swallow a dragon ball

Chapter 36

How arrogant can the Zhao family in Yunzhou be?
The manor they occupy alone is the size of a county!

In this "manor", there are mountains, lakes, fertile fields, and various industries such as papermaking, pharmaceuticals, pottery, winemaking, and textiles.

Except for a few products controlled and monopolized by the imperial court, such as salt and iron, it is basically an independent county economy.

And just like this manor, the Zhao family in Yunzhou has several.

But even so, the Zhao family in Yunzhou was still very dissatisfied and felt too downcast. The core direct branch of the family began to gradually understand that it was not easy for the ancestors to start a business!

It's not Yunzhou Zhao's pretentiousness, it's the fact!

Compared with the hometown that has been run for countless generations, the current asset shrinkage is unimaginable.

As a result, the descendants of the Zhao family in Yunzhou were forced to start living a hard life with austerity!
However, fortunately, the Cloud Spear has always been the sharpest killing technique in the army. Zhao's tribe has strong combat power and has established a firm foothold in the Southern Army in a short period of time.

The only regret is that there is too little population, even if they wantonly recruit northern refugees, it is still not enough.

Fortunately, as a veteran family in Yunzhou, the Zhao family is familiar with such operations.

Recently, we have reached a tacit agreement with several counties around Yunzhou to classify a large number of barren hills as lower fields, lower fields as middle fields, and middle fields as upper fields. It is also mandatory that cultivators must pay taxes according to the acre level in the coming year.
After several operations like this, if there is a famine year, these people will inevitably abandon the famine and then rent the Zhao family's fields for farming.

Zhao is very experienced and not only knows how to practice, but also pays great attention to "eating and appearance".

When he was in the north, there were vast hectares of fertile land and he was famous for being a wise man!
At this time, the Yunzhou Zhao family received a letter of greeting from Zheng Xuancheng, the head of the Zheng family in Tonglin.

Seeing this greeting post, the Zhao family in Yunzhou immediately laughed angrily.

I saw that it was written on it——

"I have heard for a long time that the Yun Qiang is unparalleled in the world, its spear power is unparalleled, its sharpness is peerless, and I am eager for it. Three days later, Chensi will arrive in the morning sun. You are so elegant and graceful that I will not make my journey back and forth in vain."

Soon, this greeting letter was delivered to the hands of Zhao Zhiyuan, the leader of the Zhao clan.

Zhao Zhiyuan couldn't help sneering after seeing it.

The Cloud Gun hasn't been around for a long time, and people have forgotten its sharpness?
In other words, the cloud gun has always been pointed at Beidi, leaving these southern barbarians unaware of the heights of the world? !

After another moment, this greeting card appeared in the hands of Mrs. Zhao again.

Old Mrs. Zhao looked at the greeting card, and suddenly felt the sword's power rising into the sky, and the hand holding the greeting card couldn't help but shake.

At the same time, the entire "Fufeng Hall" also swayed, trembled, and twisted.

Quite a few disciples whose cultivation bases were still relatively low even turned pale, and couldn't help but prostrate themselves on the ground.

And even Patriarch Zhao Zhiyuan turned pale, his face extremely ugly.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, Mrs. Zhao's eyes shot out a ray of light, just like a peerless spear unsheathed, leaving a brand of the gun on this invitation, so that the sky-scraping sword on the invitation was released. The intention was suppressed.

All the children of the Yunzhou Zhao family in Fufeng Hall looked ugly and filled with indignation.

What's the difference between this and nakedly causing trouble?
When did the Zhao family in Yunzhou suffer such grievances? !
Various greetings to the eighteen generations of ancestors suddenly sounded in Fufeng Hall.

Mrs. Zhao lowered her brows and stared at the greeting card in her hand for a long time without thinking.

After half an hour.

"What a Tonglin Zheng family, what a sword passed down through the ages!"

Mrs. Zhao murmured, talking to herself, turning a deaf ear to all the noises in Fufeng Hall.

But how could everyone ignore the voice of the old man?

After a moment, the entire Fufeng Hall became completely quiet.

Mrs. Zhao: "Command, get ready to welcome the distinguished guests!"

"Yes."

Everyone in the Zhao family in Yunzhou trembled.

This greeting can be literal, but it can also be implicit!
Even so, the Zhao family in Yunzhou did not intend to underestimate him at all.

"Is there any conflict between my Zhao family and the Zheng family?" Mrs. Zhao asked again.

