Lord, he is not a man [infrastructure]

Tang Bo's original plan was to go out to buy salt and sell it to earn some money before going back, but after emptying the salt cave lord's treasury, he didn't have to work so hard anymore.

With the balance of the two phases, although it was more than a month later than the original plan to return to Bailuling, it was not too late.

At least when he returned to the Tang Mansion, his former lord father still obediently stayed in his room and waited anxiously for his return.

It's not that Tang Ze misses his son, but that he found that his son still has some human feelings for him, but the butler Buff really didn't give him face, so he told him that his position of lord was gone when he came back, and asked him to treat him honestly. Don't make trouble for the new lord Tang Bo at home, and lock his doors and windows.They also threatened him that if he dared to yell or try to find trouble, he would continue to be drugged and make him paralyzed on the bed.

Of course, the housekeeper did not treat him like this for no reason.

About five days after Tang Bo left home, Tang Ze occasionally heard a servant woman passing by cleaning, and knew that Tang Bo was going out.

After Tang Ze got the news, he began to think about escaping. He first seduced the slave who guarded him, promising him gold coins and freedom and other benefits.

The slave ignored him.

If it was an ordinary abused slave, she might be tempted by Tang Ze's conditions, but the six slaves that Xia Yu specially left for her son were all carefully trained by her and treated them like her confidants, and she brainwashed these six slaves earlier , Let them be loyal to Tang Bo from the bottom of their hearts.

The slaves did not suffer before Xia Yu's death. After Xia Yu's death, the housekeeper treated them well. Now the young master has started to reuse them, and also said that he will give them the status of free citizens if they do well in the future.

In contrast, how can the master who is still under the control of the young master and has no ability impress them?

What's more, the six slaves still hated Tang Ze very much. They belonged to Madam Xia Yu, and they believed that Madam would not have passed away so early if Tang Ze hadn't been out spending time, betting, prostituting illegitimate children and disrespecting Madam.

Seeing that the slave couldn't get through, Tang Ze wanted to hook up with other passing slaves.

Under the condition of being warned, the servants of the Tang family did not dare to approach the main house where Tang Ze lived, and those who were courageous and ambitious were dealt with by the housekeeper in advance.Like Jia Dou's father and others, many of Tang Ze's confidants were locked in dungeons, and even Jia Dou didn't dare to visit them.Some people were sent home directly, and they were not allowed to work in the mansion.

The slave guarding Tang Ze first told Jia Dou, but Jia Dou had nothing to do with Tang Ze.

Several slaves endured until the steward came back, and the slaves told the steward everything about Tang Ze's behavior.

Naturally, the butler would not take a good look at Tang Ze who was trying to escape.

However, the housekeeper was also very worried about Tang Bo. He didn't know that Tang Bo was going to sell salt. After hearing Jia Dou's plan about Tang Bo, his brows became pimples.

"Master shouldn't take risks by himself, what does he raise you for?" The housekeeper was very angry, how dangerous is it outside?

The young master has never traveled far, even if he is now awakened to become a divinely favored person, it does not mean that he is able to deal with the intrigues and dangers outside.

Jia Dou bowed his head and remained silent, muttering in his heart that he also wanted to go out with him, and he didn't want to stay in the mansion to manage affairs at all. He had no power in his hands before, and he envied the housekeeper and his father, but when he had power in his hands, he would Finding power is not a good thing, he has too many things to worry about, so annoying!

But Jia Dou is slippery, but he is also a very responsible person. He is also afraid that Tang Bo will come back to settle accounts with him when he is angry, and he wants Tang Bo to come back and praise him - he doesn't want to lose to Tian Min who followed the young master all the way.No matter how annoying he is, he will deal with these messy things patiently.

The housekeeper was quite satisfied with Jia Dou's performance during this period, so he taught him some skills in managing affairs and people, with the vague intention of training Jia Dou for the next generation of housekeepers.

How smart is Jia Dou?When the young master was not at home, he became even more fawning on the housekeeper.

When Tang Bo didn't come back beyond the agreed day, the housekeeper anxiously walked to the river every day to have a look.

If something happens to Tang Bo, he can only release Tang Ze, and then try to let Tang Ze have another child, so that he can raise this child to become the new lord - the existing illegitimate child cannot be counted on,

But that would be too much effort, and there would be all sorts of changes. The housekeeper didn't want to make his life so complicated.

