"Why should we sell three acres of land to you for 5,000 yuan? Where's the money? "the man called Jiang Yan yelled loudly.
A frail scholar was shouting loudly with a red face.
Jiang Yan? The young man remembered that when the scholar introduced himself, he said his surname was Jiang and his name was Yan Ling.
"Huh?" On the other side, Old Xu and Hao Liu did not expect that there would be someone who was literate among the thirty or so people.
"Captain Hao, what's going on?" Old Xu looked at Hao Liu with a bad expression.
"I don't know either!" Hao Liu's face turned ashen. He didn't think that there would be someone who was educated and literate among these people. If you were educated and literate, then why did you come here to claim land? You should go to the governor's office, where would there be someone to entertain you? Now, Yangzhou was lacking people who were educated and literate. They could fill the grassroots with small officials. For example, Old Xu was such a person. Because he knew how to write, he was able to get such a good job.
"Hao Liu, I'm telling you, if there's anything, don't come here again," Old Xu said to Hao Liu impolitely and called him by his name.
"Don't, Old Xu. Lord Xu, don't worry. I'll take care of it!" Hao Liu panicked when he saw Old Xu's expression. "For the sake of General Guo."
"Are you using the Guo family to pressure me?" Old Xu said with an unfriendly expression. Hao Liu's background was the Guo Family of Xinye. Old Xu couldn't afford to offend this Guo Family. However, if Hao Liu was provoked, Old Xu could have the Guo Family replace him with someone else.
"I wouldn't dare. Lord Xu, don't worry. I'll take care of it right away!" Hao Liu's expression did not look good. He waved his hand, and a few Xinye soldiers followed him to force their way towards Jiang Yan.
"Brother Jiang, is this really a slave contract?" A man who was illiterate asked when he heard Jiang Yan's words.
"Hmph, it's a slave contract. Not only did they swallow our three acres of land, but they also increased the taxes every year until it reached the sixth level!" Jiang Yan read the words angrily.
"Six floors! It's so high! I can't leave my handprint on it! When I was in Yuzhou, it was only the sixth floor!" Some of the commoners were dissatisfied. They had gone through untold hardships to get to Yangzhou. Many of them were weak and had died on the way. What was the point of them coming here? Wasn't it just the 30% tax? Now that they were told that Yangzhou was no different from other places and had six layers, what was the point of them coming here?
"Everyone, everyone, please don't be impatient, please don't be impatient! Our Yangzhou City said that we will pay 30% tax, so we will pay 30% tax. How could we lie to everyone? "Hao Liu walked over and said to the group of refugees with a smile.
"Haha, it's all written in black and white. Commandant Hao, are you still trying to go back on your word?" Jiang Yan said to Hao Liu.
"Everyone, can you read?" Hao Liu asked the group of refugees.
Many of the refugees shook their heads. Even if they knew someone, they only knew their own name.
"Haha, since none of you are literate, how can you believe Jiang Yan's words? Thirty percent tax meant thirty percent tax. This Jiang Yan, he must have seen wrongly! " Hao Liu signaled with his eyes and a few of the Xinye City guards nodded and surrounded Jiang Yan.
"My eyes aren't playing tricks on me. It really is a slave contract. If you don't believe me, we can go to Xinye City and post it on the notice board at the entrance of the government office," Jiang Yan was still yelling loudly.
Hao Liu's face turned cold.
"This Commandant Hao is forcing us to sign a slave …" Before Jiang Yan could finish his sentence, he felt a sharp pain in his chest. He took a closer look and saw that one of Hao Liu's subordinates had attacked him. Just now, one of the Xinye City guards had secretly punched Jiang Yan in the stomach. That was why Jiang Yan was unable to speak.
"This is a slave …" Jiang Yan wanted to say something, but he was punched in the chest again. Some of the refugees saw that Hao Liu had revealed his dagger. The commoners were also afraid of trouble and did not want to stand out. They looked at Hao Liu with fear.
