Yang Lian said: "It's not just me who sighs, but also the father-in-law in the palace who is also taking the blame, and the emperor's reputation is also damaged." Why is it so hard to do something good? ”

Wu Mengming thought to himself, it's not your friends and colleagues, like Wang Qia, as well as Zou Yuanbiao, Sun Shenxing and others who were driven home, who are constantly spreading bad words about the emperor, and the craftsman emperor is said to have come from Jiangnan.

Yang Lian sighed again and said: "Anyway, I will carry the name, and it is the emperor who sees thousands of miles, and if something goes wrong, he will say that I am a mess." The cultivator has his own land, and for such an ideal, even if it is left behind for 10,000 years, it is nothing. ”

The county magistrate said solemnly: "Duke Wen, please accept my worship." "Say goodbye.

Yang Lian hurriedly helped him up and said, "*******, *******." These two lines of the emperor's poems really spoke to the hearts of the ministers. To accomplish something, there must always be people to sacrifice. What is my Yang Lian's reputation? Wu Tongzhi said that Yutian would report it as soon as there was news, and he had already let it out anyway, so he must not affect this side because of them. ”

Wu Mengming replied: "Lord Qincha, please rest assured, the two counties are far apart, and there are elite guards guarding them between them, so they can't communicate with each other. ”

Yang Lian smiled bitterly: "I have always disliked Dongchang and Jinyiwei. Now I know that without you people, some things are really not convenient. ”

Wu Mengming's face was a little unnatural, and he smiled and said: "We are the emperor's eagle dogs, and someone always has to do some things." ”

Yang Lian knew that his words were a little hurtful, and he hurriedly said: "It's not because we are prejudiced against you, it's just that we have always thought that it is enough to have three law divisions, and there is no need for Jinyiwei and the like to exist." Now I know that you are the only one who can deal with these people. ”

In fact, this is not much better than the first words, and some wicked people still need to be grinded by wicked people. Wu Mengming knew that he was a true character, so he had to take his words as praise and stop making a sound.

The next day, all the landlords came to the county yamen together, and under the witness of the county order, they sold all their land except for the ration field to Yang Gonggong in the palace, and the signature on behalf of Yang Gonggong was Wu Mengming, the commander of Jinyiwei. Wu Mengming promised to contact the patent office to purchase patented technology and open three cement factories in Lulong.

At this time, the railway happened to be repaired to Fengrun County. Because of the shortage of steel, the road builders simply took two days off, but the above demanded that they should not leave Fengrun County and should be able to come back to work at any time.

After only one day off, people from all over Fengrun County began to shout: "The people on the railway will go back quickly and have to work." ”

When the men rushed back, they found that the rails had not been delivered. At this time, the commander of the Jingshan Railway gathered them together and said: "I received a notice from above, it will take twenty days for the tracks to arrive. Mainly because we have been paving faster and faster during this period of time, and the steel mill can't win. ”

Everyone laughed, but they were a little worried when they remembered that they were paid on a daily basis.

The commander continued: "These twenty days, oh, say twenty days, who knows if twenty days will work." Even if it's twenty days, everyone is idle here, although the food is indispensable, I'm afraid there is still some reluctance. So we are going to go to Lulong and Yutian in these twenty days to help them harvest their crops. The salary is still calculated according to the railway, including food and housing. ”

Only then did everyone rest assured that harvesting crops was their old job, so they naturally did not worry. So the soldiers divided into two routes, all the way to Lulong, and began to harvest the crops in the field bought by Yang Gonggong.

The other road went straight to neighboring Yutian County, where Xu Xianchun was in charge, using the same method, except that the cement factory became a paper mill, and Yang Gonggong became Liu Gonggong.

Different places, same routines. The landlords of both lands kept only the fields they could cultivate, and sold the rest to their two fathers-in-law. Including the five landlords who were willing to reduce the rent privately in Lu Long, they also asked to sell the land and start factories together.

It's not that the landlords are not sober and easy to be fooled. Mainly because after the rent reduction, the fields really have no money, especially in the north, there are many immigrants, the imperial court wants to open mines, build railways and recruit a large number of people, tenants can go to the yamen to ask for immigration as soon as they don't like it, and the number of immigrants is a very important item in the political performance, and the county also hopes that someone will emigrate. In this way, the landlord's life is indeed not very easy. Many people have subscribed to the newspaper or read the newspaper and know that the cement and paper mills are doing very well now. Now that you have the opportunity to make a lot of money, what are you doing with those few acres of land? Besides, everyone has left ration fields, and when they are really old and want to enjoy the landscape, they can still live a comfortable life. In other words, it is actually profitable for the landlord to sell land and switch to other industries. Wu Mengming's words were just pointing them the way.

After harvesting the crops, the laborers on the railroad were told to level the land, leaving a two-pace-wide avenue between the 200-pace-wide fields and building the boundary with stones.

At this time, the Lulong migrant workers, who had just arrived at the Qian'an Iron Mine, were called for a meeting. A steward said: "The villagers just came, there are some things I shouldn't have said, but if I don't say them, I'm afraid everyone will blame me in the future." The imperial court bought a lot of land in Lulong, enough for everyone to go back to farming. Moreover, this land is sold to everyone, and it is everyone's own, not someone else's land. ”

The people below were in an uproar, and someone shouted, "We can afford to buy land, and what tenants we can give to others, isn't this a pastime for us?" ”

The steward hurriedly took an iron rod and struck it on a bronze bell next to it, and finally the crowd quieted down. The steward sweated profusely and said, "Don't quarrel until I'm done." ”

Everyone ignored him, and wanted to quarrel again, when a brocade guard came to the stage and pulled out two rusty spring knives, and the two knives slapped each other, glaring fiercely below. So there was silence below.

The steward said: "The land belongs to the imperial court, and the sale to everyone is not to ask everyone to pay now, but to repay it in ten years, and repay one percent every year." Once the harvest is available, it can be handed over to the nearest agricultural cooperative, and the money will be returned to the imperial court after it is obtained. You will pay back as much as the court buys land, and there is no interest. However, this land cannot be sold, pawned, or rented out, and must be planted by oneself. I think the villagers should be willing to do so, so I have to tell you first, so that everyone won't blame me in the future, then I will lose the original intention of the court and waste the emperor's kindness. ”