Late Qing Dynasty Executioner

Chapter 139 No Room for Resistance

Bian Shichun and Bai Wencheng looked very ugly.

They didn't know whether Chen Gu could lead a group of peasants to create a world with equal distribution of land, but he could definitely kill all the big families in Jiangjin County.

The little income from the fields is indeed nothing to the major clans, but it is their foundation and the guarantee for their freedom of advancement and retreat.

At the same time, it is also their face. After all, Confucianism emphasizes the unity of scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans. Competing with the people for profit is despised by everyone. In order to make money with false benevolence and righteousness, land has become a fig leaf for their business.

Bian Shichun and the other man wanted to object, but they didn't have the confidence to refuse. Between genocide and giving up their land, they had only one choice.

Bai Wencheng sighed, stretched out his hand and bent over and said, "Young Master, please enter the city!"

"Very good, you will know in the future that even if you lose the land, there are still many ways to develop. Land is the foundation for maintaining stability, but it is not the only option for a family or a country to improve!" Chen Gu comforted.

For the stability of a country, equal distribution of land is extremely important.

Especially for an agricultural civilization like ours, only by allowing farmers to own land to farm can we be able to attack and defend.

Only when agriculture develops well and everyone can have enough food to eat can we develop industry. However, once industry is developed, things like oversupply, depression and economic crisis will occur one after another. If we want to survive these crises, we must have the support of agriculture.

If you can't find a job in the city, you can go back to farming. You can farm for two years easily, and when the environment improves, you can go out to work.

Although the countryside is poor, it is a retreat after all. There is food and drink, no cold or heat, and you can rest and recuperate for a while. How wonderful!

At this moment, only if the land is distributed to the people will everyone support Chen Gu. As the saying goes, only those who have permanent property have perseverance. If they do not want the land they have just obtained to be taken away, they must stand firmly on Chen Gu's side and will rise up to resist any other forces.

"Jiangjin County is our base camp. There will be many industries in the future, such as iron smelting, forging swords, spears, gunpowder, guns, armor, textiles, clothing, shipbuilding, etc. In the early stage, many workshops will be located in Jiangjin County.

Even if we have to move out later, we will move out of Jiangjin County.

And who will do these things?

It is impossible for ordinary people to do it, and it is impossible for me to do it personally. Even the people I have under my command are not capable of doing it. Therefore, it can only be done by you.

If you take a longer-term view and take a broader perspective, you will find that farming is really a waste of time and energy.

Besides the various workshops, I am also short of people, not even many of them can read. Who should manage such a big Sichuan?"

After hearing what Chen Gu said, Bian Shichun and Bai Wencheng couldn't help but look at each other, and they saw eagerness in each other's eyes.

Yes, the people under Chen Jue's command were either born as boatmen or tenants. Although there were also talented people from big families like the Chen family and the Wu family and goldsmiths, they were a minority after all. Not to mention the entire Sichuan, they were not enough even in Chongqing Prefecture.

The people under Chen Jue's command are good at fighting, but they will not be able to serve as officials in local areas. It is impossible for you to assign a legal advisor to each of them, right?

Even if he had a master, it would be useless. He couldn't read, and the power would only fall into the hands of the master. It would be better to use people from the ten major clans. Even if he didn't become an official, he would be very profitable if he opened various workshops.

Moreover, it was normal to distribute land equally at the beginning of every dynasty. As for what happened afterwards, that was a matter for later.

When the two thought about this, they finally relaxed and felt that dividing the land equally was not a big deal. The most important thing was how to seize more power. As long as they were in a high position, they would definitely live better than others and could also lead the family to better development.

"Of course, all of this can only be done on the premise that I can conquer the entire Sichuan, so you ten major clans have to do your best to cooperate with me!" Chen Gu added.

Bai Wencheng immediately said, "Young Master, please give your orders, and the ten great clans in Jiangjin County will certainly give us all our help!"

"Okay, let's go to the county government office to discuss what to do next!" Chen Gu said with a smile.

This time when Chen the Executor went out of seclusion, in addition to the generals, he also brought along the three Suan Xiucai father and son, Dai Changjiang, and Wu You. These five were the only people who could produce the entire Buddhist treasure. In fact, Dai Changjiang was still a little short of that and could only be considered as making up the numbers.

But there is no other way. Chen Gu cannot hand over all administrative power of Jiangjin County to the ten major clans of Jiangjin. He must have his own people mixed in. Five people are already the bottom line in Chen Gu's mind.

If Dai Changjiang was not there, Chen Gu would have brought Zhang Haomin out. But after Zhang Haomin came out, Fobao was left without someone to take charge of the situation.

Fobao is now Chen Gu's only logistics base. Whether it is agricultural production, oil distillation, making bullet rifles, improving repeating guns and submachine guns, these things need someone to coordinate and dispatch personnel and materials.

Talent, talent! This was also the main reason why Chen Gui wanted to stay in the mountains to develop.

It doesn't have to be much. Just give Chen Gu two or three years and let his soldiers learn to read and count, then Chen Gu will be much more relaxed.

But for now, we can only compromise with the ten major clans in Jiangjin. It is easy to delegate power to them, but it will be difficult to take it back in the future.

The county government office of Jiangjin County was originally burned down by Chen Gu. After Chen Gu returned to the mountains, Rong Zhao asked the ten major clans to contribute money, manpower and materials, and soon a new county government office was rebuilt.

The new county government looks more imposing than before. It has to be said that the ten major clans of Jiangjin have occupied Jiangjin County for hundreds of years, and it has been relatively peaceful in the past hundred years. The foundation of the ten major clans of Jiangjin is still very strong, not only are they full of talents, but also various materials are relatively abundant.

The other eight of the ten major clans in Jiangjin were waiting for Chen Ju's arrival at the gate of the county government office, but the people they sent were all young people, without a single old guy.

Chen Gu didn't care about so much. After all, he held the power of life and death. Whether the person who came was the head of the family or the younger generation, he could only cooperate.

After Bian Shichun introduced everyone one by one, Chen Gu brought everyone to the lobby of the county government office. After walking to the main seat, Chen Gu did not sit down. Instead, he turned to face everyone and took out a booklet.

"Everyone, the situation is urgent. I will soon be leading the army to the battle, so I cannot discuss many things with you in detail. I can only set some basic rules for you to implement.

Jiangjin County is the rear base of our army, and it is related to the logistics of our army's attack on the entire Sichuan, so I hope you will listen carefully to what I am going to say next! "

(End of this chapter)