"Oh my God, Lord Fan, are you crazy? Do you know how much benefit this factory can bring you? You're going to use it for land that doesn't really work? God, you're just having trouble with money, you know? As soon as Li Tong left with his front foot, Sophie began to refute Fan Jinyan with his teeth and claws.

For the expression of Westerners, others may not be able to accept it, but Fan Jinyan is no longer surprised.

patted Sophie on the shoulder, and seeing her frowning appearance with no end of anger, Fan Jinyan couldn't help but be a little stupid. I also forgot the words I had just prepared.

Sophie, who came back to her senses, couldn't help but be startled when she saw Fan Jinyan's eyes looking at her directly, and her eyes were full of flames of desire.

I thought, a gentleman can't hold it!

"Your Excellency, you haven't answered Sophie's question, don't you think it's rude to stare at a lady like that?" Sophie was uncomfortable stared at by Fan Jinyan, only to feel that her face was getting hotter and hotter, as if she could boil an egg.

"Ahem." Fan Jinyan, who came back to his senses, hurriedly clenched his hand into a fist and blocked it in front of his mouth to hide his embarrassment, "Why can't the factory be replaced with land?" ”

After glancing at the pretending gentleman, Sophie continued to spread her hands like a gorilla and said, "Oh my God! Don't you know, my lord, how profitable a factory can be? You only exchanged it for 50,000 taels of land, and in less than a year, that official will earn it back. And you, can only guard your land and cry! ”

"Dear Miss Sophie, have you finished whining?" Fan Jinyan blinked his eyes and smiled: "You don't know the East. ”

"Sir, I have been in the East for more than a year, and I know that the East people regard the land as their life, but sir, if I were you, I would immediately regret it and take back my factory before I signed the agreement." Sophie completely ignored Fan Jinyan's jokes, and her expression became extremely serious, as if she was saying that Fan Jinyan was a stupid leader.

Fan Jinyan just walked to the bookcase, grabbed the teacup, took a shallow sip, moistened his throat, and then turned around and said, "Sophie, you are wrong." It is foolish to jump to conclusions without knowing the traditions of a place. Do you know who that official was just now? ”

"Isn't it your deputy? Same,,Tongzhi? Sophie said.

Fan Jinyan nodded, and then asked, "Then do you know his background?" ”

Sophie stays by Fan Jinyan's side every day, how can she understand other people's backgrounds. So, he shook his head very dryly.

Fan Jinyan continued: "My deputy is not just a land-owning official, he has annexed seventy percent of the land under my rule, and his in-laws, my other deputy, also control twenty percent. In other words, the government actually only has 10% of the land in its hands. According to the laws of our country, officials are not taxed, that is, only this percentage of land is taxed to the government. ”

Sophie was stunned and asked with an incredulous, completely incomprehensible expression, "This, how is this possible?" Why don't officials pay taxes, so how do you run it? ”

Fan Jinyan smiled slightly and said: "Who made this damn law, I don't know, I just know that if I don't change some land, I'm about to go bankrupt." ”

"Since they're breaking the law, why don't you sanction them? And to compromise with them? Sophie was puzzled: "Well, what does this have to do with your bankruptcy?" Is the land sold to farmers? Or keep it for yourself? ”

Fan Jinyan shook his head and said with a smile: "It's not time to move them, it's very complicated, and it's not clear in one sentence or two." The land was given to the people completely. ”

"What?" Sophie was dumbfounded again, it took a long time to get the land that she had finally gotten and gave it away?

Ignoring Sophie's doubts, Fan Jinyan said to himself: "If I keep the land in my name, what difference does it make with them." If I give it to the people, will they be loyal to me? What's more, this official is not here, I want military rations. ”

"Military rations?" Sophie was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "This is your true purpose!" On the surface, you love the people like a son, but in fact, you don't want the military food to be controlled by others, you are really an old fox. ”

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Fan Jinyan only smiled bitterly

Yazhou is vigorously engaged in the land division movement, while other states and counties are living a life of fear.

Because I don't know that bandits and bandits will appear at my doorstep, if you are lucky, you will spend money to eliminate disasters, and if you are unlucky, you will lose your life.

Of course, all this is only the old wealth of the landlords, and the big squires are frightened. Few of the little people care about this, because many bandits are their fellow villagers and even family members.

As the eldest brother of Qiongzhou, He Yi can be described as restless, no matter how stupid he is now, he knows that someone is deliberately trying to deal with him.

But who is this man? One of the officers?

What is the purpose of this? Is it just for yourself, or is the purpose the same as yourself?

At this time, a servant rushed in, bowed down and said, "My lord, the Yazhou spies are here to report, and Zhizhou Fan is saying that the sea ban is private."

Before he finished speaking, He Yi slapped the table and said angrily: "He is so bold that he dares to disobey the official's ban?" What about Li Tong? What about Cheng Zhou? Are the two of them waste? ”

As soon as he finished scolding, He Yimeng realized that it was Fan Jinyan and that he was going to deal with himself.

All along, Fan Jinyan has been very deferential, and even Li Tong helped him speak, making He Yi mistakenly think that Fan Jinyan was not a threat to him.

Unexpectedly, this kid is two-faced and three-faced, very obedient on the surface, but behind the scenes, he is constantly playing ghosts, is he sent by the imperial court? Or does this kid also want to get Qiongzhou?

If it weren't for the secret agents he planted in various places, he would have almost let the kid succeed.

He Yi secretly scolded himself, confused, and then said to the servant: "Immediately send someone to find Commander Huang outside the city, and the official will give instructions again." ”

After the servant retreated, He Yi looked at the door and muttered, Fan Jinyan, Fan Jinyan, this official wants to see what tricks you have in place.