Go to ancient times and engage in construction

It was a waiter with a pointed chin who came to Nanbu to summon him, and Huo Sizhong knew this waiter.This waiter was the one who bribed Wei Qing to report the news to Young Master Guang when he falsely spread the news that Nanbu was burned on Lunar New Year's Day last year.

After the pointy-chinned waiter conveyed Wei Shen's intentions, Huo Sizhong graciously led the waiter to the lower room to rest and drink some hot tea.Just as Zheng Yuming changed into his deep clothes here, Huo Sizhong came back.

"My lord, this waiter made it clear that it was the Lord Houpo who filed a complaint in front of Wei Wenzai, saying that our Nanbu lured the people of Houpo Village to throw their land to work, and asked Wei Wenzai to deal with your lord."

Huo Sizhong saw Wei Qing pushing the sharp-chinned waiter to report to Prince Guang, but Huo Sizhong couldn't react at that time, and scolded Wei Qing for being greedy for money.

After learning the truth about the burning of Nanbu and being ridiculed by Wei Qing, Huo Sizhong began to reflect on his single-minded thinking, carefully observe and ponder Zheng Yuming's words and deeds in dealing with people, and found that everything is adapted to local conditions and varies from person to person. Specific problems need to be addressed in a targeted manner.

Today, when entertaining the sharp-chinned waiter, Huo Sizhong treated each other with hospitality, showing that everyone knew each other. When the sharp-chinned waiter was interested in chatting with him, he gave the waiter twenty gold, and took out Wei Shen from the waiter's mouth. Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui should be summoned.

"Sizhong, you did a good job!" Zheng Yuming looked at the young man with relief. Although the young man's head was not flexible, he would humbly ask for advice and work hard.

"My lord, Sizhong will report back to the valley now." Huo Sizhong felt that Wei Shen would punish Nanbu this time, and he wanted to inform Chu Chaohui that Chu Chaohui was a symbol of the power of the valley.

"Well, tell Lord Chu that I already have a countermeasure, so don't make any big moves in the valley." The conflict between the Houpo fiefdom nobles and Nanbu had long been expected by Zheng Yuming, and Zheng Yuming had already figured out a countermeasure. So when he heard that Wei Shen had summoned him for this matter, he felt at ease. He could settle this matter by himself, but to be on the safe side, he asked Huo Sizhong to send a letter to Chu Chaohui who was training soldiers in the valley.

Zheng Yuming rode a horse and followed the sharp-chinned waiter to the Ulsan Lord's Mansion. After the report, he walked into Wei Shen's office. I saw this middle-aged fat man at the next major festival. He is a small nobleman in the Dacheng area, and Houpo is the fief of this middle-aged fat man.This little noble named Yan Fu saw Zheng Yuming coming in, with a look of contempt on his face.

"Governor Zheng, why did Nanbu want to rob the villagers of Houpo?" Wei Shen was not polite as soon as he came up, and his tone was stern.

It is a violation of the moral code for a noble of a fief to instigate civilians on the land of another noble to defect. This behavior is a provocation to the current ruling order.

"I want to report to Wen Zai that Nanbu has no intention of competing with Houpo for the villagers." Zheng Yuming argued.

"Hmph! Governor Zheng, many of the villagers in my back slope work in your southern port, and the whole family of Tian Hu and Tian Bao moved there. Isn't this called a fight?" Yan Fu was very angry.

Last year, many villagers in Houpo went to work in Nanbu, because these villagers used the money they earned from working to buy food and pay taxes. After Hutianbao's family moved to Nanbu, people in the village became unstable. Several villagers expressed their desire to return the land to him through the head of Houpo Village.

The return of the land means that no one is cultivating the land, and no tax will be collected if no one is cultivating it. The nobles of the Houpo fiefdom only have this piece of fiefdom, and less taxes will mean a decline in the quality of life. How can this middle-aged fat nobleman agree? take the loss.

