"It turns out that this is to the Alum Tower! Why, you don't invite the old man to a big meal, and you kid is not short of money! When did you learn to be so stingy! Zeng Zhao said teasingly, but he still got out of Cai Dao's carriage by himself.

"Great-grandfather, if you want to eat well, Poor Dao can ask Bai Alum Lou to make a big table for you to send to your home. I didn't invite you in because I really didn't invite you today. Cai Dao followed Zeng Zhao out of the car, suddenly walked up to him, and said softly: "Grandpa Zeng, now the Pan family and the Cao family are sitting in the building, and who else is there, Poor Dao is not clear." You say, are you fit to go up? ”

Alum Tower, also called Fan Tower.

According to rumors, Alum Tower is the first of the 72 restaurants in the city of Bianliang City in the Northern Song Dynasty. Of course, this is just a rumor. With the prosperity of Bianliang City, there will definitely not be only seventy-two restaurants in the entire inner and outer cities of Bianliang. This point, Cai Dao personally verified when he visited the famous places of Bianliang City.

However, today's alum building, although I dare not say that it is the leader, is indeed the first choice for dignitaries and nobles in Bianliang City.

The alum tower is not a building, but is composed of several groups of courtyard-style Song Dynasty pavilions.

In the past, the alum building, rich businessmen gathered, dignitaries and nobles liked to gather here when they were resting.

However, today's alum building actually does not accept outsiders.

Zeng Zhao stopped and looked at it again, shook his head, sighed deeply, muttered something in his mouth, and got into his carriage and went home.

When Cai Dao's carriage passed through the gate of the Bailu Tower, no one stepped forward to stop it.

In front of the building in the center, Cai Dao got out of the carriage, and Cai Ban drove the carriage to the side building, and the subordinates of the guests who went to the banquet today will be placed there. Because today's discussion is a major event, they are not worried that the news will be learned by Zhao Xu, but they still have to prevent those civil officials from sending spies to sneak in. Therefore, Cai Dao, the Pan family, the Cao family, and Zong Zheng, these four parties together encompassed the entire alum building.

The four main buildings in the southeast, northwest and northwest are all cleared, and there are Zongzheng people to handle them. Cai Dao first went to the second floor of the center to negotiate with the military generals, and then went to the fourth floor, and then negotiated with Zongzheng and several important royal families.

The purpose of this negotiation is to persuade these royal relatives and noble families to take the initiative to dedicate all the land in their hands, both openly and secretly, to the official family.

Cai Dao told the Cao family and the Pan family about this matter, but Zongzheng was informed by the official family.

Of course, Cai Dao is a junior, and the people who went to the banquet to negotiate with him this time are naturally also juniors, the elders of the Xungui family sit on the third floor waiting for news, and Zongzheng and they sit on the fifth floor waiting for news.

After stepping on the second floor, Cai Dao saw Cao Hu at a glance, and he was accompanied by a young man who looked somewhat similar to him, but compared to Cao Hu's face, this young man was very delicate.

Cai Dao guessed in his heart that this might be Cao Hu's cousin, because although he hadn't seen Cao Hu's own brother, he also knew that those were still young.

Cao Hu squeezed his eyebrows at Cai Dao and wanted to rush up to greet him, but the young man beside him coughed violently, and saw Cao Hu immediately wilt. Holding the tea bowl in front of him, he poured it into his mouth.

This time, Cai Dao naturally did not plan to catch up with Cao Hu on this occasion. As soon as he bowed his hand to the young ladies on the second floor, he walked to the center and said, "Big bucket, take out the things!" ”

Cai Bucket had been following behind him, and as soon as he heard Cai Dao's instructions, he pulled out a long stick from behind his back like a cowhide roll.

Cai Dao put the cowhide roll on the ground and unfolded it, and everyone peeked at it, and it was actually a huge map, which seemed to be made of a whole cowhide. Cai Dao and Cai Bucket worked together to hang the map on a display board prepared in advance. Only then did everyone understand the purpose of the large wooden shelf standing in the center.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you don't have to introduce yourselves one by one. Anyway, you can't be the master! Cai Dao said this politely, which made the faces of these young handsome people who were doing it gloomy, but he couldn't do it, because Cai Dao was telling the truth, and he didn't look at the faces of these people, but continued: "There is only one map, if any of you know the art of danqing, you might as well copy a copy, and when you report it, you might as well show it to your elders." ”

"Poor Dao negotiates with you this time for only one purpose, which is to persuade your family to donate all the cultivated land in your hands to the official family. The land that His Majesty wants is limited to the north of the Yangtze River, excluding Bashu, Hehuang, and the Hetao area. If all of you here can get the land from the Tangut people, you can keep it in your hands generously. ”

"Niubi, the land of the Sprinkle family has been given to you, are we going to drink the northwest wind as a family?" Although Cao Hu people are a little muddy, they are not stupid, and they naturally know the importance of land.

