"Is it too hasty?"
Yang Ling smiled, shook his head firmly and said,
"I feel... I'm not hasty at all!"
Now that the world has been settled, all the four directions have just been swept by Cao Wei's army, and the power of the noble clan is not as strong as before.
Unless the wealthy nobles from all over the country are forced to live in poverty, they will not rebel.
If we continue to delay and wait until the power of the nobles develops, it will be as difficult as the sky to implement the strategy of spreading the land from one person to another!
Seeing Yang Ling's resolute attitude, Pang Tong stopped trying to dissuade him.
As for Xu Shu, Gao Rou, Dong Zhao, Gan Ning and others, they will naturally not object!
So everyone discussed it and decided to use Ji and Xuzhou as pilots to implement the new policy first!
…
When the imperial court announced that it was about to implement the idea of dividing the land into an area, with one person working as a servant and one person paying for the food, the entire Cao Wei Dynasty was in turmoil!
The most excited people are the people all over the world!
After all, for them, without the poll tax, they can reduce a lot of burdens!
Equally excited were the nobles from various places.
But compared to the common people, they were fiercely opposed!
Who made Yang Ling's new policy greatly affect their interests?
After the official document on the New Deal was issued, within half a month, various memorials opposing the New Deal were sent to Luoyang like snowflakes.
According to Yang Ling's wishes, Cao Yuan was extremely resolute in replying to these memorials.
He told those people that anyone who disobeyed the New Deal would be punished as rebellion!
You must know that Yang Ling has just pacified Yizhou, and even Liu Bei, Zhang Lu, and Sun Quan are not his opponents. How can the nobles from all over the country dare to risk rebellion and continue to oppose the New Deal?
In a short time, all objections from the court to the local government disappeared temporarily.
Everyone turned their attention to Jizhou and Xuzhou.
As long as the New Deal cannot be implemented in these two places, they will naturally have an excuse to oppose it!
But how did they know that Yang Ling's choice of Jizhou and Xuzhou as the pilot project was also carefully considered.
The gentry in Jizhou have always regarded the Zhen family as their leader.
The gentry in Xuzhou regarded the Mi family as their leader.
Although the Zhen family and the Mi family also own a large amount of land, their focus has already shifted to business thanks to franchising Moutai, perfume and other businesses.
I don't care much about taxes on mere land.
In addition, Yang Ling specifically warned the two major families, Mi Zhu and Zhen Mi did not dare to neglect and fully supported the new deal.
Therefore, in Ji and Xuzhou, the implementation of the New Deal was quite smooth.
…
The seat of Liaodong County is Xiangping City.
Gongsun Yuan was sitting in the hall, his face extremely gloomy.
"Except for a few letters, there has been no other correspondence between me and Sun Quan!"
"Yang Ling, that bastard, actually framed me for taking in Sun Quan!"
"It's just an attempt to inflict a crime, so why bother!"
The counselor Sun Zong on the side frowned and sighed,
"Cao Wei has pacified Jiangdong and Yizhou successively, and now it seems that he is planning to attack us!"
He had previously persuaded Gongsun Yuan many times to respond in the north while Cao Wei was dealing with Jiangdong and Yizhou.
But Gongsun Yuan was timid and ambitious.
He neither dared to provoke Cao Wei nor was willing to surrender directly. He wanted to establish himself as king in Liaodong!
This turned out to be a good thing. Cao Wei freed up his hands and focused on Liaodong.
"Does the military advisor have any good ideas?"
Gongsun Yuan said eagerly.
"I would like to ask my lord, how strong is Cao Wei's army?"
Sun Zong asked in a deep voice.
"Far ahead!"
"How about Cao Wei's weapons?"
"Far ahead!"
"Since Cao Wei is far ahead in all aspects, how can a Liaodong county be Cao Wei's opponent?"
Sun Zong smiled bitterly and said,
"If the lord changes sides and surrenders with courtesy, wouldn't it be wonderful if he doesn't lose his status as a lord and the country is safe and the people are happy?"
"I have inherited the legacy of my ancestors, how can I just surrender like this?!"
Gongsun Yuan heard this and flatly refused.
"Yes, what the lord said is absolutely true!"
Bei Yan, the general on the side, interjected,
"We in Liaodong have strong soldiers and strong horses, and the journey is far away. We may not be Cao Wei's opponent!"
"Besides, my lord, don't forget that the Xianbei people in the north are getting stronger and stronger, and we have Goguryeo, Fuyu and other foreigners to help us. Even if Cao Wei has a million troops, what do we have to fear?"
Another general, Yang Zuo, also nodded in agreement.
After hearing what the two of them said, Gongsun Yuan also gained confidence and sneered,
"Military advisor, immediately draft a document for me and reject Yang Ling."
"Just say that I am infected with the cold and cannot travel far!"
"In addition, you should immediately contact Xianbei, Goguryeo, Fuyu, Haoqian and other countries and ask them to send troops to help!"
"I want to see what Yang Ling is capable of!"
After hearing this, Sun Zong couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart.
Yang Ling can defeat all the heroes in the world and help Cao Wei unify the thirteen states in the world, how can the small Liaodong County resist?
But Gongsun Yuan told him so, so he could only do it.
…
Luoyang.
Prince Qi's Mansion.
"The cool sparrow is sleeping on the electric pole..."
Yang Ling hummed a little tune while pouring water into the dark mound on the ground and stirring it.
At this moment, Dong Zhao was seen running over in a hurry.
"Your Highness, good news, good news..."
When he came to Yang Ling and saw Yang Ling's disheveled and gray appearance, he couldn't help but be stunned.
"Your Highness, why... why did you play with piss and mud?"
"You are the only one who plays with piss and mud, and your whole family plays with piss and mud!"
Yang Ling glared at him angrily,
"When we used to play pee and mud, it was me peeing and you and the mud!"
"Ah? This... Your Highness, it seems that we have never played with urine and mud before!"
Dong Zhao said with a confused expression.
Yes, he looks like a straight man, chatting to death!
Yang Ling rolled his eyes and patiently explained,
"This thing isn't called piss and mud, it's called cement!"
"cement?"
Dong Zhao was even more confused,
"I know water, and I also know mud, but when cement is connected together, I don't know."
"Okay, look at it!"
Yang Ling ignored Dong Zhao and continued busy.
Seeing this situation, Dong Zhao couldn't say anything else and could only stand aside and wait patiently.
Now that most of the world is unified, it will take some time to conquer Liaodong.
Yang Ling had nothing to do, so he wanted to make some small inventions.
After much thought, cement was the most suitable choice.
After all, this thing is extremely versatile. It can not only be used to build houses, but also to build roads.
It simply benefits the country and the people.
While Ji Lie was busy, the three brothers Dian Wei, Xu Chu, and Zhao Yun also wandered over.
Now that the world is at peace, the three of them are not young at all, and they have already started living around eating and waiting to die.
Every now and then, the three of them would come to Yang Ling's house. It was called to visit the eldest brother, but in reality it was just for food and drink!
