This year is a year of celebration for the Gao family in Jian'an County, originally the Gao family is a local wealthy family in Jian'an County, although the strength of the family is not called the top local powerhouse, but at least it can be ranked among the top ten families in Jian'an County.

However, since the 'rebellion' of Hou Jingzhi more than ten years ago, the local powerful Hou Baoying has grasped the power of Jian'an County in many power games, and then was appointed as the county guard by Emperor Liang Yuan.

The Gao family, which was not very close to the Hou family, began to decline year by year under the 'pressure' of the Hou family, who controlled the power of Jian'an County, and several powerful families who were attached to the Hou family.

The thousands of hectares of fertile land that the Gao clan originally owned around Jian'an County have been taken away in the past ten years, and even some poor children in the clan need help from the clan from time to time.

Until ten days ago, Lin Yutong, the patriarch of the Lin clan, suddenly secretly gathered several families such as the Gao family, the Chen family and the Huang family, who had always been 'friendly', and they all had a deep hatred with the Hou family.

At that time, only the patriarchs of the four families participated in the meeting, and no one else participated, so there was no way to know what happened at that time.

In the following days, Jian'an County underwent earth-shaking changes, Jian'an City was broken by the Chen army with the cooperation of the Lin family, the Gao family and other heroes, the Hou family was captured, and Hou Baoying and others were escorted to Jiankang City for questioning.

Because the Gao family followed the Lin family to act as Chen Jun's internal response, and had the merit of seizing the 'door', he gained a lot of benefits in the subsequent reorganization of power.

Not to mention that all the fertile fields that were taken away by the Hou family and other heroes in the past were to come back, and because they stood in line correctly, Han Zigao rewarded hundreds of hectares of fertile land.

It's just that the Gao family has multiplied over the years, and the number of people has increased a lot, even if so much land is added, it still can't meet the needs.

In order to seek more land and profits, the Gao family began to prepare to learn from the wealthy 'men' of the land of Sanwu, and prepared to develop the mountainous land they had seized and plant tea and mulberry trees.

As a result, the mountains that had been cultivated by Shang Laohan and others for nearly 20 years came into the sight of the Gao family, and after nearly 20 years of improvement, these mountains were no longer the barren land they were back then.

Coupled with the attention of the court of the Southern Dynasties, the mulberry sericulture developed rapidly in the south, although the quality is not comparable to the silk of Qingzhou and Luzhou in the north, but the output is several times higher than that of the north.

In Wuxing, Wujun and other places in the Sanwu region of Jiangdong, there are even eight generations of silkworms, that is, eight generations of silkworms can be raised in a year, and Qingzhou, where the mulberry sericulture is the most developed during the same period, only raises two or three generations at most.

Coupled with the increasing prosperity of the tea trade, the powerful and powerful in the Southern Dynasties have occupied mountains and forests for development, and there are more and more tea mountains in the south of the Yangtze River.

Not to mention anything else, Wang Ze's caravan alone had to buy at least one million dollars of tea from all over the south of the Yangtze River every year to supply the army and the people; In addition, it is also sold to Wakoku, Baekje, Silla, Goguryeo, and even Khitan and other places every year.

Because tea is not only a drink, but also can prevent illness caused by soil and water adaptation, it is a rare 'medicine' for nomads and ships adrift at sea to a certain extent.

Since the Gao family turned over with the Lin family, several clansmen in the family have served as assistants in the county guard's mansion, and some children have begun to lose their identities and become arrogant.

Seeing that the mountainous land that was rented to the old Shang Han and these homeless people had been raised to be 'fattened', some people made up their minds.

Because of the previous setbacks, some people in the Gao family were ready to use force to force the old man to accept it, but unexpectedly, even the servants and children of the Gao family were beaten in the city.

At this time, even the patriarch of the Gao clan suddenly felt a little unbearable on his face, so he simply sent the housekeeper of the family to take the county soldiers to take it by force.

Some people who have lived in oppression for a long time, once they turn over, are most afraid of others mentioning their humble past, which is a manifestation of extreme inferiority and lack of self-confidence.

