When Liu Kongzhao came to look for Ji Qingwen, Ji Qingwen was pulling Li Yan and Li Yuanyin to play a card game of "fighting landlords." This is Ji Qingwen's favorite game before the crossing, after the crossing, he was sometimes bored, so he handed over the rules of "fighting the landlord" to Li Yan and Li Yuanyin, so that they could spend time with him.

But this teaching is not good, but Ji Qingwen really understands the meaning of the phrase "green is blue and green is blue".

Li Yan is extremely smart, far-sighted, playing cards can be his own cards and the opponent's hole cards are clear, so even if he catches a bad card in his hand, he often dares to call the landlord, come to him a Jedi counterattack, play an unexpected wonderful game.

And Li Yuanyin is deep and thoughtful, and more importantly, he is always quiet when he plays cards, which makes people unable to see through and think through. Therefore, Li Yuanyin can always win when he holds a good card in his hand, even if he draws a bad card, he may not lose when he is a "farmer".

This is difficult for Ji Qingwen.

He is not as smart as Li Yan, and his heart is not as ruthless as Li Yuanyin, and he is often the one who loses the most.

However, the beauty of the game of "fighting landlords" lies in the fact that the more you lose, the more you have to play. Therefore, Ji Qingwen is still happy to do this, and whenever he has time, he will call these two people to have a good discussion and find abuse.

Just as Huang Degong hurriedly ran into the big tent of the Chinese army and informed Ji Qingwen of the news of Liu Kongzhao's arrival, Ji Qingwen was pinching a pair of "king" and three "2" good cards, but he was beaten by Li Yan's two straights, and he was angry, so he scolded: "Okay, you Huang Degong, you didn't win with such a good deck of cards, and the gambling money of two taels of silver is gone, how do you say you are going to compensate me?" ”

Huang Degong did not play well in "fighting landlords," but he also learned some routines, scratched his head hurriedly, and said: "Dongjia, this is your fault." A big card is not necessarily a good card, Mr. Li's cards are obviously neater than yours, and it is not a strange thing to win you, how can it be blamed on my head? ”

Li Yan also said with a smile: "Huang Degong's mind is rare to be clear, and it makes some sense. Brother Ji, winning or losing on the cards is a trivial matter, and two taels of silver are nothing to you. You see that Liu Kongzhao came here this time, obviously he has a request for you, if you have the heart, I will beat the side drum for you again, I don't know how many taels of silver you can earn! ”

Ji Qingwen also knew the measure, and said: "Liu Kongzhao is also a local tyrant, but compared with Lao Tzu and me, he is at most a poor middle peasant. Poor Peasants Fight The landlord is quite reasonable, but the landlord is too hard-hearted to bully the poor peasants. ”

Li Yan pulled out the folding fan, fanned it a few times, and said: "I don't think it maybe, isn't Brother Ji, the landlord, just a good fight between me and Commander Li?" ”

Li Yuanyin also laughed rarely, and said, "No, no, no." Mr. Li was wrong. Although Lord Ji is rich, he has never seen him buy an acre and three points of land. To say that he is a local tyrant - yes; But to say that he was a landowner would be a big mistake. ”

Li Yan said thoughtfully: "If it weren't for Commander Li's reminder, I wouldn't have noticed." That's right, Brother Ji, other businessmen make money in business, either they spend money to make a name for themselves, or they buy land for retirement. But Brother Ji, you have done a lot of official work, but why did you never buy land? ”

"What's the point of buying land? It's nothing more than collecting some tenant rent. I have already worked hard enough for the peasants, and if I go to annex their land, will it not be even more painful? ”

Ji Qingwen put away the messy playing cards and said: "Also, I actually spend a lot of money, in addition to recruiting, raising, training, and using soldiers, what kind of thing doesn't cost money?" If I had to pay a lot of money to buy land, wouldn't so many of my properties be wasted? ”

Ji Qingwen said these words very bluntly, but he had other thoughts in his heart-

What is Money? Money is capital. Capital is like water, where there is profit, it will flow without hesitation, just like the return of a hundred rivers to the sea. And in this process, the most important thing is the word "flow". If you buy land with a large sum of silver, it is equivalent to turning living money into dead money. How does the dead money flow? And how to generate profits and benefits?

