Li Mengnian's expression was a little excited, he knew that Zhang Han had already decided not to buy land in Datong, but he didn't expect it to be the idea of hitting the Beiyu Grassland place?

This large area, if He Yusheng really grabbed it, from Xinpingbao to Xiaoheihe, first nearly 200 miles to the north, then 1670 miles to the west, and then Jining Haizi and other places, it is another 150 or 60 miles to the east, how big is this place? It is a bigger place than the current Tiancheng and Zhenyu, Jiayang and Sanwei, plus Lingqiu County and Guangling County combined!

This is all grassland land, under the turf is fertile land, in fact, in later generations has basically become agricultural land, here not only cities, but also large areas of arable land, and later have a higher standard for the environment before the return of farmland to grazing, but at this time the level of cultivation and manpower, will never get to the point of returning farmland to grazing.

This can be said to be tens of millions of acres of fertile land...... You can choose the best place as you like, of course, you can choose the Dahei River, the Xiaohei River, the Daqing River, the Erlong River and other places, close to the big river, which is convenient for water diversion.

Tens of millions of acres are not easy to open, 100,000 acres of fertile land can appear in front of everyone's eyes in one year, and after a few years, millions of acres of land can be obtained!

"Wen Lan has done this step, if he succeeds, it will be almost the same as Nan Mian being the king......" Seeing that the young people around him did not look out of the slightest, they all looked eager, and Sun Jingting's mind suddenly had such a thought.

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"Brother Xiaozheng put the black cauldron on his own solid back......"

Zhang Han and Li Shenming rode alone to the head of the road to Xujiazhuang Fort, preparing to bid farewell to Kong Minxing there.

They already knew what was happening on the grassland, and while they were happy, they also had a lot of emotion.

Li Shenming said indifferently: "He Yusheng's career is yours, whether it is the Chamber of Commerce, the Inspection Division, or Tianchengwei, these are all pretenses, what matters is you, Xiaozheng and I are considered to be doing things for you as friends, but fortunately, you have never had anything to do with us......"

Zhang Han smiled and said: "Brother Zunlu, don't be funny, you are a person, the staff of the general army, it is a great luck to be able to help me, what else do I dare to take on you?" ”

Li Shenming smiled and said, "Wenlan, your current foundation, the ten general soldiers are not as good as you......"

"That's also the help of all of you, and I never thought that all of this was my own work."

"Well......" Li Shenming didn't continue on this topic, but said: "What I mean is that those of us who are subordinates, even if you get along with each other as friends, we ourselves have to treat you as a lord." It's one thing to do things for you, it's another thing to take on some slander. ”

Li Shenming didn't say some criticism, he felt that Sun Jingting did it deliberately this time.

Zhang Han has always treated people with a benevolent image, which also led to the fact that this time the people were too big, the barracks were strict, and the workers and tenant farmers in the factory were a little too lenient.

There are some things, Zhang Han is of course well-intentioned, but Li Shenming and Sun Jingting talked about it in private, and they both felt that they had gone a little too far with Yusheng.

Now it is necessary to reduce the treatment of the tenant farmers and workers, plus the people, and it is impossible to reduce the salary, but the control must be strict, and the work must be more, so that the peculiarity of the army can be demonstrated...... The army is the foundation of Heyusheng's foothold in Datong, which Li Shenming, Sun Jingting and others have already made very clear and understood.

If these things are really done, they will naturally attract resentment, and if they complain about Zhang Han, of course, it is not as good as being slandered by their subordinates.

"Here we are." Zhang Han pointed to the west, where a large car had arrived and was heading for the avenue from the village where Kong Minxing lived.

Walking from Xujiazhuang Fort, then turning north, entering the Beijing Division from Zhangjiakou, there are supply stations with Yusheng along the way, and the road conditions are also good, Kong Minxing went to Beijing to catch the exam this time, which should be the most comfortable one for him.

"Brother Zhizhi, why do you want to bring your family?" Zhang Han said in a complaining tone: "What a big deal it is to go to Beijing to take the exam, of course you have to go all out, are you worried that we will treat your family poorly?" ”

Kong Minxing showed a smile on his face and replied: "Of course, this time I went to the teacher, and I also lived in the teacher's mansion, so I shouldn't disturb his old man too much." ”

"It would be fine if that were the case." Zhang Han said: "My sister-in-law is by my side, so you have someone to take care of your daily life." ”

Li Shenming asked someone to send a tray at this time, and said with a smile: "You won't want it if you know more, these two hundred taels should be the right number, and it doesn't hurt to take it, this is the honor money that I sent with Wen Lan, and I also have a share of filial piety, but he went north, and it was too late to send you ......"

Kong Minxing was very moved and said: "It's really a lot, but you are so affectionate, I can only be ashamed." ”

At that time, there were a lot of expenses for lifting people into Beijing, and there were also poor people, but that was a very small number, and most of them had to meet and make friends with the same year in addition to grinding articles, and in addition to their own daily expenses, these were the bulk of the expenses. After passing the exam, it will not be an official for a while, and many expenses are very large, so it is generally necessary to bring at least hundreds of taels or even more than 1,000 taels of silver to Beijing, depending on each person's family background.

Generally, when people travel, friends and clan elders will give ceremonial money in the same year, ranging from two to tens of taels and hundreds of taels, which can also be regarded as a lot, and a little help, such as Zhang Han and Li Shenming, combined with the identities of the two, it is indeed not a lot.

