Infrastructure masters in the red building

Jia Fang and Lai Da came to Taoyuan Village.But there is a certain degree of information asymmetry between the two of them.

Jia Fang didn't know that Lai Da was going to Taoyuan Village before, but now he knows; and Lai Da should have known in advance that Jia Fang would come, but he didn't know that Jia Fang's way of "going" to Taoyuan Village was different from him.

As for the person who personally arranged this kind of unequal information, it was naturally Jia Fang's father.Obviously Rong Guogong Jia Daishan has always been in contact with Taoyuan Village. He expected that Jia Fang would find Taoyuan Village soon after the start of construction, so he arranged for someone to come to "stand in front" for Jia Fang.Moreover, Jia Daishan probably didn't explain to Lai Da exactly what he was going to do, but asked him to wait for Jia Fang when he got there, and listen to Jia Fang's orders.

At this time, Lai Da realized that Jia Fang's face had softened, so he stopped his hands slowly, and asked cautiously: "Master, did you arrive earlier than the servant?"

He found that everyone in Taoyuan Village recognized Jia Fang, and finally realized belatedly that Jia Fang was earlier than him.However, when Lai was out of Beijing in the first lunar month, he also saw Jia Fang.For a moment, Lai Da was puzzled: If Jia Fang really came first, why didn't he see him on the road?

Where did Jia Fang let Laida want to understand these things, he suddenly raised his voice and said, "Take down this scumbag!"

There were two villagers behind him who had been suffocating for a long time. At this moment, they suddenly rushed out from Jia Fang, one on each side, and each waved a big stick, hitting Lai Da's back hard. screamed, and then the two worked together to twist Lai Da's arm behind his back, making him unable to move at all.

The nearby villagers saw it and burst into a shout: "Okay!"

Lai Da's back hurts, his forehead is covered with cold sweat, and he feels regretful in his heart - when he comes to this village to do his best, he should have brought two dog legs with him, so that he can be a helper at critical times.But it costs money to hire people. In such a poor place where there are troublesome people, it is difficult to find people, and the cost is not small, so Lai Da chose to come alone. After all, he has such a thing in his hand and does not worry about the villagers. They don't listen to themselves.

But who knew that this kind of thing would happen, as soon as his front foot arrived, his little master appeared on the back foot.

But this kind of thing cannot withstand careful scrutiny. When Lai Day thought about it, he felt vaguely that something was wrong.He just raised his head and wanted to ask a question, but Jia Fang blinked at him.

--What does this mean?Lai Da thought: Can you tell me that all this just now was just a show, for this group of mud-legged people in front of you?But is it necessary?

It was necessary, because Jia Fang leaned close to Lai Da and said softly, "Please be patient with the steward. You will have to rely heavily on the steward later."

Lai Da breathed a sigh of relief: So it was really a play!

The folk houses in Taoyuan Village are very unique in style. The wooden buildings are built on the hillside. The first floor is suspended with feet and has no walls. It is mostly used to store firewood and raise livestock; the second floor is the daily activity space; the third floor is the bedroom.According to what Jia Fang learned before, this architectural style is called "half-rail dry-style stilted buildings", and it is more common in southern my country-this is consistent with Jia Fang's judgment on the location of Taoyuan Village when he first came.

But now Jia Fang is not in the mood to study these things. He is sitting upstairs in the old village chief's house, drinking the tea offered by Lai Da's hands.

Lai Da was very stupid, and said to Jia Fang with a smile on his face: "Third Master, look... there is really nothing to entertain you in this place, it's just a poor and miserable place. Otherwise, wait for you to do it." After finishing what the Duke of the country told you, the villain will send you back to Beijing right away?"

This Lai Da has not forgotten to pat his chest and promise: "The villain will definitely serve you comfortably all the way."

Seeing Lai Da's smiling face, Jia Fang felt quite uncomfortable, so he could only force a smile of acceptance: "If things are done well this time, I will definitely praise you in front of my father when I go back. Next time, I will let you run around more lucratively." some errands."

Lai Da immediately knelt in front of Jia Fang with tears of gratitude: "With the words of the third master, the villain feels that the two sticks on his back just now don't hurt at all."

Jia Fang also deliberately reached out and patted him on the shoulder: "Just now I had no choice but to do so. If not, how can I win the trust of these villagers? Let them think that I am also on their side?"

"Men also have problems of men," Jia Fang deliberately poured bitterness on Lai Da, "Father's confession this time depends on the efforts of these villagers. If they feel resentment in their hearts now, I'm afraid it will happen later. Difficult."

Lai Da: "The third master is too kind to those mud-legged people. If you carry out the name of the Duke of the country, you don't have to worry about them not obediently listening to you."

"Oh, those two...mud-legged papayas, I just said it casually, but who knew that I would actually dare to attack you." Jia Fang knew what Lai Da was holding grudges, "When the matter is over, I will vent my anger on you again."

Lai Da didn't fully believe this, it was revealed in his eyes.Jia Fang saw it clearly, and thought to himself: "Just wait a while longer."

