Jagged hegemony of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 229 Liaodong Great Expansion (7)

"Have you heard that more people have come to Xuantu County in the past few days, and that guy has tens of thousands of people! And there are a large number of officers and soldiers to protect him!"

A person sitting at the table next to Liu Wei and the others said.

"That's right, this prince is good to our people. I heard that those who go to the north of our Xuantu County to cultivate the fields can get [-] mu of land for each person, no matter how old or young they are!"

Another person said again.

"Cut, what you heard is only one-sided words, you don't know, now a city is built about eight or nine hundred miles away from our Xuantu County, that is, in the north of us, maybe Yicheng will set up a city." There, from this city of Yi to the south, most of the local people have been allocated land, and that is for nothing. The prince protects them, and that is a superficial thing. In fact, these people below will not care about these people. life or death!"

A richly dressed person took a sip of wine and said.

"Why, Second Brother Zhao, you still know the inside story!"

The rest of the people also gathered around and asked with great interest.

"Then you see, as far as I know, from the north of Xuantu County, there have been many bullying guys. These people are all connected with those high-ranking officials in Xiangping. You don't know, they, ah, put All the land within a radius of a hundred miles is taken as their own, and then, even if these newcomers say that the land was allocated to them by the government, these guys will not admit it, and the people will cultivate it for them, or collect a lot of rent. money!"

the man explained.

"Impossible, doesn't the lord don't care about these things? I remember that the lord hates these landlords and bullies the most. If the lord finds out about this, wouldn't they all have to be beheaded?"

Another person said in disbelief.

"Look at you, if you still don't believe me, if I don't know the truth, will I speak in plain English here? Let me tell you that the south of Xuantu County is the territory of King Liao. If you go north, you will be deserted people, my lord." Already abandoned them!"

The man picked up a peanut, put it in his mouth, and said: "What are you talking about, it has nothing to do with us anyway, we have food and drink under the protection of the prince, what are we afraid of! Oh, old Xue Tell me about your family taking five hundred acres of land and slaves, how is the service going?"

The man changed the subject.

"Hey, it's all right, this year is another good year, and it is estimated that it will not be a problem to make Shuli tens of thousands of catties!"

The middle-aged man named Lao Xue replied.

"Old Xue, I heard that you let your male and female slaves intermarry?"

Another person also asked.

"Yes, you see, I have fifteen male slaves and nine female slaves, all of whom are young slaves, but they can be used for ten or 20 or even 30 years, but after that, my son, grandson? You have to spend money to buy slaves, and if you don’t allow slaves to have children, there will be fewer and fewer slaves, and the price will become more and more expensive. It takes a lot of money to buy a slave, but I let them have more children. Yes, I can still sell it! They don’t need rations before they are ten years old, that is, they can eat some during the period from twelve to fifteen six, but I have plenty of food, let them eat, and they can work after they are 15 years old And I can also feed my horses and herd sheep during the eleventh and twelfth, why should I prevent them from having children!"

The person surnamed Xue replied.

"Oh, don't tell me, what Old Xue said is very reasonable. I will let slaves intermarry when I go back, and I can make money by selling slaves in the future!"

The rest of the people nodded one after another and gave Lao Xue a thumbs up.

"Old Xue, I heard that two of your three sons served under the command of the Liaodong Army. Aren't you afraid that they will die in battle?"

"Afraid of a ball, the boss and the third child will go to the army. The second child will stay at home to carry on the family line of our old Xue family, and will inherit my family property in the future. The boss and the third child have military exploits, so they can get a match every month." With a small income, the boss of our family will soon be able to grow up to a hundred people. How majestic, what do you do when you go home and let them study? One is more stupid than the other, farming? Is it possible that he is as worthless as me? I’m still waiting Let him make more military exploits, and in the future he will be named a miscellaneous general, and I will be proud! Damn it, when I come back, I can also be a county magistrate, let’s see who dares to bully me in the army!"

Old Xue obviously drank a little too much, and his words were a little unscrupulous.

"Hahahaha, yes yes yes, Old Xue, when the time comes, your son will be developed, don't forget how many of our elder brothers are there!"

Someone laughed.

"Don't worry, do you know who my son works under?"

Old Xue took another sip and drank a glass of man's wine.Then he said with a red face.

"Old Xue, don't whet our appetites, just say it!"

"That's right, that's right, say it!"

"Tell you, my son serves under the well-known General Wei Yan."

"Yeah!"

Old Xue hiccupped, and then continued: "Who is General Wei Yan? Our prince invited him all the way from Jingzhou in the south of the Yangtze River. His martial arts skills are superb, and his soldiers are like gods. Guo Jia's military master is not very powerful, is he? , but in the face of the civil strife in our Liaozhou, is it also helpless? Look at our general Wei Yan. Once he made a move, all these little bastards were killed, killed and captured. What a credit! And Wei Yan The general has [-] confidants and horses, and my son is a centurion. One-fiftieth of the elite soldiers under General Wei Yan belong to my son! Are you serious or not!"

Old Xue stood up in high spirits, and then danced.

"awesome!"

"Come on, let's drink, drink!"

With that said, the slave owners of these large plantations drank again.

Liu Wei heard their conversation, then looked at Wei Yan with a smile, and said, "Mr. Wen, I didn't expect your name to be so resounding. It seems that everyone in Liaozhou knows your name! Hahahaha!"

When Wei Yan heard Liu Wei say that, he was a little embarrassed, and then said: "My lord, don't make fun of me, they are just spreading rumors, you must not take it seriously!"

"Hahahaha, you, you, what's the point of being modest, you are powerful, how can Lao Tzu's subordinates be weak!"

Liu Wei patted Wei Yan on the shoulder, then straightened his face again, and said: "However, I didn't expect such a thing to happen in Xuantu County. There are still people who dare to annex the land. They not only violated the common people interests, even mine have been violated!"

This group of people?After annexing the land, they can collect land rent, but Liu Wei cannot collect land rent. Liu Wei did not distribute the land directly to the people. The land used by the slave owners is subject to land rent.

"Let's go, let's go back first, and set off tomorrow morning, I want to see who dares to exercise dictatorship here!"

(End of this chapter)