Is the family's influence in Yanzhou completely gone?
Mu Qinxue's eyes lit up.
The influence of these great families is not limited to the capital.
The Zhou Dynasty was a vast territory, and governance below the county level often required the cooperation of local families. Even local management was carried out by families, so it was difficult for the court to cover everything.
These big aristocratic families have a profound background and take advantage of their positions to promote their families in Shilin all year round. This is because most families across the country have a good impression of them and even cooperate with them themselves.
Yanzhou is a county, but it has many counties and towns under its jurisdiction, and further down are various villages.
If Liang Xiao can really eliminate the influence of these aristocratic families in Yanzhou, he can set an example for the future.
There will be a model for how the imperial court will deal with aristocratic families in the future!
After buying the land, Liang Xiao was in a good mood.
He has been eyeing the land owned by these landlords in Yanzhou for a long time.
When ordinary farmers wanted to sell their land, he refused to accept it.
"After a while, the price of land will definitely increase exponentially. In the future, Yanzhou will be safe enough, and the quality of the land here is no less than that in Jiangnan. After all, this is a plain area!"
Gongsun Yue and Mu Qinxue felt the same way.
The soil quality in Yanzhou is actually not bad. What is bad is the manpower and technological reform.
And now Liang Xiao has two million acres in his hands, making him the landowner with the most land in Zhou Dynasty.
After all, he is a first-class imperial businessman, and buying land is more legal and reasonable than selling private salt.
What he now wants to solve is the problem of spring plowing of two million acres of land.
A considerable number of the people Liang Xiao brought to Yanzhou were managers.
Mu Qinxue was also prepared and brought a large number of managers from the Dingguo Hou Mansion.
Two million acres of farmland is more than enough to arrange and manage.
As for the land of the imperial court, officials can be recruited to manage it, and opportunities can also be given to the poor students who came to Yanzhou.
"Leave the tenant farming matter to me~"
Mu Qinxue looked confident and cast a proud look at Gongsun Yue on the side.
Gongsun Yue saw this and was furious.
Although she moved in, Liang Xiao had no reason to let her manage the affairs of the Lanling Marquis Mansion.
But she also has a trump card!
Duan Yunxiu’s family letter...
But Liang Xiao clearly read the letter home, but he didn't let her take responsibility.
If this continues, her future status will only be stabilized by Mu Qinxue!
Seeing Mu Qinxue leaving gracefully, Gongsun Yue complained: "You are partial!"
Liang Xiao was stunned and explained: "The management of two million acres of farmland is not an easy task..."
Facing Gongsun Yue's resentful gaze, Liang Xiao said helplessly, "Then Miss Laosan and Qin Xue will manage half of it."
Gongsun Yue's mood finally improved a lot, and she followed Liang Xiao to the lobby, ignoring Jiang Fuxue's shocked eyes.
Mu Qinxue seemed to have expected this and had no objection to Gongsun Yue's intervention in this matter.
The news that Liang Xiao purchased two million acres of farmland also reached Yanzhou Academy.
"He raised the price of rice to two hundred and fifty cents, and he took the opportunity to annex the land. Now he wants to lower the price of rice to twenty cents per stone. What a fool!"
The scholars in the academy were filled with indignation and continued to criticize and criticize him.
Only Dugu Chen and Duanmu Yan were as anxious as ants on a hot pot.
Several of their rice merchants were really blocked in Yanzhou by Liang Xiao.
It is impossible to transport so much rice by sea without concealing it.
But what really made them sit on pins and needles was the news from the outside.
Rice merchants from all over Youzhou, and even from counties outside Youzhou, are transporting rice here!
"Once Yanzhou's grain stocks increase significantly, it will be a matter of time before rice prices fall. Maybe we will really lose money!" Dugu Chen's voice rarely trembled.
This time, Liang Xiao put all the rice merchants from big families under his nose!
No... more than one dish!
"This beast has bought so much land from us, so he just expects the land price to rise!" Duanmuyan was about to cry.
There is no problem for the few of them to sell their land and run away. After all, Yanzhou is indeed short of food, and there is also the threat of Beihu people going south at any time.
But Liang Xiao used this method to trick their rice merchants into returning to Yanzhou...
Dugu Chen gritted his teeth and said, "Even if these grains are burned, we can't give them to him!"
"Burned? The total amount of rice is hundreds of thousands of taels of silver..." Duanmu Xian on the side smiled bitterly.
Dugu Chen fell into silence.
Money does not come with strong winds. After Duan Yunyi took back Yanyin and Liang Xiao entered the wine and book industries, the major families had fewer and fewer ways to make money.
But their extravagant life only got worse.
If you lose money again and again, sooner or later you will be left with nothing.
Major aristocratic families paid tens of thousands of taels of money to hire the Northern Hebei Army to attack and kill Liang Xiao. Now Dugu Chen even felt heartache.
"Then just spend it with him, Yanzhou won't be able to hold on to the autumn harvest!"
After Dugu Chen finished speaking, he had an idea and walked towards the angry scholars in the distance.
"Everyone, listen to something!"
The scholars always admired Dugu Chen and became quiet one after another.
Dugu Chen immediately walked up the steps and made an impassioned speech.
"Since Liang Xiao took control of Yanzhou, he has been cruel and easy to kill. Not only did he kill Gong Yang Lei, but he also insisted on sending troops to anger Beihu. Now he is manipulating food prices and encircling land crazily... Various signs indicate that this son has ulterior motives! "
The scholars were puzzled: "But he has never been to the academy and ignored the appeals of everyone in our academy. What should we do!"
Dugu Chen said with a smile: "What you are worried about is naturally that you will follow Gong Yanglei's footsteps and go to Liang Xiao to argue. He may be beheaded by his sword and smear you again."
Everyone had pale faces and nodded without denying it.
Dugu Chen smiled and said: "This is simple! As scholars, we are basically asking for life for the people!"
Looking at the people with blank faces, Dugu Chen smiled and said: "Let the news go to the people of Yanzhou. Three days later, all the scholars in our academy will gather in the square outside the prefect's mansion to question him to the end! The law does not blame everyone, but he has the ability. Just kill us all in public!"
After saying that, Dugu Chen walked down the steps with a righteous look on his face.
"I would like to be the first person on this trip!"
"Okay! This is the integrity that a scholar should have!" Everyone cheered.
Dean Dongye Song said nothing, turned and left, and asked someone to inform Dongye Xuanji.
At this time, Higashino Xuanji was sitting at home with his brother, his eyes full of shock.
The price of rice skyrocketed, and the land was annexed from the landlords, and then the city was closed down to suppress the price of rice...
Liang Xiao's recent series of operations have subverted their perceptions.
"He seems to be luring the rice merchant back to the city, but with twenty coins and one stone, is he just dreaming?" Higashi Ye Xuanji murmured to himself.
Dongye Hongji was also a little at a loss.
What Liang Xiao did shocked everyone.
But Higashino suffered no losses.
The Dongye family sold sixty coins and one stone of rice to Liang Xiao, and Liang Xiao did not specifically buy their fields.
If the price of rice can really drop to twenty or thirty cents per kilogram, the price of land will definitely rise in the future... Then wouldn't the Higashino family make a fortune instead?
At this moment, they seemed to understand their father's evaluation of Liang Xiao.
"This child cannot be judged by common sense."
After the two brothers came to their senses, they looked at each other and said in unison.
"Yanzhou, things are really going to change."
At this moment, the guards outside also sent news about Dongye Song.
"Two gentlemen! Under the leadership of Dugu Chen, everyone in the academy is preparing to gather outside the prefect's mansion in three days to denounce Liang Xiao!"
