[Plane] History of the struggle of the lords

With the Lu family behind the gate, Wen Le received the land deed and 2 taels of silver, so there was no reason why he could get in or out.Naturally, Lu Tangchun was sent back to Lu's house, and he didn't hold back on the matter of Lu Tangchun taking Fuchun officials into custody. After he took back the restaurant, he thought about it, and still felt that he should change the decoration style and take It's better to sell Fuchun special products.

The restaurant is very big, with a two-story structure, and there is a large backyard behind it. There are ice cellars and cellars in the backyard. In Lin'an, where every inch of land is expensive, it is no wonder that the price is expensive, and it can be called a big family like the Lu family. The young masters are also obsessed with it, but they can't come up with money.

He pried off the bluestone road in the restaurant that was slippery when it was wet before, and paved it with dark red solid wood. After the walls were plastered, they used the spray paint in the mall to make the warm-colored walls with the best contrast colors. The counters were all in one color. The colorless metal plate is covered with oily and slippery wool blankets, and a small solar panel is installed in the backyard to maintain the energy needed in this small shop. The rest of the small spotlights are installed in the interlayer with excellent concealment In the middle of the night, when the warm light hits, the five-point jewelry will shine with a very bright color.

Then he had the big staircase in the inn removed, and a promenade around the zenith was built on the second floor, and all the guest rooms in the inn were opened up and decorated to make special VIP rooms.Naturally, there is a desire to be extremely extravagant, even the shoes and socks have to be changed before stepping in. The soft reclining chairs and the magnificent long table lamps inside are so strange that Mai Lingtong is so curious that he is reluctant to leave.

Wen Le pointed him out: "Remember, in the future, for this self-luminous lamp, you put two crystals and burn white wax inside. If people ask why the light source is so bright, you will say that the crystal crystals refract it well. If they If you want to buy it, you just need to raise the price and sell it. It must be much brighter than lighting candles alone. Duolun and the others don’t carry many self-luminous lamps. The news of Fuchun Trading is a secret, so don’t take it lightly. Leak out."

What he was talking about was a transparent metal sheet coated with reflective paint. The paint and raw materials must have come from shopping malls. They are cheap, and they can be used as treasures for sale in the future.It's a pity that he doesn't know how the mercury and glass come from, otherwise some costs can be saved.

Mai Lingtong agreed again and again.Then I looked at the shops that the Lu family gave them. It was a pawnshop, a teahouse, and a clothing store that also sold fabrics. The location is not very good, but the business is decent and can make a profit. It can be seen that the Lu family The business in Lin'an covers a wide range, and the impact is not small.

After changing the owner, the shopkeepers of these shops were a little panicked.These people are naturally the talents cultivated by the Lu family. Normally, the Lu family would definitely not ask them to stay with the shop.But now Lu Chang'an is thinking further, he gave the shop to others, but took away all the staff, and when the business loses money, Wen Le might blame him for his smallness.Now that the watermelon has been thrown out, why not give up a few sesame seeds?

The shopkeepers naturally didn't know the inside story, and the ownership of the shop changed overnight. Which one of them didn't rely on the shop to support their families and wait for food?If I lose the job at hand, I am afraid that the savings will not last long, and the wife and children in the family will starve and suffer from poverty.

This made them not dare to underestimate the new owner's family. The business is not big. These shopkeepers are all cautious and cautious, and they don't have the idea of ​​trying to bully the owner's head.They only hope that they will not lose their jobs and that they can make a living.

Wen Le is not stupid, his business is doing well, why quit him?Who will help him make money after he resigns?He went to investigate one by one, and found that these people were relatively honest, so he didn't make too much trouble, and let them continue to do their previous jobs.It's just that the quarterly account books must be kept clearly, and then sent to Fu Chun for him to check.

The other thing is the jewelry workshop.

Lu Changan was very surprised by Wen Le's idea of ​​jewelry management.From ancient times to the present, merchants do business by opening the door to allow people to buy and sell.If it is a higher level, it is the Imperial Merchant, and all the goods sold are enjoyed by the Emperor's family. Even if the ordinary rich people are powerful, they may not be able to get a single star.The senior membership system proposed by Wen Le undoubtedly opened the door to Lu Changan's new world.

Wen Le didn't do business in the past, but he can always remember some of the bits and pieces of knowledge he picked up. Some of his future bosses' favorite "pretentious" system inspired Lu Changan deeply. Their things are a symbol of status, so there are tens of thousands of wealthy people in the world, and they can still worry about whether they can't succeed in business?

So the two hit it off, the jewelry building was [-]% owned by the Lu family, Wen Le provided jewelry raw materials, and Lu Changan provided skilled craftsmen to carve jewelry.Under the cooperation between the two parties, the new store "Zhu Guang Bao Qi" opened grandly in just three months.

