Need for money

When Zhang Jia heard that Lin Jingzhi suddenly mentioned his dismissal, his face suddenly became gloomy. To be honest, the head of Tuntian is just a small official from the ninth rank. Farming, water conservancy, soil quality and other matters, now that there is no official position, you can no longer do what you liked to do before, and you can no longer seek benefits for the people of one side.

"If you have any questions, please tell Mr. Lin clearly." After a long silence, Zhang Jia finally spoke again.

Lin Jingzhi's face straightened, and he said, "I know Mr. Zhang is a clean and honest official. He is a good official. The reason why he lost his black hat last year was because someone secretly framed him. But Mr. Zhang has a specialization in academics. Could it be that he intends to use all his skills for nothing? Throw it away?"

Zhang Jia knew that with Lin Jingzhi's status, there was no need to compliment him, and he was moved when he heard the words. After all, there are not many people in this world who can understand him, "What does Mr. Lin mean?"

"Cooperation, Mr. Zhang, last year you reported to the imperial court that there was a large piece of wasteland that could be exploited [-] kilometers east of Luocheng City, but the higher authorities suppressed it and accused you of false investigation. It’s nothing more than your official position, is there any such thing?”

Zhang Jia sighed, and replied: "Yes, this is happening, but Zhang can swear in his conscience that that piece of wasteland can definitely be exploited. Although the initial investment is relatively large, it will be taxed in a few decades. Recovering one item and opening up the land is a major event that can benefit the people of one side."

After he finished speaking, he was taken aback for a moment, and then asked in surprise: "Young master Lin wants to do it by himself? That's impossible!"

"Hehe, to tell the truth, Mr. Zhang, I have seen that large piece of wasteland before, and it is indeed worth exploring!" Lin Jingzhi smiled calmly.

Seeing that Lin Jingzhi really wanted to open up that piece of wasteland, Zhang Jia shook his head repeatedly and said, "It's worth opening up, but it's not possible to rely on Mr. Lin's family alone. You don't know that although the wasteland is huge, it is still worth opening." It needs to be leveled out, and the biggest problem is..."

"Water, open the canal!" A confident light flashed in Lin Jingzhi's eyes.

Zhang Jia was taken aback when he heard the words, and asked suspiciously: "Since Mr. Lin knew that the canal was going to be opened, why did he want to open that wasteland? You don't think that with the financial and material resources of the Lin family, you can open it."

Lin Jingzhi didn't answer Zhang Jia's question, but instead asked, "I know Mr. Zhang is smart and capable. I think that before submitting the booklet, he has already surveyed the terrain, the quality of the land, and drawn up the road map for the canal. gone?"

Seeing that Lin Jingzhi refused to listen to persuasion, although Zhang Jia was a little helpless, he replied honestly: "That's right, Mr. Zhang has prepared all these things. I originally thought that if someone raises an objection, I can use them to argue, but I don’t want the higher-ups to say no without even asking, and then remove Zhang Mou from his official position.”

"Okay, as long as there are blueprints!" Lin Jingzhi finally calmed down when he heard this sentence.

Ever since he knew that Tian Ji and Wang Meng conspired to seize the Lin family's property, Lin Jingzhi had been thinking about how to resolve the crisis all the time, but he was an official and the Lin family was a citizen, so it was impossible to confront head-on. Decided to keep a low profile temporarily, so that the other party could find no reason to punish the Lin family.

But low-key is low-key. There are hundreds of people in the Lin family who have to eat, and it is impossible to have no income. Moreover, in this era, the face and prestige of a family are very important. Take the beating of shopkeeper Hu as an example. Reporting to the official, the loss is not just the closing of a store.

Losing prestige and being weak in the eyes of others will lead to being bullied. This is the biggest loss of the Lin family. It is also because of this that Tian Ji and others, together with some of their peers, dare to call on people to make trouble unscrupulously. Although things are not big, but the income has been reduced by more than half.

After all, whoever buys things will not go to places where accidents often happen, not to mention, those things are not only available in the Lin family.

It wasn't until he heard that there was a locust plague in the north that an inspiration flashed in his brain. If there is a locust plague, there must be refugees fleeing from famine. In his eyes, it was a rather large group of cheap labor!

In the past, opening up wasteland and digging canals can only be done by officials, because this kind of large-scale project requires not only enough money, but also enough manpower. For projects, people are not forced to open up wasteland, even if they have enough money, they can’t find enough manpower. After all, people today live and work in peace and contentment. Who would abandon their families to dig canals just to earn your big money? .

But it's different now. With natural disasters, there will naturally be hungry people who can't eat enough. When the time comes to flee famine and come here, we only need to provide them with three meals a day.

Calculated from this deal, it is quite a bargain!

