Shen Fu, whose courtesy name is Zhongrong, was known as Wansan in the world. He was a passerby in Pingjiang. When he mentioned Chen Wansan, everyone knew it. It was said that he had a treasure pot, so he had a lot of money and became an unparalleled wealthy.

However, the so-called treasure pot is nothing more than nonsense. Zhang Yang knew that Chen Wansan's ancestors were just an ordinary farmer, moving from Huzhou Road to Pingjiang Road, very close to Suzhou City. His family first became rich by hard work, and then devoted themselves to business. Zhouzhuang, which is famous all over the world, was his main place to establish a career. While purchasing land, he made money through business and making money, and soon became the richest man in Jiangnan.

The Shen family's land is everywhere in the south of the Yangtze River, and Xinghua is no exception. Two hundred miles west of Dingxi is the Shen family's house. Of course, there is only a butler who manages the nearby land. Chen Wansan has never been exposed at all. If anything happens, the butler will naturally go to Suzhou City to report.

As a big landlord, the difference between his landlords and Liu Ziren is that the Shen family's land property was not obtained by force and deception, and the Shen family was not a hereditary rich man, but made a fortune through their own efforts. After his land was rented by tenant farmers, he took the initiative to reduce his rent in the years of famine, and sometimes gave alms to help poor people.

Therefore, all the wealthy and unkind families in the east of Xinghua were lent to Zhang Yang, but the Shen family and Zhang Yang never disturbed them. The Shen family did not run to Xinghua City like other wealthy families. His housekeeper was still in the house as usual, preparing to give the master the purpose account.

The Shen family made Zhang Yang realize that although the slogan he proposed was to fight against local tyrants and divide land, local tyrants and local tyrants were different. Most of the rich and wealthy families were unkind for the sake of wealth and cruelly exploiting tenant farmers. The target of their own attacks. Only by knocking them down can we liberate productivity and allow farmers to obtain land and support themselves sincerely.

However, it is impossible to generalize the attack on the local tyrants. Rich families like the Shen family did not harm the interests of farmers or pose a threat to themselves. If they were torn down, Zhang Yang would fall into a terrible situation: the establishment of a regime requires not only martial artists, but can conquer the world immediately, but cannot rule the world immediately. If the country is rich and the people are strong, literati will also play a great role.

After all, there are very few poor families like Li Mi who have horns of books. The places where people who are rich and rich are still rich. If they can force these people to their opposites, the opening of schools and popularizing universal education in the future will probably be ruined.

The most correct choice is to crack down on most wealthy families and gain a small number of talents that are beneficial to them. Therefore, Zhang Yang did not intend to force the Shen family to the opposite side of him. If the Shen family could support him, then his own path to hegemony would be easier. Based on this idea, Zhang Yang did not eliminate the Shen family short-sightedly.

However, this policy must be implemented. As a basic means of production, land must not be too concentrated. If a person concentrates most of the land, it will inevitably cause many disadvantages. Therefore, the Shen family's land must be distributed to farmers.

Zhang Yang thought for a long time and said to Li Shanchang: "Shanchang, the Shen family is in Xinghua, how much land is there in total?"

"Brother, this has not been counted yet. It is estimated that it should be several hundred acres, right?" Li Shanchang said.

Hundreds of acres? Zhang Yang calculated: "If we buy his land, how many taels of silver will it cost per acre?"

"This..." Li Shanchang grew up: The eldest brother always said that he wanted to divide the land, just divide it. Now there is a team of thousands of people. Is it still afraid that he will do something if he is a Shen family? The power of the Shen family is mainly in Pingjiang. There are only some land here. There are only two servants in the family, so there is no need to do this at all, right?

Li Shanchang still closed his mouth: "Brother, Chen Wansan is a business genius. His family's land is close to the river and is easy to water the water, and the yield is very high. If you buy it, you may have to spend five taels of silver per acre."

"Okay, then when you divide the land there, you will visit the Shen family. You can buy all the land of his family for ten taels of silver per acre."

