In Wang Chengyi's eyes, as long as Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces do not want inland county seats, they will not carry out large-scale garrisons in leased areas......

No matter how powerful the Tiger and Par Army is, it can't threaten its dominance in Shandong.

Therefore, Wang Chengyi's brows, which were still frowning just now, were instantly relaxed.

He asked in as calm a tone as he could: "I don't know where the land that Lord Zhou wants to lease is, whether the area is large or not, and how many people are in the leased land?" ”

Zhou Shuyuan directly took out a map he had prepared a long time ago, pointed to the beach along Laizhou Bay and said: "Lord Zhou, this official is a good man, and he wants the beach along Laizhou Bay...... Don't ...... any inland land"

"As for this tidal flat, because it does not produce grain, except for less than 2,000 poor military households, there is not a single ordinary person....absolutely will not affect the tax revenue of the Shandong Governor Yamen because of this land."

In addition to boiling salt, a piece of land that can't even grow grain, and there are no people's tidal flats, let alone in Wang Chengyi's eyes.

Therefore, after listening to Zhou Shuyuan's goal, Wang Chengyi has completely put his mind at ease.

Not only that, but a trace of heartfelt excitement also welled up in my heart.

Because, although this tidal flat is very large, because it does not produce grain, only a few military households boil sea salt here. Over the course of a year, it was almost impossible to bring a harvest of one or two pieces of silver to the governor's yamen.

And it is such a worthless barren land, in his own hands, in the blink of an eye, it becomes a hen that can lay a steady stream of golden eggs for himself......

Such a result, for Wang Chengyi, is tantamount to a piece of gold cake falling from the sky. It's like hitting yourself in the head. Let Wang Chengyi face. A heartfelt smile was revealed.

After taking a deep breath. He agreed with Zhou Shuyuan: "Lord Zhou, this official agrees to lease this tidal flat to the Shanxi Governor's Mansion. However, Lord Zhou must ensure that he can only use this tidal flat to boil sea salt......"

"Not only that, but the garrison of the Haw Par Army on this tidal flat can only be used to maintain law and order, and it cannot exceed five hundred people."

"In addition, this tidal flat was leased to the Shanxi Governor's Palace. The 2,000 military households in the leased land, Lord Zhou must also accept the past....This official does not want to lease this land to you, and then take on the future life of thousands of military households. ”

"And the last and most important one... After you take over the entire lease, you must be supervised by the governor of Shandong's yamen at all times. ”

originally thought that after he finished saying these requirements, he would definitely have a dispute and bargain with Zhou Shuyuan in front of him. However, what Wang Chengyi didn't expect was that as soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Shuyuan agreed with a cheerful face.

"Yes...... These conditions mentioned by Lord Wang. On behalf of the Shanxi Governor's Office, the official agreed. ”

After finishing speaking, he took out the silver ticket that he had prepared from his body.

After placing it on the table in front of Wang Chengyi. With a smile on his face, he said, "Lord Wang, here is a silver ticket of 200,000 taels of silver...... It is also the first year's rent of my Shanxi Governor's Mansion to lease this tidal flat, please collect it well. ”

"After returning to Datong, this official immediately reported to the Governor Wei. Within a month at the latest, the Shanxi Governor's Mansion will dispatch 500 soldiers and related personnel to take over the tidal flats and begin processing sea salt...... When the time comes, I hope that Lord Wang can give you some cooperation, and we will work together happily......"

During his trip to Jinan, Zhou Shuyuan not only found millions of immigrants in the deserted Shaanxi, but also found a supply channel of his own for the refined salt processing workshop, which can be described as a fruitful result......

And at the same time, far away in the court of the capital. Emperor Chongzhen, who was sitting on the dragon chair, and dozens of courtiers of all sizes were gathering in the Jinluan Hall to discuss...... No...... It should be a dispute, a dispute over the next way out and development direction of the Tiger and Leopard Army and the Governor of Shanxi, Wei Zheng.

If it was placed in the past, in the face of the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver that the glass mirror brought to his inner treasury every month, Emperor Chongzhen directly listed Wei Zheng as his henchman.

Because, in Chongzhen's eyes, if Wei Zheng had any bad intentions, he would never give up the income of several million taels of silver every year to himself in vain. But Wei Zheng did this, which proves that this Wei Zheng is a loyal minister, a loyal minister who supports himself and the court.

Because of this, in the past six months, no matter how the courtiers below participated in Wei Zheng, he chose to ignore it and unconditionally trusted Wei Zheng, a 'loyal minister' who constantly sent him silver......

However, when Wei Zheng commanded the Tiger and Leopard Army, he recaptured Shaanxi from the rebels in just one month, and eliminated all bandits in Shaanxi, and also brought the news of the elimination of 20,000 or 30,000 Mongolian cavalry, and even the elimination of Dolgon, to the capital.

Chongzhen and the courtiers were surprised to find that in less than half a year, the combat effectiveness of the Tiger and Leopard Army under Wei Zheng had developed to such a strong point.

In addition to being frightened, the suspicious Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but feel a deep fear of the strong combat effectiveness of the Tiger and Leopard Army.

Half a year ago, there were two reasons why Emperor Chongzhen strongly supported the expansion of the Tiger and Leopard Army.

On the one hand, it was because Wei Zheng and the Tiger and Leopard Army had meritorious service to the imperial court and had to be rewarded...... In addition, the two provinces of Shanxi and Shaanxi do need a strong army to guard against the Mongol iron cavalry in Mongolia......

Under such circumstances, Emperor Chongzhen, who trusted Wei Zheng, took the opportunity to make the decision to allow the expansion of the Haw Par Army.

As for the other reason, that is, a small conspiracy in Chongzhen's heart is at work.

In Chongzhen's eyes, the imperial court can only ensure the food and salary of more than 100,000 border troops with the strength of the whole country. On the surface, the Tiger and Leopard Army under the command of Wei Zheng had the two provinces of Shanxi and Shaanxi to provide it with money and food, but in fact this was not the case.

Because, at the beginning, Shaanxi was still in the hands of the rebels. Not only could they not provide any money and food to the Tiger and Leopard Army, but they also needed a large amount of money and grain from the Shanxi Governor's Office to help the displaced people who had fled from Shaanxi.

Under such circumstances, Emperor Chongzhen was confident that no matter how capable Wei Zheng was, it would be impossible to form tens of thousands of well-equipped tiger and leopard troops with a province that was not yet rich.

In this way, Emperor Chongzhen very readily approved the request for the expansion of the Tiger and Leopard Army. And on the basis of the requirements, let the Haw Par Army expand the army by 10,000 people.

And now, the Haw Par Army has not only expanded the Haw Par Army to the number allowed by the imperial court with the strength of a province, but also trained all the tens of thousands of Haw Par Army into elites...... In just one month, it completed the war that tens of thousands of border troops of the imperial court failed to complete in a year......

Faced with this result, Emperor Chongzhen's first thought in his heart was that he couldn't talk about his suffering......

And at the first time, Wei Zheng, who trusted the Haw Par Army and himself, had a deep fear of it...... (To be continued......)