The scorching June sun shone over the rolling hills, and white clouds covered the clear blue sky.

The sun shone through the gaps between the clouds, the dark green forest, the grass-green grassy hills, and the light brown rice fields under the hills, and the light green seedlings that had just been planted in the fields.

On the grassy knoll, white sheep, black cattle, and yellow horses dot the area.

It's a beautiful countryside landscape, and it's a picture of vivid colors.

This is the North American Continental ...... in 1514, no, now called the North Continent of Dongzhou.

Located in the middle of the eastern part of the Northern Continent, Trois-Rivières (Pittsburgh) is a small city that has only developed rapidly in the past three decades.

With abundant coal mines and a few small iron ore mines, as well as two rivers that extend to the Great Lakes, it forms a vast industrial network with the industrial base surrounding the Great Lakes region.

Today, Trois-Rivières has a population of more than 600,000 and an urban population of more than 150,000.

Nearly half of the population in the urban area is directly or indirectly related to the largest factory here, Dongzhou No. 5 Tractor Factory.

Dongzhou No. 5 Tractor Factory originally only produced tractors, but because it is close to the largest agricultural area in the north continent of Dongzhou, the production scale of tractors is getting larger and larger, and now it has formed an upstream and downstream production line from tractors to various agricultural machinery.

The economy of Three Rivers City is booming, and it has also become the new economic center of Xuezhou County, even more prosperous than Xuezhou County (New York).

The hilly area, which was once covered with forests, is now prosperous in agriculture, rich in minerals, and developed in industry.

There are three county kings and two county lords in King Xue's Mansion, all of whom are divided here.

More than ten miles southeast of Three Rivers City, there is a three-storey building, a castle-style building that combines East and West.

According to the regulations, it can be seen that the three-story castle belongs to the county king level, and there is a large Chinese-style courtyard at the back of this castle, which is the residence of Zhu Lihua, the lord of Xue Wangfu.

This piece covers an area of 30,000 square meters, with several hills and 10,000 acres of fertile land, with a total area of 5 square kilometers, and is Zhu Lihua's private fief.

According to the Great Ming Law, the fief of the county lord is the same as that of the county king, and also has the same tax reduction standard.

Due to the sparse population, the Dongzhou continent had to vigorously develop mechanized agriculture. Even if the county lord's tax rate was low, leaving her a lot of space, it was difficult for her to attract natives or commoners to work as hired people, so only the most fertile land in this large area of land was reclaimed.

However, the county lord has a royal custom, and she will not rely on this land for a living when she can receive 10,000 silver coins from the royal bank every year.

What's more, the husband of the county lord was the head of the Fifth Tractor Factory, managing this factory of tens of thousands of people, and earning a lot of money.

The feudal lord's fiefdom is surrounded by beautiful hilly terrain, with river belts, rolling hills, and lush forests.

Because of the beauty of the mountains and waters, although the cultivated land is not concentrated, it is more favored by the upper class of Trois-Rivières City.

Whether it is the royal government officials or the wealthy merchants in the city, they are proud to own the farmstead here, and they have built a holiday farm with its own style.

On the southeast side of a hill adjacent to the lord's fiefdom, upstream of a tributary of a small river, separated by a large forest, there is a col, through which a small river flows, which naturally divides into two small farms.

The farms to the north are located on the riverside under the hills, and there are about four or five hundred acres of arable land, and beyond that, there are forests all over the hills.

The farm is not big, there is a set of courtyards in the south of the Yangtze River that are particularly beautiful, and the only thing that stands in the way is a large warehouse-like factory building standing at the foot of the mountain.

A long concrete mountain road skirts several hills and crosses a small bridge that leads to the farmstead.

Because there is only one family here, at the small bridge, there is a two-room wooden house gatehouse, and there is only one disabled old man over sixty years old, who is on duty here.

Hundreds of miles around are rich areas, the roads are guarded and monitored, few bandits dare to visit here, and this gatehouse is like a fictitious place.

Liu Shanzi, who had only one leg left, fought with bandits when he was young, was hit in one leg, and because he didn't pay attention to it at first, he later caused an infection and had to amputate his leg.

Although he later saved his life, the infection not only caused him to lose a leg, but also lost the ability to be a man.

The Liu family has been raising him, and later his niece Liu Xianglan's family business was prosperous and she bought this farm, but there was a lack of manpower, so he came to this farm to retire.

Even if he is half-disabled, he has never lost his first-hand marksmanship, and it is more than enough to be a janitor.

It was already evening, the western sky was gradually dyed red, and he sat on the attic on the second floor of the gatehouse, watching the hired farmers of the farms upstream of the river beach driving tractors to plow, a scene of busy farming.

A young man dressed in regular clothes rode a bicycle, and seeing this scene, Liu Shanzi couldn't help but show a smile on his face.

"If Xiao Si really marries the young lady of the county lord's family, the Zhou family's position in Three Rivers City will be more stable."

The young man approached on a bicycle, his long hair was coiled into a bun, his handsome face was a little sweaty, and there was only a faint stubble on his lips, exuding the breath of youth, but he was full of the attraction of a mature man.