In addition, Liuzhou is not at the southernmost point, it just borders the Central Plains, and it is the closest place to escape to the south, so the flow of people will be very large, if he can open a shed as soon as possible, he will definitely win a good reputation At that time, the streets will be full of hungry people eating the food of the Lin family. How can he and Wang Meng dare to take advantage of the Lin family again?

If they really dared to move, the Lin family only had to say something in secret, saying that someone wanted to investigate the food of the Lin family, and they could no longer open a shed to help the porridge.

He thought about this matter for a long time, and after much deliberation, there was another important point, and that was Master Zhang Jiazhang.

After all, it is not a simple matter to open up wasteland and dig a canal. Whether it succeeds or not is closely related to Zhang Jia's preparations in the early stage.

Seeing Lin Jingzhi's happy face, Zhang Jia shook his head slightly. He had heard about Lin Jingzhi's deeds before, saying that Lin Jingzhi was a business prodigy, but now it seems that his name does not match his name. He opened up wasteland and dug canals , that is no child's play, there are too many difficulties.

"I don't know Mr. Zhang, can you show me the blueprint of the canal?" Lin Jingzhi didn't mind Zhang Jia's lack of confidence in him.

Now that the black hat is gone, Zhang Jia naturally won't mind a blueprint that is equivalent to a waste product. He nodded, took the blueprint from the study, and placed it on the table.

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Lin Jingzhi spread it out, and then carefully observed it according to the memory of the late Lin Jingzhi. After watching it for a while, he was overjoyed.

This piece of Jia really has real skills. Although there are some subtle points in the drawing that are not satisfactory and need to be revised, there is nothing wrong with the general aspects. After closing the paper, Lin Jingzhi pondered for a while, and said: "Master Zhang, I know that you don't believe that the Lin family can open up such a large piece of wasteland, but if, I mean, if the conditions are ripe, would you help me?"

Zhang Jia shook his head after hearing this, he didn't believe that the Lin family could do such an earth-shattering event, but seeing Lin Jingzhi's sincerity, as if he insisted on getting an answer, he responded, "Mr. , In fact, Mr. Zhang also hopes that you can complete this matter. Not to mention anything else, Mr. Zhang and several subordinates spent nearly three years just to survey the mountain, inspect the land, and draw this blueprint. time, not to mention benefiting the common people, this is Zhang's grand plan."

"So, if one day the conditions are ripe, no matter whether it is to help Mr. Lin or the court wants to start construction, Zhang will definitely do his best to assist and try his best to complete the project as soon as possible."

"Okay, it's good to have Master Zhang's words!" Lin Jingzhi stood up when he heard the words, gave Zhang Jia a deep bow, and said: "Master Zhang cares about the people of one side and does not covet wealth and honor. I admire you very much. In this way, if there is One day, that piece of wasteland really opened up, and I promised those tenants that they would not have to pay rent for three years."

Although Zhang Jia still didn't believe that Lin Jingzhi could accomplish this, he stood up and saluted, "If there is such a day, Zhang will thank Young Master Lin for them in advance."

The two looked at each other and smiled, then sat down again.

Now that the matter has been discussed with Zhang Jia, the next step is to find a way to obtain the imperial court's documents.

In the Dagan Dynasty, if you want to open up wasteland, you have to buy the mountain land first, and you can open it independently with the land deed. If you want to use the river water, you must report to the Ministry of Industry for approval in advance. Only in this way can you open up the land in the future. , the officials of the Ministry of Households will measure the size, and then pay taxes according to the standards stipulated by the state.

The Daqian Dynasty also had a famous document stipulating that the newly reclaimed wasteland does not need to pay taxes for the first year.

Before leaving Zhang's mansion, Lin Jingzhi wanted to leave some money to the Zhang family, but Zhang Jia said that he would not be rewarded for his meritorious deeds, and he didn't want to say anything. I still made some arrangements for Zhang Jia, asking him not to tell about his desire to open up wasteland and dig canals.

Shi Mo has been standing in the hall, pouring water and tea for the two of them from time to time, and listening to the conversation between the two without missing a single word, he was also inexplicably surprised, he couldn't figure out why the second master suddenly said that he would start wasteland!

This is a huge project.

"Shi Mo, do you know the name of the head farmer in Luo City?" Lin Jingzhi asked softly on the way back to Lin's mansion.

Shi Mo didn't think about it at all, and replied directly: "Second Master, you forgot, that Liu Biao was originally an official in Luocheng, but because he committed a crime, he bribed the people above him and was transferred to the Ministry of Industry as a farmer. Master."

"Liu Biao?" Lin Jingzhi thought for a moment, then suddenly realized, and then laughed out loud, it turns out that Liu Biao is the steward of the farm, it seems that even the sky will help me!

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