As a cultivator and the backbone of his family, there are few things he can care about except longevity on the road!

But when such a greeting came to my door, things were completely different!

Not long after, a young man covered in brocade and pearls and jade, who looked like he was only a weak crown, hurriedly replied, "I want to teach my ancestors to know that my Zhao family in Yunzhou relocated collectively and re-established property in the south. The local family is much more powerful. There is resentment."

The one who spoke was Zhao Yaosui, whose name was Yizhen, and he was one of the most prestigious young heroes of the Zhao family in Yunzhou.

After crossing to the south, he was basically responsible for presiding over many family affairs!
Because he has just passed the age of weak crown, he is young and energetic, and his way of handling affairs is very radical. He often has conflicts with other tribes, but he is deeply popular among the tribe.

All the members of the Zhao clan in Fufeng Hall disagreed with this.

So what if there's a little friction?
Is it bad to be a cloud gun? !
Mrs. Zhao carefully sized up all the clansmen for a few breaths, making everyone's scalps go numb.

Old Mrs. Zhao sighed, "The most powerful thing about the Cloud Spear is the Lihen Spear, but the Lihen Spear is not exactly the Cloud Spear. Do you understand?"

All the descendants of the Zhao family turned serious.

The Lihen Spear was born out of the Cloud Spear, and many people also regard the Lihen Spear as the Cloud Spear. However, only core tribesmen like them know that the Lihen Spear is the Lihen Spear, and the two are far from the same!

"Follow the teachings of our ancestors!"

Old Mrs. Zhao: "Go and ask for my Zhao family's ancestral spear!"

Everyone's heart trembled again.

Do you really want to buy the ancestral gun enshrined in the ancestral hall?
Old Mrs. Zhao's cloudy eyes became a little brighter, "This is the contest between Yunqiang and Wan Jianhai!"

"Yes."

The entire Zhao family in Yunzhou immediately became busy.

The entire Zhao's Manor is starting to sweep and decorate, in preparation for the evil guests!

Yunzhou.

On the way to Zheng's Waterside Villa, Yu Youquan couldn't help but smile.

Compared with Caishi City, Yunzhou is much more prosperous.

In particular, the water network is densely covered and the river transportation is developed. Cargo ships and fishing boats can be seen everywhere, which makes him very happy.

Under the setting sun, the lake is sparkling, and the white clouds in the sky are even dyed the color of molten gold.

Occasionally, you can still see the figure of a fisherman casting a net, and the sound of fishing songs coming from afar. How can such a beautiful scene on earth not make people yearn for it?
In particular, seeing many uninhabited wild areas and these densely populated "developed" areas makes people even more reluctant to leave.

Yu Youquan realized that he had a misunderstanding about the matter of "clothes traveling south"!

The places where these migrants immigrated were not some undeveloped wild areas, but more concentrated in economically developed areas.

This is like the "siphon effect" of the earth in the previous life. It is always the developed cities that are attractive to the population and talents!
After arriving at Shuixie Villa, Yu Youquan was deeply shocked again!
This is really just a mountain villa, is it confirmed that it is not a town with developed commerce?

And the water area with the deep waterline seems to be a shipyard of amazing scale, right? !
Later, Yu Youquan saw paper mills, breweries, restaurants, inns, and cloth houses one after another.
Then, the "story" that happened in Baigang Villa in Caishi City was staged again.

In a short period of time, Yu Youquan met a large number of elders and relatives, and received all kinds of strange gifts.

for example.

The ultimate luminous pearl that can be as big as a baby’s fist;

Beautifully shaped coral trees;

The finest pearls;

gold leaf;
longevity lock;
red gold bracelet;

and many more.

While Yu Youquan was soft-hearted in accepting the gift, he couldn't help but recall all the things he had witnessed along the way. The wealthy and aristocratic families surrounded the mountains and sealed the lakes, and the people who depended on the mountains and water were not even allowed to cut firewood and fish.

Especially when I think of my life experience, the suppressed feelings in my heart can't help gushing out.

The rich have no land left to live, while the poor have no place to stand. All the great families in the world should die!
At this moment, Yu Youquan finally understood why Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang killed him like this!
Embezzling 60 taels of silver and peeling last grass. It is true that these aristocratic families who occupy a monopoly position are too greedy!

There are so many fields in the world, but for the farmers at the bottom, not even an inch belongs to them. Even if they want to build a grave after death, they are forced to sell their sons and daughters!

Who should die if they don't? !
(End of this chapter)