"Father-in-law, it's not so fast! Father-in-law, there is a little bit of concern for the child. ”

Thinking of something, Wang Zongyan hesitated.

"What's the matter? Let's just say it! Wang Jian didn't take it to heart.

"It is the policy of the imperial court to let the Yunnan Governor's Mansion implement it in the way of Dongning Prefecture, that is, to give rich land to the people of my Tang Dynasty who migrated to Yunnan.

The child has carefully understood that there is a regulation in Dongning Prefecture, which is 50 acres for adult men, 20 acres for the elderly and women, and 10 acres for children. Wang Zongdian explained.

"What's wrong with that?" Wang Jian has heard of this.

As a county magistrate, he has his own Yongye field, so he doesn't care much about this.

"Father-in-law, the child means, can we change this age limit here. Lower the age of the old people, and the age of the children too high, so that the father-in-law and the brothers can even get out of some good land. Wang Zongdian said.

Wang Zongdian's suggestion is clearly a loophole, so that some people who are not old people will be counted as old people, but when they report to the imperial court, they will be in accordance with the standards of the imperial court.

In this way, you can get an extra 30 acres, and you can transfer the 30 acres of land to these immigrants, because the tax collectors don't know, and they still collect taxes according to 50 acres, but the immigrants only get 20 acres of land.

Because the first two years are exempt from taxes, the latter will definitely become a confused account.

If you drill an old man's loophole, you can get 30 acres more, and if you drill a child's loophole, you can get 40 acres more.

Although it is impossible for all of these 100,000 households to come to the Kunming Governor's Mansion, even if it is one-third, each household may lose dozens of acres of fertile land, and it must add up to hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land.

That's a lot of money.

Wang Zongdian can also operate this matter by himself without saying it, but he is also afraid that it will end badly, so he reported it to Wang Jian, meaning that he wanted to pull this father-in-law into the water.

The shrewd Wang Jian guessed what Wang Zongdian meant, and he was also a little surprised by this nephew's courage, hesitated for a moment, and nodded, "You can do it yourself, don't be too greedy." ”

"Don't worry, the child is just seeking some benefits for the father-in-law and his brothers." Seeing that Wang Jian did not object, Wang Zongdian was relieved.

"Has the imperial court directly investigated the reason for the assassination of Gongzhou and Quzhou?" Wang Jian said curiously.

He has always been very curious about this matter, originally he wanted to arrange these two states as his righteous son or cronies, but the imperial court directly sent the assassin Shi, so that his wish was frustrated.

Wang Zongyan explained, "Father-in-law, it seems to be because of the copper mine. According to the children's hall, the Ministry of Industry, and several major imperial businessmen have sent people to survey copper mines and mine copper.

It may be because of the copper mine that the imperial court will directly send people to serve as the assassins of the two states, and the reason why the army is still stationed. ”

"Copper mines? No wonder! Wang Jian nodded and understood the reason.

At present, the coinage of the imperial court is copper coins, and it is said that the magic cannon also needs a large amount of copper, so it makes sense.

"Father-in-law, do you want the child to send someone to keep an eye on that side?" Wang Zongdian said tentatively.

"Keep an eye on it, and if there's any important news, remember to report it to your father." Wang Jian nodded and said.

"Yes, father-in-law!"

In fact, Wang Jian's ambition has long been noticed by Li Ye, but for some reason, Li Ye did not deliberately curb Wang Jian's ambition, but let him serve as the governor of the Yunnan Governor's Mansion.

On the side of Jianchuan City, after the arrival of Zheng Maihei's envoy, Duan Baolong fell into hesitation.

He was also considering whether to send troops to help, and the people below also had different opinions.

Those who are loyal to the Nanzhao Mengshi clan think that Zheng Maisi is a traitor, and now Duan Baolong should not cooperate with Zheng Maisi since he is under the banner of Kuang Fu Nanzhao; There is also a group of people who are in favor of Duan Baolong's troops, because if Zheng Maisi is eliminated by the Tang army, Duan Baolong will also fall into an isolated situation.

At that time, with Longteng, the new king of Nanzhao, how did Duan Baolong deal with himself?

To paraphrase an idiom of the Tang people, 'the lips are dead and the teeth are cold'.

If Zheng Maihei dies, the power established by Duan Baolong will not be far from destruction.

After thinking about it, Duan Baolong finally sent troops.

In order to show his sincerity, he planned to personally lead an army of 20,000 to reinforce Zheng Maihei.

Hearing this news, Zheng Maisi was naturally overjoyed, which is the best news he has heard in recent times.

However, Zheng Maisi and Duan Baolong were not happy for long, and a piece of bad news came.

The Tang Army's Zuo Wuwei captured the Sui Chuan Eyelid, and at this time Duan Baolong's army had just completed its assembly in Ningbei City.

Ningbei City, is the only way to the Jianchuan Jiedu envoy in the Shimei area, located in the mouth of a long and narrow river valley, the geographical location is more important, and it is also the gateway of the Jianchuan Jiedu envoy.

In fact, Ningbei City and Yingchuan City are only more than ten miles apart, and it happened that the defenders of Yingchuan knew that Zheng Maisi was going to send troops to assist, so they relaxed their guard, and as a result, they were captured by the Tang army in one fell swoop.

By the time Duan Baolong reacted, it was already too late, and the military flag of the Tang Dynasty had already been planted on the wall of Yingchuan City.

"Damn! was actually preempted by the Tang Army! ”

Seeing the Tang Dynasty military flag fluttering on the tower of Yingchuan City in the distance, Duan Baolong waved his horsewhip vigorously and whipped it on his war horse.

The war horse was in pain and wanted to gallop, but Duan Baolong grabbed the reins of the horse and couldn't move.

Duan Baolong actually forgot that he also belonged to the Tang Army for a short time, although it was only for a year.

However, he has no sense of belonging to the Tang Dynasty, he is not a Tang person, nor is he a descendant of the Tang Dynasty, he grew up in Nanzhao, not only does he have no sense of belonging to the Tang Dynasty, but also has a sense of hatred.

As for taking refuge in Datang, it is just for self-preservation, and when there is a chance to break away from Datang, he will immediately defect from Datang.

It is not easy to let such a person have a sense of belonging to Datang.

"Governor, what do we do now? The Tang army has captured the city of Suichuan, do we still have to fulfill our promise to help Zheng Maisi deal with the Tang army? The subordinate next to him hesitated.

"Do you know which Tang army is in front of you?" Duan Baolong asked.

"It seems to be Zuo Wuwei!"

"Zuo Wuwei?"

As for Zuo Wuwei, Duan Baolong had only heard of his name, but had not really seen it.

After all, when Duan Baolong rebelled against the Tang Dynasty, Zuo Wuwei was still in Chengdu Mansion.

In Duan Baolong's only impression, Zuo Wuwei was established in the last two years, and he was not an elite person.

Although they are all forbidden troops of the Tang Army, there are also strong and weak.

thought that if he sat back and watched the Tang army occupy the city of Suichuan, under the attack of the Tang army from the north and south, Zheng Maihei would be defeated.

If Zheng Maihei loses, he probably won't be able to get a good end.

"Pass the order, make siege equipment, and prepare for the siege! Someone sent someone through the trail to tell Zheng Maihei's men that if they still wanted to win, let their troops attack the city from the south of the city. ”

Duan Baolong gritted his teeth and made up his mind.