Han Shimou

After Wei Zhongdao ascended to the position of Patriarch with the help of Wen Han, the new prefect of Hedong, the Wei family can be said to have set off a storm.Wei Zhongdao seemed to have changed a different person, with tough tactics, he replaced many of the older generations of the Wei family from their positions in the Wei family, and took away their power completely.

Then, replace them with a group of confidantes trained by Wei Zhongdao.Originally, how could those older generations give up their power so easily.But Wen Han, governor of Hedong, actually sent Captain Gao Shun of Hedong to Wei Zhongdao's side. On the surface, Gao Shun came to Wei's house as a guest, but no one knew that he represented Wen Han as a deterrent.

For dozens of days, Gao Shun almost always appeared beside Wei Zhongdao, almost inseparable.Wei Zhongdao had a lot of troops in his hands, and with the faction of the government represented by Gao Shun, the older generation dared not speak out, so they had to abdicate.Several of them, unwilling to fall from high positions, conspired to seize power.

Unexpectedly, Wei Zhongdao bought the confidantes around these people long ago, and was caught by Wei Zhongdao and kicked out of the gate of Wei's house.And since Wei Zhongdao was betrayed by Wei Qiong, he knew that being weak and courteous would only indulge them, and he became cruel, even though he didn't kill those who conspired to seize power.

But it is strict that the wealthy families in Anyi are not allowed to take them in.The Wei family is the most powerful and powerful family in Anyi, and with Wenhan behind it, their power is a bit sharper than before.Who dares to take in these people who were kicked out by Wei Zhongdao.In the end, these people, blocked by Wei Zhongdao's various channels, finally became lowly refugees in their eyes.

And it was at the time when Anyi, and even the whole of Hedong thought that the Wei family and the Wenhan government were going to join forces and make a big difference.Something happened that surprised everyone.

On a certain day, Wei Zhongdao was invited to a banquet in Wenhan's prefect's mansion. He was three points drunk. Married to him again.

After Wen Han learned about this, he was furious and beat Wei Zhongdao away together with his second brother Guan Yu.

Not long after, Wei Zhongdao announced that the people of the world would sever their friendship with Wen Han. The reason was that Wen Han took his unmarried wife forcibly.

And soon, Wen Han also fought back, declaring that Wei Zhongdao was ungrateful for molesting his unmarried wife, and cut off contact with the Wei family ever since.

Thus, a woman made the whole Anyi city seem to be in the midst of a storm.There have been many fights between the Wei family and the government in the past few days, and many people have been implicated.

Fortunately, both the Wei family and the government will compensate them.But even so, the streets of Anyi are becoming more and more deserted, and I am afraid that one day the Wei family will have a large-scale fight with the government.

However, it is consoling.Wen Han and Wei Zhongdao still haven't lost their minds, except for some minor fights, the two sides have never intended to kill each other for the time being.

After some time, the new prefect Wen Han fell in love with a few pieces of wasteland outside the city of Anyi, and wanted to buy it privately and keep it for future generations to enjoy.However, the Wei family did not know where they got the news, so they went ahead and bought the wasteland that Wen Hanxiang wanted.Wen Han, as the governor of a county, was taken away by someone, of course he was furious.

Thus, a land purchase war kicked off.

Whenever Wen Hanxiang wanted wasteland, the Wei family would send people to rob it. In just three days, most of the wasteland outside Anyi City fell into their names.

However, the battle between the two of them did not end there.They began to extend the battle line to the counties around Anyi. For this reason, Wen Han has already used the power of the government to ask officials from various counties to buy for him.The Wei family, on the other hand, used their personal connections accumulated over the past few generations, as well as several small wealthy families that he had befriended, to collect them together.

The two of them, why are they so crazy?There are many rumors among them, and one of the more reliable rumors is that Cai Gong said that Wen Han and Wei Zhongdao, whoever has more land and more financial resources, will marry his daughter.

Of course, this is just a rumor.With Cai Yong as a person, this rumor was quickly disproved.

There are also rumors that Wenhan originally wanted to settle down in Hedong and become a newborn wealthy family.The birth of a wealthy family, of course, requires land.And Wei's family is a giant in Hedong, so of course he didn't want his enemy to settle down in Hedong, so he wanted to buy the land that Wenhan wanted, in order to cut off Wenhan's idea of ​​settling down in Hedong.