"Brother, do you really want to buy it?" Li Shanchang asked.

"Didn't you say that? Chen Wansan is a business genius. I paid ten taels of silver per acre, but he still refused to sell it to me?"

"No, brother, I mean..." Li Shanchang thought that after going to Desheng Lake, was he in his mind? This was a few thousand taels of silver. Is it worth doing this? Send a team of 100 people to borrow grain from the Shen family, and everything will be solved? The nearby big families have already solved this way. Why can't the Shen family treat this way?

"Don't worry, good-natured. Since Chen Wansan is a businessman, he must know what to do." Zhang Yang said.

Chen Wansan was able to become rich from a commoner. He naturally had a great ability to make money, and he could see more thoroughly in the world. He had a lot of business everywhere, so he could naturally feel that the Yuan Dynasty might change. He naturally knew that if he wanted to do a big business, he was definitely inseparable from the support of those in power. He gave him face to these hundreds of acres of land, but spent money to buy it, and it was twice as high as the price. He would definitely not charge it and give it to himself directly. This would be both internal and face. In the future, he would want to come to his own territory to do business, which would naturally be more convenient.

If the Shen family's land was successfully accepted this time, it would be a very good start. They need the support of those enlightened gentry. They can be rich, but they cannot master the land. In fact, doing business is much more profitable than collecting rent.

From this perspective, it is more appropriate to use the Shen family to do this experiment for the first time. The main source of income of the Shen family is to do business, and land is actually a secondary position. These gentry in Jiangnan accounted for a large part of the business. After conquering the Shen family fortress, other families would be easily broken through.

If Chen Wansan has a very business vision, he should be able to see that being friends with him is in his interests.

With the exemption of three years of taxes, Zhang Yang naturally had to make up for it from other places, vigorously develop business, develop overseas trade and impose commercial taxes. Moreover, important industries, such as salt making and iron smelting, are all exclusively operated, and grain is also exclusively purchased, which is enough to support his own military construction.

After thinking for a while, Li Shanchang roughly understood the meaning of the elder brother. He couldn't help but admire his elder brother's methods: he had both decisive killing and decisiveness, and eliminated those big families who were causing harm to the villagers, and also had both kindness and power: he wanted to win over big families who have not yet destroyed his human nature. This is the correct way to do big things. Hardness and softness are both natural.

"Brother, I know how to do it." Once Li Shanchang understands the purpose, the process will naturally be handled very carefully.

"Well, Shanchang, I feel very relieved to have you by my side." Zhang Yang's words were really heart-wrenching. He accidentally got the talent of Li Shanchang. He really felt that he was like a tiger. Li Shanchang was definitely a good player in handling government affairs.

Hearing Zhang Yang say this, Li Shanchang felt a heat in his heart: "Brother values ​​good deeds so much, and he really can't repay you. He can only do his best to help you achieve hegemony!" After that, he clasped his fists with his hands, bent his body forward, and gave a big gift.

Zhang Yang hurriedly stepped forward and held up Li Shanchang's arm: "Shanchang, please don't be so polite. You and I fell in love with it at first sight. Now we are standing on the same front. We will work together to drive the Tartars back!"

"Yes, brother." Li Shanchang's eyes were already a little wet. Meng Chang was noble and had no choice but to serve the country. Ruan Ji was arrogant and could not help crying at the end of the road. How lucky it would be to have a wise master who knew him and let him serve the country!

At this moment, suddenly, a woman's voice came from outside: "Is Zhang Shicheng here? I want to see him, I want to see him, he is a hypocrite who has no faith!"

"If you speak wildly again and are rude to our elder brother, don't blame us for being rude, go away quickly!" The sentry began to scold.

"I won't leave, I want to see what Zhang Shicheng dares to do to me!"

Zhang Yang's face changed, and he could hear that the familiar female voice outside was He Zhaoyi!

She is so messy. There are so many things to deal with. Why does this young lady of the He family come here? Don’t she know that this place is no longer part of the government? Don’t she know that the war has begun here?