After Kong Minxing accepted it, he couldn't help but thank him, and Zhang Han smiled: "Why do you need to be so polite? After Jinshi and Di, we were also counted as allies of many officials in the court. ”

Kong Minxing said with a straight face: "What Wen Lan does is conducive to the national economy and people's livelihood, if I get lucky in the future, I will definitely cheer for Wen Lan, and now there are still too few people in the DPRK who know Wen Lan." ”

Li Shenming and Zhang Han looked at each other, both of them nodded slightly, Li Shenming said: "I will not be far away, Sun Xiaozheng is working hard outside the Saiwai, I can't be alone, Li Dongxue can't leave, so I have to go to Jining Haizi to preside." ”

Kong Minxing said: "I have also heard that Xiao Zheng is acting, but I am afraid that it will attract a lot of floating discussions, and Brother Zunlu will go, but he can't act as reckless as Xiao Zheng." ”

Li Shenming said with a smile: "Xiaozheng has attracted a lot of scolding......"

Kong Minxing said: "There are also those who discuss Wenlan, of course, there are still many people who are filial piety." ”

Zhang Han said: "Things are man-made, and I am not afraid of rumors and rumors." ”

Kong Minxing said: "In the end, you still have to be careful of public opinion, before, Wen Lan, whether you are a businessman or a common person, your reputation is flawless, you should be careful." ”

He didn't say some things explicitly, but Zhang Han himself also understood that although there were many gentry who said good things about him, there were also a lot of scolding him, especially Huang Yucheng and others, who were entangled in a dozen students who wrote a book, saying that Zhang Han bullied the gentry, annexed acres, and oppressed military households and people, making the place miserable.

Zhang Han didn't take this matter to heart, as an official in the Ming Dynasty, it is normal to be scolded, if it alarms some imperial historians to come forward, it is a good thing to be impeached, if the local people say good things about themselves, it will make people suspicious, as an official in the Ming Dynasty, he has not been impeached in his life, I am afraid that there is not.

What matters is whether it has a relationship or not, whether you can settle the next move after the impeachment of Yushi, this is what matters.

At this time, Mrs. Kong said to Zhang Han in the car: "My grandson has always been taken care of by Lord Zhang, and he has also received a lot of things, some of which are used, and there are still a lot left, all of which are sealed at home, and the adults can ask someone to move them away and dispose of them by themselves." ”

Kong Minxing said: "Wenlan, there are too many fish, meat, rice and grains you asked someone to send, how much can my family eat?" If it is sealed, it should be moved away quickly, so as not to break it and waste it. ”

Zhang Han smiled in response, and faintly had some respect for scholars like Kong Minxing and his family, the officials and gentry of the Ming Dynasty were much disappointed, either they were incompetent, or they were full of righteousness, benevolence, and male thieves and prostitutes behind their backs, and scholars like Kong Minxing were the backbone of this nation's inheritance and civilization, not only are they not corrupt, but they are also morally high standards for themselves, unlike some scholars in the south, who only look at others in the mirror of demons, not themselves.

The two sent Kong Minxing's family ten miles north, and after cherishing each other, they watched the carriage leave, Li Shenming sighed: "It's really unbearable...... If Kong Zhizhi knew your arrangement, he would hate you to death......"

Zhang Han laughed and said: "Decrypt it after I die, as long as you don't say it, he can only wait until I die if he wants to know." ”

"Then I'm afraid he won't be able to wait......"

Zhang Han smiled but did not speak...... He is only in his early twenties, Kong Minxing is in his early thirties, and in terms of body, it is obvious that Zhang Han is stronger, I am afraid that there is really no chance......

Li Shenming said: "Yang Qiu should be waiting for you, I just asked about the specifics of this matter, lest Kong Zhizhi find me desperately ...... in the future."

Zhang Han said: "Do you want to hurry to Jining Haizi and Xinghebao?" ”

"Yes!" Li Shenming said: "I'll explain the matter at hand first, and then hurry over, Xiaozheng didn't do a bad job this time, I will learn from him, and it won't be too bad to think about it." ”

Zhang Han nodded, and thought: "This time it can be regarded as a good experience for us, purely military, Wang Changfu and Liang Xing's qualifications are enough, even if there is a battle with the scale of one or two thousand troops in the future, the two of them can slowly learn to lead the army to fight." However, with the combination of civil affairs and military administration, in this way, you really can't rely purely on the army, in the future, you and Xiaozheng, as well as Li Dongxue, Mo Zongtong and others, will slowly learn how to assist in military and political affairs...... If it's really time for a battle, I'll go there myself, and when everyone can get acquainted with this situation, we and Yusheng should have walked to a new level......"

The matter of going north is indeed that Heyusheng as a whole is moving towards a new height.

From an ordinary commercial house, to a military force, and then to a territory like the Li Zhuang Inspection Division, with a manpower base such as mines and workshops, and then to control the chambers of commerce in various places, expand their influence and potential strength, and then go north to seize their own territory, the military and the government have been promoted simultaneously, and they have gotten rid of the merchant pattern, from the commercial house, the chamber of commerce, to the integration of military, government and business, and have become similar to national organizations, and Zhang Han to Li Shenming and Sun Jingting have all been similar to the governor-general and governor-style senior officials in charge of military and political affairs.

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