Fortunately, not long after the autumn harvest, Tang Bo came back with a mighty group of people.

There were nearly 300 salt workers and more than [-] relatives of salt workers. Tang Bo detoured to Sita County according to Yan Ren's suggestion, and bought some slaves who looked powerful and skilled in the largest slave market there.

All of them added up to seven hundred.

On the way back, Tang Bo also went on a business trip, sold some coarse salt, and bought a lot of daily necessities such as grain and cloth.

He wanted to buy iron tools and raw iron most, but he found the person in charge of the black market, but he only got a batch of unrefined iron ore.

Just two carts of iron ore cost him fifteen gold coins.

On the way, robbers were also attracted.

Although Tang Bo was careful enough when shopping, he not only changed his clothes and covered his head and face, but also kept the large troops at a distance.

But people in the local black market may have been eyeing him when he was about to buy iron ore, and they may have directly tampered with that batch of iron ore, such as applying some special smell.

Tang Bo saw wild boars among the robbers.

Wild boars have an extremely sensitive sense of smell, better than dogs.That is to say, it is difficult to train. If trained well, it is definitely a good helper for hunting and tracking.

The robbers were shocked when they saw that there were so many people on Tang Bo's side.

But then they found that there were a large number of women and children among these people, so they were not so afraid, and wanted to grab one and run away while Tang Bo and his party fell asleep.

But Gu Ding, who ran out to collect herbs, discovered them in advance.

Tang Bo didn't wait for these robbers to attack, he took Bai Dou and Tian Min and dozens of strong salt workers and slaves to kill them first.

Tang Bo made a surprise attack, and the others were responsible for attracting the attention of the robbers.

In less than 10 minutes, the sneak attack was over.

Some people were injured, but no one died.Bai Dou, Tian Min and others were very excited.

Tang Bo didn't have the slightest sympathy for those robbers, but he heard these robbers happily discussing how to kill them, rob the women and children in the team, and sell them.He absorbed the life force of these robbers and restored health to all the wounded, sick and weak in the ranks.

Tang Bo didn't even hide his ability, which made everyone fear and respect him.

Fear that he can suck a living person dry, just like the legendary devil.

Respect that he can bring a seriously injured person back from the brink of death and restore the other person to health.Even some old people who were seriously ill and thought they would be abandoned were rescued.

The wild boar was slaughtered by Tang Bo, and he didn't know how to train the wild boar. The robber who could train the wild boar was killed by Baidou. The wild boar was useless and could only be used as food.

After that, Tang Bo didn't stop on the road, and led everyone back to Bailuling as quickly as possible.

Seeing so many outsiders suddenly appearing in the territory, the Bailu leaders ran to the Tang Mansion in fright, thinking that someone was calling.

This is not to blame for the misunderstanding of the white deer leader. Tang Bo is not harsh on the people brought back. He not only treats their injuries and illnesses, feeds them every day, but also prepares clean and complete clothes, shoes and socks for them.

More importantly, Tang Bo equips everyone, old and young, with weapons.

Not iron tools, but rough weapons such as sharpened hard wooden sticks, sticks tied with sharp stones, and stone knives and axes.

But most of the soldiers at that time were using stone knives and axes. One can imagine what the white deer leader would think when they saw hundreds of energetic people holding weapons.

The housekeeper was alarmed, and came forward with Jia Dou and others.

Tang Bo also thought that he would scare people, so he sent Tian Min back to report.

Tian Min and the frightened villagers rushed to the house one after another. The housekeeper had just left, and there were twenty or so little giants behind him.

These little giants are the important military force that the butler still has the confidence to control the entire territory when Tang Bo is away, but they are also the culprits that increase the spiritual burden of the butler-they are too edible!

Tian Min was overjoyed when he saw these little giants. He saw that some of them looked like Baidou, and they looked like a family.

"Do you know Baidou?" Tian Min, a hypocrite, didn't talk to the butler immediately, but shouted at a group of little giants.

One of the little giants who looked about 40 years old came out: "Do you know my son?"

"Are you Baidou's father? You are all Baidou's family? Are you here? That's great! Baidou is with the young master, and he will be back soon!" Tian Min waved his hands to the little giants before leaving. Talk to the butler.

