In the face of Wu Shigong's visit, Wan Wendong and these gentry had already made preparations, and even Wan Wendong took a few gentry to the camp in Dahuai Village early in the morning to accompany Wu Shigong all the way to the county seat.

Nothing to say along the way. After arriving at the county seat, Li Lu personally stood at the gate of the yamen and greeted Wu Shigong and his party, and Li Lu was also full of local gentry, and most of these gentry were some private mine bosses.

After Li Lu and Wan Wendong returned to the county seat yesterday, in fact, those private mine bosses already knew the content of the agreement reached with Wu Shigong. Compared with the iron ore that has been recaptured, they also believe that Wu Shigong's conditions are not high at all.

Of course, no one will want to tear up this agreement because the process of retaking the iron mine is too easy, after all, they also see Wu Shigong's strong force.

And the reason why these private mine bosses want to meet with Wu Shigong today is nothing more than to confirm the content of the agreement, and they are afraid that Wu Shigong will add more conditions.

So when the guests and hosts took their seats, Li Lu introduced everyone to Wu Shigong, and after everyone exchanged pleasantries, Li Lu opened his mouth and said to Wu Shigong: "Today, all the villagers came to see my brother-in-law, just to see the majesty of my brother-in-law." The official also said here that tonight is no drunk! ”

Everyone in the hall applauded: "This time it's all thanks to Wu Shoubei!" The hall resounded with a shout of gratitude.

When the voice in the hall gradually became quieter, Wan Wendong felt that the eyes of the private mine bosses present were looking at him, Wan Wendong could only cough helplessly, and felt that Wu Shigong's gaze also turned to him, so Wan Wendong asked: "General, how will we arrange this iron mine in the future?" ”

Wu Shigong raised his eyebrows and said, "Isn't an agreement already reached?" Just follow this agreement! ”

Wu Shigong's words made the private mine bosses present stunned. In their thoughts, Wu Shigong would put forward some additional requirements, but Wu Shigong looked like he was abiding by the contract, which made these private mine bosses a little at a loss.

Wan Wendong had no choice but to ask: "General, your soldiers have also worked hard this time, and we villagers have to show our hearts to some extent." The general will just say a number, let's prepare it too. ”

"No need! The official can take as much as he wants, and this matter of labor and military expenses will not trouble everyone. For Wu Shigong now, he has already obtained two mining areas, as well as the future salt business in the two counties of Li Lu, so Wu Shigong feels that he has gained enough, so he doesn't want to make an insatiable appearance.

However, Wu Shigong's statement made Wan Wendong, the boss of the private mine, even more uneasy. They were worried that this was just Wu Shigong's pretentious gesture, but in fact, they wanted to make a big profit. In case they really follow what Wu Shigong said, and don't pay any labor expenses, then Wu Shigong will not have to step up his efforts to get back the income from the iron ore in the future?

It can be seen that the image of the insatiable greed of Ming Dynasty officials is unforgettable in the eyes of these local gentry. However, this is also why Wan Wendong and these people don't know much about Wu Shigong's nature, if they meet those gentry who are used to dealing with Wu Shigong and know Wu Shigong's true nature, they will definitely save such a sum of money without hesitation.

There is no way, who let the agreement between Wan Wendong and Wu Shigong negotiate at that time. So Wan Wendong could only bite the bullet and ask: "General, how many can you say a number!" ”

Wu Shigong was hahadaxiao after hearing it. Could it be that this solar term is not right, and there are still people who are so anxious to give themselves silver that they are not happy if they can't give it away? However, at this time, Wu Shigong also vaguely understood the thoughts of Wan Wendong, the owners of private mines. After laughing for a while, Wu Shigong said, "You guys! They are all villagers, and they are worried that what the official says doesn't count! That's it, take three thousand taels of silver. This time, dozens of our soldiers were also killed or wounded, so let's take this silver as a compensatory for those soldiers. ”

Seeing that Wu Shigong finally made the conditions, and listened to Wu Shigong's words, those private mine bosses all laughed. There are more than a dozen private mine bosses here, and the three thousand taels of silver will only cost more than two hundred taels to each person, which is completely bearable.

The atmosphere relaxed suddenly, but Wu Shigong continued: "This time we want to rebuild a large iron mine, and we also need to build a saltpeter mine, this official is very short of manpower!" If you have any children, you can go to the official and Li Garrison to join the army. As long as you dare to fight, there is always no problem in fighting for a future. ”

"Also, there is still a shortage of literate people here in this official, and this official chores also need manpower, and they also need the help of all the villagers."

Wu Shigong's words made the scene lively all of a sudden. Wu Shigong's actions gave the children of those local gentry a way out. Although this is not the right way, it is the hope of becoming an official after all.