Daqin society is now in a semi-slave and semi-feudal state. In the Western Zhou Dynasty, the well field system was implemented. In Daqin, with the popularization of iron farm tools and ox farming, the agricultural productivity has been greatly improved. The well field system gradually disintegrated.Now most of the vassal states in the Great Qin Continent are dominated by private land.The private land reclaimed by the common people cannot be privately owned. The land of the fiefdom noble belongs to that fiefdom noble.The common people only had planting rights, but no ownership rights. The nobles also controlled the land, not the population.

At this time, there is no household registration system, and the common people can move around at will. If the common people don't want to plant, they can abandon the land in principle and go to another fief to make a living.In order to ensure that the labor force in their fiefs would not be lost, the nobles agreed that each fief could not take in common people from other fiefs. If the fieflord did this, it would be condemned collectively by the nobles, and the lord would also come forward to deal with it.

The king of Qin enfeoffed the land to the princes, and the land of the vassal states belonged to the lords of the vassals, and the lords of the princes then divided the land, and the nobles of the feudal cities had the ownership of their own fiefdoms.Even wasteland has its own owner. That is to say, the whole world is the land of kings, and you common people have no land. drive away.

This kind of custom among the aristocratic class, in the absence of a household registration management system, has very well restricted the flow of common people.However, with the development of society, the rule of the suzerain of the Great Qin Dynasty became weaker and weaker, and the vassal states gradually got rid of the constraints of the suzerain, and began to be independent and independent.

After the weakening of the central power, this constraint weakened between countries. Dissatisfied with the tyranny of the local nobles, it is not uncommon for the common people to flee to neighboring countries to make a living.More common people help farm the land, which means more income.Therefore, the nobles of the various vassal states kept the agreement in their own country, but turned a blind eye to the foreign refugees. This is why Nanbu can take in refugees, but it cannot take in villagers from neighboring villages.

"Governor Zheng, what do you say?" Wei Shen looked at Zheng Yuming. Nanbu's contribution to the Lord of Ulsan has always been positive and generous. The artemisinin medicine was effective in treating malaria in the Dalseong area. Wei Shen saw that Nanbu had contributed a lot to Dalseong. Da, for the sake of looking at Zheng Yuming differently, Young Master Guang intentionally gave Zheng Yuming a chance to defend himself. If other minor nobles were replaced, the Ulsan Lord's Mansion would only send Huben to hold him accountable.

"Report to Wenzai! People in Houpo Village have no choice but to go to Nanbu to work. Many fields in Houpo Village have no water source to irrigate, so they can only be barren. Even if the villagers plant, there is no harvest."

Zheng Yuming bowed and answered, Houpo, a feudal nobleman, is stingy. After the waterwheel was made, other nobles in Dacheng built it everywhere on their fief, but Yan Fu believed that the people in Houpo village used to carry water five or six miles away. Irrigation and the repair of waterwheels only allow these villagers to be lazy, and he doesn't need to spend money to encourage the laziness of the villagers.

"Yan Fu, but this?" Wei Shen looked at Yan Fu with a bad look. He didn't like that the nobles of Dacheng had crossed the line, and he didn't like that the nobles didn't do anything about farming.

"Master Wenzai, Houpo Village has always been barren, and cannot pay much money. The construction of water conservancy requires a large amount of expenditure. I am powerless." Yan Fu hurriedly leaned over to plead guilty.

Wei Shen stroked his beard and pondered, Yan Fu only had a fief in Houpo, and the taxes he received were not much, and his tribute was always the least among the nobles.

"Master Yan, those villagers who came to Nanbu to work as coolies went there because their fields could not be cultivated. Nanbu couldn't bear to see that they didn't live in poverty, so they exchanged food for their work." Zheng Yuming first put himself at the highest point of morality , and then bowed his head to Yan Fu and apologized: "It's wrong for Nanbu to do this. Nanbu is willing to compensate for the loss of Village Lord Yan."

