"Brother Peng, you said this to me wrongly. Although my property is not as good as you, my family also has a little bit of property. Like you, there are seven hectares of land, but only more than 200 acres were recorded in the field book. One is to reduce the households and the other is to hide taxes. [You have damaged your property, can I not lose it?"

"What are you afraid of? You are not a promising son!"

"Brother Peng, how can you speak without any wrongdoing? OK, I will only say a few words and leave immediately. Now let's say the first sentence, although that little commentator is ruthless, has he ever been greedy or favoritism?"

Mr. Zhao then got the idea.

Why did Wang Ju give everyone a headache? It’s because he is not greedy or take it. Even if there is something wrong at home, he will not accept any gifts from anyone. I heard that in Huachi County, he paid some money for the country and asked his father to give some money.

So if you can't catch any handle on this, you'll either get involved in the canal worker, but you're really in trouble with it?

This failure to inject oil and salt into the body makes everyone feel uncomfortable.

So it seems that it is impossible to go to the back door because of Zhao Du.

Mr. Peng then glared: "Then Brother Zhao comes here, I believe I am not really visiting Mr. Zeng."

After saying that, they twisted their bodies and beat them lightly, but they still felt pain when they were pulled out of the back.

"To be honest, Du'er was called to help by that little judge. I felt so uncomfortable in the middle, so I called Du'er home to ask questions. Who knew that Du'er's words made me suddenly enlightened."

"What words make you suddenly understand?"

"Everyone, think about it, why can Zheng Baiqu only penetrate our counties?"

"Zhao Yuanwai, aren't you talking nonsense? Going further north, it's all mountains. How to build canals?" Zeng Yuanwai said angrily.

His statement is not very correct. Yes, the entire Shaanxi area is mostly plains, from Mei County to the west, Tongguan to the east, Qinling Mountains to the north, and from the north to Huayuan. This small area has become one of the important blue-swinging areas of Chinese civilization.

However, this relatively flat area is also divided into high and low levels. For example, the terrain of Nanbaiqu is relatively low, and it is easy to obtain water, while the terrain of Taibaiqu is relatively high, and it is difficult to obtain water. There are also the lower reaches of Beiluo Water, which are also flat areas. Because of the high terrain, although Wang Ju took the high water level of the Zhengqu route in the third stage, which is the original Zhengguo Canal, it was impossible to send water to Beiluo Water. That is, the Zhengguo Canal, which is two-thirds of the Zhengguo Canal, has actually completely lost its benefits.

After this cultivation, where can the Song Dynasty still have the energy to practice?

In later generations, the technology may be more developed, but there is no sufficient water source. How to repair it? This means that the real Zhengguo Canal has lost the last opportunity to restore its original appearance.

The few outsiders don’t know much about this, but I can also say that although Wang Ju walked a long period of high water, he might not be able to go north any higher? It’s all mountains, so how can he build it?

"Are they all located north of Jingshui?"

"Don't just keep it a secret, just say it." Zeng Yuanwai said. This is nonsense. To the west is Xianyang area and to the south is Chang'an area. It can be repaired, but does it belong to Zheng Baiqu?

"This repair is nearly 40,000 hectares of arable land, and most of them are first-class fertile land. How many people have to be raised, and more than 100,000 households have to be raised."

"Where are more than 100,000 households coming?"

"What if the imperial court sent 40,000 military households? Wouldn't it be more than 100,000 households? At least 100,000 households."

"Don't mention this again," said several people disgustedly.

In fact, there is another internal reason for their land enclosure, that is, tenant farmers. In this way, every household has enough arable land, and they will immediately have a headache even if the tenant farmers are willing to cultivate the land for them? Even if some officials do whatever they want, some people will bring land to the tenant, the income will be limited.

More than 40,000 hectares of land, it’s a big deal to think about it.