"Zhang Shicheng, you still owe me two ships of salt!" The voice came again.

Zhang Yang suddenly remembered that he had been busy fighting for the past few days, but he forgot that he had given all her salt entries to him, and there were still two ships of salt not transported to her!

However, she bought the salt inlet, and the silver she bought was given to Lianghuai Salt Transportation Office. The salt here had become all her own. She could not ask the silver from Lianghuai Salt Transportation Office for money, and she could not give the salt to her for nothing. It would be a bit too much.

Zhang Yang walked out with great strides. If he went out slowly, it would be difficult to protect whether the loyal sentry would force He Zhaoyi to do violence, and he would be hated by He Zhaoyi for the rest of his life.

"Stop!" Zhang Yang shouted quickly. Sure enough, the sentries could no longer hold back and were ready to drive He Zhaoyi away.

He Zhaoyi was wearing an ordinary servant costume and had two buns on both sides, but her graceful temperament could not be concealed. Behind her was a woman in the same costume, which was the familiar Little Ai. From a distance, she seemed to be two maids from a wealthy family.

"Brother!" Seeing Zhang Yang coming out, the sentry quickly let go and shouted respectfully.

"Well, it's all you have to do, you guys go back." Zhang Yang and the sentry said.

After sending off the sentry, Zhang Yang looked at the fearless lady and said, "Zhaoyi, why are you here?"

"The second brother said you were a thief, I don't believe it. I didn't expect that you really..." He Zhaoyi was halfway through his speech, and suddenly, tears fell down.

This young lady became so fast. She turned out to be harsh and cowardly. Zhang Yang was most disgusted by the girl crying. Now that she saw He Zhaoyi’s emotions were out of control, she didn’t know what to do.

Because of Zhang Yang, He Zhaoyi was scolded by his father and locked up at home and refused to leave. Even his eldest brother was implicated. Now all the business in the family has been managed by his second brother. The reason is that Zhang Yang's relationship.

She stayed at home for a few days and could not believe it. She said that Zhang Shicheng had secretly done illegal activities. She believed that Zhang Shicheng had been transporting private salt. However, this crime seemed to be very serious, but it was not a big deal for herself. The family had been doing salt trading business. There were people who could speak in the court. It was precisely for this reason that they became one of the three major salt merchants in Yangzhou.

She also knew that Zhang Shicheng had his own small force, which was normal. It was inevitable that he would encounter any accidents when trafficking private salt. His force ensured the safety of transporting salt. This is also what he trusted him. He had the ability to transport salt for himself.

However, unexpectedly, Zhang Shicheng was just a side job, and his main business was to do a rebellion! She didn't believe it, and she didn't believe it anyway. Could it be that Li Shanchang, who was rescued last time, instigated it? Li Shanchang was a person who was dissatisfied with the court.

She really wanted to see in person and see what Brother Shicheng, whom she was very familiar with, had become now. As for the remaining two ships of salt, she didn't care about it. She had already made a lot of money in these few transactions, and losing two ships was nothing.

Although her father ordered her not to go out, no one specifically supervised her. She was still the eldest lady of the He family. So she quietly changed into the maid's clothes and successfully got out of the He family's house. She set out from Yangzhou, came to Baiju Salt Field to find him and asked him clearly.

After passing Xinghua City, she saw that the houses of some wealthy families had turned into ruins. A sudden panic broke out in her heart: Zhang Shicheng, is it the brother Shicheng he is familiar with? He has driven away all the wealthy families in Xinghua. Does he want to rebel with these mud legs? Once he embarked on the road of rebellion, he will be getting farther and farther away from him. His family will never allow contact with the rebels.

When we arrived at Baiju Field, the familiar Baiju Field had changed. We could not see a guard or a salt man working. We could only see groups of soldiers holding spears and training.

Do you still want to go in? Or just go back like this? She already understood that Brother Shicheng had indeed become a thief, and she felt powerless. She wanted to turn around and go back to the He family and tell her father that she had done something wrong. She naively believed in a thief and almost caused a big disaster to her family.

