As Cheng De's mistress, and Li Anguo was indeed apologized for him, the funeral was naturally full of grief. The water and land temple alone had to be done for 49 days. According to the rules, Li Zeke had to stay in the mourning hall for these 49 days.

Of course, Li Ze would not leave the mourning hall for a moment and play the role of this filial son and grandson. In fact, he would only appear where someone with a valuable enough status came to mourn.

The four prefectures of Chengde arrived one after another in the first few days, and the Dizhou, Cangzhou, and Jingzhou, which were defeated by Li Ze, and even the leading figures of Yingzhou who had just been taken, also arrived one after another, which made Li Ze very tired.

But no matter how tired you are, you still have to do what you should do.

After dealing with the matter of the second uncle Li Anmin, Li Ze and Li Bo and Li Tao brothers had a long talk. With the hearts of An, the two of them arrived in the fifteenth heaven. Li Ze finally took the time to decide to meet the three big figures in Zhenzhou.

The location is selected in Zhuxuan, Yuan Zhou.

In the Xiangfei Pavilion, the two sat opposite each other. Li Ze, who came to Zhuxuan for the first time, was very surprised that there was such a quiet place in the bustling Zhending City. In the previous life, Li Ze had been to countless places where people could have banquets, hospitality or business, which had their own characteristics. Compared with those places, Zhuxuan had been around for thousands of years, but was not inferior to its characteristics.

The inside of the bamboo pavilion is very quiet, which is the extreme of the noise of other restaurants outside. What surprised Li Ze even more was that although he was in the cold winter, the Xiangfei bamboo in the Xiangfei Pavilion still grew very well. The snow falling from the sky was manually cleared away, and the snowflakes falling in the sky now turned into polarization. In the entire Xiangfei Pavilion, without the fire dragon laying, a warm feeling still hits the face when he stepped into the house.

"Is there a hot spring below?" Li Ze looked at Yuan Zhou in surprise.

Yuan Zhou smiled and shook his head: "Young Master, there are no hot springs here, but the effect is almost the same. Under the ground of the Xiangfei Pavilion, ditches were dug one by one, and then someone kept burning hot water day and night and pouring them into these ditches. The hot water flows and the hot air steams. This place is what it is now. Otherwise, the Xiangfei bamboo would be difficult to survive in our north."

"Zhuxuan is really rich! It costs a lot of money." Li Ze said with a smile.

"Of course some people pay the bill for it!" Yuan Zhou laughed and said, "The outsider wanted to book the Xiangfei Temple. It would be impossible to spend a day without a hundred taels of silver. The cost of boiling hot water was only a few taels of silver. Moreover, this money was spent in winter and there was no need for other seasons, but the charge here was unchanged all year round."

Li Ze laughed: "I didn't expect that Mr. Yuan was a humble scholar and had a good ability to make money."

"I don't have such a delicate mind. This is my nephew's ability. I just act as a backstage umbrella behind him." Yuan Zhoudao." He actually manages the entire Zhuxuan, and I only take money."

Li Ze smiled and said, "It's beyond my expectations that Governor Yuan was so calm."

Yuan Zhouyi spread his hands and said, "Money is a good thing, and it is hard to move without money. I think the young master has a lot of experience. As for me, in Chengde, it is actually easy to make money. However, a gentleman loves money and takes it well, so he has this Zhuxuan. Anyone who can come here to spend money is rich, so no matter how expensive the money is, I feel at ease."

Li Ze nodded and said, "Governor Yuan said it well, it is indeed difficult to move without money. I also appreciate the gentleman of governor Yuan's wealth and his ability to obtain it is very reasonable. Is this the reason why Governor Yuan only bought more than a thousand acres of fertile land in his hometown of Zhenzhou?"

Yuan Zhouyi smiled: "Yuan was originally a farming and study home, and thousands of acres of fertile land was enough to make Yuan's family feel comfortable. In addition, with this Zhuxuan, my life was actually extremely comfortable. So, Mr. Yuan had no objection to the tax policies and renting strategies you implemented in Yizhou. Because this had no effect on my Yuan family."

Li Ze looked at Yuan Zhou in shock, and then laughed for a while and said, "So what the governor Yuan thinks? If you also have tens of millions of fertile land, do you have to deal with Li Ze?"

"I think it's true." Yuan Zhou nodded. "The young master cut his sword and cut it more than just the wealth of these people! This is the foundation of the wealthy family."

"Governor Yuan Buyi is a successful person, and he saw through Li Ze's intentions at a glance." Li Ze stood up and paced back and forth in the house for a few steps. "Whether a noble family or a powerful man, their wealth comes from oppressing ordinary people and using the control of land and wealth. They also indirectly control the people and make the people their actual vassals. These huge numbers of vassals have become the capital of their threatening governments. The government has made the government frightened the rats, thus forming a vicious cycle that cannot be controlled."

