Hukou County is on the right bank of the confluence of the Yangtze River and Poyang Lake, not far from Qingshan Town, and belongs to the relationship between upstream and downstream.

The county is not only fertile land, but also has extremely developed commerce and trade, and belongs to an important node in the north-south corridor.

King Ning's willingness to sell a piece of land in Hukou County shows that he has considered that he can satisfy the Huang people who have the benefit of shipping on the Yangtze River, and he can also use prosperous commerce to cover up his "secret communication terms" with the Huang people.

He believed that the entry of the Tun into the mouth of the lake would definitely attract a large number of merchants to trade with him, and even if he was found to have dealings with the Tyrants, it would not be too conspicuous.

It's a great way for everyone to take what they need.

As soon as Li Sifu completed the land delivery, he heard the news of a major flood in Qingshan Town.

He discussed with Li Fenglai and others, who had just arrived, and decided to report while going to "disaster relief"!

Although the flooded people are very pitiful, in the eyes of Li Fenglai and others, this is a great good sign!

They postponed their rush to Nanchang and contacted ships to buy grain on the spot, while they rushed directly to Qingshan Town.

The result surprised them, the people of Qingshan Town did not die in the flood, they just broke their homes, and tens of thousands of people had a strong desire to leave this place!

"In this way, this is a great gift from Jiangxi to us!"

After seeing the approximate estimated figures, Li Fenglai couldn't help laughing.

Li Sifu was also very happy, he sighed: "The people here have been flooding for ten years, and they didn't care about it in previous years, but no one thought about leaving, this year, the county magistrate took the embankment repair, and they didn't hold it with all their might, so they felt that this place really couldn't stay!" ”

Li Fenglai nodded and said: "You really don't have to stay, if you go to Dongqin, not only will they not have floods, but they will also be able to share the good land and houses, and you will not live a bad life." ”

"However, tens of thousands of people have to be transferred quickly, otherwise after a long time, these people are afraid that they will be favored again!" Li Sifu reminded.

"It's not there!" Li Fenglai waved his hand, before he came, he had already received a booklet entitled "Summary of the Experiences of the Displaced Persons", which detailed the various means of collecting the displaced people.

Such as the development of the offline line, casting a wide net, returning to the hometown, and asking for entrustment, these are the crystallization of the collective wisdom of the expatriates.

Li Fenglai said with a glance: "As long as we gather a few thousand people, we will be sure to open this opening, even if it is a million homeless people in Huguang, we only need to grind little by little with sincerity, and the fame will be raised little by little, and one day, the homeless people will flock to it." ”

"That's what Brother Li said!" Li Sifu also nodded in agreement, when it comes to buying people's hearts, who can do more than the black people?

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While the two were talking, a man covered in dirt and wearing official clothes came on a donkey, and he wore a crooked official hat, and looked at the group of merchants who were registering for grain.

Li Sifu and Li Fenglai hurriedly bowed to him.

Dong Yue jumped off the donkey, tidied up his clothes, and then strode forward and said, "You are the businessmen who recruit workers, how much grain do you have?" ”

"Three thousand stones!" Li Sifu hurriedly smiled and said, "I can transport a few thousand stones in the future!" ”

"Very good!" Dong Yue no longer spoke, but walked to the registration shed on the side, only to see a piece of paperwork, placed on the table.

There are already many people who have drawn a "ten" character on it, which is a signature and drawing.

He took a copy and looked at it, only to see that the contract was written on his head, and the content below was to hire a worker, with a monthly salary of one or two or three yuan, and he could take the whole family with him.

There was no problem with the paperwork, Dong Yue motioned for them to continue, turned around and asked, "What do you want so many people to do at Hukou?" ”

Li Fenglai couldn't answer, but Li Sifu said eloquently: "Do you know that those businesses in Jiangxi are the most profitable?" What kind of businessmen are the majority of people in Ningbo? ”

"I don't know much about this official, but everyone knows that Jiangxi is rich, with silk, tea, and porcelain, and people who read it also know that the paper of Guangxin Mansion and the ink of Raozhou Mansion are a must!" Dong Yue said expressionlessly.

Li Sifu arched his hand and said: "The adults are well-informed, and the business that the villain came to do this time is silk and tea!" My lord's home in Ningbo, is a maritime merchant, since the 'Yi ugly chaos', the imperial court had to open the port of Ningbo, since then the sea trade is prosperous, silk is as much as you can sell.

The silk harvested by my lord's family in Zhejiang was not enough to sell, so I thought of coming to Jiangxi, buying a piece of land and planting mulberry trees to weave silk! After three or five years, the mulberry tree will survive, and it will be hundreds of times more profitable! ”

Listening to these words full of greed, Dong Yue frowned in disgust, but the doubts in his heart were also dispelled.

"How much money does each person pay to settle down?"

"Three pieces of silver per person, five buckets of food, and a piece of clothing." Li Sifu replied truthfully.

Dong Yue stopped talking, and sat aside, the meaning was obvious, that is, to see if you would do it truthfully.

Li Sifu smiled and asked people to set up a table and chairs, and took out a small stove and a small black pottery pot to boil tea.

The rest of the people also followed suit and began to continue to collect the victims.

A liter of grain was distributed, and the silver would not be distributed until it reached the mouth of the lake.

Dong Yue looked at it, but his eyes were attracted by the thing that printed the paperwork, and he saw that the person pushed it on the iron plate with a clipper, and a document came out.