The Cao family is the descendant of Cao Bin, the founder of the country, and it seems that the scenery is infinite with the name of the founding of the country, but if a large family only relies on Yulu, they would have starved to death a long time ago, and only land, more land, can feed hundreds of children and grandchildren who have multiplied. If the official family really wants to take back the land in their hands, it will cut off his roots!

After Cao Hu's words were finished, the entire second floor was buzzing, and these boys and brothers quarreled, naturally some people scolded Cai Dao, but no one dared to step forward and beat him.

No one is a fool, they have long heard that the stinky Taoist priest in front of him is ruthless, and even Cao Hu has been beaten to the point that he can't become a human, but besides, Cai Dao behind Cai Dao, after eight years of exercise and sufficient nutrition in the mountains, is now completely a human bear. Just the pestle behind Cai Dao was already infiltrating enough. If they really start to do it, with this man-bear in the way, it won't help if they are too crowded.

"Daochang Cai, my brother is right, his words are not rough. Your Majesty wants to take away the land in our hands, yes! But have the officials ever thought about what we eat and what we drink as a family? The noble prince beside Cao Hu said unceremoniously.

"There are two ways." Cai Dao said, stretching out two fingers of his right hand.

"First, Your Majesty will pay for the land in your family's hands at the market price. Then, in the south, exchange the same amount of land for your families. Please think, there are three important points here. The south of the poor road refers to Jinghu South Road and Lingnan Road, and in the future, there will be the land of Jiaozhi, the homeland of the Han and Tang Dynasties, and the land of Dali, which are all possible.

The amount of arable land purchased by the government is the number you actually hold, while the amount of arable land that is exchanged for you is the actual number recorded in the official title deed. As for the matter of your family's previous hiding of land, the official family is generous, and this time it will not be pursued again.

However, the actual amount of cultivated land to be replaced will only be determined according to the titles of the families present. The details will have to be discussed by your elders and the people sent by the official family.

Second, His Majesty paid double the money to buy the land. However, this time, the official family will not exchange the land in the south to your family again. And the reward is in this map, the official family allows you to use the money in your hands to recruit a certain number of soldiers, and the official family and the cousin of the poor road, that is, the Xianyou Cai family, provide your family with enough weapons and sea ships.

Do you see this, this is the Wa Kingdom, which is made up of three large islands. This is Goryeo, the land of projectiles. Cai Dao pointed to the islands of the Wa Kingdom and Goryeo in the east of the Great Song Dynasty and introduced it to everyone present.

However, Cai Dao is still on the map, deliberately hiding Jeju Island, Yiju Island and Hokkaido Island, the three large islands that have belonged to him.

"Daochang Cai, we have also heard of the places you are referring to, but what are we doing in these places?" is still Cao Hu's younger brother, Cai Dao really seems to know who this is sacred, and the questions he asks are all on the point, which shows that this young man is still a little level.

"Is Dean here, General Di, have you come to the old man's house? Poor Dao's words are not convincing, and your old man personally came forward to explain to this little brother. Cai Dao didn't bother to explain it himself, and began to use the agitation method to provoke Dian.

Sure enough, Dean couldn't stand Cai Dao's title, not to mention, he was sitting in the corner of the second floor at the moment, and when Cai Dao shouted like this, the people around him looked at him strangely. He just didn't want to come out, and it couldn't be.

Dean stood up and said angrily: "Okay, don't shout nonsense about you, you stinky Taoist, the Sprinkle family is not a great general, although you can be your uncle at your age, you can't use an old word!" ”

"Haihan, Haihan! Poor Dao is not afraid that you will not come out, so he made this decision. The next is not an example. Poor road guarantee must not be an example. Cai Dao saw that the main owner came out, and took the initiative to step forward and grabbed Dian 's robe sleeve, and said with a hippie smile while pulling him to the center with force.

Believe your nonsense, then you really have to see hell? Dean couldn't help but sneer.