please make me king

Chapter 410 Trading
Zhang Shun is eloquent, and he likes to show off his lips the most.He laughed and said: "As the saying goes: 'A man is iron and rice is steel. If you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry'. I have more than ten thousand elites under my command, and all of them are big-bellied men."

"Although I have just arrived in your land, you have supported me, King Shun, but it is only a few months' food. If I want to ask you for it again, it will seem that I, King Shun, will make an inch and be disgusted by others."

Everyone dared to hear the words, but they couldn't help yelling in their hearts: "Sponsorship" and so on, isn't it just an open grab!Everyone thought that you, a thief, would hide here to hide from the limelight, and then left on your own. Who would have thought that you would actually settle down here?Being friends with a thief and being a neighbor with a thief, who would want to live such a life?
County magistrate Bai knew everyone's thoughts very well, and quickly said: "I think King Shun seems to want to live for a long time, but this county has a lot of people and little land, and the mountains are barren. I would like to ask King Shun to choose another place!"

Zhang Shun has just worked so hard to open up the wasteland and plant the seeds, so where is he willing to go?He smiled and said, "Magistrate Bai is going to drive us away? Don't you hear the truth that 'bandits are like a comb, soldiers are like a grate'? If these people are homeless and have no food to eat, it is natural Wherever they passed, blood flowed like rivers, and not a single blade of grass grew! Even if they survived by chance, once the imperial army arrived, they would kill the good and pretend to be meritorious, and wiped them all out!"

"Magistrate Bai is also a scholar, so you should know the truth that 'one who has no property has no perseverance'. I opened up wasteland here for County Magistrate Bai, bought farm tools for farming, and even built houses and villages. I didn't spend a penny from the court. So many refugees were resettled."

"The next year's summer and autumn rations will definitely exceed those of previous years. For such a great contribution, County Magistrate Bai will not only not thank me, but will drive me away instead. What's the reason for that?"

County magistrate Bai didn't mention what he was feeling when he heard the words, he couldn't play with others hard, and he couldn't explain so many fallacies when he reasoned.

He had no choice but to argue: "King Shun has a heart, but King Shun is not an official of his parents, so he doesn't know the difficulties. Shaanxi was hit by a disaster, and refugees are everywhere. Do you mean that the imperial court is unwilling to rescue the disaster and resettle the refugees?"

"In fact, it is easy to rescue disasters, but it is difficult to resettle refugees. I have been here for more than [-] years, and the emperor's kindness is so great that there is no unclaimed land in this world, and there is no surplus food and grass. If there are three hundred and five hundred people, it will be fine. , I sold my old face, and I can also help King Shun find a family property here. It’s just that more than ten thousand people have come here, occupying people’s mountains, forests and valleys, how can they agree to it?”

"King Shun has been here for only two months, and the cases I have sued King Shun have piled up like a mountain. There are big families in Lengshui, big families in Taojiawan, big families called He, and big families in Luanchuan! What do you want me to do?"

"If I take care of it, I'm afraid I'll offend King Shun; but if I don't do it, I'm afraid that someone will sue by leapfrogging, and then you and I won't be able to eat it!"

"What's more, there are all the men under King Shun's command. As the saying goes, 'When you are full of warmth and think about the rain', if these people settle down, they will have weddings and funerals, which will definitely affect the lives of the local people. When there is a conflict, how will King Shun resolve it? "

Although the county magistrate Bai is only mediocre, he has some skills after being in contact with the grassroots for a long time.Zhang Shun suddenly felt a little nervous when he heard these questions.

In this era, for a canal of water, a long land can be beaten to death, and even the conflicts between the natives in the south often fight violently, and people's brains are like dogs' brains.What's more, what about the many mountains, forests and valleys?

However, Zhang Shun also knew that it was not the time to admit cowardice, so he had no choice but to smile confidently: "Magistrate Bai, Wang family, Li family, and Lu family, please be safe and don't be impatient. consider!"

"As the saying goes, 'If you are not afraid of officials, you are afraid of management'. With the support of old parents here, what do we have to worry about? I heard that in southern Fujian and Guangdong, the conflict between natives and tourists is very prominent. One dozen every three days, one every two days Big fights, for the water source of irrigation, for the division of land boundaries, often fighting in formations, never fighting. I haven't heard that any county magistrate is troubled by this?"

"As for weddings and funerals, it is the people's own business. As long as someone does not commit crimes and violate the laws of the Ming Dynasty, why not? As for two or three of them, local ruffians and scoundrels, because of this trouble, they will be hit with twenty big boards and thrown out. The yamen is there, so why worry about it?"

County magistrate Bai and other big households looked at each other in blank dismay when they heard the words. They really covered the sky with one hand like this in the past, but now they are being taught a lesson by a "thief leader", which is rare!
County Magistrate Bai and the other three leading soldiers glanced at each other, already convinced.But he still said: "That's the reason, but the villagers and foolish people can't reason. It's okay to talk about one or two, but I'm afraid there will be too many people and something will happen!"

Zhang Shun laughed loudly when he heard the words: "What can happen? If they gather three or five hundred people to make trouble, according to their one charge of gathering a crowd for rebellion, they will recruit some strong archers from the county magistrate, and they will be wiped out in one fell swoop. achievement!"

"Nowadays Lin County is being slaughtered and plundered by bandits. Only County Magistrate Bai has done a great job in guarding Lu's. I have read the county's yellow book, fish scale book and official documents. Lu's county only pays taxes. It’s nothing more than two or three thousand taels of silver, which is often not enough to collect.”

"Nowadays the world is full of troubles, and the court is short of pay. Officials who don't pay enough taxes are often dismissed and imprisoned. If the Bai County Magistrate collects them in full and escorts the capital, they will definitely please the emperor. Maybe they can be promoted. I don't know how other than the Bai County Magistrate. ?”

Zhang Shun knew what Magistrate Bai meant, so he pulled and beat him, threatening and luring him at the same time.County magistrate Bai was satisfied, but he didn't dare to say it directly. He just looked at the three surnames of Wang, Li and Lu.

Seeing that County Magistrate Bai had benefited, these three households were all blush in embarrassment when they waited for others to be villains in vain and had no way of benefiting.

Zhang Shun waited for a long time, chilled them for a long time, and when he saw that they couldn't help it, he pointed to the other three and continued: "You are all beneficiaries, how can you take advantage of me?"

"However, since we got along very happily in the past, I can buy the surplus food of the three of you at a price that is half a floor higher than the market. Real money, pay with one hand and deliver with the other!"

The three of them looked at each other, and then the old man surnamed Wang stood up tremblingly, and asked, "King Shun has made a fortune now, do you know if he has any extra farmland to sell?"

The land is the foundation of a family business, and these three big households put more emphasis on this.Zhang Shun frowned, and then said: "The left and right are barren lands that have just been reclaimed. It's no big deal to sell three to five hundred acres to you. But I'm very willing, just because I'm afraid that the original landowner No!"

The three of them were a little disappointed when they heard that you look at me and I look at you.They took such a big risk, but they didn't gain much.

Zhang Shun saw it in his eyes, afraid that there would be some changes, and said with a smile: "The three of you don't have to be disappointed, I said that this grain business is a big business. I will at least buy Wanshi grain this year, and you can figure out how much profit there is. You know. As for the matter of the land, it won’t be too late for me to sell some of it to you after the raw rice is cooked!”

The three surnames burst into joy upon hearing this.

(End of this chapter)