After the young monk finished speaking, he walked out directly, and Lu Mo asked Lao He with some doubts: "Who is the person who passed by just now, why did the steward of the Zhao Mansion discuss the matter of protecting the private land with us?"

Lao He hurriedly explained: "The one who came to deliver the letter just now is a small steward of a private field in Zhao Mansion, in our area, Zhao Mansion has the most private land, and the power in his house is also relatively large, so every year the steward of Zhao Mansion will convene to protect private land, which is within a range of thousands of acres nearby, which can be regarded as a customary rule." ”

Qin Wen also opened his mouth at this time and asked, "How did you discuss the protection of the private field before?"

Lao He thought for a while and said: "According to the amount of land, each family has monks, generally the Zhao family has the most land, so he sends the most monks, if there is no suitable monk, you can also produce spirit stones, and then the Zhao family collects spirit stones to hire monks who take care of private fields." ”

Qin Wen nodded, this method of mutual assistance is still good, and it can also play a role in defending against idle monks, he saw Lao He's inquiring expression at this time, and knew that Lao He was afraid of delaying the meeting of the Zhao Mansion Steward, so he got up and said: "Let's go, we will also follow you to listen, we may acquire some more private land in the future, and we still need to know something about the management of this private land." ”

Lao He heard that Qin Wen was also going, so he hurriedly walked in front to lead the way, out of the grass house where Lao He lived, walked west for about half a mile, Qin Wen saw a small courtyard, although the courtyard is not big, but among these low houses, it can be regarded as standing out.

After Qin Wen and his party walked into the courtyard, the neat and tidy courtyard was planted with vegetables, and various farm tools were placed in the corner, because the main hall of the room was not large, there were more than a dozen monks sitting under the eaves of the porch and talking, the leader of which was a thin middle-aged man with a gloomy face. Qin Wen glanced at him and found that his cultivation was also at the beginning of the Xuan Master, which should be regarded as the highest realm in it.

The middle-aged man looked at Lao He with some doubts, and said with some displeasure: "Lao He, why are you so late, who are these people?"

Lao He hurriedly took a few steps forward. Said to the middle-aged man: "Steward Zhao, this is the head of our Qin family, I came to the private field today to have a look, I heard that we are going to discuss the protection of the harvest, so I came here to hear about it." ”

Steward Zhao listened to Lao He's words, a sneer appeared on his face, and he deliberately said: "Isn't your owner the head of the Shi family? How did you become the Qin family, then you said that you manage these dozens of acres of private land and are now surnamed Qin?" After speaking, the monks below all burst into laughter.

Lao He's face was blue and red for a while. Lu Mo was a little angry at this time, he took the first step, and just wanted to speak, but was stopped by Qin Wen, Qin Wen opened his mouth at this time: "In this expulsion city, the transfer of private land will not be recorded in a steward, Lao He is with me now." I don't believe you followed a head of the house from the beginning. ”

Speaking of this, looking at Steward Zhao's somewhat unconvinced expression. Qin Wen then said in a cold tone: "Even if you have been following this family master now, are you sure that you will always follow him in the future?"

After listening to Qin Wen's words, Steward Zhao waved his hand lightly and said, "Since it is the head of the family who is here, it is not appropriate to stand and talk, you, go and bring a chair to the head of the Qin family." I'm a small place here, and I don't have much to do, so the other stewards will stand first. ”

At his suggestion, a young steward brought a small stool for Qin Wen, and Lu Mo saw that the stool brought to Qin Wen was obviously lower than that of other stewards. also knew that he looked down on his Qin family a little, so he couldn't help but take a look at Qin Wen, but Qin Wen didn't think it was a pestle, and sat down casually.

At this time, a middle-aged man next to Steward Zhao glanced at Qin Wen with some hesitation, and then whispered a few words in Steward Zhao's ear, but Steward Zhao deliberately amplified his voice and said: "What about taking down the Shi family? Our Zhao family is not afraid of him, a mere Shi family has only been for decades, can it be compared with our Zhao family?"

After speaking, he glanced at Qin Wen with a little provocation, Qin Wen was very self-contained, and he also heard that Steward Zhao was a little scolding Huai, but before he figured out what the situation of the Zhao family was, it was a little inappropriate for him to be angry now, and it was estimated that Steward Zhao saw that his realm was not high, so he dared to say such a thing.

What's more, he just won the Shi family, and now it is not appropriate to make too many enemies, why bother with a small steward, thinking of this, Qin Wen couldn't help but smile, and continued to listen to Steward Zhao talk about how to distribute the matter of guarding the private field, Steward Zhao saw that Qin Wen did not talk, and knew that it would be a provocation to continue, so he also changed the topic.