Wen Leyin kept quiet behind the scenes, the Lu family took the stage collectively, and Wei Wanjiang appeared as the parent official of Lin'an Mansion, the grand opening ceremony was unbelievably grand.

Wei Wanjiang twitched the corners of his mouth, and showed a stiff smile to entertain his colleagues in the government office. He didn't even blink when he saw the commander of the Lin'an soldiers and horses.What else?What else is unacceptable?The father-in-law's family shook hands with that boy Wen Le and wished they could become as close as a family, but the soldiers and horses returned to the army, what else could he not accept?

So far, the serious backlog of pearls in Fuchun's territory finally has a market.Also because Wei Wanjiang didn't dare to obstruct any more, the rest of Fuchun's goods, such as fresh fruits, were quickly shipped out. The people in Lin'an who came to join in the fun when the trucks were moving towards the teahouse were already looking strange. The sale of fresh fruits has boosted the business of the tea house, and the situation is even better than Wen Le imagined!

At the end of the year, Wei Wanjiang, who was originally brooding, curled his lips when he saw that the Lin'an Mansion had increased a lot of taxes, and comforted him a little.Didn't the extra money end up in his own pocket?

The money earned from doing business went into his pocket, and Wen Le simply put this part of his income on the construction of Fuchun City. With the money, many things that he didn't dare to do at the beginning can now be done with his hands.

The price of meat in Fuchun is too expensive, how can the common people not afford meat?Breeding must be started!

In addition, it would be a pity not to use the rich flowers of Fuchun as perfume essential oils.There is also the sudden increase in food in Fuchun. It is still impossible to see the big difference from before, but in a few years, with the current population, there will definitely be a backlog of the sudden increase in food.Wen Le has not yet made a definite decision on where the food will go.In his heart, he tended to let the people of the Central Plains buy food, but the imperial court controlled the food production, if he acted rashly, it would definitely arouse the vigilance of the person on the dragon chair.From this point of view, selling overseas is the most worry-free.

But before that, Wen Le first issued an order that he wanted to make a long time ago.

This autumn, the people in Fuchun, especially the farmers, got a piece of news that they could hardly believe.

The scarlet sign pasted at the gate of the city is clearly written with large characters --- "From now on, rice tenants in Fuchun territory will be exempted from agricultural tax. The price of the leased land by the owner of the private farm cannot be higher than the government's established average price." value."

The people in Fuchun fell silent for nearly a day. Since then, they have chosen to silently support all the reforms that Wen Le made in the county without asking the truth.

Who else can govern better than this lord?Even though it is His Majesty the emperor who keeps calling the people and the people, he has never really done something like this lord!

The tax cuts make most people feel grateful, but it will naturally violate the interests of some minorities.

Although Fuchun's annual tax revenue is very small, the tax officials in charge of tax collection can still exploit some of it.Naturally, their exploitation does not go to the nobles with farms, but directly finds tenants who rent land from door to door, and collects land tax, grain tax, harvest tax, etc., and so on.It is also good to have food without cash. Basically, a small tax collector is as wealthy as a big family in the local area. The food in the family can support a dozen servants a year, and there is still money to marry a wife Buy the land, and then become the landlord of the leased land.

People who rely on such an industrial chain for food, how could they not go crazy when Wen Le stripped them of their rations?Wen Le almost cut off their two sources of income: one is the extra tax, and the other is the random increase in land prices.

If the notice didn't have the redundant words behind it, they would definitely not go crazy.Wouldn't it be good to add the tax that can't be obtained to the land in the rent at most?However, the price determined by the government office is exactly the original land price of most landlords minus the price of the agricultural tax per mu of land. There is no loss of people, and the tenants can live a little better, and they must have more energy to cultivate the land, and the kinder landlords are happier.

But there are always those small group of people who start to fidget after calculating the agricultural tax that should have been paid per mu of land.

Such a large amount of money... One mu of land is so much, how about ten mu of land added up?What about twenty acres of land?If the money can come into my own hands, then my life will definitely be more nourishing than before!

Complaining and gathering with the tax officials who were dissatisfied with each other, everyone slowly began to feel unbalanced. When people are greedy, they tend to lose their minds, and those who lose their minds are often very courageous.

The morning in the Hou Mansion was quiet and humid. After a winter rain, the weather was still gloomy, and the sun did not show up.

Liandong got up early in the morning and played a set of boxing scores given to him by Wen Le in the yard, sweating all over in the slightly cold weather.He took a hot bath, feeling relaxed and in high spirits.

