Chapter 55: When it comes to busyness, I'm busy

The people from the Zhang family came to the best room in the first Linshui house, and said to Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan who were waiting: "Little boy, little lady, they want to go with that detail."

"Oh, okay, then you can ask Dingping about the cooperation there and see what they say." Zhang Xiaobao ordered with a little disappointment.

Waiting for people to go out, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan sighed at the same time.

"It seems that they really plan to fight us to the end, isn't it good to cooperate and make the deal bigger? You have to calculate with each other, so if that's the case, let's play with them. ”

Zhang Xiaobao looked at the busy people below, and said a little helplessly, he felt that if he was replaced, he would consider the matter of cooperation, wouldn't doing business just ask for a fortune, and make up for the loss in this part of the loss, and turn the enemy of competition into a cooperative partner is the best policy.

Wang Juan dug out a spoonful from the bowl with shaved ice and put it in his mouth, and said with his mouth: "Regardless of them, let them toss casually, isn't it a shortcoming, let Li Xun find a way to see if the boat on the other side of the Yellow River can contact it, after all, it has to enter the sea from there." ”

"That's all it can be." Zhang Xiaobao left the window, leaned next to Wang Juan, and took a bite with him, and the slightest coolness entered his stomach, which made him feel much better.

The ship-dealer merchants in the other room were still there to pass on the information, and everyone who knew how to read and write was as surprised as Mi Fan when they saw it, this plan was really good.

One by one, they said that they wanted to build big ships, and then went over to make money, and only Mi Fan was there drinking sour plum soup one after another.

It was precisely because of the good work of that detailed plan that he was even more worried, who would win in the end this time, I don't know, and then look at those excited people, he really regretted it, why was this the case, he knew that he wouldn't do things with these people in the first place.

Obedient is obedient, but when it is critical, it is not energetic, and if you cooperate with a smart person, at least you can come up with ideas when you encounter things.

"Brother Wei, let's arrange the matter of blocking the river, the detailed plan is in hand, there is no need to talk to them about anything else."

Guo Jian came up at this time and said to Mi Fan, looking at his red-faced and excited appearance, Mi Fan sighed in his heart and nodded, "Okay, this is arranged, send over three big ships, and the boatmen know how to do it." ”

As soon as he finished saying this, there was a knock on the door outside, and the guy came in first, followed by the Zhang family who had just left.

"Guys, I don't know how to see it?"

"I'm watching, and we'll look for you when we're done." A businessman said there.

"Well, I don't know what you think about another thing? It's a matter of big ships and small boats picking up and delivering goods to each other. The Zhang family asked again.

"This ...... It seems that there is no need, we don't have many big ships there, if we divide some more, it will not be enough, I am afraid that you will not be busy, you can transport it yourself. ”

Another merchant continued.

The people from the Zhang family didn't care about agreeing or not, they just wanted to know, and after listening to the two of them, they nodded and said, "Since that's the case, I'll go back first, you're busy." ”

"Little boy, little lady, they also don't agree to hand over the goods in Dingping, on the grounds that there are not enough ships and they are afraid that they will not be able to be busy." The people of the Zhang family turned around and came to Zhang Xiaobao again.

"Well, let's be busy, everyone is busy together, Juanjuan, let's go, let's go to the artificial lake in the back, there is also one of our wineries and a pig farm, others are busy, we can't be idle."

When Zhang Xiaobao heard this, he knew that it was time to do it, so he just took advantage of the fact that he was okay and walked around, and it was not easy for two people to come out once.

Wang Juan ate the last bite of shaved ice, stood up, and said, "Let's go, I'm going to go rowing, and when the lake on the other side of Yaowang Mountain rises, I'll go over and row if I have nothing to do." ”

The two of them went out one after the other and were busy.

Zhang Zhong was also busy at this time, he recruited another hundred servants, and bought some horses, so that people could patrol back and forth in the county, like Sanshui County, and also bought some boats on the river to arrange the servants, and he himself ran back and forth.

"Master, there is no way forward." Under the protection of the guards, Zhang Zhong rode on a horse and was wandering around the county, when there was a mountain in front of him, or a group of mountains, and the officials who came with him said to Zhang Zhong.

This official is a person in the inner courtyard of the Zhang family, and the title is different from others, even if his household registration falls on the Zhang family, he can also be a servant, no one in Huayuan County will investigate this matter, this person was originally from Huayuan County, and he followed his father and grandfather to Zhang's house when he was young.

He can know more things here, after all, when he talks, he is more cordial with the locals, and after inquiry, he knows almost everything about Huayuan County, so he follows Zhang Zhong everywhere.

