stubborn thief

Chapter 289 Three Five Hundred Ares

Minya doesn't care about the land.

The chieftain of Changhexi is different from other families. Other barbarian chieftains have a large income from land rent, but Muya's main source of income is restaurants and accommodation.

In other words, in the entire Changhexi, except for Furnace City, he doesn't care about anywhere.

But when Liu Chengzong said that he would rent the land to Yan, Mu Ya's little brain turned.

Everyone has been half-deceived and half-detained in Luhuo, and the rent must be rented. All he can control is where to rent and how much to rent.

But what Mu Ya was thinking about had nothing to do with the land, it had to do with the change of dynasty.

The decline of Ming Dynasty is a certainty, the world is too big, and Muya can't see anywhere else, but he can only see leopards from Sichuan, from Yang Yinglong in Bozhou to Shechongming in Yongning and Bangyan in Shui'an. After decades of war, all the chieftains in Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan Very restless.

The chieftain is not restless because of ambition, the three above are restless because of ambition, and the chieftains who have not rebelled now are because the Han people are restless... The imperial court’s tax increase in the southwest has not stopped since the beginning of flat broadcasting.

The money that Bozhou flattened was used to Pingshe'an, and the money that was flattened by She'an was used to make up for Liaodong.

In addition to the constant increase in salary, the local Han people are going crazy, and the officials are also going crazy, trying to find ways to find money.

The more unstable the local rule, the more evil the dignitaries do, and the chieftain is the same as the dignitaries, no one restrains them, so there is no resentment and revenge?
As for the stability of the imperial court, Mu Ya felt that there was no need to consider this matter.

Three years ago, because of the capture of a criminal slave in Yunnan, Duke Qian Mu Qiyuan dared to surround and patrol the office with cannons. Can the court be stable?

Mu Qiyuan is the Duke of the imperial court, in the eyes of the Han people, it might just be Mu Qiyuan's arrogance, but in the eyes of chieftains like Mu Ya, what is this called?This means that the Han people are not monolithic. The Duke, who is guarding the place by the imperial court and holds the Mu family's private army, dares to challenge the local officials.

In the eyes of other chieftains, they might applaud for this, wishing that Mu Qiyuan would rebel on the spot, and see if it was the sons and brothers of Mu's private army or the imperial court's soft-footed shrimp counter-insurgency army.

It's a pity that Mu Qiyuan poisoned his own mother to death, and his ten-year-old son Mu Tianbo took the title. When he reaches the age of rebellion, I'm afraid this generation of chieftains will not be around anymore.

Of course, Mu Ya is the last person who doesn't want the Mu family to rebel in Yunnan. He is different from other chieftains. Chang Hexi's economy is too dependent on Daming.

Only when Daming Sichuan is stable can he have money to spend.

If Daming's Sichuan is unstable, so will he.

Besides Daming, who can protect the little Dajian furnace in the troubled times?

This lion in front of me.

Don't look at the fact that the Lion Army's garrison in the seven counties of Kangning Prefecture only has 6000 people, but the mobile force is only in the early [-]s.

But the reality of this force is unknown to anyone except the senior generals of the Lion Army.

In Mu Ya's eyes, Liu Shizi's troops are countless, not to mention the tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry who entered Tibet, the Yongning camp of Chongming old general Ah Liu is scary enough.

When a person sees a lion in the forest, his first consideration must be how to save his life from the lion's mouth, so how can he save his life?

Lead the lion to the enemy, as long as the lion is full, his life will be saved.

Who is Minya's enemy?
That's too much!
On the east side, on the east bank of the Dadu River, two Mongolian chieftains, Lengbian and Shenbian, had a feud with his father who killed his father, and those two guys will have revenge sooner or later.

The west side is even more frightening. On the west bank of the Yalong River, King Mu Tian has been advancing steadily to the northwest for 200 years, in the name of suppressing bandits, step by step.

Every time Mu Tianwang's army conquered a place, they built military strongholds on the main roads to suppress the rebels. Along the Mangkang, Batang, and Litang lines alone, they built Rongmai Nazong, Zanzong in the Riyu, and Zongyanzhong. Zan Zong, Dao Xu Zong, and Chawa Da Mi Zong have five military strongholds.

There is only a mountain top between Changhexi and their nearest area, and people from the other side of the mountain often come to burn, kill and loot.

Muya couldn't do anything except tremble... He had four thousand iron armors in his hand, he could beat Litang, but he couldn't beat Mu Tianwang, and he didn't dare to give Mu Tianwang an excuse to invade him.

If the Ming court hadn't protected Chang Hexi, it might not have been possible to wait for his birth, and the chieftain of Chang Hexi would be gone.

In this case, Liu Chengzong wanted to rent land.

After all, the Muya people were in a hurry, so they could only choose to believe that Liu Chengzong was renting the land sincerely, and did not covet his territory and wealth.

