Qi Qitao and several people laughed. Then Qi Qitao continued to tighten his arms, and Liu Jiang screamed, Qi Qitao said, "Don't say it, don't you?" Don't say you can't get out today! ”

As a result, Liu Jiang insisted that there was nothing to do, but he didn't react for a while. The two sides were entangled for a while, and several people didn't get anything from Liu Jiang's mouth, so Qi Qitao let go of his arm and said, "What's there?" Isn't it just that the head of the family wants to be an official? You want to follow the path of a military attache and fight against the Jurchen savages, right? ”

Liu Jiang's squinted eyes nodded again and again, and said, "Yes, yes, yes!" The big brothers are right! Then taking advantage of Qi Qitao's inattention, he broke away from his hand and ran away.

Qi Qitao and several people laughed and chased a few steps before stopping. Qi Qitao said to everyone: "This kid seems to have something to hide from us. I'm afraid even the head of the family doesn't know. Chuanhao, you usually get closer to him, do you have anything unusual about him? ”

Wang Chuanhao scratched his head and said, "Nothing abnormal!" He has done everything that the head of the family has explained! But there are some things that the head of the family has privately told him to do, and I don't know at all, and I can't ask! ”

Qi Qitao thought for a while and said, "You're right! There are some things that the head of the family tells us not to ask about, nor can we take care of them. However, it is convenient for you to pass on Hao, you should keep an eye on Liu Jiang more, don't let him poke Lou Zi out, everyone will be ugly at that time. ”

Wang Chuanhao nodded and agreed. Then a few more gossips and then dispersed. In the ensuing time, Liu Pei's men all moved. The first to be mobilized were his subordinates. After receiving the order, they went straight to a series of tasks such as leveling the land and digging stones. Moreover, these young men are physically strong, and they are all children of peasant families who are familiar with farm work, so the work progress is very fast.

Then it was the blacksmith shop that Wu Yizhou was in charge of. At his request, the blacksmith completely stopped processing weapons and began to produce all kinds of agricultural tools. Fortunately, Liu Pei has a lot of silver, and the iron is still supplied.

The third group to be mobilized were Wang Chuanhao's subordinates. They kept rushing to the mule and horse markets all over Shandong to buy livestock. The cattle and horses that could be purchased were all procured and shipped to Jiaozhou. In this way, Wang Chuanhao's subordinates are still asking for goods from cattle and horse dealers, as long as they can be delivered to Jiaozhou before mid-April, they can buy as many cattle dealers as they come! For a time, the cattle and horse dealers rejoiced and searched everywhere for the source of goods.

Then came the villagers from all over the country. At this time, although the villagers have begun to prepare for spring ploughing, they still have some free time after all. Everyone is willing to come out and earn some copper money to subsidize the family. In addition, Wu Yizhou's propaganda was in place, and many villagers from outside the two counties rushed to work.

And because Liu Pei began to sort out the land here, it looked like he was going to open up the wasteland, and it also attracted many landless farmers to Liu Pei to ask for tenants. Liu Pei naturally smiled. In this way, a vigorous large-scale production movement was launched.

Just when Liu Pei launched a large-scale production campaign, many people were also eyeing him. In a large mansion in the countryside of Jiaozhou, several people were drinking tea and discussing Liu Pei. A Humpty Dumpty man said: "Everyone, the kid surnamed Liu, do you know all the recent disturbances?" ”

Everyone nodded. A man with two whiskers said, "Of course you know! Where can such a big movement hide from us! Brother Zhang, you brought us together just to discuss Liu Pei, a stunned young man? ”

The short and fat old Zhang nodded with a smile and said, "Of course, how can he not take a closer look at him with such a big move?" Brother Wang, what do you think of this Liu Pei? ”

Rat Whisker grinned and said, "Let's talk about it." All of you are the biggest landlords in Jiaozhou, let's talk about it. ”

A black-faced man said, "What else can I say? Gotta teach him a lesson and let him know that it's against the rules! ”

"That's it!" A young man in a brocade robe said: "The year before last, he recruited a lot of homeless people and opened a lot of Zhuangzi. Last year, he bought a large amount of wasteland, and now he is arranging for people to prepare for this year's wasteland, and he must be stopped. ”

The short and fat old man smiled and said, "Why are you stopping him?" Isn't it a good thing to open up wasteland? ”

The young man in the brocade robe said in a vicious voice: "How can this be considered a good thing? You don't look at how low the rent he gives his tenants! Only 30% and a half are harvested every year! Isn't that a bad rule? Now it's making the hearts of my tenants fluctuate! If it weren't for the wasteland he has in his hands now, I'm afraid all my tenants would have run out! ”

The black-faced man echoed and said, "That's it! How can there be a reason to charge such a low tenant rent! The tenants are happy, but what about the dozens of people in my family? I don't have a shop in the city, my family is all farming! ”

The young man in the cheongsam immediately said, "That's right! We should talk to him. If you can't talk about it, let the county come forward! ”

At this time, a long-haired old man who had been sitting without speaking said slowly: "This matter cannot be asked by the county. Cultivating land is a good thing in itself, and it is too late for the county lord to encourage him, where will it be stopped! I'm afraid that maybe I will have to provide him with some convenience. ”

The young man in the brocade robe said, "What should I do then?" Just watch him open up the wasteland and rob our tenants? ”

Rat Whisker said: "Okay, Brother Zhao, don't sell it." Brother Li is young and can't think of so much. You're going to give us some pointers. ”

After saying this, everyone looked at the long-haired old man. He said slowly: "Everyone is from farming, and we all know that it will take a year for this land to become mature at the earliest. This Liu Pei doesn't know the importance of it, and he has opened so many wastelands with some family property, and there are two drawbacks in it. With that, he picked up the teacup and took a sip slowly.

The rat whiskers said cooperatively, "I would like to hear about it." ”

The long-haired old man then said slowly, "One of the drawbacks is that there are few people. He doesn't say that he has so much land, but where does he have so many tenants to cultivate? The second disadvantage is that he has to invest in vain in the past two years. Although there was an output in the second year of the birth, the production was not enough after all. This man eats what he feeds on horses, and doesn't he all ask for money when he adds soil and fertilizer? He opened up such a large area of wasteland, how could he have so much money and food to support it? He couldn't afford to feed the tenants alone! We'll just have to wait! ”

When the long-haired old man said this, the eyes of several people present lit up, and they looked at each other thoughtfully without squeaking. The long-haired old man continued, "But we can't wait. The first thing everyone has to do is to control the tenants and not let them go to Liu Pei's side. ”

The young man in the brocade robe said happily: "This is easy! Which of those tenants doesn't owe us rent? Just threaten them! ”

The long-haired old man continued: "The second is that each family prepares some silver. When Liu Pei can't hold on, we will buy these lands! At that time, these wastelands have already been cleared, and as long as we adjust them a little, it will be a good field that can be passed on to our families! Everyone laughed and agreed. But they knew what was coming! At that time, they will know that Liu Pei is not worried about the lack of tenants at all, he is worried about the lack of land!