Hao Liu looked at the frightened faces of these lowly commoners and nodded with satisfaction. That's right!
"Cough, cough, cough!" Jiang Yan spat out a mouthful of blood. The guards of Xinye were too ruthless.
"Haha, this is Yangzhou. This is what His Highness the King Of Shu looks like. With such a subordinate, this Jiang Yan is sure that this King Of Shu, Liu Mang, is not much better. Hao Liu, let me tell you, even if this Jiang Yan dies, this Jiang Yan will still say that this is a slave contract. If I sign it, I will be a slave for the rest of my life," Jiang Yan continued to shout.
"Why don't we not sign it?" The refugees became restless again. They did not want to put their handprints on the contract.
"Hmph! I gave you face, but you don't want it! " Hao Liu was furious. He only used force on Jiang Yan and didn't kill him directly because Jiang Yan was worth three mu of farmland. Now that Jiang Yan didn't want his face, Hao Liu naturally wouldn't be lenient. It was just three mu of farmland, he, Hao Liu, didn't want it anymore. Hao Liu waved his hand.
Immediately, a Xinye City guard nodded. "Shua!" A cold light flashed as the Xinye City guard unsheathed his sword. The refugees panicked. This Hao Liu wanted to silence them.
"Come, kill this Jiang Yan. You deceiver, fake king, hmph!" Jiang Yan sneered and closed his eyes.
"Pu!" Hot blood spurted out.
Was this the feeling of being killed? Why did he not feel any pain? Jiang Yan could feel the blood boiling, but he did not feel any pain. Could it be that he died too quickly?
"Ahhh!" A scream sounded beside Jiang Yan. Jiang Yan was very strange. He did not scream in pain, so why was there someone screaming beside him? Jiang Yan subconsciously opened his eyes and was stunned by the scene in front of him. A Xinye City guard was rolling on the ground, screaming in pain. Blood splattered all over the ground, dying the ground red.
"Brother Jiang, have you never seen blood before?" A very indifferent voice sounded from the side.
At this moment, Jiang Yan saw a young man looking at him indifferently. The young man was holding a saber in his hand. Wasn't this the same saber that the Xinye Garrison was holding?
"It's you. You saved me?" Jiang Yan saw that this person was the commoner called Han Yang. Beside him was a man with a scar on his face and a burly man. "Why did you save me?"
"No reason. I just couldn't stand it!" The young man was very indifferent. The sword in his hand was still dripping blood, but the young man did not care at all.
"You, you, how dare you! Do you want to die? " Hao Liu was both shocked and angry. He originally wanted to kill Jiang Yan to shut everyone up. But now, not only was Jiang Yan not dead, one of his subordinates was slashed by a saber and was rolling on the ground in pain.
"Die? With just you, Hao Liu? "
"Haha, how refreshing!" The scar on the side said.
"Good, good, very good! I gave you face, but you don't want it. " Hao Liu was also angry. His eyes were filled with killing intent. This Hao Liu was originally a scoundrel. It's not like he didn't kill people in this chaotic world. In fact, he had taken the lives of several innocent people. It's just that Hao Liu had become an official later on.
"Men, take them down!" Kill them without mercy! " Hao Liu had more than a dozen Xinye City guards. They were all Hao Liu's trusted subordinates. They were either scoundrels or fugitives in Xinye's prison. Hao Liu had taken in all kinds of people to work for him. Since these people were blocking Hao Liu's path to wealth, he had to kill them.
"Yes!" More than a dozen of Hao Liu's men pulled out their swords and rushed towards the young man.
"Brother Han, be careful! Fellow villagers, this Hao Liu wants you to sign a slave contract. We can't let them succeed. There are only a dozen of them, and we have so many people. Let's take them down together! " When Jiang Yan saw Hao Liu's actions, he couldn't help but feel a little guilty. It was because of him that Hao Liu wanted to kill Brother Han and his men. Jiang Yan was trying to incite the commoners to help.
