"You all think that the old man is messing around, right?" Looking at Lu Xin's irrepressible face full of surprise, Lu Shang had a sense of puff and puff, and sneered: "Let me tell you, boy, when Daxuan founded the country, the old man overrode public opinion, and gave up my Lu Valve's ancestral land in Guanzhong to Xiahou Valve, and replaced the land of Huguang Smoke Miasma that no one wanted, at that time, everyone thought that the old man was afraid of Xiahou Valve, but in fact, none of them understood the old man's good intentions." ”

At that time, when the old man followed Emperor Gaozu on his southern expedition, he carefully inspected the Huguang area. Knowing that the land there is rich, the rice can be harvested twice a year. Moreover, gold, silver, copper, iron, and minerals are abundant, and the people live very richly. Lu Shang seemed to return to the past, and said with a radiant face: "And what about Guanzhong? Since the Qin and Han dynasties, the red land has been eaten by generations of princes and people. Otherwise, why did Gaozu make the capital Luoyang? It's not because it's too poor...... That is to say, Xiahou Ba always remembers the inheritance of his ancestors, so that the broken place will be rare. The old man exchanged 500 miles of Qinchuan for 2,000 miles of Huguang, how cost-effective do you say this deal? ”

"Uncle's change has indeed brought me a new world for the land valve." Lu Xin has actually always admired Lu Shang, the old lord is far-sighted and good at tossing and turning. It's just that these old and faint people will do some stupid things that make the people deviate from morality. But this does not erase his great achievements to the land lord, nor can it negate his past wisdom.

Lu Xin has been an official in the south for ten years, although he has not been to Huguang for a generation, but his understanding of that side is far better than that of the people in Beijing. He knew that the people of Wu County ate cheap Huguang rice; Moreover, the prosperity of cities such as Wuchang, Changsha, and Xiangyang is no less than that of the land south of the Yangtze River, which is a paradise on earth. There is a more important point, from Xiangyang to cross the river to the north, it only takes 600 miles to reach the city of Luodu.

Therefore, from the perspective of geographical location, population, grain and straw, Huguang is the capital of the king that the land lord can rely on. Even if Lu Shang didn't mention it, Lu Xin had already made up his mind to focus on Huguang instead of Luodu.

Now, listening to the old valve owner, he has done so much preliminary work silently, Lu Xin is naturally overjoyed, which can save him a lot of time and make Lu Valve strong as soon as possible.

In order to hide people's eyes, the old man did not pass through the valve, but let the domestic slaves take care of the mines. Over the years, the old man ordered them to focus on proven reserves and minimize exploitation. All the mined ores are buried in the soil, so no one knows until now that the minerals of our land valve are actually the richest of all the valves. Lu Shang stroked his beard, swept away the depression he had started from earlier, and explained to Lu Xin in a deep voice: "As for the blacksmiths, there are really not many fiefdoms, only dozens of blacksmith shops scattered in various counties. But they are all skilled blacksmiths recruited by the old man from the original Southern Dynasty Army Iron Division. After you take over, you only need to recruit strong men and lead them to life, and you can quickly expand the scale tenfold. ”

"Uncle takes precautions, and the merit is in the future." Lu Xin put on another top hat.

"Alas, in his place should be his own government. The old man has been the owner of the valve for decades, how can he be a vegetarian meal and not consider the valve at all? Lu Shang said, and took out another account book from the box and said: "In the past twenty years, I have ordered the people who manage Huguang to deduct one percent of the grain and grass that is sent to Luodu every year, and now it has accumulated a lot, not to mention five million stones." Once there is a change in the world, it will be enough for the clansmen to eat and drink for several years, and they will be able to raise a 100,000-strong elite army. ”

When Lu Xin heard this, he couldn't sit upright anymore, so he hurriedly got up and said to Lu Shang deeply: "I am a representative of more than 100,000 people in the valve, thank you for the generous gift of the old lord." ”

"Hehe, it's easy to say, it's easy to say......" Lu Shang put his head together, but his right hand was still holding the account book, and he didn't mean to hand it over to Lu Xin.

Lu Xin hesitated for a while, understood what the old lord meant, and said happily: "Uncle has worked hard for this valve all his life, which can be described as an outstanding meritorious service, I decided to build a new garden for my uncle in the name of this valve, in order to support my uncle for a long time." ”

"Well, it's a bit too much." Lu Shang pretended to excuse himself, but the account book in his hand was slowly handed to Lu Xin.

"With my uncle's credit to this valve, it is deserved." Lu Xin said sincerely: "Tonight's Chinese New Year's Eve, I will announce this matter in public, which can be regarded as adding a good story to this valve." ”

"You're the lord, so do what you want." Lu Shang handed over the account book to Lu Xin, leaned back on the soft chair with satisfaction, and said: "The old man has saved this little money in the past few decades, and now it is all handed over to the valve owner, and he can finally live without worry." ”

"Uncle can't be completely picky, help the horse and have to send a ride, I just became the owner of the valve, in the future, the valve will be big and small, it is indispensable to ask the uncle." Lu Xin said a few more polite words to Lu Shang, and then asked the uncle to rest for a while, and left the main courtyard of the valve first.

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When Lu Xin came out, he planned to go to the Great Elder to thank him alone, but as soon as he left the main courtyard, he was surrounded by several deacons, asking for this and that, and when they were all sent away, it was time for lunch.

There is a flowing water seat in front of him, but how dare Lu Xin show up in front of his clansmen again? According to the current posture, let alone eating, you will have to be annoyed to death by them when the time comes.

At this time, it is not appropriate to go home, and there is a group of relatives and friends waiting for me around my father. Today is the Chinese New Year's Eve, and there is no place to go to the restaurant. Lu Xin couldn't help but scratch his head with worry, he couldn't imagine that on the first day he became the lord of the valve, there would be no place to eat.

"Isn't my father worried, how to solve the problem of lunch?" Fortunately, Lu Yun came to look for him.

"Hey, I really let you talk." Lu Xin smiled bitterly: "What do you say this valve master has to do?" Not free at all. ”

"Listening to this, it really makes people want to scold the street." Lu Yun rolled his eyes and said, "Let's go, go to my master's place to eat." ”

"It's okay, I'm just about to thank the Deputy Sect Master in person." Lu Xin readily agreed, and the father and son walked along the uninhabited alley to the bamboo forest next to the ancestral hall.

"Fang Cai, from the old lord?" Lu Yun asked as he walked.

"Not bad." Lu Xin smiled, took out the two account books from his arms, and handed them to Lu Yundao: "I exchanged a garden for these two things." ”

Lu Yun took the account book, quickly flipped through it, and couldn't help but be surprised: "It's cost-effective, you might as well have a few more deals like this." ”

"There are so many good things in the world." Lu Xin smiled bitterly and walked into the bamboo forest.

"I think also, looking at the old lord's style, the money he deducted will not be a small amount." Lu Yun sputtered dissatisfiedly.

"Haha, let's think of a piece." Lu Xin laughed and said, "I also feel that the old lord still has a family fund that has not been taken out." But don't push the old people too quickly, take your time. ”

"Yes, for example, there is no money for the garden to repair......" A wicked smile appeared on Lu Yun's face.

"You two bastards, it's getting more and more talkative." In the bamboo forest, Lu Xian's annoyed voice sounded: "You actually ran to me to calculate people!" ”

The father and son looked at each other and smiled, quickly stopped the conversation, and went into the bamboo forest.