Great Zhou Tianzi

Once you have money and people, you have to have a land.

Tuolongguan was taken back from the Wei people. The terrain here is easy to defend and difficult to attack. As long as there is no accident, no one can take it back from Ji Jie. In order to avoid such things from happening, he put the defense on the The main position, the city is full of soldiers holding bright swords and guns every day, deterring those who have evil intentions.

Zhaocheng and Qishan were awarded to him by the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. The area is limited, and apart from the thousands of acres of fertile land around Zhaocheng, there is very little land in Qishan that can meet the conditions for planting. Fortunately, coal mines were discovered there. Ji Jie felt a little relieved.

Draw a simple topographic map on a piece of paper. Zhaocheng is adjacent to Qishan, and it is dozens of miles away from Tuolongguan. It is the territory of Dazhou. He thinks it would be great if these two places can be connected together. Yes, but how can it be realized?

Fighting by force is the most direct and effective method, and he has thousands of elite soldiers in his hands, and the more than 1 defenders of Dazhou are no match at all, but his reputation will suffer a lot in this way, after all, he is still It is unreasonable for the subjects of the Great Zhou Dynasty to worship Emperor Zhaowen and lead troops to seize the territory of the Son of Heaven.

"Ji Jian, you should immediately send someone to the royal city to find out what happened, including all aspects!" Ji Jie gave the order, and Ji Jian immediately dispatched his staff and quickly brought back the information he wanted.

In the past six months, there has been no change in the royal city, and the debt collectors from the emperor are still unwilling to leave. King Zhou Nan hides on the high platform all day long, and the implementation of government orders is completely entrusted to Prince Ji Jia. Transfer to Ji Jia's younger brother Ji Zhang as an agent.

Originally, when Fei Cheng was in charge of money and food, he would pay off some debts from time to time. After changing to Ji Zhang, no one except Zhou's clan could take a penny from them.

There were many complaints in the royal city. If it weren't for the kindness and kindness of the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty, it is estimated that the people's rebellion would have been aroused long ago.

"It seems that without three to five years, it will be difficult for the emperor to pay off the debt!" Ji Jian made such a judgment.

I am afraid that God will not give King Zhou Nan three or five years. According to the historical process, one year after the new king of Qin ascended the throne, the domestic situation just stabilized, and he sent troops to attack Zhou in retaliation for the last time the six kingdoms gathered to attack Qin. , although the matter of defeating Qin did not come to fruition, and it was aborted early, but King Qin couldn't swallow this breath.

Or wait until the overall situation of the Qin State invades, and acquire the land in the name of King Qin?

It's not a good strategy either. One is when Qin will come to attack, and the other is whether it will be able to take advantage of the tiger and wolf Qin once it fights, it is still unknown.

Acting first, Ji Jie made a decision to exchange money for land, and he immediately sent someone to send a letter to Prince Ji Jia, saying that he would visit in the near future.

Zhao Wenjun's convoy entered the city and received warm welcome from the citizens. In their view, this young Zhao Wenjun surpassed Emperor Zhou and his descendants no matter what he did.

Ji Jia and Ji Zhang stood on the gate of the palace, full of disdain for this, no matter how awesome you are, you are just a courtier of the Great Zhou!

"Brother, Ji Jie is in the limelight!" Ji Zhang squinted and said, "Those who don't know think he is the prince of this royal city!"

"I don't care!" Ji Jia said with a smile: "The real one can't be fake, the fake one can't be real, I am the orthodox heir of the Son of Heaven, even if I die, it won't be his turn, and you! By the way, brother, what do you say?" What is the idea of ​​this kid coming to see me?"

"I don't know!" Ji Zhang was equally ignorant about this.

Seeing the two brothers of the prince, Ji Jie gave them a lot of face, and he didn't mention the matter of taking the princess Ji Xueling back to Tuolongguan, and the two brothers didn't mention it either. younger sister.

It is not surprising that there are many gifts, Ji Jie gave them each a box of gold from the very beginning, and the two brothers immediately laughed from ear to ear, worrying about how to spend this poor New Year, and now everything is solved.

"Cousin, do you have other things to do in Wangcheng?" Ji Jia's tone was much more polite.

"Hehe, the crown prince's cousin understands me!" Ji Jie first put a tall hat on Ji Jia, and then said slowly: "I want to ask for a little more fiefdom, please cousin!"

The two brothers Ji Jia and Ji Zhang were shocked at the same time. They never thought that this kid would ask for the land. No one knew that land and money were the lifeblood of King Zhou Nan. Even if he was willing to give up his life, he would not agree. Hand over the land and money.

"Well, there is no reasonable reason..." Ji Jia kept looking at the box of gold she just got, for fear that Ji Jie would go back on his word and want to go back.

"If there is a reasonable reason, I won't come to you, cousin!" Ji Jie kicked the ball over and said, "Actually, I don't want to claim the land for nothing. How about buying it with money?"

Hearing the word Qian, the four eyes of Ji Jia and Ji Zhang gleamed at the same time.

"I don't know which place my cousin is interested in?" Ji Jia asked, and Ji Zhang promptly took out the map of the Great Zhou territory, unfolded it and put it on the table.

"Where can the prince's cousin give me?" Ji Jie raised the ball to him again, so that this guy would not open his mouth.

Around the royal city, a large number of areas in the southwest are fertile. No matter how short of money Ji Jia is, she would not be so stupid as to sell these areas. She pointed out the areas densely covered with mountains and forests, and said, "All of these are fine!"

"Cousin, you just gave me all these places without collecting rent, and I don't want them!" Ji Jie said feigned displeasure: "The food you plant every year is less than the seeds you sow. You won't Just kidding me!"

Ji Jia laughed dryly, and said, "Then you can choose one yourself, but you must be merciful, otherwise, it will be difficult for me as an older brother!"

Ji Jie took out a brush and circled the area of ​​nearly a hundred miles from Zhaocheng to Tuolongguan, and said, "This area is intersected with plains, hills and mountains. It's not good if you say it's good, and it's not bad if you say it's bad. Well, it can barely fill my stomach, what does my cousin think?"

Ji Jia and Ji Zhang looked at each other. Although the area of ​​this land has already accounted for a quarter of the land of Dazhou, the actual situation is the same as what Ji Jie said. No matter what the year, I guess I can only starve.

"How about the price?" Ji Zhang asked calmly.

Ji Jie waved his hand vigorously and said, "You guys make an offer!"

Ji Jia proposed a price of 20 taels of gold per hectare of land, equivalent to one tael of five mu of land, a total of 2 taels. After bargaining, the deal was finally settled at 2 taels of gold, and she also obtained the mining rights of the Gobi Desert at the junction of Zhou and Yan. , they do not know where a large amount of iron ore is stored.

Three days later, the written agreement was formally signed, affixed with the vermilion emperor seal, and the ownership of the land was officially handed over.

Ji Jie exchanged a few boxes of gold for a site with a radius of more than a hundred miles. The cost was only a month's income of a paper mill, and the other two commodities of Tuolongguan were about to hit the market—exquisite porcelain and new weapons. .