There are so many rumors that it is difficult to distinguish for a while.

And under the frantic purchases of the two, the wasteland in Hedong County became less and less. Originally, there were many wealthy people who wanted to please Wenhan, or gave them away or half sold them at a very low price. The wasteland in his hand was sold to Wen Han.But things are rare and expensive, but when the stock of wasteland in the east of the river becomes more and more scarce, the value of the wasteland also rises from the original price of one silver per mu to the sky-high price of ten silver per mu.

The land price of this wasteland has doubled ten times.

Some interested people immediately discovered the business opportunity and began to secretly buy it, pushing up the value of this wasteland.

As for the wealthy people in Hedong, they are happy to see Wei Jia and Wen Han so crazy.It was a time of troubled times, and the wasteland was useless without anyone to reclaim it.Taking advantage of this, they can also earn a considerable income.

Under the lure of money, they stopped talking as well as they used to, and began to bargain with Wen Han and the Wei family.Just when the wealthy people in Hedong secretly rejoiced, Wen Han suddenly stopped buying.

Later, the news came from the Wei family, and only these wealthy families in Hedong knew that Wen Han had run out of funds.

Originally, some wealthy people from Hedong who thought they were smart and wanted to make a lot of money by speculating on land suddenly became anxious.They have invested a lot of gold and silver, and these wastelands are worthless at all.

And as Wen Han stopped, the Wei family seemed to want to stop too.In this way, those wealthy people who speculate in land are so anxious that they don't think about eating and drinking every day, waiting for the buyer representing Wen Han or Wei's family to arrive.

Day after day, Wen Han and the Wei family seemed to really want to stop.This was so anxious that those wealthy people who speculated on the land could no longer hold back, and took the initiative to go to Wenhan and Wei's family to sell the wasteland.

And Wen Han was the most crisp, not only did he declare that he would not buy it, he also wanted to sell it.Showing people with an appearance of being so poor that there is only land left, that they should never be so regretful at the beginning, so that those wealthy land speculators who had planned countless hype and words, just couldn't say a few words, and immediately went back home.

As for the group of people who aimed at the rich and powerful, the reply they got was even more straightforward, that is, Wen Han stopped, so he still wanted to live with this worthless wasteland?The Wei family also announced that they would sell the land!

The two rich men who originally acquired the land are now selling the land instead.This can kill those wealthy people who have piled up a lot of wasteland in their hands. When this person is in a hurry, his head will be confused and his eyes will be blinded.They began to sell the wasteland in their hands at a low price, and the price of the sale was unbelievably low.

And there are several waves of small families secretly arranged by the Wei family, who made their move at this time. They bought all the wasteland that was sold at a low price. Those wealthy people who hoarded the wasteland didn't even think about why these small families suddenly had so much money. , looking as if he was lucky enough to let go of the swaying potato, and very politely thanked these small aristocratic families for their generosity.

In this way, Wen Han and the Wei family took advantage of the fear and greed of these wealthy people, and took [-]% of the wasteland in the east of the river into their pockets.

The land acquisition battle that lasted for half a month has come to an end.In Wen Han's prefect's mansion, Wen Han is throwing a banquet to celebrate what he has gained in the past half month.

"Haha, these greedy land speculators want to make a lot of money from it, but they are led by the nose from the beginning to the end. You don't know, when the buyers I sent bought the wasteland from them, their attitude It's really ridiculous to feel relieved, grateful, and eager to trade immediately."

Holding the wine glass in his hand, Wei Zhongdao laughed loudly.The new term "land speculators" was invented by Wen Han, and it is very apt to describe it. After a long time, people around him don't realize that they call those people "land speculators".

"Well, Lord Prefect, this cup should be respected to you. It seems that you are not only capable of marching and fighting, but also a business prodigy. At the beginning, when I saw the price of this wasteland rising steadily, I was quite frightened. No Thinking of it, the prefect suddenly came up with a whimsical idea and fought a psychological battle with these people, forcing down the price of this wasteland."

"Haha, that's right. This cup should be respected to the prefect."