Wei Shen saw that Zheng Yuming's posture was lowered, his attitude was sincere, and his expression relaxed. "Yan Fu, the people of Houpo Village don't want to stay in the village, so they can't blame Nanbu entirely. Now that Nanbu is willing to compensate, are you willing to accept it?"

From Wei Shen's point of view, both of them were at fault.

"Yan Fu is willing to accept Nanbu's compensation, but wants to ask Governor Zheng to guarantee that no one from Houpo Village will be taken in in the future." Yan Fu worries that the villagers will abandon their land and leave in the future.

"Governor Zheng, please promise." Wei Shen felt that the matter could be resolved.

"Lord Wenzai, Nanbu can promise not to use Houpo Villagers, but Yuming doesn't want to do that." Zheng Yuming turned to face Wei Shen.

"Oh, why is that?" Wei Shen had an intuition that Zheng Yuming didn't want to disobey orders.

"Yu Ming wants to make a contract with Village Master Yan Fu."

"Make a contract? Is it a covenant?" Wei Shen is not a businessman doing business with Nanbu, so he doesn't understand what a contract is. It literally means an agreement, similar to an oath.

"Nanbu wants to buy Houpo."

"What? Buy Houpo? No, the ancestral property of the Yan family will never be sold!" Yan Fu jumped up when he heard that. If he dared to sell the ancestral property, he would be ridiculed by everyone.

"It's not buying the ownership, but buying the right to use. Nanbu will pay the amount of taxes that Houpo has to pay every year. The time limit can be set by the village owner. When the time comes, the village owner can take it back if he doesn't want to renew the contract. "Zheng Yuming is envious of Houpo's manpower and land. As long as there is more water conservancy investment in Houpo, Houpo will definitely become a large grain-producing village.In addition, the location of Houpo is of strategic significance to Nanbu. If the trail next to Houpo Village is controlled, Nanbu and the northern part of the valley will be safe.

As soon as Zheng Yuming finished speaking, Wei Shen and Yan Fu stared at him, trying to find the reason for doing so from Zheng Yuming's face.

"The cloth weaved by Nanbu can be exchanged for some food in the surrounding vassal states. Nanbu uses these grains to recruit strong men to help with construction. Even if the fields are dry, the villagers of Houpo Village can exchange their strength for rations. Yu Ming does not want to cut off the people of Houpo Village This road." Zheng Yuming hastily explained that he did this for the sake of the villagers in Houpo Village.

"Governor Zheng is a good man!" Wei Shen was a little ashamed. Zheng Yuming gave the nobles of Dacheng the impression that he was a good man, but he kept on guard against Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui with the mentality of guarding against outsiders. "You report your annual tax income." Wei Shen was ashamed, and his position changed a little.

"Houpo's annual tax income is three thousand gold."

As soon as Yan Fu heard the purchase plan, his mind was quick to calculate.Houpo Village has a larger population than Nanbu before Zheng and Chu took over, and more land has been reclaimed than Nanbu. In the year when Houpo Village had the most abundant harvest, Yan Fu received three thousand gold in taxes. , the tax can only receive half of the harvest year.Since Nanbu offered to buy it, don't blame him for pricing it according to the harvest year.

"Three thousand pieces of gold." Zheng Yuming is not a fool, of course he knows the harvest of the fields in Houpo Village.But this price is nothing more than a piece of cake for Nanbu today. "Okay, add another [-] yuan for handyman's fees. I'll pay [-] gold a year. Is Village Master Yan satisfied?"

"Four thousand gold! Good! Good! It's four thousand gold every year." Yan Fu's face was wrinkled with a smile, and the three thousand gold he quoted already included the miscellaneous service fee.

"How many years does Village Master Yan think is a good deal?" Zheng Yuming left the contract limitation date to Yan Fu himself to decide.

"Five not, ten years!" Yan Fu Fangfo saw [-] gold flying in front of him. With [-] gold, his house in Dacheng can be rebuilt, and he can buy more servants and maids.

"Nanbu can't pay in one lump sum, it can only be paid every two years, can Village Master Yan agree?" Zheng Yuming looked embarrassed.

