"Young Master, Manager Qu is looking for a meeting outside, and seems to be bringing a few guests."

When Jiang Dazhong came in to report, Huang Laifu was carefully studying the "State Military Training" written by General Qi Jiguang in the study of Qianhu's house. He would not be replaced by Qianhu in a short time, and the training of soldiers would also be put on the agenda.

Although the civil servants of the Ministry of War only required the military officers to be skilled in archery and horses, and did not require the generals to have the strategic ability to lead troops and plan strategies. However, Huang Laifu came from later generations and of course he would not be fooled by them. Therefore, these days, in addition to practicing archery and horse martial arts every day, he repeatedly read Grandpa Qi's military book.

In fact, when Qi Jiguang's collection of military achievements over hundreds of years and influenced countless military strategists in later generations was published in 1571, it attracted widespread attention from the world. At that time, many printed books were circulated in the Ming Dynasty, and many military generals had their collections at home. The old father Huang Sihao also collected one in a fashionable way. The printed book in Huang Laifu's hand was the 1585 version.

This famous general of a generation had already left the world on January 17, 1588, and was silent for the Ming Dynasty war god. Huang Laifu put down his book and said to Jiang Dazhong: "Let them wait in the living room, and I will come out immediately."

Jiang Dazhong responded and turned around and went out.

Huang Laifu changed his clothes and came to the main hall. He saw Qu Yuanrui sitting with two businessmen, one old and one young. Seeing Huang Laifu come out, the three of them stood up.

Huang Laifu smiled at Qu Yuanrui and said, "Zhixin, if you are not staying in the Qixian Guild Hall, why do you have time to come to me today?"

Qu Yuanrui smiled reluctantly and bowed to Huang Laifu: "Young Master, Yuanrui is here to visit today, but he has something to discuss with the Young Master." He pointed to the two businessmen and said: "Let me introduce you, Young Master, this is Jiayan, this is my eldest brother Qu Liangwan. Dad, brother, this is the eldest son Huang Laifu from Qianhu House. Come and meet you."

Qu Tingzhu moved his fat body with some difficulty, tidied up his clothes, bowed, and laughed in an old voice: "I have seen Master Huang Laifu, and I have been in a hurry to visit him, working and living, and I have been complaining about my abrupt crime."

Qu Liangwan also hurriedly followed his father to greet Huang Laifu. The two looked at Huang Laifu carefully and saw that although he was young, he looked smart and was not right from the rough military image he imagined. They couldn't help but be surprised.

Huang Laifu smiled and said, "Your Shopkeeper Qu is polite. Zhixin and I have always been close to each other. You two are here not far away. Peng Feng Shenghui, please sit down."

Qu Tingzhu gave another gift and laughed, "Thank you, thank you." He turned around and ordered the two subordinates beside him, "Take all the gifts up."

Then two servants from the Qu family carried several gift boxes and opened the silk curtains. They saw that there were all good silks inside, and they were all good goods. I am afraid that only the color of silks in the south of the Yangtze River can be found. I believe that mother and sisters will be happy to see them.

Huang Laifu took the gift list handed over by Yang Xiaolu and quickly calculated that the combined value of these silk silk was almost nearly 100 taels, which made Huang Laifu think that the old man was rich and powerful. As expected, the father and son were different from each other.

Qu Tingzhu secretly observed Huang Laifu's expression, and smiled with satisfaction at this time, saying, "Some little gifts, please don't despise me."

Huang Laifu said: "Zhixin is close to me, why should Mr. Qu be so polite?" He ordered Yang Xiaolu to pack the gift.

Several people were polite to sit down, and the guest and the host sat down with their own things.

Huang Laifu said to Qu Yuanrui: "By the way, Zhixin, you just said that you have something to discuss with me, what's the matter?"

Qu Yuanrui said with a low expression: "It's such a young master. Yuanrui feels that he is so virtuous that he is unable to eat all the remaining grain given by the young master. After repeated thought, he decided to give the 50% share of the grain to my elder brother, so as not to miss the young master's affairs. Today, I will discuss this matter with the young master."

Huang Laifu said in surprise, "Oh." He looked at Qu Yuanrui's expression carefully. Seeing that he was dejected, he seemed a little sad and angry, and a little helpless. When he looked at his elder brother Qu Liangwan, he looked a little proud. When he looked at the old man Qu Tingzhu, he looked calm and quiet.

