Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 74 0070 [Dividing the spoils]

In less than 10 minutes, Zhu Guoxiang arrived at the wild wharf of Xiabai Village on the Bai family's passenger boat.

"Archers and thieves, civilian ships are not allowed to approach!" An archer who stayed on the boat shouted.

Zhu Guoxiang reported his family name: "My name is Zhu Guoxiang, and I am Zhu Ming's father. Please report immediately!"

Dutou's own father?
The archers believed it instantly, because both Zhu Ming and Zhu Guoxiang had weird accents.

The father and son have been traveling for more than three months, trying to learn the local language.They think they are very similar, but to others, they are proper foreigners.

The archers invited Zhu Guoxiang ashore, and then rushed to report.

A quarter of an hour later, Zhu Ming went to the shore in person, and he didn't address Dad or Dean Zhu, but said, "Father, why are you here?"

Zhu Guoxiang dragged his son to a place where no one was around, and asked in a low voice, "What's the situation? Didn't you say you were going to suppress the bandits? Why did you kill Xiaobai Yuanwai?"

"The order issued by the county magistrate, the county government chief Zhu also died..."

Ju Ming picked out the key points and told what happened recently.

"You are a temporary archer, how dare you make such a big commotion? When you have an official position someday, you will not be able to go to heaven!" Zhu Guoxiang couldn't believe it.

At the same time, he has a new understanding of his son's ability to toss.

In fact, there were already signs of it. At the beginning of their journey, the night they met the Tian family brothers, they felt that something was wrong in the village by the river.Zhu Guoxiang's first thought was to hide, and if something went wrong, he would run away immediately.But Zhu Ming's approach is to always be ready to set fire to the village, create chaos and then take the opportunity to run away.

The thinking patterns of the father and son are totally out of tune.

In other words, Ju Ming's weird brain circuit is somewhat different from normal people.

Zhu Ming said confidently: "Who asked the government to ask me to be a capital? Now that I have become a capital, I must seize the opportunity. After passing this village, there is no such shop, so I have to go all out and give it a go."

Zhu Guoxiang was extremely speechless after hearing this. This bastard belongs to Husky, and he knows what he can do once he lets go.

If he was by his side, he would never allow his son to take risks.

But it has been done, and there is no point in saying more.

"It's a big stall, have you figured out how to end it?" Zhu Guoxiang asked.

"Don't worry, Dean Zhu, I'm not the kind of person who cares about my head and ignores my back." Zhu Ming said with a playful smile.

The more heartless Zhu Ming was, the more worried Zhu Guoxiang was. He always felt that his son was unreliable.

In fact, Ju Ming has already restrained himself very much, and now he only looks out of shape in front of his father.

Zhu Guoxiang asked: "How do you swallow Heifengzhai? If Xiangzhi County repents and doesn't give you Heifengzhai, what should you do?"

"Of course it's raw rice and cooked rice, so don't give him a chance to renege on his debts," Zhu Ming expressed his thoughts. "After the Heifengzhai was captured, the leaders of the rebels would be killed or captured, and they would all be sent to the government. Zhang Guangdao was in Heifengzhai He still has some prestige, let him choose some small bosses, and I will personally promote a group of small bosses and give them enough land. Use the land to control the small bosses, and then use the small bosses to control the surrounding farmers. At that time, even if the archer team is disbanded, the black Fengzhai is already mine. If Xiang Zhixian wants to repent, he has to lead his own troops to take it!"

Zhu Guoxiang asked again: "What should I do if those little bosses are disobedient?"

Zhu Ming said: "If the bandits can be united, I dare not fight them. Since they can't be united, there is room for maneuver. What's more, those who are really courageous and disobedient will be escorted to the government long ago. The rest are not What influence, they still have to rely on me to avoid being escorted to the government. I allocate land to them, and they have to obey me. As for the farmers around the cottage, I will also distribute a small number of land to try to win the loyalty of as many people as possible .”

