“Tell the good news first, and if it’s not good enough, there’s no need to tell the bad news.”
Kang Yingqian laughed dryly, put down the teacup, and said slowly:
"The good news is that the 30,000 acres of land you mentioned before are now ownerless land and can be occupied. I also learned from Commander Yang that there is a farmland under the name of Uncle Ning Yuan in the south of Kaiyuan City. Ten thousand acres should be available."
Liu Zhaosun knew that Zhuangtian was the land in the name of the vassal king and nobles. Li Chengliang was once named Ning Yuanbo, and his son Li Rusong was hereditary. He did not expect that the imperial court would reward the Li family with so much land. This was only in Kaiyuan. No wonder the Li family could support so many families. .
After the Hongwu period, it was rare to grant land to meritorious officials, and land was mostly acquired from land.
In the northern Jiubian, the so-called village land is actually the occupation of military and civilian land.
Thinking about it, Li Chengliang must have occupied a lot of civilian land. Later, Li Chengliang was violently impeached by officials. One of the charges was that he privately occupied civilian land and military land.
Liu Zhaosun knew that these farmlands would be swallowed up by the surrounding big families. He thought that instead of doing this, it would be better to take them for the people and use them for the people, and try to get the land under Ning Yuanbo's name into his own hands.
Anyway, Li Rusong is dead, Li Rubai has just committed suicide, and Li Ruzhen basically does nothing.
He suddenly remembered that what he told Kang Yingqian that night was 60,000 acres, not 30,000 acres.
To feed the more than 3,000 soldiers in the city plus the 7,800 or 8,000 Liao people, 60,000 acres of land, plus the 10,000 acres that Marin rented to himself before, add up to a total of 70,000 acres of land, which is enough to feed so many people.
Liu Zhaosun knew that Kang Yingqian still had something to say, so he asked patiently:
"What about the bad news?"
Kang Yingqian looked at Liu Zhaosun with some embarrassment, and then said:
"The bad news is that half of these fields are already occupied,"
"Who occupies it? Do they have the title deed?"
Kang Yingqian hesitated to speak, pondered for a moment, and then said: "It's not like those military leaders under Ding Bi have all returned to Tieling now,"
Liu Zhaosun's eyes widened and he felt a little unbelievable. The fields were obviously opening up the original boundary, so how could it be the turn of Liao Town on the other side of Tieling to occupy it? Ding Bi's hand was still very long.
"You don't know something. This Ding Bi is no ordinary person. I heard that he is also a famous corrupt general in Liao Town. He has his own real estate shops in Kaiyuan, Tieling, Shenyang, Liaoyang, and Shanhaiguan. , I don’t think he looks like a general, but more like a businessman.”
Liu Zhaosun didn't have a good impression of Ding Bi, so he had a fight with this man when they first met. Unexpectedly, they met again in Kaiyuan this time, and because of the dispute over land, they were really enemies.
"General Liu Shen, this person also has a shop in Kaiyuan City. He specializes in selling dried ginseng and mink skins to the south. He is very profitable."
Liu Zhaosun looked at Kang Yingqian's eyes and knew that this person wanted to start in the city first. Liu Zhaosun thought that the most important thing now was the land. Controlling the shop trade could be slow down first. Moreover, Kaiyuan's business was prosperous. If he attacked Dingbi's shop directly, he would definitely give other people a chance. Businessmen have a bad influence, and business needs stable order most.
"First arrange for the people of Liao to cultivate the 15,000 acres of fields. Seeds, fertilizers, farm tools, cattle, etc. can be purchased in Kaiyuan City. Over in Shenyang, Lord Xiong will also send people to send some seeds and farm tools."
After Liu Zhaosun finished speaking, he saw Kang Yingqian looking dissatisfied.
"My lord, are you ready to endure it?"
"Since this guy has been bullied to his head, of course he won't tolerate it! I will take back these lands in accordance with the laws of the Ming Dynasty!"
