Lin Chunhong closed the report, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said to himself: "Ni Xinze and Cheng Shu are indeed good. They do things without sticking to the rules and regulations I said. Well, there are enlightened people among the gentry, and Dong Chentai is the object of unity."

Lin Chunhong was not overwhelmed by the success of Dongjiawan. After all, Dongjiawan was a representative carefully selected by Lin Chunhong. This village lives in a stable life and has good conditions in all kinds of conditions. Lin Chunhong couldn't help but turn his eyes to Shuangmiao Mountain Village, which was the most difficult village he chose to buy.

Shuangmiao Mountain is located near Shitaozi, the farthest from Zhijiang County. Shitaozi is close to the Yangtze River and borders Jiangling County. The government's rule has always been weak. However, this place is full of impact on the plains, the terrain is not undulating, and the land is fertile, which is very suitable for planting cotton and wheat. Since King Hui's enfeoffment, Shitaozi's land has been assigned to King Hui, and all the land rents have been owned by King Hui. When Lin Chunhong chose ten experimental villages, since the land in Shuangmiao Mountain Village was owned by King Hui, the whole village was basically the tenants of King Hui, which was very representative. Gu Xiuxing and Dou Shiwen were sent to Shuangmiao Mountain Village to establish small cargo warehouses and archers respectively.

After Gu Xiuxing and Dou Shiwen came to Shuangmiao Mountain, they not only built a cargo warehouse, but also built a simple wharf by the Yangtze River. In their spare time, they organized King Hui's tenants to go to the Yangtze River to fish, which greatly improved the lives of the villagers and won the recognition of the villagers. On this basis, Dou Shiwen successfully organized a team of ten people to not only practice the battle formation techniques, but also be responsible for the public security in the countryside. In less than a year, the security of Shuangmiao Mountain improved greatly, and no one was starved to death.

Chen Kexin was appointed as the manager of Shuangmiaoshan by the Chief Secretary of the Prince Hui Mansion, responsible for collecting land rent. Due to frequent natural disasters in recent years, some tenants in Shuangmiaoshan were unable to pay land rent on time, which made Chen Kexin very busy. He took in some rascals and rogues and specialized in forcing rent. The villagers secretly called him Chen Bapi.

Chen Bapi agreed with Gu Xiuxing and Dou Shiwen's construction of the warehouse, and organized some tenants to help for free. After all, they would not have to go to Jiangling County twenty miles away to buy daily necessities in the future. But after the warehouse was repaired, Gu Xiuxing was in tears. The main customers of the warehouse were Chen Bapi and a group of rogues. The villagers lived a difficult life, and even a piece of clothing was still in a state of sewing and repairing for three years in the new and old years. How could they talk about consumption capacity?

Besides, as the end of the year is approaching, Gu Xiuxing and Dou Shiwen are facing huge challenges: Chen Bapi is carrying a bunch of ruffians and scoundrels and are forcing rent everywhere, which is really "clamoring around the east and west, and shaking people from the north and south; even if they are uproar, they will not be able to remain calm." In previous years, villagers were used to it, and if they could not pay the land rent, they would sell their children or go to flee to famine. But this year is different. Gu Xiuxing and Dou Shiwen have a certain reputation in the village, and some villagers involuntarily turned their attention to the two.

"Gu Xiucai, we must not ignore this matter. The villagers finally accepted us. If they don't care, how can we do things in the future?" Dou Shiwen was young and energetic. He was most arrogant and threatened to force people to sell their children. He had long hated Chen Bapi and others for their actions.

Gu Xiuxing sighed and said, "How to care? You have to see that King Hui is collecting rent. Chen Papi is just a dog. Can we stop King Hui?"

Dou Shiwen was speechless, holding his anger in his chest and unable to vent, so he smashed his fist hard on the door.

Gu Xiuxing continued: "Dianshi said that the clan was a cancer of the Ming Dynasty. This is true. Shuangmiaoshan is like this, and the fiefs of other royal families are the same? No wonder there are so many bandits in Shaanxi and Shanxi, all of which were forced out by these people."

When it comes to the bandits, Dou Shiwen was even more annoyed. His father died in the bandits and hated them to the core. He gritted his teeth and said, "Even if I try my best, I can't watch the villagers of Shuangmiaoshan become bandits."

"Or what if we call the archers together to discuss? They are familiar with this place, and there are many people and many ideas."

Dou Shiwen nodded heavily and left.

After hearing Gu Xiuxing's words, some of them were angry, some were helpless, some were afraid... all kinds of expressions were there. Seeing that the archers were silent, Dou Shiwen couldn't help but curse: "I have been following me for half a year, and my fists are reasonable, but when it comes to serious business, no one can use it. Look at you, are you still afraid of Chen Paipi?"

Dou Shiwen's words made some archers feel ashamed and buried their heads deep in their arms. Chen Bapi did many evil deeds in the village, and was very powerful, and had a bunch of minions under his command. It was not that easy to mess with? Some archers secretly complained: You two are not here, so of course you are not afraid of Chen Bapi. We offended Chen Bapi, how can we live in the future? Only one archer named Shi Wazi moved his lips, and he wanted to speak but didn't dare to say it. Shi Wazi was an orphan. He used to help others with short work and had a good character. He was recruited by Dou Shiwen into the archers team.

Seeing that Shi Wazi had something to say, Gu Xiuxing encouraged him: "Everyone knows that we and Chen Bapi are not on the same journey. If you have anything, just say it directly. Are you still afraid that we will collude with Chen Bapi? Shi Wazi, tell me."

When Shi Wazi was called, she was startled and waved her hand in a hurry, "I didn't think of anything..."