Although the young man was a little grateful, he did not take it seriously because he could guess what the people were thinking.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way!" "The refugees and commoners at the side all wished they could retreat. When it was related to their own interests, they might resist, but that was also when someone took the lead. However, once they encountered people like Hao Liu who directly pulled out his sword, the commoners were afraid. The commoners were all afraid of trouble. They valued peace. This was not modesty, but helplessness. It was because they had no choice but to fight with the commoners and not with the officials.
Fortunately, the young man did not care about the commoners' help.
"Guan Hai, Zhou Cang, you have rested for so long. It's time to move your muscles!" The young man's eyes were filled with killing intent. This Hao Liu was not a good person. Looking at the slave contract, he and Old Xu were so familiar with each other, it should have been a long time. Hao Liu's men did not hesitate when Hao Liu said he was going to attack. One could see the nature of these people from how they treated commoners. Therefore, the young man had no qualms killing them.
"My lord, I want to fight ten of them!" Zhou Cang boasted shamelessly.
"You have forgotten the pain after the scars have healed!" Guan Hai sneered. "You protect the lord for me. Leave the people here to me!"
Each of them boasted more shamelessly than the other, causing Jiang Yan to be a little stunned. On the other side, Hao Liu was so angry that he laughed out loud.
There were a total of three young men, and one of them had a saber, which they had just snatched. However, there were eighteen of them, all of whom were outlaws, and all of them had taken lives, as well as weapons.
"Chop them up. Don't kill them all at once. Chop off their hands and feet. I want them to regret being born in this world." Hao Liu pointed at the young man and his men.
"Come on, come on. If they die, so be it!" Jiang Yan gritted his teeth and stood together with the young man when he saw more than a dozen armed enemies approaching. The young man could not help but look at him. This poor scholar actually had such courage.
But when he saw Jiang Yan's closed eyes and nervous expression, he could not help but laugh. "Brother Jiang, just take care of yourself! Oh right, I forgot to tell Brother Jiang. His Highness the King Of Shu is not someone who deceives the world, nor is he a fake king. He was conferred the title by the imperial court! " After saying that, he rushed forward. The sword in his hand flashed and the throat of one of the Xinye guards was slit by the sword. Blood gushed out from the blood vessels. The guard immediately reacted to the lack of oxygen. He let go of the sword and clutched his neck with both hands. His mouth was wide open as he gasped for air. He wanted to swallow all the air into his stomach. But it was all in vain. Soon, he died from the loss of blood and oxygen and turned into a cold corpse on the ground.
"Ahhh!" Although Jiang Yan was very stubborn, he was still shocked to see someone die in front of him.
"Guan Hai, catch!" The young man threw the sword in his hand. The scar-faced man grabbed the sword and chopped it down, directly cutting the head of a Xinye soldier in half. It seems like the soldier wouldn't be able to survive.
"I want to fight ten of you! Fight ten of you!" Although Zhou Cang didn't have a saber, he still had a sturdy one. He grabbed a Xinye Garrison and punched him in the face with his fist. One punch, two punches, three punches. In the end, a cracking sound was heard. White and sticky things appeared on Zhou Cang's fist. Jiang Yan felt like vomiting when he saw this, wasn't this brain matter?
"Here you go, pretty boy!" Zhou Cang tossed the corpse to one of Jiang Yan's subordinates. They continued to look for the next target.
Jiang Yan didn't know if it was intentional or not, but there were more and more corpses under his feet. Jiang Yan's face was pale as he looked at the corpses that had died in various ways. If it wasn't for Jiang Yan suppressing himself, he might have fallen to the ground in fright.
"Zhou Cang, Guan Hai, don't scare people!" The young man couldn't help but reprimand Jiang Yan when he saw Jiang Yan's subordinates scolding his two subordinates.
"Hehe!" Zhou Cang smiled. Guan Hai, on the other hand, had a look of disdain. Who asked that pretty boy to speak ill of the lord? He deserved it. If the lord had not stopped him, Jiang Yan would have been killed by the Xinye guards.
