There are eight or nine more strange-looking young men in the silent and serene picture of the mountains and rivers, and they are running in the fairyland in the painting, ecstatic. These eight or nine men are all heads and elders of wealthy families in Jiangnan who spent 100,000 yuan to enter the fairyland in the painting for a year.

There are three business giants, four are local tyrants and big landlords for generations, and one or two are veterans of famous families in the Tang Dynasty. These people are all holders of Datang's wealth. Datang's commercial tax is low, so it is extremely easy for business giants to accumulate wealth. The local tyrants and big landlords were stained with the light of the two tax laws. The patriarchs of the family did not pay any taxes because of the protection of the court.

These chaebol heads are all powerful masters, and they are colluded, even if the new Huainan Jiedu envoy He Chang does not dare to put his hand into their pockets to touch the money.

But guarding the wealth of the family, even if the rich rival the country, it will be difficult to escape death in the end. These old men are all neckless people, with an average life expectancy of sixty-eight, and they are typical of not having many days. They are much more anxious than Cui Pike.

Even Cui Pi would rather write a handwritten letter for the sake of immortality, just to fight for immortality. Not to mention these old people who are approaching the deadline. For them, even if they can extend their longevity by one year, it is worth it.

Lei Changye looked at the people jumping and jumping in the town of Shining Gold in the painting, and smiled slightly. After a year, when the deadline expires, he naturally has other ways to collect money to persuade Krypton, and these fat sheep will naturally not give them a drop of blood left when they fall into his hands.

Now his problem is that he has too much money and needs to spend it as soon as possible.

The most expensive thing in Jiangnan is, in addition to raising soil, is to buy land. There are about 1.5 million households in Huainan Province and Jiangnan East Province, accounting for about 80 million or 90 million mu of cultivated land. In addition, there is no naturalized fertile land, and the field yield is afraid of more than 100 million mu. It is more than five times more than the 20 million acres of cultivated land in Jiannan Road.

Moreover, these wealthy people in the south of the Yangtze River occupy good land, good water, good canals, good fertilizer, fertile land, and developed irrigation capacity. The output of these fertile fields supports the prosperity of Jiangnan, and there is still surplus to supply the whole country.

Now that Su embroidery has not yet become large-scale, the number of mulberry fields has not begun to erode farmland, as long as the land in the south of the Yangtze River is controlled, it is equivalent to controlling half of the rations of the whole country of Datang.

The Xuan family also knew this key back then, so in order to sit firmly in the position of the envoy of Huainan Province, the Xuan family trained an extremely elite Jiangnan battalion - Badu soldiers. The Badu soldiers were all made up of wealthy and talented people, veterans, and unemployed peasants.

Starting from Xuan Jianhong's father Xuan Favor, he raised three generations and raised many families of tooth generals, who were trained in the Jiangnan camp for generations, inheriting the will to defend the Xuan family, so that no one in the eight towns in the southeast dared to resist the will of the Huainan Jiedu envoy.

Although the sale of land was legalized after the two tax laws, it was only the local feudal government in the other town and the rich and powerful who colluded with the feudal power. Not only can these people force the poor to sell their land cheaply, but they can also let them tax their land, and eventually the whole family will go into exile, and even if they die, the tax debt will be on their graves. Not only did the rich have land, but they also paid taxes.

If you want to buy good land from a wealthy man, the buyer must first weigh his own weight. Without the protection of the feudal government, the next day after buying the land, they would be forced to sell it cheaply, and in the end, the land was not bought, and the money was gone.

Therefore, outsiders must open up the channels of Huainan Jiefu to buy land on a large scale in Jiangnan. The positions of the Zhejiang West Observation Envoy and the Xuanshu Observation Envoy of Jiangnan East Province are basically decided by the Huainan Jiefu in a word, and the imperial court used to be able to interject, but now with He Chang sitting in Huainan Province, no one can interject.

Without the acquiescence of the Jiangnan battalion, buying and selling land without permission will only be eaten by local magnates and warlords.

Secondly, if you want to sell land, you have to see if the rich people in Jiangnan are willing to sell it to you. These generations of large landowners have regarded the fertile land as the foundation of their families, and how to give up the land to others, even if they want to sell it, it is sold at a sky-high price.

Lei Changye felt that it was necessary to go to Yangzhou now, the first was to explore the way for Xuanjin Xuanxiu to step on the plate to see what kind of distribution of Yangzhou's forces was, and the second was to open up the necessary links to realize his ideal of buying land in Jiangnan.

As for whether the wealthy people in Jiangnan want to sell their land, after the channel is opened, they can't help it.

Moreover, buying land is also a good excuse to throw stones and ask for directions. Move the biggest piece of cake in Jiangnan and see who jumps out to block it, just to see how the forces of all parties are.

However, this time to explore the way, you must not bring Xuanjin and Xuanxiu, the two sisters and brothers, which makes Lei Changye have a headache. Because although he roughly figured out the distribution of the forces in Jiangnan, he didn't know which force did the Xuan Jianhong family. Taking them to Jiangnan would endanger their lives first, and secondly, it would endanger himself.

So he had to find a way to persuade the Xuanjin sisters and brothers to stay in the Flying Fish Lady's ship.

That night, Lei Changye came to the cabin where Xuanjin was resting, knocked on the door, and entered.

At this time, Xuan Jin and Xuan Xiu were in the cabin, discussing something, and when they heard Lei Changye open the door together, their expressions looking at him were extremely complicated.

"Senior Brother Xuan is also here, what are you talking about?" asked Lei Changye casually.

