In the manor, there is naturally no curfew, so when it was dark everywhere, a lantern led Fang Yingwu to a house in the north of Zhuangbei.

Zhuangzi is north, it is a courtyard prepared for the eldest princess of Yuzhen, but this courtyard is not used several times a year, most of the chief stewards sent by the eldest princess of Yuzhen to check the accounts are activated, that is, Ye Chang came, and he never lived here. To the northeast is the mansion of Zhuangtou steward Xie San, although from the outside, the scale of this mansion is much smaller than the princess annex in the north, but Fang Yingwu understands in his heart that the mansion of Xie San is more luxurious and comfortable than the princess courtyard.

The companion knocked on the door, and after a while, a man opened the door, and when he saw that it was Fang Yingwu, he immediately pulled him in, and looked left and right, and saw that there were no idlers, so he locked the door tightly.

Fang Yingwu put his hands behind his back and went straight into the room. As soon as he entered the guest hall, he saw a table of sumptuous wine and food, Xie San ate and drank when he lifted the chopsticks, and cursed when he put down the chopsticks. The bride of his family sobbed wobbing wriedly while his two sons were angry.

"Why don't you go and shoot that guy's ass, what are you doing here?" Seeing Fang Yingwu, Xie San slapped the chopsticks on the table: "I obviously said that I would give that guy a dismount together, you are good, push a certain family forward, but he shrunk, bah, the turtle forgot eight, don't think that a certain family is unlucky, you can have a good life, we are all tied together, and you never lack things that a certain family does"

Fang Yingwu had a calm face: "If you talk nonsense again, you will turn around and leave." ”

He didn't argue or argue, just a sentence made Xie San's arrogance shortened.

Xie San relied on just an old mother who served the eldest princess of Yuzhen, but Fang Yingwu was not, this father and son were sold into slavery from Huanchun County, but he didn't know how, his father hooked up with the people next to the eldest princess of Yuzhen, according to some people, because of his handsomeness, even the eldest princess of Yuzhen didn't look at him.

Naturally, no one dared to mention this kind of rumor in person. One thing everyone knows is that among the most useful people around the eldest princess today, there is the father of this thing.

And it is said that Fang Yingwu's father can please the eldest princess of Yuzhen, and there are many credits for this son.

"Alas, today I ate and beaten, and I was flailed in public for a long time, and I lost face, but it was just a few complaints, and you didn't allow me to have a seizure?" Xie San stepped forward and grabbed him: "Brother Fang, Brother Fang, you have always been resourceful, and you still need to make suggestions for today's affairs." ”

Fang Yingwu snorted and sat down. Xie San glanced at the bride on the side, and the ladies immediately went down, and after a while, they presented Fang Yingwu with a pair of dishes and chopsticks.

"Brother Fang, after you forked me out of the gang today, what did you say to that guy, why did you give the roster to that guy?"

"That guy wanted to kill chickens and monkeys, first scared me with what happened to you, and then allowed me to be free, and I was willing to speak for me on your lord's side."

"You just promised him and gave him the roster?" Xie Hu next to him was anxious: "Uncle Fang, I didn't expect you to be so ......"

"Horn"

Xie San slapped him casually, his eyes showed a fierce light: "If you can't speak, just listen to it on the side, no one treats you as a dumb person"

Xie Hu covered his face, his eyes were still angry, Fang Yingwu glanced at him, and snorted in his heart.

The two sons of Xie San became more and more disrespectful, and they dared to be so rude in front of themselves.

"At that time, if a certain person goes back, that guy will inevitably attack me, after all, he came on the order of your lord, if he is asked to go to your lord to complain, he will certainly lose face, and we will not be pleased." Fang Yingwu said lightly: "I pretended to be grateful, first deceived him into trusting, and then said to him, your Xie family has been the head of the village in this village for two generations, and you have kindness with the tenants, and today you are humiliated, I am afraid that the tenants in your village will be uneasy." ”

"Exactly, my heart is uneasy" Xie Sanyi clapped his palms.

"I also told him that the tenants in my Zhuangzi have intermarried with your Zhuangzi for generations, and there are many marriages between the two sides, so if your Zhuangzi is unstable, my Zhuangzi must be the same. I asked him to give him some money and goods immediately, so as to win the hearts of the tenants first......"

"Ahh

"Stupid, just said that he was going to plant kapok, and everyone had no rations for three years, this is his advance ration money." Fang Yingwu sneered: "If he has less hair and is not enough for everyone to chew for three years, then needless to say, everyone will give up the tenant." If it's too much...... People's hearts are the most greedy, you and I will find someone to talk among the tenants, everyone regards this as a common practice, and they will make a fuss at every turn, how much money do you say he can buy people's hearts? ”

"Good, wonderful" Xie San clapped his hands.

