The Li family's manor in Alan Village was full of tension as soon as the day dawned, and the maids and family members were busy, because today was the day of the opening of Taizhou Mansion, and Li Yang, Li Song and others were waiting in the main room early

The two maids walked in front with their mothers, and the second and third uncles followed behind and walked in slowly

Mother: Son, no matter what decision you make today, it is the decision of our Li family, and the Li family will depend on you brothers in the future

Third uncle: Don't be afraid to keep the green mountains in the nephew, don't be afraid of no wood to burn, and you shouldn't have too many worries

The second uncle didn't say a word, but closed his eyes and recuperated

Li Yang hugged Shi Li with both hands: Second uncle, third uncle, let's go

Li Song took Li Yang, Li Long, Li Hu and others and more than 20 family members to drive seven carriages to Taizhou City

Li Yang couldn't help but ask: Why does Li Song have wasteland that can be cultivated, and farmers don't go to open up wasteland to cultivate to increase their income

Li Song: Boss, the land in every village is recorded, and if you want to open up the land and cultivate it, you must first buy land from the state government

Li Yang: In other words, as long as you have the money to buy as much land as you want?

Li Song: That's right, our Zhejiang country is a poor land, and the king of Zhejiang also increased the treasury silver coins in this way, but the land is not something that can be bought casually, first of all, you have to confirm with the official family that the place you want to buy is a terra nullius, and after paying the silver coins, the official family will hand over the title deed to the buyer

Li Yang: How much silver will it cost per mu to buy wasteland from the government

Li Song: Each mu of wasteland should be about 1 silver coin, is the boss going to buy wasteland from the government?

Li Yang: Maybe I will buy it in the future

Li Song: The boss would spend spare money to buy wasteland for cultivation, and if the land that could be cultivated would have been bought by the rich people long ago

After hearing Li Song's words, Li Yang did not make a sound

Seeing that it was almost noon, Zongren finally saw the gate of Taizhou Mansion, which was also the first time Li Yang saw a city with a complete city wall after coming to this world

The circumference of the city wall of Taizhou City is 31.6 miles, and the city wall can be four meters high, and there are several flags fluttering in the wind on the city wall, and there are rows of soldiers walking back and forth to patrol

After Li Yang and the others approached the city gate, they found that there was a long line of people entering the city, and iron boxes were placed on the right side of the city gate

One of the soldiers kept striking the gong: everyone who entered the city had to pay a copper coin as a fee to enter the city

The people who entered the city would consciously throw a copper coin into the cash box and then enter the city, and on both sides of the cash box there were two people wearing iron armor and holding long knives to supervise the payment of the city fee

When Li Yang and others entered the city, a soldier shouted: All carriages entering the city need to pay 10 copper coins

Li Song heard it: Why are there so many copper coins?

Li Yang on the side: Forget it, the second child handed it over, let's come to the state capital once, the people of the three families are still waiting for us in the court, don't let them see the joke

Just when Li Yang and the others drove through the city gate in a carriage, they found that on both sides of the city wall, there were several soldiers wearing old cloth armor and iron battle jackets, they were leaning on the city wall with steel knives and chatting lazily, and some people simply fell asleep standing up

Seeing that most of the people and soldiers guarding the city were dressed very old, I thought that the people in Alan Village were not doing well because the countryside might be like this, but now I look at the life of the people in a big city like Taizhou Mansion, and the life of the people is not much better, this Zhejiang country is really very poor

Li Song looked at Li Yang's face with a somewhat serious expression: Boss, don't worry too much, although the Li family is now in decline, it is not a lamb to be slaughtered

Li Yang shook his head slightly: It's not this thing I'm worried about

Li Song looked puzzled: Then why are you worried?

Li Yang: I'm thinking about what I can do to make the people of Alan Village rich

Li Song sighed: The reason why Zhejiang is poor is related to the disaster of war for many years, there are often national wars between Zhejiang and Fuguo, and the king of Zhejiang will mobilize conscripts to go to the border pass to participate in the war, and the Dongwu Haikou will also land in the coastal area, looting the village property and causing the people of Zhejiang to become fewer and fewer

In the middle of the conversation, Li Long shouted: We have arrived

After getting out of the carriage, they saw more than a dozen officials standing in front of the state capital, holding their waists in their left hands and holding knives in their right hands, standing in two groups around the state capital

Li Song stepped forward and handed the name card to a messenger: This messenger bothers you to inform us that we are from the Li family in Alan Village, and the latter is the head of the Li family, who was called to the state capital today

After receiving the name post, the official looked at the people with squinted eyes: You are the people of Lijiazhuang

Li Song: Exactly

Officer: Master Sun has already instructed that if people from Lijiazhuang in Alan Village come to enter the mansion directly, there is no need to report

Li Song said to the officials: I'm tired

The officials turned to the officials behind them: Let them in

Just as everyone was about to enter, a servant stretched out his hand to stop us: The young master of the Li family can bring three people in, and the rest will wait like this

Li Song looked dissatisfied: Is this why the Zhang-Han-Song family is also like this?

