"You get out of the way, she won't dare to kill me." Tang Wen pulled Zhan Junru to the side with his hand, and faced Gu Hanyan with his chest held high.

"You...... You ...... you" dang chang, the knife fell to the ground, and Gu Hanyan burst into tears.

"I saved your life, and it was on this condition that you sold yourself into the Tang family.

Moreover, I, Tang Wen, have designated you as a personal slave.

Therefore, in this life, you don't want to leave the Tang family, unless you take revenge, it will be better for pigs and dogs. Tang Wen flicked his sleeves and went out.

"My lord, look at this." In Yanling County Mansion, Yang Yun carried a small bag of things to Taishou Zhang Hongjiang's house, and opened the bag after resting it on the table.

Zhang Hongjiang stretched out his head and looked, "Isn't it rice?" ”

"It's rice, but look at it, my lord, it's the rice we usually eat." Yang Yun took out another small bag of rice and opened it.

Zhang Hongjiang walked over with some suspicion, picked up the rice and looked at it, and suddenly said with some surprise, "This rice is smooth and shiny, full of particles, round, much better than what we eat, where did it come from?" ”

Because there was no fertilizer in the Chu State, the rice was very thin, shriveled and malnourished.

In addition, the rice milling equipment is simple and rough, and the appearance is extremely poor.

Compared with the pearl rice produced in modern society, it is not on the same level at all.

"Koh Samui." Yang Yun said.

"Isn't Koh Samui a desert island?" Zhang Hongjiang looked at Yang Yun with a puzzled expression.

"It used to be a desert island, but now it's different, the owner of this island has returned." Yang Yun said.

"And the Lord? Who is it? Zhang Hongjiang was stunned.

"That person's name is Tang Wen, he is only sixteen years old, he is from Liangzhou County in our province, and he is still a third-class baron.

He brought his family with hundreds of people. However, the Tang family's houses on the island were all burned down by pirates, leaving only ruins and barren grass.

However, Tang Wen is very capable, he set up camp, set up hundreds of tents, installed barbed wire outside, and lived in a tin house.

A few days ago, it was estimated that the pirates heard that the Tang family had rice and grain, so seventy or eighty of them came to kill them.

However, the Tang family they colluded with was discovered by Tang Wen's subordinates, so they set up a trap to introduce the pirates into the camp and shut down the door and beat the dogs.

killed seventy-two people and reported the case to our Yanling County, so his subordinates brought people over. Yang Yun said.

"Barbed wire, what kind of barbed wire?" Zhang Hongjiang asked.

"The net was so strong, more than four meters high, that it would be difficult to hit it with a piece of wood.

The wire is half the thickness of chopsticks, and I have tried it, but it is extremely difficult to open.

Moreover, the range is not small, it is estimated that it will take six or seven hundred meters to circle down, so how much iron does it take? That's a lot of money. Yang Yun exclaimed.

"Have you checked his details?" Zhang Hongjiang asked.

"It took more than ten days for the subordinates to report to you, just to find out the details of the Tang family. Tang Wen's ancestor was named the ...... of Liangzhou by the monarch because of his great achievements," Yang Yun said.

"You mean that the Tang family has declined, and after Tang Shixian's death, the remaining silver of the Tang family is less than three thousand taels.

As a result, he was robbed by robbers on the road, and finally fled to our Yanling County.

However, Tang Wen has only been in Koh Samui for a few months, where did he get the money to buy barbed wire, set up camp, and recruit slaves? Zhang Hongjiang asked.

"I also inquired about this, and it is said that Tang Wen earned a lot of money when he was studying at Linghai Academy." Yang Yun said.

"How much silver can a scholar make, do you believe that?" Zhang Hongjiang raised his eyebrows and said.

"Of course I don't believe it, but I think that the Tang family used to be an earl after all, and the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse. Tang Shixian is dead, but he has to leave something for his son. Yang Yun nodded.

"Well, this is normal. Even if the ancestor left a treasure and sold it, it was worth more than 100,000 taels. Zhang Hongjiang nodded.

"My lord, in order to defend against pirates, the Tang family has always suspected that there are not enough people.

A third-class baron, according to the rules of the royal family, can only have a personal guard of sixty people.

Therefore, Tang Wen wanted to expand the pro-guard army to fight pirates.

Otherwise, the pirates came over again and again, and the Tang family would not be able to settle down. Yang Yun said.

"Of course, however, his rank is too low, and we can't ask him to expand the Guard. This is against the rules of the court. Zhang Hongjiang said.

