Lao Wei went out of the city in person and met Ye Hua, looking at each other, there was really a feeling of fire and crackling, of course, this was just Wei Xianggong's unrequited love, Ye Huaguang frowned, when did this old man become so enthusiastic? It's not normal!

"Champion Hou, why are you here?" Lao Wei couldn't hide his excitement, he thought that even if the Great Zhou sent troops, at most one general would be sent, no matter what, Ye Hua shouldn't come, don't you want to stay by the side of the Son of Heaven and assist in military affairs?

Ye Hua shrugged his shoulders indifferently, "There are so many generals in the court, and His Majesty is here, I don't need me for the war in Yangzhou, no, let's take a look at you Wei Xianggong." ”

Wei Renpu was overjoyed, and reached out to pull Ye Hua's arm, "Master Hou, great kindness, the old man is unforgettable." Come, the old man will lead your horse and kick it, please go into the city! ”

"Don't!"

Ye Hua waved his hand, "We're old friends, don't play false, let's go into the city together, let's deal with these things first!" ”

Lao Wei laughed, "The master is as he pleases, the Hou Ye is here, and the old man will unload the burden of a thousand catties, so he can rest assured." ”

Wei Renpu and Ye Hua entered the city side by side, from beginning to end, he grabbed Ye Hua's arm, that intimacy, needless to describe, it was just a honey and oil couple.

The Suzhou businessmen who were in charge of greeting saw this scene, and couldn't help but nod their heads in admiration, this Great Zhou is different, the civil and military forces are so intimate, no wonder they can sweep the world, the Southern Tang Dynasty and Wu Yue are both small imperial courts, how can they have the bearing of the generals of the country, the difference is too far!

And what surprised them even more was that Hou, the world-famous champion, was so young!

Looks like you're twenty years old at most? Maybe even younger!

Tall, riding on a tall horse, with two long legs and nowhere to put them, his appearance is also delicate, white and clean, just like a scholar in Jiangnan, where did he get such great ability?

It's amazing.

As for Wei Renpu, although he is old, he is extraordinary, looking forward to himself, and he has a feeling of being old and strong, with a flowing beard and a graceful demeanor.

Da Zhou has such a good general, and has such a good appearance, can't you want to prosper?

Speaking of which, people's hearts are really a wonderful thing, an hour ago, the Southern Tang Dynasty offensive was fierce, and Suzhou was in danger. But in the next hour, Ye Hua was born out of thin air and fell from the sky, and the hearts of the entire Suzhou people settled down at once.

The battle at the head of the city was still going on, and Yang Chongxun supervised the soldiers in the city, fought bravely to kill the enemy, and drove down the Southern Tang people and horses who rushed up.

There were bursts of cheers at the head of the city, and the morale was greatly boosted.

"Let me tell you, since Hou Ye debuted, he has fought in the south and in the north, and he has no last resort. Is Khitan powerful? The two emperors were folded in the hands of the champion Hou, and Youzhou was run by the Khitan for more than ten years. There is also Hedong Iron Cavalry, isn't it amazing? also let Hou Ye be swept away, and the Shatuo clan was wiped out! ”

"Let me tell you, Hou Ye is here, these miscellaneous pieces of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Hou Ye can destroy them all as soon as he glares at them!"

Those hussar instructors, in front of the recruits in Suzhou, kept boasting that Ye Hua was blown higher and higher, and became bigger and bigger, and he simply became an omnipotent living immortal.

The soldiers and young men in Suzhou were also stunned when they heard it, did Ye Hua really have such a great ability?

If that's the case, it's fine, we are all saved, these people put up a tablet for Ye Hua in their hearts!

Ye Laoxian, it must be effective!

It's just that these people didn't expect that in the face of the people of the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce, Ye Hua spread his hands.

"I only took 5,000 people across the river this time, which can temporarily solve the crisis in Suzhou, but there is no way to really protect Gusu City!"

Ye Hua's opening remarks frightened everyone at once, Wang Han, Sun Yuan, and them, looked at each other, and said in their hearts, Master Hou, the big guys are pointing at you, why are you discouraged as soon as you come up?

These people talked and asked Ye Hua to help the people of Suzhou, and many of them knelt down excitedly.

At this time, Wei Renpu narrowed his eyes, grabbed his beard, and said with a smile: "Master Hou, you have always been clever, how can you have no choice, say it, don't scare the big guy." ”

It was still Lao Wei's big face, he spoke, Ye Hua could only say: "If you want to keep Gusu City, it's up to you!" ”

Ye Hua got up and walked among everyone, "You saw more than 70,000 people, right?" A few hours before they were captives, and I promised them an equal share of the fields, and they were willing to follow me...... You people have a rich family background, each has more than 100,000 acres of land, as long as you hand over the field, why worry about not having a tiger and wolf army to protect Suzhou City? ”

"What?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone present was shocked, my God, this is your champion Hou's trick?

What's the trick here, it's a bad idea!

It couldn't be worse.

For what are we people who risk our lives to fight against Wu Yue and the Southern Tang Dynasty? Isn't it just to keep our possessions?

It's not enough to move our money, and as soon as your champion Hou comes, you will deprive us of our land, which is too deceitful, right?

These gentry know more than ordinary people, the Great Zhou Dynasty is in the Central Plains, Qingzhang is acre, and many gentry have been forced to run to Jinling, it seems that this matter is true!

