Chapter Eighty-Five: Buying Land and Thank You

There are still things that can't be done with money in these years, Jiang Feng suddenly wondered, the impression he got when he was reading a book in modern times was that as long as he sprinkled the silver, the other party would obediently handle it according to the meaning of the silver.

What's more, it's just to buy land, although the world is peaceful, but in the area of Zhili, the white-clothed soldiers of Liu Liu and Liu Qi's brothers in the Zhengde period are not far away, and the rebellions of the White Lotus Sect are even more endless, it can be said that the land around Jingshi is vast and sparsely populated, except for the manors of those high-ranking families, other fields should have a lot of wasteland.

Seeing that Jiang Feng didn't blame himself, but instead said this question, Zhao Xiucai's heart was still relieved, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly, his owner was really a little inexplicably lacking in some common sense things, and explained:

"The owner, except for some wasteland in the north, the rest of the Jingshi are Zhuangzi, either the Holy Emperor's Zhuang, or those noble manors."

Jiang Feng's eyes immediately widened, and he asked:

"There are no villages around the manor, and the last time we brought those things back from Yantai, didn't we buy a few families from the Tianjin Health Center?"

"My host, do you know that between Jingshi, Tianjin Wei, and Baoding Mansion, almost all the villages are under the name of these estates, if they are under the honor, they can pay a lot less taxes, and for many years there has been such a smooth saying, 'If you eat meat at the end of the year, you have to sell yourself as a slave'."

In addition to the royal family and scholars, there is also an important part of the Ming Dynasty is the meritorious heroes, these people are the same as the European aristocratic class of the same era, and they are also the titles of princes and princes, although the imperial court does not let these people serve as civil officials, but most of the world's soldiers and horses are in the hands of nobles.

For example, the great eunuch Zhang Yong was ordered by Jiajing to supervise the imperial horse supervisor and the 12 regiments and battalions of the Jingshi army, but there must be a lord who is a deputy, and this deputy is often in charge of the actual army operations. The garrison of Nanjing is often served by the Xu family, the Duke of Wei, that is, the descendants of Xu Da, who lead the military in the south of the Yangtze River.

However, the Ming Dynasty still emphasized literature and light military force, for example, although Jiang Feng, the general banner, is also a seven-grade official, but compared with the civil official seven-grade is a world of difference, since the political status can not meet the nobles, so the central government of the Ming Dynasty gave these people a lot of preferential treatment in the economy.

Not paying taxes is one of them, so these people are rich and flowing, like the Li Hechun who consumed in Huifeng Building, and the money is used every day like splashing water, and the family will not feel distressed, anyway, if there is money, they will spend it. Xungui does not pay taxes, and naturally the same is true of the grange property under his name, since this is the case, many village residents in order to avoid the suffering of heavy taxes, have enslaved their families, so that in addition to paying to the master, they can have more left.

So don't say it's around Jingshi, as long as it's Tongqu Dayi, the surrounding good fields and good land are like this, and they have long been in the name of those high-ranking families. When Chengzu Zhu Di was born, there were still more than 8 million acres of fields in the world, and by the time of the Zhengde period, there were only more than 5 million acres.

After babbling and explaining for a long time, Zhao Xiucai saw that Zhang Liang on the side and Jiang Feng on the opposite side were a little listless, so he had to summarize it:

"Owner, I have been searching outside in a carriage for nearly seven days, and I am about to leave the border pass, but I have not seen any very good fields."

Jiang Feng was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then interrupted Zhao Xiucai's words, and said in shock:

"Lao Zhao, what are you doing when you buy a good field, didn't you ask you to find a Zhuangzi that can live in people?"

"The owner gave me five hundred taels of silver, so naturally I have to buy some good land, otherwise I will spend money indiscriminately."

Although he knew that the other party was calculating for his own good, Jiang Feng couldn't help but smile bitterly here, and said there quite weakly:

"Lao Zhao, if Tie Dan buys those people back, do you expect these people to farm or herd sheep, wouldn't it be a waste to have good fields, and if even the villagers in Zhuangzi bought them together, wouldn't it send those goodness to the wolf's mouth......"

Hearing this complaint, Zhao Xiucai knew that what he had done was a little redundant, and he couldn't help but blush, Jiang Feng saw the embarrassment on his face, waved his hand there and said:

"You don't have to think about it so much, it's just that you have to work hard to go out and run again......"

Zhao Xiucai hurriedly arched his hand and said:

"It's nothing for students to work hard, just don't delay the owner's affairs."

Speaking of this, it seems that he suddenly remembered something, and said there:

"Owner, the families where we store the powder (because Zhang Liang is standing aside, so we don't say it explicitly) are at the foot of the mountain, all of them are hunters, although there are no fertile fields there, but the houses are quite complete, and they should be able to buy it."

