Fang Yu chased after Zhang Zhun, full of apologies, and said with some embarrassment: "My lord, this is definitely not what I meant, really, I definitely didn't expect that things would turn out like this, they ...... They ......"

Zhang Zhun said quietly: "Fang Yu, to be honest, are you also worried that Wang Jian will come back?" Worried that when the imperial court sends troops to suppress it, it will exterminate your family? ”

Fang Yu hesitated for a moment, and said honestly: "My lord, I don't lie to you, I do have this worry. They all have this concern. More people in Lingshanwei have this worry. I thought there would be a lot of people willing to join the patrol, but when the news got out, only a few dozen people signed up. Everything was beyond my expectations. ”

Zhang Zhun looked at him with shining eyes, nodded with satisfaction, and said slowly: "Fang Yu, you are an honest man. In the future, you don't want to get entangled with them. You're still in charge of forming patrols! Even if there are only a few dozen people, put up the shelves of the patrol! ”

Fang Yu had no choice but to reluctantly leave.

The three of them returned to the lounge of the Red Mansion, and Liu Hang and Liu Baoyi, who were extremely tired, sat down and gasped for breath. Zhang Jian stood next to the window, looking at the Lingshan Acropolis outside without a word, his brows furrowed tightly.

Tonight's Lingshan Acropolis is extraordinarily quiet, and there are hardly any lights to be seen. All the military households seem to have fallen asleep. However, Zhang Zhun knows very well that this is all appearance. In fact, the military households of the Lingshan Acropolis will definitely not be able to sleep tonight. They are all waiting, all waiting for a pie in the sky to fall. But is pie really falling from the sky?

Liu Hang said with some complaints: "These people, really, we helped them win such a good opportunity, and they didn't have the courage to claim it themselves." We've all driven Wang Jian away, what are they worried about? Don't even have the guts to get your own land? ”

Liu Baoyu was also full of scratches, and said dissatisfiedly: "Since they don't want it, why should we ask others?" Your Excellency, you say, what should we do? ”

Zhang Zhun turned around, sat at the top of the seat, nodded thoughtfully, and said slowly: "This matter, let it go for the time being." Still, you still have to do a good job of demographics. Since they don't want the land, we won't divide it in the future. If you don't dare to divide the land and divide it, then build a farm. ”

Liu Hang's eyes lit up.

Liu Baoyu nodded and said, "Good idea!" Fine! ”

The so-called farm, Zhang Zhun and they had discussed before, was actually to gather the fields and then recruit people to come to work. The ownership of the field was in the hands of Sheng Xia Zong, to be precise, in the hands of Zhang Zhun. Those who come to work are given a basic ration of about two catties a day. If you do well, there will be a reward, and if you don't do well, there will only be two catties. Basically, it's a hired worker, which is a little different from a tenant.

Because the farm is collective labor, there is a strict control system, and there is a supervision mechanism of layers of control, so a large farm of 10,000 mu can complete all the farm work with only 500 laborers. If new technology is introduced, it may require less manpower. In terms of production efficiency and cost, large farms are more advanced than farm-to-household, and the output is higher. At the same time, it is conducive to the popularization and use of large agricultural machinery.

The climate at the end of the Ming Dynasty was uncertain, and generally tended to be cold and arid. In the face of such a large-scale climate disaster, it is difficult for a single family to deal with it. In the Fushan Institute, Zhang Zhun invested a lot of money to build water conservancy and dig wells. Otherwise, one household will not be able to produce efficiently at all. However, the big farmstead is different. Large farms can adopt more irrigation methods, unified farming, unified management, and have a stronger ability to respond to natural disasters.

In addition, when it comes to reclaiming wasteland, large farms also have a natural advantage. The wasteland opened up by collective labor is connected and can be included in the management of the farm. The policy formulated by Zhang Zhun is basically that the higher the output, the more rewards he will receive. The higher the yield, there are two conditions, one is that the yield per mu should be high, and the other is that the field area should be large. Therefore, in order to get more rewards, the farm will inevitably work hard to reclaim wasteland and continuously expand the cultivated area of the farm.

The land area under the jurisdiction of Lingshanwei is very large, more than 2,000 square kilometers, which is enough to develop hundreds of thousands of acres of fields. In other words, dozens of large farms can be built. Because it was a farm set up by Sheng Xia Zong himself, the military households of Lingshanwei were just passively helping to work and get paid, and they were too worried that after Wang Jian came back, he would be settled by the Autumn Queen. Killing two birds with one stone is also a compromise.