Wang Han and Sun Yuan, as well as others, all have a feeling of wanting to cry without tears, grandma's, I knew that Da Zhou was so dark, so I wouldn't cooperate with them, but now it's good, I want to land directly, you want to dig our ancestral grave!

No, absolutely not!

They wanted to refuse, but once they refused, Ye Hua might just pat his ass and leave, or directly connived at his soldiers and horses to kill on a large scale, this is really luring wolves into the house, so what should we do?

Wang Han said bitterly: "Champion Hou, since this is the case, our Wang family is willing to take out 10,000 acres of land and honor the Hou Ye!" ”

Sun Yuan also said: "The Sun family can also produce 8,000 acres, and please ask the Hou Ye to smile." ”

They expressed their stance one after another, but Ye Hua's face was gloomy, as cold as a piece of ice, he suddenly shook his head, and said with a smile: "Wei Xianggong, you see, in their eyes, I have become a person who asks for a little money?" 10,000 acres, 8,000 acres? They don't know? I handed over hundreds of thousands of acres of land in Kaifeng to the imperial court and distributed it to the people, do you care about this little profit? How foolish! ”

Wei Renpu muttered: "Master Hou, let me say a few words, the big guy's field is also saved one acre by one, it is the lifeblood of each family, these years, wars have been frequent, in order to protect the ancestral industry, they have tried their best, and they will take their field away for nothing, this is not good!" ”

"Who said it was taken for nothing?" Ye Hua's voice improved a lot.

Wei Renpu pretended to be surprised, "Master Hou, what are you going to do?" ”

"Wei Xianggong, do you know Hedong's methods?"

Lao Wei immediately said: "You know, didn't Master Hou build a farm in Hedong?" Most of the grain in Kaifeng last year was transported from Hedong, and the farms in Hedong were much more efficient than the traditional renting model. ”

Ye Hua bowed, he turned his head to the merchants present and said, "Almost all of you run silk workshops, let me ask you, what is the biggest difficulty of the workshop?" ”

"This ......" They looked at each other, and Wang Han said: "It is naturally difficult to talk about it, such as the exploitation of the imperial court, the extortion of officials, and the source market, and even the shipping climate, these are all these!" ”

Ye Hua said: "Then let's talk about the market first, you need high-quality raw silk, only good silk can weave good silk." I have already investigated, and there are two kinds of mulberry fields under your name, one is directly controlled by yourself, and workers are hired to raise silkworms and reeling silk, and the other is to rent the land to others, and the tenants pay you raw silk. ”

The gang of people present were a little confused, the dignified champion Hou, not talking about military affairs, came to talk about business experience, did he have a problem with his brain?

But if you think about it carefully, what Ye Hua said is really not bad at all.

After all, there is still a limit to the land that can be annexed, and a lot of the annexed land is surrendered and attached, that is, some must be reserved for the original owner, and the big family cannot take it all.

Many people envy the big farm, thinking that it is efficient and represents progress, but don't forget, how the big farm came about. Originally, all the land was indigenous, and when the natives were killed, the land went to the colonizers, and then large farms were established.

The cost of their land acquisition is just a bullet!

This is something that you can't learn even if you want to.

Although there are many silk workshops in Suzhou, it is difficult to expand the scale quickly due to the limited supply of raw silk, which is also the most distressing place for merchants.

"I know that Li Hongji wants to change the rice field to the mulberry field, which is to increase the supply of raw silk and solve this problem. It's just that his strategy is too barbaric and rude, and he doesn't take into account the livelihood of the people below at all, so he is destined to not be able to push it down. ”

Ye Hua said with a smile: "Willing to give, willing to give." If you think about it, if you hand over all the land and redivide it among the soldiers and the people, everything will be very different. ”

"I can get the soldier who took the land to sign a contract. After taking your land, they will provide you with high-quality raw silk at the market price. Speaking of which, you are giving up some of your land rental income, but you can get double the supply of raw silk. And after the land belongs to them, the soldiers and their families must manage it properly...... I will also help to set up a number of schools to provide experience in raising silkworms and reeling silk to ensure the quality of silk. ”

Wei Renpu closed his eyes and pondered, suddenly opened his eyes, and said with a smile: "Champion Hou, the income from land rent is certainly a lot?" But compared to controlling the raw silk and silk market, it is so much worse that it is simply not worth mentioning. ”

Ye Hua sighed: "Who said no, now the Great Zhou Academy is researching better looms, as long as the scale goes up and the profits go up, you can use more machines, Jinshan Yinshan is in front of them, they don't want it, it's really incredible!" ”

They sing together and cooperate tacitly, which can be called a perfect double reed!

But there are all old fritters present, will they easily believe it? Is it so easy to change a thousand-year-old tradition?

Everyone present bowed their heads and said nothing. Even Wang Han, who was dedicated to following Da Zhou, frowned, according to Ye Hua's wishes, can it be done?

If not, hundreds of years of accumulation will be wasted.

And without land as a foundation, can you keep your family business just by weaving silk?

They had a lot of questions, but Ye Hua didn't have time for them to think about.

Wei Renpu also squinted his eyes, the so-called holding and not leaving, fighting backwards, is talking about them!.

Old Wei moved the little finger of his left hand imperceptibly, Ye Hua's thumb was also erected, and the next moment, suddenly Yang Ye was dressed in a military uniform, carrying a golden knife, striding in a big stride, and walked in majestically, and said in a loud voice: "Lord Qiqi, there are many soldiers who have surrounded the prefect's yamen, and they demand that Juntian be implemented immediately, and give them the promised land, if they don't give it, they will take it themselves!" ”