"You only see the income of the land, but not the other income. What counties are the closest to the Jingshui River and Weishui? Once 100,000 households have good land, it means there will be a harvest. With the harvest, there will be extra money. Moreover, those military households will continue to pay more than ten cents of salary every year. Even if a household buys more than ten cents of goods a year, it will be a transaction of more than one million cents. Moreover, once Zheng Baiqu is completed, it will become the main grain supply location on the front line. How much transaction will it bring? How much rent will it be better if you make this money? I don't know what you think. Anyway, I bought more than ten acres of land at the dock and plan to build a residence in the future."

"Oh, this is the top priority," Mr. Zeng got up from the bed together and lay down in pain: "Woman, let's see how much money there is in the family."

"Brother Zeng, don't worry, this is the first thing I said, and I will talk about the second thing, so Zheng Baiqucheng is good for all of us."

As soon as this happened, several people looked at him suspiciously.

"Don't look at me. If Wang Pingshi asked me to come, I wouldn't tell you about this benefit."

After this statement, several people reiterated their doubts.

Wang Ju also thought about this benefit, but considering that there is not so much money to buy and reclaim it, if it occupies land, it will be another era when the land price is seriously underestimated.

This is not only the land price, but also the housing price.

Many scholars and officials complained about the housing prices in the capital.

It’s expensive. A decent house costs more than a thousand guan, but isn’t it really expensive?

At least as a king, including those who are nine hundred and fifty years later, there is no right to say it. For example, the luxury house, pavilions, towers, and so large, the core area of ​​the capital, the price is 5,000 guan! It may be worth more than 10,000 guan now. That is only a few million RMB. In later generations, if there is such a house near Zhongnanhai, it will cost no more than 10,000 guan!

Its value is not on the ground, not even on the house, but on the benefits of operating.

If you allocate some money and other returns next year, there may be rewards, but that will attract more criticism, so Wang Ju decisively gave up.

Of course, these people definitely don’t know Wang Ju’s thoughts.

Mr. Zhao continued, "Everyone, I came here with kindness. If you have any ideas, I will leave."

"Don't leave, Brother Zhao, we believe it, you can continue to talk."

"We are going to be tough now. Is that Wang Pingshi a tough one? Think about it. Can he be stronger than the 100,000 troops of Xixia?"

Just one sentence, I asked a few people.

"Then why don't we change the means and negotiate with him. We don't want the land we occupy this year and find ways to recover more hidden fields."

"How can I chase this? The Tiancai is one thing, but it is actually another thing. Some are more hidden, while others are less hidden. And it is not easy to check."

"Let's negotiate and cooperate actively. Try to recover some of them, right?"

"I don't agree," said Mr. Lu.

"Brother Lu doesn't agree, I can't do it either. Anyway, I plan to do this. My son works under his hands, which is easy to communicate. Time passes quickly. Now summer and autumn is coming in the blink of an eye. You must be bleeding. I won't do this. Think about it again, force Ruoda's imperial officials to leave the city to live in thatched huts. When they are sent to the capital, will the real official family still speak for you? I don't care whether you agree or not, don't blame my son for doing things for him in the future." After Zhao Yuanwai said that, he left the Zeng family.

…………

"This is the method," Hou Ke was convinced.

Wang Ju was also content with a smile. Indeed, this is the method.

When he just came down, he did not consider the conflict and was devoted to the technology and money for building canals. But when he found out, he had to make a choice. If he stood on the standpoint of a powerful man and could only focus on persuasion and make concessions with each other, then the contradiction would not intensify to this point. If he stood on the standpoint of the common people in the court, it was Wang Ju's current choice, and the contradiction would inevitably intensify.

There are three major groups, the people support it, and the sergeants support it.

The tougher Wang Ju is, the more confident the soldiers are, the less worried about collusion between officials and gentry and occupying the fertile land.

There is a group of people, squire, that is, landlords of all sizes.

But even the gentry is not a piece of iron plate, and almost every household has hidden land. No matter how many problems arise, it cannot be too much attack and invade state-owned property. In that dynasty, it is rarely thought that it was a scandal.

If they are not handled well, these people will be able to form a group. Even if they use violent means to solve the powerful forces in Jingyang, can they solve all the powerful forces in these counties?