Because these words involved the economic theories of Keynesianism in later generations, Ji Qingwen was afraid that Li Yan, Li Yuanyin and others would not understand, so he did not say them to their faces.

However, Ji Qingwen has an account in his heart: although he is now a rich party, and he can even be said to be a rich man who rivals the country, he is still only a little brother compared to several big chambers of commerce such as Jin merchants, Qin merchants, and Jiangnan in the Ming Dynasty. If you want to really introduce the Ming Dynasty into modern historical development economically, it is not enough to rely on the current Ji Qingwen.

Therefore, there are two paths in front of Ji Qingwen: either through his own efforts, he will form a general trend of capitalism in the late Ming Dynasty, attract funds that have been precipitated and solidified in history, and develop capitalist industry and commerce, so as to achieve the goal of enriching the country and strengthening the people, enriching the country and strengthening the army; Either he Ji Qingwen simply brought all (or at least most) of the capital of the Ming Dynasty into his own name, so that he could lead the entire process of historical change......

How to choose these two paths......

Ji Qingwen didn't have any ideas yet, and the first thing he had to face now was Lord Liu Kongzhao, who hurriedly came to ask for his help.

Liu Kongzhao came in a hurry, and seeing that Ji Qingwen did not come out to greet him, he couldn't help but feel a little dissatisfied in his heart. However, he also heard that Ji Qingwen is now in the ascendancy of the Holy Family, and after the rebellion of the White Lotus Sect is completely quelled, the emperor will confer his title, not only the title has been discussed, but even the holy decree has been prepared.

And when this holy decree is made clear to the world, Ji Qingwen will be able to sit on an equal footing with himself on the throne.

For such a situation, Liu Kongzhao, who was born in a princely family, couldn't help but be a little jealous and unhappy, but since it was the emperor's order, he, Liu Kongzhao, was naturally a mere earl, and naturally couldn't say anything, so he could only secretly scold a few words of "nouveau riche who doesn't know the height of the sky".

What's more, he still has a request for others.

So Liu Kongzhao wasted the boss's strength, and then he barely squeezed out a smile on his face, and beckoned to Ji Qingwen: "Lord Ji, don't come unharmed!" ”

Ji Qingwen is not a big deal, but a few people have just clashed in the card game, and the military tent is quite messy, and they are busy cleaning up, so they came out a little late, so they hurriedly replied: "Okay, okay." ”

He looked at the sky again, introduced Liu Kongzhao into the military tent, and said: "It's a little embarrassing now, why don't you stay a little longer, I will ask the chef in the camp to cook a few good dishes, how about inviting the lord to have a light meal here?" It's a pity that there is still a war now, so I'm afraid that the dishes I make are not to my taste. ”

Ji Qing's elite food in the civilized military army is very famous among the entire counterinsurgency army. And that Liu Kongzhao has been eating bran for nearly a month since he led the troops into Zhejiang, and a bird has long faded out of his mouth, and when he heard that Ji Qingwen was going to invite him to dinner, he immediately smiled and was not polite, and said: "That's good, that's good." After the triumph of our army in the future, I will be the host, and invite Lord Ji to the best restaurant in Nanjing to have a delicious meal, which can be regarded as my return gift. ”

There is a saying in later generations: victory can cover up all contradictions.

Although the attack on Wenzhou City is not favorable at the moment, the overall operation is still very smooth, so Ji Qingwen and Liu Kongzhao, who were originally quite a bit of a mustard, can still talk and laugh in this victorious atmosphere.

I only heard Ji Qingwen say: "Speaking of the triumphant army...... I heard that Lord Liu tentatively attacked Wenzhou City yesterday, I don't know how the battle went? ”

Ji Qingwen has clear ears and eyes, and even many Jinyi guards are used by him, which Liu Kongzhao knew at the time, so he also understood that Ji Qingwen's words were knowingly asked.

However, it was for this that he was here now, and he could only laugh and say, "Alas! Don't hide it from Lord Ji, this battle stinks. Unexpectedly, the White Lotus Sect resisted stubbornly, and was still fighting the trapped beasts, our army attacked for half a day, and the losses were quite large, and my poor soldiers suffered heavy casualties, so they withdrew their troops. ”