"How dare you! How dare you! " Hao Liu was finally afraid. The three of them were like killing gods. He had more than a dozen of his men. They were all outlaws. Even if they were on the battlefield, they would be good fighters. But now, they were all killed by the three of them.
"I'll fight you to the death!" Hao Liu also pulled out the saber in his hand and roared loudly.
"Hehe!" Zhou Cang and Guan Hai sneered. They wanted to see who Hao Liu was going to fight with.
"Brother Guan, you can't fight with me. He's mine!" Zhou Cang said.
"I won't fight with you, but if he doesn't care about his life, I can't do anything about it!" Guan Hai said coldly.
"I want this Hao Liu alive!" The young man on the other side also spoke.
"Kill, kill, kill!" Zhou Cang and Guan Hai were waiting to see who Hao Liu would end up in. But suddenly, their eyes widened.
It turned out that Hao Liu was trying to create a diversion. The more he shouted, the more he didn't charge at them. Instead, he turned around and ran towards the war horse. It turned out that Hao Liu's charge was fake. He was running away.
"What!" While Zhou Cang and Guan Hai were still in a daze, Hao Liu had already rushed to the side of the horse. Hao Liu definitely overdid it and jumped onto the warhorse. He pulled the reins and galloped away.
"Where do you think you're going?" Guan Hai and Zhou Cang chased after him. In order to stop Hao Liu from escaping, Zhou Cang threw the sword in his hand.
"Ahhh!" The sword was effective. It tore open a wound on Hao Liu's back. If it wasn't for the armor on his back, Hao Liu would have died. Even so, Hao Liu was seriously injured. The sword fell and stabbed into the war horse's buttocks.
The warhorse, which was originally galloping, felt the pain and started to gallop even more wildly.
Zhou Cang and Guan Hai wanted to continue chasing, but they could only watch as the horse dragged Hao Liu further and further away.
"Come back!" The young man behind them shouted.
"Damn it! We let him escape. "
"We can't catch up." The young man shook his head. If Hao Liu had just gotten on the war horse, they could still catch up. This was because the war horse wasn't a big horse. It could carry people, but it couldn't run on a war horse. With Guan Hai and Zhou Cang's explosive speed, they could still catch up.
However, Zhou Cang's sword made the horse go berserk. Under the pain, it was able to perform better than usual. Zhou Cang and Guan Hai really couldn't catch up.
"Thank you, thank you, Brother Han, for saving my life." Jiang Yan finally moved. There were seven or eight corpses at his feet. Some of them had their heads burst open, while others had been cleaved in half. Anyway, it was a horrifying and disgusting sight.
It was already good enough that Jiang Yan didn't fall to the ground.
"You don't have to thank me. Even if you didn't help, I would still help," the young man waved his hand and said to Jiang Yan.
Since the young man didn't want Jiang Yan to thank him, Jiang Yan didn't refuse. "Brother Han, let's go!" Jiang Yan said to the young man.
"Go?" the young man asked. "Why should we go?"
"If Hao Liu escapes, he will definitely attract the guards in Xinye. We killed so many of their people. They will come for revenge." Jiang Yan subconsciously used the word 'we'.
"If they don't come, I'll go look for them!" The young man narrowed his eyes. He didn't expect his subordinates to deal with his policies like this. If it was like this in Xinye, what about other places? Shouchun, Wancheng, Hefei, Zaoyang, and Yiyang. Were these places the same?
The young man didn't like the nobles because they would hinder the implementation of his policies. So, he killed a large number of them. Now, after killing one group, another group came.
"But there are only four of us!" On the other side, Jiang Yan started persuading Hao Liu again. If Hao Liu were to return to Xinye now, he would not be able to escape with his troops.
"Guan Hai, go and bring that Old Xu here!" The young man ignored Jiang Yan's nagging and said to Guan Hai who was beside him.
"Yes!" Guan Hai nodded and left.