Zhang Zhong stopped his horse and looked at the mountain in front of him, it was really good, and it was so solemn in the tower, and asked the people next to him, "Is there a family here?" ”

"Back to the master's words, yes, there are two villages here, both say that their village is called Xiangshan Village, when you enter the household registration, there is no way, according to the number of people is small, recorded as Daxiangshan Village and Xiaoxiangshan Village, the people here pay taxes not to pay food, but to pay animal fur.

Usually they make a living from hunting, sell their prey for money, and buy some things for daily life, there are more people in Daxiangshan Village, there are 25 households, 166 people, and there are fewer people in Xiaoxiangshan Village, there are 23 households, 143 people, and the two villages usually have contacts, and there are intermarriages. ”

The officials knew very well and told the story of the mountains there, and even the population was not left behind.

Seeing that the old man liked to listen, he continued: "Master, there was originally a temple here, and the pilgrims would buy some fruits from the mountains, but there was no one in the past two years, and the people in the temple became ordinary people, and the incense was cut off, and occasionally some people came to see with something." ”

"Hmm!" Zhang Zhong nodded in response, and said: "Since there are still people, then I have to go over and take a look, how to say that I am also the county commander of a county, and see how they live." ”

"Master, there is no road ahead, if you want to get to the two villages, you have to walk through the grass, there are wild beasts in the mountains, and there are still some poisonous insects, it is better to let the people in the village come out and have a look."

The official worriedly persuaded him, even if he knew that it was useless to say it.

Sure enough, Zhang Zhong didn't care about this, when he walked around recently, the doctor at home prepared some medicines, as well as the things prepared by the previous hunters, snakes and insects are not afraid, and beasts are not worried, and the guards of the twenty palaces are here, even a big insect can be shot with crossbow arrows.

"Or should I go and see for myself how they live? There's no shortage of meat for hunting in the mountains, so I think it's good, right? ”

Zhang Zhong took into account the meat of those beasts, and if he could eat meat, his life would naturally be better.

The official shook his head and replied: "Master, they should be said to be the saddest people in the county, when the county order was in the past, they had to send a lot of things to the county every year, and the meat they came to sell could only be sold to one family, that is, Jinlailou, otherwise they would not accept it and would not dare to accept it."

The price given by Jin Lailou is not as good as pork, it used to be only enough to deal with it, I asked in the county, last year, there was also a double tax here, they went out at night in order to get enough fur, and three people and two people died in two villages respectively.

It's good to be able to eat meat, but people can't always eat meat, they have to eat something else, vegetables, which are wild vegetables, and they themselves have carved out some land next to the village to grow some vegetables.

But they have to wear clothes, they have to eat salt, they have to come out to buy rice and noodles, and they have to come out to work for dozens of days every year, and they still don't reduce the rent, and I don't know what happened to them now. ”

Zhang Zhong listened quietly, his hands clenched into fists unconsciously, he really couldn't think of how the surname Wen could do this regardless of the life and death of the people, even if the family was not getting better, he would not do this to the villagers.

"No, I can't just forget it, I still have a fold, his surname Wen should be cut with a thousand knives, get off the horse, leave two officials to watch, and the rest of the people will bring our food and go in with me, I want to let the people of the two villages know that there is a change of official, which is different from the original."

Zhang Zhong was originally the kind of person who was forgiving and forgiving, but this time he was finally angry, even if a county ordered to be greedy for the money in the county's account to make a fake account, he even had to exploit the people like this, it was simply a common anger.

got off the horse, took out realgar and sprinkled it on his body, and took out a small flat bamboo box, took out something from it, wiped it on his face, and handed it to the person who was going to follow him into the mountain. ”

A group of twenty-seven, began to walk towards the mountain, twenty guards and six officials, plus Zhang Zhong himself, where someone could vaguely see walking, all the way to the front.

The sun on his head was blocked by the leaves, and it was not so sunny, but the heat in the woods was not easy to dissipate, and it was unbearable, and sweat seeped out of his pores, and his clothes were wet from the inside out.

Zhang Zhong was wearing an official uniform, which was even more uncomfortable, the light green clothes had turned dark green, and those who didn't know thought it was a big official who came to the sixth grade, and the goldfish bag hanging under his waist also made Zhang Zhong hold it in his hand, this can't be lost, everything else is easy to say, this is something that shows identity.

Don't look at it as a seven-rank official, there is still a goldfish bag, which is the additional benefit of giving something and being a champion.

The group walked forward for an hour, wiped the sweat from his face, and said to Zhang Zhong: "Master, it won't take half an hour to get to the place, there is a river there, and the water is cool." ”