Fu Zhiheng is a person who will not change if he makes up his mind, although he was "kidnapped" by Chu Junlan and forced to help very reluctantly, but once he has made a decision, he will no longer be entangled, he has been going south and north for many years, Chu Junlan has followed him, and the journey has been very smooth.

A month is fleeting, and it's almost May in the blink of an eye, and it's summer.

The closer he got to Huaijing, the more Chu Junlan was shocked by the scenery in front of him.

Standing on the side of the road and looking at both sides, there are endless green rice fields everywhere. The summer breeze blows, the blue waves rise and fall like a tide, and the air is filled with fresh fragrance.

"We have been in the territory under the jurisdiction of Huaijing for six or seven days, and after walking for a few days, we have seen the rice fields for a few days. Chu Junlan looked at Fu Zhiheng, who was wearing a light blue gauze robe beside him, and was handsome.

Fu Zhiheng stood with his hands in his hands, the grievance of being "kidnapped" by Chu Junlan had long since disappeared, and after a month of companionship, Chu Junlan was indeed an excellent travel partner, the two of them chatted very well, Chu Junlan often had some whimsical ideas, which made him feel novel and interesting, and his attitude had already changed.

"You are in the capital all the year round, and you are in the boudoir, I don't know that these are also there."

Fu Zhiheng and Chu Junlan followed the mule cart side by side in the direction of Huaijing, and said gently: "These rice fields are all military fields, and there are 800,000 soldiers and horses stationed around Huaijing, do you think, now is not wartime, how much will it cost the imperial court to spend so many soldiers and horses?" In the absence of wartime, the imperial court ordered 20% of the 800,000 soldiers and horses to take turns to be responsible for farming. The fertile fields around Huaijing, but if you see such a mark, they are all military fields. ”

Fu Zhiheng pointed to the wooden fence next to the field and the words engraved on it, and the sign indicated who was in charge of this piece of land.

Chu Junlan nodded, and said thoughtfully: "We have walked for so many days, and we haven't seen the end of the rice field, do you say that for so many years, the rice produced in the field has been eaten by the army?" Is it possible that the reserves of the imperial granary can also be filled with rice here? ”

Fu Zhiheng shook his head: "What you think is too simple, the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, you said that with so much food, how much can fall into the hands of ordinary soldiers, and how much can fall into the hands of the upper echelons?" With such a large amount of wealth, the local military generals can be said to be very rich. ”

"That's why the imperial court preemptively implemented the disarmament of the army." Chu Junlan analyzed, "To feed so many soldiers and horses, the imperial court has to broadcast a large amount of silver, but the grain they produce in Tuntian is digested by themselves." If I were the emperor, I wouldn't be worried that my soldiers and horses would eat and use me, and I would have so much wealth. ”

"You dare to compare yourself! How can you be so bold! Fu Zhiheng tapped her forehead with a fan angrily, "This is also talking to me, if it is someone else, it will be possible to catch you and cut off your head." ”

Chu Junlan rolled his eyes at him.

She is now combing her double buns, wearing a cyan armor, wearing a blue gauze skirt, changing her face into an ordinary girl with small freckles on her face, dressed as a maidservant, and rolling her eyes at the master like this, it is really disrespectful, and Fu Zhiheng grinds his teeth helplessly.

After walking for a while, Chu Junlan suddenly asked: "Fu Gongzi, you said that if the imperial court wants to lay off these troops, won't there be so many rice fields that no one will plant?" To whom does the rice field belong? ”

"I think it's going to be sold," Fu Zhiheng said thoughtfully, "The rice fields are sold, the silver is handed over to the treasury, your father used to stand on the side of the soldiers, and several parties have been arguing about the reduction of troops in the imperial court, and there has been no result, but now that you have an accident, your father wants to be a man with his tail between his legs, and it is not good to say much, just let the old faction of Ge Ge finalize the matter of disarmament." ”

Chu Junlan nodded, his footsteps suddenly stopped, and his face suddenly became solemn.

"Fu Gongzi, how many acres of rice fields are there we see?"

Fu Zhiheng looked at her in surprise: "With only a pair of naked eyes, who can judge how many?" It's not less than tens of thousands of acres. ”

"Then you say, will these military fields make a book and report it to the court?"

"It's nature."

"The number of acres of land reported to the imperial court, compared with all the military fields around Huaijing, which one is more?"

"Naturally, it should be the same......" Fu Zhiheng's face also became solemn.

Chu Junlan raised her head, and after she turned into an ordinary girl, only one pair of eyes on her face was the brightest.

"You said, Ge Ge Lao and my father are one of the army cutters and the other is the army protection faction, and they have been at odds with each other for a long time. If it was just a disagreement with political opinions, and there were not so many interests to plot, how could Ge Ge Lao be willing to let his daughter be 'killed'? He made a big deal and forced my father to speak, and if he did the disarmament thing, would there be huge benefits waiting for him? His home is in Huaijing. ”

Fu Zhiheng's brows were furrowed, and he could almost kill flies.

Chu Junlan snapped his fingers and calculated: "Let's assume that the acres of land reported to the emperor are half of the actual acres." Anyway, ordinary people can't see how many acres there are with the naked eye, that is to say, after disarmament, fifty percent of the wealth is not accounted for by the state treasury, so isn't it possible to fill one's own pockets from people? Tsk, that's a great way to make a fortune. ”

Sneering, Chu Junlan continued: "No wonder Ge Ge Lao is willing to give up his daughter in order to cut the army, if this matter doesn't work out, how can he be greedy for this huge amount of money?" Ge Shuyu will be incognito in the future, and marry whoever she wants with a large sum of silver, she will not be able to eat, and she will not lose at all if she dies. ”

Fu Zhiheng pursed his lips and did not speak.

In the next few days of going to Huaijing, Fu Zhiheng's face gradually became more gloomy.

Because there are so many rice fields, so many that they are abnormal!

Although they did not measure it, they did not see the account books handed over to the imperial court, and they had no evidence. However, Chu Junlan and Fu Zhiheng both knew that such an abnormal amount of fields must be a means for Shangguan to use the military camp to enrich his own pockets.

Fu Zhiheng is most unaccustomed to this kind of pickled dirty thing in his life, all the way to Huaijing City, Chu Junlan invited him to eat the local specialty osmanthus salted duck, but it didn't make him look good.

"Okay, don't be anxious," Chu Junlan said with a smile on his face, "You have kept your promise and sent me to Huaijing, you can return to Beijing, this matter is too complicated, if you continue to participate, I am afraid that you will really offend Ge Ge Lao's faction, you still have to go on a career path, it is not good to offend Ge Lao, I will deal with the rest myself." ”

"Am I afraid of him?" Fu Zhiheng raised his head angrily, gritted his teeth at Chu Junlan's completely indifferent expression, and said, "If these people want to fill their pockets so easily, it's a wrong idea!" What are you going to do next? I think there should be clues in the Ge family's family! ”

"yes, yes." Chu Junlan smiled, "But this has nothing to do with Fu Gongzi, you have already fulfilled our agreement." When I get rid of my sin, I will thank you so much. ”

Fu Zhiheng looked at Chu Junlan's plain face with makeup, and her peach blossom eyes met her full of playful eyes, and her stomach hurt with anger.

What does it mean, feng shui takes turns, and now it's his turn to beg her?