Tang He hurriedly greeted him, nodded and bowed: "This master, this posterior boy is amazing, he is now Mr. Houlong, who is now famous in Houlong Village." Mr. Hou Long was about to go to the East Lake Tianyi Pavilion Library to read books. ”

The people who left the palace were stunned, how did he not know Mr. Houlong's name in Yinxian County, but he didn't expect that the country boy in linen clothes in front of him was actually Mr. Houlong, who was known as exchanging snow sugar for gold beads.

His face softened a little, but he was still very arrogant, and he raised his chin and said: "What Mr. Houlong, what dare you call Mr. a casual cultivator in the field, you can see clearly, this Tianyi Pavilion is a famous sect that has been inherited for thousands of years, and the classics in the East Lake Library can be read if you want to? Go ahead, go ahead, Hugh has to come and talk about it." ”

Guo Dalu didn't bother to talk to this kind of subordinate who didn't know what to do, took out the jade pendant again, and shook it in front of the palace descendant: "I was invited by Cen Daoyou in the Tianyi Pavilion to go to the library to read books. ”

The person who left the palace snorted coldly: "What Lou Cen Zhi--wait, you, you are talking about the new pavilion master's personal disciple Upstairs Immortal?"

Guo Dalu didn't know that Lou Cen Zhi had suddenly become a disciple of the pavilion master from a disciple of the outer door, and he thought that he should have made a meritorious contribution and received a reward because of the drip irrigation method recently, so he nodded vaguely: "Exactly, can I go to East Lake now?"

The person who left the palace hurriedly saluted: "The little one should be damned, I bumped into Mr. Houlong, and asked Mr. Houlong to come with me and see the palace master." ”

In Tang He's envious eyes, Guo Dalu followed the person who left the palace and entered the palace through the side door.

The people who left the palace took Guo Dalu around and around, until they came to a side hall, served tea, asked Guo Dalu to sit down, and said: "I will invite the palace master to come over and discuss with Mr. Houlong about going to East Lake." ”

Guo Dalu thanked, while sitting and drinking tea, while looking at the layout of the palace, although this is a side hall, but also extremely luxurious, the beams are carved with a variety of woodcut reliefs, telling the story of the cultivation of the immortals of Tianyi Pavilion in the past dynasties, the ground is all the same color of terrazzo bricks, the light can be seen, the thick pillar can not be embraced by one person, faintly exudes fragrance, the candle with the thickness of the arm swaying with gentle light, and the chair is covered with thick satin.

The children of Houlong Village can't even make a decent linen coat for a year, and on this day, the palace of Yige actually uses silk as a mat!

Four words flashed in Guo Dalu's mind - people's fat and people's ointment!

It's over, it's over.

Guo Dalu believes that if it weren't for the absolute strength of immortals compared to mortals, the common people would have risen up a long time ago!

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and the person who led Guo Dalu into the door of the palace hunched down and brought a middle-aged man into the side hall, and the middle-aged man shouted haha: "But Mr. Houlong of Houlong Village? ”

Guo Dalu saw that Yu Dazhong looked loyal and honest, and sure enough, he was as good as his name, much more "loyal" than the subordinates around him, so he quickly stood up and returned the salute deeply: "It's a small one that is reckless, please forgive Palace Master Yu." ”

Yu Dazhong still smiled before he spoke: "Haha, a certain family has long wanted to go to Houlong Village to have an understanding with Mr. Houlong, today is really called early than coincidental, hurry up, change tea, change good tea." ”

After a while, the next person changed the tea, Yu Dazhong pulled Guo Dalu for a good greeting, obviously, he once knew something about Guo Dalu, and from time to time mentioned his parents, strangers in the mountains, the fertilizer method, etc., especially the fertilizer method, he smiled: "Don't hide Mr. Houlong, there are also a few acres of thin fields in the Xia, let the tenant farmers use Mr. Houlong's fertilizer method early, although it has not yet reached the autumn harvest, but look at the growth of the crops, it must be a bumper harvest! Speaking of which, I have also received the benefits of Mr. Houlong." At the beginning, in order to get the straw paper printed with the manure method, it was convenient for the people who left the palace to go to the toilet in the market. ”

Guo Dalu remembered the rancid idea of using the formula to attract people to go to the public toilet in order to get more human fat, and he was also a little embarrassed, and scratched his head: "The kid is whimsical, which makes people laugh." ”

That Yu Dazhong pulled Guo Dalu and nagged for a long time, full of praise for his snow sugar, alcohol, etc., he was also well-informed, this alcohol had just come out, and it had not been sold on the market, he already knew the news, and he was particularly concerned about whether this alcohol could be made into fine wine.

Guo Dalu chatted with him for a long time, and the tea in front of him was poured several times--the tea of the Great Li Dynasty was not a clear tea, but a group tea similar to Tang Feng, with sugar and ginger in it, which was equivalent to drinking a strange drink--finally became a little impatient, coughed and said: "That, Palace Master Yu, before leaving the palace, I wanted to get the help of Palace Master Yu to go to the Tianyi Pavilion Library in East Lake, and asked the palace master to give me a convenience." ”

As he spoke, he showed Lou Cenzhi's jade pendant again.