However, she did not give up. She did not give up. She did not see Zhang Shicheng or hear him talking with her own ears. She still had a trace of hope. She hoped that all this in front of her was just a dream.

Are those shining spears dreaming? Are the ruins of those wealthy families dreaming? Brother Shicheng, why do you do this?

He Zhaoyi didn't understand, and she couldn't understand. A lady who lived in a wealthy family since childhood, had food and drink. Her biggest trouble was that she had a few acne on her face. How could she understand the pain of ordinary people who had no food to eat and no clothes?

"Zhang Shicheng, you are just an executioner! You ruined so many families and were forced to escape to another place. Our ladies were blind and actually liked you!" Xiao Ai said angrily from behind.

This sentence was said, and it offended two people at the same time. Although Xiao Ai was eager to protect his master, he immediately felt something was wrong when he said it, but it was difficult to stop it.

She likes me? Zhang Yang felt dizzy in his mind. This young lady of the He family likes him. He couldn't believe his ears.

"Zhaoyi," Zhang Yang ignored Xiaoai, looked at He Zhaoyi calmly and said, "I have my own difficulties in doing all this. Now, the world is in chaos. The Tartars have occupied the flower world of my Han people. As a southerner, I have made up my mind to drive the Tartars back."

These major events have been hidden from He Zhaoyi. Now that I have raised an army, I am not afraid of exposing my goals anymore. I drive the Tartars away, drive them out, and return them to my country. Any Han man with a conscience should understand the truth.

"But these big families have not offended you. What does it have to do with you if you want to attack the court?" He Zhaoyi asked back. This guy was obviously giving himself a high-sounding excuse. Since he resisted the court, he was a thief!

"Now the world is in chaos and people are living in poverty. Why? Because the court does not regard us as human beings at all and imposes tyranny. These landlords and bullies are cruelly exploiting the working people. They have occupied the land of farmers and levied high rents. How many people have starved to death in the drought in the past few years? These big families are the lackeys of the court, and they deserve the crime." Zhang Yang said.

"You! Are our He family also a lackey of the court? Are you deserved the crime? If you attack Yangzhou, will you have to turn my He family into ashes?" He Zhaoyi asked, suppressing his anger.

An obvious gully has already straddled between the two, and they have different opinions and are not plotting against each other. The two have completely different positions. One is to rebel, and the other is to obey the court, and eventually they can only part ways.

"I defeated those landlords and gentry who rely on the court, scattered the countryside and bullied the people, and those wealthy families who rely on their own abilities to make a fortune and be generous and have good fortune. I, Zhang Shicheng, are very welcome." Zhang Yang said.

"I don't believe it!"

"The big families who were beaten away in Xinghua are all fish and meat people. The Shen family has been staying here. I have never touched a hair of his family, and I have never thought of forcibly dividing his land. I plan to pay ten taels of silver per acre to buy his family's land in Xinghua." Zhang Yang said.

"Which Shen family?"

"The richest man in Jiangnan, Shen Wansan." Zhang Yang said.

He Zhaoyi took a breath: Is what he said true? The Shen family is a huge rich man. If the Shen family is confiscated, although this is just an ordinary house of the Shen family, he can still grab a lot of money, but he is not moved by it. It seems that the rumors on the street say that Zhang Shicheng is a vicious man, and his statement is somewhat biased.

"In two days, I will ask Shanchang to visit the Shen family. If you don't believe it, you can follow it and take a look." Zhang Yang said.

"Okay, then I'll wait." He Zhaoyi made up her mind and must see how Li Shanchang went to the Shen family to treat others.

"Then please stay here for a few days first. Everything will naturally be clear at that time." Zhang Yang said.

"Okay." He Zhaoyi agreed.

Zhang Yang sent someone to send He Zhaoyi and Xiao Ai back to the village. Last time he lived in Ruohan's house, so he would let her live there for the time being. With Xiao Ai, the maid, he would not be wronged by this young lady.
Chapter completed!