Seeing off the big monk and the little monk, Wang Xu freed his hands and feet and began to plan for the next step.

Xue Mushan, the great Confucian of Sanjian River, is the former imperial history of Zuodu, a member of the court of the second grade, who returned to his hometown because of the defeat of the party dispute.

In Shilin, Xue Mushan is considered a clear stream, especially in the north, and is known all over the world.

If you can worship Xue Mushan as a teacher, you can avoid many detours in the future, and it will also be beneficial to fame.

"Xue Mushan lives in seclusion in Sanjian Creek and doesn't ask about the world, it is not easy for outsiders to see him. It is said that the Sanjian Creek is ten miles in radius, and it has been banned by Xue Mushan with a pen circle, and he can't go in without an invitation. I wanted to see Xue Mushan, so I could only do what he liked and lure him out with a falcon. ”

Xue Mushan is a northerner and has three hobbies, one is famous horses, one is calligraphy, and the other is falconry.

After his later years, Xue Mushan became more and more obsessed with calligraphy and falcons, these two things are Wang Xu's name.

A few days ago, Wang Xu had already sent someone to the north to buy falcons.

Counting the time, it's almost time to have an eyebrow.

"Young master, young master, people are back, back."

Wang Xu was thinking about the falcon when a servant broke in and said that the person who bought the falcon had returned.

"Did you bring the eagle back?" Wang Xu hurriedly asked.

"I brought it back, one big and two small, it looks majestic, it's in the yard."

Hearing the servant's words, Wang Xu walked quickly to the courtyard.

When I arrived at the yard, I saw three falcons, one big, two small and three falcons, flapping their wings in the cage.

"Young master, you can't touch it, this beast's temperament is fierce!" Seeing that Wang Xu was going to touch the eagle, the servant hurriedly came up to stop him.

Wang Xu was not angry when he was stopped, looked at the steward who went to the north to collect eagles, and the eagle keeper who was brought back, and asked, "Where is this eagle?" ”

"The pure-blooded grassland goshawk from the Youzhou grassland is used in the scout team of the Northland Border Army."

As he spoke, the steward introduced the eagle keeper: "This is the eagle keeper Lao Dong, who came out of the border army scout team, and his ancestors have been raising eagles for generations, and it took a lot of money to invite him back." ”

Wang Xu looked at Lao Dong twice, this person is not tall, and the military temperament on his body is very strong, but in addition, he looks a little dull, and he looks unsmiling.

"What's your eagle called, and how long has it been?" Wang Xu retracted his gaze and looked at the big eagle.

Lao Dong thought for a while and replied: "This eagle is called Ben Lei, and it has been with me for thirty-six years, so it is a good eagle." ”

The normal lifespan of an eagle is about forty or fifty years, and if it is well raised, a few can live to sixty years.

Lao Dong looks to be in his fifties, and he has been raising eagles for thirty-six years, counting that he has been raising eagles since he was a teenager, and he retired from the border army when he was old.

"The three eagles cost three hundred taels for the big ones and five hundred taels for the two small ones, making a total of eight hundred taels. And the steward whom thou hast sent said, "I will come back with me to raise eagles, and I will be paid twice as much as in the north." I have raised eagles for large families, and it is twenty taels of silver a year, and if you give twice the salary, it is forty taels, and I only sign a long-term deed for more than three years, and if you plan to keep me, you must sign it for at least three years. ”

Lao Dong teased the falcon and said without raising his head.

"No problem."

Wang Xu agreed, and instructed the servants beside him: "Call Liu Quan to come over, take him to the official mansion to draw a charge, and give him the money after signing." ”

"Yes, young master." The servant obeyed the order and went to find the housekeeper Liu Quan.

Seeing the servant go away, Wang Xu chatted with Lao Dong and asked, "Compared with Youzhou, how is our Yangzhou?" ”

"Yangzhou is a good place, Youzhou is not good, the further north it is, the more it is not, there is a lot of chaos over there. In my hometown, near the Far North, there are often monsters crossing the border to plague livestock, and some monsters even eat people. ”

When he mentioned his hometown, Lao Dong shook his head slightly.

Wang Xu frowned slightly, puzzled: "No one cares?" ”

"Someone is in charge, but they can't be managed, the border army is facing off with the main force of the demon clan in the Two Realms Mountain, and there is also a magic circle on the border to isolate it. The big demon in the extreme north can't cross the border array, but the little demon can, and there will be some fish that slip through the net every year. There is a big drought in the north this year, and the demon clan in the extreme north is also having a hard time, there are more demons who have crossed the border than in previous years, and when I settle down here, I will take my family over. ”

When mentioning his family, Lao Dong's numb eyes were a little more bright.

