Captain Wang Meng talked about military sales, and Xiao Jiu was a little hesitant.

Xiao Jiu didn't want to be too involved with Qingzhou's army now.

Especially if the discovery of an entire ore vein in Wild Wolf Mountain is leaked, it is difficult to guarantee that it will not be targeted by the big shots.

Seeing Xiao Jiu frowning and hesitating, Wang Xiaowei thought that he was worried that the state government would buy and sell, and said.

"Brother Xiao, don't worry, with me as a guarantee, the military materials required for the purchase will definitely be delivered."

What Captain Wang said was categorical, and Xiao Jiu didn't want to save his face.

"I naturally trust my brother, but this crossbow is very expensive to make, and the output will not be too much."

What Xiao Jiu said was naturally a lie.

Although the high-quality steel produced by the steel mill now requires a lot of manpower to forge, it will never be higher than the labor cost of the imperial ordnance office.

But Xiao Jiu didn't trust the imperial court, so he had this statement.

When Wang Xiaowei left, he agreed with Xiao Jiu that he would send a letter to the governor of Qingzhou.

Xiao Jiu didn't have much hope for the crossbow trade, but if it could be successful, it would be an extra income.

After Captain Wang left, Xiao Jiu didn't care much about the crossbow and began to think about how to buy land.

He has been planning to acquire land since the beginning of the year, but with little success.

Those landlords were not short of food, and no one would sell the land left by their ancestors.

"Looks like we're going to have to use some means."

Xiao Jiu touched his chin and pondered, and couldn't help but make Li Hao on the side shiver.

As far as he knew, in the past, when Xiao Jiu showed such an expression, someone would definitely suffer.

Who will be the victim this time?

"Xiaohao, call Lao Ma and them to the council hall for a meeting."

Without waiting for him to think about it, Xiao Jiu's order sounded in his ears, and the little follower Li Hao naturally nodded in response.

Not long after, Zhang Ben and the three of them arrived in the conference hall, and Xiao Jiu was already sitting on the main seat waiting for them.

Now the council hall in the camp has been rebuilt, and a separate side room is separated at the back of the hall as a meeting room.

After they were seated, Li Hao brought tea and then retreated to stand guard at the door, leaving a few people in the room to discuss.

Several people met, and Xiao Jiu began to ask about some recent situations in the cottage.

Most of the time, Lao Ma was reporting to Xiao Jiu, and now he is in charge of the cashier of the cottage and the production of the steel factory.

Looking at the old horse with gray hair, Xiao Jiu felt a little unbearable in his heart, worried that this old man would suddenly die of exhaustion one day.

Zhang Ben and Jinzi, who were in charge of managing the two armies, had nothing to report at this time.

When these trivial reports were over, Xiao Jiu stretched his throat and said.

"Now that the landlords in the countryside refuse to sell their land, what do you all think?"

Hearing Xiao Jiu ask about buying land, the three of them frowned.

It has always been a thorny problem for those rich people not to sell their land no matter how much money they have, and they can't use it directly.

They were more willing to carry out Xiao Jiu's orders, and let a few people take the idea at this time, which instantly made their heads big.

"Why don't you secretly tie up a few landlords?"

It was gold that said this, and Xiao Jiu shook his head and vetoed it directly.

"The owner of the village, in my opinion, it is better to arrange a few militiamen to go to their house to pour dung, and I am not afraid that he will not sell it."

Zhang Ben said ill-willedly.

"It's not the best idea to argue with them."

Xiao Jiu touched his chin and said in a deep voice.

But the old horse, who had not spoken, was frowning and thinking at this time, and he looked like he wanted to speak and stopped.

Seeing this, Xiao Jiu turned his head and asked Lao Ma.

"Old Ma, do you have any ideas in mind?"

Hearing Xiao Jiu's inquiry, Lao Ma Luo hesitated and said: "Village master, there is mostly dry land in Lingshui County, maybe you can make some articles on this water." ”

As soon as Lao Ma's words came out, Xiao Jiu said thoughtfully: "Water? ”

Most of the cultivated land in Lingshui County is reclaimed along the main trunk of a river called the Jun River, or a direct current, if a dam is set up upstream, the water flow is blocked.

Thinking of this, the corners of Xiao Jiu's mouth brought a playful smile.

And Zhang Ben and Jin Zi also came back to their senses and began to understand the damage of this strategy.

Early in the morning of the second day, Xiao Jiu led a team of people to the upper reaches of the Jun River to investigate, and finally selected a water mouth called Luoyang Stream.

If a dam is erected here, it can directly intercept the main main road down the river, and it can also store water in normal times to cope with drought.

At this time, it has just started spring, and it is not yet the flood season, which is a good time to build.

He thought of it, and then Xiao Jiu began to recruit farmers in various villages and towns in the countryside to prepare for construction.

When the people in the countryside heard that Xiao Jiu had another big move, they could receive food if they participated in the construction, and they enthusiastically signed up.

Unlike these enthusiastic villagers, the rich people who have a lot of land in the lower reaches of the river have gray hair.

Xiao Jiu built a dam upstream, and as long as a discerning person heard it, he knew that he wanted to intercept the flow of the Jun River.

When the dam is completed, whether there will be irrigation water in the downstream villages and towns depends on Xiao Jiuyi's words.

Civilians with little land may be able to irrigate their crops with water from wells.

But these rich people, who have hundreds of acres of land at every turn, have cut off the water source, which is undoubtedly their way of life.

However, in the face of Xiao Jiu and his group of "bandits", he couldn't beat him, and he couldn't scold and scold.

ran to the county to report to the official and found that the old men of the county government were actually wearing a pair of pants with the mountain bandits.

Let's just say that Zhang County Lieutenant and Xiao Jiu talked and laughed a few years ago, where is there any royal law and law to rely on?

Looking at the Sunset Stream Dam, which is being built day by day, these rich people have bitter words in their hearts.

Finally, someone couldn't stand the grievances and set off for Yangjun.

is ready to file a complaint with the county guard against the county magistrate Lingshui County Commander colluded with Xiao Jiu to harm the people.

But as soon as the written letter was sent to the county guard's mansion, it fell into Xiao Jiu's hands on the second day, so that Xiao Jiu couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "It's good to have someone." ”

In addition to the petition of the appeal being returned, there was also a handwritten letter from Wen Jie.

In the letter, Xiao Jiu was just asked to act at his discretion and not to cause trouble.

When the appeal letter went around from the county and returned to his hands again, the group of landlords and old wealth in Lingshui County were completely dead and had the mind to go against Xiao Jiu.

"Lang Lang Qiankun, corrupt officials are rampant, what kind of world is this."

Many landlords are quietly hiding their faces and sobbing at home, kowtowing to the ancestral tablets in their homes, in an attempt to get protection.

When the militia group of the Proletarian Guild visited again and offered to buy the land, the landlords had no choice but to reluctantly agree.

Time passed, the Sunset Stream Dam was completed, and Xiao Jiu hoarded a large amount of land in Lingshui County and distributed it to poor farmers for cultivation.

But after the cold winter has passed, the spring rains have not yet arrived, and the farmers who planted the seeds are worried about whether the weather will continue to be as dry as in previous years.

While all parts of the country were busy with farming, a secret alliance was being held in the city of Liangzhou.

The leader of the king, Huai, sat in the middle of the big tent, next to the envoys sent by the border states.

"Since the demon queen can't tolerate me waiting, you can sit down and talk."