"It's so boring to complain like this......" He Bin, who was thin and small, and his eyes were bright, pushed the door in, and said with a smile: "Seafood, Lord Zhang specially went to the southern goods store in Zhangjiakou to buy it, but where did the fresh seafood come from in the north!" ”

"I'm just ......," Zheng Zhibao said angrily.

Zheng Zhihu said: "I heard that Nanshizhuang has zoned a piece of land and built a large conservatory, and at this time next year, it is estimated that a large number of vegetables will be produced, which is not only not expensive, but also enough." ”

He Bin smiled: "I've heard about this too, but it has nothing to do with us...... Who of us will still be here this time next year? ”

"Not necessarily." Zheng Zhilong said quietly: "If we can work for Lord Zhang, who said that we will not be able to come in the future, it can be better and better." ”

He Bin nodded lightly and said, "Brother Yiguan's words are reasonable, and I think so too." ”

He continued: "I came to inform you that today, including the eldest prince, I will go to Lingqiu to see the iron field, and the eldest prince said that if the weather is cold, those who are willing to go will go together, and those who do not want to stay at home can stay at home." ”

"Go, of course." Zheng Zhilong hurriedly said: "I have long wanted to go to Lingqiu to see, of course I want to go." And, we're going to go on horseback. ”

He Bin nodded approvingly and said, "I am also riding a horse, and Gan Hui and they are also riding a horse." ”

Zheng Zhilong knew that Gan Hui and the others had changed their strategy and began not to run away, trying to show themselves, he smiled and said, "It's just a good time to chat on the way." ”

An hour later, Zheng Zhilong and He Bin led the horses out together, they were wearing thick winter coats, and they were also wearing the standard coat here in Li Zhuang, which was a coat made of rabbit skin, gray face, the robe reached the knees, the chest was two rows of vertical copper buttons, the neckline could be tied up, the upper body was tight, the hem was very large, the tall people looked very good, there was a special majesty, and the short ones would not be ugly, because the streamlined shape of the clothes was very good, which could be visually improved, and the short people were tall.

Hundreds, thousands of people wear this coat together, giving people a great visual impact.

Zhang Han's subordinates now have twelve divisions and more than 8,000 people, almost all of whom are equipped with this kind of military overcoat, and every time they can drill and practice, they will attract a lot of attention.

Zhang Han and Li Guozhu were both riding in carriages, and seeing Zheng Zhilong and others riding horses, Zhang Han smiled and said: "Brother Guozhu, your subordinates are still very good, and they have an enterprising spirit. ”

Li Guozhu was also very satisfied, but he still scolded with a smile: "They are all staring at you to ask for errands, knowing that you are generous!" ”

Zhang Han said: "Isn't it appropriate to be generous to the superiors?" I'm not an emperor, I can ask people to do things like a monarch, even if it's an emperor, there is still a sentence, the emperor is not a hungry soldier. ”

Li Guozhu laughed.

The people of the chamberlain department saw that the time was up, and reminded the people of the secret service to go first, and more than a dozen knights rode their horses first, lined up in the shape of a fan.

Then Zhang Han and others moved in their carriages and horses, then Zheng Zhilong and others followed, and then people from the Secret Service followed, and the whole team was very neat.

Along the way, there were many convoys, and there was also a bureau of troops who were training off-road, and when they saw the special service personnel guarding Zhang Han passing by, they all knew that Zhang Han was sitting in the car, and people kept cheering and greeting the car.

Some of the peasants came out to tidy up the fields, and they also stopped what they were doing and waved hello to this side.

Some even knelt down and saluted, and kowtowed on the ridges.

"Brother Wenlan's prestige in northern Jin, is it like this?" Li Guozhu was really surprised, and he didn't quite understand.

Zhang Han said: "It's nothing more than doing something with my heart, which is beneficial to myself and the people, because they respect me so much." ”

Li Guozhu was speechless, feeling that things were as simple as Zhang Han said?

Zheng Zhilong and the others followed behind the car, and they found that the group of drunken Russians who drank every day were also following behind the convoy, talking and laughing loudly.

"These bunches of rough stuff." He Bin said disdainfully: "They don't know what to do here." ”

Russia is really not looked down upon, there is no money, there is no goods to take, and it is not a maritime trade power, in the cognition of He Bin and others, Russia really has no sense of existence, they feel that this country is also a small and weak country in Taixi.

In particular, both Petrin and Madoff had an air of savagery, much like a tartar, much more savage than the Spaniards and the Dutch.

"I'll talk to them." Zheng Zhilong smiled: "Learn a few words of Russian by the way." ”

"You can't afford to be idle." He Bin and the others didn't stop him, watching Zheng Zhilong ride his horse to the side of the Russians, and talked and laughed with them.

Gan Hui, Shi Daxuan and others noticed that the official road to Lingqiu was very straight, with rammed earth and drainage ditches on both sides.

The fields on both sides of the road are the acres of fields under the control of Li Zhuang, there are canals on both sides of the large acres of fields, and the water wheels of different sizes are separated by hundreds of acres of land, and there are some fields where the middle is a well, and there are also reels to divert water, and the winter is the slack season, but there are also farmers who level the ditches and dredge the waterways in the fields.