Xi Long and Wei Zhongdao toasted Wen Han together, and Wen Han was also happy at this time, toasting and drinking.In fact, the reason why he later contracted the Wei family to pretend to sell.

It's all because he met a group of giants in the real estate industry with extremely high IQs in his later life.At that time, Wen Han served as a special bodyguard to protect their safety.These giants in the real estate industry are hunting for food in foreign countries without exception, and every time they make a move, it will cause chaos in the foreign economy. Wen Han also learned some of the tactics from their teachings.

"Now [-]% of the wasteland in the east of the river is in our hands. Next, we can slowly take back the remaining [-]%. The measure of garrisoning the land will be implemented next month.

Zhongdao, you have suffered a lot for this, not only the flesh and blood.Presumably in the Wei family, your move must have been questioned and criticized a lot. "

"Your Majesty, you are being polite. This flesh and blood pain is just a trivial matter, but the doubts of the people in the clan really cost me a lot of thought to suppress them.

Fortunately, in the end, the prefect used tricks to suppress the land price, otherwise, I really might be powerless.Wei's family, the money spent has already exceeded the bottom line of my two uncles. "

"I am ashamed of Zhongdao about this matter. After the Wei family spends the silver taels, I will use grain to make up for it after the farm is settled, or I will return the silver taels to you after the grain is sold. Zhongdao, although the two of us have not known each other for long , but what we have experienced is enough to make us be called brothers. You don’t have to call me the prefect, you can just call me by my name.”

It was a troubled time, and the value of food was no less than silver taels.

"Okay, so I won't be hypocritical. Bufan, the money spent here can't hurt the huge Wei family. Just treat it as the Wei family investing in Bufan."

"This…"

Although Wei Zhongdao said so, Wen Han is not a person who does not know how to count. The Wei family invested nearly hundreds of thousands of gold in silver this time.Although the Wei family has a lot of money, this sum of money is enough for their annual income.Wei Zhongdao spent such a large sum of money just after he took office, I'm afraid it would hurt his reputation in the Wei family.

"Hey. Did Bufan forget the deal between you and me that day? As I said, after I, Wei Zhongdao regained the position of Patriarch, the Wei family will be Bufan's pawns. The Wei family has no shortage of money, so why should we care?

By the way, Bufan, what do you plan to do next? "

Speaking of this, Wen Han couldn't help but cast his eyes on Xi Long. As Wen Han said, Xi Long is the brain of the entire group, and we still have to ask him how to take the next step.

Xi Long smiled, although he had not followed Wen Han for long, Wen Han had unconditional trust in him.As a conspirator, he was lucky.

"Hehe. First of all, we need to make preparations for the implementation of the village. Half a month later, when the village is implemented, in addition to the people in Hedong, refugees from various states and counties will also come here. In order to prevent being overwhelmed by the time, so I We should send people to prepare materials for building houses now.

At the same time, I have to wait for a while.There are a large number of people in the farmland. Before the harvest, we have to take care of the food and drink of these people.After the harvest, we can deduct from it.

Moreover, during the implementation period, in case some interested people want to hinder the implementation of farming and deliberately drive up food prices.Therefore, we still need to prepare a lot of food.

There are two preparations for this. First, we can take advantage of the current half a month to buy grain when grain prices have not been driven up.Second, please ask the prefect to arrange for this to borrow food from Ding Inspector of Bingzhou and Cao prefect of Chenliu.

After all, this requires a lot of food.I'm afraid I won't be satisfied just relying on me to buy it with funds.My previous purchase of wasteland has attracted the attention of many people. If I buy more grain, I will definitely encounter suspicion from many people.

And based on the relationship between Lord Taishou and Governor Ding and Governor Cao, it shouldn't be too difficult to borrow food.Everything is to be carried out in the field, and after the next year's harvest, I will pay back double.

What I said before is all for the preparations for farming. The next half month is a critical moment, and we have to do far more than that.To stabilize Hedong, we also need to grasp the economic lifeline.Most of the business in Hedong is in the hands of wealthy families and rich merchants."

When Xi Long said this, he suddenly paused, and glanced at Wei Zhongdao intentionally or unintentionally.After all, the Wei family is a giant of a rich family in Hedong, so they deliberately did not specify what they said about the rich people just now.However, the following words are particularly targeted at wealthy families.