In a blink of an eye, Mu Ya saw the three benefits to him, and asked Liu Chengzong to rent three five hundred hectares.

He was so arrogant that Liu Chengzong was frightened. He traveled all over the country for several years, but he had never seen such a heroic person.

The last person with a bit of arrogance was Yan Taiji's younger brother Xiao Lazun, but that guy, like himself, also likes empty-handed white wolves, so it's not a good thing.

Muya is different, this is actually renting out the land of her own home.

After careful questioning, it turned out that this Muya's selection was very simple and rude.

Regardless of whether there is familiar land in the area, whether it is suitable for farming, or even how many acres of land can be reclaimed, the power of picking land for reclamation is directly given to the Marshal's Mansion, who is only responsible for delineating the area.

No matter what the familiar land is, all the local manors and people will be moved away.

"The three lands, the commander-in-chief will open according to [-] hectares each. I, Muya, open the door to do business, relying on faith. How many acres of land you reclaim, and how many acres of land you give me every year. Don't cheat on renting acres of land. I'll do."

Liu Chengzong was so happy that he hit it off with Mu Ya, and he didn't care about the magic that summoned his eldest brother from Xining when drinking, so he asked Mu Ya to set aside the land on the spot, and then drank as soon as he opened the wine.

Renting and cultivating land in Dajianlu is a very important part of Liu Shizi's immigration plan. It will be used as a shelter for immigrants and can provide food and grass supplies for Sichuan immigrants.

But if [-] hectares of land can be developed, it is not just a matter of providing food and supplies to immigrants.

What's more, the three places that Muya marked out for him are all terraces and river valley impact areas by the river, and the food harvested must not be high, but there is absolutely no shortage of water.

In the next few days, Mu Ya wrapped herself up like a panda every day and told him to go hunting... To be honest, Mu Ya's hunting skills are real.

The arrow was shot, but it was not accurate yet.

Liu Shizi couldn't bear to see it, so he gave him a small-caliber bird gun, saying you can use this, that bow is pretty good, and I will keep it as a gift later.

Soon, his people found out the three places that Muya had marked out in the west of Changhe, and listening to the report, Liu Chengzong praised Muya for his quick wit in his heart.

These three places were not chosen blindly, he originally thought that Muya was short of salt and crazy, so he gave him [-] hectares, without even checking whether there were people there or familiar land.

Now it seems that Mu Ya took advantage of his opportunity to rent land to solve more serious problems.

The first 170 hectares are in the northwest of the Changhe River, in the valley between the Dadu River and Jinchuan, and the [-]-mile mountainous land along the coast. You can reclaim wherever you want, and you can see the seven or eight feet built by the Jinchuan Tusi’s territory everywhere. High towers.

The second [-] hectares is located in the west and east of the Changhe River, on the east bank of the Dadu River, between Dajianlu and Zidadi, and on the opposite side of the river is from the territory of Lengbian chieftain to the territory of Shenbian chieftain.

The third five hundred hectares is in the west of the Changhe River, on the west bank of the Yalong River. Over a hill there is Litang occupied by King Mutian of Lijiang.

The same rules for land selection are the same, as long as there is a chieftain who is loyal to Mu Tianwang on the other side of the mountain, Liu Chengzong will choose the land on the other side of the mountain.

Listening to Tang Bing's report, Liu Chengzong couldn't help but smile, there is no such thing as "pie in the sky" in the world.

He wanted to use Muya's land, and Muya wanted to use his pawns, so each took what he needed, but he really felt that Muya had made a lot of money in this deal.

Uncle Cai Zhongpan saw these things very clearly: "First of all, it is salt. If [-] hectares of land are cultivated, [-] catties of salt will be produced every year. This is not a small amount of wealth anywhere. A fletcher of salt."

"The fritillary mother is sold at pharmacies in the Han area for money. This batch of salt alone is worth at least 1 million taels. It is not a loss at all to rent these lands."

"Secondly, if we want to cultivate, we must ensure the safety of the immigrants. Leaving aside the chieftain of Jinchuan, the two chieftains of Lengbian and Shenbian on the east bank of the Dadu River have feuds with the Muya family and are old enemies. The west bank of the Yalong River is loyal to King Mutian. The chieftains often send troops to plunder."

The expression on Cai Zhongpan's face was very serious: "We rented and reclaimed these lands, and the Lengshen family wanted to take revenge, so we were the first to fight; if Mu Tianwang's soldiers loot again, we would be the first to rob."

In the end, when Liu Chengzong didn't need this place anymore, Muya could still use the familiar land here to recruit tenants and collect rent, which was another fortune.

