Now Hong Tao is going to take Wang San and Monday, who stayed behind, to inspect the river, to find out if there is a suitable place to build a lime kiln, and then listen to the opinions of the residents along the river to determine what is most reasonable to build first.

The first stop is of course Donggang Village, Ma Baochang, as the saying goes, ten miles of different sounds, a hundred miles of different customs, the accent of the two Huai is not better than the north slowly to listen to and understand, Hong Tao first came to the customs and habits here do not understand, must find a guide.

"The prince wants to repair the river! This is a great thing, the little old man's legs are not dexterous, so that my grandson can follow the prince and have a clear path and know the neighbors. Ma Baochang was very supportive of the matter of repairing the river, and contributed his little grandson without thinking.

"I don't want to go, I still have to boil farm fertilizer at home!" Ma Baochang's youngest grandson is a young man who scolds Hong Tao for not being as good as a dog, he seems to not like this Liang Wang very much when they meet for the first time, even if he eats other people's canned meat, he still doesn't have a good feeling, and he makes excuses for not wanting to go.

"Confused, follow the prince without worrying about eating and drinking, what's the good thing about staying at home and getting all that and urine all day long! If you don't clean up yet, it's hard to ask the prince to invite you! ”

Ma Baochang waved his palm but was not willing to fight, his family only rented less than fifty acres of land in the palace, and there was not much demand for whether to reduce half of the land rent, and he was not very willing to make soil and fertilizer.

"Boy, report your name, this king will not kill the nameless under the knife!" was unwilling to follow him, Hong Tao minded very much. When the little grandson of the Ma family came out with the burden, he immediately retaliated back, sat on the horse and viciously scared others.

"If you don't change your name, you don't change your surname, Ma Baiqing! Just cut it, and after 20 years, he will still be a good man! "I didn't think about it, I didn't think about it, this grandson of the Ma family must have listened to the vernacular on weekdays, and there is a bit of a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, and he is not timid with his neck.

"It's a big breath, it's still a hundred acres, and my family doesn't have so much land, I don't know if the future horse landlord can ride a horse?" didn't scare Hong Tao or get angry, this kid was very funny, and it was fun to tease him on the road.

“…… Haven't tried! Looking at the tall horse in front of him, Ma Baiqing licked his lips and swallowed his saliva. Luxury car, I really want to drive, but unfortunately I don't have a car.

"Little San, find a horse for him!" If you don't have a car, you can learn, Hong Tao not only provides coaches, but also sends free coaches.

Ma Baiqing has a good athletic talent, he learned to drive very quickly, and he became familiar with the performance of the car after walking less than a mile, and secretly added a gear to let the horse walk quickly.

"Can the landlord still adapt?" Hong Tao looked at the young man who was engrossed in staring at the back of the horse's head, feeling the condescending taste, and began to bubble up the water.

"Make it, make it......" Ma Baiqing was still immersed in the excitement of driving a luxury car for the first time, and he perfunctory this problem without raising his head.

"Oh, let's make it, let's make it a little more...... Ooh! Hong Tao squeezed his eyes at Wang San with a wicked smile, and suddenly shook the horse's reins and shouted at the same time.

"Ah...... The horse is frightened, the horse is frightened! Help...... "These horses are all war horses of the New Army, and they have been trained together all year round, and when they see their companions charging, they must also rush together."

So the horse sat down, and the horse suddenly accelerated, and the four hooves soared and galloped wildly. Frightened, Ma Baiqing immediately forgot the rules of riding, threw away the reins, hugged the front saddle bridge, and tried desperately to stabilize his body, but the more this happened, the more the horse ran as hard as he could.

Hong Tao didn't rush out at all, and the horses were strangled by the reins as soon as they started. Only Wang San followed Ma Baiqing, in case he couldn't sit still, he quickly pulled the reins, so as not to really break people.

"Stinky boy's balance is pretty good, let's go, let's yo-yo!"

Seeing that Ma Baiqing had never fallen off the horse despite being in disarray, Hong Tao was also interested. Since returning to Kaifeng for half a year, I have not ridden a horse and galloped, not only the people are a little depressed, but the horses are not very satisfied, and they keep shaking their heads and stepping on their steps, wanting to catch up and run a good way.

Ma Baiqing was a blessing in disguise, and after running for several miles, he learned to ride a horse without a teacher, and knew how to use the reins and legs to make simple communication with the horse, and he didn't have to keep staring at the road.