The three of them discussed the matter of the big farm for an hour, and they also had a lot of experience. In the end, the three of them decided to no longer divide the fields and land, and build a big farm! Liu Hang and Liu Baoyu ignored their fatigue and finalized the relevant details of the big farm overnight. The more the two talked, the more energetic they became, and the original fatigue was swept away.

In addition to the above reasons, there is also the most fundamental reason why the two of them are so keen on building a large farm, that is, the big farm can concentrate grain in their own hands to a high degree. Both of them are engaged in internal affairs, and what they are most afraid of is that they have no money and no food in their hands. It just so happened that the big farm could provide them with money and food to the maximum, how could the two not be active? Fortunately, Wang Mingyu, the anxious surname, is not here, otherwise, maybe the notice will be posted now.

According to their calculations, a 10,000-mu farm can produce about 300 catties of rice per mu and 3 million catties of rice every year. The amount of grain that 500 workers need to consume will not exceed 500,000 catties. In other words, the other 2.5 million jin fell into the granary of the Shengxia Sect. Compared with the tax of 40 catties per mu of land, the gap is too big, and the ratio is six to one.

If the military households of Lingshanwei actively demanded the division of land and land, the big farm would not be able to be built. The fields are all divided, and when they are in the hands of individuals, how can they be done? However, the current situation is that the military households are suspicious and do not dare to take the initiative to divide these fields. Since they're afraid to take risks, let's take a different approach. You come to work on our farm, so that even if you are caught by Wang Jian, it will be fine. Since the risk is smaller, then the return is naturally smaller.

Hearing the calculation numbers of the two, Zhang Zhun couldn't help but be moved. A 10,000-mu farm has an annual income of 2 million catties (about 10,000 stones) of grain, and if you get dozens or hundreds, wouldn't it be ...... What is most lacking in the end of the Ming Dynasty? Food! As long as you have enough food and advanced weapons, what enemies are you afraid of?

"My lord, we have caught Wang Jian!"

When the three of them were discussing warmly, suddenly, Wu Qingliang hurried over and reported good news to Zhang Zhun.

"Good!"

Zhang Zhun Huoran stood up.

Having caught the owner of Lingshanwei, Zhang Zhun was of course happy.

It's just that the original owner of Lingshanwei may not be happy. Speaking of which, Wang Jian is also quite unlucky. He never thought that he would fall into Zhang Zhun's hands. In fact, after leaving the city, Wang Jian regretted it. Without the cover of the strong city wall, they and Zhang Zhun's troops had no chance of winning in the field. However, staying in the city also has no chance of winning. The gates were blown open, and eventually they had to run away. After thinking about it, the two ends were not the road, so I had to continue to escape.

For the sake of safety, after leaving the city, Wang Jian and the others fled in different directions. Some ran in the direction of Gaomi, some ran in the direction of Zhucheng, and some ran in the direction of Yuzhao. Wang Jian himself ran in the direction of Yuezhao. He felt that as long as he passed through Yuezhao, ran to Yizhou, and entered the territory of Yanzhou Mansion, he might be safer. Zhang Zhun's pursuers should not have the guts to chase Yizhou.

After all, the most heavily defended place in Shandong is not Jinan Mansion, but Yanzhou Mansion. Because Yanzhou Mansion is the seat of the Lu Palace, the hometown of Confucius and Mencius. In the past, the Wenxiang Sect made trouble in Yanzhou Mansion several times, and the momentum was quite huge. In the second year of the Apocalypse, the Wenxiang Sect revolted, and even the descendants of Mencius were killed, which made the world's scholars write to the court one after another, causing a lot of uproar. The Emperor of the Apocalypse was furious and really killed several senior officials in Shandong. Since then, the Shandong Metropolitan Division no longer dares to take it lightly, and has been deploying heavy troops in various parts of Yanzhou Mansion to prevent accidents.

In response to the enemy's scattered escape, Hao Linyong, who was in charge of the front-line command, also divided the escort team into five groups. Each group and a small team will catch people separately, and whoever they catch is whoever they catch, and they catch as many as they want. If there is a stubborn resistance, kill them on the spot. As a result, good luck fell on the top of Wu Qingliang's team. In the process of pursuit, they luckily found that it was Wang Jian who ran ahead of them!