Even though he was sweating profusely, the teenager was still full of charming charm.

Liu Shanzi showed a pleased smile, this young man is the most outstanding Zhou Bei in the second generation of the Zhou family, and he is also his nephew.

There are six brothers in the Zhou family, and this junior has worried the most from childhood to adulthood, but his achievements are far from being comparable to those of other brothers.

On the handlebar, there is a live rabbit hanging on the left, and a crayfish in a straw basket on the right. Zhou Bei stopped the car, his tall and long-legged left leg was directly supported on the ground, looking up at the old man. "Seventh uncle, it's so hot, didn't you go down to the river and go to the net?"

Liu Shanzi shook his head and said: "The fish in the river have all been caught, and they will be caught until autumn and winter." Looking for the little lady again? ”

Zhou Bei nodded and smiled: "She likes to eat crayfish, she just caught a basket, and I sent it to her." ”

Liu Shanzi sighed: "Little lady Youwei, your mother likes it very much, it is her marriage, and you have to urge the county lord of Lihua to withdraw from the marriage as soon as possible." ”

Zhou Bei nodded and said, "I know that Director Yu will go to Tangzhou to offer condolences this time, and he will discuss it with Tang Wangfu." ”

"I hope everything goes well, and when the little lady turns eighteen, I will marry her into the door."

Zhou Bei smiled. "She's married to me...... I went to ......"

Crossing the river along the stone bridge, and traveling no more than two or three miles on the flat concrete road with undulating terrain, and rounding two small hills, we arrived at the gate of the county lord's mansion.

Everything here is built according to the regulations of the imperial court, the gatehouse on the south side of the small river is much more magnificent than the Zhou family, there are three doorhouses for welcoming guests alone, and there are two guardrooms, and a huge gatehouse is guarded.

The guards here are also familiar with Zhou Bei, and when they saw Zhou Bei, they opened the small door and said with a smile: "Zai Heng is here, the little lady Youwei called us just now to ask if you have arrived." ”

The boy pointed to a basket of crayfish, and casually took two packs of cigarettes from the handlebars and handed them over. "She's the one who is anxious, is the county lord here?"

"Jinling cigarettes, you are willing to send us this kind of smoke." After getting two packs of cigarettes, the two guards were more kind and helped him carry the bicycle through the small door. "The county lord's mother has not come back from the city, and there has been a big flood in the lake area recently, and she is busy with disaster relief!"

"Then I'll go." The boy was so overjoyed that he didn't care about chatting any longer, and immediately stepped on his bicycle and rode across the bridge.

Behind him, one of the guards looked at the wall clock on the wall, slipped into his cubicle, took out a notebook, and recorded it in secret language: At three o'clock on June 16, Zhou Bei entered the Lihua County Lord's Mansion.

Zhou Bei rode a bicycle, his pedals were like flying, and the bicycle was moving fast.

Although the county lord Niangniang does not restrict herself from seeing Youwei now, she is afraid that they will be young and vigorous and do things that will damage the door.

After all, Youwei is engaged to the concubine of Tang Wangfu, if she loses her virginity, the face of Tang Wangfu will be damaged, and the county lord will not be able to bear it here.

After all, the Tang Palace, one of the ninety-nine princely mansions of the Ming Dynasty, is not only a high and powerful position, but also the face of the clan is more important.

Even if it is Prince Xue, he will not offend the Tang Wangfu of the same level for his daughter and granddaughter, at that time, his small body will definitely not be able to bear it.

However, if you don't break Youwei's body, it's not that there is no other alternative.

The pure and cute Youwei has long been coaxed by him to lose herself, although she has not broken her body, but she has also lost her body a long time ago.

The gate is still two miles away from the main house, compared to the Zhou family, the greening of the county lord's mansion is better, there are green lawns everywhere, trees are planted on both sides of the road, and flower beds are built.

It has been seventeen years since the county lord got married, and it has been seventeen years since it was built, and the original small trees have become dense trees.

The winding road is shaded by trees all the way to the end, creating a shaded corridor.

This time I went to Yingtianfu to apply for a patent, and I earned hundreds of thousands of dollars in licensing money, except for buying a house in Yingtianfu, most of the money was brought back.

Now that there is no shortage of money, it is time to marry Youwei in two years, and it is time to repair his farm.

However, thinking that the brothers and sisters in the family have not yet separated, and it will take two years to marry Youwei, and I don't know where I want to do it in the future, it seems that I don't need to be in such a hurry......

The cool breeze blew in the green shade, and the sweat on his body quickly dried, and before he reached the front yard, he saw a figure appear in a window on the third floor of the main building, waved his hand from afar, and soon disappeared again.

When Zhou Bei rode to the square in the front yard, a delicate figure ran out of the gate of the villa, and behind her, there was a slightly shorter figure. "Miss, reserved ......"

Zhou Bei stopped the car, and when he saw Yu Youwei's pure cute little face running over, he couldn't help but show a warm smile.