"So, he wants to raise the knighthood. His subordinates gave him an idea, which was to donate silver.

Hehe, my lord, the war in the northwest is tight, and there are a lot of tasks assigned to our county for grain, grass and horses, which require more than one million taels of silver, and so far we have only scraped together three hundred thousand taels.

By the end of next month, if the task cannot be completed, the military order is like a mountain.

At that time, we will have to take off all the clothes on our heads, and if it is serious, our lives will not be guaranteed. Yang Yun said.

"How much does he want to donate?" Zhang Hongjiang was suddenly interested.

During this time, I have been worrying about making money, and I have never slept peacefully.

"I don't know how many subordinates there are, but I think that according to the family background I saw from my subordinates, he should be able to come up with tens of thousands of taels. For example, if he wants to be promoted to viscount, he has to donate tens of thousands of taels. Yang Yun replied.

"It's better to donate more, give him some benefits first, and when the time comes, when he is happy, he will donate more." Zhang Hongjiang said.

"The benefits? How to give? We can't do it for him to mention the lords, he has no military exploits. Yang Yun was stunned.

"You, you, sometimes you're smart, sometimes you're confused. Let me ask you, how many feats do you have to kill an enemy on the battlefield? Zhang Hongjiang asked.

"One battle feats are worth a hundred taels of silver." Yang Yun replied.

"That's right, didn't he kill seventy-two pirates, how many feats?" Zhang Hongjiang touched his chin and said with a smile.

"Seventy-two military exploits, calculated according to the promotion of the knighthood, are equivalent to donating seven thousand two hundred taels." Yang Yun suddenly realized.

"That's right! That's it, you go and apply right away. Zhang Hongjiang said with a smile.

"The third-class baron's mention of the second-class baron only needs fifty feats of war, and he can completely mention the second-class baron with this. At that time, he was given a knighthood, and the pro-guard army was expanded to eighty people, did he still donate silver? Yang Yun was a little puzzled.

"You, you, you underestimate him too much.

What is the difference between sixty and eighty?

In the face of hundreds, thousands, or even thousands of pirates, this is still too few people.

If he is rich, he is a first-class viscount and he is too low.

Moreover, for the rich nobles, this promotion is also a great opportunity.

Once the fighting subsides, there will be no such opportunity. Zhang Hongjiang pointed at him and smiled.

"That's right, it's a pity that this time the knight is only for the nobles themselves. For us officials, even if we have money, we will never have this opportunity. Yang Yun shook his head.

"We have to help him, what he needs, we can help as much as we can.

When the desert island is opened and food is planted, we can go over and collect taxes.

Such a large island, if all of it is taken out, there will be a lot of grain handed over every year.

And, now, it's going to be done.

We used to think it was a desert island, but now it's different.

It has an owner, and if it has a master, it has to pay taxes, so let's get some silver to pay for the army. Zhang Hongjiang said.

"But it's still a desert island, and it doesn't grow food, so how can it collect taxes?" Yang Yun asked.

"Collect a little first, we have to force him to plead, if he doesn't plead, this year's tax will be different from next year's. At that time, he will have to find a way to grow food himself without us urging him. Zhang Hongjiang laughed dryly.

"My lord, this method is really clever." Yang Yun said with a smile.

"The nobles of Chu State, the country is in trouble, they are members of the royal family, and they should be more responsible." Zhang Hongjiang said with a smile.

"Master, there is a Chiba workshop in Yanling City, which used to be a weaving, printing and dyeing workshop, which is very large.

It covers an area of more than 200 acres, but in the past two years, there have been disasters everywhere, and the stomach is not full, how can there be money to buy cloth?

So, recently the owner is ready to sell it. ”

A month passed in the blink of an eye, and Bu Feng returned to the island with dozens of newly recruited refugees.

Although there are dozens more people, it is still far from the target of 250 people opened by the big landlord, and Tang Wen almost fell ill in a hurry.

Because, the foundation of the dam has been watered.

It's a pity that the cement and steel bars are in a hurry, and if they don't cross back to get a batch of materials back, the dam will have to stop.

"How much silver?" Tang Wen asked, because he had long wanted to buy a compound in Yanling Pond so that he could live in it at any time.

Also, the War Fox Intelligence Hall also has to strengthen training.

The yard site I bought before was too small and not grand enough, and it was not convenient for the members of the War Fox Group to train, explore intelligence, and carry out work.

"Three hundred thousand taels." Bufeng replied.