"Chase!"

"Capture Wang Jian alive!"

This time, Wu Qingliang was energetic, and immediately led the soldiers to chase and fight.

Wang Jian ran all the way, his relatives were separated a lot, and there were only a dozen families left, where was Wu Qingliang's opponent? After an intermittent battle, Wang Jian and many of his relatives were arrested. However, Miss Wang, who has something to do with Mo Yu, is not among them, and I don't know if she was killed by the rebels or hidden. After catching Wang Jian, Wu Qingliang and the others stopped chasing and rushed back overnight. The other squads continued the pursuit.

"Bring people in."

Zhang Zhun shouted coldly.

Wu Qingliang beckoned, and the two soldiers escorted Wang Jian up.

Wang Jian's expression was quite embarrassed, and his face and hair were all covered with dirt. There are grass roots stuck in the ears. According to Wu Qingliang, this guy was found in a coffin pit. In order to survive, Wang Jian jumped into a coffin pit and tried to get by. However, it was still searched by the soldiers of the escort team.

Zhang Zhun looked at Wang Jian and said coldly: "Lord Wang, we meet again." ”

Wang Jian gritted his gums and said hysterically: "Zhang Zhun, you don't dare to kill my ......"

Zhang Zhun said a little strangely: "Why are you so confident? ”

Wang Jian said viciously: "If you kill me, it is Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong and the like, and the court will not let you go." My men have arrived in Jinan Mansion and Yanzhou Mansion to report your rebellion, and the army of the imperial court will soon arrive and suppress you. If you kill me, Governor Zhu and General Liu will avenge me. ”

Zhang Zhun said lightly: "Why don't you just say that I want to rebel?" ”

Wang Jian's face changed, and he said stupidly: "You! You're really going to rebel! ”

Zhang Zhun said lightly: "The Governor Zhu you mentioned, General Liu Bing, refers to Zhu Dadian and Liu Zeqing, right?" ”

Wang Jian said fiercely: "That's right! It's two adults! ”

Zhang Zhun smiled slightly, shook his head, and said gently: "You are wrong, the two of them are too busy to take care of themselves, and they still have time to save you?" ”

After that, he said that he was looking at Wu Qingliangnu's mouth.

Wang Jian was suddenly shocked, his body softened, his tone immediately changed, and he shouted incoherently: "Zhang Zhun, don't kill me, I can take refuge in you......"

Zhang Zhun shook his head and said slowly: "What's the use of you taking refuge in me?" ”

After that, he waved his hand casually.

Wang Jian finally relented, knelt down with a puff, started work behind the left, slapped his cheeks desperately, and shouted repeatedly: "Zhang Zhun, you spare me!" Spare me! I have eyes but no beads, and I don't know Mount Tai with eyes! I offended you, I deserve to die! I'm damned! I'm just a wretched worm, not worth your hands! You are a hero, a hero, a hero, and you have a bright future! I'm the most despicable, shameless, and lowly villain! If you kill me, you'll only dirty your hands! ”

Zhang Zhun stared at him for a moment, and nodded casually, as if agreeing with his words.

Wang Jian was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "Master Zhang, you are my reborn parents......

Zhang Zhun spat on the ground in disgust, and said coldly: "If I kill you, I will indeed dirty my hands." But, as I remembered, there is a place that suits you well. Qingliang locked him in a water prison. ”

Wang Jian screamed and fainted on the spot.

Wu Qingliang dragged him away mercilessly.

After a while, Wu Qingliang came back and said, "My lord, Wang Jian has been locked in the water prison, even if he has the ability to reach the sky, he can't escape. What should he do with his family? ”

Zhang Zhun said indifferently: "Lock it up first, and someone will naturally deal with them in the future." ”

Wu Qingliang agreed.

At the scene, except for a small pool of blood stains on the marble, everything seemed to have never happened. This small pool of blood was beaten by Wang Jian in his mouth, and it was beaten alive. Everyone present understood that the original owner of Lingshanwei had completely bid farewell to this world. None of those who went into the water prison came out alive.

Lingshanwei now has a new owner.

Liu Hang and Liu Baoyu continued to consider the details of the farm.

Zhang Zhun carried his hands behind his back and paced back and forth.

(To be continued)