The butler glared at him and pulled him forward, "Master is back? Is he healthy? Is he sick or injured?"

Tian Min replied with a smile: "No, no, the young master is doing very well. The young master also bought a lot of things and brought back a lot of people. Don't be scared when you see it later."

The housekeeper thought to himself, what can I be frightened by?

But when he saw the mighty people behind Tang Bo, he was really frightened.

With so many people, the total number can almost catch up with the total population of the entire Bailu collar, right?

Tang Bo brought so many people back, it is impossible to hide the Sanshu collar who is next to the white deer collar.

Gu Hui, the lord of the three trees, asked the people nearby to monitor the White Deer collar to investigate again. They must find out how many people Tang Bo brought, who they were, where they brought them back, and what their purpose was.

Gu Hui felt something was wrong, he felt that since he conspired to kill his wife and adulterer Tang Bo, Tang Bo had changed.

It became more and more strange to him, and it became more and more difficult for him to control.

Now Gu Hui even felt a little regretful, he thought he should let the adulterer and adulteress live longer, maybe he could understand and master Tang Bo through his wife.If he could be more patient and tolerant, he might be able to kill Tang Bo with that woman's hand.

It's a pity he started too early!

Gu Hui originally wanted Pijie to be in charge of investigating Tang Bo's affairs, but he stopped this idea before calling someone.

He distrusted Piglet less and less.

Piglet suggested to him several times to take the caravan out.But he refused.

He knew that Piglet wanted to leave him, so how could he give him money to others to let him run away.

Piglet knew too many secrets about him, and this person must not be let go, but Piglet also defended him very well, so he couldn't find a good chance to make a move.

For the first time, Gu Hui felt internal and external troubles, which made him very uncomfortable.

"Go and see Pijie to see if he is leading the way to Bailu. In addition, the autumn harvest of Zhuangzi in his hand is over and can be taken back." Gu Hui whispered to a guard beside him.

These guards are his real confidants.

The guard also asked him in a low voice: "What if Pijie refuses to hand over Zhuangzi?"

Gu Hui didn't say anything, but the guard knew what to do just by seeing Gu Hui's expression.

Tang Bo ignored those prying eyes of the white deer collar. On the day he came back, he filled all the warehouses at home, which surprised the housekeeper where he got so much money to buy so much food and daily necessities.

Tang Bo took the butler to his small hall, and the two closed the door and talked for nearly an hour.

When the butler came out, all the sorrow disappeared from his face, and his old face burst into a smile.

With so many people, there must be a lot of troubles, but compared with the hopeful future, these troubles seem to have a sweet and beautiful taste.

Tang Bo received the title recognition letter and the domain inheritance letter issued to him by Luma City.

His name has been registered in the noble genealogy of Luma City, his father has become the former lord, and he has become the current lord.

"I have already spent all the gold coins you gave me. Those officials in Luma City are more and more daring to reach out, but fortunately they are so." The steward said.

Tang Bo doesn't care about that little money now, he even thinks it's amazing that the butler can do such a big thing with twenty gold coins: "Don't worry about the money, the bag of gold coins and two big bags of copper coins I gave you just now are all worth it. It's home, you look at the flowers."

The butler puffed up his chest for this trust, with a gentle smile in his eyes.

"Now there is a small problem." The housekeeper said: "The autumn harvest is over, and the tax collectors from Santana County will come to collect taxes soon, because you have taken over the position of the lord this year, and Luma City may send tax officials to 'by the way' come and see."

Tang Bo understood: "They want to take advantage of it? I mean they want to come here again to take advantage of it?"

"This is inevitable. For small and remote territories, every time the new and old lords change, it is when those officials take advantage of the rich pockets. In order to prevent these officials from causing trouble for themselves, the new lord who takes over, for example, writes more about the harvest of the production area. If you write a little more number of free citizens, or say something bad on it, which will lead to an increase in taxes in the future, you will bleed some blood."

The housekeeper worried sincerely: "It would be fine if it was the white deer collar before, but now you have brought back so many people that you can't hide them even if you want to hide them. If these people are all free citizens, the tax we have to pay next year will have to be doubled." times."

"You mean officials who are paid to collect taxes?"

"It's best if you can buy it, I'm afraid the other party is too greedy."

Tang Bo thought about it: "There is no rush for the tax officials, wait for them to come and see how they behave."