"Don't kill me, don't kill me, I beg you, don't kill me! I'll give you anything you want, please don't kill me! " Soon, Guan Hai came back with something. It looked like Old Xu, the one who registered the household registration.
"It's not my fault, it's not my fault. It's all Hao Liu's fault. It's all his fault," Old Xu begged for mercy. He was clearly frightened. Just a moment ago, these three ferocious men cut down a dozen of Hao Liu's subordinates as if they were vegetables. Old Xu was so scared that he was trembling.
"Whether I kill you or not depends on your performance!" the young man said to Old Xu with a smile.
"As long as you don't kill me, I'll listen to you," Old Xu begged for mercy.
"Tell me, who's behind Hao Liu?" The young man said to Old Xu. Hao Liu was just a Commander-in-Chief of City Gates. It was impossible for such a lowly commandant to have the guts to do such a thing. If there were one or two people, it could be said that the lowly Commander-in-Chief of City Gates took advantage of the loophole. However, if there were thousands of them, it would be a big deal. A lowly Commander-in-Chief of City Gates couldn't do it. If he did, it would only lead to a dead end. After all, the benefits were too great. The young man wanted to know more because the surname of the Commander-in-Chief of City Gates made him a little uneasy. His surname was Hao. Could it really be him?
If it was really that person, then the young man would have to execute him according to military law no matter how reluctant he was.
"I'll tell you, I'll tell you. This Hao Liu, he's from the Guo Family!" Old Xu spilled everything he knew.
"Guo Family?" the young man asked doubtfully.
"Yes, it's the Guo Family. It's the Guo Family of Xinye City's Commandant Guo Yi." Old Xu explained to Liu Mang. The Guo Family was a new noble family in Xinye City. The original head of the family, Guo Yi, was just a County Commandant of a small county under Xinye City. However, because Xinye was given to Yangzhou, a large number of noble families left Xinye City, creating a power vacuum in Xinye City. That was how the Guo Family rose to power.
Although Xinye's Governor Liu Qi knew how to govern, his vision was still limited. He was still good at using the noble families to govern the country. This set of rules had been used for thousands of years. In the later generations, it was summed up as the ruling of the country with the noble families. Because of this, Liu Qi could only pick the taller ones and let the Guo Family rise first.
For some reason, the Governor of Xinye, Liu Qi, had stopped asking about this matter recently. As a result, the Guo Family had gone from being shy to being so brazen.
"Guo Family? Haha, what a Guo Family! " The young man was furious. A small noble family actually dared to do this. The young man remembered that their war horses were taken away by this General Guo Yi.
"Brother Han, let's go! It's not worth it to fight with the Guo Family now. Let's leave here and go to Jingzhou or Yanzhou. With your strength, you will definitely be put in an important position. When the time comes, we will take revenge and expose that King Of Shu, Liu Mang's true colors. "Jiang Yan persuaded.
"Shut up!" Before the young man could say anything, Guan Hai interrupted. "I'm telling you, if you say anything bad about His Highness King Of Shu again, I won't be polite to you."
"Why are you angry?" Jiang Yan didn't understand. He was clearly talking about the King Of Shu, Liu Mang. What did it have to do with them? It wasn't like they were talking about their master. Jiang Yan didn't understand. These three people had warned him more than once not to say anything bad about the King Of Shu, Liu Mang. This made Jiang Yan angry and confused. Wasn't their current situation caused by Liu Mang's subordinates? If they stayed here, wouldn't they be waiting for death?
"Brother Jiang, if you want to leave, then leave quickly." The young man frowned at Jiang Yan. No matter how magnanimous a person was, he would still be angry if someone kept talking bad about him in front of him.
"So what if I die? Anyway, my life was saved by you guys! At most, I'll return it to you! "Jiang Yan, no, Jiang Wan, said with gritted teeth.
"Jiang Wan?" The young man felt that the name sounded familiar. However, he didn't think too much about it. After all, there were many people who hid their names. Wasn't he also using Han Yang's alias?