"Landlord, have you heard the rumors of this official?" In the face of this kind of ending, Hong Tao is helpless, no one has such a talent. Anyway, he has no enmity with Ma Baiqing, so he simply won't continue to toss. But there is one thing that must be asked, why he seems to hate himself as soon as they meet.

"There has never been a ......" Ma Baiqing didn't pay attention to the ground anymore, but he was interested in the horse's mane, and kept babbling at them, like touching a girl's hair, and was still very perfunctory to Hong Tao's question.

"Then why do you say that this king is not as good as a dog when you meet, and you are not willing to be a guide?"

"......" Ma Baiqing finally took his eyes off the horse's mane, and immediately dodged away, lowering his head and not squeaking.

"If you tell the king the reason, and it is true, the horse will be given to your house." I don't want to say that it doesn't matter, Hong Tao has a way to make people open their mouths, such as giving you a luxury car.

“…… My family can't afford it! Ma Baiqing opened his mouth, reached out and touched the horse's mane and shook his head reluctantly, refusing the deal.

"You can keep it in this king's house, and you can ride it whenever you want!" To send the car, you have to take a garage and a fuel card, and in order to satisfy your curiosity, Hong Tao also fights.

“…… My family can't afford saddles. Ma Baiqing finally raised his head, his eyes full of expectation.

"If you grow up, if you don't become a big landlord, you'll be sorry for the ancestors of your Ma family! Even the horse and saddle are given to you, talking counts, this king never deceives children! At this time, Hong Tao suddenly had a feeling of being deceived, could it be that there are still people in this world who can trick themselves?

"In the past, my family had ten hectares of land, on the east bank of the Cao River, all of which were watered with good water. My father named me Baiqing, saying that when he was a child, his family only had ten acres of land, and it all depended on the constant work of his grandparents and uncles, and my father went out to do business, so he saved money to buy more land, and hoped that I could continue to buy it in the future, until 100 percent. The young man was finally knocked down by Hong Tao's silver bullet attack and began to tell the story of his family's past.

"Well, that's a good name, it's ideal!" On the issue of naming, Hong Tao feels that others are quite talented.

"But when I was 10 years old, my father was arrested by the government, and he was released half a year later, and then my family suddenly moved out of the original yard, and I couldn't go to the county school anymore. Later, I heard from my grandfather that in order to save my father from prison, the family sold most of their land and house. After my father was released from prison, he became seriously ill and died half a year later, and my mother cried every day and soon left. It was my grandfather who raised me, but everything in the family didn't have my share. In order to save my father, my uncles' fields were also sold, and even if they gave it to me, I couldn't ask for it. "Ma Baiqing's narration ability is good, and he tells one thing in a very organized manner, it seems that the county school when he was a child was not in vain.

"Your father was wronged?" Before Hong Tao could speak, he asked a question on Monday, and it was also what Hong Tao wanted to ask.

“…… My father is not guilty at all, but it was only because a salt merchant took a fancy to my family's yard and field that he colluded with the government to frame my father for trafficking in illegal salt! The unfriendliness in Ma Baiqing's eyes was revealed again, and he no longer touched the horse's mane, as if this horse was also his enemy.

"Your grandfather told you this?" At this point, Hong Tao probably understood what happened to the Ma family, it turned out that his family was a landlord, but Ma Baiqing's father was not a farmer but a businessman. Later, he was framed and imprisoned, and in order to get out, he sold his property to bribe the government.

As a result, this is a bureau at all, and the person who does the bureau should be the previous owner of his own big yard. This kid doesn't have an opinion about himself, but hates all the officials. I bought this yard by myself, and I am an official, so it is strange that I am not taken care of.

Bao Buqi Ma Baochang didn't want to see himself in his heart, but he was too old to know that the world was difficult, and he knew that he couldn't fight himself, so he didn't show anything.

But there is a problem that must be clarified here, Ma Baiqing's father is not necessarily wronged, maybe he is really a smuggler of salt. Yangzhou is a place where salt merchants gather, and there are countless illegal salt dealers. Ma Baiqing's family has capital, and he is familiar with it on the ground, so it is not impossible to choose to traffic illicit salt.

"It was the people from the county government who said it privately to my grandfather, and they thought I was asleep...... "Ma Baiqing is very smart, he knows the meaning of this sentence, he doesn't talk nonsense, and directly tells the most useful information.