"Since you think this is a great plan, then remember to act, and take advantage of the night, and go to every house at once." Fang Yingwu said in a low voice: "What to say, you know it yourself." ”

"That's nature, worthy of Brother Fang, really great wisdom"

Xie San slapped Fang Yingwu hard, Fang Yingwu didn't stay long, and got up and left after speaking. After sending him out, Xie San turned around, looked at his two sons, especially Xie Hu, and hated him and said: "Look, you see, this is a lot of tricks, like you who only know how to go straight to the road, how can you keep the family business in the future?" ”

"Aye, the child thinks that this surnamed Fang is not a good bird, he said it, but Aya is charging in front, and he himself is hidden in the dark. Besides, didn't the person surnamed Ye promise to return the innocence of his father and son, if he really colluded with the person surnamed Ye......"

"You are willing to move your heart, and you rejoice in your father, but you are not moving enough." Xie San shook his head: "Fang Yingwu wants to get out of the list of slaves and maids, it's just a matter of his father's words, why don't you take it off, it's because of this identity, it's convenient to get in and out of your lord's side, and it's also convenient for them to act." Without this identity, how can they keep their belongings? Not to mention anything else, should he still be the steward of this Zhuangzi, if he can't be the steward, where does his family's dozens of mouthfuls of chewing come from? ”

Speaking of this, Xie San said with a smile: "The dog surnamed Ye only thinks that no one loves as a slave, but he doesn't know that the Fang family loves to be a slave, something happens, and there is a master behind him to support him, and if he has benefits, he will enjoy it for the masters first." ”

Xie Sanjia, who had been crying and crying over there, sighed: "The one surnamed Ye can take Zhuangzi from your lord's hands for three years, and he must have a very good relationship with your lord, why do you have to embarrass him, in the opinion of a slave, it is better to act according to what he says......"

"What do you know, in the woman's opinion, if you act according to his words, our Zhuangzi wealth road will be cut off, how to raise dozens of people up and down the yard, just rely on eating the old book? What's more, he has really stayed here for three years, and he has figured out the truth inside and out, so he has to go to your lord to sue us, we have swallowed it behind your lord's back all these years, but I am afraid that we will have to spit it out, and we will be punished by your lord. The plan now is to get rid of him within a few months, as long as he doesn't get the tenants to listen to, our affairs will not be leaked, and after he is driven back, everything will be as usual, and we will still live this blessed life."

Xie San's words, drank his house, and then opened the door again to look at the sky: "Without further ado, I will go to ...... now"

According to Ye Chang's plan, on the second day, the heads of all tenants will come to see him, the new person in charge. Early in the morning, he led the barbarians to inspect the land in the village, and waited for the tenants to come.

The two Zhuangzi are only separated by a small river, and the soil quality is similar, which is very suitable for the growth of cotton, and it can even be said that it is a bit wasteful to grow cotton. The barbarians were very satisfied, and said to Ye Chang one by one that they would definitely be able to grow kapok here.

These barbarians were all contributed by Ge Luofeng, the king of Nanzhao, and although Ge Luofeng was already ambitious at this time, he was not ready to rebel against the Tang Dynasty. The people he sent naturally did not dare not do their best.

But the tenants came in a sparse manner, and until noon there were dozens of them standing staggeringly. Ye Chang sent people to urge him a few times, but each time it was just a few more people.

By this time, Ye Chang didn't know that there was a problem with these tenants

He was not annoyed, and seeing that it was not too early, he began to roll roll according to the roster.

The two Zhuangzi originally had 350 tenant households, and 350 heads of households should have arrived, but there were only about 80 people.

Ye Chang looked at Fang Yingwu: "What about Xie San?" ”

"This, send someone in the morning to say, he is sick and unwell, and send his son to listen to it." Fang Yingwu pouted at a man in front of him: "That's Xie Hu, the eldest son of Xie San." ”

"Sick, sick, who doesn't have three disasters and six difficulties." Ye Chang nodded and said, "But what about the rest of the people, why didn't the rest of the people, including the people in your village, come, what is the reason?" ”

Fang Yingwu smiled bitterly, and stopped talking. Ye Chang said: "Say, don't hide it. ”

"Yesterday, a certain had reported to Lang Jun, the two generations of the Xie family were in charge of this village, known as prestige, I heard that he was punished by Lang Jun yesterday, and the tenants of the two villages were said in private......

