After the next day, the two Zhu Houwei brothers took the guards, the brocade guards, the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry and the little girl, about 100 people, and marched towards Da Li Zhuang.

When they arrived at Da Li Zhuang, they immediately went their separate ways, the guards were responsible for gathering the original Zhuang guests and companions, and the Jinyi Wei was responsible for confiscating the money in the village, which was their old business, professional and trustworthy, and the cartographers among the craftsmen were responsible for drawing down the surrounding landforms, and the remaining craftsmen went to find the village elders, and then gathered all the people in the village.

After a while, Zhuang Ke and his companions gathered in the courtyard, about 30 people, and the courtyard was full. When Zhu Houzhao came today, he deliberately wore the prince's regular clothes, and then stood on the steps of the lobby, only to see his crown black gauze folded upward scarf, also known as the wing good crown, red robe, plate collar and narrow sleeves, front and back and shoulders each gold woven coil dragon. Wearing a jade belt, the boots are made of cowhide, even if he is only 13 years old, but this outfit is a support, coupled with an expressionless face, quite majestic.

These 30 or so people were monitored by the guards yesterday, trembling for a night, now I look, it turns out that the person who greeted yesterday is the prince, the main owner of Zhuangtian, and then I can't see Cao Luo, I know that this is the east window incident, and quickly knelt on the ground, and there is a psychological quality is not very good and directly lies on the ground, and his legs are still shaking.

In the yard, you can only hear the birdsong nearby, and it is very quiet. Under the steps in front of Zhu Houzhao, there was a row of guards standing on the left and right, all of them were people with big shoulders and round waists, regardless of whether it was okay to fight or not, but it was still very bluffing to just stand there without saying a word, of course, the most bluffing was because they each put their hands on the handle of the saber on their waists.

Zhu Houzhao was very satisfied with this atmosphere, nodded to Liu Jin next to him, made a color, and then Liu Jin said loudly, "This is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince today, and he hasn't seen the courtesy?" Those who knelt on the ground were uneven and shouted, "The little one greets His Royal Highness the Prince."

Zhu Houzhao didn't tell them to get up, but continued, "The previous Cao Luo, will not appear again in the future, what he did, what you did with him have an account in your heart, now you have two ways to choose, one is to follow Cao Luo, the other is to do hard work in this village, do it for 10 years, the past is not to blame, if you don't work hard, then you will be punished for several crimes." ”

There was a person with a bad head at the bottom who was still muttering in a low voice, "Where did Gonggong Cao go, I will go with me, and I will still eat and drink spicy food." A person next to him who looked a little similar to him scolded him in a low voice, "Stupid, Gonggong Cao is estimated to have fallen into the ground, and you will go with him?" His face changed, and he hurriedly said, "I'm not going, brother, I'm not going." The man who was called Brother gave him a blank look, turned back and shouted after the crowd, "The villain is willing to do hard work, and the villain is willing to do hard work." ”

"Liu Jin took them down, waited for the arrangement, and when they worked in the future, they would not be paid, but only give them food." Zhu Houzhao waved his hand at Liu Jin.

Then Steward Liu took these people out of the courtyard. As soon as the people left, Zhu Houzhao hurriedly walked to the entrance of the village. The entrance of the village is now full of people, and there are many people standing in the fields where seeds have not yet been planted, and there is no square in the village, so more than 700 households can only be selected at the entrance of the village.

In the center of the crowd there was a high platform made of several tables, and on the platform stood a craftsman from the Ministry of Works, next to Zhu Houwei and the little girl, the two of them were dressed no different from ordinary rich children, and they were watching the craftsman and the village elder under the table try their best to quiet the crowd. After all, there are 700 households, with a population of more than 2,000, and a piece of black pressure will become a large noise when each person mutters a word.

The villagers are free and casual, even if the front is taken by the majesty of the village elder and does not speak, but the people behind should still be. After a while, Zhu Houzhao arrived with the guards, and as soon as the 30 guards with swords and Zhu Houzhao wearing the prince's regular clothes arrived, the crowd immediately quieted down. The people are still very afraid of the imperial power, and the imperial court.

