But it was said that when Zheng Baihu was still thinking about Liu Renyu's intention to clear the land at home, suddenly Menzi came to report that the new garrison had invited him to the garrison mansion to talk.

As soon as Zheng Baihu heard the news, he immediately remembered Sun Qianzong's words for some reason, "Could it be that he, Lord Liu, really wants to take away our land and property and distribute it to those mud legs?" ”

Zheng Baihu, who was full of questions, walked to the door of the mansion with a heavy heart, and saw Liu Renjie with a smile on his face, in addition to a four-wheeled carriage with a very peculiar style.

"Zheng Baihu, my family is invited, please get in the car." After Liu Renjie finished speaking, he opened the door of the carriage and made a gesture of please.

"Is this a carriage? How does it look so, so unique? Zheng Baihu was a little surprised when he saw the Hanma carriage for the first time.

"This is a carriage, but it is produced by our Zhenbeibao Industrial Manufacturing, and it can be sold for 5,000 taels outside." Liu Renjie said proudly.

"Five ......., five thousand taels, so expensive!" Zheng Baihu opened his mouth and stammered.

"Hehe, we dare to sell it so expensive, of course, there is a reason, you can sit down and feel it." Liu Renjie said mysteriously.

"Then I'll go up and try it." Zheng Baihu was actually very interested in this novel thing, so he dragged his fat body and climbed up slowly.

When he sat down on the seat of the carriage and looked around, he saw that the interior of the carriage was wrapped in leather, the interior was very high-end, and the glass windows embedded on the three sides of the carriage also made the carriage have a good view and lighting. There is no doubt that it is extremely comfortable to sit in such a car with large space and good lighting.

Then, the handlebar in front of him urged the horses and led Zheng Baihu to walk on the uneven hard dirt road. Due to the existence of the shock spring, the large bumps on the road surface are filtered out, so that Zheng Baihu in the car can hardly feel the big bumps, he feels that this carriage is not good-looking, and the feeling of sitting up is not bad.

In this way, all the way to the garrison mansion, the carriage stopped, a person pulled the car door, Zheng Baihu walked down from the carriage, and saw Liu Renyu.

I'm wiping it, the real duty guard personally opened the door for hundreds of fictitious households, is this like words? Isn't that a favor?

So Zheng Baihu, who was huge, suddenly became as light as a swallow at this moment, and knelt down on the ground at a very fast speed and said: "Lord Laojia came to pick it up in person, and he was terrified." ”

"What are you afraid of, I'm just a small garrison, you are a serious hereditary military attache of the imperial court, come to pick up your shelf, what is there, please get up and speak." After Liu Renyu finished speaking, he handed it out with both hands and made a gesture of support.

But Zheng Baihu didn't wait for Liu Renyu's hand to reach out, so he stood up on his own and arched his hand: "Thank you for your love." ”

"Well, well, it's not the place to talk outside, let's go sit inside." After Liu Renyu finished speaking, he made a gesture of please.

"Your Excellency, please first." Zheng Baihu said respectfully.

"Alright, come in with me." After Liu Renyu finished speaking, he should take the first step and lead the way in front, and Zheng Baihu followed behind, following in the same direction.

After a short time, the two of them walked to the meeting room.

Before entering the living room, Liu Renyu suddenly asked Zheng Baihu: "Youqian, how was the carriage you took when you came?" ”

"That carriage looks very peculiar, very different from our Ming carriage, it is wrapped in leather, it is very good-looking, there are few bumps in walking, it is very comfortable to sit on, it is really not ordinary." Zheng Baihu replied.

"Yes, that carriage is Tessie style, so it is very different from my traditional carriage of the Ming Dynasty, so you will naturally be surprised when you look at it. Now let's see how this thing goes. ”

Zheng Baihu followed Liu Renyu into the living room, and happened to see a mirror standing up, in which a fat man was reflected, and the new guard Lord Liu was reflected.

"Wow, that's ..........." Zheng Baihu was of course even more surprised when he saw the glass mirror.

"This object is called a glass mirror, and it is much clearer than our bronze mirror, right?"

"Yes, yes, you have a lot of novelties here, my lord." Zheng Baihu said with emotion.

"yes. Hehe, Youqian, do you know how much this mirror sells? ”

"I don't know, but it's certainly not cheap." Zheng Baihu Road.

"That's right, this mirror, we produce several kinds, the cheapest one sells for 10 taels, the most expensive one sells for 100 taels, the unit price is not expensive, but this thing needs a lot of people, so think about it, this is very profitable."

"My lord, you have so many novel objects in your hands, if you sell them, won't you be a huge net worth and a rich party?" Zheng Baihu Road.

"Not yet, because I don't have a channel to sell, so I found the Du family, a merchant in Yansui, and cooperated with them, I shipped, they were responsible for selling, and we shared the profits with four or five of them." Liu Renyu said.

"Where did the profit go?" Zheng Baihu had a lot of doubts in his heart, but he didn't ask, he asked this question: "Dare to ask my lord, is that Du family the Du family of Yan'an Mansion?" ”

"Exactly."

"The adults have entrusted the people, and the Du family has some fame in our Yansui."

