Old Wei went out of the city in person and met Ye Hua. His eyes were facing each other, and he felt like a fire was shining and crackling. Of course, this was just the unrequited love of Mr. Wei. Ye Huaguang frowned. When did this old guy become so enthusiastic? It's not normal!

"Champion Hou, why are you here?" Old Wei couldn't hide his excitement. He thought that even if the Great Zhou sent troops, at most one general would be sent. No matter what, Ye Hua shouldn't come. Aren't you going to stay by the emperor and assist in military affairs?

Ye Hua shrugged, "There are so many generals in the court, and His Majesty is here in person. The war in Yangzhou is not necessary. Let's take a look at your Mr. Wei."

Wei Renpu was overjoyed and reached out to pull Ye Hua's arm, "Marty, I am a great kind and kind, I will never forget it. Come on, I will lead you to the horse and kick you, and I will ask you to enter the city!"

"Don't!"

Ye Hua waved his hand, "Our old friends, don't be foolish, let's go to the city together, let's deal with these things first!"

Old Wei laughed, "The Lord will follow the guests. When the Marquis comes, I will take off the heavy burden and be relieved."

Wei Renpu and Ye Hua joined forces into the city. From beginning to end, he grabbed Ye Hua's arm. The intimacy is beyond description. It is simply a couple who mixes oil in honey.

The Suzhou merchants who were responsible for greeting couldn't help but nod and admire when they saw this scene. The Great Zhou was different. The civil and military officials were so close. No wonder they could sweep the world. Southern Tang and Wu Yue were both small courts in separatist positions. They did not have the demeanor of generals and ministers of the country. They were too far apart!

What surprised them even more was that the world-renowned champion Hou was so young!

It looks like he is at most twenty years old? Maybe even younger!

He is tall and rides on a tall horse with his long legs, as if he has nowhere to put his long legs. He looks pretty and clean, just like a scholar in Jiangnan. Where did he get such great skills?

It's really amazing.

As for Wei Renpu, although he is old, he is extraordinary and looks proud, and he feels like he is getting stronger and stronger. His beard is floating and his graceful.

There were such a good general and such a good minister in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Is it okay not to be prosperous?

Speaking of which, people's hearts are really wonderful. One hour ago, the Southern Tang attacked fiercely and Suzhou was in danger. But the next hour, Ye Hua emerged from the sky and fell from the sky. The hearts of the entire Suzhou suddenly settled down.

The battle at the top of the city was still going on. Yang Chongxun supervised the soldiers in the city, Ding Qingqiang, bravely killed the enemy, and drove down all the Southern Tang people and horses who rushed up.

There were bursts of cheers coming from the city wall, and morale was greatly boosted.

"Tell you, since his debut, the Marquis has fought in the south and north, and it is completely different. Is the Khitan powerful? Both emperors were defeated by the champion Marquis. Youzhou was managed by the Khitan for more than ten years, and it was as solid as a marquis. The Marquis took action and took it down. Is Hedong Iron Cavalry powerful? Is it also allowed the Marquis to wipe out, and the Shatuo clan was destroyed!"

"Tell you, the Marquis is here, and the Marquis can destroy all of them with a glaring glance!"

The instructors of the Cavalry Guard kept boasting at the new recruits in Suzhou. Ye Hua was blown higher and higher, and he became an omnipotent living god.

The soldiers and young men in Suzhou were also stunned when they heard this. Does Ye Hua really have that great ability?

If that were true, it would be great. We were all saved. These people erected tablets for Ye Hua in their hearts!

Old Fairy Ye must be effective!

But these people did not expect that Ye Hua would spread his hands in the face of the people from the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce.

"I only brought 5,000 people across the river this time. I can temporarily relieve the danger in Suzhou, but I can't really protect Gusu City!"

Ye Hua's opening remarks scared everyone, Wang Han, Sun Yuan and others looked at each other, thinking to himself, Marquis, everyone is pointing at you, why are you discouraged as soon as you get up?

These people were talking nonsense and asked Ye Hua to help the people of Suzhou. Many people knelt down excitedly.

At this time, Wei Renpu narrowed his eyes, grabbed his beard, and smiled and said, "Mr. Marquis, you have always been a clever plan, how could you have no choice? Let's say it out, don't scare everyone."

Old Wei was still very proud of his face. When he spoke, Ye Hua could only say: "If you want to protect Gusu City, it's up to you!"

Ye Hua stood up and walked among everyone, "Did you see the more than 70,000 people? A few hours ago, they were still prisoners. I promised to share the land equally for them, so they were willing to follow me... You guys have rich families and each have more than 100,000 acres of land. As long as you hand over the land, why worry about not having a tiger or wolf army to protect Suzhou City?"

"What?"

As soon as this statement was spoken, everyone present was shocked. My God, is this your champion Hou’s trick?

This is not a good idea, it is simply a bad idea!

It can't be broken any more.

What are we, people, sacrifice our lives, fight against Wu Yue and Southern Tang? Isn’t it just to protect our property?

It’s not enough to touch our money. When your champion Hou comes, he will deprive us of our land. Isn’t it too much?

