Seeing that the fire was almost done, Guo An chuckled again and added the last fire.
"Elders who have experienced so many things in the world should understand that everything should be done sooner rather than later.
No matter how good the land is, only if you hold it tightly in your own hands can it be your own land and pass it on to your descendants smoothly.
Otherwise, as long as there is any accident and outsiders take over these fields, your family will lose dozens of acres, or even hundreds of acres of fertile land!
Well, decades later.
When the little grandsons in your family grow up and want to marry and have children, will the dozens of acres of farmland in your family be enough to support them?
Until then, what should you do? …”
The faces of the grain chiefs and li chiefs began to change, and they nodded subconsciously.
"What the county magistrate said is absolutely true!"
"Those high-quality wastelands on both sides of the river must be reclaimed as our own fields as soon as possible!"
"I have been taking care of you for so many years, and we must not end up taking advantage of others!"
"Thank you, County Lord, for reminding me!"
Although they can suppress the people in every village and Goljia, they do not allow those people to cultivate the wasteland they have long valued.
However, they cannot guard against outsiders!
Fucking...
"You guys finally understand!"
Seeing that these 'local overlords' from various armors finally listened to his words, Guo An showed a sincere smile on his face.
"Elders, please don't be so reluctant. You must know that this time, His Highness King Yan gave the order to allow the people in Beiping Mansion to reclaim the wasteland on a large scale. In this way, no matter how you reclaim the wasteland, it is justified.
Moreover, as long as you all actively mobilize the people in your respective Jiali to cultivate land together, you are actively responding to the decree of His Highness King Yan.
This will definitely make His Highness King Yan feel happy.
Then, if you accompany me and take the opportunity to ask His Highness King Yan for some farm tools, cattle, or borrow some grain, you may even be exempted from your duties as slaves and servants for the past two years..."
Following Guo An's words, the eyes of the grain chiefs and li chiefs grew wider and wider.
His expression is getting happier and happier!
"County Lord, can we still do this?"
"It all depends on people. With such a good opportunity, if you don't give it a try, will you know whether it can work? No big deal, nothing has been borrowed! But, think about the character of His Highness Prince Yan..."
"Yes, yes, no matter what the outcome is, this matter will not do any harm to us!"
"Old man Ding, why have you changed like this? Just as the county magistrate said, we are the first county to respond to His Highness King Yan. How can a person as generous as King Yan not give me some sweetness?"
"Hmph, this time the traitorous officer Guo Huan is caught, the court will get back a lot of benefits. The Beiping Mansion will definitely not be short of military rations and property within two years."
"If His Highness Prince Yan is really... I will wait for these old guys to finish their morning service every day, and then squat in front of the gate of Prince Yan's Palace next door..."
A group of kind and honest old men, whose hair was beginning to turn gray, turned out to be very skillful in talking about this treasonous thing.
Hearing this, Guo An's face changed slightly and turned pale. He quickly stopped him with a look of fear on his face: "Elders, please don't talk nonsense! We are all simple and kind-hearted people. How can we talk about court affairs like this?" , let alone talk about the king at will!"
"Your Majesty, you don't have to be so careful. The people in this hall are all members of your own family. Apart from you and me, there are also these young officials and scribes in the government office. They dare to go out and talk nonsense!"
The old men laughed and comforted Guo An, and then they all stared coldly at the scribes and government officials standing at the door!
All the clerks and servants in the Wanping County Yamen, under the gaze of these old men whose bodies were half buried in the ground, all shuddered subconsciously and laughed repeatedly.
Still a little humble!
They may not be afraid of one or two, or even more than a dozen grain chiefs and li chiefs.
However, there are hundreds of them here, and some of them are elders in their families.
Even if they were beaten and scolded in the street, they would not dare to fight back!
Seeing this, all the grain chiefs and li chiefs looked at Guo An with a proud look on their faces and showed off: "Don't worry, county minister, if these brats dare not listen to the county minister, the county minister can also come to find us. I’ll take care of them!”
"Thank you, elders!"
Guo An quickly raised his hands in salute, but felt a little weird in his heart.
Shouldn't it be him who says this?
However, none of this matters.
Guo An once again talked for a long time with the grain chiefs and district chiefs with a smile on his face. These grain chiefs and district chiefs, who could no longer bear it any longer, couldn't wait to say goodbye to Guo An at Guo An's signal. , hurriedly went to their respective armors.
They must gather strong men from the village to divide the wasteland and open up acres of land.
"Brother Ding, is this really possible?"
"Hmph, as the little county magistrate said, who can guarantee whether it will succeed or not?"
"Then you are still so excited in the Yamen?"
"Brother Wang, don't you think what County Lord Guo said is very reasonable?"
"There are some..."
"Nar and others also agree that this is a great opportunity. The court has money and King Yan wants to cultivate fields. Why don't we take advantage of this to save more money for the little brats at home?
Even if it doesn't work, cultivating the land is still a great achievement.
Even if there is any guilt in the end, as the head of grain, I can just spend some money to settle the matter! "
"I'm a little timid..."
…
Wanping County Yamen.
After Guo An sent the grain chiefs and li chiefs away, he suddenly felt refreshed.
Sitting on the official chair, I feel happy.
Zhu Laosi, if you don't make things easy for me, then I'll let you have a taste of the difficulties of these old men in Jiali!
at the same time.
It was the first time that Guo An caused such a big commotion. Zhu Di also received the news in the Yan Palace not far from the Wanping County Yamen.
"Guo An has been promoted to the county magistrate for so long, and he has finally begun to rise to the morning court. Can you tell, what is this guy going to do after making such a big splash?"
On the side, Zhu Fu and Monk Dao Yan also looked curious.
"Reporting to Your Highness, it seems that County Magistrate Guo is discussing with the grain chiefs and district chiefs of various Jiali counties on how to cultivate those 10,000 hectares of fields!"
"oh?"
Zhu Di looked overjoyed, "Guo An finally thinks of business!"
"What was the result of their discussion?"
"Your Highness, please forgive me. This is the key point of the county government, and my brothers are not allowed to enter without any reason!" Li Wang reported.
"in this way……"
Zhu Di waved his hand and was about to say something again when he saw Zhu Liang hurriedly walked in from the outside with a solemn expression.
"What happened?"
"Reporting to Your Highness, something big has happened to the Chief Envoy of Peiping!"
Zhu Liang said hurriedly, "Early this morning, those magistrates and magistrates who were transferred from various places gathered together at the Chief Envoy Office in Peiping to resist His Highness's decree!"
"What?"
Zhu Di's face suddenly darkened.
The faces of Monk Dao Yan, Zhu Fu and others in the hall also changed drastically!
…