He looked at the group of monks next to him and said: "Everyone knows that I summoned you here this time to protect our private land, in the past, every time it was harvested, it would be attacked by idle monks in the mountains and forests, in previous years, it was under the concerted efforts of everyone to minimize this loss, of course, this year is no exception, I just came back from the house yesterday, and Master Zhao is also very concerned about this harvest." ”

Speaking of this, he paused and said: "Master Zhao said, this private field protection is not something that can be completely achieved by a family, it depends on everyone's sincere cooperation, although our Zhao family has a lot of land and many monks, but as long as everyone works together to achieve the return of the grains, Master Zhao will give a big red envelope to all the stewards." ”

At this time, a monk next to him asked, "I wonder how many red envelopes of spirit stones will be given out by Master Zhao?"

Zhao Guan raised his index finger mysteriously and said, "Every steward has a high-grade spirit stone, how about it?" Even if the price of our expulsion city is relatively high, the reward of this high-grade spirit stone can also buy you a suitable elixir." Speaking of this, he glanced at Qin Wen provocatively.

Qin Wen couldn't help but smile at Lao He, Lao He didn't have much interest in hearing the reward at this time, originally among these stewards, he was more miserable, the original head of the Shi family didn't treat him too much, plus there were more wives and children, and life was naturally tight.

But now it's different, just now Qin Wen has raised his monthly payment to a high-grade spirit stone, if you want to save flowers, you can still do it by accumulating about ten high-grade spirit stones a year, and Qin Wen also said that in the future, let the children in charge concentrate on practicing the skills, in that case, even the child's heart doesn't have to be, which is impossible for these families in front of him, so he now gradually has a psychological advantage in front of these stewards.

Steward Zhao saw that Qin Wen didn't speak, and he couldn't help but feel angry in his heart, originally there was no grudge between him and Qin Wen, but he was a little unaccustomed to Lao He's servile state in front of Qin Wen, plus he was relatively narrow-minded, and after saying a few words to Qin Wen, he couldn't see Qin Wen make a fool of himself, and he had some secret hatred in his heart.

Moreover, he saw that Qin Wen was only in the Xuanshi realm like himself, and he heard that it had not even been half a year since Qin Wen came to the city of expulsion, which made him even more disdainful of Qin Wen, he himself had Zhao Mansion as a backer, and he was completely unpleasant to this kind of outsider, so he suddenly thought of a wonderful way.

Steward Zhao said with a smile at this time: "According to Master Zhao's instructions, this year, a small change will be made in the rules for convening the monks who protect the fields, but the general rules remain the same, our Zhao family's private fields are more, of course, there are the most monks, Master Zhao has already summoned three monks from the Xuan Master realm yesterday, and more than 30 monks from the Xuan Shi Upper Rank, as the monks of our Zhao family to protect the fields this year." ”

"In addition, the rest are still in proportion, the same as last year, but we have a minimum limit this year, that is, no less than ten monks in the realm of Xuanshi, this rule must be obeyed by everyone, otherwise there will be three or five acres of private land monks in the future who also want to join us, according to the proportion, he does not need to go out of a single monk, and we can't take care of him in vain." ”

Lao He opened his mouth at this time: "Steward Zhao, didn't you already say it in the past? According to the number of acres of land, we only produced five monks who were on the upper level of Xuanshi last year, so why should we have at least ten this year?"

Steward Zhao looked at him coldly and said, "Last year was last year, this year is this year, I remember that you didn't follow the Qin family master last year." ”

One sentence choked Lao He's face red, Lao He turned his eyes and looked at the stewards around him, all of them showed expressions that seemed to be smiling, thinking that this regulation basically had no effect on them, he couldn't help but say angrily: "You are targeting our Qin family, why do we have so little land, so many monks?"

Steward Zhao just wanted to speak again, but Qin Wen waved his hand at this time to signal Lao He not to be excited, and then asked Steward Zhao: "There is no problem with the ten monks who have reached the rank of Xuanshi, so let's do it, this year is the first year for our Qin family to collect grain from the private field, and there will be more in this nursing monk." ”

Having said this, Qin Wen pondered for a moment, calculated the time and the number of people, and continued: "Our Qin family will send ten monks from the Xuan Shi Rank this year, and then send one Xuan Shi to the top of the Monk, Zhao Steward, so there will be no problem." ”

Hearing Qin Wen say this, Steward Zhao couldn't help but be a little speechless, but he immediately changed his tone and said, "Since the Qin family master said so, this is also something that is beneficial to everyone, so I naturally raise my hands in favor." ”

At this time, a monk appeared in front of the courtyard door, walked straight in and asked, "Is the Qin family master here?"

Qin Wen was stunned for a moment, turned around and saw that it was Liu Laosan, and couldn't help but hesitate a little in his heart, why did Liu Laosan come here to find himself at this time, so he said with a smile: "It turned out to be the shopkeeper Liu, I don't know what the shopkeeper is looking for me?" (To be continued......)