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Volume 1: Who Rides the Star to Break through the Void Chapter 159: Sun Wu trains troops to manipulate Gong'e

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    There was naturally no curfew in the manor, so when everything was dark, a lantern led Fang Yingwu to slowly walk towards a house in the north of the village.  Directly north of Zhuangzi is a separate courtyard prepared for Princess Yuzhen. However, this courtyard is only used a few times a year. Most of the time it is used by the chief steward sent by Princess Yuzhen to check the accounts. That is Ye Ye.  Even though Chang came, he never lived here.  To the northeast is the residence of Jie San, the manager of the village. Although from the outside, this residence is much smaller than the Princess Villa in the north, Fang Yingwu knows in his heart that inside Jie San's residence  , more luxurious and comfortable than Princess Villa.  Ban Dang knocked on the door. After a while, a man opened the door. Seeing that it was Fang Yingwu, he immediately pulled him in. He looked around again and saw that no one was waiting, so he locked the door tightly.  Fang Yingwu put his hands behind his back and went straight into the hall.  As soon as he entered the living room, he saw a sumptuous table of wine and food. Jie San started eating and drinking when he raised his chopsticks, and cursed when he put down his chopsticks.  His bride hugged a silk handkerchief and sobbed reluctantly, while her two sons, Jie Hu and Jie Bao, looked angry.  "If you don't flatter that guy, what are you doing here?" Seeing Fang Yingwu, Jie San slapped his chopsticks on the table: "We obviously agreed that we would give that guy a blow, so you'd better push it.  Looking at a certain family to step forward, he shrinks back. Bah, the turtle is forgetful. Don¡¯t think that if a certain family has bad luck, you will have a good life. We are all tied together. What a certain family does, you  There is never a shortage." Fang Yingwu said with a sullen face, "If you talk nonsense again, I will turn around and leave." He did not argue, but just one sentence made Jie San's arrogance dim.  Jie San only relied on an old woman who had served Princess Yuzhen since she was a child, but Fang Yingwu was not like that. The father and his son were sold into slavery in Huanchun County, but somehow, his father hooked up with Princess Yuzhen.  People around him, according to some people, even Princess Yuzhen didn't look at him because of his handsome appearance.  Naturally, no one dares to mention this kind of rumor to his face.  One thing everyone knows is that the most useful person around the eldest princess today is the father of Fang Yingwu.  "It is said that Fang Yingwu's father was able to please Princess Yuzhen, and his son had a lot of credit for it.  "Oh, today I was beaten, and was also shackled in public for half a day. I was disgraced. It was just a few complaints, but you didn't allow me to get angry?" Jie San stepped forward and grabbed him: "Brother Fang, Brother Fang  , I know that you are always resourceful, so today¡¯s matter needs your help.¡± Fang Yingwu snorted and sat down.  Jie San winked at the bride beside him, and the woman immediately went down, and after a while, she brought a pair of bowls and chopsticks to Fang Yingwu.  "Brother Fang, after you forked me out today, what did you say to that guy? Why did you give the roster to that guy?" "That guy wanted to kill the chicken and scare the monkey. First he used your fate to scare me, and then he allowed me to be free.  I am willing to speak kindly to you, your lord." "You just agreed to him and handed over the roster?" Jie Hu next to him said anxiously: "Uncle Fang, I didn't expect you to be like this"  "Ba" Jie San slapped him casually, with a fierce look in his eyes: "If you can't speak, just listen by the side. No one will treat you as a mute." Jie Hu covered his face, his eyes still filled with anger, Fang  Ying Wu glanced at him sideways and snorted in his heart.  The two sons of Jie San are becoming more and more outrageous. They dare to be so rude in front of him.  "The situation at that time, if someone goes back again, it will definitely happen to me. After all, he came under the order of your lord. If he is allowed to go to your lord to complain, he will certainly lose face, and we will also forgive him.  It's not good." Fang Yingwu said calmly: "I pretended to be grateful and deceived him first, and then I told him that your Jie family has been the head manager of this village for two generations, and you have a favor with the tenants, and you are humiliating me today.  As for you, I'm afraid the tenants on your farm will feel uneasy." "Exactly, they feel uneasy." Xie Sanyi clapped his hands.  "I also told him that the tenants in my village have been intermarrying with your villagers for generations, and there have been many marriages between the two sides. Therefore, if your village is unstable, my village will be the same. I asked him to immediately send some wealth and pick it up first.  The hearts of the tenant farmers" "Oh," Jie San was stunned.  "Stupid, he just said that he wanted to grow kapok. Everyone has no rations for three years. This is the ration money he paid in advance." Fang Yingwu sneered: "If he gets less and it is not enough for everyone to eat for three years, then there is no need to say  , everyone will abandon the tenants. If you make too much money people are the most greedy. You and I will find someone to talk to among the tenants. Everyone will treat this as a routine and make a fuss at every turn. How much money can you say he can have?  Can you win people's hearts?" "Okay, wonderful," Xie San clapped his hands.  "Since you also think this strategy is great, then remember to do it and take advantage of tonight to go to every house and tell them immediately." Fang Yingwu whispered: "You know what to say, you know it yourself." "That's natural.  "As expected of Brother Fang, he is indeed very wise."After finishing getting up, he left.  After sending him out, Jie San turned around, looked at his two sons, especially Jie Hu, and said with hatred: "You see, you see, this is a cunning person. Like you, you only know how to go straight.  How can we keep the family business in the future? " "Aye, I think this guy named Fang is not a good guy. He talks about it, but it's Aye who is leading the charge, and he himself is hiding in the dark.  , Didn¡¯t the man named Ye promise to restore the innocence of his father and son? If he really colluded with the man named Ye" "You are willing to use your mind, and I will be very happy as a father, but you are not moved enough." Xie Sanyao.  He said: "Fang Yingwu wants to get out of the slaves. It's just a matter of his father's words. Why not? It's because he has this status, which makes it easier for them to get in and out of the noble master and make it easier for them to do things. Without this status  , How can they keep their property? Apart from other things, can he still be the steward of Zhuangzi? If he can¡¯t be the steward, where will his family¡¯s dozens of mouths come from? " Speaking of this, Jie San hey.  He smiled and said: "That dog surnamed Ye only thinks that no one loves him as a slave, but he doesn't know that the Fang family loves being a slave. If something happens, the master behind him will support him. If there are benefits, he will enjoy them for the masters first."  Jie Sanjia, who had been crying all the time, sighed: "The person named Ye can get Zhuangzi from your master for three years. He must have a very good relationship with your master. Why do you insist on making things difficult for him? In the eyes of slaves,  Why don't we just act on what he says" "What do you know, woman? If we act on what he says, our village's financial resources will be cut off. How can we support dozens of people in the yard and just rely on our laurels?  ? What's more, he has really stayed here for three years and has figured out the truth inside and outside. He must go to your lord to complain to us. I'm afraid we will have to vomit out what we have embezzled behind your lord's back all these years. In addition,  He will also be punished by your lord. Our current plan is to drive him away within a few months. As long as he does not get the tenant's consent, our affairs will not be leaked. After we drive him back, everything will remain the same.  I'm still living a life of peace and happiness." Xie San said, drank the food in his house, then opened the door and looked at the sky: "Without further delay, I will go now" According to Ye Chang's plan, Chapter 1  On the second day, the heads of each tenant household will come to see him, the new person in charge.  Early in the morning, he led the barbarians who came to inspect the land in the village and waited for the tenants to come.  The two villages are only separated by a small river, and the soil quality is similar, which is very suitable for cotton growth. It can even be said that it is a bit wasteful to use it to grow cotton.  The barbarians were very satisfied and told Ye Chang one by one that they could definitely grow kapok here.  These barbarians were contributed by Ge Luofeng, the king of Nanzhao. Although Ge Luofeng had grown ambitious at this time, he was not yet ready to rebel against the Tang Dynasty.  The people he sent naturally dare not fail to do their best.  But those tenants came sparsely, and until noon, there were only a few dozen standing staggering around.  Ye Chang sent people to urge him several times, but each time there were just a few more people.  At this time, Ye Chang didn't know that there was a problem with these tenants. He didn't have to worry about it. Seeing that it was getting late, he started to call names according to the roster.  There were originally 350 tenant households in the two villages. There should have been 350 heads of households arriving, but in the end there were only more than 80 people.  Ye Chang looked at Fang Yingwu: "Where is Jie San?" "Well, I sent someone to tell him this morning. He is sick and uncomfortable, so he sent his son to help him." Fang Yingwu said to a man in front of him.  Mouth: "That is Jie San's eldest son Jie Hu." "Sick, sick, no one is in trouble." Ye Chang nodded and said: "But what about the rest, why are the rest, including you?  No one from the village came, what's the reason?" Fang Yingwu smiled bitterly, but stopped talking.  Ye Chang said: "Say, don't be secretive." "Yesterday, a certain person reported to the husband that two generations of the Jie family were in charge of this village, which has always been prestigious. When they heard that he was punished by the husband yesterday, the tenants of the two villages were spreading rumors privately.  ¡­ ¡°What¡¯s the legend?  " "The king said that he wanted to drive them away and force them to give up their tenancy.  " "Where do you start with this? If you want to use them, how can you say that you want to force them to give up their tenancy?  "Don't be surprised, Mr. Lang. These tenants are short-sighted and don't know that Mr. Lang is kind-hearted."  They said that Lang Jun did not allow them to grow grain, but they wanted to grow kapok. They did not grow grain this year, and not to mention the Ding tax from the court, even everyone's rations came from nowhere.  Staying in Zhuangzi can only lead to death, so everyone feels" Having said this, Fang Yingwu shut his mouth and just looked at Ye Chang. Ye Chang frowned: "I'm not asking you to tell everyone.  , have the taxes and rations for the past three years been paid for by someone?  " "Haha Lang Jun said yes, but they didn't believe it.  Lang Jun knows that these are people from the countryside who have never been able to trust other people's promises "According to your opinion, what should I do?" "If Lang Jun has a lot of money, he will naturally spend three years' rations and Ding's tax.  Give them everything so they can trust youThe husband is here.  " This is hundreds of households. If one household earns ten guan per year, it would cost tens of thousands of guan in three years. Fang Yingying thought that Ye Chang would not have such a lot of money. Even if he did, he would not be able to raise it in a short while -  - After all, only a few dozen people came here with Fang Yingwu. There was no way he could transport so much money and food. Even if he could transport it, Fang Yingwu would have the back-up to win people's hearts with money and silk.  The tenants were scornful, thinking that as long as they made a fuss, they would get something good. As for Ye Chang's tough treatment, Fang Yingwu didn't think it was possible at all. These were more than 300 tenant households, and there were more than a thousand people behind them.  Ye Chang pursed his lips and looked a little nervous, which made Fang Yingwu very happy. "Are so many people dissatisfied? Is this all you can do to comfort me?"  "But when Ye Chang opened his mouth, he was stunned. "This" "If that's the case, what's the use of your Zhuangtou?  "Ye Chang looked at him sideways and said, "Go back and say, if everyone is no longer present at this time tomorrow, then we can gather and disperse, and those who are willing to give up the sharecropping can do so.  "Mr. Sir, you can't do it, you can't do it Shouldn't we, the slaves, be the only ones who can cultivate these thousands of acres of land?"  We only have twenty or thirty people, how can we farm?  "Fang Yingwu suddenly panicked. "So it depends on your ability. If you can summon the tenants, then it won't be just twenty or thirty of you. If you can't summon them haha.  " Ye Chang smiled coldly. Fang Yingwu stared at him and pondered for a long time. He felt that he was just bluffing, so he smiled bitterly and said: "Mr. Lang is seriously joking. This matter even with three heads and six arms, I can't get him back."  " "If you can't do it, let Jie San do it. If you can't do it with Xie San, then Zhuangtou shouldn't do it.  "Ye Chang said: "At least for these three years, you should go back to Chang'an to rest.  " "Ye Langjun if you do this, I'm afraid the tenants will really quit" "It doesn't matter, I said that if you are willing to follow me, I will take care of their livelihood, but I don't even care about their livelihood."  Why should someone pay attention to them?  If the tenants are withdrawn, then the tenants will be withdrawn. Now are you afraid that you won¡¯t find anyone to farm?  " Hearing this, Fang Yingwu sneered in his heart: Sure enough, although I heard that this person is wise, he is still a scholar and has no knowledge of world affairs. At this time, there are really no tenants to farm in Mengzhou. In this case, let's help  He said, "The bigger the trouble, the better." "In this case, I have nothing to say, but I will report everything that happened here to your lord.  " "You just report it.  " Ye Chang didn't take it seriously at all. Fang Yingwu turned around and left. Ye Chang continued to discuss with the barbarians how to plant cotton. The barbarians brought a lot of cotton seeds, but they wanted to plant thousands of acres but it was still not enough. Ye Chang asked them to pick out  The most suitable fields for planting, as for the rest, we have to make plans, not to plant this year, but to plant cotton next year. The next morning, Ye Chang came to the field at the appointed time, but the number of tenants who came here today was huge.  There were even fewer people than yesterday, with only fifty people present. When Ye Chang saw that these fifty people had miserable looks on their faces, he knew that they were all disliked by Zhuangtou, and he felt happy in his heart.  Seeing the deserted appearance, these fifty or so people were a little uneasy. At a quarter of the clock, Ye Chang finally stepped onto the temporary platform, "Very good. If you, the fifty or so households, are willing to stay, then sign up here.  Group it up.  "Ye Chang said.
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