He walked towards the gate of the Hou Mansion, and bumped into the little housekeeper who was in charge of the kitchen. The little butler saluted him, holding a somewhat worn-out bamboo basket in his hand.

Liandong stared at the bamboo basket and asked, "Did you deliver something again?"

"Yes," the little butler lifted the earthy-yellow sackcloth on the bamboo basket, revealing four or five oval fresh spotted eggs inside, with a soft expression on his face, "I heard from the concierge that an old woman sent them. Today is a bird's egg. Concierge According to your instructions, sir, I gave the old man thirty copper coins and told her to leave."

Liandong nodded: "That should be the case, they are all poor people, don't let them turn around and lose a basket."

The little butler looked proud: "Thousands of years have been used in ancient and modern times. There are not many people like the Lord who have sent food by themselves. Which one of those who left their reputations is not a pilgrimage sage? According to the villain, Your lord is really no worse than them."

Liandong laughed, and patted him on the head: "Usually, you should not say these things, Sir, he doesn't like flattery. But you will register this thing and send it to me later, the hearts of the people should naturally be seen by Sir All at once."

Although he was humble in his words, the expression on his face was not the case at all.For the subordinates, what could be more wonderful than the fame of one's own master?When he goes out now, people who are more courageous will take the initiative to say hello, this is not to look at the face of the power of the Hou family.Although there are not many noble titles in this Dali Dynasty, there are quite a few well-developed and wealthy families, just like when they were in Dadu, the Wen family was also a prestigious family, but when the young masters of the second bedroom went out to play, who Isn't it just out of fear?He can have such a good relationship because the people really love Wen Le.

Seeing that Fuchun County has undergone earth-shaking changes in just over a year since his group was impoverished when they first arrived, and all the decisions affecting Fuchun were all made under Liandong's nose. He seemed to have experienced such a situation himself. Don’t feel too much sense of achievement in urban construction.

Hearing what he said, the little steward knew in his heart that this was not the case at all, he lowered his head and smiled, and quietly backed away.

Lonicera stood refreshed and looked around, staring at the sky and secretly happy for a while, then heard a slight sound of galloping horses, a courier ran in by the same road that the butler came in just now, and when he saw him, his eyes widened. Yiliang: "Chairman? We are lucky to have met you. Sir, have you got up yet? An urgent letter from Lin'an Mansion."

As he said, he held a thick brown-yellow envelope with both hands, and Lian Dong stretched out his hand to take it, and sent someone to take the messenger down to drink tea and feed the horses, and he hurried to Wen Le's yard with the letter in his arms.

Wen Le's room is the quietest in the whole Hou Mansion. He usually doesn't like to hear noise when he is resting, so usually in the morning, there are not many servants working in the yard.The maidservants would have stood quietly at the door waiting for orders at this time. Later, Wen Le felt sorry for the hard work of the girls, so he set a similar time for them to come back and wait. Anyway, he usually didn't have anything important to do when he got up in the morning. Some people would feel ashamed to see him running, punching and so on.

Although he was sympathetic to his subordinates, the girls didn't really appreciate it. Chen Xiang even shed tears for this order before, thinking that Wen Le had been tolerating their noise before.So when Honeysuckle bypassed the promenade and arrived at Wenle's main house, he saw many thick cotton mats spread everywhere on the promenade of the main house. Several girls sat cross-legged on the cotton mats facing the morning light. One is embroidering, and a few are reading.

Liandong stepped lightly, gestured to Chen Xiang who had noticed his arrival, and whispered, "Is your lord up yet?"

Chen Xiang glanced at the room, carefully stacked the half-embroidered picture of a crane aside, and looked at Lian Dong: "Is there something important?"

"It is said to be an urgent letter. If your lord doesn't get up, I can wait. Why are you waiting here so early in the morning? Don't you still have classes at noon?"

Chen Xiang glared at him: "Master Embroidery, I just gesticulated a few times with needlework, Sir, he flattered me, you seem to be mocking me." After she finished speaking, she put her ear on the door and listened quietly for a while , frowned loosely, and gently knocked on the door: "My lord? Has my lord got up?"

Lonicera scratched his head, the girls in Wenle's room were spoiled, all of them were sharp-tongued, but they were the most handsome in the house, as a man, he really couldn't help it when he was scolded angry.

After a while, Wen Le's lazy voice came from the room: "You're awake, come in."

Chen Xiang's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly gestured to the sisters, Ginkgo and Ming Liu hurriedly dug out a copper basin from the side of the pillar, and the other mixed the hot water they had prepared long ago, and then pushed open the door. Go in a row.

Seeing so many of them, Wen Le felt a headache. He pulled the quilt to cover his lower body, half asleep and half awake: "Did you wait outside early in the morning again? I told you not to be so rigid, I haven't slept yet Wake up." He saw Liandong in a blink of an eye, and raised his eyebrows: "Why are you here?"