Nanbu is fully capable of paying in one lump sum, but such a rich and powerful behavior can easily attract Wei Shen's attention.

"Okay! Just pay every two years." Yan Fu nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.

"Since both of you agree, let's make an oath." Wei Shen was going to be the witness of the two oaths.

"Master Wen Zai! Can the oath be written on paper?" Zheng Yuming was worried about the verbal covenant in this time and space. "In Yuming's hometown, all contracts are written on paper, in duplicate, and each holds one."

"That's fine." There are very few written agreements in Daqin Continent, and this kind of phenomenon usually only appears in state documents. Wei Shen felt that Zheng Yuming's actions were superfluous.

In fact, the ancients were very serious about promises. Although the covenant was verbal, very few people broke the covenant. If people knew about it, they would be condemned by the whole society.The ancients relied more on moral constraints to govern the country. Of course, this kind of morality is conducive to the rule of slave feudal aristocracy.

Yan Fu and Zheng Yuming signed a contract on Wei Shen's book case. The paper for the contract was made by the valley, and now all the paper for the Ulsan King's Mansion is provided by Nanbu.

After signing the contract, Wei Shen signaled Yan Fu to leave.

"Governor Zheng, please sit down." Wei Shen asked Zheng Yuming to take a seat this time.

"Xie Wenzai." Zheng Yuming's heart trembled, but on the surface he knelt down on the mat as if nothing had happened.

"Is Chen Meng's carriage workshop jointly opened with you?" Although Wei Shen's tone was calm, Zheng Yuming could hear dissatisfaction behind him.

"Yes."

"The carriage is very profitable, right?" Wei Shen stroked his beard, eyes half closed.

"It's definitely worth it." Hearing this, Zheng Yuming understood that Wei Shen was dissatisfied that Nanbu only cooperated with the Chen family and did not cooperate with the Ulsan Junfu.

Wei Shen opened his eyes, and there was injustice inside. He felt that Young Master Guang loved Zheng Yuming a lot, but Zheng Yuming didn't think about the Ulsan Lord's House, and only benefited others, which wasted Young Master Guang's love for Zheng Yuming.

"Yu Ming has something to suggest." Zheng Yuming gave Wei Shen a hand.

"Say!" Wei Shen's voice dragged on for a long time.

"Nanbu wants to cooperate with Junfu to make paper." When Zheng Yuming cooperated with Chen Meng, he knew that Ulsan Junfu could not be bypassed.

When Zheng Yuming visited the Ulsan Monarch's Mansion, he was basically with Young Master Guang. Young Master Guang looked like he didn't eat human fireworks and was not interested in these economic affairs. Zheng Yuming couldn't pull his skin off in front of Young Master Guang, revealing his copper stink. , now facing Wei Shen, he just threw out the bait and tied Ulsan Junfu to the big ship Nanbu.

"That's it, that's right! The cooperation is also in accordance with the cooperation method between Nanbu and the Chen family." Wei Shen smiled.This paper sells more than a carriage.

After Zheng Yuming and Wei Shen discussed some cooperation details, they got up to leave.As soon as he got up, Gong Ziguang's attendant came to summon him.

"Go!" Wei Shen stroked his beard, his expression was like Zheng Yuming's mother, when Zheng Yuming's brother-in-law came to the door for the first time, Zheng's mother's expression of relief.

"Yes!" Zheng Yuming bowed his head and said goodbye, remembering Chu Chaohui's advice, he has rarely come to Ulsan Lord's Mansion, and the last time he met Young Master Guang was more than a month ago.

"Zheng Qing!" Young Master Guang stood in the courtyard to welcome Zheng Yuming, his face bright.

"See you son!" Zheng Yuming saluted respectfully.

"Qing, don't be too polite to Guang." Young Master Guang stretched out his hand to prevent Zheng Yuming from saluting, held his hand directly, and led Zheng Yuming to the study.