Zhu Guoxiang asked: "Does Heifengzhai have so much land to divide?"

Zhu Ming smiled and said, "I asked Zhang Guangdao that most of the land around the cottage was divided up by those bandit leaders. If you kill the bandit leaders, the land will be there. I'm not as stupid as Xiang Zhixian, I want all the benefits To monopolize. My goal is the whole world, why staring at those lands in the mountain nest? As long as I can control the tea mountain.”

"That's right." Zhu Guoxiang nodded.

Having dealt with the villagers for a long time, why didn't Zhu Guoxiang understand?Ancient farmers' desire for land was far more fanatical than modern farmers.

Once Ju Ming presides over the distribution of land, he can immediately win people's hearts.

It is equivalent to Ju Ming entering a company, killing the original major shareholder, and then presiding over the equity restructuring.He takes the big head first, then increases the holdings of small shareholders, and distributes a few shares to ordinary employees.From top to bottom, everyone has benefited, and the new chairman will be stable.

Zhu Ming said: "At that time, I will ask Dean Zhu to help, teach them to farm scientifically, and bring in corn and sweet potatoes. Everyone has benefited, so they are naturally willing to follow us. There is still so much land downstream, and farmers can be organized to Open up wasteland. For the abandoned tea mountains, as long as you understand the method of frying tea, you can reduce the number of tea pickers, and the abandoned tea mountains can also be restored.”

At this moment, Zhu Guoxiang was not only persuaded by his son, but also a little excited: "If I can completely control it, within five years, I can double the area of ​​cultivated land!"

Zhu Ming smiled and gave a thumbs up: "Dean Zhu is amazing!"

Zhu Guoxiang reminded: "You have offended the county magistrate and government officials. After suppressing the bandits, you can't go back to the county to avoid being blackmailed."

Zhu Ming nodded and said: "I understand. At that time, I will say that I have been injured by the thief, and the injury is too serious to move around. I will hide in Heifengzhai and be a turtle. After I have completely mastered Heifengzhai, even if I swagger to the county office , They dare not do anything to me. After all, I am not a bandit, but I have the strength of a bandit."

Zhu Guoxiang thought seriously and said: "It's not that troublesome, you just need to hide in Heifengzhai for a while. I'll come forward and establish a good relationship with the old white officials. Since Bai Erlang controls the subordinates, we can fix it with the Bai family, and the rest A county magistrate doesn't care about him."

Zhu Ming asked, "Is there anything going on in Shangbai Village these days?"

Zhu Guoxiang said: "It's still the same. Bai Sanlang went to Yangzhou, and I asked you to tell you that it's a pity that he didn't say goodbye in person."

"Since it's all right, why don't you go to the threshing ground? I've cleaned up those archers." Zhu Ming wanted to show off in front of his father.

Zhu Guoxiang didn't show any face at all: "No, it's getting dark, and I have to go back to eat."

Zhu Ming sighed: "Oh, I still obeyed the sentence. Where there is a stepmother, there is also a stepdad. Dean Zhu, your biological father is almost becoming a stepdad, and you don't care about your son at all."

"What a mess," Zhu Guoxiang was too lazy to talk nonsense, and only reminded, "These boats are loaded with food, right? I didn't even see a few soldiers. Watch out for bandits attacking at night and burning your food and grass."

Zhu Ming explained: "I did it on purpose. The cottage is not easy to attack by force, so I have to try my best to lure them down the mountain."

"It's good that you know what's in your mind," Zhu Guoxiang urged, "When you capture the stronghold, send someone to report to me immediately, so that I can go and chat with the old white member."

"You can go to him now," Zhu Ming said confidently, taking out a letter, "after he reads the letter, all grievances and grievances will be resolved."

Zhu Guoxiang returned to the ship with the letter in his arms, feeling complicated along the way.His son's plan to swallow the elephant made him worry all the time, but he was looking forward to it.