Ever since Liandong came to Fuchun, it is rare to see her adults yawning and sleepy, and she really looks like a child at this time.He delivered the letter, and said softly: "It's a letter from Lin'an Mansion, and it was sent from there in a hurry. The subordinate thought that there might be something important to do in such a hurry, so he rushed over as soon as he got it."

"Show me," Wen Le took the letter and opened it, and poured out a thick stack of letters from the inside. He was stunned for a while, and then he pawed at it with his hands, only to find that there was a book of cash registers of Yinzhuang in it. To prove it, he opened it and looked at it. It said 3000 taels of silver, and the bank where the deposit was made was called HSBC Bank. He thought about it and thought that the name sounded familiar.In addition, there was a piece of letter paper written in densely packed small characters. He glanced at it casually, and found that the font seemed a little scribbled, and he couldn't recognize it completely. He made a random guess at what he could understand, and then realized that it was given to him by Lu Changan from Lin'an. Year-end dividends sent.

The business of Teahouse Buzhuang Wen Le is handed over to Mai Lingtong, and what Lu Changan can give is naturally only the "Zhu Guang Bao Qi" in Lin'an Mansion. The opening of Zhu Guang Bao Qi finally gave him the opportunity to fully utilize the mall trading machine , Jade, pearls, gemstones and diamonds can be bought in malls. Some of the structures may be different from those on Earth, but there is almost no fault in the appearance, and the color is also very good.With such a supply of goods, and the skilled craftsmen exclusively supported by Zhuguang Baoqi, it hasn't been long since the new store opened, and even Fuchun can hear some fame.

Since then, Lu Chang'an has been sending letters, often saying some kind words that are not painful or itchy. I don't know if it is to maintain a good impression or something else. In short, it is very familiar for a while.It seemed that their in-laws should be the Wen family.

This was the first time that substantial benefits had been brought, and Wen Le immediately became more refreshed. After reading the silver book, he rummaged through it again, and found a piece of letter paper with slightly clearer writing. alright.

"Liandong, you can go to the government office later and tell Mai Lingtong to make preparations in the next two days and go to Fuchun Mountain to pick up the cattle and horses from Lin'an. Lu Chang'an sent fifty piglets and fifty cows. Here come ten ponies."

Liandong answered yes in a low voice, and watched him rummage back and forth, took out a piece of letter paper with slightly larger handwriting and read it carefully, then his eyebrows slowly began to wrinkle.

Wen Le looked at the apparently not-so-good-looking letter paper. He was really at a loss and couldn't understand it, so he could only read it in a low voice to strengthen his comprehension: "'Leer, my brother, since the day I left Lin'an, for Brother misses me every day and can’t sleep at night, and is worried about my brother’s health? My brother’s injury has improved, and I offended him a lot that day.

He took the letter paper and looked back and forth. After searching for a long time for a lot of crooked words, he found a small line of "Lu Tangchun's own handwriting" in the lower left corner, and his eyebrows almost twisted into knots.This is a neurosis, right?Who is his brother?A good letter is written like a love letter, there is something wrong with it.

Wen Le threw the letter to Liandong, and found that his complexion was also slightly unsightly, so he complained, "What do you think this man thinks, since when did I become his younger brother, what a big face."

"It's just a shameless person wanting to climb the dragon and the phoenix, my lord, why do you need to worry about it?" Lonicera twitched the corner of her mouth and slowly clenched her fists, grasping the crumpled letter paper in her palm, ready to burn it clean in a while , "My lord, your elder brother has only been the young master from the beginning to the end. He is only surnamed Lu, and he simply doesn't know the heights of heaven and earth."

"That's right," Wen Le echoed a few words, and because of his words, he remembered the long-lost Wen Run, and sighed: "I don't know how big brother is doing now."

For some reason, her mood suddenly became bad again, Wen Le sat on the bed in a daze for a while, got up to wash up, didn't stop much, and rushed towards the government office.The places his carriage passed by along the way, the common people respectfully stepped aside when they saw it.There is a not-so-big market in Fuchun County City, and its scale is definitely different from that of Dadu, but in this place, it is a place that people from the surrounding counties and counties must come to before the New Year.

Compared with before, the current counties have a lot more people. Although there are no people from outside the counties, several counties often bring local products to sell in the counties because of the roads. It's more lively here than before.

When he was about to arrive at the mansion, he opened the curtain inside the carriage to look at the sky, and by the way, he looked in the direction directly ahead, and saw a few teams standing here and there near the stone lions on both sides of the gate of the mansion. Man, this is a rare situation——