Although the weather is cold, there is no wind, and people do not feel too uncomfortable riding horses, and the sun is very good these days, and the sun shines on people's bodies, with a little warmth.

Every few miles around is a small village, most of these villages live according to their surnames, there are ancestral halls in the village, thatched houses, there are small brick temples at the intersection, most of the village houses have been renovated, many people take advantage of the good weather to re-turn the roof of the grass house, and some people simply build tile houses, winter to spring are the peak period of building houses in the village, the days are not good in the past few years, there are not many people who build houses, after these lands were bought by Zhang Han, the villagers of these villages have become Zhang Han's tenant farmers, Their incomes have increased greatly, and many people have become more energetic and dare to build houses in their villages.

Since they were all tenant farmers, more people were taken collectively, and it was common to see several Zhuangzi men and half-sized men gathering together to dig ditches and ditches, or repair the roads adjacent to the village, and the men used ropes to pull the stone grinders, and the rammed earth back and forth was compacted again, and some of the crushed roads were repaired as good as ever.

Li Zhuang's military and political department sent officials to observe the repair of roads and canals along the way, and then recorded them, and the people who led the team signed in the notebook, and everyone signed it, which can be counted as money.

Tenant farmers can also lead their own cattle and help other people's families turn over the land, and they also take the sticks to calculate the money, and they can exchange the money when they gather the lots, which is very convenient.

There are also children who collect manure on a regular basis, and they can also sell it to the officials sent down from above, and weigh it and count it for the sign.

In fact, the part of the extra expenses on Li Zhuang's side can be converted into the harvest and the rising grain price, and only the profit is not lost.

On the whole, Zhang Han bought a large amount of land and owned a large number of tenant farmers, but he did not adopt the previous method of collecting rent and then ignoring the cultivation.

All this made Zheng Zhilong and the others feel extremely novel, they didn't feel it deeply when they were in Lizhuang, and after walking far, they felt that a new world had opened up in front of them.

……

Walk to dusk, there is a branch station store in front, typical and Yusheng semicolon style, the courtyard is wide, the houses are built in rows, the periphery is a high and thick wall, there are arrow towers at the four corners, and the walls are left with fire gun perforations.

People started to stop, dismounted, and everyone stood on the ground and moved their bodies.

Zheng Zhilong communicated with the Russians for a day, learned a lot of words, and turned back happily.

Gan Hui joked with him: "Yiguan, the amount of alcohol has risen, right?" ”

Everyone burst out laughing.

Zheng Zhilong was not annoyed, and said leisurely: "Those guys, they seem to be rough, but they are actually delicate in their hearts, I think they are more cunning than the Spaniards, and they are more brave and ferocious." ”

"Hmph, no matter how fierce it is, I don't accept it!"

I don't know who said this, which aroused everyone's approval, no matter what, Daming's national strength is still the strongest in the sea, and Zhuyi has no one who can threaten Daming, Zheng Zhilong also feels that this is the truth, and nodded with a smile at the moment.

This sub-station is called Wu Village, which already belongs to Lingqiu County, and after everyone gets off the horse, they all raise their eyes to look at the endless mountains around them...... After Wu Village, and then go to Lingqiu, it is from low to high, almost all of which are mountain roads.

Fujian is also a mountainous place, but the mountains in front of everyone are different from Fujian, the southern mountains have many springs, the mountains are verdant and full of green, and the mountains on this side of Lingqiu are mostly bare, with only a few remaining trees and shrubs.

Everyone didn't know that the north was developed early, and northern Shaanxi had changed from a forest area to a loess plateau, and the situation here in Shanxi was much better.

Gan Hui said: "I just wonder in my heart, Lord Zhang wants to build a ship, he can't use these dwarf trees here, I haven't seen a forest with tall trees for hundreds of miles nearby, where does this big tree come from?" ”

Zheng Zhihu snorted coldly and said, "Can a living person still suffocate urine to death?" ”

As soon as he said this, of course, it was difficult for others to talk about it, so everyone had to change the topic and chat.

At this time, Zhang Han and Li Guozhu were also chatting casually, and the personnel of the Secret Service had already checked the surroundings, and there were no suspicious characters, only a family of people from Lingqiu were in the store.

When the family heard that Zhang Han was coming, the family of five came out of the store and knelt down to salute.

Zhang Han helped the family up and said with a smile: "Why be polite, I am an official on Tianchengwei's side, and I can't control the people of your Lingqiu." ”

With tears in his eyes, the man in charge of the family replied: "The villain took his parents, wife and children, and went to the military hospital in Lizhuang to see the child. ”

"Oh, I see." Zhang Han saw that there was indeed a woman behind the man, holding the child in her arms and panting, her cheeks were red, obviously she had a fever.

He said: "Unwrap the package slightly, wipe the child with a cloth dipped in some warm water, and then dry it so that it can cool down a little." Don't be afraid that he is freezing, he has a fever, and this kind of cover will only increase the temperature. ”

The family was busy doing as Zhang Han instructed, and Zhang Han said: "Find a light carriage and send the family to Lizhuang overnight, the child's condition cannot be delayed." ”