"The last general, Bao Chengxian, meet Lord Shaobao."

Zhang Ke smiled with a smile that deceived the dead and waved his hand gently.

"General Bao, you were originally a subordinate of General He, I and General He are world friends, and we are also friends, so hurry up."

When Bao Chengxian heard that Zhang Ke was so polite, he was immediately relieved, he had helped his father-in-law Xu Shou to ask for the arrears of the villagers in Yushu, but Zhang Ke suddenly sent someone to let him over. Bao Chengxian thought that he had done evil to Zhang Ke, he gave up his father-in-law and hurried back with his subordinates, drenched in sweat.

"General Bao, the watermelon has been pulled out in the well, let's have a piece."

The maid served the watermelon, Bao Chengxian was flattered, thanked again and again, picked up the watermelon, the cold and sweet juice flowed to his heart, and the heat disappeared, not to mention how enjoyable.

"Lord Shaobao treats his humble position so kindly, I really don't know how to repay my lord, and in the future, my humble position must be the only one who is young and the first to look forward!"

"Hahaha, guarding Liaodong is indispensable for brave generals like General Bao." Zhang Ke turned the conversation and asked, "General Bao, you wrote a letter mentioning that you want to get some land, but is there such a thing?" ”

"Ah, that's right." Bao Chengxian couldn't touch Zhang Ke's pulse, so he could only say vaguely: "Lord Shaobao, not only me, but also many military generals and brothers, the big guy's land and property are gone, and there is no belongings left, I can't hide it, I don't even want to eat, these days my subordinates are in my father-in-law's house, and I have become a son-in-law who has fallen into the door, and I have no face to see people!" ”

Bao Chengxian wiped his tears as he spoke, pretending to be very aggrieved, Zhang Ke was amused in his heart, and he didn't poke him.

"General Bao, I see the difficulties of the big guys, but you also know that the land is limited after all, and I can't forcibly expropriate the land, so I'll give it to you!"

Bao Chengxian continued to cry and beg with a sad face: "My lord, don't hide it, the lower officials have been loyal to the Ming Dynasty for generations, have repeatedly made military exploits, and have accumulated more than 17,000 acres of land, all of which are in the Gaizhou area, and have fallen into the hands of Jiannu, the court should always give a little reward to the loyal courtiers, so that we can live." ”

Zhang Ke pondered for a long time.

"General Bao, the official you said knows it, but the governor Wang received a complaint from the people, and they said that someone had robbed the land!"

"It's unique, please be aware of it." Bao Chengxian hurriedly denied it and said: "My lord, it's all unreasonable trouble, who the land is rented to is originally determined by the landlord, so why should outsiders put their beaks." ”

Zhang Ke nodded and said: "It is reasonable, but after all, it is unsightly, so let's do it, General Bao, as long as it is a fair deal, whoever dares to trouble you, this official will bear it." Then again, if you rely on force and official status to oppress the people, I can't sit idly by! ”

Bao Chengxian, who was overly excited, didn't pay attention to the second half of the sentence at all, he only thought that Zhang Ke was on their side. There is no surprise in it, Zhang Ke is also a military general in Liaodong, how can he not help his own people!

Bao Chengxian said goodbye satisfied, and when he left, he left five silver tickets on the table, and Zhang Ke took it and saw that they were all one thousand taels and one piece, and they were redeemed when he saw the ticket.

"Hahaha, it's rich, but it won't be there soon!"

Zhang Ke sneered contemptuously.

In half a month, Zhang Ke successively informed all the generals who had returned, including Sun Degong and Tang Hui of Guangning, who were also informed, that they were not allowed to buy and occupy by force.

In most people's eyes, it doesn't hurt at all.

Bao Chengxian ran to Yushu Village with his family again, and he blocked the entrance to the village and forced the people to pay back. If he doesn't pay back, he will raise the land rent, in short, there are 10,000 ways to concoct the common people.

"Old man Chang, there is nothing else to say, it is natural to repay debts, what else do you have to say."

Chang Siye took the dry tobacco pouch, inhaled hard, spit out a big smoke ring, and asked slowly: "Master Bao, can't you slow down?" ”

"Slow down, I tell you, there are cheap people outside who want to rent fields, and if you don't pay back, these fields will be taken back!"

"Yes, that's great!"

Chang Siye looked up to the sky and sighed, and said with a wry smile: "It's really not for good people to live, Master Bao, the small ones can't be provoked, and they can still hide!" ”

The old man stood up and shouted at the village: "Folks, there is no way to stay and live, let's go!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Bao Chengxian was confused, but many people had already walked out of the village, they helped the old and the young, loaded the tattered furniture on the wheelbarrow, carried the cloth bag, and walked silently to the outside of the village.

"You, you, what are you going to do?"

"Don't do anything!" Fourth Master Chang knocked on the cigarette pouch and sneered: "Master Bao, we can't afford to rent your father-in-law's land, how much silver is owed, there are crops in the field, and these houses are all yours." ”

"Folks, let's go!"

With tears in their eyes, the villagers walked out of the village where they had grown for generations, and even though they were reluctant to give up, they did not hesitate at the thought of the dizzying land rent.

Bao Chengxian looked at the crowd in the distance, he was dumbfounded, how could these people leave lightly, without the field, what way do they have to live?