It's too much, he just let these people come and go.It is very difficult not to have a second time for such a thing as robbery.

But the premise is that those tax officials make trouble for them first, and go too far to the extent that they are judged as "bad people".

"Where is my father?"

"He, you don't have to worry. When those tax collectors come over, if they want to see the master, they will only see a seriously ill master paralyzed on the bed." The housekeeper didn't take Tang Ze to heart at all. He was still worried about: "Master, you brought so many people back, and it will be winter soon, how do you feed them?"

"There is still a period of time before the land freezes in winter, let them work, digging and building canals and reservoirs."

"Then where do they live?"

"Don't we have fifteen villages? Disperse them and disperse them in various villages. Don't let them gather together, but you don't need to separate the family."

The butler was relieved, he thought the same way, he didn't expect the young master to think of this too, it seems that the young master has really grown a lot, and this trip has changed the young master's temperament a lot.

The butler didn't want to think about whether the young master's core had been replaced, he would rather think about it on the bright side - maybe the young master was hiding his clumsiness before, maybe the young master's ability as a divinely favored person was not obvious before, and he has been doing it all the time. Suppress himself, restrain himself until his ability is stable, until he wins his support, so the young master finally no longer has to pretend.

As for the young master who used to love beautiful women, beat and hang servants and villagers, but now he no longer does these things, it is all a disguise of the young master, in order to reassure the master that he will not be wary of him.

Right, that is it!

The housekeeper convinced himself and devoted himself to building the territory with the young master.

Jia Dou also came over to explain to Tang Bo, mainly to show his merits, for example: "Brick burners can now produce relatively hard and unbreakable bricks, and [-]% of the bricks fired in a kiln are usable. Before you leave, ask for certain The lime kiln that needs to be completed has also been completed, and the people in Huishi Village have successfully burned a kiln of lime, but it is too much firewood."

"How many bricks have been burned? Are the raw materials easy to find?" Tang Bo asked.

Jia Dou quickly replied: "A lot of bricks have been burned. One kiln can cost 2000 yuan, and now it is almost 4000 yuan. The soil for burning bricks is the soil by the river. A villager found a very sticky clay near their village. Soil, mixed with river soil, makes the bricks very hard and beautiful.”

Tang Bo roughly calculated the bricks needed to build an 5000-square-meter one-story house. Even if the thickness of the walls is reduced and the partitions are minimized, such a house still needs at least [-] yuan of bricks.

Thirteen thousand and four thousand yuan of bricks is not enough to build three bungalows.

Brick kilns will definitely increase and continue to burn.In addition to bricks, tiles are also needed.

After the lime has come out, the next step is to consider firing cement.

With the raw materials in hand, and workers, it's time to think about digging and building aqueducts and reservoirs.

"Let all the craftsmen, including the people I brought back, go to various villages to build adobe houses, and let all the people I brought back live in the houses before winter begins." Tang Bo ordered.

Jia Dou thought it was not difficult, "Yes."

"Baffo will tell you how those people allocate. Just follow his orders."

"Yes." Jia Dou was jealous of Tian Min, feeling that Tian Min was easier than him.

Tang Bo seemed to know what he was thinking, and glanced at him: "Tian Min has to be responsible for the construction of the canal, and the extra manpower will be handed over to him to dig the canal and reservoir. He is also responsible for digging the well."

Jia Dou immediately regained his balance.

Tang Bo said again: "Your father and the others can also be released. Let your father help you. Do you know how to manage them well?"

Jia Dou's body shook, and he swore: "The little one will take care of them and never let them make trouble for nothing."

"I kept them alive for the sake of you, Tian Min and a few young people. I hope they can understand this."

"Yes. Thank you, young master, for your kindness!" Jia Dou made a frightened expression.

"The territory is short of manpower, let them work hard. If they are capable, I won't miss it." Tang Bo waved Jia Dou back.He doesn't care what Jia Dou thinks, as long as the other party can do good things.

Jia Dou was very excited. With the young master's words, at least his father and those uncles would not have to die. Now that there are so many people in Bailuling, and they are going to start construction, they will work hard in the future, maybe There is still a day to come.

Jia Dou was very excited and ran to his father to spread the message. He wanted to let his father and those former lord's confidantes know that only by following the young master can they have a future.