Shi Wazi's bear-like appearance completely angered Dou Shiwen. He stepped forward, pulled Shi Wazi's clothes, lifted him up from the bench, and shouted: "It's the man who said, "Damn, I'm learning martial arts with me is for fitness? I'm in vain!"

Shi Wazi's face was pale and said quickly: "Captain, I said, isn't it okay? Oh, it hurts!"

Dou Shiwen put the stone baby down and ordered: "Say!"

"Chen Papi has gained a lot of benefits from the land rent. If someone changes to collect the land rent, the villagers will not be unable to survive."

Gu Xiuxing and Dou Shiwen said suspiciously: "Everyone knows this. No matter how much he can get it alone, how much can he get? This method may not be helpful."

Seeing that his opinion was rejected, Shi Wazi hurriedly said: "The benefits of Chen Papi are more than that. According to regulations, the rent we handed over to King Hui is 50%, but Chen Papi will receive 70%!"

Gu Xiuxing was shocked and said, "Chen Papi is so cruel? He thought he was just taking advantage of it."

"Last year, Chen Bapi took us to rent it to Jingzhou in the New Year. The things we transported were far less than the things we collected!" Since Shi Wazi had already started speaking, she became bolder and had a fight that made her face turn red and her neck thick.

Gu Xiuxing looked at Dou Shiwen, and Dou Shiwen nodded slightly. Gu Xiuxing said to the archer: "Well, Shi Wazi performed well today. I will enjoy a pot of wine. In the future, don't keep it in your heart if you have something to say. You must say it like Shi Wazi. Do you understand?"

The archer looked at Shi Wazi with envious eyes. Shi Wazi's face turned redder and said, "Everyone drink this pot of wine together!"

Dou Shiwen patted Shi Wazi's shoulder and cursed with a smile: "You are so beautiful. I used it as soon as I received the reward. This pot of wine belongs to you. You can do whatever you should do! Disband everyone, and I will call you if you have something to do."

The archers got a pot of wine and went out excitedly.

After the archer went out, Dou Shiwen asked, "Scholar is really going to take Chen Basie?"

Gu Xiuxing nodded and said, "I have to do this. We should have treated these dog slaves long ago. I saw that Chen Bapi was still cooperating with us before, but he had not touched him. Now he has become a roadblock, so I don't need to be polite anymore!"

Dou Shiwen got off the battlefield and was full of murderous aura on his face. Now his eyes were yin, which was even more scary. His palms turned into a knife and slashed downwards, saying, "If you do him, it's like killing a dog. This is my specialty!"

Unexpectedly, Gu Xiuxing shook his head and said, "Isn't it right? Have you forgotten what Lord Dian Shi said? Don't violate the Ming Dynasty's laws unless you have to. We are not at that point. It's easy to get rid of Chen Pai. If Lord Dian Shi is embarrassed, it will be bad. Don't forget that King Hui is standing behind Chen Pai."

Dou Shiwen couldn't help feeling discouraged and sat on the wooden stand on the stone mill: "What should we do?"

"Or how we..."

Chen Kexin didn't know that he had been targeted by Gu Xiuxing and Dou Shiwen, and was still lying on the recliner to bask in the sun. Now he didn't need to take action himself to force the rent, and he had a group of thugs to serve him. The sun was very comfortable in the winter, and he enjoyed his current life. In a few days, he would not be so comfortable. He had to lead a transportation team to Jingzhou and pay a year's rent to Prince Hui's Mansion. There, he had to be careful enough and he had to beg Lord Changshi to reduce the rent of part of Shuangmiaoshan. Chen Kexin often did this, not for the villagers of Shuangmiaoshan, the amount of the reduction fell into his pocket. He also begged for a while to obtain a lot of material and money, and everyone was willing to do it.

Relying on his own as the manager appointed by the Prince Hui Mansion, Chen Kexin tried his best to seize Shuangmiao Mountain. He did not look down on those mud legs at all. When he saw him and a cat, the support of the Prince Hui Mansion and the rogue's majesty almost made him the local emperor of Shuangmiao Mountain.

"Haha, the harvest this year is pretty good, and more than one thousand taels of silver should be fine." Thinking of his complacentness, Chen Kexin couldn't help but smile.

"Master, Master, it's not good. Li Laizi was beaten by mud legs when collecting rent!" The servant hurried in, and he said before he was breathing evenly.

Chen Kexin was shocked: "When did those untouchables have such skills? Let's go and take a look!"

Chen Kexin took his servants out, but unfortunately, on the way, he was wrapped in a sack and broke his legs. Fortunately, he was discovered early and took his life back to the house. Otherwise, his life would have been left in the wilderness. Chen Kexin was so angry that he asked the thug to capture Li Laizi's mud legs and torture him, confessing that who broke his legs. The mud legs happened to be a archer, so naturally he would not allow him to take them away, which made him so angry that he almost vomited blood. He finally realized that the mastermind behind the scenes were Gu Xiuxing and Dou Shiwen!

What made him even more angry was that Gu Xiuxing and Dou Shiwen took the initiative to take over the task of sending the New Year to Prince Hui's Mansion to the King of Hui's Mansion. Chen Kexin lay on the bed to stop the rascals, but those rascals bullying the common people were good players. How dare they touch Gu Xiuxing and Dou Shiwen? Dou Shiwen immediately took Shiwazi, who was familiar with Prince Hui's Mansion and more than a dozen tenants to Jingzhou. As for the number, the number was not too many, nor too many.

After arriving in Jingzhou, the chief minister heard that Chen Kexin had broken his leg and did not doubt it. The chief minister also knew why he was asking for relief on weekdays, but his mouth was blocked by the silver from the smashed ones. This year, Shuangmiaoshan neither asked for relief nor gave him New Year gifts like in previous years, which made him secretly hate Chen Kexin: Damn, I will replace you next year!
Chapter completed!