The official looked aside: This is what the prefect has explained

Seeing the impatient look on the face of this errand officer, Li Yang couldn't help but sink slightly in his heart, seeing that this errand officer's attitude towards the Li family didn't seem to be very friendly, could it be said that the people of the three families had already used silver and relationships to settle the ups and downs of Taizhou Mansion, it seemed that Governor Sun wanted to give the Li family a dismissal

Li Yang remained silent: Li Song, Li Long, Li Hu, the three of you go in with me, and the others are waiting here

Da Niu: Young Master, you have to be careful

Li Pingping looked at me honestly: Hehe, boss, if things are not good, you will run out quickly

Li Yang smiled lightly: You don't have to worry that this is the prefect's yamen, and it is not a Longtan tiger's den, besides, Lord Sun has always loved the people like a son, and there is no safer place than this

Da Niu and the others thought about it, and if you want to say that the safest place in Taizhou City, in addition to the barracks and silver treasury in Taizhou City, this should be the case

Just when Li Yang and the others entered the backyard of the yamen, in the inner hall, Sun Yuanwuzheng, the prefect of Taizhou, was chatting with the patriarchs of the three families

Speaking of this, Sun Yuanwu is forty-eight years old this year, with thick eyebrows and small eyes, and there is always a smile on his face, giving people the impression that he is a good man, but in fact, he is an authentic official, and at this time sitting below him is the patriarch of the Zhang family, Zhang Da, and the patriarch of the Han and Song families

At this time, the atmosphere in the hall was very depressing, everyone bowed their heads, drank tea and did not speak

Zhang Da showed a smile at Sun Yuanwu: After the old lady from Lijiazhuang comes, I guess she will not be easy to comply, and I hope you can help more

Sun Yuanwu frowned when he heard this, thinking that he didn't want to participate in this matter, after all, he was the prefect of Taizhou, but it was still inconvenient for him to interfere in the struggle between the scholars, and if the internal struggle between the landlords was spread, it would also leave a handle

However, this time, the Zhang-Han-Song family all begged for him, and even gave him 6,000 imperial silver coins as a generous gift, and Zhang Da also hinted that if this matter was successful, he would help Lord Sun to be promoted and make a fortune through his connections and silver

Sun Yuanwu was naturally difficult to refuse Zhang Da's hints, so he had to pinch his nose and agree, but he only agreed to knock on the Li family on the side

And Sun Yuanwu saw that Zhang Da now clearly wanted to let himself rush to the front, and Sun Yuanwu was not very happy when he thought of this

Sun Yuanwu put down the teacup and frowned: After all, Patriarch Zhang's matter is a private matter between the four of you to compete for water sources, and it is not good for this official to be too partial to one side on the surface as the parent official of Taizhou, so this matter is still resolved by the four of you families themselves, I hope you patriarchs understand the difficulties of this official

When Zhang Da heard this, he thought to himself, you old fox, you don't want to take advantage of it, but when you think about it, you can't do anything about it

And Zhang Da looked at the heads of the Han and Song families, hoping that the two of them could come out and say a few words

After Han Wenshan and Song Jiaping glanced at each other, the two were just about to get up and speak

A servant shouted: The patriarch of the Li family has arrived

Sun Yuanwu nodded lightly when he heard this: Oh, is the old lady of the Li family here, please invite her in

The officials outside were a little embarrassed: the head of the Li family who came back this time was not the old lady of the Li family, but the new head of the Li family, Li Yang

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was surprised how this could happen

Han Wenshan, the patriarch of the Han family, shouted in surprise: Is the old lady of the Li family crazy, she actually sent that nerd, isn't she afraid that the nerd will lose the Li family's family business?