"Everyone understands the truth, but no one wants to give up their interests. As we all know, when this kind of thing reaches an extreme, it will inevitably cause a scene of chaos in the world decades ago. A group of powerful people fell, but a new group stood up and maintained a decades of peace."

"So I want to change this situation." Li Ze suddenly turned around and looked at Yuan Zhou and said, "Master Yuan may help me?"

"Do your duty!" Yuan Zhou was sitting there and bowed slightly: "Your Madam, please don't blame me. Yuan dare not charge for you!"

Li Ze sat down again, looked at Yuan Zhou's appearance, and laughed: "Yes, it's good for Lord Yuan to protect himself. Actually, this is already helping me."

"Young Master, don't blame me, Yuan is already very grateful. Do you know who is the biggest landlord in Chengde?" Yuan Zhou asked back.

"Of course, it's our Li clan!" Li Ze nodded and said, "Li Fu has already made a detailed report to me. My Li clan actually owns more than 100,000 mu of fertile land in Chengde, and others such as You Yong, Wang Sili, etc., each have tens of thousands of mu of fertile land."

Yuan Zhou looked at Li Ze with a smile.

"The Li family will only leave the clan land, and the rest will be transformed into official land." Li Ze said.

"Young Master's move is inappropriate." Yuan Zhou shook his head slowly.

"Why is it inappropriate?"

"If the young master does this, how can You Yong, Wang Sili and others deal with it? Do you also need to learn from the young master to donate these fields? If they donate, they will definitely be filthy for the world, but if they donate, the loss will be too great for them. Is the young master going to force them to retire?"

"Li Ze didn't have this intention. Whether it was You Yong or Wang Sili, it could still be of great use." Li Ze shook his head and said, "That's why I will meet them here today."

"Since that's the case, the young master cannot do this." Yuan Zhou seemed relieved to hear that Li Ze would continue to reuse You Yong and Wang Sili and others. "The young master wanted to turn these private land into public land, why not buy it by redemption? It can be used for market prices or negotiate prices between the two parties. In this way, You and Wang will not be too disgusted."

"This is a solution, but I'm afraid that Chengde's treasury will not be able to get so much money for the moment!" Li Ze smiled and said, "Governor Yuan should know that over the past year, Chengde's savings have almost been used for war."

"Chengde belongs to the young master. If you don't have money, you can write an IOU! There are many other ways to compensate." Yuan Zhou said with a smile.

Li Ze nodded, smiling without saying a word. At this point, he really believed that Yuan Zhou was indeed thinking about himself and Chengde. The method he said before, if Yuan Zhou praised him, praised him for his own selfishness and sacrificed his family for everyone, he would really be vigilant against this person. It was Yuan Zhou's opposition that made Li Ze basically believe in this person's ethics.

The sound of footsteps sounded outside the door, and Li Mi pushed the door in and bowed, "Your Majesty, General You and General Wang have arrived."

Li Ze looked at Yuan Zhou and said, "Governor Yuan, let's go and welcome together?"

"It should be like this!" Yuan Zhou said with a smile.

Although You Yong and Wang Sili were very respectful to Li Ze, the alienation between their expressions could be felt by anyone. Li Ze didn't care and smiled and welcomed the two in: "The two uncles turned the tide this time, not only did they strive to ensure that Chengde was not lost, but also Chengde took over Yizhou in Dingzhou. Li Ze had no choice but to thank him, so he borrowed the Xiang Concubine Yuan's Xiang Concubine Hall to prepare a brief banquet and thanked them."

You Yong clasped his fists and said politely: "Young Master was joking. This time, Chengde won a great victory, and the young master decided to make plans first and we were just implementing the situation. We worked hard, but there was no need to mention the credit."

Wang Sili snorted coldly, "Young Master, it is the mourning period for Mrs. Jieshuai. Under Chengde's rule, we are forbidden to have fun and banquets. But we are afraid that it is inappropriate to have a banquet here. Let outsiders know that if we say we are unfaithful, we must also say that the young master is unfilial."

Wang Sili was so rude, and Li Ze could not see the look of joy and anger on his face. Yuan Zhou smiled and said, "This is a big festival, how can the young master violate it? General Wang, look at it. Today's banquet is a vegetarian banquet, and there is no wine, only a pot of clear water."

Li Ze then said lightly: "Although Li Ze is young, he has learned the human ethics, ethics, laws and regulations since childhood. General Wang, please sit down!"

You Yong sat down first. Today's theme is of course not drinking.

Wang Sili sat down next to him and looked at Li Ze and said, "Young Master, we also know that you have something to say to us today. You might as well start straight to the point. After saying that, can you continue to eat this meal? "

You Yong frowned: "Old Wang, don't be rude."

Wang Sili sneered: "Old You, you are already ready to resign from office. It seems that I will follow your footsteps. I think I will exchange for a safe retirement with the credit of both of us. Mr. Ze will not be allowed to do so? You and I will be ordinary people in the future. Do you have to worry too much?"
Chapter completed!