Wang Xu frowned slightly, Lao Dong said simply, but deep thinking hides a big change.

Youzhou, Bingzhou, and Yongzhou are the three northern states of the human race, bordering the land of the demon race.

Nearly seventy percent of the imperial court's troops are stationed in these three states, and the severe drought in the north and the lack of grain production will inevitably fluctuate the grain prices in the Central Plains and the south of the Yangtze River.

"You've also been to the north, but have you ever seen a drought there?" Wang Xu turned his head and asked Xiang Buyying's steward.

The steward nodded again and again, and said in a low voice: "This year, there is not enough rain in the north, and there is a locust plague during the autumn harvest, and the grain output is only three or four percent of previous years. ”

"Woe to you!"

Wang Xu's eyes flickered, and the rain in Jiuquan Town this year was much less than in previous years, and the grain output was also somewhat affected.

Before, he thought that this was only a local phenomenon, but now that he heard that the north is even worse, I am afraid that this drought is of a national nature.

The people depend on food, and the harm caused by drought is not under the famine.

When the common people do not have enough to eat, they will rebel, and often there will be a major drought followed by displaced people and uprisings, and it is impossible to say that the situation will be chaotic in the future.

Thinking of the scene where countless displaced people went south, like a locust plague, Wang Xu shuddered.

"We can't delay, we have to plan ahead."

Wang Xu couldn't take care of Lao Dong anymore, so he hurriedly went to Wang's rice line.

The Wang family has 30,000 acres of land, two rice shops, not too much, not too little, and the land in the town is only less than the Zhao family, which has 100,000 acres of fertile land.

When he arrived at the rice shop, Mr. Wang was taking his men to negotiate the price of grain with the rice merchants from the county.

Hearing that he wanted to sell grain, Wang Xu hurriedly said: "You can't sell it!" ”

"Huh?"

Master Wang was tapping the grain storage, and when he heard Wang Xu's words, he couldn't help but look up.

Wang Xu walked up quickly and whispered: "Father, the white steward has come back and brought news of the great drought in the north, and now there are a large number of victims in the north, ready to come to the south, this grain must not be sold." ”

"Really?" Master Wang was shocked and looked at the grain merchant from the county.

In the eye, the grain merchant who has been sitting on the chair drinking tea, as steady as Mount Tai, has a little more unnatural on his face.

The three major families in Jiuquan Town are just the overlords of the countryside, and they are in charge of their own one-third of an acre of land at most.

And the grain merchants in these counties are often affiliated with the Chamber of Commerce, and they have eyeliner in Kyushu, and if there is a drought in the north, such news cannot be hidden from them.

Seeing the grain merchant's expression, Master Wang sighed in his heart, this grain can no longer be sold.

"Boss Wang, why did you stop?" The grain merchant stroked the jade wrench in his hand, and said in a long voice: "The price of grain for you this year is two percent higher than in previous years, which is a big deal." ”

"Boss Su, is there a drought in the north?"

"How do I know that, don't you say?"

Hearing Master Wang's words, the grain merchant surnamed Su was noncommittal, and looked like you don't ask me.

Master Wang's face changed again and again, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Boss Su, we don't sell the grain anymore, I'm sorry this time, I let you run away in vain." ”

Boss Su's face turned cold, and he was about to have a seizure, but then he seemed to think of something, and his attitude softened again: "Boss Wang, we are also old friends, since you don't want to sell, I can't force you." However, there is a saying that trouble comes from the mouth, some things can be done but cannot be said, and some things can be said but not done, you should understand what I mean. ”

"Understood, understood..." As soon as Master Wang heard this, he knew that there was a great drought in the north, and it should not be false that there was no harvest.

Such a big thing was not spread to the south, and eighty percent of them were given a gag order from above, so as not to make food prices unstable below.

What Boss Su meant in and out of his words was to remind himself not to talk nonsense, and it was not time for this matter to spread.

If you do it, this group of grain merchants who drink the blood of the people will have a dark way.

"It's good to understand, then I'll leave first, I wish Boss Wang a prosperous business, and we have the opportunity to cooperate." Boss Su put the words down and left with his buddies.

When he couldn't see it anymore, Wang Xu looked at his father in this life and asked, "Does my father have a solution?" ”

"Collect grain, harvest ruthlessly, the big grain merchants above eat meat, why don't we have to drink soup with it!" Master Wang's eyes were bright, and now the grain in the nearby villages and towns had just been harvested, and everyone didn't know the news of the drought in the north, which gave him room to operate.

Although Boss Su is a big grain merchant in the county, he only goes to the town to collect grain, and the villages and towns below have never been to it before.

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