The same is true for the Gao family, the children of the family were beaten in Jian'an City, which immediately made the Gao family, who felt that he had turned over and became the master, felt a little embarrassed and began to have hysterical seizures.

Gao's housekeeper didn't bring many officers and soldiers, only one hundred and ten people, but he felt that there were officers and soldiers who occupied the righteousness of the imperial court, and he was not afraid that these mountain people would resist, otherwise they would rebel and kill their heads, the executive thought proudly.

Looking at the tea trees in the terraced fields on the mountain in front of them, and the mulberry fields higher up, the executives didn't feel tired, as long as they took back the land, then they could also get a piece of the pie in it.

I forgot that I had walked six or seven miles before, and kept cursing that these poor ghosts lived too far away, and that my two 'legs' were sore.

When it was easy to climb to the village halfway up the mountain where Shang Laohan and others lived, he was ready to put up a shelf and teach these northern barbarians who didn't know what to do.

At first, when they saw the people in the village gathered, the executive's family wanted to scare the villagers in the name of officers and soldiers, but when the executive's family saw Wang Ze, Feng Fu and others under the camphor tree, as well as the hundreds of 'guards' behind them, they were so frightened that they trembled.

Wang Ze had set off such a big storm and 'waves' in the city before, and the major wealthy families in the city had already painted Wang Ze's portrait for the children of the clan to see.

At that time, Wang Ze and Hou Bao should be in the battle of Haiping Island, and all the major wealthy families in the county were ordered by Hou Bao to follow and help in the war, so they all had children involved, but they knew the strength of Wang Ze's naval army.

The senior executives and the team leaders of the county soldiers walked up to Wang Ze and Feng Servant together and saluted: "The villain has seen Xiahou and the county guard!" ”

Wang Ze squinted his eyes and asked, "Who are you?" Why are you here? ”

The leader of the county soldiers was trembling and speechless, but the senior executive's family calmed down, and he said to Wang Ze: "Back to the Hou Ye, these people are renting and planting my Gao's mountain land, and now my family has another use for the land, so I have to send a villain to take it back." ”

Looking at the executives who had become calm in front of him, Wang Ze was a little admired, and the Feng servant next to him shouted: "Then why did you bring these county soldiers here?" ”

The senior executive's family turned to Feng Servant and bowed down and said: "Lord County Guard, you don't know, this group of homeless people came here back then, and my master saw that they were pitiful, so he rented these lands to them at a low price, so that they could only be one for nearly twenty years, and now my family wants to take back the land, but they don't want to return the rent!" My master had no choice but to ask the county guard to send troops to expel them! ”

Wang Ze's eyes swept over a circle of villagers with fearful faces, knowing that they were afraid that the officers and soldiers would be involved in this matter, and if there was a dirty person who became a bandit and killed the good and risked his merits, there was no place to say it.

With a roll of his eyes, Wang Ze had an idea in his heart, and he said to the executives: "Even if the land belongs to your family, after all, it has been cultivated by these people for many years, and the barren land has been cultivated into a 'fatten' field, how can it be taken back without compensation for no reason?" ”

The executive sighed for a moment and said: "Since Xiahou has asked about this matter, my master will definitely give a compensation that satisfies the adults if he wants to recover the land." ”

So Wang Ze pretended to be helpless and said to Shang Laohan: "Uncle Shang, after all, this land belongs to the Gao family, and now the people want to take back the land and give compensation to everyone's satisfaction, and now that they are in charge, I can only help so much." ”

When Shang Laohan heard Wang Ze's words, he was happy and sad, happy that he didn't have to send away the land that had been reclaimed for so much to raise 'fat' in vain, and sad that he and his fellow villagers were about to leave their homes where they had lived for nearly 20 years.

The heads of each household in the village discussed for half an hour before they reached a unified opinion, but Shang Laohan and Wang Ze said: "Master Hou, we are willing to accept Gao's compensation and return the land to Gao's. ”

Although these villagers have not gone to school and are illiterate, each of them has a scale in their hearts, and they are all exiles from other places, although they have lived here for nearly 20 years, but they are not locals after all.