However, the mentality of the more hidden people and the less hidden people is different. The mentality of the strong and the weak are different. The mentality of the soft and the hard are also different.

Wang Ju felt that it was a breakthrough and had never found an opportunity.

Zhao Du came and tactfully asked for it that my family also had hidden fields, but my family was a good man and had never had any trouble. Can you be easily deposed? I don’t expect that hundreds of acres of hidden fields can be obtained in the end. As long as I get more than half of them back, I will be satisfied.

This request is actually the mentality of most gentry. If most of the hidden fields can be taken out, because they have been irrigated, including the original dry fields, they have also become fertile fields, and their actual interests have not been damaged. In addition, many people are timid and weak in power, so they will be satisfied.

After these gentry differentiated, the rest were just some thorns. It was not easy to deal with thorns?

So he asked Zhao Du to go home and conveyed these words.

First, there is the contradiction between the differentiation and transfer of profit-making businesses, second, it is recommended that everyone be more correct in their mentality, and third, by the way, check out what the trends are there in these families. The actual effect is good. Even among these families, some people are moved, and there are more families in the city. Some even directly recommend Zhao Yuanwai as a representative to negotiate with Wang Ju.

"Minister Hou, you can't take it lightly."

"That's right," Hou Ke took a sip of tea, but his face was still full of pen. No matter what, this would reduce the trouble after autumn by half, and his pressure would be much more relaxed: "This tea is weird."

“How does it taste?”

"It's fragrant, but what do you think..."

"Don't underestimate it. I asked my uncle to buy the best Mingqian tea tip in Hangzhou, and then send someone to stir-fry it and then check it in."

Wang Ju also took a sip of tea and said.

Maybe there were stir-fried teas in the Song Dynasty, but it was rare. Anyway, Wang Ju didn't see it, and the teas they saw were all tea cakes. Tea cakes were popular, and there was also a reason for the times, that is, transportation. Although fried teas were fragrant, it had strict requirements on sealing, and the storage time should not be too long, and it was fragile and difficult to transport. Although tea cakes were troublesome, they had longer storage time and did not have strong sealing requirements, and transportation was convenient. Of course, this problem could not be discovered without coming to the Song Dynasty. So in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, tea cakes were still in circulation.

The tea I drink now may be considered high-quality green tea, or it may not be considered green tea, but white tea. What is white tea? It means that it is not fried or kneaded during the processing process, drying or drying on low heat. The white hairs are retained on the leaves, so the soup color is lighter when it comes out. Maybe he didn't explain it clearly, and after Li Zhen bought the tea tip, he dared not stir-fry vigorously.

There are more types of teas in the future, including green tea, black tea, oolong tea, white tea, yellow tea, and black tea, most of which were almost impossible to see in the Song Dynasty.

"Doing things should be like drinking this tea, and only after the bitterness is over will it be sweet."

"Not necessarily, if it is indeed sweet after bitterness, many people will drink it. But I am afraid that it will still be bitter after bitterness, and it will be bitter and astringent."

"So I'll let them see Gan."

"Hahaha," Hou Ke smiled and rode away on the old horse.

Wang Ju waved and asked Hu Quan: "Do you understand?"

Hu Quan shook his head.

"Do you miss home?"

"I miss the Empress."

"What should I do?"

"I want to study hard and become an official like my uncle in the future, and I can bring the Empress to my side and enjoy my happiness."

"Then study hard. When you have a little longer, I will arrange for you to study in a good provincial school or academy." Wang Ju said. Hu Qian died in battle. Wang Ju asked his wife that his wife asked her son to choose literature. This is a very normal mentality. Wang Ju also agreed. If Hu Quan grows up and fails to pass the exam, Wang Ju will not be able to give him a qualification.

Wang Ju looked at Zhu Jun again.

Zhu Jun smiled and said, "Dalang, I am not a child either. I am afraid I don't understand. Dalang said that there is no bitterness among the people, how can I know the sweetness among the people. But Hou Magistrate said that after suffering, there may not be sweetness among the people. Therefore, most people have shallow vision and choose the benefits they have obtained instead of giving in."
To be continued...