"Well, that's right. By the way, Youqian, do you know what I came to you for today? Liu Renyu asked.

Until now, the drama meat has come.

When Zheng Youqian heard this question, he was shocked, but he still said indifferently: "I really don't know about the lowly committee, and I ask the adults to show me." ”

Liu Renyu smiled lightly and said: "I heard that you are the number one landlord of Jingbian Fort, and you have 12,000 acres of land, but is there such a thing?" ”

"Yes, yes."

"I also heard about your grange, because the people who cultivate are not highly motivated, and the water conservancy facilities are not very perfect, the yield per mu of land is only 200 catties, right?"

"Yes."

"Think about it again, now that the thieves are in turmoil, it has not been pacified for three years, since the founding of Taizu, has there ever been such a weather in the country?"

"Not at all."

"Every time those rogues conquer a place, they kill the gentry and officials, and how they conquer those cities, do you know?"

"The lowly knows that the hungry people in the city responded, and the thieves outside the city attacked, and then the officers and soldiers defending the city refused to fight to the death."

"That's right, I can't see that you have studied these very well."

"Now that there are thieves everywhere, we still have to be careful."

"Well, let me ask you a question, if the thieves gather tens of thousands of people to attack the Jingbian Fort, do you think we can defend it?"

"It's hard to say before the adults come, but when the adults come, there is no way to break it."

"Why do you think that?"

"When your lord was in charge, thousands of thieves from the Chaoshi King attacked Zhenbei Fort, and as a result, they failed to capture Zhenbei Fort under your rule."

"Hehe, that's a good point, your news is really well-informed, so let me ask you again, why can't the thieves break through my Zhenbei Fort?"

"The soldiers are desperately defending, and I also heard that there are no hungry people in your Zhenbei Fort, and the thieves can't even find Neiying."

"Then do you know why the soldiers of my town North Fort are so hard to defend the city, and why there are no hungry people?"

"I don't know what I do."

"Hehe, let me tell you, I divided the fields for their families in Zhenbei Fort, they are all people with constant property, and they will naturally defend to the death in order to protect their property, and the other people in Zhenbei Fort also have fields, and there is output in the fields, so there are no hungry people there."

"My lord, do you mean anything by telling me this?"

"In this world, there is only wealth, no weapons, and it is unpopular, even if there is more wealth, it will sooner or later fall into the hands of thieves, so I mean, I will pay to buy your land, distribute it to the people of Jingbian Fort, clean up people's hearts, cultivate weapons, in order to resist thieves, and save our lives. What do you think. ”

When Zheng Baihu heard this, he knew that what he had been worrying about a few days ago had finally come true, and he immediately opened his mouth and couldn't speak for a long time.

Seeing that he was silent, Liu Renyu asked, "What's the matter, don't you want to?" ”

"My lord, although the money is good, it will be eaten and used in a few generations, and even if the field produces little, if the future generations do not have the ability, at least they can rely on it to eat, and they will not starve to death, so the lowly committee is really unwilling to sell the land." Zheng Baihu said.

"You are really a far-sighted person, since you are not old, you have begun to think about the affairs of future generations, yes, yes, in fact, I have not finished speaking! What do you think of my carriage and glass mirror business? ”

"That's a very lucrative business, of course."

"Well, I can discount the area of the land in your hand, and give you five percent of the shares, and you can share the dividends according to this ratio, if you don't understand the meaning of this ratio, I can put it simply, if I make 1,000 taels by selling carriages and mirrors, you can get 50 taels."

Zheng Baihu was still silent.

Liu Renyu said again: "If you still have concerns, I can first pay you 12,000 taels of land at the price of one mu and one tael of silver, and then give you shares, how about it?" You must know that now that the land is seriously abandoned and the land is depreciated, it is already very cost-effective to pay one or two pieces of silver per acre. ”

Zheng Baihu continued to have no reaction.

Seeing this, Liu Renyu finally said impatiently: "Zheng Baihu, as far as I know, part of the land in your hand is in accordance with the regulations, but the imperial court uses it for military tuning, and it is said that you also occupy a lot of land for military households, and you also use the serious guards of the imperial court as your own slaves, in addition, you also occupy a lot of the fields of Master Zhang Nanxi." You have to think clearly, you really don't have too many handles, don't toast and don't eat and drink. ”

Zheng Baihu pretended to be deaf and dumb at first, until he heard this, his face changed and said, "Please let me go back and think about it." ”

"How many days are you going to think about it? Say a deadline. ”

"Please give the lowly a day to think."

"Well, you go down first. Remember, you should eat more toasts and not eat penalty wines. Liu Renyu said with a fierce look in his eyes.

Zheng Baihu was frightened by Liu Renyu and replied: "I know the lowly position." ”

"There you go."

"Yes, sir."

After Zheng Baihu left, Liu Renyu said to Liu Renjie with a gloomy face: "You go and tell Danqing and let him quickly investigate the details of Zheng Youqian and Sun Mianyun, I will immediately want to know, if you don't deal with Zheng and Sun, the matter of dividing the land will not be able to be done." ”

"Yes, sir."

"Before you do this, you go and do this first, and invite Sun Mianyun here."

"Yes, sir." Liu Renjie took the order and left.