Technology dominates the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 195 [Migration Storm! 】

In Jiaozhou, Cangwu County, Guangxin City, there is a magnificent mansion on the East Street.

There are two words on the door plaque on the gate of the mansion: Xu Mansion.

Today's Xu Mansion is as usual, very peaceful.

However, many guests came to Xu's mansion.

In a secret room in the Xu Mansion, there were three old men and four middle-aged men sitting on the floor, all of them blushing, as if they had just had a quarrel.

The white-haired old man in his sixties sitting directly above was the head of the Xu family. He thought his sons were not good enough, so he stood and refused to give up the position of the head of the family. His sons felt somewhat resentful.

Everyone respectfully called him: Mr. Xu.This is because the Xu family is the largest family in Cangwu County, and the old man Xu is a treacherous and cunning man with a deep city mansion, which is awe-inspiring.

An old man and two middle-aged men in their 50s were sitting on the right hand side of Patriarch Xu.

The old man also has white hair and a white beard. He is about the same age as Patriarch Xu, but looks thinner.

This old man is the father of the current head of the Jiang family. The Jiang family is in Guangxin County, the second largest family in Cangwu County, second only to the Xu family.

Sitting on the lower right of old man Jiang was a familiar person. He was the head of the Qin family, the father of Qin Yun and Qin Feng.

The Qin family is a family in decline, and can only live in a township in Guangxin County. It can be seen that it has declined and has become a noble family.

But the Qin family took the lead in taking refuge in Lu Bu this time, taking the lead and gaining a lot of benefits.Especially now that Qin Yun is a small farmer in the Department of Agriculture, Qin Feng seems to have been reused, and the Qin family is likely to rise.

Therefore, the aristocratic families and noble families in Cangwu County did not dare to underestimate the Qin family.

Patriarch Qin's lower right is the eldest son of Patriarch Xu, in his early forties, like a simple and honest person.

On the left hand side of Patriarch Xu also sat a white-haired old man and two middle-aged men.The old man is the head of the Ye family in Duanxi County, and the other two are noble families.One is the head of the Yi family and the other is the head of the Lu family.

The Xu family, the Jiang family, the Qin family, the Ye family, the Yi family, and the Lu family, the five families are the best among the aristocratic and noble families in Cangwu County.

Now there is a matter of life and death, and they have to get together to discuss how to deal with it.

"Mr. Xu, our life and death are now at stake. We all rely on you to give us an idea." The Patriarch of the Lu family in Gaoyao County looked at Mr. Xu and said with a sad face.

Just as the head of the Lu family finished speaking, the head of the Yi family in Duanxi County went on to say: "What the head of the Lu family said is very true. All the aristocratic families and noble families in Cangwu County are headed by Mr. Xu, Mr. Jiang, and Mr. Ye. We make up our minds."

After finishing speaking, Patriarch Yi glanced at Patriarch Qin with dissatisfaction in his eyes.

The Xu family, the Jiang family, and the Ye family, the three old men were all treacherous and cunning. After arguing for a long time, none of them took the lead in expressing their views.

Ye Lao, the head of the Ye family in Duanxi County, said: "Now, that general has completely occupied Jiaozhou. It's time for him to shine. We should think carefully about it."

"Don't forget that there are two families in Sihui County, Nanhai County, who wanted to occupy the newly cultivated land reclaimed by ordinary people. Their family properties were confiscated, and they are still in prison. Their lives and deaths are unknown." dignified color.

The great general Lu Bu came suddenly and his methods were tough, which made them have to be cautious.Otherwise, if you are not careful, it may bring disaster to the family.

At the same time, what gave them a headache was that Lu Bu's series of decrees seriously damaged their vital interests.

These aristocratic families and noble families owned a lot of arable land, but their family members cultivated the land, so each family had its own slaves.

But the number of slaves that could be bought was small, and most of their arable land was leased to people who did not have arable land, so-called tenant farmers.

They live off most of the harvest on the arable land, and the food or rewards that tenant farmers can get after deducting taxes can only barely make ends meet, and life and death are all in the hands of these big families.

In order to survive, most people also borrowed money and food from the big family, making it more difficult for them to escape the control of the big family.

However, in order to encourage the cultivation of sweet potatoes, Lu Bu promulgated some decrees, one of which was: the land gained from planting sweet potatoes shall be owned by the reclamators, and no one shall interfere!
Because Lv Bu and others came to Jiaozhou suddenly and had no foundation, it was difficult to convince most people that his decree was true or false.

The big families saw an opportunity in it, one is to please the general Lu Bu, and the other is to take advantage of the hesitation and greed of the common people.

Therefore, he promised to give some benefits to the tenant farmers in the family, such as reducing their debts and increasing the harvest of their cultivated land.But the premise is that the arable land reclaimed by the tenant farmers must be sold privately to the big family and kept secret.

Therefore, many big families asked their tenant farmers to open up wasteland to grow sweet potatoes, but in the end, the cultivated land reclaimed by these tenant farmers was basically acquired by the big families.

However, the tenant farmers regretted it afterwards, because Lu Bu's decree was true, and the cultivated land reclaimed by other farmers belonged to them.

In addition, in Sihui County, Lu Bu decisively dealt with two families who tried to occupy the wasteland reclaimed by farmers. Their homes were ransacked, they were sent to prison, and the original Sihui county magistrate and county magistrate who were the masterminds behind them were executed.

In this incident, Lu Bu succeeded in establishing confidence and prestige.

It also made the tenant farmers regret it, but they had already signed a relevant contract with the big family in advance, so that they could only eat coptis in dumb!

At the same time, they hated those big families even more.

After the sweet potato planting incident, Lu Bu issued another decree on relocation, and those who voluntarily relocated to the new county were treated very generously.

Anyone with arable land will be moved, let alone a tenant farmer without arable land.

When they were planting sweet potatoes, they were tricked by the big family. This time they said they would try their best to break away from the control of the big family, go to Xin County, and gain a new life!
However, how can the big families make them get what they want!It was a catastrophe for them to lose their sharecroppers and leave their fields uncultivated.

Of course, they can hire other people to farm for them, but they will pay a price they cannot bear, such as: expensive employment fees, paying taxes, and buying farm tools and cattle by themselves.

In this way, a large amount of cultivated land will become a burden, which is the result that the big families do not want to see.

That's why the Xu family, Jiang family, Ye family, Qin family, Yi family and Lu family had their gathering today.

The big family is afraid of the tough tactics of the great general Lu Bu, but they can't just watch their tenant farmers leave one after another.

Lu Bu's relocation decree is simply a blow to these big families.

In fact, Lu Bu didn't want to punish these families, he just wanted to complete the task of establishing five new counties.

"Patriarch Qin, I heard that your two sons are now valued by the general. Why don't Patriarch Qin reflect our current plight to the general on our behalf, and ask the general to acquiesce in our intervention in the migration of our tenant farmers."

The Patriarch of the Yi family looked at the Patriarch of the Qin family, and said in a strange way.

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(End of this chapter)