Young Master Guang's study room was not empty, artist Xin Zheng was kneeling on the mat, when seeing Young Master Guang and Zheng Yuming coming in, he quickly got up to greet him.

"You go down." Young Master Guang waved at the artist Xin. Hearing the report from the sharp-chinned waiter, Young Master Guang knew that Zheng Yuming had come to Ulsan Lord's Mansion. After waiting for a long time in the study room, Zheng Yuming did not come, so he hurriedly sent a waiter to Wei Shen summoned him.

"Yes!" Artist Xin picked up Kong Hou and backed away, before leaving, he glanced at Zheng Yuming.

Zheng Yuming's impression of this high-level konghou artist was mediocre. Zheng Yuming shuddered at the glance of this artist before he left. This gaze was a bit sinister.When Zheng Yuming carefully observed Artist Xin's expression, he only saw Artist Xin's obedient expression.

"What's the matter? Zheng Qing?" Young Master Guang held Zheng Yuming's hand, feeling something strange about Zheng Yuming.

"It's nothing." Zheng Yuming shook his head, he must have been delusional just now.

"Zheng Qing, there have been fewer visits to the Jun's residence recently." Young Master Guang led Zheng Yuming to his seat, complaining in his mouth.

"There are a lot of things going on in Nanbu, so Yuming is helpless." Zheng Yuming broke free from Young Master Guang's hand without a trace.

"If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have given Nanbu to Zheng Qing." Young Master Guang had annoyed expression on his face. "It would be nice to give Qiuzhuang to Zheng Qing. Qiuzhuang is the closest to Dacheng, so Qing can come to the Junfu every day to accompany him."

"Young Master" Zheng Yuming was speechless, Qiuzhuang is a big village, surrounded by fertile fields, and its population is three times that of Nanbu, if Young Master wants to reward Qiuzhuang to him, Wei Shen's heart will die.

Zheng Yuming accompanied Young Master Guang to lunch, and had a conversation. It was not until Young Master Guang took a lunch break that he came out of Ulsan Junfu. After riding a few steps, he saw Chu Chaohui riding his brown horse standing at the corner in front of him. .

"Did Sizhong not bring you a message?"

"Here, I'm free today, so I'll come to Dacheng for a stroll." Seeing Zheng Yuming coming out intact, Chu Zhaohui couldn't help but bend his eyes slightly.

"You came alone?" Zheng Yuming shook his head from side to side.Chu Chaohui obviously came to Dacheng because he was worried about his safety. According to Zheng Yuming's understanding of Chu Chaohui, it was impossible for Chu Chaohui to keep himself so peaceful.

Chu Chaohui turned his head and smiled at Zheng Yuming, put his hand to his mouth and blew a whistle. After the loud whistle, Zheng Yuming noticed that the shopkeepers and pedestrians around him gradually receded. When he carefully observed the pedestrians who left, he discovered that these people They were all dressed up by slave soldiers, because the slave soldiers put on makeup to cover the plum blossom marks on their foreheads, Zheng Yuming glanced roughly, but couldn't see it.

"How many people did you bring?" Zheng Yuming asked in a low voice.

"The soldiers were brought out." If Wei Shen dared to be unfavorable to Zheng Yuming, Chu Chaohui would prepare to wash Ulsan's palace with blood.

"You're too neurotic." Zheng Yuming gave Chu Chaohui a white look, but felt sweet in his heart.

"It's better to be careful." Chu Zhaohui didn't want to suffer that kind of misfortune.

"Go home!" Zheng Yuming pursed his lips, lightly touched the horse's belly with his feet, and kicked the horse forward.

"En! Go home!" Chu Chaohui turned his head to look at the Ulsan Junfu, with the corner of his mouth curled up, and followed him on horseback.

On the dirt road from Dacheng to Nanbu, two horses were galloping one after the other, and there were many more pedestrians walking on this dirt road to Nanbu than usual, and these pedestrians walked to Nanbu one after another Under the hillside in the north of the village, everything disappeared into a gap passage on the hillside.