… …
"Good horses! Good horses!" On the Xinye garrison's racetrack, a man wearing a general's armor was galloping on his horse. The dust raised by the war horse danced in the air.
This person was the current patriarch of the Guo Family, the Lieutenant of the Xinye garrison, Guo Yi. Guo Yi was very satisfied with these war horses. There were a total of four war horses, and each one was better than the last. Even the worst one was a good horse that could be used on the battlefield.
Among them, the black war horse made Guo Yi even more satisfied.
"Congratulations, General. Congratulations to the General for obtaining a precious horse." The Deputy General on the side flattered Guo Yi.
"Hahahaha!" Guo Yi was very satisfied with such flattery. "Other than the black war horse, you can choose any one of the four war horses to be your mount." After obtaining four war horses, Guo Yi could ride one himself. The remaining three would naturally be given away to others. One of them was his deputy general.
"Thank you, General. Thank you, General!" The Deputy General was also envious of the warhorse. He was also a general. Aside from weapons, a general's favorite was a warhorse. A good warhorse could save his life on the battlefield. Therefore, when he heard that Guo Yi wanted to reward him with a warhorse, how could he not be happy?
One had to know that this was a chaotic era. Xinye was located in the Jiangnan region of the Central Plains. Moreover, the production of war horses was in the North. The feudal lords in the North had intentionally or unintentionally restricted the entry of war horses into the Central Plains. This was especially so for Cao Cao of Yanzhou. He had sent troops to guard the road from the North to the South. Horses were not allowed to wander into Jiangnan. If anyone dared to sell a war horse in Jiangnan, they would be beheaded. Although Liu Mang opened a sea route from Guangling to the Sun family in Liaodong to buy war horses, those were for the main army. The garrison troops naturally couldn't get them. The main army didn't even have enough, so how could they give them to other troops?
Therefore, the price of war horses in Xinye's black market was sky-high. Some were even priceless. A good war horse would naturally make people jealous.
"I don't know how those people got their hands on these war horses! It would be great if there was a way! " Guo Yi patted the war horse. He thought about the original owners of these war horses. He didn't know where they got these war horses. If there was a way, it would be great. These war horses were worth at least a thousand gold. Thinking of this, Guo Yi couldn't help but feel a little guilty. Those people had offered such good war horses, but Guo Yi had still sold their heads. However, Guo Yi thought that even if they sold their heads, they could still farm and feed themselves. In this way, he had done a good deed.
"Let's go back to the camp!" Guo Yi was also tired. He wanted to send the war horses back to the camp and prepare to return to the mansion.
"Reporting! Reporting to the general, Captain Hao Liu has returned with serious injuries. He is requesting to see the general! "A messenger quickly ran over and shouted at Guo Yi.
"Hao Liu? Returned with serious injuries? "Guo Yi's first thought was disbelief. Didn't Hao Liu go to sell his heads? How could he return with serious injuries? One must know that there were no bandits in Xinye. How could he be so seriously injured?
"Where is my war horse?" The first thing that Guo Yi cared about was not Hao Liu's life, but his warhorse. Although it was an inferior horse, it was still a warhorse.
"Reporting to the general, the general's war horse has fallen to the ground and died suddenly."
"My war horse!" Guo Yi said fiercely. "Let Hao Liu see me in my tent. I want him to give me an explanation! "Guo Yi said as he walked towards the military tent.
Guo Yi sat in the military tent. Not long after, Hao Liu finally arrived. He was carried into the camp because his injuries were not light. Zhou Cang's attack had directly cut off half of Hao Liu's buttocks. Hao Liu's back was protected by armor, but his buttocks and buttocks were not protected. Therefore, he suffered a calamity.
His buttocks and buttocks had a lot of meat, so he wouldn't die for a while. However, his current state was incomparably miserable.