Uncle counted and counted, Liu Shizi slapped his thigh, damn it, he let others make a lot of money, he said with a smile: "No wonder Mu Ya is so bad at archery, it's all because he has his heart, it's very good. "

After laughing, Liu Chengzong shook his head and said: "I don't intend to go back on my word. There are seven or eight thousand mu of cultivated land in the three places. Someone can plow it in spring, and there will be harvest in autumn. There are too few unowned cultivated land in the western counties. This is the Lion Army. something urgently needed."

There is no shortage of vacant land in the seven counties of Kangning Prefecture, but the relative altitude is higher, and the farming conditions are worse than here. As long as the government with unified authority presides over the reclamation work, it is expected to reclaim far more fields than today.

But reclamation is just a precautionary measure, and unowned cultivated land is what is urgently needed. The 30 mu of land in seven counties is not enough compared to the 20 people.

"Food, what Jinchuan, Shenbian, Lengbian, Mutianwang..." Liu Chengzong frowned and said, "Who dares to bark their teeth at me, I will break their dog legs!"

The war violated the farming season, resulting in a heavy ration burden for Kangning Mansion in the coming year.

Liu Chengzong has tried his best to suppress his desire to rob the surrounding area. In fact, everyone is not too weak, nor too rich, so it is not worth starting a war for it.

But if he was robbed, it would be different. From northern Shaanxi to northwest to southwest, he marched thousands of miles, and he was the only one who robbed others. When would it be someone else's turn to rob him.

"For the time being, let's send people from Luhuo County first, starting from the opposite bank of Jinchuan Tusi, set up townships and plan fields, and plant them when people come, and send them to inform them that these lands are already owned by the Marshal's Mansion."

Cai Zhongpan looked troubled, and said: "This is not easy to handle. It's okay to be cold and sinking. It's also for business. It may not really want to fight with Changhexi again, but Mu Tianwang's side is unreigned. The mountain people are plundering by nature, so we may not be able to persuade them."

"It's easy to handle. As a human being, no matter whether you are high or low, you are afraid of death."

Liu Chengzong said: "My uncle told them, if you rob me for a stone of food, I will take back ten stones; if you take me alone, I will take back ten stones, and let those little heads weigh in their hearts, how much luckier they are compared to Dunyue?" .”

Cai Zhongpan nodded, feeling very happy.

He reckoned that if Liu Shizi wanted to cultivate fields here, the two sides would still clash sooner or later. Relatively speaking, their troops in the Luhuo area were still sufficient, enough to deal with the small conflict with Tubang.

What made him happy was his nephew's ruthlessness.

Liu Shizi is good everywhere, but his biggest shortcoming is that he is too good, and he has trained the entire army to be benevolent and righteous.

This is obviously preparing for sweeping the Central Plains from the very beginning, but maintaining benevolence and righteousness in the Kangning Mansion will inevitably make their livelihood difficult.

Originally, according to Cai Zhongpan's idea, he swallowed Bai Lilin Cong's land, appointed a group of new nobles, guaranteed five to ten years of loyalty, and let them continue to squeeze 20 people to obtain enough supplies to feed the army. worry.

It’s not that doing good deeds is bad, yes, but that you can eat as much as you have energy.

Now the entire ten directions are saving the Heavenly Venerable Kuku, how tiring is this?Everything started from scratch, and it took at least three years to see results.

Cai Zhongpan always found it very strange. He didn't know who taught his nephew to feel like a local common people's parents when he went to a place.

Liu Chengzong didn't know what his uncle was thinking, so he pondered over the recent matters, and asked again: "How is the talk between Uncle and Zhao Shikui?"

Zhao Shikui is the treasurer of Shaanxi who was found from Chengdu.

"It's okay, this Zhao Shikui is the old shopkeeper, and he knows the business route very well."

Cai Zhongpan said: "He has a share capital of 800 taels and four shopkeepers. He plans to set up a shop in Chengdu in the south, Lanzhou in the north, and Hanzhong in the middle. For the sale of leather materials, and what we need, he can also go to Xining and Dajianlu."

Liu Chengzong waved his hand, what he wanted to hear was not these: "Would he like to gather frustrated children and students?"

"I haven't talked to him about that yet. I have to use profit to tie people down first. That's what I think." Cai Zhongpan said, "We'll raise some stock capital for him, add some veterans, and let him ship the goods and operate them. Veterans serve as shopkeepers in various places, and these shopkeepers win over literati and common people after buying and selling."

"The literati can help, but for the common people in the river, it is the fields, and the second is to attract people to Kangning Mansion by panning for gold."

Cai Zhongpan said: "There are unexploited golden nests everywhere here. The local people worship the mountain gods and neither open mountains for mining nor reclaim land. In the past, only monks in the temple and a few chieftains did this by themselves, and the gold tax was [-]%. Take three or four, now that there are no restrictions, we should start mining."

"One is to share the land, and the other is to benefit from the sands. Don't the poor people in Sichuan continue to flow to Kangning?"

Liu Chengzong nodded heavily: "Just do it like this!"

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)