Han Wenshan's voice shook the hall and buzzed, completely different from Zhang Da with an official face, but Han Wenshan had a face full of horizontal flesh and a pair of triangular eyes, which looked like a bandit at first glance

In fact, Han Wenshan's personality is as arrogant as his appearance, and he has hundreds of brave and ruthless family members in his hands, which also makes many people extremely jealous of him

Song Jiaping, the head of the Song family, frowned, and was quite dissatisfied with Han Wenshan's shouting

Song Jiaping: Brother Han, what are you shouting, since the old lady of the Li family can send this nerd to us, wouldn't it be better for the three of us to fight for the Xia River together

Han Wenshan nodded calmly when he heard this: Well-this is also true, if we can really do this, it will save us a lot of trouble

Sun Yuanwu coughed lightly a few times on the side, cough-cough, and his face leaked a very unhappy look

Sun Yuanwu: The ancestors of the Li family have followed the first king of Zhejiang to fight in the south and north for many years, and nearly 1,000 people have died in the battle for the achievements of the Zhejiang country

Han Wenshan listened to Sun Yuanwu's words and sloppy eyes: What Lord Sun said is that the three of us will definitely show mercy later, please rest assured

Sun Yuanwu took a sip of tea and nodded: That's good

Sun Yuanwu waved his hand at the servant: You go and invite Patriarch Li over

Officer: Yes, my lord

After saying that, the official turned and left

Soon a light footstep came from the door, and a young man in a blue robe with clear eyebrows and a beautiful face appeared in front of everyone

Li Yang slowly walked into the lobby with a fan

As soon as he entered the lobby, Li Yang looked left and right, and finally looked at the face of the middle-aged official sitting in the center wearing a blue official robe with a cloud goose embroidered on his chest

Li Song approached my ear on the side: The boss, this person is Lord Sun, the prefect of Taizhou

Li Yang hurriedly stepped forward and bowed and hugged his hands: The prefect is above, and Li Yang, the patriarch of the Li family of the grass people, came to listen to the teachings of the adults

Sun Yuanwu stared at Li Yang for a while, and found that the young man in front of him did not have the slightest expression of uneasiness and fear

Sun Yuanwu nodded and leaked a smile: You are the young master of the Li family, right, this official has heard of you a long time ago, and when you see it today, you are really a young handsome man, so you don't have to be formal

Li Yang straightened his chest and arched his hand casually towards the remaining three people: If I guessed correctly, the three of you are the patriarchs of the Zhang-Han-Song family, Li Yang has seen you here

Zhang Da saw the contemptuous expression on Li Yang's face, and gritted his teeth angrily: bold

Han Wenshan shouted even more angrily: The Li family's children dare to be so presumptuous

Song Jiaping thought of his daughter and looked at him viciously: How could the shaft be so rude

Li Yang looked at the three patriarchs and rolled his eyes with a look of indifference, which made the three family chiefs who were already full of hostility angry

Zhang Da, who was out of breath, pointed at Li Yang: Isn't it true that the adults of the Li family have not taught you to meet the elders to meet the ceremony

The grumpy Han Wenshan scolded: If you don't apologize to the old man immediately, don't blame the old man for being rude

Seeing this, Li Song hurriedly persuaded me: The boss should salute when he sees these three, and now you just treat the three patriarchs as peers and casually arch your hand, which is undoubtedly a kind of contempt for them

Li Yang whispered: That's right, I just want to despise them

And the whole thing was in Sun Yuanwu's eyes, and he couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, and the slightest good impression he had for Li Yang just now disappeared

Li Yang looked at Zhang Da, Han Wenshan and the others in front of him, constantly accusing himself, not only did he not have the slightest expression of guilt and fear, but a trace of a smile leaked on his face, which made the three patriarchs angry to the extreme

Li Yang looked at the three patriarchs and sneered expressionlessly: I want to take the liberty of asking the three patriarchs, how many patriarchs came to the Taizhou prefect today for a simple story, or to discuss the matter of the Xia River, if I came here only for the nephew, I will immediately apologize to the three patriarchs, and ask the three patriarchs to forgive me for my rudeness

But if it's for the sake of the Shatt River, then I'm here as the head of the Li family, so I don't think I'm rude

After speaking, Li Yang looked at the three family patriarchs calmly, and closed the paper fans together with a strong voice

Zhang Da-Han Wenshan-Song Jiaping closed his eyes with a serious face, and he didn't say a word for a long time, and Sun Yuanwu on the side leaked a smile on his face, holding the teacup with both hands

took a sip of tea, and looked at the four people in front of him with their own ghosts

The people present listened to Li Yang's words and felt that it made some sense, why did the prefect gather the big guys here today, if everyone was sitting alone today drinking tea and catching up with the old days, then Li Yang should give the three patriarchs a salute to the younger generations