"General, General, you have to make a decision for me. Make a decision for me!" Guo Yi originally wanted to punish Hao Liu for killing his warhorse. Although Guo Yi didn't want to ride that inferior warhorse anymore, he had ridden it for so many years, so he had some feelings for it. Moreover, that warhorse could be sold for seventy to eighty gold.
However, seeing Hao Liu's miserable state, Guo Yi could not bear to do it.
"What happened? Didn't you go to Xu Lian's place? How did it end up like this? "Guo Yi frowned and asked.
"General, you don't know? Someone wanted to rebel! This subordinate almost couldn't come back. "Hao Liu said with tears and snot as he told Guo Yi his miserable experience.
"What? More than a dozen soldiers were killed? "Guo Yi suddenly jumped up." Rebel! Hao Liu, what are you doing? More than a dozen people can't beat three people? "
"General, I, I …" Hao Liu did not know what to say. There were only three people and they were unarmed. However, in the end, more than a dozen of his men were beaten to a pulp.
"General, those people don't seem to be simple. Otherwise, where did they get these good war horses from? If they just came to visit relatives, they would have just taken a carriage. How could they have war horses? "The deputy general said to Guo Yi.
"General, those thieves are instigating those lowly commoners to rebel. If we let them succeed, we'll lose all of our fertile land. If the governor comes out, this, this land will be completely finished. "Hao Liu cried and shouted at Guo Yi.
"Fertile land?" Guo Yi remembered that now was not the time to calculate the crime of losing Hao Liu's war horses and being beaten to such a state. Instead, he had to take down those three rebellious people. If he could not take them down, then his fertile land would be gone. Cutting off one's livelihood was like killing one's parents. If this matter really got out of hand, Guo Yi would not be able to bear the consequences. Now, Guo Yi was only able to do this because the governor of Xinye, Liu Qi, did not come out. If Liu Qi was alarmed, then this matter would be difficult to handle.
"Men, come with me to the resettlement camp." Guo Yi was about to go with his personal guards.
"General, these dozens of people are not safe." Hao Liu said to Guo Yi. He was scared by the young man's two subordinates.
"Do you think this general is as useless as you, Hao Liu?" Guo Yi said disdainfully.
"No, General!" Hao Liu could not say that he was scared. "General, there are thousands of lowly people in the resettlement camp. If they are instigated by those few people, then your safety will be guaranteed."
The deputy general nodded after hearing Hao Liu's words. "General, let's be safe. Otherwise, if thousands of unruly people attack you, then it will not be good!"
"Okay, then bring a thousand people!" Guo Yi nodded. "Quickly gather the troops. I want to see who they are!"
"Yes!"
… …
In the resettlement camp. "Brother Jiang, why are you not leaving?" The young man had been thinking about something just now. When he reacted, he realized that Jiang Wan was still there.
"If you are not leaving, then I am not leaving either!" Jiang Wan said to the young man unyieldingly.
"You don't have to worry about us! If a fight breaks out, we can't take care of you. "
"At worst, I will die. Anyway, my life was saved by you." Jiang Wan said magnanimously.
"Tsk, I don't know who was the one who saw the corpse that I threw over. He was so scared that his face turned pale!" Zhou Cang pursed his lips, making Jiang Wan feel very embarrassed.
"Okay, stop talking!" The young man waved his hand. "Brother Jiang, why are you here?" The young man was a little puzzled because Jiang Wan was a literate person. She had read books, so she shouldn't have appeared in this resettlement camp. What Yangzhou lacked the most right now were scholars. If Jiang Wan went to the Well-seeking Hall, she could at least become a scribe. It was better than receiving three mu of fertile land here.
"I also want to go to the Virtuous Seeking Hall, but my traveling expenses were robbed on the way. So, I have no choice but to do this." Jiang Wan said to the young man. It turned out that Jiang Wan's name was Gong Yan, and she was from Linglingxiang Village. She was a little famous in Jingzhou. Because she was a little talented, she wanted to stand out and go out to make a living. She originally wanted to join Yangzhou, but her traveling expenses were robbed on the way. It was not easy for her to come to Xinye, but because she could not afford to pay the entrance fee, she was caught by Hao Liu and wanted to sell her head to Old Xu in exchange for land.
