There is a small mound on the south side of the Lijia crossing, where the coke kiln site of Liangshan was bought. In the past few days, Tao Zongwang has brought a few experts in burning bricks and porcelain to squat here, according to the information provided by Gu Haotian, combined with their previous experience, the kiln has been built, and the charcoal purchased by the commercial office is also piled up on the side, just waiting to light the first fire of the furnace.

On the morning of this day, Tao Zongwang commanded the staff to put the charcoal into the kiln and prepare to test the first furnace of coke. But at this moment, Li Er, the seller of this land, ran over with a person who looked like a housekeeper, and said that he would not sell this land.

"What's more, black and white, if you say you don't sell it, you won't sell it, and you will pay for my big expenses." As soon as Tao Zongwang heard it, he became angry.

"I-I-" Li Er was stunned by Tao Zongwang, and he had nothing to say, but he looked at the housekeeper with a gloomy face behind him, and he didn't dare to change his words, and the sweat beads on his head rolled down like raindrops in a hurry.

"Hehe, this land is not Li Er's family, he has no right to be the master of the business, you just wait to be obedient, otherwise you will see you in court tomorrow." The butler said domineeringly.

"Bird, I have the word deed in hand, no one wants to take advantage of it, don't say Yuncheng County, even Jinluan Palace, I dare to go." Tao Zongwang knew the details of this land, and who was he afraid of at the foot of Liangshan.

The housekeeper saw that Tao Zongwang was fierce and vicious, and there were many people, so he didn't dare to come in person, so he let go of two cruel words and left stupidly.

"Steward Li came there, but he was not happy when he encountered something bad."

When Steward Li was angry, he suddenly heard someone in front of him saying hello, and when he looked up, he saw that it was the shopkeeper Zhu who was familiar with the hotel on the side of the avenue in the village.

"It's not a goddamn thing to do." Steward Li turned his head and glared at Li Er.

"Don't be angry, I just happened to have some good wine there, and I went over to drink two glasses to dissipate my anger."

Shopkeeper Zhu took his hand and went to the hotel, the housekeeper Li was obviously very familiar with him, and he went without refusing.

Liang Shan has been deliberately keeping a distance from the Lijia Daokou Hotel, so the people in the village are not aware of its background, at least for now. When buying the kiln site this time, Zhu Fu only secretly helped to find out the relevant news, but it was Tao Zongwang and them who came out to do it.

Li Er's family was originally a commoner in the village, and later the decline of the family road bought the only few acres of land in the family to the landlord in the village, and he became a tenant, but the miscellaneous land on the side of the mound was never bought to the landlord, Zhu Fu inquired clearly, so he asked Tao Zongwang to buy it. Who knew that after Steward Li learned of this transaction, he had bad intentions and wanted to blackmail Tao Zongwang and others, and asked Li Ershuang to take back the kiln land, otherwise he would no longer rent the land with him, and Li Ershuang had no choice but to obey. Who knew that Tao Zongwang and they had already known the details from Zhu Fu, and they were very tough, so that Steward Li couldn't start for a while.

Zhu Fu's coincidental appearance is, of course, not accidental. As an intelligence officer, he naturally knows the 100 households at the entrance of the Li family as well as the palm of his hand. Steward Li's name is Li Jin, and he is the housekeeper of Li Wenliang, the only big family in the village, who is malicious and mean, and he was also blackmailed by him when the location of the Li Hotel was selected, but he couldn't turn his face for a while, and Zhu Fucai deliberately curried favor with him. Today, when he saw Li Jin going to the kiln, he knew that it was not good, so he followed from a distance to see it.

"Li Er was stunned, how did that fool make the housekeeper angry?" Zhu Fu asked deliberately while pouring wine for Li Jin.

"That idiot sold the land in the village to outsiders without the lord's nod, and this gang of people didn't know how to confront me, and didn't give them some benefits to see, how willing I am, master."

"What is the butler going to do with this?"

"Tomorrow to recruit Zhuang Ke to go to the level, what kind of politeness, he is a group of foreign talents, how dare he." This Li Jin is very arrogant.

"In my humble opinion, the housekeeper is still more cautious."

"Hell, it's a big deal."

"Li Er was stunned, did that piece of miscellaneous land ever sell to Li Yuanwai?"

Zhu Fu glanced at Li Jin, but saw that he hesitated for a moment and did not reply, so he continued:

"I heard that Xu Zhixian in the county is an upright person, and the housekeeper will go over tomorrow to clean up the group of outsiders, so naturally it is not a problem, but if these people sue Master Xu, they may have some twists and turns, I heard that the Wu County Lieutenant of Crouching Tiger Village a few days ago, Xu Zhixian has not shown mercy."

Zhu Fu's purpose was to make Li Jin dare not rush to start, so as to leave time for the mountain to respond. When Li Jin heard this, he was silent for a while and didn't speak, then drank two more glasses of wine and went to take care of himself.

Gu Haotian read the report sent by Zhu Fu, and invited Wen Huanzhang to come over overnight to discuss countermeasures. In fact, Gu Haotian has long had an idea about the land of Lijia Daokou, although Liangshan is big, but after all, it is an isolated island, first of all, food cannot be produced, and secondly, there is not much flat land that can be used, for example, it is difficult to find a suitable place for large-scale horse farms, he sometimes thinks that "Water Margin" said that there are tens of thousands of cavalry in Liangshan, but he can't imagine where the tens of thousands of war horses are raised on the mountain, and there is no way to talk about the strategic depth. So he has long wanted to find a piece of land nearby to secretly operate, as a springboard for Liangshan, Lijia Road crossing is close to the distance, the situation is familiar, it is really the best choice, this time there is a site to build a kiln, in fact, there is also a sense of temptation. Now it's good that I haven't made a move, but someone has come to the door.