When the crowd is quiet, it's time to start talking. The first to speak this time was to follow Zhu Houzhao's side, and in the future, the Guan Zhuang Gonggong Valley here will be of great use. Gu Dayong is younger than Liu Jin, he is just 40 this year, he is loyal and honest, especially when he laughs, he is completely middle-aged and stupid, no one would have thought that in the original history, he would compete for power with several other people in the "Eight Tigers" in the Zhengde Dynasty, and be able to master the West Factory and become the factory flower, uh, it is the factory father. At this time, Zhu Houzhao and him both went to the stage, and Gu Dayong said loudly, "This is His Royal Highness the Prince, and they all kneel down and salute." When everyone heard this, more than 2,000 people, standing in the open space and in the fields, all fell to their knees at once, the scene was very spectacular, Zhu Houwei couldn't help but think, "No wonder so many people have yearned for power throughout the ages, this feeling really makes people flutter." Zhu Houzhao stood in the center of the platform, and said with both hands, "Get up, listen well, don't talk." Everyone stood up one after another and looked at the craftsman next to Zhu Houzhao.

So many people can't all hear what the craftsman said, this is what Zhu Houwei didn't expect, those novels she read in her previous life, not to mention 2,000 people, tens of thousands of people before the battle, the general can also cheer for the troops in front of the battle and make a speech, at this time she knew that this was completely impossible. But it's too late, so let's do it first.

I only heard the craftsman say loudly, "The crown prince's field is the imperial village, which is owned by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince today, and now, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to take back the land and manage it in a unified manner" Before he said a word, the crowd below was boiling, they were all tenants, and they rented the prince's land to live, so if the field was taken back, then they would be gone, so there was a lot of discussion and even crying.

Zhu Houwei saw that he couldn't go on talking about it when he saw that it was so messy, and everyone didn't listen to the craftsman's loud reassurance, or couldn't hear it, so he called a guard and gave an order, and then the 30 guards had serious expressions, put their hands on the handle of the knife, and pulled out half of the saber, and suddenly the people around quieted down, and the people in the outer circle didn't know what was going on, and they were still chattering, and the people in front hurriedly turned their heads and said anxiously, "Don't make any noise, the guards in front have drawn their knives, and if you quarrel again, don't think about spending the day again." The whole crowd slowly quieted down, and the village elder knelt down tremblingly and said to Zhu Houzhao, "His Royal Highness the Prince, as soon as this field is recovered, we farmers will not be able to live." Zhu Houzhao was smiling, "Old man, please get up, don't worry, wait for the craftsman to finish speaking, and then speak, but don't make a noise in the middle, otherwise you won't be able to continue." ”

The village elder nodded hurriedly, "Yes, yes, yes, the old man must have told them not to speak." Then let the people next to him pass to the crowd behind him one by one, "Listen first, don't talk"

After a while, the craftsman continued to say loudly, "The land is under the unified management of His Royal Highness the Prince, the original tenants have become long-term workers, men have 2 taels of silver a month, silver and grain can be chosen, grain is according to the market price, women are 1 taels of silver a month, at the end of the year, if there are outstanding contributions, there will be another reward, from now on, long-term workers will only pay poll tax, cancel other taxes such as field tax, from tomorrow, or go to the village entrance to register, the situation of the family, their own craft, if they are hired because of other crafts, the monthly money will be more" After speaking, he took a big breath, after all, Lao Gao's voice shouted such words, and this lung capacity was a test.

It was only when the crowd regained its liveliness, and everyone was calculating that the current way was more suitable for them than the previous way, and then Gu Dayong said to the village elders, "Let them all disperse, and the reporter will register tomorrow." The village elder knew that he was the newly appointed eunuch in charge of the village, and hurriedly nodded yes.

Zhu Houwei and the others walked to Wang Guanzhuang's mansion, and there were already brocade guards waiting at the door, Zhu Houzhao asked casually, "Did you find out?" This brocade guard is a thousand households, and hurriedly said, "Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, a total of 100 taels of gold, 136,000 taels of silver, and some calligraphy and painting antiques, Weichen estimated that it should be worth about 100,000 taels." Zhu Houzhao said angrily: "This bastard." Zhu Houwei has already guessed in his heart that more than 800 hectares of land, that is, more than 80,000 acres, the output of more than 10 years is not a small amount, and it is normal for there to be less gold, after all, China is famous for its abundance of gold, so now one tael of gold is equivalent to 12 taels of silver, or 14,000 Hongzhi Tongbao.

Zhu Houwei comforted Zhu Houzhao, "Now even if you don't use the money of the Zhu Mansion, the start-up capital is also available, which is a good thing, don't think about it so much, let people watch it here, we still have to go to Xiaolizhuang." ”

After Zhu Houzhao calmed down, he said, "Well, let's go." ”

Saying that, he left about 10 people in Jinyiwei here, took the others in a carriage, and rushed to Xiaolizhuang.