"Haha, what's the matter, this apprentice recommended by the kid to the military advisor is still eye-catching?"

After about half an hour of mutual examination and debate, Pang Tong finally walked out with Deng Ai, who was a little depressed.

"Well, Childe's vision is good this time, this kid is a worthy blank!"

Mei Zizi poured a sip of wine, and Pang Tong nodded lightly.

It's just that although he behaved very indifferently, the eyes with a hidden smile betrayed his true thoughts.

Obviously, for Deng Ai, the 'living treasure' in Liu Chan's mouth, this Mr. Feng Xiao is quite satisfied.

Just kidding, don't look at Deng Ai's stuttering, in the original history, he was one of the Cao Wei Shuangbi who had the same history as Zhong Hui. And his personality is also very similar to Pang Tong, can he not be satisfied when he meets such an apprentice?

Of course, now because of Liu Chan, it is impossible for the title of Cao Wei Shuangbi to appear, but the title of Han Shuangbi is very likely.

"Ai ...... Ai, thank you very much...... Childe Referral ...... Teacher! ”

Affirmed by Pang Tong, Deng Ai also bowed down and saluted Liu Chan.

"Haha, it's good that the military advisor and Brother Deng are satisfied! When I find a good day one day, the kid will call the second uncle to witness them, and let Brother Deng officially bow to the military advisor......"

Knowing that the ancients have always attached great importance to this apprenticeship ceremony, Liu Chan also disregarded Deng Ai's wishes, and even if he was old-fashioned, he wanted to copy this apprenticeship ceremony for him.

"Cheesy! It's just an apprenticeship, and it's just a matter of sincerity, so why be so vulgar? If Childe has that energy, he might as well think about how he can make more money and food, hahahaha! ”

What Liu Chan didn't expect was that after hearing his proposal, Pang Tong, the phoenix chick, glanced at Liu Chan with great 'disdain', and labeled him a 'vulgar'.

It turned out that after the two of them had completed each other's examinations, Deng Ai had already bowed to Pang Tong

"Haha, military advisor Gao Jie, boy, congratulations to the military advisor for winning the high apprenticeship, and congratulations to Brother Deng for finding a good teacher!"

Vulgar is vulgar, Liu Chan doesn't care about this. Anyway, if you don't do this apprenticeship ceremony, you can save a sum of money.

Therefore, Liu Chan didn't care about Pang Tong's 'contempt' at all, but sincerely congratulated the master and apprentice.

"By the way, the military advisor just talked about money and food...... It can't be that I'm short of money and food in Jingzhou now, haha! ”

At the end, remembering Pang Tong's ridicule that he had just managed to make money and food, Liu Chan couldn't help but be a little puzzled.

You must know that although the previous orders for the publication of ice muscle paper and books have only been completed about halfway now, the money and grain that have been shipped back are almost as much as Jingzhou's money and grain for a year.

"Hehe, Childe will see for himself!"

Facing Liu Chan's puzzled expression, Pang Tong handed over a notebook full of words with a playful face.

"What? Strategist, this ...... This...... That's going too fast, isn't it? That's equivalent to Jingzhou's money and grain income for two years, and it's gone? ”

After a while, looking at the notebook in his hand, Liu Chan, who was stunned, couldn't help but 'learn' Deng Ailai.

There is no way, on the notebook handed over by Pang Tong, the bill expenses are directly demonstrated what it means to spend money like running water.

Not only was the half of the money and grain that was brought back from the previous order for the publication of ice muscle paper and books spent, but even the remaining half had already been advanced from the treasury of Jingzhou Mansion in advance.

"Haha, Childe doesn't want to think about what Jingzhou is doing right now, which one doesn't need a lot of money and food to support ......"

Looking at Liu Chan's stunned appearance, Pang Tong couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Indeed, as Pang Tong said, Liu Chan's 'stall' is too big.

Not to mention the indispensable expenses of the paper mill bookstore itself, with the shipment of a sum of goods, along with the 'sky net' spread out by the sales point of Mi's commercial bank, the money and food spent is not a small amount.

In addition, the county studies and social studies in the counties and townships add up to a lot of expenses.

But these are actually just small heads, and the real bulk of the expenses are the 'harvest' outside the ice muscle paper and book binding rooms that Pang Tong said earlier, more than 200,000 people who have resettled.

Think about it, more than 200,000 mouths waiting to be fed, just the daily rations consumed, is already an astronomical amount.

What's more, Liu Chan also had to prepare fields, houses, farm tools, seeds, and so on for these people. If it weren't for the careful calculations of Pang Tong and others, Liu Chan would have been spent on the money and food he earned from the publication of ice muscle paper and books.

"Strategist, I remember that the fields allocated to these people are all wasteland, right?"

Seeing that there was still an expense for the purchase of land in the bill, Liu Chan, who was already about to go bankrupt, couldn't help frowning.

You must know that after ordering the reduction of taxes for the people of Jingzhou, he clearly ordered that all fields that had not been cultivated should be confiscated.

In his view, it would not cost any more money and food to settle the fields needed by the returnees.

After all, at this time, all the states and counties of Dahan lacked population, not land.

"Hehe, Childe might as well carefully calculate the price of these fields. Although it has cost some money and food now, it has saved a lot of trouble in the future......"

Hearing Liu Chan's inquiry, Pang Tong couldn't help but smile and reminded him of the price of the land he had purchased from the Jingzhou family.

"Uh, two hundred dollars per acre? If it's a barren land, it doesn't seem cheap, right? ”

After hearing Pang Tong's reminder and looking at the price of the land transaction, Liu Chan still couldn't help but have some doubts.

"Hehe, do you think that these big families will guard the barren land to farm?"

Seeing Liu Chan's puzzled expression, Pang Tong couldn't help but smile.

"What does the military advisor mean is that at the price of two hundred yuan per mu, the land purchased is good land?"

Looking at Pang Tong's smiling expression, Liu Chan couldn't help but be happy.

You must know that the land in the hands of these big families has long been in his mind.

It's just that, considering the current situation that the foundation of the entire 'group' is not really solid, in order not to persecute these people too much, he has not touched their cake for the time being.

"Haha, the name of the son of the child, the land purchased this time, the anointed fertile land and the medium fertile land each account for half of it. Coupled with those wastelands, among the counties of Jingzhou, five or six out of ten of the arable land is already in the hands of Gongzi......"

"Thank you for your kindness, boy......"

Without waiting for Pang Tong to finish speaking, Liu Chan quickly put away the joy on his face, and solemnly bowed to Pang Tong and made a big salute.

Don't look at what Pang Tong said about relying on his 'virtuous name', but Liu Chan knows very well that in the face of personal interests, he, the 'young master of the group', does not have such a big face.

Therefore, even now, I haven't figured out why Pang Tong is so 'selfish and fattening', but Liu Chan knows that to be able to take so much fertile land in Jingzhou at such a small price, Pang Tong and even the entire Pang family must have made great efforts and even paid a lot of losses. After all, the Pang family itself is also one of the big families in Jingzhou.

"It's a little thing, why should the son be so polite. Childe still thinks about how to earn money and food to get through this difficult time, haha! ”

waved his hand, but Pang Tong didn't care and raised his wine gourd again.