Zhang Niuniu shook his head and said, "No! Aren't all the lands owned by officials? My family is so poor that I can't afford it!"

Duke Xu Guo took a breath to suppress his anger and fear, and said, "Then your family used to have no land, how can you live?"

Zhang Niuniu said, "Work for the official's family! My father and my mother are still doing some small jobs in the town, so I can exchange some food!"

In this way, under the question of Xu Guogong, who is old and sophisticated, Zhang Niuniu, who is full of thoughts about being able to return to his parents, told everything he knew! But after all, he is just a ten-year-old child, and he doesn't know many things, and sometimes even the description is upside down! But this did not prevent Xu Guogong from sketching a chaotic scene in the guard house in his heart!

First of all, all the public land in the guard has been occupied by the officers! If the military families want to cultivate the fields, they must rent the fields from the officers! And they have to do private work for officers for free! The stone was also rented out by the officers to work! The officers take the big head, they take the small head!

And those military households still don't know that those fields are cultivated by the imperial court for military households, and each family has a share! They have always thought that these fields belong to those officials since the beginning of the world! They don't have land, they can only blame their own lives!.

And Xu Guogong clearly knows one thing, that is, there is already an obvious class structure in the guard now! At the top, naturally, are the officers and their families! The second is the soldiers who are close to them, and the bottom is these military households! It can be said that the life and death of these military households are all in the thoughts of the people above!

And these military households never knew what the drill was! Like Zhang Niuniu's father, he has never held a knife or gun except for touching a hoe in his life! At the same time, Xu Guogong dared to conclude that the arsenal in the guard house must be so empty that it could no longer be empty!

In particular, he also heard many other questions from Zhang Niuniu's words! To put it simply, the health office is completely rotten! He would not be surprised if one day these guards would rise up in rebellion!

Xu Guogong then asked about the other four children, and these children were all from authentic farmers. But as he had guessed, there weren't enough fields in the countryside! The fields were all taken by the gentry officials! Landless farmers can only make a living by working part-time jobs!

If they had a craft, they might be a little better. However, the handicraft industry in the north is not as developed as in the south, and it cannot accommodate so many handicraftsmen at all! In the end, they can only leave their hometown and wander around! In the end, I couldn't survive wandering to Jingshi, so I could only sell my family to find a way to live!

Xu Guogong asked all the things he wanted to know, but not only was he not happy, but his face was sad, as if he was a few years older all of a sudden! But he held his nerve and said to the butler, "Send them all back to their parents. In addition, they bought their parents too, and they didn't want the deed, and each of them was given another ten taels of silver! As for Zhang Niuniu......

At this point he hesitated. If he had a mouth, it would be extremely simple to place Zhang Niuniu's father in the Beijing camp. But he can't guarantee that this is really beneficial to Zhang Niuniu's family? It was as if the dragon wanted to say hello to the ants, but the moment their fingers touched, the ants were crushed to pieces!

So at last he sighed and said, "Give him some more money."

After arranging these children, Xu Guogong sat in the flower hall for a long time before he ordered, "Go and invite Chengguo Gong and Dingguo Gong to come!"

His orders were carried out very quickly, about the time of a meal! Cheng Guogong and the two of them have already appeared in Xu Guogong's study! As soon as Cheng Guogong entered the door, he said, "Look at your face is not very good! What's wrong?"

Xu Guogong waved his hand and said, "Nothing! This time I invited you to come to discuss, do you agree to the conditions of the little monkey?"

Ding Guogong casually arched his hand as a courtesy, and then he pulled over the chair and sat on it before saying, "This little bastard really has a problem! Now the old man doesn't know if it's time to listen to him! Father Liu was so scared by him that he didn't fall asleep for half the night!"

Cheng Guogong also smiled bitterly and said, "Yes, the old man was also panicked by what he said! However, the old man was inclined not to agree to his article

Item! After all, the salt field is only a way to get money in our hands, and we have less ways to get money?"

Xu Guogong said slowly, "But the old man feels that he should agree to his conditions!"

Cheng Guogong and the others were taken aback when they heard this! After the two of them quickly exchanged glances, Cheng Guogong said tentatively, "Then what do you think? The old man saw that you were hesitant at the beginning, why did you suddenly make up your mind?"

Xu Guogong said: "Because just like that kid said, fortunately Daming has him and Zhang Juzheng, otherwise it won't take thirty years, and Daming will be in flames!"

Cheng Guogong twisted his beard and said, "Things may not be as exaggerated as you say, right?"

Xu Guogong smiled and said, "You don't know what the old man did in the morning, now I will tell you slowly!"

After speaking, he told everything he had just said, and the two of them were so shocked that they even sweated on their foreheads!

Cheng Guogong took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and said with emotion: "We haven't paid attention to the following things for so many years! I didn't expect it to come to this point!"

Ding Guogong also nodded and said, "Yes, we have been in the capital for a long time, and we have never been to the place to see, and I can't imagine that the place has been so erosive!"

Xu Guogong said, "And the old man dares to conclude one thing, that is, the actual situation may be more serious than what these five little dolls said! After all, they're just a bunch of kids, and they don't know much!"

As soon as Xu Guogong's words came out, Cheng Guogong and the two stopped talking! Because the two of them are also people who have read history books, they naturally know what it will be like once the common people rise up! What's more, their ancestors started by rebellion, and the records left by the family are enough to explain the situation at that time!

So they all realize one thing, that is, the current Daming is a dry pyre! Once a spark falls on it, it will probably burn out in an instant!

After being silent in the study for a long time, Cheng Guogong said tentatively, "Then let's accept that little bastard's conditions in its entirety? But in that case, we'll be no different from ordinary merchants! If the court turns its face, we can't do anything!"