"This gang ...... Something is wrong! He also found that these people had very different writing habits, and their accents were a bit northern.

Looking at the headdresses of several guys, he was even more surprised, the hair of this group of people seemed to be combed together.

In fact...... It's a wig! Many expatriate cadres have this trouble, or they don't shave their heads. If you are suddenly called, you can only wear a wig.

"Lord Zhixian, please use tea!"

"Oh!" Dong Yue came back to his senses, took the tea and took a sip, and suddenly felt full of fragrance, refreshing and refreshing, accompanied by a slight bitterness and sweetness. The fatigue of many days seems to have dissipated most of it.

"Good tea!" He praised from the bottom of his heart.

Li Sifu said with a smile: "This is tea before the rain, it was picked just after the tip of the night in the middle of the night, ten acres of tea plantation, you can get a catty!" ”

Dong Yue tasted it again, and felt a little out of shape, secretly scolding these wealthy businessmen for being extravagant.

He asked, "That thing, which is also popular in Ningbo?" ”

Li Sifu followed the voice and saw that Dong Yue was referring to the wax paper engraving machine, so he smiled and said: "It's indeed popular in Ningbo, but this is a black thing!" It's called a wax paper engraving machine, a small thing, but it also has a lot of potential! ”

"Oh!" Dong Yue was interested, and he wanted to get up and study a thing or two.

Li Sifu beckoned, and immediately someone brought a piece of wax paper, he handed it to Dong Yue and said, "Among them, the joints are on this paper!" ”

Dong Yue picked it up and looked at it and found that it was a piece of paper soaked in oil.

"This is wax paper, use an iron pen to carve words on the paper, and then use a clipper to print, oil and water are not compatible, so you can only slightly pass through the gaps, leaving handwriting!"

"Wonderful!" Dong Yuemeng understood, only felt that this method was used in a simple way, and the work of ten thousand times was collected, and the ingenuity of the inventor's mind can be seen!

Li Sifu smiled faintly and said: "This is just a small skill of carving insects, a sinister object, tsk, it's really incredible!" Take this threshing machine as an example, it originated from the black people! This thing, presumably the county adults are no stranger, right? ”

Dong Yue nodded, he had naturally seen the threshing machine, and now many small landlords in the countryside have used the threshing machine, and the folk are also called Dongqin threshing machines and "Dongqin rollers".

"It seems that this black man still has real skills! B is ugly and chaotic, no wonder it can make the court compromise and compromise! ”

"Oh, my lord is in Jiangxi, naturally I don't know the situation at the time, according to the next opinion, Yi ugly and chaotic, but the people let me go!"

Dong Yue was stunned and said, "Where to start?" ”

Li Sifu snorted and said: "The official army lost Dinghai in half a day, lost Zhenhai in an hour, and in Ningbo, the people of Nuoda fought for less than a day. The imperial court requisitioned the army twice, first defeated in Shuangyu, and then defeated in the stable mountain, tens of thousands of troops, but the enemy of the people of the Yellow Charge!

Oh, it's sad to say! The people of the Yellow River did not commit any crimes in the autumn of Eastern Zhejiang, but the officials and the army had no military discipline, and the people all said, 'I would rather meet the Yellow people than the king'! It is said that in the entire eastern part of Zhejiang, the villages that were slaughtered by the officials and soldiers are unknown! ”

Pound - Dong Yue slapped the table viciously and scolded: "These Qiu Ba deserve to die!" ”

Li Sifu continued to fool and said: "And the "Ningbo Treaty", there is also something behind it, it is said that it is ...... What a wreck! Originally, he wanted the Ming Dynasty to cede Fujian, but under the arguments of Lord Liu Daxia, he gave up, but after the fact, Lord Liu was slandered as the culprit......"

The conversation between the two opened like this, and Dong Yue couldn't help but be angry and angry when he heard the deeds of the Ming army and the absurd actions of the imperial court.

Thinking of him being an official for three years, he was constrained everywhere, and he couldn't help but feel empathy.

Just scolded: "Daming is going to be finished!" ”

After sitting for a few hours, the two of them had a good conversation, and then they said goodbye.

Before leaving, Li Sifu Yiyi gave a set of wax paper engraving machines.

Dong Yue wanted to refuse, but he was reluctant to use such a sharp weapon of writing and ink, so he gritted his teeth and took out twenty taels of silver as if he had bought it.

Li Fenglai looked at this scene, and was extremely surprised in his heart, who said that they were the best at observing words and feelings, and pleasing people, looking at it today, this businessman is really well versed in this.

If you change to someone who is not for the people and only seeks wealth, I am afraid that today's topic of Li Sifu will be the flower world of Yangzhou and the delicacies of Suzhou.

The gift will definitely be white flowers.

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After Dong Yue returned to the county office, he pondered for a while with the engraving machine, and felt that this thing had a lot of benefits in daily government affairs.

But he couldn't figure out the wax paper, but there was a wax word, and he wanted to try it with lamp oil.

It's just that after sitting down, the more he thought about this group of Ningbo businessmen, the more wrong he became.

How much land does it take to grow mulberry and raise silkworms, and so many victims are needed?

This group of people recruits workers, and they are also not taboo in meat and vegetarians, and those who come do not refuse, even the old man and the old woman, is there really such a kind-hearted businessman and landlord?

Thinking of this, Dong Yue stood up violently, and he hurriedly ordered people to secretly stare at this group of people.

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