the eastern part of Shunyang County, plus some places in Yin County and Yu County, is almost one-tenth of the kingdom's land. No! ”

"First, as you said, these places are barren mountains, and I can choose them. Second, it was the government that owed me money, so I reluctantly chose this way to redeem my losses. Thirdly, is it big? Well, split from the middle, I don't want the west side of this place, just the east side. ”

Sima Chang said happily, "Okay, then so be it!" ”

Sima Dingyun opened his mouth, and he couldn't say anything, "Okay, but it's true that there are all barren mountains, and Zheng Shizi can occupy them all." ”

Sima Dingyun didn't think about it anymore, anyway, he couldn't even take care of the barren field, so let Zheng Sheng toss that place casually!

"I don't know how long Zheng Shizi will rent it? Also, this area ...... There are at least 500 households, and they are the people of the king's fiefdoms, so how to calculate the taxes to be paid? ”

"I'll go out for them. How long to rent? At least 10 years. ”

Sima Dingyun shook his head resolutely: "For five hundred households, all kinds of taxes and service fees should be paid in a year, at least 300,000 yuan. So, Zheng Shizi, you only have a maximum of five or six years of lease. ”

Zheng Sheng sneered: "Steward Sima, I will pay taxes to the households, how can you still use this as an excuse?" It's too bullying! It stands to reason that since I have paid my taxes, I don't have to worry about renting for as long as I want. After all, no matter whether it is a good year or a disaster year, the royal palace can get this endowment for a penny. ”

After Zheng Sheng finished speaking, Sima Dingyun also looked embarrassed.

Sima Chang said happily: "Since this is the case, then you can rent it for twenty years!" ”

Sima Dingyun "......"

Sima Dingyun thought angrily, twenty years is enough for the Zheng family to take firm root there. In Shunyang Country, there will be a rich household with thousands of acres of land!

Moreover, Zheng Sheng twenty years later is in the prime of life!