"Senior brother, we are talking about when to go to Yangzhou. Xuanxiu said a little excitedly, "Seeing that the senior brother's plan has been realized very smoothly, Sister A and I are a little stunned." ”

"Brother Lei, can there be any progress?" Xuan Jin also asked eagerly.

"Well, I won't hide it from you, I'm going to Yangzhou. Lei Changye said with a serious expression.

"Take us with you!" Xuan Xiu suddenly stood up excitedly. Xuan Jin held him down and pressed him to sit on the collapse.

"Brother Lei, don't you want to take us with you?" Xuan Jin looked at Lei Changye's expression and frowned slightly.

"That's right, I haven't found out who is the real murderer yet, so I rashly took you to Yangzhou, and I don't know who to guard against. There are too many forces in Yangzhou, which are intricately intertwined, and if you don't know the truth, there is no place to die. Lei Changye sighed and shook his fan.

"I don't have to worry, Sister, you don't have to worry, I will naturally do my best to protect her safety. Xuanxiu said eagerly.

"Don't forget that the Demon God Sect still has a gluttony in Yangzhou. Lei Changye smiled bitterly, "Under gluttony, no one is safe." ”

Both Xuanjin and Xuanxiu fell silent.

Xuanxiu thought for a while, but couldn't help but speak: "Senior brother, I'm willing to take risks." ”

"Brother, let's go, your senior brother will also be in danger. Xuan Jin pondered for a moment and sighed wastefully.

"Alas!" Xuan Xiu shook his fist hard.

"This time, I didn't go to find out the truth about the destruction of the Xuan family, but to buy land in Jiangnan. Lei Changye said lightly, "However, I will go in the name of investigating the truth about the destruction of the Xuan family." ”

"Then we ......" Xuanxiu gave birth to hope again.

"You will be closely guarded by me as pawns. If they want to move you, they will come to the Flying Fish Lady's ship, this is our home field, and I will monitor their every move at all times to see who is going to harm you and who is going to protect you, so that we can roughly know who the real culprit is. Lei Changye patted Xuanxiu on the shoulder when he said this, "Even on the boat, you have to protect your sister at all times." ”

"Yes!" Xuanxiu nodded vigorously.

"If you go to Jiangnan, will you lure the enemy to the ship?" Xuan Jin also felt a little excited.

"Quite possibly. Because you may see and hear something that the murderer does not want people to know. I will keep the Yin generals on your side at all times, but at critical moments, you will have to rely on your own strength to survive. "Lei Changye deliberately made the possibility of an enemy attack extremely high, so as not to let them idle and think nonsense.

"Brother Lei has good intentions, and my brother and I will be careful to defend ourselves. Xuan Jin glanced at him and smiled slightly, obviously seeing his hard work.

Lei Changye was a little embarrassed, coughed and said, "I have one more thing for you today." ”

He took out two pieces from his arms and put them in the hands of Xuan Jin and Xuan Xiu.

"Brother Lei, although this is very fun, but now in such a critical period, my brother and I are really ......" Xuan Jin shook his head with a smile.

"I remember you said that you were stuck at the threshold of rushing to the fourth grade, and you haven't passed it yet?" asked Lei Changye.

"Exactly!" Xuanxiu and Xuanjin's eyes lit up at the same time.

"There's your very own picture here. Lei Changye pointed to the two figures in the Immortal Palace on the interface of the Immortal Hidden Diagram of the Painting Box, "Enter this painting body with your divine sense, and my magic weapon will guide you to a cave where you can practice, where you will practice without anyone disturbing you, and you will get twice the result with half the effort." However, you two sisters and brothers must be one outside and one inside, constantly rotate, and you must not enter the cave at the same time to practice, so as not to encounter enemy attacks......"

This is another small function of the Immortal Hidden Diagram newly developed by Lei Changye, which extraditiates the body of a specific painting to a cave with an enchantment in the Immortal Hidden Diagram with another charm, relying on the rich desolate qi in the cave to assist the middle body of the painting to comprehend the realm.

Once the divine consciousness breaks through, it returns to the body, which can guide the body to break through for the second time and easily break through the realm of the Great Fourth Grade.

Although this requires two consecutive breakthroughs to complete, it increases the breakthrough speed several times, which is very cost-effective. Xuanjin and Xuanxiu are the main characters he deliberately cultivated, and now is the time for them to show their strengths, and they must hurry up to break through quickly.

"This method is wonderful!" After Lei Changye's detailed explanation, Xuan Jin and Xuan Xiu both felt that this function of entering the painting box to practice was too rebellious, as if they had discovered a new continent, and they couldn't help but try it now.

Lei Changye let them study on their own and said goodbye and went out. If they can break through quickly, of course, it will be a great joy, and even if they can't, it will be a victory if they can stay on the ship during this time.

After he went out, he deliberately called Yu Jiao out. Recently, Yu Jiao has grown up a little more, and it is heavy to sit on his shoulders.

"Gillian, Grandpa is going out to run errands tomorrow, these days when I leave, you must protect Aunt Jin'er and Uncle Xiaoxiu, don't let the bad guys bully them. Lei Changye whispered.

"There are actually bad people who dare to bully my Aunt Jin'er and Uncle Xiaoxiu, they are dead!"

"Yes, these bad guys should be damned, you use the White Bone Ji to protect them at all times, and Grandpa's Yin General will also help you. Guarding until Grandpa comes back is victory. ”

"Grandpa, where are you going, what are you doing?" asked Jiao curiously.

"Go to Yangzhou, buy good land, and in the future we will be the largest landlord in Jiangnan. Lei Changye said with a grin.

"Okay, Grandpa, do you have land to keep witch beasts in captivity? Yu Jiao asked.

"Well, you can consider it. Lei Changye smiled.