Now the Gao family is willing to give appropriate compensation in front of Wang Ze, a noble man, if he and the others do not accept it, when Wang Ze leaves the local area, and then the Gao family will come to deal with his group of small people, it will be effortless.

Seeing that these villagers were willing to accept their own conditions, and wait for the Gao family to give sufficient compensation before returning the mountain land to the Gao family, although the executive's family secretly felt a 'meat' pain in their hearts, it was still worth the cost of 'spending' to return the mountain land.

The most important thing is to avoid Wang Ze from interfering in this matter, after all, Gao's servants had a conflict with Wang Ze's subordinates before.

After agreeing on the compensation with the villagers, the executive's family didn't dare to stay longer and hurriedly said goodbye to Wang Ze and Feng Fu, and the group of county soldiers who came with them didn't even drink saliva and left in a hurry.

Seeing the back of the executive's family and others leaving, Wang Ze suddenly smiled at this time, and was just seen by Cheng Xueying and Zhu Qingqing.

Cheng Xueying, who felt strange, asked him: "Dalang, why are you suddenly laughing?" Also, why didn't you help Uncle Shang ask for the land, but let the Gao family take back the land, you must know that this mountainous land couldn't even grow trees back then, or the hard work of Uncle Shang and others in the past 20 years has become what it is now. ”

Wang Ze turned his head to look at the villagers who were still discussing in the distance, and then said to Cheng Xueying and Zhu Qingqing with confidence: "Of course I laugh because we have benefits, Sister Cheng, you must know, first of all, we are not officials of this Da Chen, we are just here to help counter the rebellion, and we have no right to manage these local affairs in Jian'an."

Besides, even if it is managed, Uncle Shang temporarily retains the lease rights of these mountain lands, but when we leave, I am afraid that the Gao family will use more 'fierce' methods to deal with Uncle Shang, and they will suffer even more.

Now that we are here, the Gao clan will inevitably come up with more compensation in order to recover the land, and didn't we set up two strongholds in Yizhou? There is a large area of flat land, and a lot of people need to go and cultivate it! ”

Speaking of this, the corners of Wang Ze's mouth couldn't help but curl up, and the corners of his mouth were full of smug expressions.

Seeing Wang Ze's appearance, Cheng Xueying and Zhu Qingqing punched him together, Zhu Qingqing pouted and said, "Look at you, you want Uncle Shang to follow you to Yizhou, and you have to use so many hearts." ”

After receiving a few punches on his body, Wang Ze didn't care, anyway, the fists that Cheng Xueying and the two hit on his body had no strength at all.

Feng Servant next to him was dumbfounded, although he had seen a lot of things with Mrs. Xian and his father Feng Bao since he was a child, but Wang Ze's hand Feng Servant really hadn't seen it.

Obviously, they want to get benefits, but let others be bad people, these villagers have to be grateful to Wang Ze for fulfilling Wang Ze's wishes, Feng Fu seems to understand something, this is the realm of being a human being is different.

At this time, Shang Laohan and hundreds of villagers, regardless of the old and weak, 'women' and children, suddenly knelt down in front of Wang Ze, Shang Laohan said with tears: "Thanks to the help of the son, we can get some compensation, but now we will be homeless, we are willing to be the servant of the son, and I hope the son will take us in!" ”

Wang Ze was overjoyed in his heart, but he said quietly: "I am grateful for your love, but I am Xiahou of the East China Sea, not a person from the Southern Dynasties, and I really can't bear to let you folks leave their hometowns and go overseas again!" ”

Some of these villagers were reluctant to go overseas when they heard that they were going to defect to Wang Ze, but most of them were still willing to follow.

The following things are easy to do, Gao saw that Wang Ze supported the villagers, and gave all the compensation to the villagers the next day, Han Zigao felt that hundreds of people left the Southern Dynasty with Wang Ze and did not think it was a big deal.

However, when the news spread that Wang Ze was ready to let these hundreds of villagers and merchant ships go overseas, there was a big trouble to find the 'door'.