Huang Laifu got up and walked slowly, took a few steps, and turned around and looked at Qu Tingzhu with sharp eyes. In between, he had already understood the reason, but it was just a fight between brothers, and his father favored his eldest son. He had seen many such things in later generations.

He smiled slightly and sat back to his seat. Qu Tingzhu laughed and said, "Young Master, Yuan Rui is still a little younger after all, and he is too tedious and rude in his work. Xin Hao I noticed it and came up with this remedy. Don't worry, if you have the best to help him, you will definitely not miss the eldest master's affairs."

After hearing what my father said, Qu Yuanrui looked a little dissatisfied, but he opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't speak.

Huang Laifu's face gradually became gloomy. He said to Qu Yuanrui: "Zhixin, I believed in your character and thanked you for your kindness, so I shared the important task of exporting food to you. Now you are going to break the contract and lose your promise. What is this?"

Qu Yuanrui was stunned for a moment, then looked secretly happy, with a look of tongue-out on his face, and said, "Young Master, I...I...I don't mean that."

Huang Laifu said again: "Zhixin, please answer me, what is your businessman's first priority in business?"

Qu Yuanrui said with a heavy face: "We must keep our promises and make a promise."

Huang Laifu said: "Well, we were in black and white at that time, and the contract was clearly written. If one party breaks the contract, he will have to compensate the other party for double losses. Zhixin, are you looking at the contract? "

Qu Yuanrui was secretly happy, but he said in a panic expression on his face: "I dare not Zhixin, but Zhixin!" Seeing that the matter took a sudden turn, Qu Tingzhu hurriedly said: "Young Master, what do we mean? Please don't misunderstand me."

Qu Liangwan stepped forward and said, "Young Master, Yuan Rui has agreed, why should you stick to it? Besides, you won't lose one tael of silver at that time. This is a good saying..."

Huang Laifu turned to him and frowned. Yang Xiaolu stepped forward and shouted, "Rareless, this is a Qianhu House, how can you let you talk to the young master in such a tone?"

Qu Liangwan was so angry that his nose was crooked. Although he was a merchant, because he was a big grain merchant, many military generals in the border town were polite to him. No matter where he went, others would flatter him. How could he have ever been so angry?

He was about to argue, but Qu Tingzhu hurriedly stopped him: "Liaowan, don't be rude in front of the eldest son." Qu Liangwan retreated angrily.

Huang Laifu also said to Yang Xiaolu: "Hey, Xiaolu, don't be rude to the guests, you can retreat." Yang Xiaolu also retreated.

Huang Laifu said to Qu Tingzhu: "Old Shopkeeper Qu, sorry, Huang is such a straightforward person. People say that a gentleman promises a thousand gold. Although he cannot be called a gentleman, he attaches great importance to the word "integrity"! Besides, I think there is no problem with Zhixin's ability. I can trust him in the future when food exports are exported."

Qu Tingzhu laughed and looked a little embarrassed. He looked at Huang Laifu carefully again, thinking that he had underestimated this military man. Huang Laifu insisted on keeping the sincere promise. As a businessman, he should be the most trustworthy promise, so it is hard to say anything else.

Huang Laifu took a sip of tea, relaxed the atmosphere for a while, and smiled and said, "Of course, there is no other solution to the situation. Next year, my Wuzhai Fort will vigorously reclaim wasteland and build many industries. At that time, you will be welcome to invest, ah."

Qu Tingzhu had to say yes repeatedly, while Qu Liangwan was sitting beside him and sulking. Qu Yuanrui looked calm on the surface, but in fact he was smiling inside.

Qu Tingzhu said: "I heard that the eldest young man would go to Beijing to replace him in June. I must have passed by Taiyuan. I happened to have a house in Taiyuan. I don't know if I can welcome the eldest young man's grand ceremony at that time." Taiyuan is the capital of Shanxi, so it is naturally the key business area of ​​the Qu family. It is not surprising that he has his own mansion there.

Huang Laifu smiled and said, "Your Shopkeeper Qu is polite, and you will definitely come to visit me when the time comes."