Zhao Xiucai is now vaguely Jiang Feng's housekeeper, if it weren't for the strong consciousness from the modern era in Jiang Feng's mind, according to the rules, Zhao Yangfan probably should have changed his name to Jiang Yangfan, although the name has not changed, but he is also busy for Jiang Feng, got Jiang Feng's instructions, and did not delay, and immediately went out to Old Man Li's big car dealership, ready to rush to the Zhuangzi immediately.

The five hundred taels of silver on his body were used to buy the place of more than a dozen families, which was more than enough, and it was quite ironic to say that the rich families in Beijing sometimes spent hundreds of taels a month in Huifeng Building, such as those gentlemen represented by Li Hechun of the Qingguo family. But at the foot of the mountain, a village of more than a dozen families could not use two hundred taels. At this time, the gap between the rich and the poor has reached an outrageous point, but the rule of the Ming Dynasty is still as stable as Mount Tai.

Jiang Feng looked at Zhao Xiucai who had not yet removed the dust from his body, and then turned around and hurriedly went out, his heart was also quite moved, and he suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly followed Zhang Liang on the side and said:

"Apprentice, you go out of the city with Lao Zhao, you almost forgot about this matter, he has a few hundred taels of silver on him, whether it is for the coachman to know, or if he is targeted by a strong man, it will be a fatal disaster."

Zhang Liang was stunned for a moment and understood, and hurriedly agreed to follow out.

In the evening, Jiang Feng asked Chef Bao to make a few good dishes and took them back to his house, after all, he had to find someone to share the happiness of his promotion, and seeing Jiang Feng, who had been home late recently, came back so early, Su Guanyue and Su Guanxue sisters were very happy.

Among them, the little girl Su Guanxue is even more elated, she is always confined at home during the day and can't go out, and occasionally Jiang Feng will arrange a big car to pull two people to a lively place such as a temple fair, but since Su Guanxue told Jiang Feng about what happened back then, Jiang Feng also knew how dangerous it would be for the two sisters of the Su family to show up, so he rarely let them out, and Su Guanyue also stayed at home quite consciously, so the lively little girl Su Guanxue was very happy to see Jiang Feng.

"This is a small meatball just fried in the kitchen, eat it with salt and pepper, watch the snow, don't grab it, you go wash your hands first, good, brother-in-law still has a lot of delicious food here."

Su Guanyue was moistened by the rain and dew, this is the time when the girl and the young woman meet, and there is some purity in the delicate, and the combination is extremely attractive, Jiang Feng took Su Guanxue to wash his hands, and saw Su Guanyue standing quietly on the side, and the girl under the light exuded this charm there.

Jiang Feng couldn't help but be emotional, stood up and hugged Su Guanyue, first kissed lightly on the cheek, and said softly:

"I raised the general flag of your father-in-law, and now I am also a seven-rank official."

This news is the first time to tell the girl, hearing Jiang Feng's words, Su Guanyue, who was already slightly soft in Jiang Feng's arms, reluctantly straightened up, and said crisply:

"Congratulations to Brother Jiang."

However, Jiang Feng could see that Su Guanyue didn't attach too much importance to this promotion, in fact, it was not surprising, the civil officials wanted to look down on the military attaché, and when the Su family sisters were not dilapidated at home, they were the squire of the third grade, the high-ranking civil official, and they would look down on this little seventh grade, so Jiang Feng's excitement did not resonate in the girl's heart.

Jiang Feng felt a little bored slightly, and inexplicably remembered in his heart that if it was Liu Fangrui's tomboy in Bachelor Liu's house who was here, he must have jumped up with him, I don't know why, Jiang Feng thought so in his heart.

Jiang Feng laughed dryly, let go of his hand, bent down and lifted the food box below, dragged Su Guanyue beside him into the house, took out the small fried meatballs placed on the top, and said with a smile:

"Today I asked the kitchen to make a few dishes, which is also interesting, after our restaurant opened, you didn't eat any of the dishes they made."

didn't hear the girl on the side answer, Jiang Feng looked back at Su Guanyue, the girl's face was a little frightened, obviously she felt that her reaction just now was a little disappointed, Jiang Feng sighed secretly in his heart, put the dishes in his hand on the table, walked to Su Guanyue, stretched out his arms and hugged the girl into his arms, patted her back gently, and said softly:

"Satsuki, don't be so heavy-minded......"

Su Guanyue sobbed softly in her arms, Jiang Feng picked up the girl's face, and said with a smile:

"Yesterday I asked the matchmaker, it turns out that we can't be considered a couple living by ourselves, I'll find someone to arrange tomorrow, and the two of us will also be a husband and wife in accordance with the law......"

Hearing this sentence 'Husband and wife who are in accordance with the law', the girl who came in with some sensitivity laughed all of a sudden, her face was still with tears on her face at this time, and her smile was really touching with pear blossoms and rain, Jiang Feng looked seductive, couldn't help but be tempted, and kissed her lips.

It was when I got to the hearty place that I heard the crisp voice of the little girl on the side:

"Brother-in-law, are you thanking my sister again?"