After the alliance between Hengchang Ticket Number and Aggregate Qianzhuang, the first thing was to launch a special new business within the Qianye Gong Alliance: the land real estate pawn business that was ten times the land price, that is, ten times the original land price. Of course, the ransom is also paid ten times when the redemption fee is deducted, and the fruits of the land during the pawn belong to the pawn owner, and the pawn period is 999 years.

Although the pawn period is long, it can be redeemed at any time, except for the first year. This new business is aimed at the Jiangnan gentry families who have a lot of land in their hands.

The principle of the capital game that Cao Shuyu played in Liuhe County is actually not complicated, the Cao family can play, and naturally others can also play it. Nowadays, the land premium in Liuhe County, the three counties in Jiangbei, has been quite serious, and the situation in the other two counties is slightly better, but there is also a premium, and the space for land prices to rise is gradually narrowing. In addition to the Jiangbei Three Counties Economic Zone, there are also the Central Plains Economic Zone centered on Xuzhou and the Xiong'an Economic Zone in Shuntianfu.

And these two areas have long been targeted.

Unlike Liuhe County, the Central Plains has always been a fief of the imperial family, especially Henan. The two prefectures of Baoding and Zhending, to which Xiong'an belongs, are Huangzhuang and give fields everywhere. Unless you have the background of the government, no matter how big the capital is, you may not be able to play it.

In this way, it gave a glimmer of hope to the big landowners in the south of the Yangtze River......

After all, that's a huge profit, who doesn't blush?

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Xu Xiangxue, the secretary of the criminal department who had been idle at home for two months, had asked Emperor Yongming to ask Ding Wei, because Mrs. Xu was unfortunately seriously ill in these two months, and then the medicine stone was in vain, and she died without skills.

Xu Xiangxue came to the emperor with a handful of snot and tears, and begged His Majesty to allow him to worry about Ding so that he could help his mother's coffin go back to his hometown in Wuxi for burial.

Filial piety comes first, and Emperor Yongming had to agree when he saw this, and let him go back to his hometown with a few words of relief.

Xu Xiangxue planned to go back by water, but fortunately, at this time, the Cao River in the north had not yet frozen, and he could still sail, otherwise he would have to take the land route first, and then choose the water route.

Xu Xiangxue left the capital crying, as if full of sadness...... As everyone knows, his heart has long been anxious, and the days at home are not easy, and he is thinking in his heart every day, one is worried about his career, and the other is anxious about his younger brother in Wuxi's hometown, and he has caused a lawsuit, and now it is the time to be anxious. On the contrary, the death of the old lady was not much sad......

When the ship left the still lively Tianjin wharf, ready to go down to Jinghai, through Qingxian, Xingji, Cangzhou, Dongguang to Dezhou, after Dezhou can be regarded as out of the boundary of Shuntianfu. Xu Xiangxue stood at the bow of the boat against the cold wind, looking at the north with gloomy eyes...... Although he left the capital, his bad mood did not improve at all.

At this time, he was like an animal that could sense earthquakes in advance, and he had trained his sensitive sense of touch in officialdom for many years. The Emperor's attitude has always been uncertain, and although his future is uncertain, he cannot sit idly by.

It is the season of late autumn, autumn means harvest, for the people, autumn not only means harvest, but also means tax payment, twice a year to pay taxes. And for officials, autumn also means 'harvest'......

Xu Xiangxue looked at the boats coming and going in the Cao River, and these boats may be carrying grain. This ancient Cao River carries millions of stone of grain every year, from south to north, through dozens of places of the size of the ferry pass, the official does not self-test, all the commissions of the officials, the husband of the patrol, the usual routine, the soil is appropriate, the foreshadowing will be consumed, knowing that it has no entrainment, it is necessary to ask for the wish to let go of the pass. This is true of the ships, not to mention the merchant ships that come and go.

What is the norm in officialdom? Xu Xiangxue naturally knows that with the ascension of his career, the common practices he has accepted are probably like the stars in the sky, and they are too many to count.

The only thing I remember is that the list of regular practices I saw for the first time when I first became the county magistrate is still quite impressive, and the regular income of a county government has 21 items, and the county he served in was Chun'an County, which was still Hai Rui's magistrate, how ironic.

The cold wind on the bow of the boat made him uncomfortable, but fortunately he brought warm ears so that he would not have a headache, but his face was still unconscious by the cold wind.

In the evening, the ship stopped in Texas and rested for the night to prepare for the next morning. The chief hurriedly walked to the bow of the boat, holding a letter in his hand, and said: "Master, the capital sent someone to send a letter from the second master, which was received the day after you left, and the house was afraid that it was an important letter, so I sent someone to send it quickly." ”

"Well," Xu Xiangxue replied lightly, took the letter casually, opened it to quickly browse it, and then folded the letter and handed it to Chang Sui.

"Master, but the second master has already received a funeral letter?"

"No," Xu Xiangxue said simply: "The matter over there in Wuxi." ”

"Could it be that the lawsuit on the second master's side is a little difficult to fight?" Chang Sui couldn't help but wonder.

"Regarding the land, the second child wants to find a reliable pawnbroker to pawn out the family's land and house."

"Oh......" Changsui didn't understand what he said, why did he have to pawn the field?

Xu Xiangxue looked at him blankly, and showed a teasing smile: "I don't understand why you want to pawn out the land?" ”

Chang Sui smiled embarrassedly: "Hehe, little stupid, I really can't figure it out." ”

Xu Xiangxue snorted, did not speak, and did not want to explain, but turned to the bow of the boat again, ignoring the entourage.

Only in my heart, which pawnshop in the south is the most credible?

On the second day, the ship left Dezhou and continued southward, and soon arrived at Linqing and entered the middle of the canal. After this section was completely separated from the Yellow River, there was no lag in traffic, and the speed of the boat was significantly improved, so it quickly arrived in Yangzhou. After Yangzhou, the canal basically enters the southern section.

The second master of the Xu family finally arrived in Yangzhou before the ship left, and met his eldest brother Xu Xiangxue, who came directly from Wuxi. On the shore, the two brothers wore linen and filial piety, hugged each other and wept bitterly, and then supported each other and boarded the boat again.

After some tossing, the two brothers were finally able to sit down and talk, and there were no outsiders at this time, so Xu Xiangxue briefly explained the whole process of his mother from illness to death.

The second child of the Xu family sighed when he heard this, and said: "I thought it would be good for her to let my mother go to the capital, but I didn't expect it to end up ...... Hey, I knew I would stay in Wuxi and not go anywhere......"

Xu Xiangxue didn't want to discuss his mother's issue at this time, so he changed the topic and asked, "You came to Yangzhou, but there are other things?" ”

The second child of the Xu family did have something else, and when he heard him ask, he quickly put away his sadness and said, "Yes, as I said in my letter......

He told the matter as it was, and told his eldest brother Xu Xiangxue his thoughts.

Xu Xiangxue was surprised at first when he heard it, because he had been at home in the capital for a long time, which also caused the lag of these news, and he had not heard about it until now. But soon he fell silent and thought carefully......

The first thing he pondered was what the purpose of the Norita was