But today, Zhang Da-Han Wenshan-Song Jiaping and Master Sun Yuanwu are united together to calculate the Xia River of the Li family, and Li Yang came as the head of the Li family, so he is naturally on an equal footing with the three team leaders, and it is not rude to talk about Li Yang arching his hand at will

Seeing that the patriarch of the four families had fallen into a stalemate, Sun Yuanwu coughed lightly: What the young master of the Li family said is not unreasonable, a few people should not worry about these small things, let's get down to business

Li Yang didn't wait for Sun Yuanwu to speak, he naturally sat down next to Sun Yuanwu, and the moment Li Yang sat down, Sun Yuanwu's right eyelid began to beat constantly

Song Jiaping made a round on the side: What the prefect said is right, let's talk about business

Han Wenshan's tone was a little rude: The name of the Li family kid is to let your mother come over, and now since you are here as the head of the Li family, it is the same, to tell you the truth, this year's weather is dry and rainy, and the Sloe River and the Shengyue River are about to bottom out

Now that the water of the Chart River in Taizhou, which also belongs to your Alan Village, is quite sufficient, let us dig a few more canals to divert water to irrigate the fields, which will be regarded as benefiting the people

Zhang Da opened his eyes and said: Patriarch Han is right, now several small rivers in Luolun Village are out of water, tens of thousands of acres of fields are about to die of drought, even if other people's fields are not harvested, and the villagers are starved to death, the Li family will not share the water with others, and the people of Alan Village will not be so vicious

Song Jiaping followed closely: I don't think Li Xian's nephew is like such a person, you also think about distributing the Xia River to us for tens of thousands of people in Taizhou, but even some water will not delay anything

Looking at the three of them singing and harmonizing with each other, he thought that he obviously wanted to compete for the Xia River and said so righteously

Sun Yuanwu sat on the chair, put down the teacup, closed his eyes gently, closed his eyes to recuperate, and put on a look that he had nothing to do with himself

Li Yang sneered after listening to the words of the three of them: It seems that you are going to join forces in the matter of the Xia River today to force our Li family to agree

Zhang Da's face did not change: The virtuous nephew can't say the same, we are also forced to do it

Han Wenshan put on a generous appearance: If the Li family feels that it is a loss, the three of us can give you some silver coins as compensation

As soon as Li Yang heard that he was going to make compensation, he thought to himself, then I have to knock you hard, and it just so happens that I can use this money to dig a well

Li Yang was delighted: Oh, the uncle of the Han family said that he would give us two silver compensation, I don't know what price you are ready to offer

Han Wenshan was dumbfounded for a moment when he heard this: this-this-this

Han Wenshan thought to himself why did I have to make compensation with this broken mouth, but I just said it casually, thinking that this Li family chief was so thick-skinned that he took it seriously

Looking at Li Yang's hippie smiling expression, Han Wenshan was angry and didn't hit one place

Li Yang glanced at him with his residual light: It turned out that the patriarch of the Han family was just talking, if this matter spreads in the future, I am afraid that others will say that the patriarch of the Han family is actually a person who opens his mouth

Zhang Da-Han Wenshan-Song Jiaping, who had just finished speaking, all had gloomy faces, and they didn't say a word for a long time

Seeing that the four of them were at an impasse again, Sun Yuanwu finally spoke: This official thought that the three of you would naturally take the water of the Xia River to give some compensation to the Li family in Alan Village, I don't know how many silver coins the Li family wants as compensation

Li Yang's eyes turned and thought for a while: Lord Sun has not rained in Taizhou for almost half a year now, it can be said that dripping water is as expensive as oil, and the three of them want to dig the canal of the Xia River and each will pay 800 imperial silver coins, if there is a drought in the future, they only need to pay some rent, so that there will be no fighting in the future, what do you think

Li Yang's voice just fell

Zhang Da got up violently and slapped the table: This is absolutely not okay to be presumptuous

After Han Wenshan listened to Li Yang's words, he was furious, and he pointed at Li Yang with his finger and shouted: The little cub of the Li family, it seems that you are forcing Lao Tzu to be tough with you, right, you go and inquire who in this Taizhou does not know Han Wenshan's methods

Li Yang got up violently and slapped his hand on the table with a bang: If you are not happy, you can not buy it, and no one is begging you to buy it, master, I am not scared, you don't use me as a soft persimmon, it's a big deal, let's die and the net is broken

As Li Yang's loud voice fell, the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became tense, and Li Song, Li Long, Li Hu and others on the side were all stunned