"Actually, this time, I really want to thank you." Jia Fang said each word with a sincere tone from the heart.

He was really grateful for Lai Da's appearance - he immediately helped him solve the biggest doubt.

Earlier, Jia Fang had been wondering where the absolute physical location of this "Taoyuan Village" was - whether it was a "parallel space" that could be reached from his Grand View Garden, or, as the couplet said, between Daoxiang Village and Taoyuan Village. , the physical distance was shortened through a "ground whip".

The appearance of Lai Da directly proves that Taoyuan Village not only exists in the real world, but also is far away from the middle of Beijing, and it takes nearly a month for a single person to go there.This confirmed his previous bold guess: from the main house in Daoxiang Village to the ancestral hall in Taoyuan Village, there is a folding space, shortening the distance by about three thousand miles.

Jia Fang specially thanked Lai Da, who immediately made Lai Da smile, and even his bones seemed to be lightened by two or two: "Third Master, you are polite."

Jia Fang then coughed lightly, and stretched out his hand to Lai Da: "Bring it!"

Lai Da was startled, and deliberately asked: "What does the third master want?"

Jia Fang gradually showed an impatient expression: "Nonsense! Take out the things."

"Third Master, I really don't understand..." Lai Da began to beg for mercy again.

Jia Fang turned his head away, and changed into his previous attitude, seemingly in a gentle and gentle manner, but in fact he said in a cold tone: "You must have seen my father's attitude towards me, I hope you will not be like your mother, who treats all the people in the house like you. A man is not a man."

Lai Da faltered at his threat, but he still didn't give up, and asked in a low voice: "What exactly does the third master want?"

"Booklet!" Jia Fanghan said in a cold voice, his eyes were sharp, he looked Lai Da up and down, and looked at him with a guilty conscience, "The booklet... what your father told you..."

Jia Fang guessed that when Lai Da came to this Taoyuan Village, apart from having the title of "the chief steward of the Rongguo Mansion" on his head, there should be some special way to restrain the villagers.Otherwise, in the face of so many villagers, where did Lai Da only have the confidence to act so domineeringly?

Besides the "fish talisman" worn by Jia Fang himself, there must be something else, which symbolizes the ownership and jurisdiction of the Rongguo Mansion over this place, and Lai Da uses it to restrain the villagers so that they dare not resist.

Jia Fang knew that after the Ming Dynasty, the account books for recording and managing household registration were called "yellow books", and after the Song Dynasty, the account books for managing land registration were called "fish scale books". These are the most direct and effective control over land, household registration, and population.So he guessed that Lai Da still had something like a yellow book or a fish scale book, and if he mastered this, he would completely control the local villagers.

Now he is watching Lai Da's reaction nervously, trying to judge whether his guess is correct or not.

If he guessed wrong, Lai Da would be able to guess that Jia Fang did not receive any direct instructions from Jia Daishan, and this tricky slave might turn against Jia Fang.

But judging from Lai Da's reaction, he didn't guess completely wrong, there is indeed a booklet.

Jia Fang yelled in his heart: Be lenient when you confess, and strict when you resist. Hurry up and tell the truth!

But at this moment, Lai Da's eyes wandered, pretending that he didn't understand Jia Fang's words at all.

"Third Master, what exactly are you talking about..." The stubborn slave continued to ask back with a stiff neck.

"Do you want me to explain more clearly?" Jia Fang suddenly shouted angrily.

Lai Da's psychological defense line collapsed at this time, he retreated scramblingly, kowtowed to Jia Fang again and again, and said to Jia Fang incoherently: "Please come with me, third master, the things are... in the Xianliang Temple."

—— Xianliang Temple?

When he was young, Lai Da brought Jia Fang to the Xianliang Temple located at one end of Taoyuan Village, and stammered, "I brought the brochure you mentioned before. Before entering the village, I hid it secretly on the altar in the Xianliang Temple." .”

As he spoke, Lai Da stepped forward, opened the gate of Xianliang Temple, entered the main hall of the temple, took out a thick booklet like an account book from under a stack of yellow cloth on the altar table, withdrew again, and respectfully sent it to Jia Put it in front of you.There was nothing unusual in the whole process, and Lai Da didn't realize that there was a secret hidden behind the altar.

After getting the account book, Jia Fang flipped through it, and waved behind him, asking the old village chief to come over and let the other party take a look.After the old village chief nodded, Jia Fang nodded to the villagers who came up, and said, "It's ok. Come on!"

Immediately, several strong villagers rushed forward, surrounded Lai Da, knocked him down with three punches and two feet, then tied him up and made him kneel on the ground.

Jia Fang turned his face beautifully with this move, and Lai Da was caught off guard. After being punched and kicked on the head and face, he was tied into a rice dumpling.He never expected that he suffered a loss from Jia Fang just once, and then suffered another time.

So far, Jia Fang has finally obtained the complete ownership and control of Taoyuan Village from his father who always only half-spoken, and from the hands of this tricky servant who changes his face anytime and anywhere.