Everyone said a few more words, Huang Laifu picked up the teacup in front of him and said, "Please tea."

Immediately, Yang Xiaolu behind Huang Laifu shouted at the top of her voice: "Send out the guests!"

Although Qu Tingzhu and Qu Liangwan were unwilling to do so, they had to get up and say goodbye.

Qu Yuanrui fell at the end and saw his father and brother leaving, he said gratefully to Huang Laifu: "Thank you for your help from the eldest son."

Huang Laifu nodded and said, "I am a kind person. I will not forget you when you helped me at that time. There are some things you can't say, but I will do this evil person. You won't blame me, right?"

Qu Yuanrui bowed deeply and said, "There is only gratitude for your letter."

Looking at Qu Yuanrui's departure back, Huang Laifu smiled at Yang Xiaolu and said, "By the way, Xiaolu, move the silk silk to my mother's side. I believe she will be happy after meeting her sisters." Yang Xiaolu responded with a smile.

Neither Qu Tingzhu nor Qu Liangwan knew how they came about. Today's affairs were really messy. When he arrived at the entrance of Qianhu House, Qu Tingzhu stopped and was speechless for a long time. Then he said: "Is this Huang Laifu really only 18 years old?"

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June 7, 1590.

The spring wheat emergence rate in each farm in Wuzhaibao reached 97%, of which 70% of the spring wheat grew well. Compared with the two or three branches of the villages outside other Wuzhaibao, this achievement once again caused a sensation.

Many people from other places went to the fields of various farms in Wuzhai Fort to see, especially those wells and water trucks, which attracted widespread attention from everyone. When the wells and water trucks appeared, if some households were still waiting and doubting, no one was doubting now. Many regretted why they didn’t make some water trucks earlier, so that the wheat seedlings are growing very badly now.

Huang Laifu didn't care about the "visiting" wave of people from other places. The large farm he handled relies on large-scale operations and water conservancy irrigation systems. Even if farmers learn all their water trucks and other things, their small-scale farming methods can't compete with their own large-scale farm system. Moreover, it is still the same for these households to afford these water trucks and other things. After all, the power of a single family is there, and it is easy for them to maintain their agricultural advantages.

Besides, Huang Laifu was also happy that his farm would cause changes in the outside world. He was still weak by relying on his own strength. To change the agricultural evil situation in the north of the Ming Dynasty at that time, he still needed the flapping of butterfly wings. If there were more farm-like business methods in the Ming Dynasty and the reference to groundwater, there might not be any future tragedies.

After June, it was the period of rapid growth of weeds. In various farms in Wuzhaibao, we seized time to plow, weed and top dressing.

People in the fortresses in various places wear straw hats, carry hoes, and go to the fields to weed. In some places, there is no hoe and they have to rent them. In various farms in Wuzhai Fort, Huang Laifu generally uses a kind of hoe that is pulled by animal power, called horse hoe.

Horse-pulling hoe, mentioned in Liu Xi's book "Shi Ming" in the 2nd century AD, is similar to a plow, but without a plow wall, but has two sharp sharp blades. When pulling a hoe, the two blades travel along both sides of the ridge, and the weeds on both sides of the ridge can be removed, the irrigation ditches are deepened, and soil is further cultivated around the roots of the crop.

The efficiency of horse-drawn hoes is several times higher than that of manual hoes. In just a few days, all the fields on each farm in Wuzhaibao were weeded and top-dressed. This effect shocked the villagers. The result of the extensive use of "high technology" is the advantage of each farm in Wuzhaibao, which has brought the civil fortresses from all over the country farther and farther away.

The situation is getting better, and Huang Laifu is also ready to go out. At this time, Huang Sihao's official documents have been released. Huang Sihao is retired and enjoys full salary and is well-off. Huang Laifu replaces his position as a thousand households, and is a fifth-rank rank. He is first awarded General Wude and is a bronze medal of Qilin. After working for a few years, he will be promoted to General Wujie, with a monthly salary of 16 stones. Of course, Huang Laifu cannot rely solely on these 16 stones of rice to live a day.

However, if you take over the job formally, you have to go to the capital to report to the capital. Only after passing the assessment of the Ministry of War can you officially confirm your position.

In the past few days, Huang Laifu has been packing his luggage and is ready to set off. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!