"Hao Liu should be killed!" When the young man heard Jiang Wan's words, he could not help but reveal his killing intent. Entering the city actually required an entrance fee. It was the same for the caravans, and even more so for the common people.
"Hmph, I wanted to rely on that King Of Shu, Liu Mang, but I did not expect that under his rule, things would be like this!" Jiang Wan began to express her dissatisfaction.
"Brother Jiang, the King Of Shu is the King Of Shu. This Hao Liu is Hao Liu. The King Of Shu, Liu Mang, definitely did not let Hao Liu do this!"
"He is also a fool!" Jiang Wan boasted shamelessly.
"Brat, you really don't know how to write the word 'death', right?" Guan Hai wanted to beat Jiang Wan.
However, Jiang Wan was very stubborn. She straightened her neck and said, "If you want to beat me, then beat me. I am not wrong! I originally thought that the King Of Shu would be wise and serve the common people. It seems that he will only harm the common people. "
"Oh? Why does Brother Jiang say that? "The young man was a little interested.
"Brother Han, you also saw that the King Of Shu's intentions of three mu of fertile land and three fen of taxes were good, but what about now? What's the difference between this and the other provinces? It is even worse than others. At least they are open-minded, but this Xinye is doing it secretly. It is the actions of a vile person! In the end, it will only benefit those corrupt officials and make the common people suffer! "
"You!"
"Then according to Brother Jiang's words, does Brother Jiang have a way to deal with this?" The young man looked at Jiang Wan's words and saw that she was very logical and seemed like a talented person. He could not help but be interested and asked another question.
"Of course I do!" Jiang Wan said very proudly.
"Oh? Tell me about it! "
"The King Of Shu may be benevolent to the common people, but there is one thing that he did wrong. If this point is changed, the King Of Shu's policies can be fully implemented! "Jiang Wan continued.
"Please speak!"
"His Highness, the King of Shu's policy has been taken advantage of by someone else. It's because he allowed the land to be bought and sold. That's why these corrupt officials dared to blatantly seize the land! If we tell them that these fertile lands can't be bought or sold, will those corrupt officials still be able to extend their hands? "Jiang Wan voiced out his thoughts.
"If they cannot be sold, the common people may not have a sense of belonging!" The reason why Yangzhou was able to attract so many commoners to come to Yangzhou was because he wanted to give away fertile land. If you came to Yangzhou, then these fertile land would be yours, it would be your own private property. If you told them that you could only plant these fields and not sell them, then the commoners' enthusiasm would be greatly reduced. What the commoners wanted was to have their own fields, this way they would have a sense of belonging. Also, if the fertile land that Liu Mang gave out was not allowed to be sold, then what was the point of giving out rewards?
"That is simple. If you want to sell it, you can. You cannot sell it to nobles or private people. You can only sell it to the government!" Jiang Wan continued to speak with assurance.
"Sell it to the government?" The young man asked.
"Yes! Sell it to the government, and the government will buy it at the market price. This way, we can prevent the nobles from annexing the land! "
"Nationalize the land?" The young man said faintly.
"Yes, Brother Han, you know me well!" Jiang Wan heard the young man's words. Wasn't that what he meant? All the land under the heavens belonged to the king. All the land would be taken back to the state, and the common people would have a grain field. The other fields could be sold, but they could only be sold to the government. The government would then distribute it to other people. This way, the nobles could not annex the land, and the common people would have no land to farm.
"Jiang Wan?" The young man muttered to himself. Nationalization of land. It sounded simple, but it was not easy to put forward this idea. Because of the limitations of the thinking, it was really not easy for Jiang Wan to come up with such a rough idea that already had some basic points.
"Brother Jiang, where did you learn from?" The young man asked.
"Lumen Academy in Jingzhou!"
"Lumen Academy? You graduated? "
"Yes!"
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