Palace Master Yu laughed and said: "Xiao Guo (he chatted with Guo Dalu well, and directly called Xiao Guo, no longer Mr. to Mr.) can get the fairy blue eyes upstairs, and climb to the sky to read books in the library building, alas, I won't tell you, I lived in vain at this age, and I am not qualified to go to the library." Staying in this palace every day, he has to take care of the eating, drinking, and lazing of a large group of people, and he is entangled in mundane affairs, but he has achieved nothing, and he is ashamed and ashamed. ”

Guo Dalu said against his will: "The master of the Yu Palace has worked hard and worked hard. In the future, if there is a place that can be used in Houlong Village, although it is clear that I can help, I will definitely help. ”

Guo Dalu's words were just polite, but Yu Dazhong's eyes lit up, and he laughed: "Xiao Guo is really a refreshing person, alas, you don't know, this country people are the most difficult to deal with, obviously planting the land of our Tianyi Pavilion, drinking the water of Tianyi Pavilion, cutting down the mountains and forests of Tianyi Pavilion, but complaining about collecting rent from them, this year fortunately, there are upstairs immortals who invented the drip irrigation method, and the palace can send a little less rations and collect a little more rent in the future, otherwise, I can only drink the northwest wind from the palace." ”

Guo Dalu heard "less rations, more rent", he couldn't help but be stunned, he had heard Zhu Lao Village Chief say before, the villagers planted kudzu grass for Tianyi Pavilion, and they could get regular rations every year, which was equivalent to wages, although the amount of rations was not much, but with the thin fields planted by the villagers themselves in the back mountains, they could barely fill their stomachs. The rent is the rent that must be paid for occupying the mountains and forests of Tianyi Pavilion and reclaiming the barren land, otherwise, not an inch of wood can go out of the mountain.

Guo Dalu said in surprise: "Why do you want to reduce rations and increase rents after the drip irrigation method is implemented?"

Yu Dazhong said with a smile: "That's right, the upstairs fairy is merciful and compassionate, after the promotion of the drip irrigation method, that group of mud legs can be greatly saved, the work is much easier, this naturally has to reduce rations, we Tianyi Pavilion can't raise people in vain and don't work, right? As for increasing the rent, it's simpler, the hillbillies have more time to take care of their farmland, the harvest will naturally increase, the harvest will increase, and we will naturally increase the rent. ”

Guo Dalu sat on the silk cushion, but it was like sitting on pins and needles, he never expected that he came up with the drip irrigation method, originally wanted to let the people avoid the suffering of kudzu grass watering, but he didn't expect that this palace is now greedy, and he actually doesn't want the people to get rid of it at all, no, even become Bengali, and exploit the people even more!

Guo Dalu couldn't help but think of the textbook "Extra Three or Five Buckets" he read when he was a child, even if the people at the bottom of the society had a bumper harvest, but because the political and economic power was not in their hands, they did not have any bargaining power at all, and they were exploited by landlords and big businessmen, and they overcharged three or five buckets, and they made less money.

For example, what Yu Dazhong did today is the same thing, the cultivators and their vassals are at the top of the pyramid of the ruling class, turning their hands into clouds and rain, giving and asking for the people, and the people have no idea of resisting except swallowing their anger.

Guo Dalu gritted his teeth: "Does Lou Cen Zhi know about this matter of reducing rations and increasing rent?"

Yu Dazhong waved his hand: "Where does this kind of mundane matter need to disturb Shangxian Qingxiu? He saw that Guo Dalu was not in good condition, and clapped his hands: "Haha, I forgot, Houlong Village is the place where the upstairs immortal tries the drip irrigation method, which is naturally different from other places, not to mention that there is Xiao Guo You are here, how much you have to give some face, this matter of reducing rations and increasing rent, is not implemented in Houlong Village for the time being." ”

It is good that it will not be implemented for the time being, that is to say, whether it will be implemented in the future or not, it is not a matter of his Yu Dazhong's words.

Guo Dalu was deeply disgusted with Yu Dazhong, who opened his mouth and played haha, and his insatiable greed was this generation! He said: "It's not too early, I want to set off to East Lake as soon as possible, and I also ask Palace Master Yu to show me the way." ”

Yu Dazhong snorted again: "Yes, yes, but, there are countless mouths waiting to eat and drink in the palace, I am sad all year round, this time Xiao Guo came to the door, I want to make a good fate, I heard that the snow sugar business in Houlong Village is excellent, and I Tianyi Pavilion Palace also has many shops in Jiangnan, and I am willing to help Houlong Village sell a part of the snow sugar." ”

Guo Dalu didn't expect that this Yu Dazhong actually stretched out his hand to the snow sugar business -- it turned out that he was sitting on the top and serving good tea, pulling himself to make a phone call, and the foreshadowing was to get involved in the snow sugar business, greedy, really greedy! Although this snow sugar is produced in Houlong Village, it is actually Guo Dalu's own industry, and you don't need the fields and mountains of Tianyi Pavilion, Guo Dalu spent a lot of effort to win half of the sugar monopoly rights from the hands of all the families, why should you give Tianyi Pavilion a place to leave the palace?

Guo Dalu was resentful in his heart, and just wanted to refuse, but his heart moved--this Yu Dazhong, if he didn't give him the benefits of Snow Candy's operation, wouldn't he not tell him how to go to the Tianyi Pavilion Library? )