Who doesn't want to do big things?
Landing at Shangbai Village, Zhu Guoxiang went straight to the Bai family mansion, and soon saw the old Bai Yuanwai.

"Mr. Zhu, please sit down!" The old white man greeted warmly.

Zhu Guoxiang sat down with his arms folded, and cut straight to the point: "I just went to Xiabai Village. Bai Zongmin is dead, and all his property has been seized by the officers and soldiers."

"I've also heard that this guy colluded with bandits, and sooner or later he would be murdered." Of course, the old white member knew what was going on, and he was the one who secretly contacted Officer Lu and asked the county magistrate to kill him.

The only thing that was surprising was that the old Bai Yuanwai never expected that Zhu Ming could control those archers.

Zhu Guoxiang handed over the letter: "This is written by Gouzi, please read it outside."

The outreach letter of the old white staff read carefully, and the content was written very directly.

It is to divide the loot, ask the county magistrate for money, Zhu Ming asks for Heifengzhai, and the old Baiyuanwai asks for Xiabai Village.Everyone benefits and everyone is happy.

By the way, I would also like to explain that he was not a member of the county magistrate who asked the old white staff to burn the letter on the spot after reading it.

Putting the letter close to the oil lamp and burning it to ashes little by little, the old white member couldn't help feeling: "Your son is really capable of doing great things."

Zhu Guoxiang said: "The dog is stubborn and doesn't know the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth."

"Haha, that's the words of modesty." The old white member said with a smile.

He was very satisfied with Ju Ming's profit distribution plan. From the beginning to the end, he never thought about getting involved in Heifengzhai, but only wanted to take the opportunity to swallow the property of Xiaobai members.

This guy let his servants support him, and personally sent Zhu Guoxiang out of the main gate.

Immediately, he called Bai Dalang again and ordered: "Take out the family's money and immediately ship it to Xiabai Village, and buy the land and shop tonight!"

Bai Dalang didn't know the whole process, and after careful questioning, he was so excited that he was trembling when he spoke.

From now on, there will be no Shangbai Village and Xiabai Village, and there will be no old or young white members.There is only one Bai village, and only one Bai member, and all this place belongs to his Bai family!

Old Bai Yuanwai... Well, from now on we will call him Bai Zongwang.

Bai Zongwang thought about it, fearing that his son would not be able to handle it well, so he decided to go out and ask someone to carry him on the boat.

Seeing Xiang Zhi County's servant Jianjun, Bai Zongwang said: "It's a long night and dreamy, let's hand over tonight. I brought all the money, and only bought land, tea mountains and shops."

"I thought so too." The servant Supervisor laughed.

The two sides bargained for a full two hours, and finally concluded the deal.

It is useless for Xiangzhi County to take so many fixed assets, because it is too far away from the county seat, so they can only sell them all at a low price to Bai Zongwang.Even a bunch of usury certificates were packaged at a price of twenty pennies and sold one by one.

Bai Zongwang returned home with a pile of deeds, and said to his son on the way: "Tomorrow, the villagers of Xiabai Village will be called together, and their loan certificates will be burned on the spot. The money they owe Bai Zongmin will not have to be repaid in the future."

Bai Chongwen was a little reluctant: "Father, this is a lot of money!"

Bai Zongwang scolded: "The village belongs to my family, why are you still staring at those IOUs? The top priority is to calm people's hearts as soon as possible, and let those villagers know that we are different from Bai Zongmin."

"Yes."

Bai Chongwen had no choice but to agree, but he still felt uncomfortable. He valued money very much.

What's more, in order to buy those properties, the Bai family almost emptied their cash, and now there are only more than 1000 cash left in the family.

Watching his son leave, Bai Zongwang sat alone in the room with a cheerful smile finally showing on his face.

The upper and lower Bai villages are connected as one, and the property of the family is directly doubled. He has finally reached the pinnacle of his life!

(End of this chapter)