"Haotian, if you want to take the Li family crossing, it is not difficult to use Liangshan's current strength, but the difficult thing is how to do things secretly, so that outsiders can't see what Liangshan is doing, so that it is convenient to act in the future, and now let Zhu Fu and the intelligence department first touch the details of the Chen family, and then it is not too late to make plans."

Wen Huanzhang and Gu Haotian had discussed the matter of the Li family crossing, considering that Liangshan might have conflicts with the imperial court in the future, both of them thought that it was better to control it secretly at present, on the one hand, they could avoid possible damage in the future, and on the other hand, they could provide convenience for Liangshan on the bright side.

But how to silently let the Li family crossing change the owner, it is not an easy task. Although Li Wenliang is not a strong person, his family has been operating in Lijiadaokou for several generations, but it is already deep-rooted, so Liangshan has always had no chance to take advantage of it.

"Li Jin's flying and domineering may be an opportunity, we might as well take this opportunity to expose the hypocrisy of the Li family, and then arrange some livelihood for the tenant farmers, when the land is not rented, the Li family will be chaotic, or there may be an opportunity."

Wen Huanzhang's proposal was also a good way, Gu Haotian couldn't think of a better way for a while, so he had to take one step at a time.

Let's say that after Li Jin returned from Zhu Fu's hotel, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, thinking about the character who said the same thing about his Li family, but he was helpless by a few foreigners, how willing he was. Early the next morning, he went to Li Er's stunned house, and scolded him again, asking him to go and get the land back immediately, otherwise he didn't want to live in Zhuangzi.

Li Er couldn't have dreamed of what kind of trouble he caused when he sold a piece of miscellaneous land, and now that the kiln has been built, those people are not good talkers, how can they get the land back. He didn't even have the mood to work, and he sat at home and died of sorrow.

"Is this Li Er's home?"

At this moment, there was a shout outside the door, and Li Er looked up, but it was the person who bought the land surnamed Tao, followed by a thin man.

"This is our proprietor, and the land that we bought yesterday had a right or wrong, and I came here today."

Li Er was stunned and thought to himself, the owner had rushed over, and he must have come to settle the account with him. He sat dumbfounded, not knowing what to do, but the two of them found a chair and sat down in front of him.

"When the surname of the contemptible person, yesterday I heard that there was a dispute in the kiln and rushed to it, but I was very puzzled in my heart, as far as I know, that piece of land was originally your family's own land, and the price we gave was not low, why did it change again now." This proprietor is exactly what the times have changed.

Seeing that the person who came was not vicious, Li Er was stunned and felt a little more at ease, he hesitated for a moment, and decided to gamble, so he got up and knelt in front of the two.

"Although the land belongs to my family, but Steward Li does not let it be sold, and the small one is helpless, the livelihood of my family is all in his hands, I beg the owner to be gracious, and return the land to me." Li Er was stunned as he spoke, kowtowing again and again.

"You don't have to be like that, just get up and talk slowly." Shi Qian helped Li Er up and deliberately asked, "How can your family's livelihood be in the hands of Steward Li." ”

"Alas, it's not that I have rented his family's land, if he doesn't rent it, how will my family live."

"How much was there that year?"

"After paying the rent, I can barely make ends meet."

"Why don't you come to my kiln to help, and give you two taels of silver a month, so that you don't have to rent his land, and you don't have to be angry with him."

"But seriously!"

Li Er was stunned when he heard this, and his heart was overjoyed, he rented a few acres of land for the Li family, and the family's stomach could not be filled all year round, two taels of silver per month, but it was two stones of grain, and he was waiting to respond, but he didn't know what to think of and hung his head again.

"The Li family is powerful, you are outsiders after all......" Li Er was stunned, but he was worried that the strong dragon would not suppress the head snake, and the bamboo basket would be empty.

"You just have to rest assured in this matter, since we dare to build a kiln here, we have the ability to take root here, and the Li family can tolerate me."

As he spoke, Shi Qian took out a silver ingot and put it in Li Er's hand, "Here are twenty taels of silver, the right to be used as a deposit, if I don't count in the future, it will belong to you." ”

Twenty taels of silver for Li Erdu, but it is a huge amount of money, at the beginning he borrowed the Li family's five taels of silver to survive the spring famine, and finally made a profit, turning himself from a commoner into a tenant, he felt like a dream, but in his heart he believed the words of the Shi Dong. He gritted his teeth and made up his mind, even if the kiln could not last, with twenty taels of silver in hand, he was not afraid that he would not find a livelihood.

"The owner is so sincere, I don't have to worry about it, it's just that the Li family is quite powerful, if I come to the door tomorrow, I ......"

"Don't worry, just look for this pottery shopkeeper, he will deal with it, and if you can recruit a worker for me in the village in the future, I will pay you a tael of silver." Shi Qian reassured him and dug a pit for the Li family.

"Really?"

"You'll see if you try."

Li Er was stunned and couldn't imagine that there was such an unexpected surprise, if there was a salary of two taels per month, who would suffer for renting a few acres of land in the Li family, and then as long as he said hello, who would refuse, and the silver would not be .......