Bao Chengxian was puzzled, but he still got his wish, and the fields were all his. Hurry up and ask someone to find your father-in-law, Xu Shou.

"Dad, all the cheap embryos in the village are gone, these fields are ours! I'm going to recruit the homeless people to come over, and there is still a crop in the field, which is a lot of money! ”

Bao Chengxian danced with his hands and was happy, but his father-in-law Xu Shou did not have a smile on his face at all, on the contrary, his facial features were distorted, and he was ugly to death.

"Dad, are you so happy that you are confused?"

"Alas, what are you happy about, we're in trouble!" Xu Shou sighed helplessly.

In fact, it's not just him, those Jiangmen clans who sharpen their knives are holding back to annex the fields and make a good profit. They took advantage of the land and used every means to occupy more land and raise the rent even higher.

Liaoxi is so big, and they are not allowed to make a windfall......

But it was just a dream, and they found that the refugees had disappeared one after another. Even if they didn't disappear, they all gathered in the camp set up by the imperial court.

Every day, the fragrance of rice wafts out of it, and the sound of training and martial arts can be heard from afar.

In a month or two, the refugees will follow the Ming army and leave. The vacant camps were soon filled with other people, most of whom were their sharecroppers.

At the beginning of the staff loss, no one took it seriously, there were no three-legged toads, and two-legged living people were everywhere!

If you don't want to do it, someone else will do it!

But soon they felt that something was wrong, and village by village disappeared, leaving only empty fields, and although the crops were still there, they could not let the noble landlord take his three wives and four concubines to harvest.

The landlords who woke up hurriedly inquired, and they finally figured out that the original tenant farmers had been fooled away by the imperial court.

Go to the grassland to reclaim, no land rent for three years, the imperial court sends troops to protect, and reclaim the land at will, planting as much as you can.

This news simply smashed the big families in Liaodong, what kind of joke, go to the Mongol territory to reclaim the wasteland, looking for death!

Angry, the landlords of large households summoned thugs to teach the tenants who did not know whether to live or die a lesson. As soon as they were majestic, the Yizhou soldiers were like sharks smelling blood, rushing over without hesitation, beating them violently, and beating their parents screaming.

Zhang Shaobao said well, tenants go and stay, each with his own ability, dare to use force, and kill without mercy!

The big families were dumbfounded, and they could only repeatedly tell their tenants that they should not be fooled, and if they went to Mongolia, they would never come back!

Painstaking persuasion seemed to be somewhat useful, and the rate of loss of tenants slowed down.

The autumn harvest season also arrived, and the landlords had to condescend to the fields and work with the people because of the lack of manpower. At the end of the day, my waist was almost broken, and my hands with fine skin and tender flesh were all covered with tiny cuts and blood blisters, and I wanted to cry without tears.

And the real troublesome things fell from the sky!

At some point, there were suddenly a lot of vendors in the countryside, pushing carts with brand-new reed mats on them, and shouting loudly.

Curious people came over and were startled when they saw it.

"You, aren't you Tian Laoqi from Elm Village? How to do business! ”

Tian Laoqi gritted his teeth, and said with a smile: "Don't you want me to come to run from time to time, big guy, look at the reed mat, all of them are good goods!" ”

The mat was removed, and there were two large wooden barrels underneath, and everyone looked inside, their eyes straightened.

"W-what is this?"

"Don't even know this?" Tian Laoqi said with a smile: "The one on the left is mouth alkali, which is used for steaming steamed buns." On the right is salty salt, don't let me talk about it! ”

Salt!

Someone grabbed it, tasted it, and sure enough, it died. They stared at Tian Laoqi stupidly, and said in horror: "Selling smuggled salt, aren't you afraid of losing your head?" ”

As soon as these words came out, all the people who surrounded them took a few steps back, consciously dividing the line with Tian Laoqi.

Daming's salt has always been a monopoly, and selling illicit salt has always been a serious crime to lose your head, and ordinary people can't help but be afraid.

Tian Laoqi didn't care, and said with a smile: "Folks, I'm not private salt, you see, this is the salt sent by the governor of Liaodong, and I can traffic 2,000 catties of salty salt every year." My salt is of the best quality, about the same as green salt. ”

In order to prove that what he said was true, Tian Laoqi bared his snow-white front teeth. It's just that everyone doesn't care about this, they want to know how Tian Laoqi was reborn with salted fish.

"To tell you the truth, we all followed the imperial army's army to the grassland. When I arrived at the place, I realized that the ground was full of treasures. The reeds that are more than one person high, cut down and woven into mats, men, women and children work together, and Jin merchants come to buy, and a woman can earn three taels of silver in half a month! ”

How much!

The people present had big mouths, they couldn't believe their ears, they couldn't earn three taels of silver a year!

"Hey, hey, what's this, there is a salt lake around our new village, which is full of salt from Bai Sensen, and there is soda in the mouth. Nobody cares about this thing on the prairie, it's the same as waste. Tian Lao Qimei said: "We pick salt, give the military master 1,000 catties every month, and sell the rest by yourself. ”

Tian Laoqi said, carefully stuffing the salt covered with the big red official seal into his arms.

The eyes of the surrounding people were red, and they were salivating one by one.

"Old Seven, Seventh Master! Tell the big guy, how do you have good luck? ”

Tian Laoqi smiled proudly: "I don't know anything else, I know that I have meat to eat with Zhang Shaobao!" ”R1152