These gentry knew more than ordinary people. The Great Zhou equated the fields in the Central Plains and cleared the fields of Zhangzhou, forcing many gentry to run to Jinling. It seemed that this matter was not false!

Wang Han, Sun Yuan, and others all felt like crying without tears. Grandma, if I had known that the Zhou Dynasty was so dark, I would not have cooperated with them. Now I would have just asked for land. You want to dig our ancestral grave!

No, absolutely not!

They wanted to refuse, but once they refused, Ye Hua might pat his butt and leave and indulge his soldiers and kill them. This is really a way to attract the wolf into the house. What should we do?

Wang Han said bitterly: "Champion Marquis, since the Wang family is willing to take out ten thousand acres of land, respect the Marquis!"

Sun Yuan also said: "The Sun family can also produce 8,000 acres, so please accept it with a smile."

They expressed their opinions one after another, but Ye Hua's face was gloomy and cold as if it was a piece of ice. He suddenly shook his head and sneered: "Mr. Wei, look, in their eyes, I have become a person who wants small money? Ten thousand acres, eight thousand acres? They don't know? All the hundreds of thousands of acres of land I have in Kaifeng were handed over to the court and distributed to the people. Will I care about this little profit? How foolish!"

Wei Renpu pondered: "Marty, let me say a few words. The land of the big guy is also saved by acre, and it is the lifeblood of each family. In recent years, wars have been frequent. In order to protect the ancestors' industries, they have tried their best to protect their ancestral industries. They have taken away their fields in vain in one sentence. This is not good!"

"Who took it away for nothing?" Ye Hua's voice raised a lot.

Wei Renpu pretended to be surprised, "Marty, what are you going to do?"

"Grandpa Wei, do you know what Hedong is doing?"

Old Wei immediately said: "Didn't the Marquis build a farm in Hedong? Last year, most of the food in Kaifeng was transported from Hedong. Compared with the traditional renting model, the farm in Hedong is much more efficient."

Ye Hua nodded, and he turned his head to the merchants present and said, "Almost all of you run silk workshops. I ask you, what is the biggest difficulty of the workshop?"

"This..." They looked at each other and Wang Han said: "It is naturally a lot of difficulties, such as the exploitation of the court, the extortion of officials, the supply market, and even the sea transportation climate, all of which are!"

Ye Hua said: "Then let's talk about the market first. You need high-quality raw silk. Only good silk can weave good silk. I have investigated. There are two types of mulberry fields under your name. One is to directly control it yourself, hire workers to raise silkworms and reel silk, and the other is to rent the fields to others and the tenants pay raw silk to you."

The people present were a little confused. The champion Hou, who came to discuss business affairs without talking about military affairs, was there something wrong with his mind?

But if you think about it carefully, what Ye Hua said is really not bad at all.

After all, there is still a limit to the land that can be annexed, and a lot of the annexed land is invested and affiliated. In other words, if you want to leave some for the original owner, the big family cannot take it away.

Many people envy large farms and think that efficient means progress, but don’t forget how large farms come from. It turns out that the land is indigenous. If all the indigenous people are killed, the land will be returned to the colonists and then the large farm will be established.

Their land acquisition cost is just a bullet!

This is something you can't learn even if you want to.

Although there are many silk workshops in Suzhou, due to the limited supply of raw silk, it is difficult to expand rapidly, which is also the most troublesome thing for merchants.

"I know that Li Hongji wanted to change rice fields to mulberry fields to increase the supply of raw silk to solve this problem. However, his strategy was too brutal and rude, and he did not consider the livelihoods of the people below, so he was destined to be unable to continue."

Ye Hua smiled and said, "If you want to give up, you will have to give up and gain. Think about it, hand over all the land and re-divided it to the soldiers and people, everything will be very different."

"I can ask the soldiers who have acquired the land to sign a contract. After taking your land, they will provide you with high-quality raw silk according to the market price. Speaking of which, you have given up some land rent income, but you can get exponential supply of raw silk. And after the land belongs to you, the soldiers and their families will definitely operate properly... I will also help build a group of schools to provide experience in raising silkworms and reeling silk to ensure the quality of silk."

Wei Renpu closed his eyes and thought, suddenly opened his eyes, and smiled and said, "Champion Hou, Tian Renzhu has a lot of income? But compared to controlling the raw silk and silk market, it is much worse, it is simply not worth mentioning."

Ye Hua sighed: "Who said it was not? Dazhou Academy is now studying better looms. As long as the scale and profits increase, more machines can be used. The mountains of gold and silver are in front of them, and they just don't want them. It's really incredible!"

They sang each other and cooperated with each other, which was a perfect double act!

But all the old fried dough sticks present, will they easily believe it? Is it that easy to change the tradition that has been around for thousands of years?

Everyone present lowered their heads and said nothing. Even Wang Han, who was determined to follow the Great Zhou Dynasty, frowned. Can it be done according to Ye Hua's wishes?

If it doesn't work, hundreds of years of accumulation will be wasted.

And without land as the foundation, can we save the home business by weaving silk?

They have a lot of questions, but Ye Hua has no time to leave them thinking.

Wei Renpu also squinted his eyes. The so-called "leaving without leaving" and "retreating backward" is about them!
Chapter completed!