In addition, since Wu Shigong absorbed the children of those gentry, it also proves that Wu Shigong really wants to cooperate with these gentry. So it was immediately enthusiastically supported by the gentry.

Li Lu was the only one present, and he had some bad feelings in his heart. Wu Shigong and Li Lu are at the same level, but seeing today's conversation and the performance of those gentry, Li Lu found that he had unconsciously become subordinate to Wu Shigong.

However, Li Lu thought about it: "I am also a cripple, and the future of officialdom is not at all at all, so what can't I do to seize power?" Grab more money and go back to the capital to retire, this is a serious matter! ”

Without mentioning Li Lu's psychological activities, Wu Shigong then talked with those private mine bosses about the construction of these two mining areas. However, to talk about the details in detail, it will also have to wait until Wu Shigong sent Yuan Xingshan, Yang Goudan and others to Nanyang Mansion, and then let them talk to these private mine bosses in detail.

But when it came to zuihou, Wu Shigong solemnly admonished: "It's all a family behind closed doors here, so the official will say something against his ears." This mine work chaos was instigated by those horse bandits, but the official also knew that those miners had a miserable life in the past. ”

"We want to make these two mines bigger, we want to make more money, and that's not wrong. But squeezing the skilled miners too hard does not do any good. ”

"Not to mention that the miners may make trouble again in the future, that is to say, the income of the miners going down the mine will not be able to feed their families. They don't have the strength to work, and it's not us who loses; They can't live anymore and die, so the newly recruited miners are not as much work as the old miners. ”

"The official is thinking about improving the treatment of these miners. At least more than the bandits gave them. In this way, our mine will be able to produce with peace of mind, and we will earn more money than before. ”

Wu Shigong's idea of improving the treatment of miners was not only out of the consideration of modern people, improving the interests of laborers, and increasing productivity, but also Wu Shigong regarded those miners as the source of soldiers in the future, and wanted to buy the hearts of these miners through these means.

But Wu Shigong's proposal made the scene cold. After all, those private mine bosses do not have the ideas and concepts of modern capitalists, they just feel that the miners are consumables, and if one dies, one can be replaced, and there is no need to improve the treatment of miners. But because this was raised by Wu Shigong, those private mine bosses were not willing to raise objections at this time.

Wu Shigong looked at this scene, and then said with a smile: "Fellow villagers, please rest assured. After the official does this, if the income of the villagers does not reach the previous income, the official will take out the silver from his own share and make up for the villagers. How? ”

All the private mine bosses immediately breathed a sigh of relief, as long as they didn't reduce their income, where would they care about Wu Shigong making trouble in these two mining areas? Anyway, this agreement also stipulates that in the future, Wu Shigong will send people to manage the two mining areas.

After talking about all this, everyone chatted casually. Soon, it was time for dinner. This dinner party with big fish and big meat doesn't need to be detailed. It's just that when those gentry arranged for local famous prostitutes to accompany them, the military attaches under Wu Shigong stopped drinking, looked at Wu Shigong, and waited for Wu Shigong's decision.

Wu Shigong's military regulations are very strict, and when he goes out to fight, he can't touch women casually. But Wu Shigong took these military attaches to relax today, and of course he would not do such a disappointing thing.

So Wu Shigong ordered: "What are you doing stupidly?" One person picks one! ”

The military attachés suddenly smiled. Wan Wendong's gentry arranged it really carefully, arranging a top brand in the county town for Wu Shigong, and arranging a local good family to accompany Li Lu. It seems that this Li Lu's special hobby can be described as notorious.

Only the actions of He Fei and Shumo, the two living treasures, made Wu Shigong feel that he had lost some face.

Both of them fell in love with a flower card, and He Fei spoke first to explain the reason: "Master Shu, brother, my ears are injured, this woman will give up to my brother, let my brother and I be happy to increase my spirit!" ”

"Don't do this, I was in tears for you. This brotherly love is deep, you should let me, right! ”

"Pull it down! Who doesn't know that you're scared to cry yourself? You probably peed your pants at the time. ”

"You're just peeing your pants! No matter how brother, this woman will definitely not let it. What nonsense am I talking to you? Sit down! ”

……

After the dinner was over, Wu Shigong hugged the head card and entered the bedroom of the arranged haode. Wu Shigong thought proudly in his heart: "This may be the war dividend!" ”

But Wu Shigong didn't know that Genghis Khan had also said before: The greatest happiness of mankind is in victory! Conquer your enemies, chase them, seize their possessions, weep their lovers, ride their horses, and embrace their wives and daughters.

Therefore, it is equivalent to Genghis Khan's wife and daughter who sleeps with other people, Wu Shigong sleeps on the top brand of a county town, and the realm is obviously not enough!