"What's the legend?"

"Said that Lang Jun would drive them away and force them to quit."

"Where does this start, how can you say that you want to use them, how can you say that you want to force them to quit?"

"Lang Jun is not strange, these tenants are short-sighted, and they don't know how kind Lang Jun is. They said that Lang Jun did not allow them to grow grain, but what kind of kapok to plant, and they did not plant grain this year, not to mention the Ding tax of the imperial court, which was the ration of everyone, and they did not know where it came from. Staying in Zhuangzi can only be a dead end, so everyone feels ......"

Speaking of this, Fang Yingwu closed his mouth and just looked at Ye Chang. Ye Chang frowned: "Didn't you tell everyone that the taxes and rations in the past three years have been wrapped in someone?" ”

"Huh...... What Lang Jun said was, but, but they didn't believe it. Lang Jun knew that these were all people from the countryside, and they had never been able to trust others but promise......

"What do you think?"

"If Lang Jun has a lot of money, he will naturally pay them all the rations and taxes for three years, so that they can trust Lang Jun."

This is hundreds of households, based on the calculation of ten times a year for one household, and tens of thousands of times in three years. Fang Yingwu thought that Ye Chang would not have such a lot of money, even if he did, he would not be able to raise it for a while and a half - after all, there were only a few dozen people who came here with Fang Yingwu, and there was no way to transport so much money and grain.

Even if it can be transported, Fang Yingwu also has a back hand, relying on wealth to buy people's hearts, which will make all tenants contemptible, thinking that as long as they make a noise, they can get good

As for Ye Chang's tough treatment, Fang Yingwu didn't think that there would be such a possibility at all, this was more than 300 tenants, and there were more than 1,000 people behind them

Ye Chang pursed his lips and looked a little nervous, which made Fang Yingwu very pleased.

"Are so many people dissatisfied, let you be appeased, you can only do this step?" But when Ye Chang spoke, he was stunned.

"This ......"

"If that's the case, what's the use of your bank?" Ye Chang looked at him sideways: "You go back and say, if you don't show up at this time tomorrow, then it's good to gather and disperse, and those who are willing to quit will quit." ”

"Lang Jun, I can't help it, I can't help it...... Wouldn't it be just for us slaves to cultivate thousands of acres of land? We only have twenty or thirty people, where can we farm? Fang Yingwu suddenly panicked.

"Therefore it will be up to you to call your skill, and if you can summon the tenants, then not only twenty or thirty of you, but if you cannot summon them...... Hehe. ”

Ye Chang smiled very coldly, Fang Yingwu stared at him, pondered for a while, and felt that he was just bluffing, so he smiled bitterly: "Lang Jun is really joking, this matter is ...... A certain one has three heads and six arms, and he can't be called back. ”

"If you can't do it, let Xie San do it, if you can't reconcile the three, then Zhuang Tou don't do it." Ye Chang said: "At least in the past three years, you can go back to Chang'an to rest." ”

"Ye Langjun...... If you do this, I'm afraid that the tenants will really quit......"

"It doesn't matter, so-and-so said, willing to follow me, so-and-so will take care of their livelihood, but if they can't even get a little, why should so-and-so pay attention to them? If you quit the tenant, you quit, and now you are afraid that you will not find anyone to farm? ”

Hearing this, Fang Yingwu sneered in his heart: Sure enough, although I heard that this person is wise, but after all, he is a scholar and does not understand world affairs, and at this time in Mengzhou, he really can't find tenants to farm. In that case, then help him, and make as much trouble as possible

"Even so, there is nothing to say, but what happens here, and so-and-so will report it to your lord."

"You report it."

Ye Chang didn't care at all.

Fang Yingwu turned around and left, Ye Chang continued to discuss with those barbarians how to plant cotton, the barbarians brought a lot of cotton seeds, but they wanted to plant thousands of acres but it was still insufficient, Ye Chang asked them to pick out the most suitable fields to plant, as for the rest, and then make plans, if they don't plant this year, they will also plant cotton next year.

The next morning, Ye Chang came to the field at the appointed time, but the number of tenants who came here today was even smaller than yesterday, and only fifty people were present. Ye Chang saw that these fifty people all looked bitter, and knew that they were all not treated by the head of the village, and he was happy in his heart.

And the more than fifty people saw the cold appearance, but they were all a little uneasy, and when the hour came, Ye Chang finally stepped on the platform that had been set up temporarily.

"Very good, since you are more than 50 households willing to stay, then sign up for the group here." Ye Changdao.